Chapter 69

Xun Yi ignored Qinglong's little thoughts and walked through the dungeon with the talisman key he found on the black-clothed man.

"Spring comes to withered wood." Green light spread from his feet, enveloping the entire dungeon with divine power. The half-dead people gradually regained vitality, but only two were able to move.

Xun Yi looked around and stepped forward to ask, "Name, date of birth?"

"Yan Su, Renwu year, Renyin month, Bingchen day." A scar-faced man in a cell opposite Xun Yi spoke.

"Indeed, also a Pure Yang destiny?" Xun Yi calculated the eight characters of the birth date, which were the same as his own, all Yang. "Which hour?"

"Zi hour."

"Intersection of Yin and Yang, but still a Yang hour." Xun Yi tried to open the barrier. "Friend, if you want to escape, let's work together!"

Yan Su walked out, looked at Xun Yi for a while, and nodded, "Alright."

Then, Xun Yi asked the man on the other side who was meditating, "What about you?"

"Wu Zi year, Jiayin month, Wuyin day, Duan Xiaotian. Also the Zi hour."

"Another Pure Yang hour person." Xun Yi looked around, suspecting that everyone here was born on a Pure Yang or Pure Yin day. "Is this really a demonic cultivation?"

"Actually, I ran into me, and my mother is involved in this!" Xun Yi's face darkened as he went to open the barrier of Duan Xiaotian's cell.

The other prisoners looked at Xun Yi with hope, but he shook his head, "Releasing you, you won't be able to escape based on your condition. It's better if the three of us go out first to seek help and then come back to rescue you."

"Agreed." Duan Xiaotian nodded, "More people would only alert the enemy."

After Xun Yi opened the barrier, Duan Xiaotian told him to stand back, then struck with his inner strength, shattering the cell door.

Yan Su's eyes flickered: "This is an internal martial arts expert?" After some thought, he silently stood by, considering his next move.

Wood chips flew, but under some mysterious force, they all drifted to Xun Yi, forming a wooden sword in his hand.

After all, without a sword, Xun Yi felt uneasy.

"But this kind of sword won't last long." Xun Yi unconsciously touched the tattoo on his face, which only the divine path practitioners could see.

The tattoo was now flickering, indicating that Qinglong had been seriously injured while repelling the black-clothed man.

"Wait, are you planning to use me again?" Qinglong panicked, forgetting his "Clothing Explosion" technique. "My dragon soul is severely damaged; I can't be used as a sword spirit again."

"I know." Xun Yi fell silent, thinking about where to find a sword.

"Unfortunately, the Changbai Sword is at home. If I had this divine sword, I wouldn't worry about these things."

The Changbai Sword was the sword used by Maodegong and left as a family heirloom in the Xun family. It was said that the wood used for this sword came from a divine tree, which remained uncorrupted for a thousand years and could enhance the power of the Xun family's forest sword technique.

As Xun Yi sighed, the Merit Tree in his spirit platform suddenly moved, one of its branches swaying and transmitting some information to him.

"The Twelve Great Merit Skills of the Twelve Heavenly Spirits!"

Xun Yi was stunned, beginning to organize the information.

"Sir, shouldn't we go now!" Duan Xiaotian and Yan Su urged, and Xun Yi left the dungeon with them.

They didn't take the path Xun Yi had explored but followed another route from the dungeon entrance to find a way out.

This underground space was large, with iron handles for torches on both sides. Xun Yi freed the remaining three Lotus soldiers while talking to Duan Xiaotian and Yan Su about his experience.

"It's nothing, just drugged, and woke up here." Duan Xiaotian shared his experience, which was the same as Xun Yi's.

Yan Su's eyes flickered, nodding, "The same for me. They seem to not want to kill us directly, so they kept us until now."

At a fork in the path, with three roads ahead, Xun Yi hesitated. Suddenly, Yan Su walked towards the left path.

"Let's take one first, we can reconsider later."

