Holy body, start with the Five Animal Exercises

106: Woman, you are looking for death!Qin Jiang withdrew his hand, his eyes revealing joy. This place was indeed a treasure trove!

Just a mere bronze statue acting as a doorman had increased his potential points by over twenty, which was truly a pleasant surprise!

He withdrew his hand and looked around. Although there were no other objects, he still touched everything, gaining five potential points.

Only when he had finished all this did he realize that the red-robed woman in front of the Nightmare Beast bronze statue had disappeared.

He looked at the two doorways behind the Nightmare Beast bronze statue, which were still open.

The Door of Life and the Door of Death. Since this was a sacrificial ground, he might as well go to the Door of Death.

He had come for the sacrificial items of Ancient Yu Country, so why would he choose the Door of Life?

Although, in such choices between the Door of Life and Door of Death, the Door of Life often led to death, and the Door of Death to life, he didn’t care. At worst, he would just come back after leaving.

He walked to the Door of Death and looked inside. It was a downward staircase, stretching out of sight.

After a moment’s thought, he didn’t rush in but walked to the Door of Life.

Looking inside, sure enough, it was an upward staircase.

Nodding, he walked back to the Door of Death and directly descended the staircase.

After about a quarter of an hour, a bronze door appeared before him, embossed with a strange beast of unknown species, its mouth agape, fangs jagged, as if it wanted to devour everything.

He pressed his palm against the strange beast’s teeth and applied slight force.

”Clang!”

The bronze door merely resounded once, shaking slightly before becoming immovable.

Hmm?

Qin Jiang frowned slightly, his right arm swelling to the thickness of his waist.

Open for me!

”Bang!”

With a muffled thud, the entire bronze door transformed into a black shadow and flew out, directly embedding itself into the distant wall with a heavy, echoing sound.

He shook his arm and looked down at his feet. There was a huge bronze sphere, half-remaining; this was what had blocked the bronze door earlier.

His gaze shifted forward, and he suddenly froze. Even though he had seen many luxurious places, he couldn’t help but be shocked.

Before him was a magnificent and grand bronze underground palace. The dome was inlaid with bright gems, illuminating the palace.

A straight, wide avenue led directly to the sacrificial altar at the very front. On both sides of the avenue were palaces cast in bronze, where one could vaguely perceive their former glory.

No wonder there was such a loud noise when he pushed open the bronze door earlier; it turned out that the area beneath that great hall was empty.

A magnificent underground palace built thousands of years ago—it was truly hard to imagine how people back then had hollowed out an entire mountain to construct such a building.

Even for him, creating such an underground palace would be almost impossible, unless he was willing to spend hundreds of years.

He leaped down from the Door of Death, landing directly at the front of the avenue.

Walking along the avenue towards the sacrificial altar, he looked around. Even after thousands of years, he could still feel the unique charm of the Ancient Yu era.

This was not merely an underground palace used for sacrifices, but a city where people of Ancient Yu Country had truly lived!

Looking towards the end of the avenue, four massive bronze pillars stood at the four corners of the sacrificial altar. The carvings on them were all different, and one of them was precisely the Nightmare Beast.

In the center of the sacrificial altar, a black xuan cauldron sat, with a diameter exceeding five meters!

In front of it was the sacrificial platform. The offerings placed there had long turned to dust over the years, with only a few bronze vessels remaining in their original places, and a… book?

Qin Jiang was momentarily stunned the instant he saw the thin booklet. He had been so focused on the bronze artifacts that he had overlooked the booklet’s existence.

This was not his fault, as bronze artifacts were related to potential points.

Immediately, he lost the mood to savor the vicissitudes of history and quickly walked onto the sacrificial altar.

The moment one of his feet stepped onto the sacrificial altar, he looked at the black xuan cauldron with eyes full of shock.

Source Weapon?! High-grade Source Weapon?!

Perhaps some means of concealing Aura still remained on the sacrificial altar, as he only now felt the Aura emanating from this Source Weapon.

It was stronger than the Black Death Sword!

Although it was not as powerful as the Azure Fire Bronze Furnace, that was because the Azure Fire Bronze Furnace contained a massive amount of Secret Martial Source Power!

And for this Source Weapon to still possess such a strong Aura after thousands of years, it was undoubtedly a high-grade Source Weapon!

He walked to the sacrificial platform, picked up the booklet, and saw ”Mystic Cauldron Vast Sea Skill” written on its cover.

He pinched the material; it had a metallic texture but also the softness of silk, resembling something woven from gold threads.

Without hesitation, he quickly flipped through it, memorizing all its contents.

【Mystic Cauldron Vast Sea Skill (Not Yet Initiated) (125 / 155000) [82%]】

What a Cultivation Technique! He looked at the 150,000 suffix for experience points, which was more than double the Azure Fire Bronze Furnace Skill!

And the compatibility was as high as 82%! Could it be that I inherently possess a talent for using cauldrons?

Putting down the booklet, he didn’t rush to absorb the xuan cauldron Source Power but began to explore his surroundings.

After all, he had never absorbed the Secret Martial Source Power of a high-grade Source Weapon. If any accident occurred and damaged these bronze artifacts, it might affect his ability to gain potential points.

About half an hour later, Qin Jiang leaped down from the dome, returning to the sacrificial altar, and placed his palm on the black xuan cauldron.

【Potential points being absorbed… 571012】

Potential points surged into his body almost wildly, causing his eyes to widen. Potential points! A massive amount of potential points!

It took a full cup of tea’s time for the potential points surging into his body to gradually dissipate.

【Potential points: 1928.6】

Hiss~

Even he couldn’t help but gasp. This single xuan cauldron contained as many as fifteen hundred potential points!

Ancient Yu Country ruins! Search! After returning, I must intensify efforts to find Ancient Yu Country ruins!

A moment later, he slightly calmed his breath, placed his palm on the black xuan cauldron again, and circulated the Mystic Cauldron Vast Sea Skill to draw out the Secret Martial Source Power contained within it.

The quantity was not much, probably only enough for about five more uses.

Whoosh~

Almost visibly, black Qi currents surged out of the black xuan cauldron, flowing into his body along his arm.

In just an instant, he felt his Physical Body automatically devouring these xuan cauldron Source Power!

Is this what’s called refining Source Power? Imprinting all of one’s Source Power with one’s exclusive mark.

A moment later, after absorbing a sufficient amount of xuan cauldron Source Power, he did not stop, because he felt that his Physical Body could still bear more!

Another half an hour passed, just as he absorbed the last trace of xuan cauldron Source Power and was about to begin Source Power Body Refining.

Swish!

A blood-red sword light suddenly appeared. A red-robed woman emerged from the void, holding a blood-red longsword, and stabbed towards the vital point between his eyebrows!

That surging and majestic Aura was clearly still above Liu Xiangyi’s from that day!

A high-grade Secret Martial Artist! Ninth-rank! Or even a tenth-rank super expert!

And at this moment, it was the critical juncture when his old strength was gone and new strength had not yet emerged!

This red-robed woman had probably been lurking for a long time, waiting for this fatal moment!

In an instant, it was almost as if he entered bullet time. Qin Jiang watched with wide eyes as the sword’s edge drew closer and closer to his glabella!

Three feet, a wisp of demonic fire appeared on Qin Jiang’s body!

Two feet, dense black scales tore through his skin!

One foot, his entire body’s muscles suddenly swelled!

One inch, Roar—!!!

Accompanied by a Dragon roar, a ten-zhang-tall demonic Dragon figure appeared in the underground palace, with a bloody mark diagonally slashed from the center of its Dragon head’s brow!

”Woman, you are courting death!”