My Home's Ancient Well Connects to the Martial Arts World

Chapter 232: Chapter 228: Daluo Evil Skill

With the Detector’s help, Ye Xing’s treasure hunting was incredibly efficient. In just one or two shichen, he had already swept through three treasure rooms. The Liu Family Grand Elder, Liu Lihong, was grinning from ear to ear, his old face a mask of joyful wrinkles.

The various passages crisscrossed each other.

At that moment, the two of them were walking down one of the passages, continuing their search for other treasure rooms.

’We’ve struck it rich! To find so much wealth all at once, it’s like a dream. The Patriarch was right—there’s something strange about this kid. His treasure-hunting ability is too strong; it’s like he knows the Daluo Sect Treasure like the back of his hand. I’ll have to find a chance to force the truth out of him. Good thing I came along. As long as I keep this kid under control, most of the Daluo Sect’s treasure will belong to my Liu Family.’ The Liu Family Grand Elder’s old eyes glinted sharply as he followed behind Ye Xing.

’Huh, it seems to be a library! With a treasure trove of this scale, there might even be a Celestial Tier Treasure Manual inside!’ Walking along, Ye Xing glanced at the phone in his palm, his eyes lighting up.

The screen displayed a stone chamber containing a bookshelf lined with numerous books.

Ye Xing quickly turned off his phone and changed direction, heading toward another passage.

After a few twists and turns and walking another fifty or sixty meters, a stone chamber appeared at the end of the passage.

"Hahaha, another treasure room!" Liu Lihong cried excitedly. He immediately used his Lightweight Skill and rushed into the stone chamber.

"It’s a library! Heavens, so many Secret Manuals! This... even the lowest are Profound-tier Manuals! Haha, this Sword Technique Manual is Earth tier Top Grade! Excellent, this is perfect for me!" Liu Lihong’s ecstatic cries echoed from within the stone chamber.

Ye Xing immediately stepped into the stone chamber as well.

Inside were three rows of bookshelves, seemingly organized by category. One row held Lightweight Step Techniques, another held External Skills Manuals like Sword Skills and Saber Skills, and the last row held Internal Cultivation Method Manuals.

At that moment, Liu Family Grand Elder Liu Lihong was flipping through the manuals on the shelf for Internal Cultivation Methods.

"Elder Liu, time is of the essence. Don’t worry about reading them now. Just put them all in your Qiankun Bag, and you can look through them slowly when we get back," Ye Xing said thoughtfully.

"I’m afraid that won’t work. The space in my Qiankun Cloth Bag is almost full. I definitely can’t fit all these manuals inside. I can only prioritize choosing the Earth-tier and above manuals."

Liu Family Grand Elder Liu Lihong spoke in a low voice, his eyes filled with visible regret. He clearly wanted to take all these manuals with him, but unfortunately, he had a Lower-grade Qiankun Cloth Bag with limited space; it couldn’t possibly hold so many. He could only choose a portion of them to take.

RUSTLE! RUSTLE RUSTLE!

Liu Lihong continuously flipped through the manuals, placing every Martial Arts Manual of the Earth-tier Level into his Qiankun Cloth Bag.

As he kept searching, Liu Lihong suddenly shuddered. His old eyes filled with extreme excitement as he held an ancient-looking Martial Arts Manual with trembling hands.

"A Celestial-tier Manual! This is a Celestial-tier Internal Cultivation Method! There’s really a Celestial Rank Inner Strength manual here! With this, I’ll definitely be able to break into the Martial Arts Ninth Layer quickly!" Liu Lihong muttered to himself. Coming back to his senses, his eyes shone as he quickly flipped through the ancient Internal Cultivation Method in his hands.

After memorizing the True Qi circulation paths of the Internal Cultivation Method, he immediately sat on the floor and impatiently began his Cultivation. He looked like a man who couldn’t wait a single second after seeing a gorgeous woman strip naked.

In truth, for a Martial Artist, the allure of a top-quality Martial Arts Manual was in no way inferior to that of a beautiful woman.

