Chapter 503: Chapter 357: Entering Great Xia, the Secret of the Secret Realm World?

"Five Elements Four Symbols Sacred Beast?"

Zhong Heng stroked the patterns on the wall, a hint of confusion in his eyes.

Wearing a loose robe, Zhong Heng’s hair was meticulously groomed. Though his appearance was ordinary, no one paid attention to this.

Beside Zhong Heng, Lin Wui stood guard, cautiously observing the surroundings.

The people of Great Xia were particularly fond of assassinations.

Several guards followed nearby, along with senior officials of the Business Alliance fawning over him.

Master Zhong was now renowned throughout the Qu Hong Cultivation Realm.

A spark of light flickered in Zhong Heng’s eyes.

Using the Spirit Illusion Gaze, in combination with the pupil skill he had cultivated for a long time, he could see through some Forbidden Technique Arrays and Concealing Techniques.

He meticulously examined the patterns on the wall.

"Master Zhong, here are the related records..."

"Please have a look..."

There was no translation issue between Great Xia and the Jiuzhou Cultivation Realm as they shared the same written language.

Sharing the same language and culture often made it the easiest and most desired conquest by both parties.

Moreover, Great Xia might originally have been a part of Jiuzhou that separated long ago.

Zhong Heng supported the reclamation of the Secret Realm.

However, despite their shared language and culture, there seemed to be some misunderstandings about certain existences.

"Five Elements Four Symbols Sacred Beast?"

"Four Symbols Sacred Beasts: Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, Azure Dragon, Black Tortoise, and... Golden Qilin?"

"Seems plausible... Four Sacred Beasts having five entities isn’t unusual..."

"Ancient legends..."

"Heaven and Earth crumbled, and the Four Sacred Beasts summoned the Fifth Sacred Beast for assistance, stabilizing the world..."

"Civilization continued..."

"Cultivators continued to refer to the five Holy Beasts as the Four Sacred Beasts..."

"Vermilion Bird corresponds to fire, White Tiger to metal, Azure Dragon to wood, Black Tortoise to water, Golden Qilin to earth... This is the Five Elements..."

Zhong Heng frowned.

The Business Alliance executive nearby immediately guessed and exclaimed: "Absurd, truly absurd!"

"How can the Four Sacred Beasts be simply categorized by the Five Elements?"

Eastern Azure Dragon, Southern Vermilion Bird, Western White Tiger, Northern Black Tortoise, these are the Four Sacred Beasts.

Though there is also the saying of East Wood, West Metal, North Water, South Fire.

But the Four Sacred Beasts were not bound to the Five Elements.

However, in the Five Elements Sect, they added a Golden Qilin to the Four Sacred Beasts, binding them to the Five Elements completely.

The Business Alliance executive sent was named Hu Tao, a member of the management of the Hundred Stars Alliance.

Hu Tao saw Zhong Heng’s frown ease and stopped speaking slowly.

Everyone who reached such a position in the Business Alliance was extremely shrewd.

"Is there any Cultivation Technique of the Five Elements Sect? Or other texts?"

"Yes, there is."

"But..."

"In the Great Xia World, magic was particularly well developed, with only Talismanic techniques holding some promise. Apart from that, pills, artifacts, and Array Dao were rather crude."

Hu Tao clapped his hands, and soon someone handed Zhong Heng a storage bag with respect.

"Very well."

Hu Tao suddenly remembered something and took out a jade pendant from the storage bag, showing some apology on his face.

"I forgot that Master Zhong specializes in the Path of the Five Elements. Here are some insights from our alliance’s powerhouses on the Cultivation Technique of the Five Elements Sect, and some rare solitary editions from that sect for Master Zhong to review."

"Thanks to Steward Hu for this."

"If Steward Hu needs any assistance from me, feel free to ask."

Hu Tao immediately became spirited and promptly said: "I heard the Spirit Gathering Array arranged by Master Zhong is even stronger than ordinary arrays and can adapt to local conditions for maximum efficiency. Some of my relatives here are struggling due to the scarcity of materials..."

"No problem..."

The spiritual ore of Great Xia was scarce.

However, the Spirit Stone Mines were incredibly abundant, allowing local cultivators to practice magic with abandon.

But for the Business Alliance, these Spirit Stones couldn’t be used so lavishly. Without enough Spirit Stones, they also lacked sufficient materials. The cultivators who came to this world were unaccustomed.

Zhong Heng briefly perused the texts. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

The Five Elements Magic within caught his eye first.

Each one was extremely exquisite, far beyond what Zhong Heng had seen in the alliance’s spells.

As he practiced the Five Elements Technique, the Five Elements Magic naturally suited him better.

However, Zhong Heng was more interested in the texts of this world.

"Four Sacred Beasts..."

"Five Elements Sacred Beasts..."

Memories from his past life told Zhong Heng that the Four Sacred Beasts couldn’t possibly exist in that era.

The Four Sacred Beasts were top-tier among the Great Saints and had disappeared without a trace during the great upheaval with the Demon Race’s Great Saints.

How could they reappear in this small Secret Realm World during another great upheaval twenty thousand years ago...

"There are also some methods to summon a false image of the Sacred Beasts, creating the illusion of their emergence..."

"For example... awakening bloodlines, or... arrays..."

Zhong Heng’s profession was an Array Master, and arrays were the first thing he thought of.

However, the Array Dao of Great Xia was nearly extinct, lacking materials for its cultivators to practice.

"No, that’s not right..."

"If that’s the case... how did the Pseudo Core Powerhouse back at the Secret Realm become so adept at temporarily breaking the Three Clouds Spirit Array? Even if it was a sneak attack..."

"There’s something... wrong..."

Hu Tao continued conversing with Zhong Heng.

With Zhong Heng’s current prominence, it was natural to forge connections.

"Speaking of which, the identity of the two Pseudo Core Powerhouses you killed who broke into the Three Clouds Market has now been mostly clarified..."

"Oh?"

"It’s just that regarding the grand plan of the Business Alliance, we didn’t spread it since you didn’t ask. We remained silent on it."