Proving Immortality Starting with Hextech Runes

Chen Xu avoided Su Qingxian's probing gaze and instead looked at the gradually healing cracks on the Heavenly Sound Stone:

"Sect Leader Su, now that the foundation of the cave is stable and the sound of annihilation has been subdued, I would like to go and see those ancient relics as soon as possible."

Su Qingxian snapped out of her daze, suppressed her doubts, and nodded, saying, "Please wait a moment, young friend. Miaoyin is already waiting outside the cave."

"She is most familiar with the distribution of the remnants of Wanlai Cave, and can accompany the young friend there."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Lin Miaoyin arrived with her inquiry.

Seeing that Chen Xu was unharmed, her heart finally settled down, and she quickly stepped forward, saying, "Fellow Daoist Xu, you..."

The words were on the tip of his tongue, but seeing a look from Su Qingxian, he swallowed the rest of his sentence and instead bowed to Chen Xu:

"Fellow Daoist Xu, the commotion inside the cave was intense just now, and I was very worried about it. Now that I see you are safe and sound, I can finally put my mind at ease."

Chen Xu nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping over Lin Miaoyin's slightly haggard face, realizing that her earlier worries were not unfounded.

He said calmly, "Manager Lin, there's no need to worry. It's just a minor setback."

Seeing this, Su Qingxian spoke up at the opportune moment:

"Miaoyin, young friend Xu wishes to explore the ancient ruins deep within the Myriad Realms Cave. You are most familiar with the terrain there, so please accompany him."

Upon hearing this, Lin Miaoyin quickly replied, "Yes, Master."

She turned to Chen Xu and said respectfully, "Fellow Daoist Xu, please follow me."

Chen Xu nodded, bid farewell to Su Qingxian, and then followed Lin Miaoyin into the depths of the cave.

The two continued on their way, passing through corridors constructed of layers of sound waves.

The path beneath my feet is paved with sound patterns, and with each step I can feel a faint rhythm flowing beneath my feet.

As Lin Miaoyin walked, she described the surrounding scenery to Chen Xu:

"Fellow Daoist Xu, this Myriad Sounds Grotto was created by a great master of music in ancient times."

"It contains countless traditions and relics related to music."

"However, as time has passed, many places have been damaged, and now only a few relatively intact remains can be found."

As Chen Xu listened to Lin Miaoyin's introduction, he observed the surrounding environment.

He discovered that the structure of this Myriad Sounds Cave was extremely ingenious, with each sound wave creation containing a unique rhythm, as if the entire cave was a giant musical instrument.

Before long, the two arrived at a huge stone gate.

The stone gate was tens of feet high and covered with intricate musical runes.

Lin Miaoyin stopped and said to Chen Xu:

"Fellow Daoist Xu, this is the first ancient relic, the Heavenly Sound Ancient Palace."

"Legend has it that this was once the place where the great master of music preached, and it may contain the inheritance of the laws of music."

Chen Xu looked at the stone gate in front of him, a hint of curiosity flashing in his eyes.

He could sense a powerful force contained in the runes on the stone gate, as if it were an invisible barrier preventing outsiders from entering.

Lin Miaoyin stepped forward, formed a hand seal, and a pure sound wave emanated from her hands, merging into the runes on the stone gate.

The runes on the stone door shone brightly, then slowly opened, revealing the dark passage inside.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, please come in." Lin Miaoyin stepped aside, gesturing for Chen Xu to enter.

Without hesitation, Chen Xu stepped into the passage.

Although he did not understand the way of music, Qingling in the Beast Taming Space was a ghost cultivator and a music cultivator, so he should be able to gain something from it.

The passage was pitch black, but Chen Xu's divine sense was able to clearly perceive the surrounding environment.

The walls on both sides of the passage were engraved with more complex musical runes, with faint energy fluctuations flowing between them.

After walking for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, a huge palace appeared at the end of the passage.

The palace was built entirely of white jade.

The palace's ceiling is carved with countless musical note patterns, as if playing a silent melody.

Chen Xu entered the palace, his gaze sweeping over his surroundings.

The palace was empty, yet it was filled with an ancient and mysterious atmosphere.

In the center of the room was a huge stone table, covered with densely packed musical symbols.

Chen Xu walked to the stone table and carefully observed the symbols on it.

These symbols were somewhat similar to the Dao patterns he had seen on the fragments of the Nine Abyss Soul-Suppressing Disc, but also different.

He could sense a unique rhythm within these symbols, as if it were an ancient musical rule.

Just as Chen Xu was focused on observing the symbols on the stone table, Lin Miaoyin's voice sounded behind him:

"Fellow Daoist Xu, the symbols on this stone table are the core of the ancient laws of music. It is said that as long as one can understand their mysteries, one can master powerful musical power."

