Chapter 9

"Ha ha, the 'World-Shocking Book' of the Zhao family from Shendu is also here." Qi Xia seemed to have a deep-seated hatred for the Zhao family of Shendu, and his tone was filled with obvious schadenfreude.

The Zhao family of Shendu, one of the fourteen major families, is the current royal family of the Great Jin Dynasty!

Meng Qi had heard from Xuan Xin that after the Middle Ancient period, the families united to resist the oppression of the sects, establishing an imperial dynasty and collectively choosing the strongest family as the royal family. For a time, the world was in awe, and the families and sects were evenly matched. However, later on, the family that became the royal family seemed to have gained some great benefit from ascending to the imperial throne, and with the sects sowing discord, the other families developed greedy intentions, leading to several dynastic changes. Currently, the situation is stable with the Great Jin and the Great Zhou (Northern Zhou) Empires.

Among them, the Great Jin has nine major families, whose strength is comparable to that of the sects, while the Northern Zhou has only five major families, who are significantly restricted by the sects.

"The 'Heart Tranquility Beyond the World' and the 'Heavenly Replacement Divine Fist' of the Gao family of Chang乐 are also here, with exchange prices similar to the 'World-Shocking Book,' around 150,000 merit points, which is 250,000 less than our sect's 'Heavenly Emperor Jade Book.' Heh, and that's still the incomplete 'Heavenly Emperor Jade Book.'" Qing Jing's mood seemed to have improved significantly.

Their young age made them momentarily forget the mysterious environment they were in, and they subconsciously compared the fundamental techniques of their respective sects through the "exchange prices," which made Qing Jing very happy and proud.

The Gao family of Chang乐, the royal family of the Northern Zhou.

"There are many divine techniques here that I've never heard of..." Jiang Zhimi, seeing that her family's 'Great Supreme Sword Canon' could only be exchanged for 250,000 merit points, felt a bit gloomy and quickly changed the subject.

Meng Qi secretly nodded; even someone as "well-informed" as himself had not heard of more than half of the techniques.

The "Lord of the Six Realms" did not give them the chance to continue viewing. The light screen flipped to the second page, which read "Divine Techniques of the Dharmakaya Level."

The light screen, which was several meters tall, quickly flipped through three pages to display all the techniques of this level. Although they flashed by, Meng Qi still saw the 'Great Dream True Scripture,' the 'Indestructible Divine Technique,' and the 'Buddha Palm of the Tathagata,' as well as the individual moves of the 'Seven Swords of Heaven-Cutting,' with exchange prices ranging from 10,000 to 130,000 merit points.

After that, the light screen displayed "Ultimate Techniques of the Outer Scenery Level," "Martial Arts of the Acupoint Opening Level," "Qi Accumulation Period Martial Arts," and "Foundation Building Period Basics." Meng Qi vaguely saw the 'Arhat Breaking Precepts Saber Technique,' the 'Nine Yang Divine Technique,' and the 'Nine Yin True Scripture.'

"Arhat Fist, exchange price: two merit points..." Meng Qi, looking at the last few lines on the last page, suddenly felt very "poor."

"This is the price for exchanging secret techniques. If you want to directly join, the price is doubled, up to five times the original price." The cold voice of the "Lord of the Six Realms" sounded again, and then the golden light disappeared, replaced by a silver light screen.

"List of Supreme Divine Weapons." Meng Qi squinted and read the words at the top.

"Emperor Sword, forged by the Emperor, the first in the way of kings, missing, exchange price: 900,000 merit points." Jiang Zhimi read along and then laughed, "This page is missing a lot."

This page listed only ten divine weapons, but six of them were marked as "missing."

Qing Jing laughed loudly, "Of course, who doesn't know that the 'Time Knife' is in our Xuantian Sect? Time is like a knife, cutting away life with each stroke!"

This was the third line of the supreme divine weapon: "Time Knife, suspected to be forged by the Heavenly Emperor, the first in the unpredictable, missing, exchange price: 900,000 merit points."

There were four items on this page that were not marked as "missing": the "Nether Sea Sword," the first in killing; the "Cycle Seal," the first in mystery; the "Demon Emperor Claw," the first in filth; and the "Bodhi Marvelous Tree," which could brush away anything.

"These are actually all here..." Meng Qi felt like he was dreaming again; all the mythological legends were present!

