Ancient Martial Arts
Luo Zheng only stopped when he had consumed half of his strength. He put away his long sword and sat to the side. He took a Blood Nourishing Pill and slowly recovered his strength.
"This restriction should be the Minor Seal Restriction recorded in the Through Heaven Record. Although it has lost a lot of its power after ten thousand years, it should still take a few hours to break. The thirty-six positions I attacked are the weak points of the Minor Seal Restriction. If I attack the weak points of the restriction, the time it takes to break the restriction will be greatly reduced. Unfortunately, I can't tell them. "
Luo Zheng looked at the others and thought. When he saw the restriction on the stone tower, he felt that it was somewhat familiar. After looking through the Through Heaven Record in his Spirit Sea, he was certain.
During this period, Luo Zheng was busy cultivating and had no time to spare. He could only roughly read the contents of the Through Heaven Record before putting it aside for the time being.
Arrays were also known as restrictions. Array Masters were an extremely mysterious profession in the Hundred Battles Dynasty. Their status was even higher than that of Blacksmiths and Alchemists.
This was because Array Masters had extremely powerful killing power. A powerful martial artist would have to spend a lot of effort to kill a thousand people who did not practice martial arts.
However, Array Masters could set up powerful arrays in advance. Not to mention a thousand people, even an army of ten thousand people could be killed in an instant.
Although attacking the weak points of the restriction could increase the speed of breaking the restriction, Luo Zheng would rather spend more time than expose himself rashly to avoid suspicion.
Boom!
After a few hours, the restriction on the stone tower was finally broken. They opened the stone door and entered the stone tower.
"So many divine weapons!"
"Unfortunately, they have lost their spirituality and have degenerated into ordinary iron."
The stone tower had a total of six floors. After the five entered, they did not find anything on the first floor. There were some weapons on the second and third floor, but unfortunately, they were the same as those that Luo Zheng had found before. They had lost their spirituality.
"These spiritual herbs have all dried up and lost their medicinal properties."
The fourth floor of the stone tower was lined with jade boxes. After opening them, one could see that there were some dried spiritual herbs and spiritual fruits inside. They were all rare spiritual herbs, but their medicinal properties had long been lost and were useless.
On the fifth floor, there were more than a dozen jade bottles. Some of the pills inside had also lost their medicinal properties.
"I'm afraid this trip will be in vain."
When it came to this person, everyone couldn't help but feel disappointed. The stone pagoda had a total of six floors, and the first five floors were empty.
Luo Zheng followed behind the crowd with a calm expression, not saying a word.
"Let's go to the top floor and have a look!"
The black-clothed girl said.
At this moment, Luo Zheng also learned of the black-clothed girl's identity. Her name was Mu Lan, and she was the daughter of an elder from the Mu Family of the Primordial Clan.
As for the empty-handed youth, his name was Liu Hong.
The so-called Ancient Clans referred to some ancient clans that had been passed down since ancient times.
Such clans usually had deep foundations and were extremely powerful. Although they rarely participated in the struggle for power in the dynasty and were not well-known among the commoners, they had astonishing power. There were many rising clans in the Hundred Battles Dynasty that had to give way when they encountered the Ancient Clan.
Some powerful ancient clans were even more powerful than the Rong family that King Rong belonged to.
Although the War Emperor was powerful, he didn't dare to make things difficult for these Ancient Clans.
Li Fan and the other two were afraid of Mu Lan's identity.
When the five of them reached the sixth floor of the stone pagoda, they were all pleasantly surprised.
In the middle of the sixth floor, there was a stone platform that was half a person's height. On the stone platform, there were five palm-sized tablets. Four of them were made of white jade and one of them was made of black iron.
Every single plate was engraved with simple yet vigorous handwriting, like iron strokes and silver hooks!
Soaring Dragon Palm!
Tortoise Crane Longevity Fist!
Black Tiger Skill!
Spiritual Sword Finger!
The last one was a black iron tablet. It was missing a large corner and the front seemed to be worn out. The words couldn't be seen clearly.
At the back of each tablet, there were martial arts chants and cultivation methods. There were actually five martial arts manuals!
"It's the Ancient Martial Arts!"
"This is not easy to distribute."
In the Ancient Martial Arts, there were no ranks. It was difficult to distinguish the strength of the martial arts just by the name. Moreover, it was agreed that Luo Zheng would take half of the benefits, Sun Yong would take ten percent, and the rest would be divided equally among the remaining three.
The iron tablet that was missing a corner was also missing some of the martial arts manuals at the back. Its value was negligible. However, the other four martial arts manuals couldn't be distributed.
"How about this? Miss Mu, Brother Li, and Brother Liu, each of you can pick a martial arts manual first. The remaining one will be given to me in advance. If it's really not possible, I'll use elixirs to make up for it when we return."
