13: Map! Two more martial arts techniques have been mastered.

The drinking lasted for more than an hour before it finally ended.

By the time Shen Tianxing came out, the moon was already high in the sky.

The night wind blew, bringing a chilling sensation!

With a slight tipsiness, Shen Tianxing greeted the Prison Guards at the entrance, then drove his carriage towards home.

"These guys are real drunkards. If I didn't have a few tricks up my sleeve, I'd probably be under the table tonight."

Capturing five Disciples of the Corpse Control Sect was no small feat. As long as it was reported truthfully, he believed getting into the Purgatory Division would be no problem for him.

However, in this world, some people don't wish others well. Whether his wish would come true still depended on whether Wang Hu and the other two reported truthfully.

This was also why Shen Tianxing was willing to spend the entire evening interacting with them.

As for the outcome, he could only leave it to fate.

Under the moonlight, with a cool breeze, Shen Tianxing returned to his home.

He led the carriage into the courtyard, tied it up, and fed some fodder to the horse. This carriage officially became his personal property.

Taking a black cloth-wrapped package from the carriage, Shen Tianxing quickly entered his room.

Earlier, on his way back, Shen Tianxing had already checked the soul slaying platform. The execution progress of those Corpse Control Sect Disciples was currently at fifty percent, and no rewards had dropped.

Clearly, their rewards would only be obtained after they were executed.

But it wasn't a complete lack of harvest. Shen Tianxing had searched these individuals thoroughly and found a large bag of items.

This entire bag of items was his harvest for tonight!

Gold, Broken silver, and some jade, Medicinal Pills, Spirit Medicine, and the like, but most of them were not of high value.

There were over three thousand taels of gold, several hundred taels of Broken silver, and the Spirit Medicine were just common ones that could be bought at any Trading Firm.

It was understandable when he thought about it. After all, these guys were only in the Mortal Transformation Realm, so they wouldn't need high-end Spirit Medicine.

The Sect's resources would certainly not be wasted too much on them.

Most of it, they still needed to find themselves.

This was also why the five Corpse Control Sect Disciples took the risk to come to this Mass Grave.

Apart from those external possessions, what Shen Tianxing obtained the most from the five individuals was jade.

Among them, five pieces of jade were almost carved from the same mold.

Shen Tianxing was not unfamiliar with the origin of this type of jade. It was commonly used to record maps and Cultivation Techniques.

If it was just jade, its value was not great.

But if it recorded information like Cultivation Techniques or maps, its value would be significant. Selling it to some Trading Firm would fetch at least tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of taels of gold!

...In the room!

Shen Tianxing sat by the table, picked up the teapot, poured himself a cup of tea, took a couple of sips to sober up, then picked up a piece of jade. His gaze sharpened, and his Divine Soul power, like silk, surged from his brow and injected into the jade.

"It's a map, indeed..."

After three breaths, Shen Tianxing removed the jade, then successively checked the remaining pieces of jade.

"Hmm? The exact same map?"

Although the information recorded in these five pieces of jade were all maps, the scope they covered was extremely vast!

The Great Qi Imperial Dynasty was just the tip of the iceberg. Beyond the Great Qi Imperial Dynasty, there were detailed regional maps of over a dozen surrounding Imperial Dynasties, such as the Southern Buddha Dynasty, Silver Star Dynasty, and Shattered Shadow Dynasty... Each Imperial Dynasty had a vast and immense territory!

The territories of these dozen or so Imperial Dynasties were densely marked with places suitable for Ghost Path Cultivators to Cultivate.

"It seems that none of the Six Sects of the Ghost Path should be underestimated. The Great Demon Sect, which is comparable in strength, is probably similar."

Shen Tianxing was filled with amazement.

He discovered that these dozen or so Imperial Dynasty regions were probably just the tip of the iceberg, because the records on this jade were incomplete. Beyond the borders of these dozen Imperial Dynasties, nothing else could be seen.

He originally thought the Great Qi Imperial Dynasty was already large enough, but only after seeing this map did he realize how shallow his knowledge was!

His understanding of this world had only just begun.

After putting down the five pieces of jade, Shen Tianxing turned his gaze to the last two Jade Slips.

These two Jade Slips were distinctly different from the previous five pieces of jade. Whether it was their texture, feel, or the Spiritual Qi contained within them, they were all much richer.

Clearly, they were not simple!

Shen Tianxing used his Divine Soul power to probe into one of the Jade Slips.

Suddenly, a profound array of characters surged towards him, and along with the characters, a series of patterns also rushed forth.

In each pattern, a marvelous finger technique was being evolved.

Fingers sweeping like shuttles, piercing through mountains and rivers!

Like an illusion, yet containing the power to shake the heavens and earth!

In a trance, a black divine light suddenly lit up on the soul slaying platform, capturing all the characters and patterns in one fell swoop, directly drawing them into his Divine Soul.

"A sixth-grade superior 'Illusory Yin Eight Fingers'!"

Another sixth-grade martial art!

What surprised Shen Tianxing even more was that after the soul slaying platform made its move, he actually mastered this martial art directly!

The soul slaying platform had this function?

It could be used like this?

"In that case, wouldn't it mean that as long as I come into contact with a martial art Cultivation Technique, the soul slaying platform can help me master it directly? This is truly wonderful!"

Filled with joy, Shen Tianxing put down "Illusory Yin Eight Fingers" and, with anticipation, picked up the other Jade Slip.

Having had the first experience, he was prepared this time.

When his Divine Soul was injected into the Jade Slip, many characters and patterns indeed surged out again.

Compared to the previous time, the characters this time were even more ancient and obscure, and the patterns were even more profound.

Within the patterns, a ghost-like figure appeared, treading strange steps, transforming into a phantom in the sky and a wisp of smoke like a ghost as it moved and shifted!

This was a martial art primarily focused on movement techniques!

"A fifth-grade inferior 'Ghost Shadow'!"

With the soul slaying platform's intervention, Shen Tianxing instantly mastered two martial arts.

This made him very satisfied!

His gains today were too great!

Who would have thought that he merely took advantage of his day off to find a place to Cultivate, yet unexpectedly had such great gains, especially the martial art "Ghost Shadow," which compensated for his lack of movement technique martial arts.

However, what concerned him most were the merits these five individuals brought him.

"Reporting merits, approval, issuing rewards... a whole process will probably take a few more days!"

"I won't think about it anymore, I'll Cultivate first!"

Shen Tianxing tidied up, returned to his bed, and began a night of Cultivation.