In this state, Meng Qi barely paid attention to the subsequent "List of Divine Weapons and Treasures," "List of Treasured Weapons," "List of Sharp Weapons," "List of Refined Weapons," and "List of Ordinary Weapons." It was only at the end that he heard Qi Xia from the Great River Gang, puzzled and serious, say, "I haven't heard that the 'Degree Person Zither' of the Ranyang Ruan family has been lost, so why isn't it marked as 'missing' on the 'List of Divine Weapons and Treasures'?"

She seemed to be leaning towards believing this mysterious exchange list.

Jiang Zhimi nodded, "The 'Self-Slaying Sword' of our Sword Washing Pavilion is marked as 'missing,' perhaps..."

She didn't finish, but everyone had similar thoughts: perhaps the Ruan family's clan divine weapon had been lost but kept secret.

The Ranyang Ruan family, one of the nine major families of the Great Jin.

The light screen continued to flip, changing from silver to green, displaying the exchange list for immortal elixirs, miraculous medicines, heavenly treasures, and various miscellaneous items.

Here, Meng Qi saw the "Great Law Golden Elixir," which could revive the dead and heal bones (price: 300,000 merit points), as well as ordinary "Qi Enhancing Pills" and silver (one merit point for fifty taels, but silver cannot be exchanged for merit points).

At this moment, the light screen disappeared, indicating that the list of exchangeable items had ended. Meng Qi felt a bit disappointed. Isn't everything supposed to be exchangeable? What about the giant robot? The Saiyan bloodline? The Yangshen? The perfected holy body? The Dead-Eye?

"It seems this is a cycle world that matches the immortal martial world..." Meng Qi quietly exhaled.

"If we want to leave the cycle world, what should we do?" Suddenly, Zhang Yuanshan asked.

This question immediately drew everyone's attention. Although the items listed by the "Lord of the Six Realms" were very tempting, the dangers were also great. No one was too willing to risk their lives to pursue them, especially since Zhang Yuanshan, Jiang Zhimi, Qing Jing, and Qi Xia, unlike Meng Qi, were cultivated as future pillars in their respective sects and had the potential to access the sect's divine techniques.

Meng Qi himself had just completed the "Hundred Days Foundation Building" and knew a bit of the Arhat Fist, with very low martial arts skills, and really didn't want to take risks now.

"Accumulate 300,000 merit points and exchange for the 'Other Shore Talisman,' and you can leave the cycle world." The voice of the "Lord of the Six Realms" was as cold as ever. "Sources of merit points: mission rewards and item exchanges. If the item is not missing from the list, the price is only 30% of the original. If it is missing, the price will be increased based on the situation."

"Hmph, if I steal the middle volume of the 'Heavenly Emperor Jade Book' and exchange it, can I get the 'Other Shore Talisman'?" Qing Jing angrily shouted, "So you Shaolin are planning this!"

"It can be exchanged." The voice of the "Lord of the Six Realms" showed no emotion. "Anyone who attempts to reveal the existence of the cycle world to outsiders will be eliminated. Anyone who kills a companion or a member of the same camp will have their merit points deducted by twice the amount of the current main mission reward, and if they don't have enough merit points, they will be eliminated. Anyone who exchanges secret techniques will be eliminated, except for secret techniques obtained in the mission world..."

He announced the rules in a grand and solemn voice.

As he finished speaking, the light screen disappeared, and Meng Qi and the others were plunged into complete darkness. When the light source in front of them lit up again, Meng Qi found himself in a corridor with stone walls on all sides, having left the white jade square.

"The 'Hidden Emperor Castle' lord, in order to seize the throne, invented the 'Mind-Control Pill' and secretly controlled the leaders of various sects. The great hero Ma Lianghan accidentally discovered this conspiracy and invited three other great experts to storm the 'Hidden Emperor Castle.' However, they were careless and were trapped in the castle by the mechanisms."

"Main mission: Within three hours, kill the 'Hidden Emperor Castle' lord. Those who complete the mission will each be rewarded with 50 merit points. If the mission fails, all will be eliminated!"

"Side mission: Rescue the four great experts trapped in the 'Hidden Emperor Castle.' Each rescue will reward 10 merit points to all participants. If the mission fails, there will be no punishment."

