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Chapter 197 Liang Family Armory: A Tremendous Harvest

The hidden door now stood before the two of them; it was a massive stone door.

“There’s only one key, and it’s on Liang Qingsong. I tried to push the stone door open with force, but it was no use. Even a martial artist with the Meridian Opening Realm couldn’t open it,” the noblewoman in palace attire explained about the stone door.

Su Chen frowned. If the noblewoman in palace attire hadn't looked as weak as a chicken, he would have already taken action and dealt with her.

Although Su Chen entered the secret passage with the help of the noblewoman in palace attire, he still did not completely trust her.

Listening to the noblewoman in palace attire, Su Chen found her increasingly strange; this woman seemed even more eager than he was to open the hidden door.

But now is not the time to worry about these things.

Soon, Su Chen focused his attention on the stone door. He threw a punch, but the stone door did not budge.

Just as the noblewoman in palace attire had said, even though Su Chen used seventy percent of his strength, he still couldn't shake the stone gate.

The stone gate is not only huge, but also very thick.

"It seems it still won't work." The noblewoman in palace attire sighed softly upon seeing this.

Even though I knew this would be the outcome, I still couldn't help feeling a little disappointed when it actually happened.

Just as she was about to speak and lead Su Chen away, she saw Su Chen searching the surface of the stone door as if he had discovered some treasure.

"Does he have another way?"

The noblewoman in palace attire pursed her lips, a hint of anticipation in her eyes.

Unaware of the other party's emotional changes, Su Chen quickly pounded on the stone door.

After a short while, Su Chen stopped what he was doing, a smile appearing on his face.

"Step aside."

Su Chen turned around and said something to the noblewoman in palace attire, which instantly made her eyes light up, and her clear, bright eyes rippled with emotion.

She quickly stepped back, her eyes fixed on Su Chen.

Su Chen held his breath and stood in front of the stone gate, channeling his inner strength and striking the stone gate with his palm.

There was still no movement, but Su Chen did not stop.

Waves of powerful energy surged wildly and rapidly from Su Chen's body, pouring into the stone gate.

Under the expectant gaze of the noblewoman in palace attire, the stone gate, which had remained unmoved even under the attack of a martial artist with the Meridian Opening Realm, began to tremble slightly.

This scene brought a look of surprise and delight to the noblewoman in her palace attire.

Rumble.

The trembling sound of the stone gate grew louder and louder, making the entire passage feel like it was shaking.

Just then, Su Chen gave a soft shout, and the stone gate seemed to be subjected to a terrible impact, shaking violently.

boom!
The next moment, a loud bang suddenly rang out, and an irregular gap was blasted out where Su Chen's palm was placed.

It's big enough for one person to enter.

"Sure enough, whether it's physical strength or elemental power, brute force won't open the stone door; only skillful force will."

I have mastered the Myriad Wonders of the Profound Heart Style. While I may not have reached perfection in terms of technique, I have certainly made progress.

Furthermore, my strength far surpasses that of ordinary martial artists; although I couldn't completely destroy the stone gate, I was able to damage a portion of it.

If the noble ladies in palace attire knew that Su Chen had managed to destroy the stone gate's structure using sheer force, they would be utterly astonished.

That kind of strength must be many times greater than that of an ordinary person to do!

Su Chen stopped and turned to look at the noblewoman in palace attire, whose face was flushed with excitement.

Under Su Chen's wary gaze, she ran towards him, but her eyes remained fixed on the gap.

Su Chen stepped back half a step, allowing the noblewoman in palace attire to enter the stone chamber.

Seeing that she was safe and sound, Su Chen followed closely behind and entered the stone chamber as well.

The stone chamber was not large, but rather wide and long, resembling a long corridor, with no known destination.

Once the noblewoman in palace attire entered the stone chamber, she went straight ahead, as if she had been there countless times before.

Su Chen originally planned to follow the noblewoman in palace attire forward, or more accurately, follow the soul-guiding worm forward.

But when he saw the secret manuals piled up on both sides of the road, he suddenly stopped in his tracks, and his gaze never left the manuals.

"These are... the Luo family's Ethereal Sword Technique, the Chu family's Blazing Fire Divine Skill, the Hong family's Profound Origin Technique... and other secret manuals from various other schools and sects!"

Su Chen was dumbfounded when he saw the words on the covers of the manuals.

From the unique secret manuals of the five major clans to the sect-protecting secret manuals of various schools, everything was neatly arranged and categorized.