Seeing him take the lead, Duan Xiaotian left footprints on the central path to delay time and followed Yan Su on the left.

Xun Yi, knowing he wasn't good at finding paths, followed the two while organizing the information in his mind.

The "Nine Heavens Honggong Yuande Taishang Jing" initially condensed merit seeds of three qualities: Heaven, Earth, and Human. Each quality of the seed had its unique divine skill.

The ideal state of the Heaven-quality seed is the Twelve Great Merit Skills of the Twelve Heavenly Spirits, mastered only by Emperor Yan.

The Earth-quality seed is the Nine Great Merit Skills of the Earth, related to the earth, such as icy lands and burning deserts. It is said that Emperor Yan once asked the Earth Mother for blessings. If one has an Earth-quality merit seed, they can receive the protection of the earth.

Among the generations of Heavenly Emperors, Emperor Yan was the only one not attacked by the Earth Mother. During the reign of Emperor Yan, it was also the most peaceful era for the first Earth Mother. Unfortunately, after Emperor Yan's fall, the Earth Mother rebelled against the rule of the Yellow Emperor, inciting the war gods Yi and You to fight against the heavens.

This battle involved many, with the Earth Mother disintegrating the twelve goddesses, the god Yi reincarnating, the god You being torn apart, and the first war god by Emperor Yan's side being beheaded by the Yellow Emperor on Changyang Mountain.

Apart from these two special merit seeds, the Human-quality seed has the Five Virtues and Seven Treasures Great Skill, which the previous Wanniaolinghong Fude Shangdi mastered. It provides protection from human virtue, warding off evil spirits and demons.

Xun Yi's condensation of the Heaven-quality seed was purely coincidental. Meng Han, who went through the same purification ritual, only had an Earth-quality seed.

The Heaven-quality seed has twelve special merit skills, with the ultimate skill being "Opening Heaven and Earth." The "Star Birth and Heaven Embedding" that Xun Yi recently understood is also one of the Twelve Heavenly Spirits' skills.

"Star Birth and Heaven Embedding," "Dao Formation and Heaven Establishment," and "Heaven and Earth Union" are the three essential skills for every merit cultivator. Additionally, at the last skill of each level of the Heavenly Merit, one can choose a skill with the power of the Heavenly Dao.

After the epidemic, Xun Yi had four thousand good deeds. Although he doesn't gain much merit from daily good deeds, the people he saved in Miaoxian County often think of his kindness, and their good thoughts turn into golden light and enter the Merit Tree. This is a long-term merit, a steady stream of merit flowing in.

Unfortunately, Xun Yi didn't manage it well; otherwise, he could have used this to establish a shrine and gain incense offerings through faith.

Regardless, the people he helped are grateful, and he has already accumulated the 4,500 merits needed for the fifth skill, allowing him to learn the first level of the Twelve Great Merit Skills of the Twelve Heavenly Spirits.

Due to his strong desire, a branch of the Merit Tree vibrated, showing three skills Xun Yi could learn: "Sword Spirit," "Martial Armor," and "Divine Eye."

The Heavenly Dao Sword Spirit, condensing the power of the Heavenly Dao into a sword spirit, can transform any object into a Heavenly Dao sword. The sword's power is so great that anyone killed by it will not be recorded in the causal records, and the Heavenly Dao will deem it a natural death, a righteous act.

The Heavenly Dao Martial Armor, condensing the power of the Heavenly Dao into armor, provides protection as long as one's magic power is not exhausted. This armor is impervious to water, fire, and weapons. If Xun Yi had this armor, he could walk past Gu Tou and others without fear of death.

The Heavenly Dao Divine Eye, condensing the power of the Heavenly Dao into a celestial eye, can see the heavens above, the underworld below, and the myriad changes of the world. If Xun Yi had this, he could easily find a way out.

Xun Yi was tempted but hesitated, thinking about his usual behavior. "I'm a directionally challenged person; even with this divine eye, I might not be able to escape."

