Chapter 22: Ancient Ruins Unlocked (Part 2)

  Back in the guest house, Jiang Xiaoyu's butt had just warmed up when the room next door started shaking and vibrating.

  After several days of closed-door meditation, Qin Feng finally broke through!

  Qihai Sevenfold Heaven! Back to the peak of the past, Qin Feng's combat strength is even more powerful than before! Now he can take on Yunxiu in a single battle! After breaking through, Qin Feng went straight to his master's door and knocked.

  Knock knock!

  "Come in!" said Jiang Xiaoyu.

  Qin Feng burst in, his face filled with excitement as he gazed at Jiang Xiaoyu. He had already entered the seventh layer of the Qi Sea Realm and even had a chance to break through to the Cloud Ascension Realm this year! All of this was thanks to his master's blessings, who had helped him cleanse his marrow and bones, and also given him cultivation pills.

  After praising his apprentice a few words, Jiang Xiaoyu informed him of the recent events and hoped that he could enter the ancient relic to compete with many geniuses.

  Although there are few cultivators who have opened up the 72 acupoints, it's not like they don't exist! The top disciples of the three major cultivation holy lands all have their 72 acupoints fully open! Especially the Great Master of the Academy, with his 72 acupoints and 10 layers of Qi Sea, is now about to break through to the Cloud Ascension 10th layer. If he succeeds in this step, among the geniuses of this generation, he will undoubtedly be the first without any dispute!

  After listening, Qin Feng's eyes lit up instantly, and his whole body was filled with fighting spirit!

  He may not be able to compare with those geniuses in terms of talent, but when it comes to fighting against others at the same level, he has a strong conviction! Although he is older than those geniuses, he is a man! What kind of man doesn't like to fight?

  Moreover, he initially sensed the seventy-two orifices, not necessarily inferior to those geniuses. It's just that their divine powers are a bit stronger, and he himself is not without resistance. This time, the opening of the ancient ruins, he naturally wants to go!

  "When the time comes for me to become a master, I will also go in, because of some reason, I want to obtain the Divine Fruit." Jiang Xiaoyu said.

  Qin Feng cupped his hands and said: "Master, rest assured, I will also help Master obtain the Divine Fruit!"

  Entering the ancient site, unless your strength exceeds that of the master of the ancient site, otherwise your realm will be suppressed to the initial realm. No matter how powerful you are in the outside world, summoning the wind and rain, inside you can only obediently become an initial realm cultivator.

  The divine fruit only works for those below the 72nd hole, and Qin Feng doesn't need it now. Even if he needed it, Master would want it too, and naturally, he would choose the latter. Without his master, there wouldn't be a Qin Feng!

  Another day passed, and on this day, many divine powers had been spread out, including that Saintess of the Floating Mountain!

  Jiang Xiaoyu was also worried about one thing, from the beginning of promoting this world, now with the addition of Gongfa Shentong, eighteen volumes have been promoted! And that damned system gave a hint, he could only promote two more volumes! Unless he completed a hundred-point task, otherwise, he could only promote up to twenty volumes.

  Big brother, couldn't you have told me earlier? If I had known, I wouldn't have promoted those mediocre divine abilities! Jiang Xiaoyu was filled with regret upon hearing this news.

  Twenty was the foundation, but this foundation was not stable. So there's only completing the tasks given by the system, such as entering ancient ruins... Jiang Xiaoyu estimated that after completing the task, there would definitely be follow-up tasks! Because the system wouldn't give itself a dead-end task, one hundred points must have hope to reach. Jiang Xiaoyu now just hoped that this system wouldn't be too scammy.

  "Rumble!"

  A loud noise came from outside, Jiang Xiaoyu and Qin Feng's expressions changed, and they hurriedly walked out of the room.

  At this moment, everyone in the Stone City was shocked by this loud noise. Among them, some powerful beings at the Dragon Transformation Realm caught a glimpse of an extremely powerful aura. However, this aura flashed and disappeared instantly, and cultivators below the Dragon Transformation Realm did not sense it.

  "The sound is coming from outside the stone city, I suppose something has happened there!"

  Some people with a strong curiosity have already started running out of town. Some geniuses, with a thoughtful face, also followed suit afterwards.

  "Senior!"

  Jin Chi Da Peng and Zi Yan also arrived beside Jiang Xiao Yu, then glanced at Qin Feng. As for this disciple, Jiang Xiao Yu had mentioned him to the two of them before, so he wasn't unfamiliar with him either.

  "No need to say more, go and take a look, you will naturally understand." Jiang Xiao Yu had an expression as if he had expected this all along.

  Actually, how did he know what happened? But pretending to be a high-end person can't let people see through it.

  Four people in a row also walked towards the city...

  Ten miles outside of Stone City, a stone monument three times the height of a person stood upright on the earth, and everyone who saw it was involuntarily shocked by it.

  No other reason, just because of the four big characters on the top of the stele, "Stone Emperor's own handwriting"

  Shi Huang! The strongest of the current generation! Who doesn't know, who isn't aware of Shi Huang's name in Zhongzhou? In his youth, Shi Huang once came to Nanhuang and fought against all the young geniuses. He swept through effortlessly, and there wasn't a single person who could stop him!

  Later, he stayed in Shicheng to enlighten the Tao, and the goddess also walked down from Xuanfeng Mountain to Shicheng for a battle with Shi Huang. No one saw that battle, but after Shi Huang left Nanhuang, it has been over 200 years now, and he hasn't set foot in Nanhuang again.

