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"Bastard, Lin Xiao, I curse—"
Xuan She, who had completely broken down, was ready to burst into a torrent of abuse.
Bang!
However, in the next second, as Xiao Lin's right hand increased its force once again, Xuan She's soul was directly crushed to pieces in his grip. Thus, this Xuan She, who had harbored his own little schemes, thoroughly perished at Xiao Lin's hands.
Xuan She was also the second Dou Zong expert to die by Xiao Lin's hand!
"Sorry, but I have no desire to listen to your foul language. As for your curse, you should probably keep it for yourself."
Xiao Lin muttered to himself while clapping his hands together.
Looking at his expression, it was as if his hands had been stained with something filthy.
Simultaneously, the Star Dou Qi within Xiao Lin's body erupted, wiping out Xuan She's headless corpse along with everything else. From this moment on, all traces of Xuan She's existence in this world had been erased by Xiao Lin.
Furthermore, due to the unique nature of this hidden room within the Sky Serpent Empire's Imperial Ancestral Hall, absolutely no one would suspect Xiao Lin afterward. After all, this was a place that only those possessing the bloodline of the Sky Serpent Imperial Family could enter!
Did Xiao Lin possess that bloodline? Clearly not!
Therefore, it had nothing to do with him.
One had to understand that even within the entire Sky Serpent Imperial Family, the number of people who knew of the hidden room's existence was likely limited to those few Dou Zong experts.
Coupled with Xuan She's mysterious disappearance now...
It was exactly as Xiao Lin had said to Xuan She at the end. This matter would ultimately be pinned on Xuan She, whose ashes and soul had both been scattered. After all, that was the most logical explanation, wasn't it?
"Hehe, finally time to collect my spoils of war! Xuan She really is a great guy; without him, I wouldn't have discovered this secret room."
This was indeed the honest truth for Xiao Lin.
If it hadn't been for Xuan She's sudden arrival, Xiao Lin estimated that after a fruitless search, he would have left this place to look elsewhere in the Imperial Palace. Fortunately, Xuan She's arrival allowed him to discover such a hidden room within the Imperial Ancestral Hall.
With this turn of events, Xiao Lin had definitely struck gold!
"Let me see what kind of good stuff the Sky Serpent Imperial Family has hidden in their Ancestral Hall's secret room."
Thinking this, Xiao Lin walked to the very center of the chamber.
There, a row of five thousand-year-old sandalwood boxes, divided into two rows for a total of ten, had already been opened by Xuan She. Xiao Lin swept his gaze across and found that the bottom row of five boxes all contained Dou Techniques.
Furthermore, they were all Earth Grade Dou Techniques!
"Spirit Serpent Finger, Water Breaking Seal, Sky Serpent Transformation, Nine Heavens Pillar Sword, and Wind's Peak (Earth Grade Volume)."
Xiao Lin read out the names of these five Earth Grade Dou Techniques one after another.
The first four were fine, but Xiao Lin found the last one, Wind's Peak (Earth Grade Volume), to be quite strange.
"A Dou Technique divided into volumes? Since there's an Earth Grade Volume, does that mean there are also Xuan Grade and Huang Grade volumes?"
At this thought, Xiao Lin couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.
Up until this moment, Xiao Lin still hadn't noticed anything wrong with this last one.
However, for some reason, the three words "Wind's Peak" sounded somewhat familiar, though he couldn't recall where he had heard them for the moment. Ultimately, Xiao Lin simply attributed it to the possibility that he had heard similar names for other techniques.
Thus, he didn't think too much about it.
After all, in this world, it was perfectly normal for some Dou Techniques to have similar names.
If he obsessed over every detail, he would probably tire himself to death!
However, when Xiao Lin shifted his gaze to the cultivation techniques in the top row of five opened boxes, his eyes were deeply drawn to one of them. As for the names of those five cultivation techniques...