"It's just that even after hundreds of years of research by the sages of my Huanyin Sect, we've only scratched the surface of it."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xu's heart stirred.

He recalled the Daoist aura he had sensed from the fragments of the Nine Abyss Soul-Suppressing Disc.

Perhaps these symbols are somehow connected to the fragments of the Nine Abyss Soul-Suppressing Disc.

He reached out and gently touched the symbols on the stone table. An obscure and incomprehensible rhythm flowed from his fingertips into his consciousness.

That rhythm was not a sound, but a pure fluctuation of law.

The moment Chen Xu's fingertips touched the symbols on the stone table, ripples spread through his mind.

That obscure rhythm surged in like a tide, carrying an ancient and mysterious aura.

Just then, Qingling's voice suddenly echoed in Chen Xu's mind:

"Senior brother, this rhythm contains powerful sound wave laws, which will greatly benefit my cultivation."

Qingling was in a state of cultivation at the moment. After sensing this rhythm, the bluish-gray yin wind around her instantly became more condensed.

"This rhythm contains a law called the [Soul-Suppressing Sound], which can directly affect the soul and has a remarkable effect on suppressing and attacking the enemy's soul."

Qingling's voice came again, tinged with excitement.

Upon hearing this, Chen Xu looked at the symbols on the stone table, then at Lin Miaoyin, and asked:

"Manager Lin, besides containing musical principles, are the symbols on this stone table also related to soul suppression?"

Upon hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Lin Miaoyin's eyes. She carefully examined the symbols on the stone table, then nodded:

"Fellow Daoist Xu is right, the symbols on this stone table are indeed related to the Soul Suppression."

"Legend has it that the great master of music created this Heavenly Sound Ancient Palace in order to study how to use music to suppress the soul and prevent it from going out of control."

Chen Xu understood, and said to Lin Miaoyin, "Manager Lin, I would like to stay here for a while to study these symbols."

Lin Miaoyin nodded: "Please do as you wish, Fellow Daoist Xu. I will wait outside."

Chen Xu walked to the stone table, sat down cross-legged, and began to close his eyes to rest.

Meanwhile, Qingling, within the Beast Taming Space, hovered in front of a simulated stone table projection within the space.

A bluish-gray wind swirled around his fingertips as he meticulously traced those obscure musical symbols.

"These symbols...contain a peculiar rhythmic law." Qingling's voice rang in Chen Xu's mind, tinged with surprise.

"They are completely different from the ghostly sonic techniques I cultivate, yet they are subtly connected."

Chen Xu's heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "How can we communicate?"

Qingling pondered for a moment and said, "My sound waves are guided by the power of Yin and cold, and attack the enemy by vibrating their soul."

"And the rhythm contained in these symbols seems to be able to achieve a kind of resonance effect by adjusting the frequency of sound waves."

"It can not only attack, but also produce all sorts of strange effects."

Chen Xu nodded slightly, signaling Qingling to continue her research.

Qingling stretched out her finger and gently touched a symbol on the projection.

In an instant, an invisible sound wave emanated from the symbol, causing a slight tremor in the Beast Taming Space.

"This sound wave... seems to affect the stability of space." A hint of realization flashed in Qingling's eyes.

"If we can master this rhythm, we might be able to disrupt the enemy's spatial magic in battle."

She continued to study other symbols, each one producing a different effect.

Chen Xu observed silently from the side, gaining a deeper understanding of the power of these ancient musical rules.

Qingling's fingertips gently traced another symbol on the stone table, and a soft sound wave spread out.

The surrounding space seemed to be smoothed out like a calm water surface, and the energy fluctuations that were originally disordered by the lingering sound of annihilation slowly stabilized.

"This is... the rhythm of spatial stability?" Qingling murmured in surprise.

"Although the Daoist principles of the Nine Abyss Soul-Suppressing Plate are not from the same source, they are similar in their essence."

"Combining the two might create a more powerful means of space defense."

Chen Xu's fingertips hovered over the symbols on the stone table, and Qing Ling's words stirred something within him.

He could clearly feel the rhythm flowing into his sea of ​​consciousness through his fingertips, faintly resonating with the dark gold Dao patterns on the fragments of the Nine Abyss Soul-Suppressing Disc.

The two are like two parallel rivers, with different origins, but they converge at a certain point, creating new ripples.

"The Soul-Suppressing Sound and the Space are stable..." Chen Xu murmured to himself, his consciousness sinking into the Beast Taming Space.

Qingling was hovering in front of the projection stone table. The bluish-gray wind swirling around her fingertips intertwined with the pale golden rhythm emanating from the symbols on the stone table, forming a semi-transparent light screen.

Wherever the light curtain passed, the dark domain in the northwest corner of the Beast Taming Space stabilized somewhat, and even the dark altar where the sound of annihilation lingered no longer emitted a cold fluctuation.

"Senior brother, look!" Qingling's voice was filled with excitement.

