Chapter 237: Chapter 173: The First Confrontation with a Detachment Realm Expert! A Matter of Life and Death, Two Realms Shuttle!
「Liang Family.」
「Ancestral Hall.」
Fifth Elder Liang Tingtao’s expression was icy. He never imagined such a major incident would occur the day before the Liang Family’s grand competition!
Liang Zhengqin and Liang Zhenghan, who had been on duty at the Ancestral Hall, were nowhere to be found, not even their bones. The air still carried the faint, putrid smell of the Corpse Corrosion Pill.
The stone gate of the Essence Blood Secret Chamber was still half open.
Several jade vials that had stored Essence Blood were missing.
"Has the investigation concluded? Who came here?"
Liang Tingtao’s eyes held an undeniable killing intent.
"Elder, it seems someone saw Young Master Liang Yuanhong and Young Master Liang Yuanzhou come here together..." the investigating attendant spoke cautiously, fearing the Elder’s anger would turn on him.
"Yuanhong and Yuanzhou? What were they doing in the Ancestral Hall?"
Liang Tingtao’s voice suddenly paused, his tone tinged with confusion. He knew both these grandnephews. Yuanhong, of course, was his fourth elder brother’s direct grandson; his cultivation realm had always progressed steadily, and he was expected to achieve a good ranking in this competition. Although he hadn’t paid much attention to Yuanzhou, he had praised him lavishly just yesterday for advancing to the Blood Exchange Realm.
What business did these two have at the Ancestral Hall?
"Alright, Tingtao, you stay. The rest of you may leave."
Just as Liang Tingtao was pondering the problem, a voice resounded in everyone’s ears.
"Greetings, Ancestor..."
The dozen or so people present knelt immediately. Only after seeing the old man wave his hand did they quickly depart with bowed heads.
"Ancestor, Tingtao deserves ten thousand deaths for allowing petty scoundrels to disturb your peaceful cultivation and recuperation."
Liang Tingtao bowed deeply, but a sense of relief washed over him.
No matter what happens, as long as the Ancestor is here, the Liang Family will not fall.
"No matter. This oversight was indeed mine."
"The culprit must have come for Tingbo’s Essence Blood. It seems Tingbo has truly met with disaster."
A Detachment Realm expert, with a lifespan of over three hundred years, could envelop the entire Ancestral Hall with his formidable spiritual power in a single thought. Although he had arrived last, his understanding of the situation here far surpassed Liang Tingtao’s.
"Only three people were involved. Zhengqin and Zhenghan were always on duty; there should be no issue with them. The investigator just said that the boy, Yuanhong, was brought here by someone. Therefore, the real problem must lie with that Liang Yuanzhou."
"Although some time has passed, I still remember that aura."
The Liang Family’s Ancestor closed his eyes as if sensing something. Suddenly, his nose twitched, and he reached out, seemingly grasping an invisible clue.
「South City, Docks.」
"We’ve finally set sail."
Feeling the massive ship begin to move, Jiang Shu, now in disguise, murmured to himself. Only then did he take out the Jade Scroll from his Storage Bag in his private cabin and begin to read it carefully.
Obscure and convoluted characters flashed through his mind.
After a long moment, his furrowed brows suddenly relaxed, and his eyes lit up with undeniable joy and amazement!
Thunder Peng Netherworld Wings.
Take the Essence Blood of a Sixth Rank Mutant Beast, the Thunder Eagle, mimic its form, gain its power, control its spirit.
Primordial Power forms wings, allowing one to soar through the sky!
"No wonder even Liang Tingbo said that once successfully cultivated, one could undoubtedly dominate the Detachment Realm and, before reaching the Furnace Fire Realm, preserve one’s life. This is... flying!"
Even though he had steeled himself for it, upon seeing the words "soar through the sky," Jiang Shu felt an urge to leap to his feet.
Flying has always been mankind’s dream. Even on Xuanxing, a technologically advanced world where airplanes pierced the clouds, countless people still dreamed of soaring high into the sky.
Jiang Shu didn’t know the ultimate destination of Martial Arts. But he knew that even with his current strength—capable of shattering skyscrapers with a punch and tearing apart tanks with his bare hands—his limit of one hundred thousand jin of force was not enough to escape Earth’s gravity and ascend.
Martial Arts.
The enhancement of strength was merely the "Martial" aspect.
Only by turning the impossible into the possible could one truly achieve the "Dao" – the Way!
"This volume of Ancient Forbidden Technique, Thunder Peng Netherworld Wings, is so profound it could even rival a Divine Skill!"
"Unfortunately, this Ancient Forbidden Technique not only requires the Thunder Eagle Essence Blood, from a Sixth Rank Mutant Beast, but also demands that the cultivator transform the Yuan Qi within their acupoints into Primordial Power. Without opening enough acupoints, even if one forms Primordial Power Wings, they won’t be able to fly for long."
My cultivation realm still needs to be raised.
Jiang Shu forcefully suppressed the excitement in his heart. The Essence Blood, most precious to the experts of the Da Jing Dynasty, had ironically never been his primary concern. After all, on Xuanxing, in this magnificent era, Heaven and Earth Secret Realms surely contained Sixth Rank Mutant Beasts. There will always be an opportunity to obtain it!
What I need to do now is to open all three hundred sixty-five acupoints in my body.
And continue to elevate my spiritual power!
Refining the Essence Blood of a Sixth Rank Mutant Beast requires more spiritual power than I currently possess.
"The Hundred Dynasties War, Elder Ming Lei’s Tomb Mansion... this world is truly becoming more and more exciting!"
He couldn’t resist rereading "Thunder Peng Netherworld Wings," and his delight grew with each pass.
Once I master this Ancient Forbidden Technique, the vast world will truly be open to me; there will be nowhere I cannot go.
To obtain such a profound Ancient Forbidden Technique from just the outer area implies that the treasures in the Inner Circle must be even rarer!
I was initially planning to go to the Royal City.
But now, it seems visiting Elder Ming Lei’s Tomb Mansion first might be worthwhile.
I wonder about the logic behind these restrictions. If brute force can break them...
Are modern firearms considered brute force?
Musing over this, Jiang Shu returned the Jade Scroll to his Storage Bag, then took out the animal hide map and carefully examined the location of the tomb mansion.