Chapter 1039: Disappointmen (1/2)

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Of the six great loose cultivators, the strongest, Gan Yangyu, was feeling extremely upset right now. He had barged into three stone rooms with Martial Techniques one after another. In the end, they had only Heaven Ranked Martial Techniques. He had not found a single Profound Martial Technique or Profound Cultivation Technique.

“I know only one Profound Martial Technique at the moment. I must find another one. Otherwise, I will not be confident of dealing with any one of the eight City Lords.”

Gao Yangyu revealed strong ambition in his eyes. From the sound of his words, it seemed like his chances in a fight with a quasi-Emperor City Lord were even.

Mu Qinghan’s group was rather lucky, having succeeded in breaking three restrictions on the fifth floor and gaining three King Grade Secret Treasures.

However, the tragic thing was that most of his group died. Only he, the manager, and the great grandmaster-level Martial Sage remained.

The value of the three King Grade Secret Treasures was definitely not worth the lives of so many people. Mu Qinghan currently showed a sullen expression. He clenched his teeth as he prepared to continue breaking restrictions.

Otherwise, he would not make any profit on this trip to the treasure mountain. On the contrary, he would suffer losses. Given his character, he would not agree to that.

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After rounding back eight times, Xiao Chen and Mo Chen continued to make several more turns. They did not fear that this was problematic; this was to prevent people from following them.

These maneuvers forced Chen Wenjun’s group to be extremely careful. If not for Lu Shaoyou reacting quickly, they would have exposed themselves a few times already.

“Young Master Wen, is there a need to go to all this trouble?” Mo Chen asked, feeling it was strange. Along the way, Xiao Chen seemed overly cautious.

“Since the second floor, I felt that something seemed off.” Xiao Chen looked around and said, “Never mind, maybe I am being too paranoid. After rounding back a few times, I do not see anyone following. Come, let’s go to the sixth floor of the Ten Thousand Treasure Pavilion you mentioned.”

If Xiao Chen could still use his Spiritual Sense, he would not have had to go to all that trouble. Unfortunately, the walls of this Ten Thousand Treasure Pavilion contained special formations and restrictions.

The walls not only absorbed the energy of the aftershocks from battles but also restricted Spiritual Sense and Mental Energy.

The two traveled through the pa.s.sageways, making several turns before they stopped at a dead end.

Xiao Chen stepped forward and knocked. The wall was solid; there was no hollow pa.s.sageway behind it.

Mo Chen moved her fingers, and a red light flickered on them. Formation lines appeared at their sides.

This was a wondrous secret technique based on the Supreme Magic Skills for prediction of the Immortal Epoch. Of course, at this point, it was very much weakened and could not be called a Magic Skill.

Xiao Chen thought to himself, This Mo Chen is really talented, able to do many things.

Refining Medicinal Pills, refining Secret Treasures, brewing wine, designing wine cups, and now, an almost lost secret technique—there was probably more too. Based on the talisman scripts of the formation, her comprehension of this wondrous secret technique was clearly quite good and not just superficial.

As Mo Chen moved her hands, a clump of white light moved around all over the walls on both sides.

After a while, the light stopped moving. She pulled her hands back before sending out a palm wind that struck a certain brick.

“Huang dang!”

Suddenly, the wall in front opened, and a long pa.s.sage appeared before the two. Mo Chen took the lead and entered first.

So that was how it was. The wall in front was indeed solid. However, finding the mechanism to open it required some kind of predictive skill.

Without this predictive skill, no matter how powerful a person or their technique was, they would not be able to find the secret pa.s.sageway.

After the two traveled through the pa.s.sageway, stairs appeared in front. By climbing the stairs, one would arrive at the mysterious sixth floor.

On that floor, a one-kilometer-wide stone room appeared before them. Plain and simple, life-sized, metallic combat puppets that radiated immense strength floated above the floor.

A quick count came to one hundred combat puppets grouped into ten separate teams in the stone room. A jade strip emitting a bright light floated above each team.

“These jade strips all contain Profound Martial Techniques or Profound Cultivation Techniques. For each jade strip you touch, you will face the attacks of ten combat puppets.” Mo Chen explained softly, “The combat puppets will set their combat prowess to the challenger’s cultivation. The highest level is all the way to Martial Emperor.”

Xiao Chen felt startled. The ancient Fire Li Sect was actually so strong, able to refine even Martial-Emperor-level combat puppets.

These combat puppets could regulate their strength. This ability should be for the sake of testing disciples, not letting those genius disciples obtain Profound Martial Techniques and Profound Cultivation Techniques so easily.

It would also prevent disciples with weaker talents from obtaining Profound Martial Techniques due to the great difficulties, creating a fair compet.i.tive environment.

Xiao Chen felt excited. He was currently only an Inferior Grade Martial Sage. However, with his combat prowess, he possessed more than enough strength to defeat great grandmaster-level Martial Sages.

In other words, if he took all ten jade strips, he would have to face one hundred combat puppets with the strength of only Inferior Grade Martial Sages.

Xiao Chen revealed an expression of joy, thinking to himself, I wonder if this is considered cheating?

That should not be. After all, it requires a bunch of coincidences for special circ.u.mstances like mine to occur. I am probably the only one since ancient times.

“Young Master Wen, I shall go and retrieve the Book of Heavenly Works first. Your strength should be more than enough to obtain one or two jade strips.” Mo Chen took out her flaming phoenix pendant and headed for a stone platform in the middle of the stone room.