Chapter 536: Chapter 533: Grandmaster! White Rainbow Palm Force
At this moment, Li Qiushui’s heart felt ashen, her martial arts power drained completely.
Even the specially crafted hidden passage had been discovered by someone.
One must know that the artisans, palace maids, and others who knew about this hidden passage at the time had been secretly executed by her!
Unexpectedly, it was discovered by Ding Ling now!
How on earth did Ding Ling detect something abnormal about that tea table?!
Li Qiushui was utterly perplexed, even to the point of asking again.
However, Ding Ling showed no intention of answering her.
Seeing this, Li Qiushui wisely refrained from asking, her face growing increasingly bleak.
She had imagined dying of old age, dying at the hands of Heavenly Mountain Granny, dying amidst the struggle for imperial power, but never imagined dying at the hands of Ding Ling, who stormed alone into the Imperial Palace!
This was too absurd, like something out of a fairy tale, beyond her imagination!
[E-level Achievement Medal earned: You have shocked Li Qiushui.]
[Note: Li Qiushui is as beautiful as a celestial immortal, with a ruthless and capricious nature. In her worldview, there is virtually no one she cannot kill! Even the Palace Master of Lingjiu Palace, whom she values greatly, she is confident she can kill!
And you are the only one who has come against the wind, easily subdued and crushed her. She has never seen a master like you, causing her to lose composure, bewildered, astonished, and stunned.]
Li Qiushui’s martial arts cultivation was clearly at the Innate Middle Tier.
Quite remarkable.
If she worked a bit harder, reaching High Tier Innate, or even Grandmaster Tier, would not be difficult.
Simply because Ding Ling noticed her exceptional potential, a natural martial arts prodigy.
Unfortunately, he and she were enemies.
Tap, tap!
Stepping on the stone steps of the earth passage, with crisp echoing sounds, he walked further and further away, making a turn in the middle, finally arriving at a secret chamber.
Inside, it was filled with various gold and silver jewelry and treasures, even in this dark underground chamber it shone brightly, saying that they were worth a fortune would not be an exaggeration.
Ding Ling moved towards the next secret chamber.
This one was open too.
Yet, several handsome, elegant, with divine appearances like jade trees from remote forests were imprisoned inside.
Most of these men were shackled with heavy chains, under the dim yellow light, their expressions were either indifferent, ashen-faced, or simply lying on the bed holding a book, reading...
There were as many as six.
Different in temperament and demeanor.
But all were incredibly handsome men.
Ding Ling saw them.
They saw Ding Ling too, especially when they noticed Li Qiushui standing behind Ding Ling, one by one they stood respectfully and bowed:
"Greetings to the Imperial Consort."
They glanced at Ding Ling, eyes showing vigilance and hostility.
Ding Ling was initially puzzled.
But quickly came to a realization.
No doubt.
These men must have mistaken him for a competitor, thinking he was the newly recruited ’male concubine’ of Li Qiushui?
Ding Ling glanced at Li Qiushui.
The light veil on her face had already been knocked off.
Though the sword scars on her face were quite obvious, her appearance seemed no more than forty years old, still graceful with strong charm, her features were identical to those of Wang Yuyan and Li Qingluo.
Except her temperament leaned more towards cold arrogance and wantonness.
Seeing this, Ding Ling couldn’t help but marvel at how formidable Li Qiushui’s genes were!
That Duan Yu who saw the jade statue in the stone cave of Wuliang Mountain became entranced, fell into a daze as if possessed, even uttered the words ’Immortal Sister, to see your beauty today makes dying without regret’, although the jade statue carved was not of Li Qiushui, yet their appearance was identical, this clearly shows how high Li Qiushui’s allure was, and how beautiful her looks were.
Moreover, counting by age, Li Qiushui was already over eighty, her face bore several conspicuous scars, but she still resembled the Gushe Fairy.
Through three generations, their features and figures were almost identical, such genetics are rare throughout history.
Tap, tap.
Ding Ling ignored these men and headed for the next room.
Li Qiushui, grasped by Ding Ling’s Formless Qi from the Dragon Capturing Skill, followed without her own volition.
Leaving the handsome men to look at each other, unsure what to do.
For a good while.
One of them spoke softly:
"The Consort seems to be in a strange state. Her complexion, her gaze, both are odd. It’s as if she is filled with fear and helplessness toward that man."
"Unbelievable. I’ve never seen the Consort in this manner before! She used to look down on us, treat us like servants. Who would have thought she herself would fall into the same fate as us."
...
Although the handsome men had been confined here for some time.
They evidently understood Li Qiushui well enough.
It shows that both parties were extremely close normally.
What perceptive eyes Ding Ling has?
He easily discerned that these men had a relationship with Li Qiushui beyond mere physical intimacy.
Could not help but shake his head secretly, Li Qiushui’s capricious nature was beyond his imagination, a woman raising a bunch of handsome men.
Moreover, she had taken a handsome man to play with earlier.
But from her casually using men as a shield, it can be seen, she certainly killed many of these men.
A real deviant!
