I, a prison guard in the Heavenly Prison, secretly became invincible thanks to the system.

Outside the dilapidated temple, a ray of red light drew closer.

Ye Kang, carrying a knife, emerged from the darkness. In the dim light, his face, bearing a mocking smile, gradually came into Fan Shanyue's view.

"You sure know how to beat around the bush; I almost fell for your trick."

Ye Kang spoke casually, as if catching up with Fan Shanyue was only a matter of a few minutes.

Fan Shanyue's face was filled with nothing but terror.

"No...this is impossible...how could you possibly catch up with me? I've clearly erased all traces; you couldn't possibly outrun my lightness skill..."

"Don't be so absolute. When it comes to traveling, your lightness skill is far inferior to Miss Dai's. If she had your strength, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to catch up."

Upon hearing this, Fan Shanyue's expression instantly twisted.

"It was that bitch! She gave you her lightness skill!"

Ye Kang shook his head: "It's a pity, I wanted it, but she wouldn't give it to me. However, she told me that your lightness skill is also very good, so I came here."

Fan Shanyue suddenly understood.

"So that's why you bastard, instead of dealing with the river pirates, you chose to cause trouble for me! It turns out that bitch betrayed me! I should have ground her to dust long ago!"

Fan Shanyue cursed angrily. He wanted to run away, but he had no strength left.

Knowing he couldn't escape this calamity, he suddenly formed a palm with one hand and forcefully struck his waist.

Whoosh!

A sword aura of a hundred flowers pierced through his head. This time he couldn't dodge it. His eyeballs exploded, his head lolled to the side, and he died.

【Ding】

[Host has completed the mission: Kill the flower thief. Reward: 8000 Comprehension Points]

...

Ye Kang stepped forward and touched Fan Shanyue's waist.

"Strange, why is there nothing here? Could it be that his actions just now weren't destroying the manual?"

【Ding】

[A damaged ancient artifact has been detected. It can be used by injecting true energy.]

"Ancient treasure? What's that!"

Ye Kang was slightly surprised. Even the system was giving him a heads-up, so it must be something good.

He ripped open the clothes around the corpse's waist and saw half a dark green jade pendant hanging from the belt.

Ye Kang held his breath, took off the jade pendant, and tried to infuse it with his true energy.

Swish it!

Ye Kang felt as if he had entered a magical little space, standing on a jade platform about half the size of a basketball court. On the platform, there were some items and gold and silver scattered around.

Suddenly, he flashed back to the dilapidated temple, his expression quite fascinating.

"Holy crap! Isn't this a storage magic treasure that only exists in fantasy novels?! Am I supposed to be in a martial arts world?!"

Ye Kang felt utterly shocked; his worldview had been challenged.

He quickly sat down and used his Yi Wood True Qi to calm his shaken mind.

"It seems that my understanding of the world I live in is far less than I imagined."

Ye Kang paused for a moment, then focused all his attention on injecting his true energy and carefully explored the area.

Within the space, it was blocked by invisible air walls on all sides, making it impossible to penetrate.

The height is roughly equivalent to that of an ordinary room, and it's impossible to go any higher.

The strangest thing is that directly in front of the jade platform, there is not an air wall, but a void, which the true energy cannot touch at all.

The jade platform there looked as if it had been shattered by something, and was uneven.

"That should be the missing piece of the jade pendant. The complete jade pendant was at least the size of a basketball court. Although only half of it remains now, it is still a rare treasure."

Ye Kang was overjoyed and immediately began checking the inventory of Fanshanyue.

He didn't have much gold, silver, or valuables; it seems this guy only likes women and disdains wealth.

What interested Ye Kang the most were the two secret manuals.

A book titled "Shadow Steps" is undoubtedly a strange light-footwork technique called "Crossing the Mountain and Moon," or perhaps a footwork technique would be more appropriate.

The other book is titled "The Thousand Illusions of the Spirit Butterfly," but I can't tell what it is.

Fortunately, the system was there. Ye Kang took out the two manuals, activated the quantum wave speed reading method, and finished reading them in a few seconds.

【Ding】

[The innate footwork technique, Shadow Step, has been recorded. It requires 5000 Comprehension points to learn.]

[The innate martial art, Spirit Butterfly Thousand Illusions Body, has been recorded. It requires 3000 Comprehension Points to learn.]

【Thousand Illusions of the Spirit Butterfly: Condenses a phantom spirit butterfly; by merging true energy into the spirit butterfly, it can change its form, creating a truly lifelike illusion.

Ye Kang was in a very good mood after reading the introductions to two martial arts books.

It turns out that the Spirit Butterfly Thousand Illusions was the method Fan Shanyue used to disguise himself. I thought he relied on makeup to disguise himself before, but I didn't expect that he actually had a special martial art.

I just received a reward of 8000 comprehension points, so without further ado, I'll learn the footwork first.

【Ding】

[Host has spent 5000 comprehension points to master the Shadow Step technique.]

At the same moment, Ye Kang closed his eyes, and countless insights formed in his mind.

Picked up by his master at a young age, he spent his days in dark caves comprehending the mysteries of the void, accompanied by bats and cave fish, passing through walls and underground. After twenty years, he finally achieved the ability to tread on the void, shift his body and change his appearance, and see the Bagua and Nine Palaces in all his sights, which he could reach in an instant.

Ye Kang opened his eyes, and with a thought, the surrounding space transformed into a series of coordinates composed of the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams.

He circulated his true energy, and his figure suddenly turned into black smoke, appearing on a mound of earth ten steps away in the next second.

After several attempts, Ye Kang's true energy was quickly depleted.

He couldn't help but show a look of ecstatic joy.

"Impressive skill! No, just as I suspected, this is no ordinary skill, but a far more profound martial art!"

Ye Kang couldn't understand the intricacies of teleportation, but that didn't matter. He only needed to understand how powerful this footwork was in actual combat.

He then entered the Thousand Illusions of the Spirit Butterfly.

This martial art is much simpler. Even in the process of comprehending it, Ye Kang only spent ten years to master it, but its wonderful uses are endless.

He pointed, and a mesmerizing blue spirit butterfly of true energy sprang from between his fingers.

By spending some time sketching someone's appearance in the Spirit Butterfly, one can transform into that person's likeness at any time.

It's a pity that one can only condense one spirit butterfly at the beginner level. Once one reaches the Great Perfection, one can condense nine spirit butterflies. The so-called Thousand Illusion Body is somewhat of an exaggeration.

Of course, while footwork and disguise techniques are practical, they don't significantly improve one's cultivation level.

Ye Kang hung the broken jade pendant on his belt with great satisfaction, then swung his sword and cut off Fan Shanyue's head from his neck. He put the head in a tattered cloth, burned the rest of the corpse, and then left.

The secret manual is necessary, the treasure is necessary, and the credit for killing the womanizer is also necessary.