Looking around, there are at least several hundred books, if not thousands!
"Sent!"

Upon realizing this, Su Chen couldn't help but think that if all these manuals were genuine, he would be rich.

And it's an unprecedented fortune!
"and many more."

But soon, Su Chen calmed down, as if he had thought of something.

So he picked up the Hong family's Xuan Yuan Jue and started reading it. He skimmed through it until the end, his expression a mixture of joy and sorrow.

The good news is that the secret manual is real.

Unfortunately, the manual only records up to the fourth level and is incomplete.

"Right, the Golden Body Technique."

This unexpected situation gave Su Chen a feeling of dramatic ups and downs in his life.

He thought of something and quickly searched the stone shelf where the Yun family's secret manuals were stored, and soon found the Golden Body Manual that he had been longing for.

He eagerly flipped through the booklet, which didn't contain much information, but Su Chen read it very carefully.

"One more floor!"

After a long while, Su Chen finished reading, and his expression turned slightly unpleasant.

This Golden Body Technique only has two levels of cultivation content. Regardless of whether it is true or false, at least for now, these contents have not met Su Chen's expectations.

What he wanted was the complete Golden Body Mantra.

"Huh? This is..."

Suddenly, Su Chen inadvertently noticed a stack of papers under the Golden Body Technique, covered with densely written small characters.

Su Chen picked it up and his eyes lit up.

"It is the third level of the Golden Body Technique."

A line of small print was clearly written on it, explaining the source of the contents of these papers, and the ink was still wet.

"No wonder Liang Qingsong wanted to kidnap Yun Yao. It turns out he had the same idea as me. He also wanted to collect the Yun family's Golden Body Technique. The contents of this latest level of the Golden Body Technique should be what he obtained after interrogating Yun Yao."

Su Chen suddenly realized that he had no doubt about the authenticity of Liang Qingsong's statement, because Liang Qingsong did possess the Heart-Loss Powder.

It should be noted that he initially planned to capture Yun Yao and then use the Mind-Stealing Powder to obtain the Golden Body Technique, but Liang Qingsong beat him to it.

Fortunately, I still profited in the end, so I didn't lose money this time!
Of course, most importantly, after Su Chen finished reading the Golden Body Technique, the three words "Golden Body Technique" finally appeared on the panel in his mind.

"With the Golden Body Technique, as long as I have enough Qi and Blood Pills, I can quickly increase my strength!"

At present, Qi and Blood Pills are definitely not enough, but compared to the Golden Body Technique, which is more difficult to obtain, Su Chen has plenty of ways to get Qi and Blood Pills.

Having obtained the complete Golden Body Technique, Su Chen felt a slight easing of the tension in his heart.

He shifted his attention to other manuals.

"The Luo family's ethereal sword technique is incomplete."

"The Chu family's Fire Divine Skill is just labeled with a name."

"The Giant Tiger Sect's Giant Tiger Earth-Shaking Technique only has the method, but no cultivation content."

"And the Yun family's Cloud and Mist Technique is incomplete."

"..."

After reading them, Su Chen realized that most of the manuals were just empty shells.

Especially the unique secret techniques of those powerful forces, almost none of them are complete.

"Of all the ones I've seen, the Golden Body Technique is the only one that seems relatively complete to me."

Su Chen was slightly disappointed. Actually, his requirements were not high; he just wanted the cultivation content to be complete.

Whether there are relevant methods or whether special medicinal materials are needed are irrelevant to him.

Unfortunately, most of these manuals lack complete training content.

This means he doesn't even have the opportunity to cultivate!

Fortunately, it wasn't entirely fruitless; at least Su Chen found a complete sword technique.

The name of the sword technique is quite strange; it's called "The Mad Sword Technique".

If Su Chen hadn't read it, he wouldn't have realized that it was a complete sword technique; its content was just too fitting for its name.

The content looks like it was written haphazardly, and the moves are disjointed; you really can't tell them apart without careful observation.

After inscribing the knife techniques onto the panel, Su Chen continued to look through the other manuals, but he still couldn't find any more complete manuals.

Then, he focused his attention on one of the stone shelves nearby. Instead of secret manuals, it held some bottles and jars. "Could it be..."

Su Chen vaguely guessed what was going on, and his breathing became a little more rapid.

He picked up a bottle, opened it, and immediately saw several Blood Enhancement Pills lying quietly inside.