Each skill has its strengths, and even Xun Yi found it hard to decide, pondering as they traveled.

On the other side of the underground cave, Gu Tou and the fat man waited for a while, feeling something was wrong, and came to check the dungeon.

Seeing their hanging comrades, the fat man's mouth twitched. He said to Gu Tou, "You stay here, I'll go after them."

This underground space was not created by them but found recently.

Gu Tou thought for a moment. Although they belonged to different deities, they were both part of the Evil Spirit Hall, so he agreed. He would guard the dungeon while the fat man searched for Xun Yi and the others.

The fat man followed the initial path to the three-way fork where the three had set up a trap. Seeing the footprints on the central path, he hesitated.

This kind of trap, though old, has its merits.

"Only the central path has footprints?" So, is it the central path?

"It could be a fake, or they could have escaped through another path to mislead me. Or they could have taken the central path and left the footprints to make me think they went another way."

After much thought, the fat man suddenly smiled. "Why struggle with them? The Xun family's young master has a weakness in my hands." He took out a jade pendant, and a beautiful woman appeared in it. The fat man carefully activated the soul-embedding jade, and a spiritual light led to the left path.

Xun Yi and the others escaped to a cave, and Xun Yi subconsciously frowned, sensing something, as if a bloodline was pulling him.

"Is this an armory?" Duan Xiaotian was shocked, seeing various weapons in the cave, including several cylindrical objects on a table.

"This place wasn't built by those people; they just found it by chance?"

Xun Yi looked at the armory, noticing the intricate patterns on the shelves.

"Gu Zhao?" Xun Yi muttered, and Yan Su and Duan Xiaotian's faces changed.

Even they, as people of the martial world, had heard of the history of Gu Zhao. Gu Zhao did not fall normally; the royal family transferred the entire treasury's treasures, creating the legendary Gu Zhao secret vault.

"Although some say the previous dynasty built the palace here to find the Gu Zhao treasure, could it really be here?" Duan Xiaotian took a sword from a shelf. Despite the long time, the sword was still sharp.

Qinglong spoke, "These swords and weapons are enchanted. The civilization of Gu Zhao was definitely more advanced than your current Zhou dynasty."

"Of course, Gu Zhao has a long history, while our Zhou dynasty is only a hundred years old."

"It's not just that. See those cylindrical objects in the middle? They are weapons from the Xuanyuan era, with divine array patterns inscribed and powered by crystals. Just press the button to activate the divine technique. Replace the crystals to use it repeatedly. By the way, this divine tool can be used by mortals, but there's a precaution—"

Xun Yi listened and prepared to take one, but someone was faster.

Yan Su ran over, grabbed a cylinder, and pointed it at Xun Yi, "Don't move!"

"What are you doing!" Duan Xiaotian was furious, "Do you want to fight among ourselves?"

"Fight among ourselves?" Yan Su smiled sinisterly, "I've never been on your side. If it weren't for me finding the Gu Zhao secret vault, I wouldn't have been captured. But I should thank you; without you, I wouldn't have found the treasure."

Yan Su said to Xun Yi, "You've never seen this Golden Rainbow Sword, have you? Just press this button, and it will emit a golden sword light to kill."

Xun Yi blinked, "What do you want to do? Kill us? Can you leave alone?"

"Hmph! With the weapon vault and the Golden Rainbow Sword, I'm not afraid of those people outside. I'll kill you all."

Qinglong whispered, "Be careful, the Golden Rainbow Sword? It's an eighth-grade divine tool, inscribed with divine techniques to emit divine sword light. You can't resist it now."

Xun Yi was silent, and Yan Su looked at the two, finally focusing on Xun Yi, "Since you saved me, I'll send you off first!"

Saying this, Yan Su pressed the button.

"Be careful!" Duan Xiaotian shouted.

Pfft—

Red light shot out, blood splattered, and the man staggered, falling to the ground, his face filled with surprise, as if he couldn't believe it.

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