With a flick of her finger, a sound wave, incorporating the calming tone and the rhythm of spatial stability, shot out and precisely struck a spatial rift at the edge of the dark domain.

The crack was instantly smoothed out, and the surrounding dark energy quieted down.

A glint of light flashed in Chen Xu's eyes.

The combination of these two Daoist principles not only stabilizes the space but also has the ability to suppress evil spirits.

His gaze returned to the symbols on the stone table, his eyes growing even more fervent.

These ancient musical laws not only enhance Qingling's strength but also provide him with a completely new means of defense.

"Senior brother."

Qingling's voice, filled with barely suppressed excitement, echoed in her sea of ​​consciousness.

"Senior brother."

Qingling's voice, filled with barely suppressed excitement, echoed in her sea of ​​consciousness.

"I've tried layering the rhythm of the soothing chant with the stable ripples of space... Try it!"

Within the Beast Taming Space, the bluish-gray yin wind at Qingling's fingertips suddenly changed.

It has become less cold and chilling, and instead exudes a sense of calm and weight.

She held her hands loosely, as if stroking invisible strings.

A nearly transparent wisp of sound flowed from her hand.

This sound wave was initially subtle, like ripples created by morning dew falling into a deep pool, silent and unnoticed.

It lacked the bleakness and chill of Qingling's usual ghostly sonic waves, instead carrying an indescribable sense of "weight" and "order".

Chen Xu's mind was completely immersed in this new rhythm.

He could clearly sense the power that Qingling was mobilizing at this moment through the contract.

It was the product of the perfect fusion of the [Spatial Stability] law contained in the ancient symbols on the stone table of the Heavenly Sound Ancient Palace and the cold, penetrating characteristics of her own [Soul-Suppressing Sound].

"Soul-suppressing as the bone, space as the form, and music as the guide..."

Qingling's voice rang out in Chen Xu's mind, filled with unprecedented focus and excitement.

Her fingertips traced lines in the air, and the transparent sound wave changed accordingly.

Sometimes it wraps around like a supple ribbon, and sometimes it coalesces into an invisible barrier with sharp angles, exuding an aura of indestructibility.

"Senior brother, this method combines the spatial stability of the ancient temple symbols with the soul-soothing effect of my ghostly voice."

"I call it [Zhenyu Tianyin]!"

Before she could finish speaking, Qingling's gaze suddenly sharpened, and she pushed forward with both hands.

hum! ! !

The originally flexible and transparent sound wave instantly solidified, transforming into a semi-transparent giant sound wave shield!

Along the edge of the giant shield, a bluish-gray aura of soul-suppressing light flowed, radiating a wave of power that could shake the very soul.

At its core is a barrier formed by pure spatial stability, as thick as a mountain!

As soon as the "Suppressing Heavenly Sound Shield" was formed, the entire Beast Taming Space seemed to sink slightly.

The dark area in the northwest corner fluctuated violently.

"Roar!! You ants! Don't disturb my slumber!"

The enormous black shadow formed from the sound of annihilation surged violently on the dark altar, letting out a roar of shock and rage.

It instinctively sensed that a force capable of threatening or even suppressing its very essence was forming.

The soul-suppressing power emanating from the sonic shield made it restless.

The stable rhythm of that space subtly suppressed the chaotic origin upon which it depended for existence.

It gathered a dark sonic wave and crashed violently against the boundary of the Dark Domain, attempting to interfere with Qingling.

However, they were firmly bound by the rules of the altar and the beast-taming space, and their efforts were in vain.

Within the Dark Domain, the enormous black shadow formed from the sound of annihilation surged and roared, causing the entire Dark Domain space to tremble.

The semi-transparent [Zhenyu Tianyin Shield] hovered outside the boundary of the Dark Domain, firmly blocking the chaos and destruction.

The bluish-gray soul-suppressing aura and the spatial stabilizing Dao patterns flowing across the shield surface exert a natural suppressive force on the sound of annihilation.

It makes it irritable and angry, yet helpless.

The sound of annihilation suddenly coalesced into a massive, pitch-black sonic wave, far larger than the previous probing attack.

Like a monstrous wave that could destroy the world, carrying the deathly will of all things, it crashed violently into that seemingly flimsy sonic shield.

Boom!!!

The Beast Taming Space trembled violently, as if it were about to be torn apart by the violent impact.

However, the [Suppressing Heavenly Sound Shield] erupted with an unprecedentedly dazzling light.

The bluish-gray aura of soul-suppressing light instantly solidified into a tangible barrier.

The spatial patterns intertwined on it flowed wildly, breaking down the destructive impact layer by layer.

The shield, like the toughest eardrum, not only remained unbroken but also absorbed and reflected the power of the annihilating sound.

It transformed into shockwaves containing both suppression and stabilization, which then blasted back into the dark domain!