342: Chapter 342 Moon Ripples

Qin Xiao carefully examined the Cultivation Technique, and a look of joy instantly flashed across his face. This truly contained the ninth layer of the [Sun True Scripture].

He did not need to purchase it from the System anymore, directly saving over 1 million qi luck value. This was truly a joyous occasion!

Putting the Jade Slip into his Storage Ring, Qin Xiao arrived before the light pillar containing the [Nine Dragon Saint Emperor Scripture] Cultivation Technique. Following the same method he used to take the Sun True Scripture, he spent 10,000 qi luck value and similarly took this Cultivation Technique Jade Slip!

Then came the [Heaven Dominating Divine Art], [Supreme Non-Action Scripture], [Five Emperors Dragon Fist], and other Cultivation Techniques; he took them all one by one!

After spending 90,000 qi luck value, his Storage Ring now held nine Saint-Grade Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills, causing a flicker of excitement in his heart!

After finishing this, he did not alert the Half-Saint Realm expert in the Scripture Pavilion; instead, he left the thirty-second floor of the Scripture Pavilion silently.

Arriving at the thirty-first floor, although the Secret Manuals on this floor also had Restriction runes placed on them, they were not as powerful as the ones on the floor above.

As long as he was willing to put in a little effort, he could take these Cultivation Techniques away without alerting anyone and without making a sound.

After spending half an hour, he finally collected all the Cultivation Techniques on this floor into his Storage Ring. At this moment, his Storage Ring contained over 300 Advanced Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills.

The lowest Rank reached was Heaven-Grade Peak Cultivation Technique, and many were Quasi-Saint Scriptures, which were equally precious. Selling any one of them could fetch tens of millions to over a hundred million Spirit Stones!

After doing this, he walked out of the Scripture Pavilion and appeared within the imperial palace.

This time, half of his purpose for coming to the Taigu Huang Palace had been fulfilled. The next step was to find Gu Shentong, find a way to bind with him, and continuously drain his qi luck value!

After finding him, he had to make him acknowledge him as his master or recognize him as his foster father, no matter what!

If he did not agree, then he would castrate him and make him a eunuch!

Qin Xiao thought evilly in his heart.

Then, he began to slowly search for Gu Shentong's whereabouts within the palace. Not wanting to cause too much of a commotion, he did not dare to release his Divine Sense.

He could only search small area by small area to see if he could discover his whereabouts.

He arrived at a luxurious palace and stealthily probed it with his Divine Sense, instantly seeing a scene that would make anyone have a massive nosebleed!

He saw a stunning beauty inside the palace, slowly removing her palace dress, revealing her jade-white, delicate body!

Then she slowly walked into a hot spring pool filled with flower petals.

This scene, a picture of a devastatingly beautiful woman entering the pool, was instantly displayed before Qin Xiao, making him unable to tear his eyes away!

The woman before him was not weak; she had already reached the Half-Saint Realm and should be one of the Ancient Emperor's noble consorts.

Apart from the Empress, the Ancient Emperor had three noble consorts. These four people were all Half-Saint Realm Martial Artists, and their status was noble!

Their status far exceeded that of the other concubines. The three were Noble Consort Yue, Noble Consort Meng, and Noble Consort Hua!

He wondered which of the noble consorts this stunningly beautiful woman before him was.

"Where is the Second Prince Your Highness now?"

A cold yet charming voice came from the beautiful woman's mouth, making anyone who heard it feel an itch in their heart!

However, from this sentence, Qin Xiao also learned the identity of the beautiful woman before him.

This was one of the three noble consorts, Noble Consort Yue, Yue Lianyi. At the same time, she had also given birth to a son for the Ancient Emperor, who was Gu Shentong's younger brother, Gu Tianheng.

Gu Shentong's younger brother's talent was in no way inferior to his own, and he was quite favored by the Ancient Emperor. He had always been a strong contender for the position of Crown Prince!

"Replying to Your Ladyship, the Second Prince Your Highness should be at the Longdao River killing evil demons. It is said that the Second Prince Your Highness even personally went into the river and killed a Level 7 Demonic Flood Dragon!"

A beautiful-looking maidservant answered while serving the beautiful woman.

"Is that so! It seems Heng'er's strength has improved again!" Yue Lianyi said happily, a smile instantly appearing on her face upon hearing this.

"The Second Prince Your Highness is divinely martial and has extraordinary talent. His strength improves almost every day. When he returns, Your Ladyship will definitely be pleasantly surprised!"

The maidservant praised from the side!

Hearing the maidservant's praise, the smile on Yue Lianyi's face grew even wider, just like a blooming, delicate flower, extremely charming!

It made Qin Xiao's heart itch, and he wished he could rush down right now and battle her for three hundred rounds, but Qin Xiao managed to hold back with his strong willpower!

"Amitabha, well said, well said. Beauty is but floating clouds, passing smoke; don't even think about affecting my Dao Heart!"

Qin Xiao muttered in his heart and reluctantly moved his gaze away. The urgent task was to find Gu Shentong; everything else was secondary to this!

He did not want to expose his whereabouts because of beauty!

He carefully snuck through the imperial palace. In the middle, he had used Spells to question passing guards, but he did not obtain any useful information!

He could only use this clumsy method, searching slowly, palace by palace!

However, in the process of searching, he opened his eyes wide. The concubines in this imperial palace were more beautiful than the last, each one a stunning beauty, and also possessing extraordinary talent.

The concubine with the lowest strength had already reached the Heavenly Human Realm; as for concubines below the Heavenly Human Realm, there were none!

Many of these concubines were still virgins, which made Qin Xiao click his tongue and nod. He even wanted to do something big and abduct this whole group!

To take care of this group of pitiful women for the Ancient Emperor!

Although he thought this in his heart, he still didn't move. He was not someone who would delay important matters for the sake of female beauty!

Hard work pays off; after an hour of searching, Qin Xiao finally discovered Gu Shentong's whereabouts in an inconspicuous palace!

At this moment, he was in a palace, in secluded cultivation.

The surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was constantly pouring into his body, and with every breath, he could inhale a large amount of Spiritual Qi.

After not seeing him for a period of time, Gu Shentong's strength had greatly increased, and his Realm had already reached the Peak Heavenly Human Realm.

"This kid's Cultivation speed is so fast. How long has it been since I last saw him, and he has already reached the Peak Heavenly Human Realm? He is truly worthy of being a person of great Luck. This Cultivation speed far exceeds the vast majority of Prodigies!"

After seeing Gu Shentong's cultivation Realm, Qin Xiao also sighed inwardly.

The Cultivation speed of these people of great Luck truly cannot be calculated by conventional logic. For a normal person to Cultivate to this Realm, it would take at least several hundred or even a thousand years!

Yet these people of great Luck only used a dozen years or so. Although resources accounted for a large part of the reason, one cannot deny the strength of their talent!