Becoming a Saint by Touching Corpses

Chapter 518: Chapter 495: Exploration

Considering his relationship with Wang Yukai, acquiring the Three-Hearted Exquisite Pearl wasn’t difficult.

Of course, Lou Yi didn’t need to go about it in such a roundabout way. He could have quietly taken the treasure from Yun Jin Villa without anyone noticing.

But Lou Yi, with his talent for divination, had an instinctive feeling.

Though heavenly secrets can be used, certain rules of the game must be followed.

If he abused his divination talent to predict heavenly secrets for boundless profits, future breakthroughs into higher realms might bring celestial tribulations or other calamities to teach him a lesson.

The death of the Divine Calculator might have been greatly related to his abuse of heavenly secrets.

Even though he had the Attribute Panel, he couldn’t act too blatantly.

At this moment, in the arena.

Miss Li Shishi from Yun Jin Villa stepped up to Wang Yukai’s side, her beautiful eyes quietly watching him.

This made Wang Yukai’s heart race, and his mouth went dry.

Then, Li Shishi pulled out the white jade hairpin from her hair. Her locks instantly cascaded like waves, subtly perfuming the surroundings.

The hairpin was intricately designed and handed to Wang Yukai with a smile by Li Shishi.

“Wonderful!” Applause erupted from the crowd below.

“A perfect match of talent and beauty!” Everyone who had witnessed the competition deemed the marriage a great match.

The hairpin given by Li Shishi in public was a token of love, indicating her acknowledgment of Wang Yukai.

Wang Yukai was visibly moved, as if in a dream realm.

After a few moments of realization, he hurriedly took out a warm jade pendant from his chest, handing it to Li Shishi, completing the exchange of love tokens.

Their fate was finally sealed at this moment.

Below the stage, ’One Palm’ Li Weizhou looked a bit hesitant and conflicted.

But seeing his daughter make a decision, he couldn’t help but sigh.

The die was cast; changing it was difficult.

His idea of recruiting a disciple from the four major sects as a son-in-law would have to be shelved, perhaps until future generations of grandchildren.

Seven days later.

The area three miles outside Yun Jin Villa was filled with banquet tables, with gongs and drums sounding inside and out, festively decorated everywhere.

Wang Yukai and Li Shishi were joyously united in matrimony today.

Reputable figures from the vicinity came to celebrate, even the highest local officials personally attended, highlighting the powerful influence of ’One Palm’ Li Weizhou.

At this moment, Wang Yukai had truly reached the pinnacle of his life.

Lou Yi easily acquired the key to advancing his Breathing Technique—the Three-Hearted Exquisite Pearl.

At the same time, he understood that no banquet lasts forever; it was time to part ways with Wang Yukai.

Before leaving, he left Wang Yukai a bottle of Bone Marrow Cleansing Pills and a precious illusionary talisman that could be used without spiritual power.

The Bone Marrow Cleansing Pills could help him cleanse his muscles and marrow.

Currently, Wang Yukai had the ability of nearly a third-rate expert, which was not bad.

If he could further enhance his talents, he might not be unable to become a true first-rate master in the future.

The illusionary talisman was for saving his life.

If faced with an insurmountable enemy, activating the talisman could disrupt the enemy’s five senses as it did during the competition, making a comeback from a desperate situation possible.

During his stay at Yun Jin Villa, Lou Yi also gained some new insights.

Firstly, his cultivation restored to the Martial Master Peak, just a step away from the rank of Martial Saint.

He believed that with time, his cultivation would fully recover, allowing him to nearly stride invincibly through this world.

Secondly, through Wang Yukai’s connection, he accessed many of Yun Jin Villa’s ancient books, broadening his knowledge about Grandmasters and related information in this world.

Ever since witnessing the peculiar sight at Broken Water River, Lou Yi developed an unprecedented curiosity and thirst for knowledge about Grandmasters.

Grandmasters can influence the world alone, and the impact they cause has lasted over two hundred years without fading.

This had somewhat overturned Lou Yi’s worldview and significantly broadened his vision, making him realize that there’s always someone better and higher heavens above.

“What mysteries lie within the Realm of the Grandmaster?”

Lou Yi felt that figuring this out might bring him harvests much greater than acquiring the Three-Hearted Exquisite Pearl.

He recalled the contents of the ancient books he had read in recent days:

“More than two hundred years ago, Sword Saint Ouyang Qing attained enlightenment in front of an ordinary river and suddenly slashed it with a sword, dividing it into two parts. To this day, this spectacle can still be seen…”

“Three hundred years ago, Divine Fist Lin Xiuyuan foresaw the eruption of Mount Canglu, and to prevent devastation, struck the volcano’s mouth with a mighty palm, reversing the lava’s flow, and it has never erupted again…”

“Four hundred years ago, the great demon caused the rout of tens of thousands of the Qing Nation’s army.

Daoist Qian Yuan, using a horsetail whisk in battle, engulfed the demon in raging flames, quickly reducing it to ashes…”

“The Great Ancestor of the Qing Nation was obstructed by Marquis Xiangyang’s invincible Xiangyang City, where he couldn’t conquer it after half a year, with supplies nearly depleted.

In a pivotal moment, Daoist Qian Yuan communicated with the heavens, summoning a large meteor shower to aid the Great Ancestor in breaching the city…”

“Seven hundred years ago, the master of Wulin, Lin Wanwei of Wenxin Valley, played a ’Spring Comes’ tune on Rotten Peach Mountain.

All the budding peach blossoms across the mountain suddenly bloomed, their fragrance carried for miles…”

“A thousand years ago, the exiled immortal Kuang Yin’s purple bamboo forest, where he practiced swordplay, was discovered by later generations.

Whenever the wind blew, the bamboos resonated with the clangs and clashes of metal, like masters in combat, greatly benefiting swordsmen, and occasionally allowing breakthroughs. Unfortunately, it was later destroyed in war…”

Daoist Qian Yuan was most elaborately chronicled, being the main contributor to the founding of the Qing Nation alongside the Great Ancestor.

Yet Lou Yi saw from the descriptions that Daoist Qian Yuan’s deeds were different from other Grandmasters.

He evidently used high-level magic, while Grandmasters in this world used Martial Arts.

Thus, Daoist Qian Yuan’s stories didn’t provide much reference for Lou Yi.

What he wished to understand were the methods of pure Grandmasters in this world.

Grandmasters are the maximum combat force in this world, with only two or three per era, and without luck, gaps might even occur.

Lou Yi utilized his divination talent to try and ascertain the whereabouts of contemporary Grandmasters.

However, after multiple attempts, he found no useful information.

It seemed as though there was a persistent mist obscuring Grandmasters, leaving him at a loss on how to proceed.

“The heavenly secrets are blurry, likely a protective measure of the Qian Yuan realm for this world’s children of fortune,” Lou Yi thought, a faint realization dawning upon him.

Grandmasters are the outstanding talents of their era, each possessing great fortune and opportunities.

Were they to be easily found out, wouldn’t that place them in extremely vulnerable positions, risking downfall at any moment?

Of course, finding the whereabouts of a Grandmaster wasn’t entirely impossible.

Integrating into this world and utilizing local forces might reveal some clues for locating Grandmasters.

And the more clues he had, the easier his divination talent could come into play.

With this in mind, Lou Yi vanished, swiftly heading in a certain direction.

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