Chapter 28: The Ancient Mountain Lord

  Su Han's eyes lit up when he saw the bookshelf, and a surge of excitement rose in his heart. Those books were obviously the books of this extraordinary strong man, and they would absolutely not be ordinary goods.

  Su Han arrived in front of that bookshelf and picked up those books one by one to examine them. The joyful expression on his face grew thicker and thicker.

  Those dozen or so books, each one is extremely precious to Su Han. One of them, "Luotai and Youji", records the geography, mountains and rivers, as well as the customs and personalities of the people of the Great Yan Empire, the Golden Wolf Empire, the Wulu Empire, the Dahuan Empire, and the surrounding vassal states and small countries. Another one, "Qizhen Record", contains images and descriptions of various heavenly materials and earthly treasures. Another one, "Zongpai Detailed Explanation", records the approximate strength and style of each major sect.

  These dozen or so books are all precious, among which Su Han values the three "Formation Foundation", "Magic Canon" and "Yao Qiu Bian" the most.

  Among them, "Formation Foundation" teaches some of the most basic formation principles, and also records the formation method and breaking method of a basic formation called "Fantasy Spirit Formation".

  That "Magic Classic" is a secret book that records the eight-grade magic skill "Earth Magic" and two martial arts, the eighth-grade "Hidden Breath Skill" and the ninth-grade "Soul Searching Great Method". Although "Hidden Breath Skill" and "Soul Searching Great Method" are not attacking martial arts, they also have very powerful abilities.

  The higher the martial artist's cultivation realm, the more vigorous their qi and blood will be. After cultivating to the true energy realm, even if they don't move their hands, a thread of breath will still flow out from each pore on their body. That thread of breath is extremely thin and ordinary people can't feel it at all, but for strong martial artists, it's different.

  When cultivated to the seventh layer of spiritual energy, a warrior's six senses will undergo a tremendous enhancement, becoming extremely sharp. At the same time, as the cultivation realm continues to rise, the warrior's six senses will also be continuously strengthened. If cultivated to the pre-heavenly realm, the warrior's body will once again receive a terrifying upgrade, with the six senses becoming even more powerful, able to see through the realms of warriors below the pre-heavenly realm at a glance, and sense the aura of strong practitioners within a 50-meter radius.

  This "Breath Concealment Technique" allows the practitioner to completely conceal their breath, making it impossible for others to detect. After using this technique, as long as one doesn't engage in physical combat, even a Heaven's Chosen strongman will be unable to see through the practitioner's cultivation and will only think of them as an ordinary person.

  That soul search technique is a terrifying auxiliary magic, once used on an enemy, it can search out the desired content from the enemy's brain. Of course, this magic also has limitations, once used on an enemy, that enemy will become an idiot, and the caster will also get a severe headache, if not careful to receive backlash, then the strong caster of this magic will instead become an idiot.

  That "Yaoqin Bian" is an extraordinary martial art, this martial art requires collecting the blood of innate Yaoqin and refining it into one's body, cultivating to the realm of Mahayana, can transform into a being similar to innate Yaoqin, freely soaring in the sky.

  Su Han put away those secret books and saw a bronze token on the bookshelf. He picked it up and saw that it was engraved with three big characters: "Gu Yue Ling".

  At the sight of the three words "Gu Yue Ling", Su Han's heart skipped a beat, and a flash of wild joy flickered in his eyes: "This token, could it be the legendary Gu Yue Ling?"

  In the midst of the Great Flame Dynasty, there existed three great martial sacred lands: Luo Shan Sect, Gu Yue Sect, and Xia Yi Men. These three great martial sacred lands were filled with experts as numerous as clouds and strong individuals as plentiful as rain. Each of these martial sacred lands possessed over ten innate powerful beings, aside from which they also had alchemists, talisman masters, and artifact craftsmen - all of whom were rarely seen in the outside world. Every single one of these martial sacred lands possessed martial power that could rival the Great Flame Dynasty. In the past, the reason why the Great Flame Dynasty was able to overthrow the Great Xia Dynasty was entirely because the three great martial sacred lands lent a helping hand.

  The three great innate powers in the Great Flame Dynasty are the three major martial arts sacred places that were sent to guard the imperial family of the Great Flame Dynasty, as well as the masters who guarded the entire Great Flame Dynasty.

  It is precisely because of this that the three major martial arts holy lands have an extremely high status in the Great Flame Empire, to the point where even the Emperor of the Great Flame Empire has to show deference to the leaders of the three major martial arts holy lands.

  This ancient Yue order is a reward given by the ancient Yue sect to those strong people who have completed various difficult tasks issued by the ancient Yue sect. As long as you hold the ancient Yue order and enter the ancient Yue sect, you can take a step into the sky, exempt from various trials, and become an inner disciple of the ancient Yue sect in one move.

  Once becoming an inner disciple of Guyue Sect, one can cultivate the superior Dharma that is rarely seen in the outside world. If not for poor aptitude, basically all can cultivate to the Seventh Heaven Spirit Qi Realm. At the same time, the status of Guyue Sect's inner disciples is extremely high, even if it's a Taishou from a large state of Dayan Wangchao, they wouldn't dare show half a bit of disrespect towards an inner disciple of Guyue Sect.

  Any inner disciple from one of the three major holy lands, as long as they join the Great Flame Empire, whether in politics or military, can achieve great success. The top generals in the Great Flame Empire's army have two-thirds of them being strong people from the three major martial arts holy lands.

  This ancient Yue command would absolutely be able to sell for over 500,000 taels of silver at an auction house, it's extremely precious.

  Su Han possessed the ancient Yue Command, and as long as he went to the Ancient Yue Sect, he could become an inner disciple of the Ancient Yue Sect. Once he became an inner disciple of the Ancient Yue Sect, the Zhao family in Xiyuan Town was nothing, and he could crush them with a mere thought.

  Su Han was extremely satisfied to put the ancient Yue command into the ring, took out the "Formation Foundation" and turned to the Phantom Formation chapter to study carefully. The phantom formation set up around this valley is unparalleled, even if it's a strong man in the later stage of the ninefold realm, being trapped inside will fall with just one carelessness.

  "Ah-ha!" Su Han closed "The Foundation of the Array Method" and stepped into the cave, walking towards the corner of the valley.

  In a secluded corner of that valley, Su Han flipped over a stone and then directly pulled out a black array chess piece that was inserted into the ground.

  As soon as the black chess piece was pulled out, the bamboo around Su Han immediately dispersed, and the mountain valley restored its cruel scenery filled with killing intent, traps and corpses everywhere.

  This Ling array requires a total of eight array pieces and one array eye. Su Han followed the instructions in the book, collecting all the hidden array pieces and array eyes in various parts of the mountain valley.

  Su Han carefully examined the array disc that served as the eye of the formation, and saw that in the center of the disc, which was engraved with many mysterious lines, there was a piece of stone emitting a yellowish-brown spiritual light that was somewhat transparent. It looked almost identical to the mysterious stone he had absorbed and refined from the small river, except for the color of the spiritual light it emitted. The spiritual light of this piece of ling stone also seemed very dim: "Is this the Ling Stone? So, the stone I absorbed in the river is a Ling Stone too?"

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