Learn in Seconds: Another Founding Ancestor, Xing Qianchen

Hearing Xing Wuzhan's words, Gu Changyuan felt a little embarrassed.

He couldn't exactly say that he had merely taken in thirty disciples and then basically left them to their own devices for the next thousand years, could he?

The fact that the Heaven and Human Holy Land, the Heavenly Demon Pavilion, and the Heavenly Fiend Sect could develop to their current scale and receive such high praise was entirely due to the dedication of those disciples.

They had excellent temperaments, did their utmost to take care of their junior brothers and sisters, and were absolutely loyal to their sects.

The sect testing props he had left behind were also utilized to the fullest by them, screening out batch after batch of outstanding disciples.

Passed down from generation to generation, this was what led to today's success.

But then again, the starting point of all this was indeed Gu Changyuan.

If he hadn't taken in those thirty founding disciples and taken excellent care of them while they were together.

Leading by example, making all the disciples under his command hold awe and loyalty toward the sect and toward him, their master, the current glory of the three great factions would not exist.

Without him as the starting point, without the rules he set and the foundation he left behind, there would not be the subsequent rise and prosperity of the entire faction.

The group traveled at an extremely fast pace, and since the Starry Vault Secret Realm was already located in the Eastern Region of the Eastern Continent, it was not far from the Heaven and Human Holy Land.

Therefore, it took them only a single day to arrive at the location of the Starry Vault Secret Realm.

Looking ahead, there was a continuous range of ancient mountains. The terrain was steep, ancient trees reached into the sky, and mist swirled among the peaks.

This mountain range looked completely ordinary, without any traces of a secret realm entrance, as if it were just a normal ancient mountain forest.

No matter who looked at it, they would never imagine that this was the secret realm where the Starry Vault Clan had lived in seclusion for a thousand years.

Gu Changyuan's gaze narrowed slightly, and his divine sense spread out silently.

Soon, beneath an inconspicuous mountain cliff, he caught an extremely faint fluctuation of a formation.

The fluctuation was very faint.

So faint that unless he intentionally probed for it, it would be impossible to notice.

But for him, it was clear enough.

Sure enough, it was hidden deeply.

Xing Wuzhan went straight to that cliff and stood still.

With a wave of his right hand, the pure power of the stars within his body surged out, transforming into brilliant rays of starlight that intertwined and rotated in front of the cliff, forming rings of complex patterns.

The patterns intertwined and overlapped layer by layer. In the blink of an eye, a massive star formation took shape in front of the cliff.

As the formation operated, the starlight erupted, and a pale purple light curtain slowly emerged. Within the light curtain, a secret realm passage leading to an unknown place gradually revealed itself.

Looking at that passage, Gu Changyuan understood in his heart.

To be able to remain hidden in the Nine Heavens Realm for a thousand years without being known by the outside world, the entrance to the Star Clan's secret realm was indeed extraordinary.

The formation just now was extremely complex.

Moreover, it strictly required the power of the stars to drive it; otherwise, no one could possibly open it.

Xing Wuzhan turned around and introduced it to Gu Changyuan:

"The formation just now is the key to opening the secret realm. It needs the power of the stars as a guide, and only clan members who have the permission of the Star Clan's origin can open it."

He paused and added:

"In the Starry Vault Clan, all clan members at the elder level and above have this permission.

The token dagger of the primal ancestor Xing Zixu intrinsically contains the aura of the Star Clan's origin. You only need to refine the aura within it to obtain the permission of the Star Clan's origin."

Saying this, he took out a secret scroll bearing a star pattern and handed it to Gu Changyuan:

"As for the detailed structure of the formation, it is all recorded here. You can study it."

Gu Changyuan glanced at the secret scroll and waved his hand:

"There's no need. I have already learned the entire process of you activating the formation just now."

"Ah?"

Xing Wuzhan and the seven elders beside him were stunned on the spot. Their faces were full of disbelief, and their pupils shrank slightly, almost thinking they had misheard.

Learned it just like that? Real or fake?

