Chapter 2709 — The Main Tomb Chamber
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Wei Zhao and White Leader stood respectfully before the coffin and paid their respects to Patriarch Zhang Lifeng. White Leader grew somewhat agitated. Though the Five Luminaries Sect enshrined the tablets of its patriarchs through the generations, to stand in person before the coffin of Zhang Lifeng—the most renowned alchemist in history—left White Leader overcome with emotion.
A heroic spirit long suppressed for years rose unbidden from the depths of his heart! Once, White Leader had believed himself ruined and had sunk into despair, thinking he would muddle through the rest of his life. In those days his only goal had been to find a wood-attribute heir for the Five Luminaries Sect and pass on all he had learned.
As for Xuan Chen's treachery and his seizure of power, White Leader had truly been powerless to stop it, powerless to restore the Five Luminaries Sect's good name. If the sect was ever to prosper, his only course had been to cooperate with Xuan Chen and aid him in his villainy.
But after meeting Wei Zhao, White Leader suddenly discovered that his future was bright after all—that returning to the Five Luminaries Sect, even reclaiming it, was no impossible feat.
All of it seemed like the guiding hand of Patriarch Zhang Lifeng, unseen, delivering Wei Zhao to his side and letting him see hope.
White Leader swore silently in his heart that he would never betray Patriarch Zhang Lifeng's hopes. One day he would restore the Five Luminaries Sect and bring back the glory it had known thousands of years ago!
"Phew..." White Leader let out a long breath, then said, "Let us read through Patriarch Zhang Lifeng's life and experiences, and then leave. This whole affair is finished now..."
"All right." Wei Zhao nodded solemnly as well. This trip to the ancient tomb was different from the last: he had now formally entered the Five Luminaries Sect and become one of its members, so standing before Zhang Lifeng's coffin naturally stirred different feelings in him.
Wei Zhao quietly lifted the Thunder Pig in his arms, and together they began reading the account of Zhang Lifeng's life on the wall. The little creature could read as well, and Wei Zhao meant to let it look too, to recall the events of those years.
"You two go ahead. I'll poke around here and see if there's anything good." Yu Xiaoke was not much interested in Zhang Lifeng's life and experiences.
Wei Zhao nodded without saying more, and together with White Leader began carefully reading the writing on the wall...
Zhang Lifeng devoted his entire life to the study of medicine and alchemy. The remedies and pill formulas he improved were beyond counting, and the lost elixirs of high antiquity that he restored were no few either!
Some ancient elixirs were lost not because they were so difficult to refine, nor because their formulas had vanished, but because certain ingredients named in those formulas no longer existed!