Chapter 378: Chapter 221: The Mansion of Da Tang, Black Heavenly Dog_1
After several disciples entered the room, Lin Xun commenced a ruthless massacre.
Master Fan’s Shell wielded considerable strength; without even using Inferno, his swordsmanship skills were enough to handle these disciples with ease.
In no time at all, several disciples ended up losing their lives. There were seven to eight bodies sprawled out inside the small room, with the air thick with the stench of blood.
The item bar updated with four new skill book items: one Rare+ Level skill book, and three of Rare Level.
"Almost half of them dropped items. The Swordsmanship Pavilion really is a gold mine!"
Lin Xun’s eyes sparkled.
He summoned the Valkyrie to block the entrance of the Pavilion, and began his delightful skill book spree.
All the disciples of the Pavilion were ultimately transformed into experience points and skill books.
He wasn’t sure if it was due to the high drop rate of the skill books, but the disciples didn’t seem to drop many pieces of equipment.
Lin Xun, who hadn’t experienced ’looting’ (collecting drops from defeated enemies) in a long time, felt like he was returning to his roots in the Swordsmanship Pavilion.
After massacring all the disciples, he let the Valkyrie continue guarding the entrance.
Meanwhile, he returned to the Rest Page to refresh, then returned to the Swordsmanship Pavilion...
This time after refreshing, all the ordinary disciples inside the Pavilion had resurrected. However, the senior disciples and Master Fan did not.
Lin Xun deduced that Master Fan had probably become a minor boss, and those few senior disciples were more like elite monsters, not part of the usual respawn.
The process of massacring them three times took quite a bit of time. If Lin Xun wasn’t worried about causing too much commotion, he would have switched to his chief Shell and annihilated them with one ’Meteor Strike’.
Defeating the disciples wasn’t very time-consuming. What took longer was the possession and looting process.
The disciples’ equipment quality was mediocre, but there were so many of them. After looting all of them, it still made for a decent income.
After Lin Xun had wiped out the Swordsmanship Pavilion, he had 56 skill books and 127 sets of armour in his inventory.
However, the quality of these items was rather lackluster. The highest level of the skill books was only Excellent+ Level, and most of them were only of Excellent Level.
The equipment was even worse than the skill books by half a level, akin to mosquito legs. Their number made up for their lack of quality.
A rough estimation showed that the equipment and armour could sell for around sixty to seventy thousand spirit points.
Excluding the Rare grade skill books, the remaining books could sell for around a hundred and ten to hundred and twenty thousand spirit points. Including the rare ones, this figure could probably be raised to around two hundred thousand.
"If I could find a few more places like the Swordsmanship Pavilion, getting rich overnight wouldn’t be a dream."
[You stand amidst the carnage, in the blood-soaked pavilion. It has turned into a purgatory; no disciple has survived.]
[As you gaze upon the bloody scene before you, your memory inside the Shell begins to recover...]
[...]
[In an equally bloody and brutal battlefield, you were the lone soldier to survive.]
[As the sun set, blood-red as the sights of war, you stood alone on the battle-ravaged field. You were discovered by the Otani family’s retainers while they were cleaning up the battlefield.]
[You were barely alive, only a step away from death. It was the Otani family who saved you.]
[Ever since then, you swore to serve the Otani family for the rest of your life.]
[The young lord appreciated your talent and sent you to the ’Heartless Swordsmanship Pavilion’ to learn sword arts with his funds.]
[You didn’t let the lord down. Your talent was tremendous, and your strength improved by leaps and bounds, making you the lord’s right-hand man...]
[Life is but a dream in the span of fifty years. Now that you’re old, the Otani family’s lord, with whom you once shared drinks and laughs, is also infirm and late in life.]
[You know that, barring unforeseen circumstances, the extensive property of the Otani family will inevitably end up in the hands of the eldest son.]
[But, the eldest son of the Otani family is inherently violent, arrogant and regards everyone else with indifference. He would only bring downfall to the Otani family.]
[On the other hand, the second son of the Otani family is compassionate, loyal and strong-willed. If he were to become lord, he could maintain the family’s glory.]
[The lord is also well aware of the predicament and plans to pass on his legacy to the younger son. Unfortunately, he has been weak for many years, and the power of the family has already been seized.]
[The Otani family is essentially under the control of the eldest son. To bring the second son into power wouldn’t be easy...The lord reminded you on his deathbed to fully support the second son, in hopes that he would succeed the lord.]
[If the eldest son’s influence becomes too strong to contain, the centuries-old reputation of the Otani family may be ruined overnight. If the situation is irreversible...]
[The lord handed you a golden token with firm determination: If the situation is irreversible, you shall go to the basement of the manor and unlock the seal of the Absolute Realm...]
[With that, the lord fell back into a coma.]
[You looked at the blood-like cursive text on the token, knowing that it was the key to enter the realm.]
[And that hidden underground manor that you had never heard about, was a ’Guardian of the Ten Directions’ Absolute Realm, cast by a top-tier Yin Yang Master...]
[However, you didn’t keep the token. You gave it to your new master, the second son of the Otani family- young, but kind and stout-hearted. He would decide when to use this last resort, the final... desperate measure!]
[The fragmented memory ceased here.]
[You have figured out the exact location of the ’Otani Manor’ based on the relevant memories!]
The light in Lin Xun’s eyes flickered.
’Otani Manor’ could very well be the most difficult place inside ’Fugang City’.
And below the manor laid the ’Guardian of the Ten Directions’ Absolute Realm. Even if the realm magic was inscribed on a talisman, it would be of Legendary Grade.
It’s clear that whatever was sealed underneath the manor wouldn’t be a simple matter.
Lin Xun dismissed the Valkyrie and decided to delve into ’Otani Manor’.