"One bottle contains five Blood Enhancement Pills, so these..."

Su Chen's heart suddenly raced, and his gaze fell on the stone frame that was half a meter high.

The stone shelf has five floors, each floor has four compartments, and each compartment contains two porcelain vases.

"If each bottle contains five Blood Enhancement Pills, then there are a total of two hundred Blood Enhancement Pills in these bottles!"

A huge surge of joy welled up in Su Chen's heart, making his heart leap into his throat.

Su Chen quickly calmed himself down, then poured out a pill, examined it for a moment, and found that it was exactly the same as the Blood Strengthening Pill.

He took a sniff; even the smell was no different from that of the Blood Strengthening Pill.

This put his mind at ease, and he swallowed the pill in one gulp.

Suddenly, a familiar sensation spread from his throat, and as the pill dissolved, a slight warmth rose within his body.

"It really is a Blood Strengthening Pill!"

After confirming that they were Blood Strengthening Pills, Su Chen poured out the pills from all the porcelain bottles.

When the last three bottles of pills were poured out, a change occurred.

These three bottles of pills were not Blood Strengthening Pills, but a type of pill that Su Chen had never seen before.

The pill was entirely white, about the size of a peanut, and exceptionally round. It had a slightly cool feel to the touch, but otherwise it was no different from other pills.

"Could it be a Meridian Opening Pill?"

Su Chen's mind immediately conjured up images of pills with similar characteristics, though he was somewhat uncertain.

"Never mind, I'll just bring them regardless."

Su Chen placed these pills into a porcelain bottle, taking them out as he filled it.

He picked up a Blood-Strengthening Pill and chewed it like a peanut.

After swallowing two Blood-Strengthening Pills, Su Chen didn't feel full, so he simply picked up two more and swallowed them.

Feeling the faint boiling of qi and blood within his body, Su Chen stopped. By this time, he had already packed all the pills and put them into his waistband.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered that the noblewoman in palace attire hadn't come out yet.

After thinking about it, he realized it wasn't his business, so he walked away.

After leaving the secret room, Su Chen tidied his appearance and then swaggered away from Cloud Mist Manor.

The journey was smooth and unimpeded; no one stopped them, and Liang Qingsong did not turn back midway.

However, just in case, Su Chen did not take the road leading to the manor, but instead randomly chose a direction and headed towards a nearby town.

If he remembered correctly, there was a town nearby where he also rented a house.

That's the advantage of casting a wide net – you can find a place to stay anywhere!
Half an hour later, Su Chen arrived in town, found the rented courtyard house, and then couldn't wait to start cultivating.

He initially planned to cultivate the Madman Blade Technique, which could be improved quickly with sufficient silver without the need for drugs.

"Turn on Easy Mode".

After communicating with the panel and receiving a reply, Su Chen spent an hour cultivating the Mad Blade Technique to its limit.

This sword technique has two characteristics: speed and madness.

The former was fine, as Su Chen's sword-drawing technique emphasized speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness, but the latter made Su Chen slightly turn his head.

Once unleashed, the Mad Blade Technique is just like the Drunken Fist from my previous life, wielded with the ferocity of a madman, completely devoid of any set pattern.

But it was precisely this kind of swordsmanship that gave Su Chen a refreshing feeling.

Although there is no fixed routine, every move emphasizes speed and decisiveness, making it very suitable for actual combat.

After improving his Swift Mad Blade Technique, Su Chen continued to improve his Drawing Blade Technique.

Since breaking through to the Blood Transformation Realm, Su Chen has rarely improved his sword-drawing technique, instead devoting most of his time to improving his realm.

It's time to improve my sword-drawing technique; after all, it's one of my trump cards.

The panel responded: "Easy mode activated: Swing your sword 700 times to reach level 7 in the sword-drawing technique."

Seven hundred strikes, fewer than the number of times Su Chen practiced the Mad Blade Technique to its limit, and he finished quickly.

With his final strike, he gained a new understanding of the art of drawing the sword.

A fierce aura emanated from Su Chen, as if a precious sword, forged a thousand times, was about to be completed.

Breaths of air blew from his body, rustling the leaves on the leaves in the yard.

Tah!
With a soft shout, he unleashed an ordinary slash, but a lightning-fast blade of light detached from the tip and slicing through the sky.

It appeared to be just a single slash, but it contained seven sword shadows, and the air itself was slightly distorted by the force of the strike.

