Recently, he has been looking for some incomplete ancient books in the market, trying to learn more about the past of the Lost Continent.
He had a conjecture that during the war that broke out between the Lost Continent and the Green Continent in ancient times, there must have been tens of thousands of monks teleported across the border.
If the formation really requires a large amount of high-quality spirit stones or top-quality spirit stones every time it is used, even the primitive demons and the Qingqing Continent may not be able to afford it.
However, the war is ongoing, and both sides need a continuous supply of troops and supplies to be sent in or out, so all this seems unreasonable.
There was no way that war could have lasted that long.
Then they should have a "passage" like the crack in the Yinmo Cliff. Once opened, they can transport monks back and forth more "easily".
The "easy" transportation here is definitely relative, but the amount of natural treasures consumed is definitely far lower than the teleportation formation between the two worlds.
Moreover, there is no need for the protection of Nascent Soul cultivators. Otherwise, even if all Nascent Soul cultivators were placed in the passage, even if one died a hundred times over, it would still be impossible to escort such a large number of cultivators through.
And this speculation was finally obtained from a broken jade slip.
"… After the battle, only one group was left as the beam, regardless of the comings and goings of cultivators, which led to the gathering of all the sects in the Forgotten Continent, with various magics and techniques, ushering in a flourishing age of cultivation, most of which were cross-border…"
This is a broken jade slip that records the unofficial history of the numerous sects in the Lost Continent, which includes a passage describing the reasons why there are so many sects in the Lost Continent.
What made Li Yan's eyes light up was the sentence "After the battle, only one group of people will be left for Liang..."
The meaning of this sentence is obviously that after the great war between the two sides, only a teleportation formation was left for the monks of both sides to travel across the border.
This situation coincides with the super teleportation formation currently preserved by the two worlds.
In addition, the underlying meaning is self-evident, that is, there was more than one super teleportation formation in the war between the two worlds, and the rest were later destroyed.
Because the jade slip was broken and missing, Li Yan had no idea who left it.
After careful identification, he found that the material of this half-broken jade slip was not the same as it is today, and was completely different from the blank jade slips sold in the market.
Moreover, Li Yan had never seen this method of refining before. For this purpose, he specially bought back jade slips of various levels in the "Holy Demon City" one by one, and repeatedly checked and compared them with his spiritual sense.
Finally, he came to the conclusion that the half-broken jade slip must be an ancient object that had been passed down.
He had not told Zhao Min about this. At that time, with the existence of the "Divine Road", they were conducting more targeted investigations.
Now "Shenlu" gave up the idea. He planned to tell Zhao Min about the jade slip and his speculation later, and let her use the resources of "Holy Demon Palace" to confirm the news.
Once there is real news that can be corroborated by this broken jade slip, they will try to find out whether the secret passage remains.
Although the hope is slim, Li Yan and Zhao Min are unwilling to wait for the unknown, so they must give it a try.
As for the possible need for protection from Nascent Soul cultivators during cross-border transmission, that is a matter for the future. Food must be eaten bite by bite, and problems must be solved one by one.
Maybe they can encounter a shortcut like the crack in the Yinmo Cliff, which they can pass through without the protection of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
However, Li Yan still wanted to know what other anxieties Zhao Min contained in her words just now.
Seeing that Li Yan changed the subject, Zhao Min frowned her delicate black eyebrows, thought for a moment, and then spoke softly.
“What I did in the palace was not discovered by anyone, but someone has been watching me for other purposes.
In the past, I was basically in seclusion, and nothing happened. But these three times I left the palace, it was a bit troublesome.
I was almost chased here today, but luckily I discovered it in advance and discovered his whereabouts. After going around in circles a few times, I finally got here, but there is already a problem. "
As Zhao Min spoke, her brows furrowed even more tightly, and a look of worry flashed across her pair of sharp eyes. It was obvious that she was also worried about this matter.
When Li Yan heard this, he felt a little confused. He initially thought that Zhao Min had revealed some clues, which were finally discovered by the two great elders.
In the past year, including this time, Zhao Min has only come out three times, and each time she was extremely careful. Unless a cultivator is in seclusion, it is normal for him to step out of the "Holy Demon Palace" three times in a year.
After all, "Holy Demon City" is a big city for cultivating immortals. It has countless markets, auction houses, material and medicine shops. It is normal for cultivators to come out.
But he could not deny that Zhao Min would still be discovered to be abnormal. However, after hearing that someone else was targeting Zhao Min for other purposes, Li Yan did not understand what it meant for a moment.
"Sister, it's Shanggong Changge. No, she's a Nascent Soul cultivator. If she were to track you, I wouldn't be able to find her..."
After his long talk with Zhao Min last time, he of course knew about the existence of Shanggong Changge, and his first reaction was her. After all, it was Shanggong Changge who had set up many obstacles for him in the beginning.
Zhao Min sighed softly, "It's not Shanggong Changge, but he is really a Yuanying cultivator. It's just that the one who followed him this time is his disciple, and that person is called Dongliqing..."
So next, she simply told him about Dong Liqing's harassment of her.
Including the two times she left the palace, the last time, she found someone following her in the palace, but that person did not dare to follow her that time.
Soon after I came out today, I found someone following me.
Although the man was hanging very far away, since Zhao Min practiced the "Heavenly Demon White Jade Plate", her cultivation level was not consistent with the realm she displayed, and her spiritual power was also greatly increased.
That man thought that he was in the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm and that he was more than capable of targeting an early stage Golden Core Realm cultivator.
