Master of Strange Dao

Chapter 1616 - 434: The True Holy Mountain and Portraits of Successive Generations

It's roughly confirmed, a special material was used to achieve this, and skill is not the main factor.I'll ask later, to see if the Immovable Immortal Dynasty still has this material.

Looking back at the large library, stone shelves, with various categories of classics, mostly jade scrolls, gold foil, and stone tablet gold books, which can be preserved for a long time without changing, paper classics are rare.

On the four stone walls, there are portraits hanging, judging by their attire, they should be the emperors of the Immovable Immortal Dynasty over the generations, Zhuge Baolin's portrait hangs in the last place.

As Yu Ziqing looked over, Zhuge Baolin's portrait began to move by itself.

The person in the portrait cupped his hands in greeting.

"Greetings, fellow cultivator."

Yu Ziqing was somewhat surprised.

"Zhuge Baolin?"

"You've misunderstood, fellow cultivator. I'm just a portrait left behind by Zhuge Baolin. Since you can enter here, it seems he has already collapsed."

Yu Ziqing walked up to the portrait and scrutinized it thoroughly, indeed, it didn't seem like a hidden card left behind.

Seeing Yu Ziqing not rush to answer, Zhuge Baolin's portrait said.

"You've entered here to look for something, correct? Feel free to ask me directly."

"You don't ask how I got in?"

An elder in another portrait beside it also began to move, chuckling.

"Except for Wanjun bringing you, no one can enter so directly.

Since you were brought in, it's Wanjun's decision.

The decision of the current emperor is something we naturally cannot question.

As for what you want to ask, feel free to directly ask me.

Baolin is too young, he doesn't know much."

Yu Ziqing cupped his hands.

"How should I address this elder?"

"Zhuge Yunshi."

"I am quite interested in existences like you, elder."

Yu Ziqing decided not to start reading books just yet, seeing these portraits, he knew for certain that the most crucial secrets would not be left in writing here.

That would not be very safe.

And things so cautiously not left in writing can only be passed down orally.

It's best to simply ask these portraits.

The elder's portrait stroked his beard, smiling.

"Any record carries the risk of leakage, any record carries the risk of being erased.

Only things recorded in the mind, upon reaching a certain power and meeting certain conditions, won't be leaked or erased.

We are all self-portraits left by emperors.

All of Zhuge Yunshi's memories are preserved with me.

I know all the secrets known."

"So are you Zhuge Yunshi, or are you the portrait with Zhuge Yunshi's memory?" Yu Ziqing asked the soul-searching question, genuinely curious about whether playing this way counts as leaving a hidden card.

"It doesn't matter, what matters is the information left behind that cannot be erased, altered, or leaked."

As Zhuge Yunshi spoke, the other portraits also came to life.

The old emperors nodded in agreement.

"Indeed, what we are does not matter."

Yu Ziqing looked at these portraits, suddenly thought of the Cliff Divine King.

The jade scroll left by the Cliff Divine King in the White Water Egg organization, after constructing contact and manifestation, is a silhouette portrait.

"Can this method of leaving a portrait be taught to me?"

"Since you've come here, you naturally can. Go to the first shelf, there you'll find a jade scroll."

"Great, thank you."

Yu Ziqing found the shelf mentioned, located the jade scroll, and upon inspection, it indeed documented a Dharma Method.

The Dharma Method is peculiar, Qi Refinement cultivators, Refining God cultivators, Body Cultivation cultivators, any cultivator can use it.

It's roughly like printing one's memory, embedding it into a painting, directly animating the painting, artificially boosting growth to create an intellect.

However, such intellects have a major flaw, inherently confined to the state at the time.

They cannot detach, cannot cultivate, cannot become stronger, only acting as a hard drive with spiritual wisdom.

The Dharma Method didn't write it, but Yu Ziqing slightly interpreted, and mostly confirmed that such intellects lack independent creative thinking.

From the roots, it prevents the possibility of a portrait causing trouble, regardless of the emperor's nature, the portrait has no chance to harbor ambition.

These guys are really ruthless in their actions.

Yu Ziqing set down the jade scroll and returned to the portraits of Zhuge Yunshi and Zhuge Baolin.

"I want to know, why you were so cautious, yet still left information behind?"

"To verify.

Someone can alter records, erase records, even make altered parts become true.

But here, the things we remember cannot be altered.

Just by comparing them, we can see what was altered.

Many erased records are already missing outside, unknown to anyone.

Here, the original records remain, which is us."

Yu Ziqing was stunned, immediately thought of many things he'd heard before, records disappearing, being erased, many people not even leaving a name.

Then, from the first portrait, came a sarcastic laugh.

"Zhuge Yunshi, can't you boast without dying?

We're all hanging here, yet you're still boasting.

Is it our ability to resist?

Ask Zhuge Baolin if he remembers the sinister content in the White Sun Evil Scripture?

Doesn't remember, does he?

The things we remember now are because our location is not attention-grabbing.

This place is overlooked, unseen.

So we remember, and by comparison, discover what was altered.

Ultimately, it's just a bug in the crevice of darkness, evading impact, evading the sweep."

"Evading, discovering, that's also a skill." Zhuge Yunshi stubbornly retorted.

"How do you speak like that, you're the most disrespectful among the juniors."

Seeing a quarrel brewing, Yu Ziqing quickly interjected to stop it.

"Everyone, don't argue, I want to know about the Holy Mountain and about the Yuan Lord, the Holy Mountain is connected to the Yuan Lord, right?"

"Oh, you actually know the Yuan Lord?" The first portrait was very surprised.

"What you know is quite extensive." Yu Ziqing also felt some sentiment, he completely confirmed now that the Immovable Immortal Dynasty quietly preserved many things, not erased.

Just based on this, it's indeed much stronger than the Four Divine Dynasties.

Yu Ziqing thought, he might have many unexpected gains this time.