Although the Inscriptionless Stele was now gone.
Fortunately, Xiao Chen had been observing it carefully and had already completely morized the technique called the Mystic Sky Eating Secret Technique.
He had been busy comprehending the ntal Realm before and hadn’t yet properly studied the Heart thod.
Now, recalling its contents in detail, he confird that it wasn’t so kind of Cultivation thod,
but an auxiliary secret thod specifically designed to help Cultivators enhance their Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
The specific thod involved "consuming" different grades of Earth Evil Qi according to the Cultivator’s current Cultivation Realm.
Then, based on the characteristics of the different types of Earth Evil Qi, one could obtain various benefits.
’Wait, Earth Evil Qi?’
HISS~!
Xiao Chen sucked in a sharp breath.
To be honest, this sounded similar to so Demon Techniques.
If he recalled correctly, he had read in many of the sect’s biographies about so infamous Demon Cultivators who used Earth Evil Qi to create Demonic Calamities.
Moreover, whenever the term "Evil Qi" appeared early in one of those biographies, a related Demonic Calamity was sure to follow later in the text.
However, even Demon Cultivators only dared to *utilize* Evil Qi.
But the Mystic Sky Eating Secret Technique was even bolder, having one directly consu Evil Qi to strengthen the Cultivator’s own body—a true theft of heaven and earth’s creation.
He had to admit, the creator of this Immortal Palace was truly a master of their craft, and incredibly bold.
Xiao Chen sighed to himself and got up, walking toward the Wood Character Stele.
’Now is not the ti to study the Secret Technique. While there’s still ti, I should look at the Wood Character Stele a bit longer. Maybe I’ll gain so small insight.’
No one could ever have too much of that kind of insight.
Along the way, he also circled the other Enlightennt Steles a few tis, checking for anything he might have missed, but unfortunately, he didn’t find any new secret texts.
His actions, however, made the other Cultivators instantly nervous.
They were afraid he would make the other Enlightennt Steles disappear too.
Especially when Xiao Chen circled around and stopped behind the Wood Character Stele, the Cultivators with Wood Spirit Roots beca extrely anxious.
’Why did he have to pick this one? Don’t tell the Wood Character Stele has a problem too?’
Fortunately, many of them rembered that he had looked at the Wood Character Stele *before* going to the Inscriptionless Stele.
’Since nothing happened before, nothing should happen now... right?’
But they were completely overthinking it.
For the next two days, nothing unexpected happened.
At noon on the ninth day, the rigid, chanical voice echoed within the Immortal Palace once again: "The Immortal Palace will close in twelve hours."
"I repeat, the Immortal Palace will close in twelve hours."
The second announcent was extrely loud, enough to startle any Cultivators in ditation.
But that didn’t matter, because Xiao Chen wasn’t in ditation at all. He had been staring for two days and had only managed to count the eight thousand, eight hundred and eighty-eight leaves painted on the toon tree.
Therefore, upon hearing the announcent, he decisively gave up on trying to comprehend it any further and turned to leave.
The vast majority of the other Cultivators also got up and left.
Only a few Loose Cultivators were reluctant to leave, wanting to stay a little longer.
Behind the square was a long corridor that led to the exit.
In front of the Water Curtain at the exit lay several skeletons, so belonging to Cultivators who failed to leave in ti during the last opening, and so from the one before that.
Chu Yuebin followed closely behind Xiao Chen, and one after the other, they passed through the Water Curtain at the exit.
Others had the sa idea as him.
But then, his vision blurred.
Chu Yuebin was shocked to find that all the other Cultivators were around him, but Xiao Chen, who should have been right in front of him, had vanished without a trace.
’What’s going on?’
Chu Yuebin had originally planned to use this thod to figure out who Xiao Chen really was.
But now, he could only cast a suspicious gaze on the few other Cultivators around him.
On the Jingkong Sea, wind swept across the water, kicking up waves.
But arriving even before the waves were several Golden Core True n.
All the Cultivators who ca out of the Profound Celestial Immortal Palace were imdiately brought under control.
Zhao Yangming was also standing to the side, helping to identify which lucky person had obtained the Ninth True Technique.
Of course, Chu Yuebin, Wen Ruoxi, and the others with them were not detained.
The reason they dared to show their faces in the Secret Realm was that they were not afraid of their identities being exposed.
Of course, so necessary questioning was still unavoidable.
Facing the Golden Core True n who were watching them like tigers, no one present dared to lie.
Soon, the fake na "Chen Xiao" and the intelligence that he had comprehended the Wood Character Stele the mont he stepped into the square were all gathered.
Twelve hours later, the Immortal Palace closed and fell silent once more.
But from beginning to end, Zhao Yangming never saw Xiao Chen appear.
"Could it be that he missed the closing ti?"
A Golden Core True Man fell into deep thought. "Or perhaps there are other secrets within the Immortal Palace?"
Another Golden Core True Man snorted coldly. "Hmph, he must have used a trick to blend in with the crowd. If we take everyone back and interrogate them one by one, won’t we find out everything?"
Zhao Pengze was the first to shake his head. "No, that won’t work. There are many future fellow Golden Core Daoists among them."
Historically, any Cultivator who cos out of the Immortal Palace with even a shred of enlightennt from the Enlightennt Steles has a greatly increased chance of Core Formation.
Detaining them here is already the limit. If we were to actually take them back for interrogation, it would inevitably cause dissent and alienate them.
In the future, after they achieve Core Formation, how would we interact with them?
We might just end up making more enemies.
As for eliminating them to prevent future trouble, that’s even more out of the question.
The major powers are all scrambling to win over these Loose Cultivators. They’d love it if the other powers gave up so they could take all these Golden Core prospects back to their own faction.
"There must be another exit."
After questioning Chu Yuebin, Chu Haoxi took the initiative to share this piece of intelligence. "Yuebin saw it with his own eyes. Chen Xiao left the Immortal Palace one step ahead of him."
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