The blade energy stretched for over thirty meters before gradually weakening, but it did not dissipate, lingering for a full three breaths.

"If I had mastered the seventh level of sword-drawing technique when I fought Luo Yuanxiu, I wouldn't have needed to expose the hidden blade in my sleeve. I could have killed him with just one strike."

Su Chen thought to himself that the seventh level of the Sword Drawing Technique, enhanced by his Blood Transformation Fifth Realm strength, was terrifyingly powerful.

"With my current strength, I am no longer afraid of martial artists who have just entered the Meridian Opening stage."

However, the strength of the Luo Clan Ancestor was far beyond the initial stage of the Meridian Opening realm; at the very least, it was at the Minor Completion realm.

It seems that my strength is far from sufficient, so I need to improve my Vajra Iron Shirt skill as soon as possible.

To upgrade the Vajra Iron Shirt technique to the sixth level, in addition to the 1,000 Qi and Blood Pills required for the technique itself, the Golden Body Technique requires at least 2,000 Qi and Blood Pills.

Right now, I have nearly two hundred Blood Strengthening Pills, one hundred and fifty Blood Nourishing Pills, and more than two hundred Qi and Blood Pills.

All in all, there were more than 2,900 Qi and Blood Pills, which basically met the requirements.

If that's not enough, then take some time to go to the black market.

I definitely can't refine that many Qi and Blood Pills in one day. If not, I'll do it in two days, but no more than three days at most.

Three days later, I broke through, meaning the Luo clan perished!

Su Chen gritted his teeth, a fierce glint flashing across his face. He had made up his mind to refine three thousand Qi and Blood Pills within two days.

To achieve this goal, Su Chen cannot live here; he needs to find a secluded place.

In this way, you can fully release the energy and blood in your body without attracting the attention of others.

However, before that, he needed to return to Dafeng City to bring back all the pills he had hidden in his residence in the city.

It took Su Chen an hour to return to Dafeng City and take the pill with him.

Su Chen, who was leaving, had no idea that his name had already caused a sensation in Dafeng City and the surrounding four cities.

Su Chen wreaked havoc at the Luo residence, killing Luo Yuanxiu, the patriarch of the Luo clan, and his son, and even taking the three personal guards of the residence master.

This incident quickly became a storm in Fengbei City, spreading to the surrounding cities like autumn leaves being swept away by the wind.

The news spread most rapidly in Dafeng City, reaching all the major and minor factions within the city in less than half a day.

If Su Chen lingered in restaurants, inns, or on the streets for even a short while, he would find that martial artists everywhere were talking about his name and discussing it enthusiastically.

Especially when they learned that Su Chen was only at the fifth level of the Blood Transformation Realm, it stirred up an unprecedented wave of public opinion.

Killing a Qi Refining Warrior with the Blood Transformation Realm sounds like something out of a fictional story.
There are believers and skeptics, and the debate is intensifying, creating various storms.

One thing can elicit a thousand different reactions and attitudes from a thousand different people.

Government office.

Despite the turbulent situation outside, it did not shake Qian Ruyuan's composure in the slightest.

The reason was simple: he had already received the news and had recovered from his shock.

Compared to the various rumors circulating in the city, the information he received was undoubtedly more accurate.

That's why, even he, a man of great experience, was surprised when he received the news.

Su Chen's talent was enough to rank him among the top among the many prodigies he knew, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him 'exceptionally talented'.

If Su Chen can break through to the Meridian Opening stage before the age of twenty-five, his talent will be unparalleled in the hundreds of years of history of the Great Qian Dynasty.

Unrivaled!

The founding emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty entered the Tongmai realm at the age of twenty-five, thus establishing the Great Qian Dynasty.

However, he reached the Meridian Opening Realm in just three years.

Su Chen is only twenty years old at most, and he has five years left. As long as he breaks through within five years, he will be able to surpass the founding emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty.

"Xingyue, how are you?" Qian Ruyuan composed himself and turned his gaze to Qian Xingyue, who was still unable to calm down.

At this moment, she was looking down at the information about Su Chen, her breathing a few steps faster than usual.

Hearing Qian Ruyuan's words, Qian Xingyue's delicate nose twitched slightly, she took a breath, and solemnly said, "Father, this person has successfully caught my attention. If he has another chance to attend the Donglin Banquet, I will keep a close eye on him, but..."

(End of this chapter)