Chapter 123: Chapter 81: Five-Fold Secret Martial Arts—Vajra Bewitched by Wind, Moon, and White Bones
The one steering the carriage was a tall man with hazy eyes as if drunk, carrying an iron clapper at his waist.
Despite being in deep winter, this man wore a thin linen robe as if it were summer, his chest and belly exposed, leaning against the carriage door.
Li Xuan had arrived early, waiting at the door.
Upon seeing the man, he saluted and said, "Senior Brother Yan."
The visitor was indeed Yan Beige.
Few know about the Secret Martial Arts Treasure Trove, it is usually used to reward secret martial artists by taking items from the trove, and very few are able to cultivate within the Secret Martial Arts Treasure Trove.
Because that means being able to freely use the treasures within.
Yan Beige glanced at him, tossed a blindfold and earplugs to him, then pointed to the carriage, letting him board.
Li Xuan got into the carriage.
The carriage had no windows, and the soundproofing seemed to be extremely good, not a single sound from outside was heard.
He then blindfolded his eyes and plugged his ears, soon feeling the carriage move.
Approximately half an hour later.
The carriage stopped, and the carriage door opened.
"Remove the blindfold and get off."
Yan Beige’s voice was hoarse yet very penetrating.
Li Xuan nodded, removed the blindfold and earplugs, and got off the carriage.
It appeared to be an underground cave, with a murmuring underground river.
In the distance, the light came from a fire basin.
This very moment of illumination happened to reveal a uniquely structured small courtyard.
The small courtyard had four rooms located at the four corners, while the metal building in the middle was the Secret Martial Arts Treasure Trove.
After bringing him here, Yan Beige gave some introductions and explanations, then no longer bothered with Li Xuan and directly entered the eastern room.
Though he had heard of the reason Li Xuan came here, in comparison, a dual cultivator secret martial artist was still far from him. Not to mention whether he could truly become a world-shaking "Five Cultivations Secret Martial Artist," even if he did, he was still far from entering the demon realm.
Furthermore, as an experienced person, he clearly knew the true purpose of a "Triple Cultivator Secret Martial."
Overusing secret martial arts tends to cause issues.
However, he wasn’t interested.
Whereas Pang Wuyue lived in the western room.
Li Xuan chose the northern room and settled in.
Actually, the north and south rooms were used to store food, so he shoved all the food from the north room into the south room and then eagerly headed to the Secret Martial Arts Treasure Trove.
Upon arrival, joy surged in his heart.
This wasn’t to say that there were many things inside the Secret Martial Arts Treasure Trove.
On the contrary, the types of things were few, but they were exactly what secret martial artists needed.
The Secret Martial Arts Treasure Trove was two stories. The lower level was a series of glass cabinets, storing basic diagrams, while the books placed on top housed the Grandmaster cultivation techniques.
Grandmaster cultivation techniques could just be transcribed, whereas the basic diagrams were unique.
The upper level of the Secret Martial Arts Treasure Trove stored precious resources, categorized into two types, four kinds.
The first type seemed to be common, which included: Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill, Great Blood Qi Pill, a drop of sealed demon blood.
These three resources were clearly marked and placed outside.
The second type was individually stored in black metal boxes, locked, requiring a key to open, with inscriptions outside like "Tier One Demon Claws," "Tier One Demon Severed Horn," "Tier One Demon Flesh."
The previous Yan Beige told him that the resources in these black metal boxes were for those trying to reach the "demon realm," which he couldn’t use for the time being.
As for these resources, they were more or less exchanged with many lives.
Li Xuan looked and understood that the boxes weren’t large, not enough to store an entire Tier One demon, which meant the secret martial artists of the manor sacrificed their lives for barely a piece of flesh from a Tier One demon. Naturally, many stories were contained within, which couldn’t be easily summarized in one word.
After walking around the Secret Martial Arts Treasure Trove, Li Xuan went straight to the lower level.
Candle stands and Everlasting Lamps emitted soft light, illuminating the basic diagrams beneath the glass.
Li Xuan cast a glance over, scared there weren’t less than a hundred basic diagrams.
And at the very core lay the basic diagrams of "Demon-Breaking Saber," "Vajra Body," "Fire Sun Divine Skill."
Li Xuan triggered mechanisms, extracted three basic diagrams, and then went to the second floor, selecting and picking, took three bottles of Great Blood Qi Pill and three drops of magic blood contained in special jade stone bottles.
The Great Blood Qi Pill’s effects were basically akin to that of Danfish.
And the magic blood seemed to be juvenile demon blood.
In fact, Li Xuan was quite tempted by the magic blood here; however, he couldn’t possibly engage in such "picking up sesame seeds while losing watermelons" behavior.
Moreover, the manor was a cultivation base for secret martial artists. If he recklessly stole the magic blood here, not to mention the great risk involved, he would essentially cut off the future of Great Yin to some extent.
Even though he crossed over, growing up here since childhood, while not exactly patriotic, he didn’t want to commit such "harm the nation for personal gain" actions.
Therefore, Li Xuan only took three drops.
Back in the northern room, he shut the door tight, lit the candle, and began cultivating.
...
Ssss~
The jade stone bottle was twisted open.
Drip...
A drop of unknown magic blood fell into Li Xuan’s palm.
Correspondingly, Li Xuan’s panel showed "Demon Points increased by 1 point," while the fifth column of the "Nine Grid Blood Bar" added a line of information reading, "Magic Blood (Incomplete, Needs Improvement)."
Below that was, "Injecting this incomplete magic blood can provide 2 extra strength points."
He didn’t hesitate to expel the drop of magic blood from the body, then let it invade himself again.
The extra 1 Demon Point didn’t disappear, but that drop of magic blood vanished from the blood bar.
