"This Jade Slip is indeed miraculous. Such a small piece can store so much information!"
Lu Qing's eyes were filled with amazement.
He had already received most of the inheritance information from the Jade Slip.
And this information brought him great surprise.
It differed slightly from his previous guesses.
This Jade Slip was not left by the mysterious entity who opened the Jade Transformation Cave, but was created by the deceased Precelestial Realm master in front of him.
However, when he made this inheritance Jade Slip, he added a bit of his comprehension about the mysterious runes he had realized in the outer cave, which made the patterns of the two somewhat similar.
From the Jade Slip, Lu Qing also learned a lot of information he wanted to know.
First, about the Precelestial master in front of him.
Even among the Precelestial Realm, he was considered one of the top existences.
With his formidable cultivation, he had once suppressed a group of Precelestial masters from surrounding countries, astonishing everyone.
Unfortunately, even Precelestial masters have a day when their lifespan runs out.
If they cannot break through to a higher realm, Precelestial masters can only live for three hundred years at most.
In his later years, Li Weitian searched everywhere for a breakthrough opportunity. Finally, as his lifespan was nearing its end, he found this mysterious place.
When he first discovered the Jade Transformation Cave, Li Weitian was extremely delighted.
Because in the runes left by the mysterious entity who opened the cave, he glimpsed a chance to break through to a higher realm.
At that time, with little lifespan left, he immediately closed himself in the cave, hoping to break through.
Unfortunately, due to his dwindling lifespan and weakened spirit, coupled with the heavy consumption and injuries he suffered while breaking the cave’s defenses, he failed to break through despite the aid of the Earth Vein Spirit Liquid. His energy and spirit were nearly exhausted, unable to reach that higher realm.
Before his death, he recorded all this information in the Jade Slip, as a final account of his illustrious life.
At the end of the information, Lu Qing saw a passage left by Li Weitian.
"Alas, in my youth, I loved to compete with others. I desired to win in everything. After achieving success in cultivation, I battled across the land, challenging famous masters, defeating countless enemies, and gaining endless glory.
Throughout my life, my reputation overshadowed my peers, making many martial arts geniuses pale in comparison, relegating them to mere foils.
In my later years, I finally realized that in the pursuit of fame, I wasted too much time. My lifespan was almost exhausted.
Even though I found an opportunity, I couldn't break through due to the limits of my lifespan, unable to reach that supreme mysterious realm.
Regret, remorse, and sorrow.
I hope future generations take my experience as a lesson. In cultivation, focus on the path of practice itself. Do not get lost in the pursuit of fame and fortune, wasting precious time. Remember this well."
After reading Li Weitian's final words, Lu Qing fell silent.
He could feel Li Weitian's unwillingness and regret from his words.
Clearly, he had touched that long-desired higher realm, but due to his limited lifespan, he ultimately could not break through.
He couldn't imagine how regretful Li Weitian must have felt at that time.
But from his words, it was clear that he deeply regretted wasting so much time in his prime on competing for fame and fortune.
"Cultivation should be focused on practice itself. It's a pity that Senior Li Weitian realized this too late," Lu Qing sighed.
However, on the other hand, Li Weitian's unmatched strength, which suppressed his contemporaries, might not have been unrelated to his competitive nature.
If he hadn't fought with opponents for so long, he might not have fully unleashed his potential and reached the peak of the Precelestial Realm.
So, whether his competitive nature ultimately made him or ruined him is really hard to say.
"Li Weitian, if I get a chance in the future, I'll see if I can find more about your life."
In the Jade Slip, Li Weitian only briefly introduced himself, without detailing his specific deeds.
Given Lu Qing's limited knowledge of this world, he hadn't heard of this master before.
Judging by the remains, it’s unknown how many years he had been dead.
Most things in this world can't withstand the changes of time.
After such a long time, it's uncertain how many stories about him still circulate.
After a while of reflection, Lu Qing turned his attention to other information.
In the information left by Li Weitian, he also mentioned some origins of the cave.
According to Li Weitian, this cave had existed for a very long time.
He found it based on some fragmented records in an ancient book he had obtained by chance.
Originally, there were some defensive formations here, but due to the long passage of time, when he arrived, the formations had weakened and he broke through them one by one.
Even so, breaking the formations consumed a lot of his energy, which was one reason for his eventual failure to break through.
Seeing this, Lu Qing finally understood.
No wonder he and Xiao Li encountered no danger on their way in. He had been puzzled as to why such a miraculous place had no defenses.
It turned out that this Precelestial master had cleared the obstacles for them.
Li Weitian mentioned in the Jade Slip that when he first entered the cave, he was astonished by the scene inside.
Firstly, there was the spirit liquid condensing on the stone platform, a rare treasure he had only seen recorded in ancient books, called Earth Vein Spirit Liquid.
This spirit liquid could bring the dead back to life, extend lifespan, and improve cultivation aptitude, a treasure countless martial artists dreamed of.
He didn't expect to find it in such an inconspicuous mountain belly.
Unfortunately, such a treasure was of immense benefit to ordinary people and Postnatal Realm martial artists, even to ordinary Precelestial masters.
But for Li Weitian, who had reached the limit of the Precelestial Realm and was nearing his life's end, it was of little use.
Because the lifespan limit of a Precelestial master was set by the laws of nature, even such a rare treasure as the Earth Vein Spirit Liquid could not break these laws.
So, even if Li Weitian consumed all the spirit liquid on the stone platform, it could only heal the injuries he sustained breaking into the cave, without providing more benefits.
But aside from the Earth Vein Spirit Liquid, what excited Li Weitian more were the mysterious runes left by the entity who opened the Jade Transformation Cave, used to condense the spirit liquid.
From those runes, Li Weitian glimpsed a hint of the mysterious power belonging to the realm above the Precelestial.
At that moment, with his lifespan nearing its end, he drank the nearly thousand-year-old spirit liquid in the stone platform in one gulp.
Then he closed himself off, hoping to break through with the insight he had just gained and the power of the spirit liquid.
Unexpectedly, he still failed in the end.
His energy and spirit were exhausted, and he couldn't reach that mysterious realm above the Precelestial.