Chapter 166 - 104: Jade Marrow Cold Lotus, a Grandmaster’s Inheritance! A Secret Martial Dao on the Six-Walled Diagrams

Chapter 166: Chapter 104: Jade Marrow Cold Lotus, a Grandmaster’s Inheritance! A Secret Martial Dao on the Six-Walled Diagrams

This just went to show that the young man’s prestige was extraordinary.

Huang the Seventh, on the other hand, could cause whatever trouble he pleased, as no one could control him. His grandfather doted on him immensely, and Feng Zhengming had no desire to court disaster, so he just let him be.

But the task at hand remained.

It was for the sake of finding the Earth Treasure, the Jade Marrow Cold Lotus, for the old gentleman Xu Li that they had traveled without rest to pay a visit to this Mountain Road Chief.

But Di Yuan had arrived even earlier and still hadn’t been granted a meeting. This meant his own trip...

...was also destined to be fruitless.

Old Yao was dressed in respectable clothes, with his adopted son, Yao Shi, by his side.

He had once been Ji Xiu’s colleague in the stables. Now that his Boss had made his fortune, Ji Xiu had remembered their old ties and promoted him. As one who had risen with his master’s success, he watched the scene unfold.

Initially, when faced with these nobles from the Prefecture City, he still harbored the ingrained, heart-pounding fear he used to feel upon seeing his old Boss, Lin Zhenhai, back at the Lin Residence. As a result, his confidence was a bit lacking.

But as he watched Di Yuan and Feng Zhengming leave their gifts and depart with long sighs—having vied for an audience only to fail to even see the face of the Boss of the Ji Residence...

...he couldn’t help but straighten his hunched back once more, puffing out his chest with a theatrical glare.

"Yao Shi, watch closely and learn well!"

"Even dignitaries from the Prefecture City have to follow the rules and be perfectly courteous when they visit our residence."

"That means we represent the Boss’s honor! We can’t bring shame to our position!"

As he spoke, Old Yao struggled to press on his lower back, forcing it to straighten.

Watching this, Yao Shi muttered to himself:

’But Old Man, your legs were just trembling... You weren’t even standing as steadily as I was.’

...

TWANG!

A sound like a thunderclap exploded from the bowstring, erupting from the Broken Jade Great Bow in Ji Xiu’s grasp!

In that instant, a Red Python over ten feet long and covered in red spots was pierced clean through. Blood gushed from the wound as the beast was pinned firmly to the ground, dead.

The Spirit Deer, lying nearby, sensed the ever-increasingly cold aura. Its eyes darted about. As it sensed the Spirit Mechanism Qi from the spot not far off—a place where it had rested for decades, absorbing the essence of the moonlight—its eyes revealed a look of blissful rapture.

"The ’Earth Treasure’ I mentioned, and the ’tomb chamber’ with the Qi Mechanism of a Qi Dao Grandmaster—they’re right here!"

To one side, Cai Ling’Er pulled out a compass etched with swirling patterns, her face alight with excitement.

Ji Xiu understood.

’Indeed, Earth Treasures are hard to find. To find even a single one in five hundred li of the Mountain Dao is considered extremely good luck.’

’The place Cai Ling’Er spoke of is the same one I glimpsed through this Spirit Deer of mine—the suspected hiding place of the Earth Treasure.’

’However...’

’There’s a Qi Dao tomb chamber here, too?’

Ji Xiu stood majestically, bow in hand. After slaying the Hundred-Year Red Python, he sighed to himself. For some reason, the Earth Dragon Cave had truly become more perilous lately.

He then strode toward the Cold Pool, with Cai Ling’Er following close behind.

As for Ye Ningzhi, whom Ji Xiu had brought into the Earth Dragon Cave, she was already outside, wreaking havoc. Determined to hone her Swordsmanship, she was spilling blood left and right.

Ji Xiu wasn’t too concerned for her safety.

Golden Muscle and Jade Veins, Mercury Blood Silver Marrow!

With two Great Limits broken...

It was no exaggeration to say that unless the leader of the demon hordes from the deepest part of the Earth Dragon Cave appeared, ordinary Demons couldn’t harm her in the slightest.

Untainted by the Fallen Demon Qi of the Abyssal Ruins Celestial Universe, these Demons were merely beasts of the wild that had undergone some cultivation. They weren’t all that powerful, which made this place a perfect natural training ground for her.

’In any case, she’s acting as my Attendant here. The final Demon Pill Treasure Materials are probably beneath the notice of a noble lady from a Grandmaster family like her—she’s used to much better. In the end, it’ll all fall into my pockets. So why not let her have her fun?’

SPLISH SPLASH.

It was now the depths of winter. It had even snowed the day before, and the Earth Dragon Cave was now covered in white frost and ice.

But when Ji Xiu stepped into the very Cold Pool where he had first gotten lost with Duan Chenzhou...

...he discovered something strange.

The clear spring here gurgled just as it always had. He knew instantly that there was something supernatural at play.

The Spirit Deer at his side, excited to be back in its old home, began to leap and bound about. Ji Xiu, however, just let a ripple pass through his eyes and activated his Spiritual Sense. After a long moment...

...he saw a stone stele in the center of the Cold Pool, its surface covered in extraordinary Spirit Patterns that flickered in and out of sight.

The last time he was here, he hadn’t been able to perceive its secrets.

But this time...

With the growth of his Spiritual Sense and the strengthening of his Divine Soul, he could see through it all as if gazing at a fire.

So he immediately stepped forward and channeled his Divine Soul, pouring its power into the stele—

RUMBLE!

Instantly, the water of the Cold Pool surged, then began to recede and dry up with incredible speed!

With a CRACK, the stele in the center shattered, revealing a Jade Marrow Cold Lotus swaying in an unseen breeze. It gave off motes of Spiritual Light, a clear sign of its extraordinary nature.

And this cold lotus...

...was planted beside a skeleton, pristine and white as jade, sitting in a cross-legged meditation posture.

As for the now-dry bed of the pool, surrounding the broken stele and skeleton, six stone walls were revealed.

With the shattering of the central Spirit Pattern stele,

...at the top of each of the six stone walls... on the once-smooth, featureless surfaces, the outlines of one Fist Technique and Palm Technique after another began to materialize!

Then, at the very top of each wall, a line of small text appeared—

[Secret Martial Dao, Ye Longxiang’s Head!]

[Comprehend all six walls to receive this inheritance!]

[Left by the Martial Artist—Ye Wenjiang!]