Ascension to the Gods

Chapter 263 Puppet
The holy mountain was as quiet as before.

Jiang Jian landed, and apart from the whistling wind, he couldn't see a single person.

"The world gateway shows no signs of damage."

"The faculty and alumni should not have left."

He looked up at the top of the Earth Moon Stone sculpture.

there.

A massive vortex blotted out the sky and rotated slowly.

all the time.

All of this is stirring up the heavens at their highest point, an incredible and vast spiritual energy.

Previously, the lunar realm was in turmoil.

The planetary barrier is being compressed.

This resulted in the closure of all world portals within the nine realms of Chang'an Prefecture.

It has not been reopened to this day.

"The pavilion that Shen Xi mentioned should be here."

Jiang Jian took a step forward, and his figure vanished.

next second.

Amidst the interplay of black light, he appeared in front of the pavilion, dressed in a snow-white robe.

To Jiang Jian's surprise...

The door to the attic was wide open.

Look inside.

The attic was quite spacious, filled with many cabinets, each numbered, and appeared to be completely unprotected.

Obviously.

It contains not only his own identification device, but also items belonging to other students.

Jiang Jian paused for a moment, then walked towards the pavilion.

suddenly.

A piercing creaking sound came from behind.

A wooden puppet walked out of the gate, its eyes gleaming with an eerie light, and blocked Jiang Jian's path.

"The gatekeeper has given the order."

"Students of the academy can only take away their identity devices when they reach the Divine Palace Realm."

Its voice was hoarse, mixed with an unpleasant friction sound.

Jiang frowned, stopped walking, and didn't argue with it.

He could tell.

This puppet is a demon spirit from the Divine Palace Realm.

He was ordered to stay here and would only carry out orders; there was no room for leniency.

Where is the gatekeeper?

After thinking for a moment, Jiang asked.

The puppet swayed its body and shook its head, saying, "I don't know."

Jiang Jian paused for a moment, then rephrased his question and asked again, "When did the people on the Holy Mountain leave?"

this time.

The puppet did not answer immediately, but instead took a step and walked to Jiang Jian with a creaking sound.

It stared intently at Jiang Jian, its eyes flashing with a sinister light, and asked in return, "Without exception, everyone from the Earth Moon Academy went to the Great Zhou Dynasty. How come you are here?"

The puppet was surrounded by a surge of demonic light, and its tone turned cold.

Obviously.

She already had doubts about Jiang Jian.

Seeing that Jiang's expression was calm, he dispersed the spiritual energy around him and said, "As the guardian of the pavilion, you should have my bone structure in the information you have."

Once its spiritual energy was restored and replenished, it transformed into a soft glow that surrounded its body.

It conceals the original bone structure, making it unclear to others.

Ordinary Divine Palace Realm cultivators would find it difficult to see through the spiritual energy barrier without using special methods.

As Jiang Jian came here, his true colors were revealed.

The puppet paused, its tone clearly showing surprise: "It was you!"

Its expression shifted, and it took out a piece of brocade and handed it to Jiang Jian.

"The gatekeeper specifically instructed that if Jiang Jian comes here, this thing should be given to him." He said.

The puppet looked puzzled. "But in my perception, your cultivation aura is only at the 'Spring' stage."

"Shouldn't your cultivation level be at the Divine Palace Realm?"

next second.

Jiang Jian accepted the brocade without explanation, saying, "Please give me the identity artifact as well."

The puppet frowned and said, "But the gatekeeper said that only students of the academy who have cultivated to the Divine Palace Realm can take away their identity devices."

Jiang smiled and said, "According to you, the gatekeeper also said that if I come here, I should give him my identity document and the brocade."

Hear this.

The puppet stood there, looking confused, and said hesitantly, "The gatekeeper did say that."

It pondered deeply, but still couldn't understand how the all-powerful gatekeeper could issue such a completely contradictory order.

after all.

If the students of the academy can come out of the Breakthrough Hall.

This means that he broke through the Divine Illumination Barrier and became a Divine Palace Realm cultivator.

If one fails to break through to the next realm, the backlash from the rules of the cosmos will be enough to kill one on the spot.

But Jiang Jian completely broke with convention here.

Although I have not broken through the realm.

But through various means, he managed to withstand the backlash of failure and did not die.

For hundreds of years.

Jiang Jian was the first student from the Earth Moon Academy to leave the Breakthrough Realm Hall, but he was not a student at the Divine Palace Realm.

"I took the identification device to carry out the gatekeeper's orders."

Jiang Jian said in a deep voice, "If we can't get the identity device and things get delayed, can you bear the responsibility?"

The puppet hesitated for a moment, weighed his options, and said no more.

It turned and went into the attic, rummaging through the things briefly.

A few seconds later.

The puppet emerged from the attic, holding a transparent wristwatch in its hand.

"Jiang Jian, from Linjiang Prefecture."

It reached out and handed the wristwatch to Jiang Jian, saying, "Your identity device."

In the puppet's mind.

The rule is that only those who cultivate to the Divine Palace Realm can receive the Identity Device.

These are words spoken by the gatekeeper a long time ago.

However, handing over the brocade and identification item to "Jiang Jian" was something the gatekeeper had specifically instructed them to do.

Although the puppet was originally a tool spirit, its intelligence was greatly suppressed by the formation, making it somewhat mechanical.

However, with a rough assessment, it can still detect it.

The things the goalkeeper specifically brought out and told us about were even more important.

"Thank you."

Jiang Jian took the watch and put it on his wrist.

Click!

As a cutting-edge technology on Earth, the identity device glows faintly.

In an instant, Jiang Jian's identity was confirmed.

A clicking sound came from behind.

The identity device fit perfectly against his wrist in the blink of an eye!

Jiang Jian lowered his gaze, staring at the identity device with a solemn expression.

He walked to the base of the Earth Moon Stone Sculpture, extended his pale, slender fingers, and tapped the identity device repeatedly.

A holographic screen appeared.

A series of urgent notification sounds came through!

Thousands of communications, arranged in order.

At the very top, the latest communication has arrived.

Just a few minutes ago!

The signatory was none other than her younger sister, Jiang Zhao!
(End of this chapter)