Chapter 1582: White Creek Mountain

"The place we're going this time is White Creek Mountain in the Empire Alliance!"

Standing on the back of a sacred beast, watching the white clouds swiftly passing ahead, Luo Ruoxi explained.

"White Creek Mountain?" Zhang Xuan's body stiffened. "I know that place..."

The painting he had obtained from the Qingtian Emperor once depicted the shape of this mountain range, where a phantom image of Master Teacher Kong appeared, later altered by him into a beauty bathing... At the time, he hadn't known its exact location until he asked Luo Xuanqing and received a precise answer.

Later, one thing after another came up, and he never had the chance to go and see it.

Could it be that the so-called phantom image of Master Teacher Kong actually concealed the Heavenly Legacy Talisman he left behind?

That might very well be possible; otherwise, it couldn't have drawn the entire Qingtian Imperial Clan of the Otherworldly Spirit Tribe out in full force, even involving the ruthless one.

"Since we know the place, why not use a teleportation array? It would be faster!" Knowing their destination, Zhang Xuan said.

"There's no need for that!"

Luo Ruoxi smiled faintly. "Setting up an array is too troublesome and not very safe... Wuchen!"

"Yes!"

The boy nodded, stepped forward to the window, and lightly tapped his finger.

Whoosh!

The air before them twisted violently, and space folded, forming a massive vortex in the blink of an eye.

The vortex spun faster and faster, its influence expanding, until at the very center, like the eye of a typhoon, a stable and empty region formed.

Whoosh!

The sacred beast beneath them seemed accustomed to such a scene; it flapped its wings and charged straight into the typhoon eye.

"This is spatial compression..." Zhang Xuan's heart trembled, his face filled with disbelief.

Powerful experts could compress space, achieving the effect of shrinking the earth into inches, covering a thousand miles in a single step.

He had thought it was just a legend, but now this boy before him had done it effortlessly.

"It's not exactly spatial compression; it's just a use of space." The boy smiled, looking ahead. "Normal space appears very stable and flawless to us, even to divine sense, which can't detect any anomaly. But in reality, there are special wormholes. Once found, one can easily leap to distant places, free from the constraints of distance."

"Oh!" Zhang Xuan understood vaguely.

Although he had studied the Book of Spatial Derivation, he had only reached the third level, still far from the peak.

"This kind of spatial leap is a technique only ancient sage experts can use. Wuchen only succeeded by borrowing the blood of some special sacred beasts, combined with his understanding of space."

Luo Ruoxi explained.

"Hmm!" Zhang Xuan nodded, unable to suppress his curiosity. "How does Wuchen, at such a young age, possess such formidable strength?"

This boy, appearing only thirteen or fourteen, had strength that Zhang Xuan could only match by using Master Teacher Kong's blood.

Even seeing it with his own eyes, he found it somewhat incredible.

"His bloodline is special. He looks young, but he has actually lived for who knows how long." Luo Ruoxi shook her head, not dwelling on the matter, and pointed ahead. "We're here!"

Looking forward hastily, Zhang Xuan saw that the flying sacred beast beneath them had already passed through the passage, and a towering mountain range abruptly appeared before them.

This great mountain pierced the clouds, its height unknown, its breadth vast. At a glance, an immense pressure bore down, making even breathing feel strained.

"It's White Creek Mountain!" Zhang Xuan's expression turned solemn.

This mountain before him was exactly the same as the one in the bronze mask painting, identical in every detail.

But the real one was even more majestic and awe-inspiring than in the painting.

"The Heavenly Legacy Talisman is within this mountain range, but I'm not sure of its exact location. However, we can use a special item to search for it."

With a soft hum, Luo Ruoxi lightly traced her wrist through the air, and a book-like object appeared before her.

The book carried a special aura, giving a dreamlike sensation. Zhang Xuan glanced at it and was about to speak when he sensed something. He flipped his wrist, and a crystal ball appeared in his palm.

Qiuxu Palace!

This relic, left by Master Teacher Kong's servant, the ancient sage Qiuxu, was also where he and Luo Ruoxi had confirmed their relationship. Now, Qiuxu Palace trembled incessantly, as if it had a special connection to this book.

"This..."

Zhang Xuan was full of doubt.

As the master of Qiuxu Palace, he could clearly sense that the book before him and the crystal ball in his hand came from the same lineage, sharing an inseparable origin.

"This book was obtained from Qiuxu Palace. It can be used to find the exact location of the Heavenly Legacy Talisman!" Seeing his confusion, Luo Ruoxi said.

"This..." Zhang Xuan was startled.

He had been with the girl the whole time back then; when had she taken this without his knowledge?

Legend had it that Qiuxu Palace contained a treasure that could locate the Heavenly Legacy Talisman. He had entered it several times specifically but never found it. Now, it was already in her hands.

"I entered Qiuxu Palace precisely to find this item. After entering the palace, I walked alone for a while, and that's when I found it!" Seeing his doubt, Luo Ruoxi explained.

"Hmm!" Zhang Xuan nodded.

Back then, the girl had insisted on entering Qiuxu Palace with him, but in the end, she took no treasures, didn't even glance at the technique manuals, and even let him refine the palace itself. He had always found it strange; now he knew her purpose.

Buzz!

As they spoke, the book emitted a soft hum and flew straight up the mountain.

"Follow it!"

Luo Ruoxi said no more and followed closely, with Zhang Xuan right behind.

Flying straight up, after a short while, they reached a spot halfway up the mountain, where the book stopped.

"It's here..."

Zhang Xuan looked carefully and nodded.

This was exactly the place in the painting that he had altered into a beauty bathing.

It seemed the book's search was accurate; there should be a folded space here, leading to some relic where the so-called Heavenly Legacy Talisman could be sought.

"Now that we've confirmed the location, we just need to wait here. If nothing unexpected happens, the one who captured Zhao Ya and Wei Ruyan will surely come!"

With a wave of her hand, Luo Ruoxi retrieved the book into her ring, not in a hurry to find the folded space.

"The Zhang Clan, the Luo Clan, and the Master Teacher Academy each hold one Heavenly Legacy Talisman. Are you sure they will come?" Zhang Xuan asked doubtfully.

Since the other party's goal was to open the Confucian Temple, and they had already captured Zhao Ya and the others, even if they wanted to find the Heavenly Legacy Talisman, the Master Teacher Academy, the Zhang Clan, and the Luo Clan would be their primary targets. How could they know there was one here?

After all, without that painting and the book in Luo Ruoxi's hands, even they couldn't have known about this place.