They were the True Water Technique, Ancient Sky Serpent Transformation Technique, Gale Wind Technique, Astral Sword Scripture, and finally, the Misty Cloud Sword Technique!
The one that caught Xiao Lin's eye was precisely that last one—the Misty Cloud Sword Technique!
It could be said that the moment he saw the name Misty Cloud Sword Technique, the name of the Yun Lan Sect flashed through Xiao Lin's mind.
This was too much of a coincidence; it was beyond ridiculous!
At this point, Xiao Lin felt a jolt in his heart and turned his gaze back to the Wind's Peak (Earth Grade Volume) among the five techniques below.
"No way, right? Could there really be such a coincidence in this world? If I remember correctly, the Wind's Peak series of Dou Techniques are the signature of the Yun Lan Sect, aren't they?"
"Except, in the original story, I remember the Yun Lan Sect's Wind's Peak series were only Xuan Class techniques…wait, the one here is the Earth Grade Volume. So, does that mean what the Yun Lan Sect currently possesses is the Xuan Grade Volume?"
At this moment, a suspicion sprouted in Xiao Lin's mind.
Simultaneously, no matter how slow Xiao Lin's reaction might be, he had already realized that this Misty Cloud Sword Technique and the Wind's Peak (Earth Grade Volume) definitely had an inseparable relationship with the Yun Lan Sect of the Jia Ma Empire!
In fact, these cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques likely originally belonged to the Yun Lan Sect!
Otherwise, how could there be such a coincidence? After all, who would name a cultivation technique after another sect?
Wouldn't that be pure nonsense?
Xiao Lin knew he certainly wouldn't do such a thing.
Then the question arose.
If this Misty Cloud Sword Technique and Wind's Peak (Earth Grade Volume) truly belonged to the Yun Lan Sect of the Jia Ma Empire, why were they appearing now in the secret room of the Sky Serpent Empire's Imperial Ancestral Hall?
There was absolutely a secret hidden within this that Xiao Lin did not know!
For a moment, looking at these ten items, Xiao Lin fell into deep thought.
"Sigh, if I had known, I wouldn't have killed that guy Xuan She so early. As a Dou Zong expert of the Imperial Family, he surely would have known something about this. What a pity..."
Xiao Lin felt a momentary pang of regret for having casually offed Xuan She just now.
But it was only for a second. Even if he hadn't cleared up the relationship between these things yet, it didn't stop him from pocketing all ten items, did it?
Thus, Xiao Lin only struggled with the thought for a moment before sweeping all ten Earth Grade cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques into his Storage Ring. Oh, right—after Xuan She died, his Storage Ring had also fallen into Xiao Lin's hands.
It could be said that from this operation, Xiao Lin had grown significantly richer once again.
"It seems that after returning to the Jia Ma Empire, I'll have to find time to ask Yun Shan. He should have some clues regarding these cultivation techniques. Additionally, if my judgment is correct, the two Earth Grade cultivation techniques."
"Gale Wind Technique and Astral Sword Scripture, should have also originally belonged to the Yun Lan Sect. As for the Dou Techniques, besides Wind's Peak (Earth Grade Volume), the Nine Heavens Pillar Sword is likely the same."
Xiao Lin continued to speculate.
One must know that the Yun Lan Sect was originally famous for its Sword Dao and Wind-attribute cultivation techniques.
Xiao Lin had just taken a brief look at these items and found that the Gale Wind Technique and Astral Sword Scripture seemed to have been branched out from the Misty Cloud Sword Technique.
One inherited the Wind-attribute of the Misty Cloud Sword Technique, while the other inherited its Sword Dao attribute. Furthermore, the Sky Serpent Imperial Family clearly should have practiced Water-attribute methods or those related to snakes.
Sword Dao and Wind-attribute methods didn't seem to fit them very well.
However, these were all just Xiao Lin's rough assessments. As for what the actual truth was, he would have to wait until he returned to the Jia Ma Empire and asked Yun Shan at the Yun Lan Sect.
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