Chapter 41 Ancient Secret Methods

Hmm? Zhang Yuanqing was taken aback. The last time the Demon Subduing Pestle had an unusual reaction was when the Old Banger broke free and influenced the various Spirit Realm dungeons.

Did the Old Banger figure something out and use the vibration to remind me to take out the Demon Subduing Pestle? He couldn't help but look at Elder Gaofeng, hesitating whether to take out the Demon Subduing Pestle in front of this elder to respectfully welcome Niangniang. However, the Demon Subduing Pestle in his inventory suddenly stopped moving again. At this moment, Guan Ya secretly passed her phone to Zhang Yuanqing while whispering, "What's written on it?" Her childhood and adolescence were spent abroad. Although the Fu family taught their descendants the mother tongue, they didn't force them to learn ancient Chinese. Guan Ya didn't have Fu Qingyang's spirit of self-improvement, so she couldn't understand the text on the stone tablet very well. Zhang Yuanqing took the phone and took a closer look. It was a piece of character information sent by Fu Qingyang:

"Spirit Realm ID: Challenge Gaofeng, Gender: Male, Age: 44, Position: Elder of Hangzhou Branch. Class: Earth Ghoul, Level: 8." "Note: Has an easy-going personality, likes to climb mountains, likes subordinates to treat him to big meals, possesses a Ruler-grade rule-based item, has the highest defense among the official elders, the characteristic is being poor, he can't accumulate any wealth, suspected to be the price of the rule-based item." Guan Ya actually secretly inquired about Elder Gaofeng's information from Fu Qingyang? Zhang Yuanqing's mind was filled with exclamation marks after reading this!

He originally thought that Elder Gaofeng was just an "ordinary" elder, but he didn't expect him to be Level 8. Even at the Ruler stage, the difference between Level 7 and Level 8 is significant. More importantly, this elder controls a Ruler-grade rule-based item, so his actual level can already be compared to a Level 9 Ruler without a rule-based item.

He's actually such a big shot?

Among the six elders of the Hangzhou branch, he is probably one of the best. The Hangzhou branch is the general term for the official Spirit Possessors of Jiangnan Province. Although there are six elders, they are evenly distributed in various important cities in Jiangnan Province.

Isn't this much stronger than Dog Elder? Hmm, Dog Elder also has a rule-based item. Zhang Yuanqing took a deep breath, silently returned the phone to Guan Ya, and stared at the stone tablet. The inscription was written in regular script, densely packed with hundreds of characters.

As a top student of Songhai University, he could naturally understand ancient Chinese. The inscription said: During the Northern Song Dynasty, a fiend appeared in the cultivation world, causing chaos everywhere, burning, killing, and looting, making the world panic. The righteous sects and demonic cultivators were "terrified at the mention of him."

The imperial court held Demon Subduing Conferences many times, inviting righteous people from all over the world to eliminate this fiend, but not only did they fail, but they also suffered heavy losses.

Helpless, the imperial court organized righteous people to eliminate the fiend on one hand, and offered a heavy reward on the other hand, widely inviting heroes from all over the world to jointly attack him.

Still no results! Finally, a princess of the royal family couldn't bear it any longer and led the Pure Yang Sect to ambush the fiend. The two sides fought fiercely for several days, and finally suppressed the fiend, and the world was at peace from then on.

After Zhang Yuanqing finished reading the inscription, he glanced at the official Spirit Possessors around him and found that several deacons and Elder Gaofeng were frowning, staring at the inscription without speaking. Did they all seem to have some reading difficulties? Oh right, these guys are all quite old. If you don't use knowledge for a few years after leaving school, you'll almost return it to your teacher.

Moreover, as leaders, they only need to control the general direction. Technical and knowledge-based things are naturally handled by their subordinates.

"Ahem!" Zhang Yuanqing coughed and translated the inscription into colloquial language, saying it aloud: "That's roughly the meaning."

Guan Ya said "Oh" and suddenly understood. Elder Gaofeng's brows relaxed, and the three deacons of the Summer Tree Love silently breathed a sigh of relief.

Elder Gaofeng smiled and said, "The translation is good. You're a highly educated young man. What do you think of the content of the inscription?"

Zhang Yuanqing thought for a few seconds and said, "I have two questions. First: The inscription doesn't mention the identity and name of the 'fiend'. As the protagonist of the event, a heinous person, the whole article only mentions him in passing? The ancients paid attention to being notorious for ten thousand years. Throughout history, any treacherous official must have a name and surname. Second: The inscription says that the imperial princess led the Pure Yang Sect to suppress the fiend, but the first half says that the imperial court used the power of the whole country to attack the fiend, and returned in defeat. At that time, why didn't the Pure Yang Sect appear?" Since the imperial court had already used the power of the whole country to attack the fiend, why did the imperial court ignore the Pure Yang Sect? And if the Pure Yang Sect had also participated at that time, it would mean that the Pure Yang Sect couldn't deal with the fiend either.

How did the Pure Yang Sect eliminate the fiend later?

Elder Gaofeng nodded slightly: "You're right. In this case, the key should be this princess. It's a pity that the inscription doesn't record the detailed year, so we can't determine which emperor of the Song Dynasty was in power at the time." The middle-aged elder with sparse hair thought for a while, looked at the three deacons of the Hangzhou branch, and said, "Do you have any impression of the Pure Yang Sect?" The three deacons shook their heads: "We haven't heard of the Pure Yang Sect among the immortal sects we know."

