Chapter 82

"Here... is this actually Luo Qu’s tomb? How could Luo Qu’s tomb be built at the bottom of a pond?"

Above the stone door were three large seal script characters, which read "Luo Qu’s Tomb."

The tomb that City Lord Luo Zhanhao had been searching for for many years was actually under the pond in this valley. This was too strange!

"This is Luo Qu’s tomb, the place Father came to back then? Why isn’t there any method to advance to the Qi Master level written here? Could Father have entered the stone door?"

After looking around, Nie Yun found no method to advance to the Qi Master level, leaving him puzzled.

If Father hadn’t entered the stone door like himself, there should have been a method to advance to the Qi Master level here. Why were the surrounding walls as smooth as mirrors, showing nothing?

"Try using martial skills to see if this stone door can be opened. If it can’t be opened, forget it!"

If it could be opened, he would open it; if not, he could just bring Luo Qincheng over. With a carefree attitude, Nie Yun’s true qi surged within his body, forming a thick armor on his surface.

At the Seventh Level of the Qi Sea, the Armored Warrior Realm, one could form a true qi armor on the surface of the body. The defensive capability of this armor was comparable to a low-grade noble combat robe. Nie Yun’s true qi was already thicker than that of ordinary people. If he added the Lingxi Body Refinement Technique, even a full-power strike from an early-stage Qi Master might not break through his defense!

"The most powerful offensive skill among the high-grade martial techniques of the Hou Clan should be the [Great Rock Splitting Palm]. I’ll practice this move now, to split the stone and open the door!"

After preparing his defense, Nie Yun took a deep breath. The seven dantians slowly circulated according to the method of the Great Rock Splitting Palm, and a scorching golden light soon condensed in his palms.

If others obtained the Great Rock Splitting Palm, a high-grade martial technique of the Hou Clan, they would probably need to practice for at least one to two years, or even longer. Nie Yun was different; he had practiced this move in his previous life and was extremely familiar with it. Moreover, his body had been transformed by an unnamed technique, making all his meridians unobstructed. It only took a moment to gather the power, which was surging and ready to burst.

"Break!"

With his tongue pressed against the bottom of his jaw, Nie Yun’s tongue suddenly burst out with a crisp shout. Then, his body moved, and he fiercely struck the stone door with his palm!

Although the Great Rock Splitting Palm was just a high-grade martial technique of the Hou Clan, it was primarily characterized by its ferocity. When used with full power, its strength was no less than that of a low-grade martial technique of the Wang Clan. At this moment, Nie Yun had been preparing for a long time, and the power was naturally even greater. When he struck, the entire stone room was filled with thick true qi, forming a palm imprint over a meter high, which whistled and crashed into the stone door!

There are countless species in the world, but when it comes to strength, nothing can compare to the elephant. According to legend, this ancient creature could cause the sky to collapse and the earth to split with a single stomp, and could reverse rivers with a flick of its trunk!

The reason why the Eighth Level of the Qi Sea, the Qi Master Realm, is so powerful is that one is said to possess the strength of an elephant upon reaching it!

The strength of an elephant, the full power of an ancient elephant!

Although Nie Yun was only at the early stage of the Armored Warrior Realm, he was still far from the strength of an elephant. However, when combined with the Great Rock Splitting Palm, his entire body’s qi surged, and in terms of the palm imprint’s power, even if it didn’t reach the strength of an elephant, it was not far off! It was already close to the full-power strike of an ordinary early-stage Qi Master!

Boom!

Such a powerful palm imprint struck the stone door, but only a loud noise was heard, and then there was no movement. The stone door didn’t even seem to wobble, let alone open.

"No wonder the City Lord said that without Qincheng’s blood, one can’t enter. Unless one’s strength surpasses the Supreme level, it’s indeed true!"

Seeing that the stone door didn’t open, Nie Yun wasn’t surprised. If it could be opened so easily, Father would have opened it long ago!

After sighing, he was about to leave and come back another time when the stone door suddenly glowed, revealing a line of sparkling text. It seemed that Father had obtained the method to advance to the Qi Master level this way.

"This secret method that only appears when fully attacked is truly strange!"

Even in his previous life, Nie Yun had never seen such a secret method that appeared after being attacked.

"Is this the method to advance to the Supreme level? Isn’t it the method to advance to the Qi Master level?"

After praising it, Nie Yun looked at the text that appeared on the stone door and immediately had a strange expression.

The stone door actually displayed the method to advance to the Supreme level, with over three thousand words written in detail.

Father saw the method to advance to the Qi Master level, but why did it change to the method to advance to the Supreme level when I came? Could the text on the stone door be rotating?

"Right, it’s probably because the power I just used was almost as strong as a full-power strike from an early-stage Qi Master. The stone door must have thought I was a Qi Master, so it showed the method to advance to the Supreme level!"

After a moment’s thought, Nie Yun understood the key and smiled.

Whether it was the method to advance to the Qi Master level or the Supreme level, it was very important to others but meaningless to him!

After all, having lived two lives, he already had experience with how to advance at various levels. The information written on the stone door wasn’t as detailed as what he already knew!

Actually, advancing to higher levels is closely related to one’s talent, perseverance, and opportunities. Even if one knows all the secrets of advancing to higher levels, if one’s talent is too poor and opportunities are insufficient, one still can’t advance!

The text on the stone door slowly dissipated after about five minutes. Nie Yun searched the surroundings again and found that there was indeed no other way to enter except through the stone door. He then returned to the cave entrance and entered the pond water.

The pond water was as cold and clear as before. He washed off the mud from his breakthrough over the past day and night, then went ashore and returned to the cave where Xiao Hu was staying.

Xiao Hu’s advancement had already stopped, reaching the peak of the Qi Master level!

Although this time entering the cold pond didn’t reveal the main reason for Xiao Hu’s significant progress, Nie Yun was already certain that it was definitely related to Luo Qu’s tomb!

A Supreme-level expert could use a secret method that even he couldn’t understand to seal it. It seemed that Luo Qu’s tomb was indeed extraordinary!

"Good grief, I didn’t expect Luo Yu and Luo Chen to be so wealthy!"

Since Xiao Hu was still unconscious, Nie Yun, feeling bored, looked at the things left by Luo Yu and Luo Chen.

The first thing that caught his eye was a thick stack of silver bills, each worth ten thousand, and there were as many as fifty of them!

Fifty bills, fifty thousand taels of silver. No wonder they were young masters from the capital; the cash they carried casually was equivalent to the total circulating funds of the four major families.

Casually tossing the silver bills into the storage dantian, Nie Yun’s eyes fell on the pile of pills and other items.

These items weren’t particularly rare; they were mostly ordinary healing and true qi recovery pills. As long as he had enough medicinal materials, Nie Yun could refine as many as he wanted, so they weren’t valuable.

"Hmm? Right, these two mentioned something about a backpack and the Seven Swords. Could this backpack be hiding some big secret?"

After putting all the miscellaneous items into the storage dantian, Nie Yun suddenly remembered the conversation he had overheard while tracking the two. Without hesitation, he flipped his wrist and took out the backpack he had obtained from the bottom of the pond.

After checking the backpack at the bottom of the pond and finding no special items, he had casually thrown it into the dantian. These days had been too busy, and he hadn’t had time to take it out. Now, as he carefully examined it, his expression suddenly changed, and he exclaimed in surprise.

"Huh, this is..."

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