7: Surprise or shock? No martial ethics allowed.

Below the Imperial City, within the underground Imperial Palace.

Cao Meng had been here for over three hours.

An hour ago, Wu Feiyan was forced to act again, using her Profound Yin Qi to help Cao Meng resolve the undigested dragon tiger golden elixir in his Purple Mansion Dantian.

As his Cultivation improved, Cao Meng once again gained one hundred destiny value.

Name: Cao Meng, courtesy name De Meng

Appearance: 99

Cultivation: Golden Core [27%]

Comprehension Ability: Heaven-Grade High Grade

Talent: Blood Spirit Sacred Body [Saint Grade]

Pure Yang Cauldron Body [Saint Grade]

Luck Value: 1050

Talent Skills: Talent Plunder

Opportunity Exchange

Appraisal Technique

Relationship Interaction: Wu Feiyan — Luck 6640 [Can be suppressed]

Exchangeable Information: 1. Wang Han, a Disciple of White Deer Academy, discovered the pre-Qin Spirit Treasure — thousand illusions mask — in his ancestor's ashes, but failed to fully utilize its effect, causing the pearl to be covered in dust. [Required Luck Value: 1200 points]

2. Yang Xuan, the chief Disciple of Hanging Temple, excavated a pre-Qin Ancient Tomb and discovered the ancient seven profound sword formation armor. [Required Luck Value: 500 points]

3. The Third Prince of Northern Wei, Yuan Hao, discovered an ancient female cultivator's ice coffin, suspected to be the body of a mighty expert. [Required Luck Value: 2000]

A Luck Value exceeding one thousand points meant that he could perform Talent Plunder twice!

"This dragon tiger golden elixir is indeed powerful; there's still so much left. It seems I won't have to worry about my Cultivation speed before entering the Dragon Elephant Realm~"

Cao Meng tidied his clothes with satisfaction, glanced at Wu Feiyan, who was dozing in a golden hanging chair, and a smug smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Revered Master, as expected of Revered Master, as expected of a quasi-Saint Grade foundation, as expected of a Profound Yin Sacred Body.

If not for her help, it would have taken him at least a year to fully refine Young Master Zhang's Dragon Elephant Golden Elixir.

With Revered Master's help, the speed increased by more than tenfold.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Cao Meng was attracted by a faint layer of fluorescence emanating from the Empress Revered Master.

Beautiful~

Wu Feiyan herself was a being of divine beauty that captivated the heavens. In her slumber, the shimmering white spiritual light added endless charm.

Cao Meng quietly walked over, grasped her fair wrist, and after a brief check, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"You actually recovered a trace of your Cultivation. Hehe, Revered Master, you hide very deeply~ But, do you think you can turn the tables with just this bit of Cultivation?"

He gently tidied the Empress Revered Master's clothes and his gaze once again fell upon the treasures filling the palace.

Before the Li Clan Dynasty was overthrown by the Empress Revered Master, it had governed for a thousand years. During these thousand years, the Li Clan shared the world with aristocratic families, and to maintain the imperial lineage, they repeatedly joined forces with the Eight Pillar Nation aristocratic families to sweep through the Jianghu, acquiring a considerable number of top-tier Cultivation Technique secret manuals.

Among them, the four Heaven-Grade secret manuals were world-renowned.

"Red Lotus True Scripture [Incomplete] [Heaven-Grade Low Grade]: To Cultivate this technique, one must first castrate themselves... Bah~"

"Martial King's Array-Breaking Melody [Incomplete] [Heaven-Grade Medium Grade]: A divine array-fighting manual, the best choice for unparalleled generals..."

"Soaring Sword Qi Art [Incomplete] [Heaven-Grade Medium Grade]: An ancient Sword Cultivator's incomplete manual. It refines true essence into Sword Essence, a Sword Immortal Treasure manual with rapid progress. Due to the incomplete Cultivation Technique, although its combat power is unparalleled, it cannot perfectly control Sword Essence, thus damaging lifespan... It can only Cultivate to the Peak Golden Core Realm at most~"

"They're all incomplete, no wonder they're only Heaven-Grade." Cao Meng shook his head.

