Novel11 Chapter 1810 The Central Ancestral Vein Was Actually There
Chapter 1810 The Central Ancestral Vein Was Actually There
What terrifying level of spiritual attainment and understanding of the nature of space and time would that require?
The old man in red robes seemed unaware of Zhang Xuan's arrival and remained sitting there quietly.
Zhang Xuan dared not be negligent. He concentrated his last bit of energy and drove the illusory figure closer to that solid red color.
The closer you get, the more you can feel the weight of that tangible presence, so out of place with the illusory flow of time around you.
Finally, Zhang Xuan's phantom stopped not far behind the red-robed old man.
In the long river of time, sound cannot travel.
"Senior." Zhang Xuan transmitted the message using his divine sense.
The old man in the red robe seemed to move slightly, and then a dry, flat voice resounded directly in Zhang Xuan's mind, as if he was meant to hear it at this moment.
"What curious fish has the fishing line of time caught this time? Oh, it's you, little fellow with a special immortal path. You're quite bold, daring to come to me in this way."
He slowly turned his head, and on that withered face were still a pair of empty eyes that seemed to hold the stars of eternity.
But unlike in the outside world, at this moment, deep within those eyes, countless tributaries of time seemed to be reflected, so profound that it was breathtaking.
"It seems you've really encountered something that you absolutely had to ask me, and you've paid a considerable price for it."
The red-robed elder glanced at Zhang Xuan's obviously dim and weak phantom, his tone remaining calm: "Speak, which piece of truth do you want to salvage this time?"
Faced with this incredible being who could sit in the river of time in a physical form, Zhang Xuan suppressed all distracting thoughts and respectfully conveyed his purpose of searching for the Central Ancestral Vein and tracing the wooden stick.
The old man in the red robe listened quietly, his fingers unconsciously tracing patterns on the riverbed, creating subtle ripples of time.
After listening to Zhang Xuan's account, he remained silent for a moment, and his eyes, which reflected the passage of time, seemed to flicker.
"The Central Ancestral Vein... the Remnants of the Heavenly Dragon... the Secret of Resurrection..."
He chewed on these words in a low voice, as if recalling something, or as if retrieving relevant fragments from countless timelines.
Just as his deep eyes swept across a seemingly ordinary stretch of time, a subtle ripple appeared in the space.
Immediately afterwards, another old man dressed in a tattered red robe emerged from a faded scroll of time and appeared silently not far in front of Zhang Xuan.
Another elderly man in a red robe?
Zhang Xuan looked again at the old man in red robes who was sitting leisurely on the bank of the River of Time, but he had already disappeared.
The old man in the red robe before me looked even more weathered, his face still withered, his eyes vacant, as if he had seen all of eternity, yet seemed indifferent to everything.
He seemed to have walked a long way through the river of time, standing there quietly, the light around him slightly distorted, giving people an eerie feeling that he was both here and not entirely here.
"Oh...it's you." The old man in the red robe raised his eyelids and glanced at Zhang Xuan.
Zhang Xuan was taken aback. Hadn't the two just met?
It's as if this old man in red robes just met me.
Could this be the past incarnation of the old man in the red robe?
"Has the thread of time brought you back to me again? This time, has it brought a new anchor of information, or is it to fulfill the favor I owed you last time?"
Zhang Xuan felt a chill run down his spine and had no choice but to repeat what he had just said.
"Senior, you are wise. I have come here today to ask you a question and hope to receive your guidance."
"explain."
"This junior wishes to find the Central Ancestral Vein, for I have heard that it is formed from the spine of the Holy Ancient Heavenly Dragon and is the source of the nine great dragon veins. A friend of mine has disappeared there, and I myself also need to seek higher-level cultivation resources. I humbly request that you, senior, tell me how to get to the Central Ancestral Vein and where it is located?"
"The Central Ancestral Vein..." the red-robed elder repeated in a low voice, "The Heavenly Dragon transforms into the Nine Provinces, with dragon energy swirling within... Ha, people all say that the Nine Divine Realms are the Nine Provinces, transformed from the Dragon Vein, but they don't know that it's just the appearance, the outermost scales and membrane."
Zhang Xuan's heart tightened, and he listened intently.
The old man in the red robe turned his head, his eyes, which seemed to be able to see through all of time and space, staring straight at Zhang Xuan, his tone carrying an almost dreamlike, ethereal quality.
"You ask me where the Central Ancestral Vein is? It's not outside the Nine Divine Realms, nor in the depths of that endless void... it's inside the Nine Divine Realms."
"Inside?" Zhang Xuan asked in surprise.
“Not bad.” The red-robed elder stretched out his withered finger and drew in the air. “Imagine a huge ancient holy dragon, its corpse lying in disarray, having undergone the erosion and evolution of the ancient holy calamity and the desolate ancient calamity.”
"The Nine Divine Realms are merely the outermost membrane of its enormous body, formed from its remaining skin and scales."
"And within this thick membrane..." the red-robed elder pointed inward, "it is not solid flesh and blood, but rather a series of strange secret realms that evolved from the twisted and collapsed interior of the Heavenly Dragon's remains due to the Great Calamity."
“These secret realms correspond to some key acupoints or organs of Tianlong’s body before his death. For example, the place you call the eye stronghold is the secret realm transformed from one of Tianlong’s remaining eyes, and the mouth stronghold is the forbidden zone evolved from the remains of his mouth.”
"These secret realms exist independently of the normal space of the nine divine domains, hidden in the folds and faults of the boundary membrane. They have their own laws and are extremely dangerous, but they often give birth to rare treasures related to the origin of the Heavenly Dragon, or even broken Great Daos."
Zhang Xuan was shocked. It turned out that the strange places with eyes and mouths formed by the convergence of causal threads at the border strongholds of the nine divine domains were actually the secret realm of organs from the remains of the Holy Ancient Heavenly Dragon!
This explains the different laws he experienced and the unusual opportunities he encountered in those places.
"Then... what about the Central Ancestral Vein?" Zhang Xuan asked urgently.
The red-robed elder continued in his dreamlike tone, "Pass through these scattered organ realms and continue towards the deepest part of the Heavenly Dragon's remains, that is, the core area of its spine... You will encounter a ruined area formed by the complete withering and collapse of the eight main secondary dragon veins. It is a manifestation of the decline of the Holy Ancient Heavenly Dragon's power, filled with chaotic and deathly dragon energy laws, a barrier that is more dangerous and desolate than the organ realms."
"Only by traversing this endless ruin of the eight dragon veins and overcoming numerous obstacles can you reach the core area of the Sacred Ancient Heavenly Dragon's remains, the spine that supports the entire body of the Heavenly Dragon and contains the most primordial origin of the Great Dao, which is... the true central ancestral vein."
Zhang Xuan gasped upon hearing this.
The path to the central ancestral vein is so tortuous and dangerous!
First, one must break through the boundary membranes of the nine divine realms, find and traverse those perilous secret realms that serve as organs, and then cross the ruins formed by the collapse of the eight secondary dragon veins before finally reaching the destination!