Greenish-blue ghostly flames burned on the stone ground, forming a row of words. After a few breaths, the flames extinguished, and everything returned to normal.

"Hmph, this is definitely a Shaolin conspiracy!" Qing Jing's face was almost distorted with anger. "I absolutely will not do this mysterious mission! What are you trying to do?"

He glared at Meng Qi, not understanding how there could really be a mission!

Meng Qi shrugged and remained silent, thinking to himself that he couldn't possibly tell him the story of the infinite world like he did with his junior brother.

At this moment, Jiang Zhimi drew her long sword, its sound like a dragon's roar and its light like autumn water.

She looked at everyone and said solemnly, "I think we should complete the mission. The expert who can move us around like this is at least of the Dharmakaya level, a terrestrial immortal. If they wanted to kill us, it would be very easy. So, we should follow their instructions and see what happens."

As she said the last part, her head tilted slightly.

"Jiang Shimei is right," Zhang Yuanshan nodded in agreement.

Qi Xia thought for a moment and also drew her green-glowing water-dividing spear. "Since we're in this situation, we can't just sit and wait to die. According to the 'Lord of the Six Realms,' after completing a mission, we can return for a while. We can think of other ways then. For now, let's complete the mission!"

She was tall and slender, with a tight-fitting dress that accentuated her graceful figure. Her skin, though tanned, looked tender and smooth to the naked eye, and her delicate appearance gave her a touch of a southern water town maiden.

"I, I will follow Miss San!" Yan Wujang said nervously.

Meng Qi looked at him, unable to associate this burly, timid man with the "Flying Night Fork" Yan Wuwo, the master of the "Zombie Fist" who caused the "Red Earth for a Hundred Miles" disaster, as mentioned by Xuan Xin. Both were of the Wu generation of the Yan family, but the difference was huge.

Qi Zhengyan of the Huaxia Sword School nodded slightly. "Although my knowledge is limited, I also think Jiang Shimei is right."

Qing Jing tightly pursed his lips and looked at the torch on the side of the stone wall. After a few breaths, he said with a tense face, "I'm not afraid of any mission. If you die here, don't blame me."

"Life and death are determined by fate." Zhang Yuanshan smiled, seeing that everyone was united.

Jiang Zhimi said subconsciously, "I will use my sword to fight for my fate..."

She smiled and stopped, knowing that this was a difference in philosophy between the Sword Washing Pavilion and the True Martial Sect, derived from the "Seven Swords of Heaven-Cutting," and it was unnecessary to create internal strife at this moment.

She turned to Meng Qi and smiled, "Little monk, do you want to complete the mission with us?"

Meng Qi was deeply moved. The others had subconsciously ignored his opinion as a miscellaneous monk, but someone still remembered him. "Of course, please take care of me, Miss Jiang."

At this moment, he could only follow the strongest few, and he was very clear about that.

Jiang Zhimi chuckled, "You should call me Jiang Shi."

Meng Qi took a deep breath and said before anyone else could speak, "I think we should first rescue the four great experts and then surround and kill the 'Hidden Emperor Castle' lord."

"Isn't that a waste of time?" Qing Jing still thought the Shaolin monks were bad.

Meng Qi looked at Jiang Zhimi, Zhang Yuanshan, and Qi Xia. "First, we don't know the strength of the 'Hidden Emperor Castle' lord, and going there rashly would be very dangerous. Second, I don't think side missions would be announced at the beginning. They should be revealed when we truly encounter them. I suspect the true meaning of this side mission is that the 'Lord of the Six Realms' doesn't think we can complete the main mission independently, so he wants us to find allies first."

Jiang Zhimi, Zhang Yuanshan, and the others nodded lightly. Having four more allies who understand the situation would be better, but they were afraid of wasting time and failing the mission.

"Hmph, you act like you know the 'Lord of the Six Realms' so well. Do you have a lot of experience?" Qing Jing looked at Meng Qi with a sidelong glance.

Of course, the experience of playing games and reading novels... Meng Qi thought to himself. He wasn't a wise person; he just had more knowledge about "missions" and similar "cycle worlds." He might be right, or he might be wrong.

As he finished speaking, Meng Qi's eyes suddenly widened. A black shadow was flying towards them, never touching the ground, always floating in the air, like a drifting ghost!

PS: Two chapters updated... Official group number for the new book: 31875643

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