This formation was a secretly transmitted formation of the Star Clan that had been passed down for tens of millions of years. Its patterns were complex, and its activation method was exquisite.

Even the elders with top-tier talent in the clan would have to spend several days repeatedly studying it against the secret scroll before they could barely grasp it.

Yet Gu Changyuan had only watched him demonstrate it once, without even glancing at the secret scroll, and claimed he had learned it?

Seeing their faces full of disbelief, the corners of Gu Changyuan's mouth curled up slightly, and a trace of playful amusement flashed in his eyes.

He slowly raised his right hand. The power of the stars within his body surged slightly, and rays of starlight identical to the ones from before flew out from his fingertips.

They intertwined and rotated in front of him. In just the span of a breath, a scaled-down version of the star formation took shape.

The formation's patterns were clear, and its operation was smooth. It was exactly the same as the formation Xing Wuzhan had activated just now, without the slightest error.

Seeing this scene, the eight people including Xing Wuzhan were once again shocked dumbfounded. Their mouths were open wide enough to fit a fist, and stormy waves surged in their hearts.

Holy crap, he really learned it?!

This is too outrageous! The primal ancestor's comprehension is simply heaven-defying to the extreme!

Amidst their shock, a deep sense of ecstasy and relief welled up in the hearts of the eight people.

With the protection of a primal ancestor possessing such heaven-defying comprehension and formidable power, the Star Clan would definitely be able to escape their crisis in the future.

Xing Wuzhan took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing the shock and ecstasy in his heart, and bowed to Gu Changyuan:

"The primal ancestor's comprehension is heaven-defying, this subordinate is in awe! Please enter the secret realm with us, primal ancestor, and this subordinate will take you to meet the other grand ancestors and old ancestors in the clan."

After saying that, Xing Wuzhan took the lead and stepped into the secret realm passage. Xing Yan and the other six elders followed closely behind, while Gu Changyuan held Gu Xing'er's hand and followed them in unhurriedly.

The moment they stepped into the secret realm, the scene before them suddenly opened up.

It was no longer a forest and wild mountains, but a vast starry sky.

Overhead was an endless river of stars. Countless stars slowly rotated in the void, shedding silvery-white light that illuminated the entire secret realm.

Beneath their feet was a massive island suspended in the void. On the island, palaces and pavilions were lined up closely together, dotted with spiritual springs and waterfalls.

In the distance, there were several smaller floating islands slowly rotating around the main island.

Gu Changyuan's gaze flickered slightly.

The suppression on cultivation here was much smaller than in the outside Nine Heavens Realm.

The moment Xing Wuzhan and the seven elders stepped into the secret realm, the auras on their bodies seemed to have their seals undone, climbing steadily to the Human Immortal Realm.

Although they were still suppressed, they were, after all, existences who had undergone the baptism of immortal qi.

Faced with the intrusion of other cultivators from the Nine Heavens Realm, they could absolutely crush them completely.

Of course, the probability of them being able to intrude into the secret realm was minuscule.

As soon as the figures of Xing Wuzhan and his group appeared in the secret realm, several figures instantly sped over from the distant star pavilions, landing in front of Xing Wuzhan in the blink of an eye.

The leader was an old man wearing an ash-colored robe adorned with star patterns. It was exactly another grand ancestor of the Starry Vault Clan—Xing Qianchen.

Behind him followed three existences whose auras were equally not weak; they were the three old ancestors of the Starry Vault Clan.

Further back were more than ten elders.

They all knew about the matter of the seven elders including Xing Yan heading to the Heaven and Human Holy Land to search for the host of the Primal Chaos Star Spirit Body.

Not long ago, Xing Wuzhan had suddenly used an emergency one-way teleportation to leave.

They guessed that he must have encountered something extremely important or urgent; otherwise, Xing Wuzhan would absolutely not easily use an emergency teleportation that consumed a massive amount of resources.

Now, seeing Xing Wuzhan return, the crowd was filled with confusion. They cast their gazes toward him one after another, wanting to know exactly what had happened.