Chapter 1748: Saint Trace Stone

After a few breaths, two Immortal Realm Great Perfection experts were slain on the spot.

Now, even without using the Five Great Kings, the tree roots, or the koi, Zhang Xuan could not be matched by two alien clansmen.

He stored the corpses in his storage ring and continued forward.

Before him appeared a spacious hall, its walls covered with paintings, each emitting a warm, gentle light. As soon as he entered, he felt an intense pressure; those with weak soul power could hardly move.

“This is excellent for tempering the soul!”

Taking a step forward, Zhang Xuan nodded to himself.

The Great Accomplishment Hall possessed the aura of ancient sages, allowing one to successfully advance to ancient sage; the Bedchamber held treasures that elevated one’s state of mind; and here, clearly, the soul could be tempered, increasing soul power.

After advancing a few steps, he found no one else. Zhang Xuan frowned.

Two alien clansmen guarded the entrance, clearly to prevent humans from rushing in. That meant there must be other alien clan experts inside, searching for the core treasure of this Saint Trace Hall.

Why had they vanished?

“What is in this hall?”

With a thought, he looked at the Eternal Mother Talisman before him.

This fellow’s memory was sealed, only awakening upon entering the corresponding hall. Now that they were in the Saint Trace Hall, it should know exactly what was here.

“The most important thing in the Saint Trace Hall is the [Saint Trace Stone] left by Master Kong! This object contains the saint traces of Master Kong and has a tremendous effect on strengthening the soul…” As if receiving some memory, Little Talisman explained.

“Saint Trace Stone?” Zhang Xuan’s eyes lit up. “Where is it?”

His soul had reached the peak of the Golden Body Realm and had not grown much since. If he could find this object, it would surely increase rapidly, possibly even breaking through to Heart’s Blood Surge!

“It’s behind the branch hall. Go out through that door, and you’ll see it!”

Little Talisman wriggled.

“Good!”

Knowing the exact location, Zhang Xuan no longer paid attention to the paintings on the walls. He strode forward, and as he passed through the hall’s doorway, he indeed saw a spacious courtyard before him.

The courtyard was filled with stones, like a small stone forest.

Several alien clansmen sat not far from the entrance of the stone forest, frowning and scratching their heads, as if calculating something but finding no clue.

At the very center of the stone forest was a small stone platform, on which rested a round stone. Figures flowed across its surface, emitting a warm, gentle light, giving a sense of déjà vu.

“What are they doing?”

Not rushing forward, Zhang Xuan asked.

If he was not mistaken, this round stone was the so-called Saint Trace Stone. Why weren’t these alien clansmen taking it, but instead crouching here?

“It’s not that they don’t want to enter, but they can’t. The Saint Trace Stone Forest looks simple, but there is only one path. One wrong step, and they will be instantly killed by the hidden sword qi!”

Little Talisman snorted.

“Sword qi?”

Zhang Xuan was startled. He looked again and indeed saw several alien clansmen ahead, eyes closed, having stopped breathing.

“Do you know the exact steps to enter?”

Zhang Xuan looked over.

“No,” Little Talisman shook its head. “This is a test left by Master Kong for his descendants, so it cannot be easily granted. However, it should be related to the world you passed through earlier. Look carefully: each of these stones contains a technique or move. Connecting these moves in the correct order should be the key to entering!”

“That makes sense…”

Looking closely, Zhang Xuan indeed saw that the stones in the forest were similar to those outside, each containing some technique or move.

“Flaws!”

Drawing on previous experience, Zhang Xuan collected all the techniques from the stone statues and quickly formed a set of formulas.

With nothing to reference, there were many errors.

He modified them according to the positions where the alien clansmen had entered, and the errors immediately decreased.

After revising over a hundred times, he finally formed the correct sequence, with no errors remaining.

“I’ve deduced the sequence. Can I pass through the stone statues with this sequence?”

Zhang Xuan asked.

“If the sequence is correct, you can enter. But you must not make a mistake; otherwise, the sword qi left by Master Kong will not be easy to break…”

Little Talisman was somewhat worried.

Zhang Xuan nodded. Just as he was about to step in, he suddenly stopped.

The sequence of these stones represented a set of techniques. What if… the technique itself had errors?

His Heaven’s Path technique could be guaranteed to be the most correct and flawless, but… the other party’s answer might not be the most correct!

As with the stone forest world encountered earlier, errors in the figures could be corrected, but errors in the sword qi… would be fatal!

“Mystic Sword!”

Pausing, he took out the Mystic Sword and placed it in his palm.

If there really was sword qi, the ancient sage-level eerie Mystic Sword should be able to block it, preventing instant death.

“I’m going in. Dingding, you all follow behind. If those alien clansmen cause trouble, kill them on the spot! Don’t let any escape!”

Having the Golden Origin Cauldron and the Five Great Kings follow, Zhang Xuan then walked inward according to the sequence given by the library.

He had not found the exit of the stone forest world, but following the pattern of other worlds, the technique sequence near the exit should be identical to this one.

That would be equivalent to finding the formation’s core, allowing him to directly break through the obstacle before him and obtain the Saint Trace Stone.

Since he was already here, going back to experiment would be too late. He could only take it step by step, hoping that what Master Kong himself left behind would have no errors!

He reached the first stone, brushing past it without triggering an attack, then continued inward.

“You…”

After a few steps, he encountered an alien clansman scratching his head. Too lazy to act, Zhang Xuan lightly swayed past him and continued forward.

“Courting death…”

Seeing this suddenly appearing human charging straight in without regard, the alien clansman sneered.

Several companions had died, and they had now roughly figured out the rules, knowing that this place could not be taken lightly, or one would die without knowing how.

This fellow, rushing in as soon as he arrived, could serve as a pathfinder for them.

Thinking this, he sneered as he watched the young man enter the depths of the stone forest, only to see him go deeper and deeper without taking any damage.

“No, he knows the route. Chase him…”

Seeing this, even the fool understood that this fellow might know the way. The leading alien clansman shouted and was about to give chase, but before he could take a few steps, he felt a murderous aura pressing down. He quickly turned and saw a group of saint beasts and several weapons charging straight at them.

“Attack!”

Dingding shouted, and the beasts and weapons charged directly.

Crackle!

Minutes later, the alien clansmen all lay on the ground, lifeless.