Super Divine Daoist Skill-Chapter 235 - 234: Immortal Martial Hand Seal (Please Subscribe)
Chapter 235: Chapter 234: Immortal Martial Hand Seal (Please Subscribe)
In the previous Chapter, there were some small changes regarding the handling of the Snake Demon Flesh and the Little Black Dog. If you’re interested, you can take another look. It doesn’t affect the viewing experience.
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"The Immortal Martial Treasure Vault! It’s opened!"
Bai Ziyue felt excited in his heart, but in an instant, he sensed an intense and extreme coldness rushing out from within the stone door.
This chill was of the same origin as the surrounding Black Rock Mountain, but compared to the outside, the chill here was crisp and intense, evidently the true source of it all.
Bai Ziyue dodged the surge, hiding behind the half-open stone door.
However, Little Black Dog did not have such quick reflexes. That instant of cold made it shiver uncontrollably, as if its whole body was on the verge of freezing stiff.
Only after a while did it calm down, relying on its vigorous Qi and Blood.
Feeling the chill inside had weakened considerably, Bai Ziyue first walked to the side and retrieved the Golden Book. Seeing that the stone door didn’t close afterwards, he breathed a sigh of relief, stepping inside with confidence.
Little Black Dog hesitated for a moment before following, although its body was slightly tense, as if ready to turn and flee at any moment.
Before his eyes was a spacious underground hall.
However, Bai Ziyue’s first reaction was to focus on a corpse sitting calmly on a stone platform in the center of the hall.
The corpse was that of a middle-aged Taoist. His long hair hung loose, his face was gaunt, his eyes slightly open, and his expression was full of sorrow, yet it was lifelike, as if he were living.
After confirming the corpse hadn’t transformed into a zombie or any Yin Attribute entity, Bai Ziyue let out a small sigh of relief.
*Knowing that this corpse hadn’t decayed in over three hundred years, it was partly because the Taoist must have been powerful in life, with physical body cultivation accomplished.*
*Secondly, the surrounding chill naturally preserved the corpse for a long time.*
Next, Bai Ziyue’s attention turned to the stone platform in front of the corpse.
On the stone platform were several items displayed, and almost instantly, Bai Ziyue’s breath caught.
"Storage Bag!"
Bai Ziyue’s eyes lit up as he saw a Storage Bag on the stone platform.
Even though he already had one, this Storage Bag appeared larger, with a faint golden sheen on the surface, immediately revealing it as a rare treasure.
Beside the Storage Bag was a jade box, but the jade box was now shattered, releasing thick waves of chilling air.
Next to the jade box were three Jade Scroll Eyes.
However, to Bai Ziyue’s great distress, two of the Jade Scroll Eyes seemed to have been damaged by the chilling air, having already cracked.
The last one was spared because it was farther from the jade box.
But judging by its dim color and the tiny cracks visible on it, it wouldn’t be long before it suffered the same fate as the other two.
These items displayed together indicated they were of equal importance to the middle-aged Taoist.
He hurried forward, just about to collect his treasures, when his gaze suddenly froze, noticing a line of text clearly engraved into the stone platform.
This line of text was evidently carved with a finger. The force penetrated into the stone smoothly and neatly, and the writing was elegant and lively, as if a master calligrapher had splashed ink, revealing profound literary skills.
"A message left by Jiang Wudao!"
Bai Ziyue’s face involuntarily turned serious.
He knew Jiang Wudao was the last Sect Leader of the Immortal Martial Sect, and it now appeared this middle-aged Taoist was indeed him.
"Regret never knowing better, greed grew in my heart, seeking to control the imperial power, ultimately unable to resist the overwhelming trend, leading the once-prosperous Immortal Martial Sect to its current decay and extinction.
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Self-hate and regret are useless, leaving behind the Immortal Martial Treasure Vault in hopes that a destined individual may restore the Immortal Martial legacy and prevent it from becoming empty talk."
*Reading through, Bai Ziyue once again examined the Taoist’s corpse, and fell into silence.*
*From the introduction, he learned that the Immortal Martial Sect was once at its peak, Jiang Wudao was ambitious, and it coincided with the time before the Wuu Kingdom was established, which led him to participate in the imperial power struggle.*
*But clearly, he failed.*
*The struggle for imperial power was the most perilous.*
When the Wuu Kingdom was founded, the founding emperor, Zhao Xunwu, capitalized on the opportunity and conducted a reckoning against the Immortal Martial Sect.
In no time, the Mountain Gate of the Immortal Martial Sect was shattered and the disciples slaughtered completely.
Jiang Wudao, as the Sect Leader of the Immortal Martial Sect, was powerful but heavily wounded, allowing him to escape.
*Only by then, he realized he had little time left to live.*
*Unwilling to let the entire Immortal Martial Sect perish because of himself, he secretly sent out Twelve Golden Papers while leaving behind the Immortal Martial Sect’s legacy, subtly spreading news about the Immortal Martial Treasure Vault.*
*And he himself, heavily wounded, sat in meditation here until he passed away.*
*There must be hidden secrets and twists impossible to guess, but Bai Ziyue didn’t want to spend energy to explore them.*
*He was most concerned about the gains from this venture.*
Therefore, he immediately placed his gaze on the stone platform.
Storage Bag, jade box, Jade Scroll Eye.