Guan Ya said: "I'm more curious about what class and level this fiend was, and how he managed to be invincible in the world." No one could answer this question.

Jiang Jingwei in the back couldn't wait to say: "Let's go see the stone coffin, let's go see the stone coffin."

She wasn't interested in the inscription, but she was very interested in the stone coffin. Children are always curious about strange things. Elder Gaofeng glanced behind him and said helplessly:

"Girl, you are more impatient and less patient than your brother. It seems that your talent is better than his." After speaking, he looked at the tall stone platform, leaped over the several-meter-wide "moat," landed under the stone platform, and went up along the stone steps.

Zhang Yuanqing and others jumped over the moat and followed behind the elder. Not long after, they arrived at the high platform and came to the stone coffin. This stone coffin was excessively large, about 1.5 meters wide and 3 meters long.

The edges of the stone coffin were covered with yellow paper talismans. After a thousand years, these talismans were still brand new, the cinnabar was bright, and there was no trace of the washing of time. However, the thick dust covering the surface of the stone coffin showed the vicissitudes of time.

"Spirit Talismans!" Zhang Yuanqing recognized that the talismans belonged to the Night Wanderer class with just one glance. "These talismans are for suppressing corpses and spirits."

Elder Gaofeng nodded and said, "In this case, the Pure Yang Sect is an immortal sect of Night Wanderers."

An immortal sect of Night Wanderers, no wonder they can refine puppets like Yin corpses like the bronze man. Hmm, of the Song Dynasty. I'll have a chance to ask the Old Banger about it. Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself and then heard the cold and beautiful female instructor ask: "Elder, should we open the coffin?" Elder Gaofeng pondered for a few seconds and slowly said: "Open it!"

Now that this ancient tomb had been excavated, they naturally had to explore it to the end and couldn't leave any hidden dangers. Besides, the incident of the ancient tomb in Jinhui City had caused such a big disturbance, and the evil classes already knew about it. It was impossible for the official to continue to heavily guard the vicinity of the ancient tomb.

It was impossible to re-seal the ancient tomb and pretend that nothing had happened. Zhang Yuanqing secretly opened his Star Eyes to look at everyone's faces.

Although there was a Ruler-level elder to protect them, he still wanted to look at their faces for safety. "Everyone's faces are normal, which means that the fiend in the tomb is indeed dead." Zhang Yuanqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Hua Yu's eyes sparkled and said: "This is an ancient Spirit Possessor's magic tool, not an item, so naturally there are no item attributes."

While they were talking, Zhang Yuanqing had already opened the ancient book and read the contents. After reading a few pages, his eyes lit up. The *Taiyin Refining Spirit Chapter* wrote about how to breathe in the power of Taiyin and condense the spirit body. This cultivation method had no value because there was no so-called spiritual power in the real world.

Unless you cultivate in the Spirit Realm. But since you're in the Spirit Realm, why do you still need to cultivate? You can directly obtain experience points by clearing dungeons.

What surprised Zhang Yuanqing was the magic in the second half of the *Taiyin Refining Spirit Chapter*, that is, the various usage skills of the power of Taiyin. This was mainly divided into three aspects: Charm, Spirit Travel, and Spirit Talismans.

For example, with Charm, the limit for a normal Night Wanderer using Charm is ghost walls. Most of them create a false illusion, which is very superficial. However, the bamboo slips recorded some more profound methods, which could create effects comparable to illusions through Charm.

For example, with Spirit Travel, a Night Wanderer's Spirit Travel can usually only possess bodies and simply control objects, but the bamboo slips recorded two interesting techniques: Primordial Spirit Sword Control and Soul Hooking. Finally, there were Spirit Talismans. The ancient book recorded more than a dozen types of Spirit Talismans, such as "Immobilization Talisman," "Puppet Talisman," "Thunder Talisman," "Fortune Gathering Talisman," "Peace Talisman,"

"Disaster Aversion Talisman," "Peach Blossom Talisman," and so on.

Normal Night Wanderers usually only inscribe two types of Spirit Talismans: the Spirit Talismans for refining Yin corpses and spiritual servants. Spirit Talismans and Corpse Talismans are the essence of Spirit Talismans. Other talismans are just extensions of Spirit Talismans. Their abilities may not be too strong, but they are varied and fancy. The ancients had a deep understanding of Spirit Talismans.

Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself. He continued to flip through it and was even more pleasantly surprised after a brief scan.

The *Pure Yang Body Cleansing Record* was a method of tempering the physical body.

Through breathing in the essence of the sun and cleansing the physical body, it comprehensively improved physical fitness, increased lifespan, and enhanced resistance to poison, mental control, and witchcraft. It made Night Wanderers, who were not good at close combat, better at fighting.

The most important point was that you didn't need to be at the Ruler stage to cultivate. "If I can integrate the skills in the two ancient books, my combat power will be far superior to Night Wanderers of the same level. And Night Wanderers themselves are the peak class in combat power, which means that ordinary evil classes can't beat me either." Zhang Yuanqing was overjoyed and then sighed.

I only need to learn the skills from the *Taiyin Refining Spirit Chapter*, but this *Pure Yang Body Cleansing Record* requires breathing in the essence of the sun. It shouldn't be just sunlight, so it's difficult to cultivate in the real world. Wait, I can use the power of the sun in the Demon Subduing Pestle. I can fleece the Old Banger again.

So, he became happy again.

Just when everyone was immersed in the surprise of harvesting treasures, Elder Gaofeng frowned and said in a deep voice: "Something's wrong!"

ps: I'll update first and fix the typos later.