The streets were crowded with people, and Zhao Min was so far away that she would definitely not be able to detect him, but she miscalculated and was discovered by Zhao Min. She recognized the other party as Dong Liqing's disciple at a glance, and immediately understood what was going on.
What kind of personality does Zhao Min have? After she found out that someone was staring at her, she simply turned around and walked towards that person, not caring about his face at all, and questioned him in the street.
Although the man denied it repeatedly with a sneer, Zhao Min finally gave her a message and asked him to convey it to Dong Liqing. If she found such a thing again, she would immediately inform the Supreme Elder and thoroughly investigate the other party's intentions.
The monk immediately felt that this matter was no longer something he could handle, so he dared not say anything more and turned around and left.
After listening to Zhao Min's narration, Li Yan's face turned a little embarrassed.
They were currently doing something that would anger the "Holy Demon Palace", and this must not be known to others. And the sudden involvement of this Nascent Soul cultivator named Dong Liqing undoubtedly increased Li Yan's chances of being exposed several times more.
Of course, there is another important reason that makes Li Yan extremely unhappy. Although he has never really made an engagement with Zhao Min, in his heart, Zhao Min is his Taoist partner, and he will not allow others to covet her.
When Zhao Min saw that Li Yan's face looked unhappy, her usually cold heart suddenly felt a joy she had never felt before.
Amidst the excitement there was also a sense of inexplicable joy.
"I actually cared so much about his opinion!"
She was thinking in her heart, but there was no abnormality on her carved jade face. This was related to her personality. After looking at Li Yanyi, she continued softly.
"Over the past year, I have been very careful. When I first came out to meet you, he didn't expect me to leave the palace, so he couldn't track me down.
The second time was too long since the first time, with a gap of several months in between, and he also couldn't predict when I would travel, so he was just guessing in his mind.
Sending disciples to certain places in the palace can only be regarded as a wait-and-see approach.
As for this time, Dong Liqing had guessed from the previous two times that I would not be in seclusion for so long as before, so while he asked his disciples to take turns guarding me, he dared to track my itinerary at the same time.
However, my cultivation level is rarely revealed, so his estimate was still wrong. After being discovered this time, he will know that my cultivation level should be much higher than that of his disciples.
Next time, he might track me personally, and if that happens, I won't be able to get out again.
Dong Liqing is very anxious now. I know that the elders of his branch have repeatedly put pressure on him to marry me as soon as possible, or to confirm the relationship. "
Zhao Min spoke quietly. Dong Liqing really spent a lot of money. He didn't dare to disturb the Grand Elder, but he didn't know how much it cost, but he finally persuaded Shang Gong Changge.
Even Shanggong Changge took the initiative to mention this matter twice, but was ruthlessly rejected by Zhao Min both times.
After that, Shanggong Changge never mentioned the matter again. She took what she should have taken and mentioned what she should have said to Zhao Min. She didn't want to make Zhao Min feel disgusted as she would still have to rely on her in the future.
On the contrary, later on, Shanggong Changge told Zhao Min some things about Dong Liqing's branch, which made Zhao Min fully understand Dong Liqing's intentions.
Zhao Min herself guessed that Shanggong Changge's subsequent actions were not because he was afraid of her dissatisfaction in the future, but because Shanggong Changge was a cold-blooded person. After guarding the border for many years, he developed a decisive and iron-blooded character.
As a female cultivator, she also extremely disliked those who wanted to use female cultivators to gain power, but perhaps because the reward Dong Liqing initially offered her was simply impossible to refuse, she agreed to make peace.
To sum up, Shanggong Changge is a typical profit-oriented person who puts himself first in everything.
After she finished speaking, she saw that Li Yan's eyes flickered a few times and then he became even more silent. She also knew that Li Yan was completely powerless to do anything about this kind of thing.
He didn't even have the ability to deal with the disciples of Dongli Qingmen. This was the "Holy Demon City", and he was able to defeat the other side only because of the appreciation of the two great elders.
"Next time, try to use telepathy, but don't do it too frequently. Even if it's urgent, be careful about the intervals between telepathy.
Otherwise, some information is still communicated once every three months or so. I already feel that since I haven't been in seclusion for this period of time, the Supreme Elder may have noticed me!"
Zhao Min thought about it and decided to express her other concerns. She was not worried about herself, but Li Yan's life.
If Li Yan was targeted by the "Holy Demon Palace", the result would be predictable. This could be seen from Shang Gong Changge's attitude and methods at the time.
Li Yan nodded when he heard this, and then Zhao Min immediately stood up and was about to leave.
"Wait, Senior Sister, I have another discovery..."
Zhao Min suddenly stopped and looked at Li Yan with a pair of dark autumn eyes.
Under the other party's fixed gaze, Li Yan's heartbeat actually accelerated slightly.
After calming himself down, Li Yan deliberately avoided showing any other emotions.
Only then did he tell Zhao Min about his discovery of the torn jade slip and his speculation, and then he handed the torn jade slip to Zhao Min.
After Zhao Min carefully used her spiritual sense to detect the jade slip, her beautiful eyes suddenly lit up.
“I can look this up again. In the books I looked up before, there was indeed no mention of this kind of thing. I don’t know if it’s because the passage has been destroyed and no one bothered to record it.
Or they are afraid that others, or the Dark Demon Clan, will find the passage between the two worlds and invade other interfaces.
In the past, I mostly looked up historical records of the activities of the original demon race after it split, but this time I can broaden my horizons and search for information."