  Someone had speculated that Shi Huang lost in the war, but with the appearance of Sheng Nu, the relationship between the two became ambiguous. Sheng Nu is only in her early twenties now, and there's no way to match up in terms of age. However, some powerful beings can delay the birth of their children, so such speculation isn't entirely unfounded!

  "The ancient relic will open in three days, you all must prepare yourselves. Upon entering the boundary of the relic, your initial senses will be suppressed! The relic is a separate realm, and within it are some powerful native inhabitants. Although their strength is only at the initial stage, their divine abilities are different from those of today, so you all must be careful. I will use the stone stele as a guide to establish a passage leading to the ancient relic! One month after entering the relic, I will reopen the passage again. If you have not returned by then, you will be trapped forever within the relic, remember this!"

  Shi Huang brought a stone tablet from afar, on which was recorded information about the ancient relic. Because he was the only one who had entered the ancient relic at that time, and judging from his actions, it seemed that he did not have the intention of occupying the ancient relic for himself. Instead, he wanted to benefit the world and let the talents compete!

  "The Emperor's power is boundless!"

  Everyone bowed respectfully in front of the stone monument.

  Jiang Xiaoyu nodded slightly, this Shi Huang was indeed a broad-minded person. If it were herself who had discovered this treasure land, she would have quietly taken it for herself and wouldn't have let others get their hands on it.

  This demeanor is indeed worthy of his admiration, and it's no wonder that he's one of the three greatest peaks in the world, making people revere him.

  "Shi Huang is indeed the most deserving of emperors!"

  Shi Huang is not his real name, for over 300 years, few people know his true name. Many of his fellow cultivators have already been submerged in the long river of time. Only by condensing the divine bridge can one break through the ordinary lifespan and officially enter the ranks of a great cultivator.

  In that generation, although there were many geniuses, those who could reach the realm of Shenqiao were extremely rare. At that time, talents gathered together, and the seventy-two orifices' geniuses appeared one after another, even more dazzling than in Shi Huang's era!

  Some people are guessing the thoughts of Shi Huang, if not mistaken, this will be a golden age, and all the geniuses appear in this era! Xuanfeng Mountain Saintess, Young Master Shi Zhongyu, Golden Winged Peng Bird, Zi Yan, Mr. Da... Too many!

  In addition to the Imperial City, the Floating Mountain and the Academy, there are also the emergence of Buddhist and Taoist sects.

  A multitude of stars shine brightly, a hundred schools of thought contend with each other, this is the sign of restoring the splendor of ancient times!

  While Shi Huang uses ancient relics as a guide, allowing geniuses to emerge from the void, he is about to open up this great era! Before the ancient relics made any moves, all the geniuses were hidden in the world and had never truly appeared before the people.

  Actually, these people have already guessed some clues, but they are still far from the true intention of Shi Huang. Not being in a high position, one can't know how the superior thinks.

  Shi Huang was supposed to usher in the Golden Age, but now, because of one person's appearance, it has accelerated the opening of the Golden Age! That person is Jiang Xiao Yu!

  Imparting powerful spiritual methods to geniuses, their cultivation will be even more astonishing! Competition drives the progress of the times, this is true whether on Earth or in this world.

  This was something Shi Huang did not expect, but Jiang Xiaoyu had only appeared for a short time and had yet to catch Shi Huang's attention. News about the Stone City also hadn't reached his ears.

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  "The stele is guiding... In that case, wouldn't the passage be here at that time?"

  "In three days! The heroes will surely contend for hegemony, and there are also aborigines inside. Judging from Shi Huang's reminder, the aborigines inside must be very powerful. I'm afraid there will be cultivators of the 72 holes, and what's even more frightening is that there are also ancient divine methods!"

  After browsing through this information, the geniuses not only didn't get excited, but instead became more cautious. They are proud, but not arrogant! They haven't thought that they are invincible yet, after all, they are also on the path of growth.

  Moreover, they all involuntarily look around. In this era where geniuses gather, who can truly be invincible? As you progress, others are also progressing. To truly stand above the crowd, besides having an opportunity against heaven, one must also have a heart that is an enemy to the world!

  With their own thoughts, some people stayed behind to practice locally, while others returned to Shicheng.

  Jiang Xiaoyu and others remained in their original place. Within these three days, there were people who observed him from a distance but did not dare to offend him. During these three days, Jiang Xiaoyu also stopped spreading his skills, leaving only the last two parts, he decided to choose carefully.

  Currently, there are still many discovered promoters in his prompt table who have not promoted yet. However, he has also let go and doesn't mind having a few more or fewer, the key is to choose carefully.

  Within three days, a strong aura would occasionally burst out, with varying levels of spiritual power. Faced with the pressure of entering the ancient ruins, most people transformed into a driving force, achieving a breakthrough in their spiritual power on the eve of entry. Once inside, it was difficult to gain an advantage in terms of cultivation level, unless one was a genius who had opened up all 72 acupoints, and even for them, this was already the limit; mainly, they still relied on their spiritual power!

  On the third day at noon, the scorching sun was high in the sky. The stone monument suddenly burst open! A void passage appeared, emitting an ancient aura that was mysterious and unfathomable. This passage seemed to have no end in sight, causing everyone's breathing to become slightly heavier.

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  The ancient ruins are open! All book friends cast their recommendation votes and help Jiang Xiaoyu sweep the ancient ruins!

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