These three Heaven-Grade secret manuals were all excavated from pre-Qin ruins. Originally, the Cultivation Techniques should have been Saint Grade, but unfortunately, some essential parts were lost, causing the Cultivation Technique's power to degrade.

This was somewhat similar to the Blood Scripture, but the first three layers of the Blood Scripture were intact, so its power was still Saint Grade.

However, these three secret manuals were incomplete from the very beginning, leading to various problems, either requiring emasculation or resulting in a short life~

Especially that Soaring Sword Qi Art, if it were a Complete Manual, it would be incredibly powerful.

"What a pity, there's no Tyrannical Dragon Art, which the Li Clan Emperors specialized in." After searching for a while, Cao Meng found that the Tyrannical Dragon Art, known as the Great Zhou's strongest Cultivation Technique and specialized by the Li Clan Emperors, was not stored in the secret vault.

He emptied one of the large boxes containing gold nearby, threw the three classical texts along with the Legacy page of the Blood Scripture into the box, and continued his sweep.

For Cultivation Techniques, he temporarily had the Blood Scripture. Next were Sword Arts, Moves, and Divine Abilities.

"Torrential Sword Art"

"Movement Technique: Swift Wind Willow..."

"Seven Absolute Soundwave Sword"

"Tyrannical Dragon Spear Art~"

"Thunder Blade Slash"

"Movement Technique: Heaven's March Strategy"

He casually threw a series of seemingly decent Moves and Divine Abilities into the large wooden box.

"Seven Absolute Sword Intent? This thing should be the Supporting Cultivation Technique for the Seven Absolute divine swords, right? Good Revered Master, you were saving this for your cheap son, weren't you?" Cao Meng picked up the Jade Slip containing the Legacy of the Seven Absolute Sword Intent, gave it a brief inspection, and then threw it into the wooden box.

After spending half an hour, quickly browsing through the treasure vault and picking out over a hundred decent-grade classical texts, Cao Meng turned his attention to the divine weapons and sharp blades that filled an acre of land next to him.

Hundreds of divine weapons and sharp blades gleamed with cold light.

Based on the experience from the original owner's memories, Cao Meng could tell at a glance that most of these so-called divine weapons and sharp blades were merely for show. Compared to his seven absolute spirit swords, they were completely a pile of scrap metal.

"Eh, that is~" But very quickly, Cao Meng was attracted by a weapon inserted into a stone slab, with a blood-colored hilt and numerous cracks, resembling both a sword and a ruler.

Around that severely damaged blood-colored weapon, all the other weapons had lost their luster, similarly covered in cracks.

Appraisal Technique:

shen ya sword [Damaged], xuantian spirit treasure, its Origin was damaged during the ancient pre-Qin demon-suppressing war.

Sword Dao power +210% [Can be repaired, can be enhanced.]

Requires a massive amount of vital blood to refine and recognize its Revered Master [Note: The process of recognizing its Revered Master is extremely perilous. Since this sword's appearance three hundred years ago, four Saint-Grade powerhouses have been drained into mummies...]

It was a good sword. Even in its damaged state, Cao Meng could feel a terrifying pressure emanating from it.

"How about, I try to recognize its Revered Master?" This thought merely flashed through his mind, and then Cao Meng immediately dismissed it.

Are you kidding? This thing had drained four Saint-Grade powerhouses to death. Although he had the Blood Spirit Sacred Body, was a natural blood tank, and the purity of his true blood was far beyond that of those at the same level, he dared not say he could withstand this thing's absorption.

"I'll take it first, and try to recognize its Revered Master after my Cultivation improves a bit~"

Having made up his mind, Cao Meng walked to the severely damaged shen ya sword and reached out to grasp its hilt.

"Ah, what the f*ck..."

As soon as his palm grasped the hilt, Cao Meng felt as if something had bitten his palm, causing unbearable pain. Then, the true blood in his body began to uncontrollably surge towards the shen ya sword.

In the blink of an eye, the shen ya sword was covered with a faint bloody halo, and on its damaged blade, blood-colored patterns spread out like human meridians.

Cao Meng was greatly alarmed and struggled to break free, but his body was completely out of control~

"Damn it, you really don't play fair..." Who knew this damned sword would launch a sneak attack~

"It's over~"

The true blood in his body began to rapidly dry up, and a trace of despair flashed through Cao Meng's heart.