When Yi Yun held it in both hands, he felt his hands sink. The wood was surprisingly several times heavier than metal.
It was Divine Ebony.
Yi Yun recognized this wood. Divine Ebony was harder than metal. It would not decay, even when buried in the ground for 100,000 years. However, the Divine Ebony box in Yi Yun’s hands were lined with the marks of time. It was mottled with age. It was unknown about how much time this wooden box had experienced.
Yi Yun opened the wooden box, and within it was a yellow silk fabric. Above the silk fabric were nine jade scrolls.
All the jade scrolls were lined up, with one piece larger than the other. Yi Yun could feel the jade scroll’s heat when he picked up one of them and placed it in his hand. It felt like flesh and blood.
“This is… the ‘Tai Ah Sacred Technique’!” Yi Yun’s eyes lit up.
“That it is. This is the complete jade scroll set of the ‘Tai Ah Sacred Technique’. These nine jade scrolls correspond to the nine levels of the ‘Tai Ah Sacred Technique’. The higher you go, the fewer the jade scrolls. Especially the ninth jade scroll, it only has one copy!”
“Attempts to replicate the ninth jade scroll have been made since ancient times by the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom’s Emperor, the Tai Ah Divine City’s City Lord and anyone else who have had great accomplishments in the ‘Tai Ah Sacred Technique’. However, all attempts have failed. The only few copies that exist are too different from the original copy!”
The replication of cultivation techniques is extremely difficult. There was the requirement of the replicator completely mastering the cultivation technique before one even had the ability to replicate. And to completely master the ‘Tai Ah Sacred Technique’, this was just too difficult.
“Now, I am passing the nine jade scrolls to you. They are the foundations of our Tai Ah Divine Kingdom! There are rumors amongst the citizens that the ‘Tai Ah Sacred Technique’ was created by the founding Emperor of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, but in fact, this is not true… This Sacred Technique was found within an ancient ruin by the founding Emperor. The nine jade scrolls in your hands are the original copies the founding Emperor took out from the ruin!”
“From now on, the jade scrolls will be left with you. However, if the crisis really comes, then I will take them away from you. You… still do not have the ability to protect them.”
“These nine jade scrolls are invulnerable and impermeable to water and fire. They have been handed down without problems for over tens of millions of years in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. I do not wish for them to be lost by my hands!”
The middle-aged scholar looked seriously at Yi Yun as he spoke. With that, he placed a hand on Yi Yun’s shoulder.
Yi Yun found the hand very heavy.
These nine jade scrolls were actually the original jade scrolls the founding Divine Emperor left behind. Their value was obvious.
It was unexpected that the City Lord would give the original jade scrolls to him for cultivation.
This amount of debt could not be said to be light.
The Tai Ah Divine City’s City Lord had placed very high expectations on Yi Yun. He was also hoping that, in the event that the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom encountered anything terrible, Yi Yun would become the remnant seed of the Divine Kingdom.
When this seed germinated, it could one day grow into a towering tree…