Your classmates haven't taken the college entrance examination yet, but you are carrying bricks

Zhao Linger nodded, with a strange light flashing in her beautiful eyes:

"That's right! According to legend, in the ancient times when cultivation civilization was at its peak, the techniques practiced by warriors were not the ninth-level techniques we see today, but..."

She paused, her tone becoming extremely solemn: "It is a divine technique that surpasses the ninth level!"

"God-level technique..." Gu Ci muttered to himself.

Although he had learned about the existence of god-level skills from the system before, that was just what the system said after all, and he had never seen it with his own eyes.

And now, an ancient book that is suspected to contain divine-level skills is right in front of him. How can he not be excited?

If this ancient book is really a divine technique, then...

Gu Ci didn't dare to think about it anymore, because he found that his heartbeat had begun to accelerate and his breathing became rapid.

He forced himself to calm down, took a deep breath, and said to Zhao Linger: "Let's take a look first. Maybe it's just an ordinary ancient book."

Zhao Linger also understood that now was not the time to get excited. The most urgent task was to find out the origin of this ancient book first.

She carefully opened the ancient book, and an even more ancient and vicissitudes of life breathed over her face, making her feel as if she was in the long river of history, witnessing the changes of countless years.

The characters on the ancient books are not the characters commonly used today, but an ancient hieroglyphics that are obscure and difficult to understand.

"What kind of words are these? Why have I never seen them before?" Gu Ci frowned as he looked at those strange words.

Although he was well-read, he knew nothing about this ancient writing system.

"This is ancient writing, and I only recognize a small part of it." Zhao Linger explained, "But I once saw a record of this kind of writing in an ancient book. Maybe I can try to decipher it."

As she spoke, she began to study the words carefully.

Seeing this, Gu Ci stopped disturbing her and turned his attention to the other things in the wooden box.

In addition to the ancient book, there were also several jade slips and some unknown materials in the wooden box.

Gu Ci picked up a jade slip and tried to explore it with his mental power, but found that his mental power could not penetrate the defense of the jade slip at all.

"These jade slips should also be things left over from ancient times. Maybe they also contain some secret manuals of martial arts?"

If he could obtain some ancient skills, his strength would be greatly enhanced!

But he also understood that you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry.

With his current strength, he cannot break the restrictions on these jade slips at all, so he can only wait and see.

He put away the jade slip and his eyes fell on the unknown materials.

Some of these materials are metals, some are plants, and some are minerals. They have various shapes, are colorful, and emit a faint light.

"What are these?" Gu Ci asked curiously.

"I don't know." Zhao Linger answered without even looking up, "But it looks like they should be very precious things."

Gu Ci nodded and put away the materials.

Anyway, he doesn't know the use of these things now, so he might as well keep them for now. Maybe they will come in handy in the future.

"How is it? Have you deciphered it?" Gu Ci looked at Zhao Linger and asked.

Zhao Linger shook her head, frowned slightly, and her face was full of distress: "No, these words are too difficult to understand. I only deciphered a small part, and..."

"And what?" Gu Ci asked.

"And I feel like this ancient book seems to be missing a part!"

"A part is missing? You mean... this ancient book is not complete?"

Zhao Linger said: "I suspect that this ancient book should have contained more than this content. It must have been torn apart by human hands!"

"Torn by human hands?" Gu Ci frowned. "Who would be so bored as to tear up an ancient book?"

"I don't know." Zhao Linger shook her head. "But I'm sure this ancient book is definitely not simple! If I can find the rest of it, maybe..."

She didn't say anything else, but Gu Ci already understood what she meant.

If I can find the remaining parts, maybe I can get the complete technique!

"It seems that after this competition, I have to find out the origin of this ancient book!"

Gu Ci said in his heart.

Just then, there was a burst of noise suddenly coming from outside the valley, interrupting Gu Ci's thoughts.

"what happened?"

"Go out and see!"

The two of them no longer hesitated and stood up and walked out of the valley...

Gu Ci grabbed Zhao Linger's hand, exerted force on his feet, and ran wildly. Behind him, the roar of the Sky-Swallowing Python exploded like thunder, making his eardrums hurt. Under the crushing of the Sky-Swallowing Python, the towering trees fell like straw, with dead branches and leaves flying everywhere, and the dust raised covered the sky, as if the end of the world had come.

"Brother Gu Ci, what should we do? We can't escape at all!"

"Don't be afraid, Ling'er, I will definitely protect you!" Gu Ci gritted his teeth, but he was also very anxious. He was not a coward, but facing such a terrifying monster, he could only temporarily avoid it.

The Sky-Swallowing Python was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye it had already caught up to him less than a hundred meters behind him. Its huge snake tongue flickered unsteadily, and its fishy breath blew in his face, making him nauseous.

"Damn it!" Gu Ci cursed inwardly, stopped abruptly, and turned to face the huge monster.

"Brother Gu Ci, what are you doing? Run!" Zhao Linger exclaimed, not understanding why Gu Ci would stop and commit suicide.

"Ling'er, listen to me. The Sky-Swallowing Python is too fast. We can't escape at all. We can only fight to the death! I will lead it away later, and you take the opportunity to escape. Run as far as you can and don't look back!"

"No! I won't leave! We want to die together!" Zhao Linger shook her head firmly, her beautiful eyes full of determination.

"You... now is not the time to be willful, be obedient!"

"I won't!" Zhao Linger bit her lips stubbornly and refused to agree.

"Roar!" The Sky-Swallowing Python didn't care about their love affair, it opened its bloody mouth and pounced towards Gu Ci and the others. The fishy wind blew in his face, and Gu Ci could even clearly see the densely packed sharp teeth and sticky saliva in the Sky-Swallowing Python's mouth.

"It's too late!" Gu Ci's mind raced, and he pushed Zhao Linger away. At the same time, he roared, and the internal energy circulated wildly, and he punched towards the bloody mouth of the Sky-Swallowing Python.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, Gu Ci felt an overwhelming force coming at him, and the whole person flew backwards like a kite with a broken string, and fell heavily to the ground, spurting out a mouthful of blood.

"Brother Gu Ci!" Zhao Linger exclaimed and ran towards Gu Ci desperately.

"Hurry up and go!" Gu Ci struggled to get up, but found that all the bones in his body seemed to be falling apart and the pain was unbearable.

"Roar!" The Sky-Swallowing Python became even more angry after missing its attack. Its huge tail swept across, breaking all the trees along the way in half.

"Ling'er, get out of the way!" Gu Ci's eyes were bloodshot as he watched the snake's tail about to hit Zhao Ling'er.

At the critical moment, a green sword light flashed, accompanied by a cry: "You bold monster, stop being so arrogant!"

I saw a young girl in a green dress, holding a green sword, descending from the sky, and slashing the tail of the Sky-Swallowing Python with the sword.

"Dang!" A sound of metal clashing was heard, sparks flew, and the Sky-Swallowing Python's tail was blocked.

"Who are you?" Gu Ci and Zhao Linger were both stunned, looking at the girl who suddenly appeared in surprise.

The girl did not answer, but turned to look at the Sky-Swallowing Python, her beautiful eyes filled with coldness: "Evil beast, today is the day you die!"