Bai Ziyue immediately picked up the Storage Bag and, upon a brief inspection, as expected, found a layer of Sealing Technique on it, which he couldn’t unlock quickly, so he casually stowed it away.
Next was the jade box.
The jade box had a piece of withered yellow talisman pressed on it, clearly a type of Sealing Talisman.
However, by now, time had eroded the Sealing Talisman, rendering it ineffective, still releasing traces of chilling air from inside.
Bai Ziyue picked up the jade box and carefully opened it.
As the chilling aura intensified, he saw the contents inside.
A demon core!
This was a demon core that looked only the size of a fist.
However, even after a century of energy dissipation, the energy contained within this demon core far surpassed the batch of snake demon cores he had previously acquired, making it extremely unusual.
"This is the demon core of a Spirit Communication Demon,
and the original owner of this demon core might have been a true flood dragon..."
Bai Ziyue’s face turned solemn, but soon, a trace of regret appeared.
If this demon core were still intact, it would naturally be extremely precious, a great treasure, even more valuable than the top-level Dharma artifacts.
But now, with the energy of the demon core having dissipated over a hundred years, its value had significantly decreased, and it might only be slightly better than the White Snake King’s demon core.
"But even so, this demon core is, after all, from a Spirit Communication Demon, and its true form is the rare and powerful ’flood dragon,’ so it’s indeed a rare item."
Thinking for a moment, Bai Ziyue seriously put it away.
Finally, Bai Ziyue set his gaze on the three Jade Scroll Eyes.
Two of them had already been shattered due to the energy dissipation impact from the demon core, causing him great heartache, so he was exceptionally careful with the last one, acting gently and meticulously, afraid that his actions would destroy it.
After picking it up and seeing that the Jade Scroll Eye did not immediately break, he let out a sigh of relief and carefully extended a trace of Spiritual Power.
Buzz!
In an instant, the information from within the Jade Scroll Eye surged into his mind.
Soon after, the Jade Scroll Eye shattered with a crisp cracking sound, like water dripping onto solid stone.
"Immortal Martial Hand Seal!"
Bai Ziyue slowly opened his eyes, a look of shock on his face.
The Immortal Martial Hand Seal was one of the signature Secret Skills of the Immortal Martial Sect, possessing the agility of Immortal Techniques and the grandeur of Martial Arts, making it extremely powerful.
"It’s just a pity the other two Jade Scroll Eyes broke."
The more he understood the power of the Immortal Martial Hand Seal, the more regretful he felt in his heart.
The three Jade Scroll Eyes were evidently all signature Secret Skills of the Immortal Martial Sect.
He estimated that one of them must have been the grand Daoist technique coveted by countless martial artists.
This grand Daoist technique included both Immortal Martial aspects, and when practiced to a certain extent, it could merge the two into one. It could even enable martial artists without a talent for Immortal Cultivation to enter the realm of Immortal Technique practice through martial arts...
It was hailed as the gospel for martial artists.
*What a shame, it’s gone.*
Subsequently, Bai Ziyue continued his exploration elsewhere.
The spacious underground hall naturally no longer held any rare items, but next to the hall, there were a few hidden chambers.
These hidden chambers did not require the Golden Book to open. With Bai Ziyue’s immense strength, he easily opened them.
Before long, he found a large heap of weapons and armor in one of the chambers, including some renowned swords and sabers, some of which were not much inferior to Bai Ziyue’s Black God Saber.
Especially a suit of armor, pitch black throughout, which exuded a chilling coldness simply by being there, making one’s heart tremble.
Bai Ziyue reached out and pinched it lightly, and a layer of black light faintly flashed, blocking all his strength.
"Though it’s armor suitable for martial artists, it was forged using Immortal Technique methods.
Clearly, this was what Jiang Wudao prepared in his bid for the imperial power, and it ended up left here, benefiting me."
Bai Ziyue said a word, quickly storing this armor in his Storage Bag.
Though not a Magical Artifact, the armor was immensely sturdy and could indeed be considered a piece of treasure armor.
Additionally, he chose several weapons in decent condition to keep.
With limited space in the Storage Bag, he had to abandon most of the weapons and armor.
Then, in another hidden chamber, he found a full chest of gold and silver treasures. A rough count revealed it totaled over a million taels.
He also selected some, ensuring it was enough for his use before he headed to another stone chamber.
The third stone chamber contained bags of grains and other items, including some Spirit Rice rarely seen by martial practitioners.
However, after three hundred years, this Spirit Rice had long since become moldy and rotten, losing its efficacy, and a foul smell wafted out as the stone chamber was opened...
Bai Ziyue quickly resealed it.
The fourth stone chamber contained bookshelves, and Bai Ziyue approached them eagerly, only to find many books already completely decayed and unrecognizable.
After searching the entire bookshelf, he found only some books on brocade cloth, animal hides, and other corrosion-resistant materials, which had survived. ƒreewebɳovel.com
Regardless of whether they were Martial Arts Secret Manuals or certain cultivation theories, Bai Ziyue collected them all.
The last stone chamber was evidently the resting place of Jiang Wudao. Aside from a stone bed, there were no items, and Bai Ziyue quickly exited.
"*Is this all there is?*" he pondered for a moment, his gaze suddenly shifting.
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