You had to understand: Martial Arts Manuals were divided into four tiers—Celestial, Earth, Profound, and Yellow—with each tier further subdivided into upper, middle, and lower grades. Yellow-tier Martial Arts Manuals were the most common; you could buy them at the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower as long as you had enough Gold Coins. Profound-tier Manuals were considerably more precious and could typically only be obtained at auction, each one fetching a hefty price. The signature techniques of smaller sects and clans were usually at this Profound-tier level. Moving up, Earth-tier Manuals were exceptionally rare; even the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower’s auctions rarely featured them. Martial Arts at the Earth-tier level were generally the treasured manuals of the major clans and Major Sects throughout the provinces of the Tang Country. For instance, the Clan Treasure Manuals of major Red Sun Province clans like the Cao and Liu Families were of this caliber. As for Celestial Tier Treasure Manuals, which ranked even higher, they were incredibly scarce. The entire Tang Country likely held no more than three to five of them, and the appearance of a single one could incite an unprecedented, bloody war in the martial world.

Thus, the rarity of a Celestial Tier Treasure Manual was clear. Upon finding a Celestial-tier Internal Cultivation Method, Liu Lihong was so overjoyed he nearly fainted. How could he possibly care about anything else? He immediately sat cross-legged and began to cultivate.

EXHALE—

INHALE—

Liu Lihong circulated his Internal Cultivation Method and began to breathe in a rhythmic pattern.

’It’s about time to send you on your way!’

To the side, a cold glint flashed in Ye Xing’s eyes. He took a small glass vial from his pocket and uncorked it.

Instantly, a faint gas drifted out of the glass vial and rapidly diffused throughout the stone chamber.

The gas in the vial was called Numbing Poison Powder. It was a high-grade poison from the Five Poison Scripture—colorless and odorless, it could silently and gradually paralyze a person’s nerves, causing their body to stiffen.

The Five Poison Sect was a Major Sect, infamous in the martial world. Numbing Poison Powder could even pose a threat to Innate Realm experts to a certain extent. Even if it couldn’t completely defeat an Innate Realm expert, it could still affect their combat effectiveness. As for Postnatal Realm Martial Artists below the Innate Realm, their combat power would plummet if they were hit by Numbing Poison Powder. If the poisoning was severe enough, they probably couldn’t even use ten or twenty percent of their strength.

Liu Lihong was currently in Secluded Cultivation, making this the perfect opportunity to use the Numbing Poison Powder.

Moreover, Ye Xing was already prepared to eliminate Liu Lihong. After all, Ye Xing wanted to take all the Martial Arts Manuals in the stone chamber, but Liu Lihong’s Qiankun Bag was already full. When the time came, Ye Xing would have to reveal his own Qiankun Bag. If Liu Lihong’s bag hadn’t been full, Ye Xing wouldn’t have minded letting him live a few more shichen. Unfortunately, his bag was full, and so, he had to die.

Ye Xing had plenty of ways to deal with a mere Martial Arts Eighth Layer Martial Artist. Using Numbing Poison Powder was simply more convenient.

Now, as Liu Lihong breathed in and out, the Numbing Poison Powder’s toxin silently seeped into his body, little by little.

The poison needed some time to take effect. Ye Xing wasn’t in a hurry to strike. Instead, he turned his gaze to the bookshelves and also began to flip through the Martial Arts Manuals.

The Innate Skill, the Internal Cultivation Method Mengxue had given him, was likely also a Celestial Tier Treasure Manual, so he wasn’t lacking in that department. His Gale Sword Skill was an Earth-tier Top Sword Skill, which was good enough for now. Only his Body Skill, Floating Leaves, and his Stepping Skill, Wind Shadow Step, were Earth tier Middle Grade, which was a little on the low side. Therefore, Ye Xing wanted to see if he could find a higher-grade Lightweight Manual.

Although Celestial Tier Treasure Manuals were rare, the Daluo Sect was definitely an ancient and Major Sect. Since Liu Lihong could find a Celestial-tier Internal Cultivation Method, it wasn’t impossible for Ye Xing to find a Celestial-tier Lightweight Step Technique.

Ye Xing immediately began to search carefully.

As he was flipping through an Earth-tier Top-grade Manual, a sheet of paper suddenly slipped out from between the pages, fluttering down to the floor.

’Huh, why is there a diagram tucked inside this manual?’ Ye Xing’s curiosity was piqued, and he immediately picked up the paper that had fallen to the floor.

It was an old, yellowed sheet of paper. As he spread it open, a series of diagrams illustrating the circulation of human meridians appeared before his eyes.

Gazing at these diagrams, Ye Xing felt the True Qi inside his body suddenly grow agitated and violent, and a powerful, primal desire to devour surged from within him.

Ye Xing’s eyes widened. At the very top of the meridian circulation diagram were three large words—*Daluo Evil Skill*.