Martial Saint through Reading

Yi Chentian tried to find any clues about the Fire Pearl from these jade slips and ancient texts.

However, after examining three jade slips and five ancient texts several times, he still couldn’t find any treasure resembling the Fire Pearl.

He frowned, holding the Fire Pearl for closer inspection.

But as soon as his heart spirit immersed into the Fire Pearl, Yi Chentian’s expression changed dramatically.

"It’s coming!"

A distant resonance was swiftly approaching.

Moreover, through the Fire Pearl, he sensed fear—a fear coming from the Fire Pearl itself.

In other words, the Fire Pearl was afraid of a similar treasure approaching from afar!

"I should ask Senior Brother!"

After a brief consideration, Yi Chentian made his decision.

The Fire Pearl was peculiar, yet it hid no small danger, first provoking greed, then resonating with an approaching similar treasure. He had a gut feeling that if he secretly kept this pearl, it could lead to his demise.

"Senior Brother is an elder within the tower, with insights far beyond mine. He might know what this is."

He took out a communication device and sent out a message.

After a moment, the communication device lit up with a response from his Senior Brother: "I’ll come in person in half a day!"

"Senior Brother is coming in person?!"

Yi Chentian was further convinced that the strangeness of the Fire Pearl was beyond his imagination.

His Senior Brother, a steward of the Heavenly Inquiry Tower, was busy with duties and wouldn’t leave his post unless necessary, let alone rush over in person after just receiving a message.

If his Senior Brother wasn’t already near the Yiyang Kingdom, he would have had to use a treasure to enhance his tunneling speed to get here.

The short reply was enough to show the extraordinariness of the Fire Pearl.

"Senior Brother has already begun collapsing the Sea of Qi; he is invincible within the Sea of Qi Realm. For him to consume a treasure to rush here for this object—it leaves one wondering about the wonders of this Fire Pearl..."

"..."

...

It wasn’t even half a day later, just three hours after Yi Chentian sent the message, a streak of light, like a falling star, landed on the back mountain of the main peak of the Cyan-faced Mountain Range in the Yiyang Kingdom.

A man in a black robe stepped into the pavilion, where Yi Chentian was already waiting at the door.

"Senior Brother."

The man in black nodded slightly, his eyes deep and tranquil, his face resolute as if chiseled from stone.

This person was Yi Chentian’s Senior Brother, Wu Dai, a steward of the Heavenly Inquiry Tower’s main building, ranking above the sub-branch leaders of various countries.

"Where is it?" Wu Dai’s voice was reserved, with a calm undertone.

Yi Chentian quickly offered the Fire Pearl with both hands, and Wu Dai’s eyes flickered upon seeing it.

"Let’s discuss inside, activate the pavilion’s array."

Wu Dai took the Fire Pearl and entered the pavilion.

"Yes."

Yi Chentian was not surprised and took out an array treasure to activate the pavilion’s array.

The Heavenly Inquiry Tower’s back mountain pavilion array was generally only activated under special circumstances, like facing an undefeatable enemy or acquiring a treasure beyond imagination that required concealing its unique phenomenon.

At this moment, it was the latter case.

Inside the pavilion, Yi Chentian sat silently below, while his Senior Brother Wu Dai sat above, examining the Fire Pearl, occasionally looking puzzled or delighted.

After about half a quarter of an hour, Wu Dai flipped his hand, put away the Fire Pearl, and handed another treasure to Yi Chentian.

"Junior Brother, who else knows about the Fire Pearl?" Wu Dai asked.

Receiving the treasure, Yi Chentian couldn’t hide his delight.

The treasure his Senior Brother gave him was a Tier Six Middle Grade Treasure, comparable to a Second-class Spiritual Treasure. For a Fire Pearl of unknown purpose, not to mention swapping it for a Second-class Spiritual Treasure, even a Third-class Spiritual Treasure would have delighted him!

"Reporting to Senior Brother, there’s also a steward in the tower who knows."

Wu Dai flipped his hand again, taking out another treasure, and said, "Make sure he doesn’t spread the word about the Fire Pearl, or else..."

"Rest assured, Senior Brother, the matter of the Fire Pearl will not spread."

Yi Chentian fully understood that his Senior Brother must know the nature of the Fire Pearl and intended to keep it for himself, hence sealing the mouths of all who knew.

Reflecting on this, he regretted handing over the Fire Pearl.

Senior Brother merely glanced at it and offered a Second-class Spiritual Treasure, indicating the Fire Pearl’s value far exceeded that of a Second-class Spiritual Treasure.

’A First-class Spiritual Treasure? Or perhaps... an Innate Spiritual Treasure?’

A Super First-class Spiritual Treasure refers to an Innate Spiritual Treasure.

If it’s an Innate Spiritual Treasure, wouldn’t that mean handing over a great opportunity on a silver platter?

The more Yi Chentian thought, the stronger his regret grew, perhaps due to the residual greed the Fire Pearl previously incited.

Wu Dai seemed to sense something and raised an eyebrow at Yi Chentian while flicking out a small white porcelain bottle, his voice low: "The Fire Pearl can arouse desires in the heart. Junior Brother, you’ve been ensnared."

Yi Chentian felt a chill down his spine upon hearing this, realizing his gaze towards Wu Dai was one of covetousness.

He hurriedly took the porcelain bottle, poured out an Elixir of Clear Heart, and swallowed it, slowly dispelling the inexplicable greed in his heart.

"Thank you, Senior Brother." Yi Chentian bowed with a look of awkwardness, asking, "Senior Brother, what exactly is the Fire Pearl?"

"..." Wu Dai stared at Yi Chentian, silent for a moment, then replied, "I cannot tell you what kind of treasure it is, but if I can get more treasures like the Fire Pearl, I will surely be able to take that next step!"

Take that next step?!

Senior Brother had already reached the brink of the Seventh Realm of Martial Arts, the Returning to the Origin Realm. However, reaching and actually breaking through are two different things. According to Senior Brother’s original calculation, it would still take decades of accumulation and a large amount of treasure to have a chance of breaking through to the Returning to the Origin Realm.

Could just one Fire Pearl save Senior Brother decades and a vast amount of treasure to step into the Returning to the Origin Realm?

Yi Chentian was shaken to his core.

"If I can enter the Seventh Realm, my status in the Heavenly Inquiry Tower will be greatly elevated. At that time, I can secure a good position for you in the main building, sparing you from being a sub-branch master here in the Yiyang Kingdom, which offers few benefits."