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Rumble!
As Xuan She injected his blood into the groove of the secret door, the hidden entrance gradually began to grind open. The moment the secret door was fully opened, Xuan She did not hesitate for a single second and stepped inside.
Xiao Lin, however, was in no rush to follow him in.
After all, once the secret door was open, his Soul Power could naturally penetrate the space within. According to the investigation of his Heaven Realm Soul Power, the area behind the secret door was merely a small room of about several dozen square meters.
Xuan She, who had entered, was currently hiding right behind the door.
Clearly, Xuan She was extremely cautious!
What he feared most was someone secretly following him into this hidden chamber of the Sky Serpent Imperial Ancestral Hall. Xuan She remained hidden behind the door for nearly half an hour.
Only after confirming that no outsiders had followed him in did he finally heave a sigh of relief.
"Whew~, it seems I was indeed overthinking it."
Only at this moment did Xuan She finally drop all of his guard.
However, Xuan She wouldn't have guessed in a million years that every single one of his movements had fallen into Xiao Lin's eyes. But this was only natural; who could have imagined that Xiao Lin, hiding in the vicinity, possessed Heaven Realm Soul Power?
Under normal circumstances, forget about inside a hidden room, even in the outer Ancestral Hall, no Dou Zong expert could have hidden from Xuan She's search.
In fact, within a range that wasn't too large, even a Dou Zun would find it difficult to completely hide their tracks from a Dou Zong. It could only be said that at this moment, the "bug" level of Xiao Lin's Heaven Realm Soul Power had manifested once again.
At this time, Xuan She, having confirmed no one followed him, walked toward the very center of the hidden chamber with rapid, heavy breaths. There, ten boxes made of thousand-year-old sandalwood were laid out.
This was Xuan She's true goal!
"These things... they finally all belong to me, hahaha!"
Stretching out his right hand, he caressed the tops of the thousand-year sandalwood boxes one by one. Xuan She's voice began to tremble.
In fact, because he was too excited, he eventually couldn't help but break into a wild laugh.
He recalled when he first learned of this hidden room in the Imperial Ancestral Hall and had the chance to choose the contents of two of these boxes; ever since then, he had been coveting the items in the remaining boxes.
Unfortunately, he never had another opportunity after that. Furthermore, the items he had chosen back then were not the best two among the lot. As for the best two, they had been taken by the current Emperor of the Sky Serpent Empire, Tian She.
"If I had been the one to choose those two items back then, today I would be Tian She, and the throne would be mine to sit upon!"
Thinking of the scenes from the past, Xuan She's face became distorted and hideous.
In Xuan She's eyes, he was truly only one step away; that one step was the difference between being Tian She and being the current Xuan She. He truly found it difficult to accept this gap. Over time, Xuan She had developed a mental demon.
Finally, it led to the scene occurring now.
It must be said, such was fate.
It turned out that back then, the Sky Serpent Empire's Imperial Family had five outstanding individuals. They were the current Tian, Di, Xuan, and Huang plus Tu She, who was an undercover agent in the Sky Serpent Mansion.
At that time, the previous Emperor of the Sky Serpent Empire brought the five of them to this hidden room in the Ancestral Hall and allowed them each to choose two of the ten thousand-year sandalwood boxes before them.
As for what was inside these ten boxes?
Naturally, they were five cultivation techniques and five Dou Techniques.
In other words, the five of them could each choose one cultivation technique and one Dou Technique. To be carefully stored in the hidden chamber of the Imperial Ancestral Hall, these cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques had clearly all reached the Earth Grade.
That's right, the Sky Serpent Empire's Imperial Family held a total of ten Earth Grade cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques in their hands!
One could say that this was the foundation of the Sky Serpent Empire!
One must know that in most sects or empires, the total number of Earth Grade cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques might only be two or three. Yet, the Sky Serpent Imperial Family already possessed a double-digit number of these items.
This wasn't even counting the Earth Grade items possessed by the Sky Serpent Mansion. With such a foundation, it was no wonder the Sky Serpent Empire could become a hegemon of the Northwestern Region!
In the end, Tian She, Di She, Xuan She, Huang She, and Tu She—each chose one cultivation technique and one Dou Technique. The current Emperor of the Sky Serpent Empire had chosen the strongest cultivation technique and Dou Technique.
Because of this, Xuan She's heart had been filled with resentment all these years. In his view, his luck was simply a bit worse, and he had failed to pick the ones Tian She chose. Otherwise, he and Tian She would have swapped identities today!
It must be said that for a person who has gone mad, their logic for everything becomes extremely distorted. At this moment, Xuan She had already found excuses for anything he did. After slowly calming down, Xuan She finally opened the first thousand-year sandalwood box.
Inside, a cultivation technique was placed.
"Gale Wind Technique, truly an old friend!"
That's right, this Gale Wind Technique was the very cultivation technique Xuan She currently practiced, having reached the Low-Level Earth Grade!
Immediately after, Xuan She opened the other nine sandalwood boxes one by one. As each box opened, Xuan She's mood, which had finally managed to settle, became agitated once again.
Shoo!
However, before Xuan She could put these ten cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques into the Storage Ring on his hand one by one, a ray of starlight attacked from behind him.
Puchi!
Because Xuan She was currently at his most excited state, he had no defenses against a sneak attack from behind. His head was directly blown apart by this ray of starlight. His right hand, which was reaching toward the ten items, froze in mid-air.
However, Xuan She was a Dou Zong expert after all.
Even though his head was blown apart by a sneak attack, he still managed to barely preserve his soul at the final moment.
Swish!
Without any hesitation, before his corpse hit the ground, his soul rushed out from his body.
However, perhaps Xuan She truly had gone mad.
The first thing his soul did upon leaving the body wasn't to flee, but rather to sweep toward the ten Earth Grade cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques in front of him.
Bang!
Unfortunately, just before his soul could touch those ten items, it slammed into a "wall."
That's right, it was a wall of light formed by Soul Power!
As for who the person was that killed Xuan She in one sneak attack, it goes without saying; it was definitely Xiao Lin, who had been hiding in the shadows. One could only say that Xuan She would never have guessed in his wildest dreams.
After opening the hidden room in his own Imperial Ancestral Hall, he had actually ended up "doing the legwork" for Xiao Lin. Xiao Lin, after seeing exactly what was inside those ten thousand-year sandalwood boxes, had struck decisively!
To avoid a battle with Xuan She that might attract the attention of others, he had resolutely chosen a sneak attack.
Thus, the current scene unfolded.
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