Ding Ling stopped overthinking.
After all, he only considered Li Qiushui as a tool, would not have much interaction with her.
Reaching the third room.
Ding Ling saw rows upon rows of bookshelves.
The bookshelves were crammed with various secret manuals.
Ding Ling’s heart was filled with joy.
Immediately stepped forward.
Randomly picked one up.
Netherworld Ghost Claw
Ding Ling quickly skimmed through it.
Reading ten lines at a glance.
Finished in ten breaths.
[Netherworld Ghost Claw Full Level]
[Power +0.1]
[Agility +0.2]
[Constitution +0.1]
This was clearly a superior claw technique.
After condensing into a claw, it became invincible and extremely fierce.
Picked up the next one.
"White Rainbow Palm Force"
This is Li Qiushui’s supreme skill.
Ding Ling raised his eyebrows slightly.
Quickly flipped through.
Soon.
[White Rainbow Palm Force Full Level]
[Strength +0.2]
[Agility +0.2]
[Constitution +0.1]
This palm technique is a top-tier Splitting Sky Palm Technique.
It’s much more powerful than Huang Laoxie’s Splitting Sky Palm.
The Splitting Sky Palm cannot make turns, but this palm technique can bend and straighten at will, the palm force unleashed can actually curve!
After reaching full level with White Rainbow Palm Force.
Ding Ling couldn’t resist testing it out; as he slapped out a palm, a palm print condensed in the void, controlled by Ding Ling’s palm force, moving up and down, suddenly left and right, swinging unpredictably!
"It really works!"
Ding Ling was delighted.
This is the first time he encountered such a palm technique!
Not only can it split through the air, but it can also remotely control the palm force, and because he had already reached full level with extremely profound power, this White Rainbow Palm Force executed by him was truly flawless and exceptionally distinct.
"...!!!"
Li Qiushui was completely stunned.
She cultivated White Rainbow Palm Force for decades but couldn’t reach Ding Ling’s level of mastery.
She confirmed her White Rainbow Palm Force reached Great Perfection Innate Ability, there was only one possibility, Ding Ling’s power far surpassed hers by manyfold!
Realizing Ding Ling just looked for a moment and reached Great Perfection with White Rainbow Palm Force.
Li Qiushui was bewildered, unable to suppress the tumultuous waves within her heart, she asked:
"You know North Nether Divine Skill and Ripple Step. How do you know my White Rainbow Palm Force too? Where did you learn it from?"
She was certain.
The Secret Manual of North Nether Divine Skill and Ripple Step are known to be in the stone cave at Wuliang Mountain.
But White Rainbow Palm Force, she certainly never passed it on to anyone else!
How did Ding Ling learn it?!
Ding Ling ignored her and picked up the next Secret Manual to read.
Soon after.
[Cold Sleeve Brushing Full Level]
[Strength +0.1]
[Agility +0.1]
[Constitution +0.1]
This is a Martial Arts technique that can unleash supreme power using a sleeve.
Next one.
[Turtle Breath Skill Full Level]
[Transformation Technique Full Level]
[Corpse Rot Skill Full Level]
...
Each Secret Manual Ding Ling finished reading instantly reached full level.
His aura was continuously growing.
Especially when Transformation Technique reached full level, visible Spiritual Mechanism and Primordial Qi swarmed him and overwhelmed him, a scene Li Qiushui witnessed clearly, leaving her utterly shocked.
At this moment.
How could she not understand?
Ding Ling was truly an unimaginably supreme martial arts prodigy!
These techniques, he mastered and reached Great Perfection just by glancing at them.
She witnessed it clearly.
The Transformation Technique is a peerless evil skill, most can’t even reach entry level, let alone perfection and Great Perfection.
Ding Ling achieved Great Perfection instantly, his ability, talent.
Just thinking about it.
Li Qiushui couldn’t help but tremble in her heart, sweat on her forehead, experiencing for the first time feelings of regret and remorse.
If she knew Ding Ling was such a defiant and unrivaled talent, she would definitely not have opposed him.
Unfortunately.
There’s no regret medicine in this world.
[True Power Value 21 points]
After full level Transformation Technique.
Ding Ling absorbed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Mechanism and Primordial Qi, instantly adding a strand of North Nether True Qi to his dantian.
Along with previous strands,
Three in one.
Another drop of North Nether True Water emerged.
Reaching this step.
Ding Ling unexpectedly stepped into the realm of Grandmaster!
In terms of True Qi Cultivation.
He had reached the world’s shackles, unable to advance further.
To make progress.
He must break the world’s shackles, shatter the void, and move to higher realms.
’Didn’t expect to become a Grandmaster so quickly.’
Ding Ling keenly perceived.
Upon reaching Grandmaster.
His strength drastically differed from before.
Can easily crush Initial Tier Grandmasters.
An Initial Tier Grandmaster alone can face dozens of Initial Tier Grandmaster characters, no problem at all!
This is the absolute crushing of higher realms!
If Grandmasters were like ordinary mountains, then Grandmasters were like towering peaks, the two are not of the same level at all.
