Chapter 42: Legacy of the Dharma-Ending Age – Shanhe Sect

“Merchants, cooks, inn attendants, and scholars — so killing red-named NPCs and looting them could get you costumes,” Chen Xiyi looked at the four new costumes. As for items like Human Skin and Human Bone, he simply ignored them.

“It’s confirmed now. The newly spawned Outer Realm Demonic Celestial before was actually the leader of Qingxu Sect, which is why it dropped this costume. He might have been a grandmaster who achieved ascension. And now it gave me the Cycle Function and the Spirit of History module too.”

“But these costumes don’t seem very powerful. They don’t give any stats at all. My Qingxu Sect leader costume added ten points to charm.”

After testing them one by one, he still thought the Scholar Costume was the most useful. More importantly, because it didn’t add any charm, it wasn’t very noticeable, and it also covered up his Alloy Full Body Armor.

“Great. From today on, I’m just a weak scholar with no strength at all,” Chen Xiyi decided. He would use this Scholar Costume in the next world. For this world, he still needed the fearsome look of his Alloy Full Body Armor to intimidate others.

“Wait, if I loot Emperor Li, would I get an emperor costume?”

Of course, Chen Xiyi was just thinking about it. He didn’t actually need it.

Emperor Li was a white-named NPC and hadn’t offended him. Although he saw in the logs several times that the other party wanted to trick him, it never happened. He couldn’t just kill someone for thinking about it.

There were plenty of people who thought that way. Unless he killed everyone, there was no way to stop it.

As long as no action was taken, Chen Xiyi would turn a blind eye to it.

Killing these NPCs only had some appeal for the costumes they dropped; the other materials weren’t very useful.

He found a random spot to sit down and took out that nameless travelogue to read.

Sharpening the axe wouldn’t delay the woodcutting. He wasn’t in a hurry to dig for treasure yet; he wanted to see what this treasure was all about first.

The protagonist of the travelogue was a True Disciple of Shanhe Sect. He recorded various events while following the three founders of Shanhe Sect as they searched for a new Paradise Grotto during the Age of Dharma Decline. The story ended with everything fading to white—the Shanhe Sect was destroyed.

“Why does this feel like a fantasy novel? And these three Shanhe Sect founders seem a bit familiar?”

Ancestor Xuanyuan, Ancestor Moyu, and Ancestor Panqi—these three founders were said to be Heavenly Tribulation Realms. Unfortunately, during the Age of Dharma Decline, they couldn’t even cast spells, and their lifespans were greatly reduced. In the end, they died in depression.

Just for starters, this Ancestor Xuanyuan—the Jianghu in Chen Xiyi’s possession came from his scroll painting. It was said that he excelled in water-based techniques.

“Ancestor Moyu had a magical treasure called the True Dragon Moyu, and Ancestor Panqi had the Yitian Chessboard. Add to that Ancestor Xuanyuan’s Tianhe Scroll…”

Chen Xiyi looked at the bits and pieces revealed in this Shanhe Sect True Disciple’s travelogue and couldn’t help but feel shocked.

Clearly, the Tianhe Scroll was Ancestor Xuanyuan’s painting, the True Dragon Moyu was the Fengshan Jade Registry, and the Yitian Chessboard was that Stone Chessboard.

From the descriptions by this True Disciple, these three founders were figures who stood above the mortal world for untold ages. The three magical treasures had been with them for an extremely long time—at least ten thousand years or more.

Unfortunately, the travelogue didn’t record the cultivation realms in detail, nor did it mention the subsequent events of these three treasures.

Because as the Age of Dharma Decline progressed, this disciple’s cultivation had long fallen to the level of a mortal. Unable to keep up, he had no choice but to settle down in one place, marry, have children, and live as a wealthy man. In the end, he passed away, leaving behind this travelogue.

As for the map, it seemed to hold the legacy of Shanhe Sect. What exactly it was, he didn’t know; the shopkeeper thought it was a treasure.

After reading it, Chen Xiyi was somewhat skeptical. Was it real or fake?

If it were fake, these three items with Historical Connotation couldn’t be faked. But if it were real, it was just too absurd.

This world actually used to be an Immortal Cultivation World where people could move mountains, fill seas, fly through the skies, and escape underground? And it declined and disappeared because of the Dharma-Ending Age?

“Whether it’s real or fake, I’ll find out by testing it.”

Chen Xiyi placed the map and travelogue into a Wooden Crate, then took out his Alloy Firearm and attacked the box.

[You used the Alloy Firearm and dealt 1 point of Durability damage to the Wooden Crate]

[You obtained: 1 Wooden Plank, Diary of the Ding Family Ancestor, Map of the Shanhe Sect Legacy Site]

“Whoa, it’s real.” Chen Xiyi discovered that the map was usable. After using it, a new marker appeared on his map, overlapping with the incomplete Module.

“So this Module is the legacy of Shanhe Sect. Does that mean I can cultivate immortality?”

At this thought, Chen Xiyi got excited. This was cultivating immortality!

But he quickly calmed down. The Module was incomplete, not whole, meaning it couldn’t be used. He would have to complete it first.

But looking at the entire map, there was only this one Module; there weren’t any others.

This made Chen Xiyi’s heart sink. Finally, a chance to cultivate immortality, but it couldn’t be used—how could his heart not sink?

“No choice. I’ll just have to get the Module first.”

He couldn’t just give up because the Module was incomplete.

Maybe after obtaining it, there would be a way to complete it. Giving up now would be a huge loss.

Moreover, as a legacy site, there might be various magical treasures. Although they might not be usable now, he had the Homestead System. Once he completed the Module and could use the corresponding system, the treasures should be restorable too.

“This world only has this one valuable thing left.” Chen Xiyi sighed; there was nothing he could do.

As for the possibility of other sects, the problem was they didn’t show up on the map. He couldn’t find them, and he couldn’t just search everywhere.

Even if he could find them, it might not be useful. This world was in the Dharma-Ending Age; anything left behind was probably all broken. Maybe only this one legacy from Shanhe Sect remained intact, which was why the Home Game captured it and classified it as a Module.

Without delay, Chen Xiyi searched around and found the spot where the foursome from the black market inn had been digging. It was pretty deep.

He didn’t know how deep the Shanhe Sect legacy site was buried, but these four had dug quite far down.

After climbing to the bottom of the pit, Chen Xiyi took out his Alloy Pickaxe. With just one swing, he dug out 1 unit of earth and stone.

This was a top-tier tool with three Enchantments; of course, it was much stronger than the previous Wooden Pickaxe or Stone Pickaxe.

But Chen Xiyi wasn’t stupid. For every 1 unit, he placed a wooden ladder; for every 3 units, he placed a torch.

With the Alloy Pickaxe in hand, his speed was astonishing. The four from the black market inn had to dig with great effort and also transport the dirt.

But for Chen Xiyi, it was no problem at all. They dug with brute force, while Chen Xiyi needed just one swing to dig out a neat, square pit.

He also skipped their transportation step—everything just turned into resources and went straight into his Inventory.

His speed was ridiculously fast.