Sun Yong's face was fervent. Although he couldn't determine the rank of the Ancient Martial Arts, its power was definitely not bad. If he missed it this time, he might not have the chance to get it in the future. Therefore, he was unwilling to give it up no matter what.
"We have no objections."
"It's better to distribute it this way."
Li Fan and Liu Hong looked at Mu Lan. They were on good terms with Sun Yong and naturally wouldn't object.
Mu Lan thought for a while and agreed.
Then, she chose the Spirit Sword Finger. Women's strength was naturally weaker than men's. Finger martial arts that were sharp and agile were suitable for her to cultivate.
Li Fan and Liu Hong chose the Soaring Dragon Palm and the Tortoise Crane Longevity Fist.
Sun Yong, on the other hand, obtained the Black Tiger Technique. He was extremely happy and proud.
"What about this iron tablet?"
At this time, Luo Zheng asked.
"Hehe, if Brother Luo is interested, why don't you take it away? Although it's already incomplete, it's still a martial art passed down from the Ancient Era. As long as you can comprehend a move or two from it, you'll have made a profit."
Sun Yong said sarcastically.
"That's right. This iron tablet recorded an Ancient Martial Art. You can only get half of the benefits. Originally, you didn't have the qualifications to get this iron tablet. Now, it's a bargain for you." Li Fan said with a smile.
Hearing this, Mu Lan frowned and reminded, "Luo Zheng, this iron tablet is too incomplete. The martial arts incantation inside is missing a third. It's impossible to cultivate. I think you should accumulate this half of the benefits for the next time. Even if it's not enough, after leaving, you might still get some pills."
Sun Yong could get the next harvest in advance. Luo Zheng could naturally accumulate it and fight for greater benefits.
She could also see that Li Fan and the other two were colluding to bully Luo Zheng. The martial arts in the iron tablet couldn't be cultivated at all. It was equivalent to a piece of scrap metal.
"Next time, I might not get such an opportunity. It's good to keep it as a souvenir."
Luo Zheng smiled and kept the iron tablet in his leather bag.
"As expected of an idiot."
Seeing this, Li Fan and the other two were overjoyed and mocked in a low voice.
Seeing that Luo Zheng didn't accept her suggestion, Li Fan and the others had a complacent look. Mu Lan couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, "Hmph, this kid really doesn't know how to appreciate kindness. I'll ignore you in the future."
"Let's go!"
Mu Lan was unhappy and turned to leave. Li Fan and the other two smiled at each other and followed.
Huff!
"Fortunately, those three fellows didn't fight with me. Otherwise, I would have to waste more effort."
Luo Zheng let out a long sigh of relief, his eyes filled with joy. The moment he saw this black metal plate, he had already listed it as something he had to obtain. He had even decided that if he took out the Thunderburst Bow to exchange for it and the others did not agree, he would have no choice but to fall out with them.
"If it was just a piece of scrap metal, why would it be here?! I didn't expect to get such benefits. It seems like this ancient expert's tomb is a treasure ground. "
He thought happily in his heart. This black iron tablet was too important.
After leaving the stone tower, the five of them were very satisfied with this harvest. They were excited and discussed for a while. After resting for a while, they struck while the iron was hot and looked for other stone towers.
A day later, the five of them finally found a stone tower.
This stone tower had eight floors and was forty zhang tall. It could be seen from afar.
"The higher the floors of the stone tower, the greater the benefits. The three of us found a three story stone tower before and we spent a lot of effort to open it. However, we didn't get any benefits. This stone tower has eight floors. There must be a lot of benefits. Let's go. "
Li Fan's face revealed an excited expression.
When everyone was resting, they had already carefully looked at the cultivation techniques they had obtained. Li Fan's Soaring Dragon Palm was no less powerful than a High-Grade Human Tier Martial Art. Naturally, he was in a good mood.
As for Liu Hong's Tortoise Crane Thousand Fists, it was also a High-Grade Human Tier Martial Art. It was very powerful.
At this moment, Sun Yong was unhappy. The power of the Black Tiger Martial Art was very ordinary. At most, it was equivalent to a Middle-Grade Human Tier Martial Art. According to the previous agreement, if they opened this eight story stone tower, all the benefits would have nothing to do with him.
The five of them hurried towards the eight story stone tower.
"Be careful, retreat quickly!"
Just as they were about to approach the stone tower, Luo Zheng's eyes narrowed. He suddenly let out a shout and quickly retreated.
The other four involuntarily retreated when they heard this shout. However, when they looked ahead, there was no abnormality.
"Making a fuss over nothing. You're really as timid as a mouse." Sun Yong sneered.
Ka!
Who knew that before he finished speaking, cracks would appear on the ground.
Chi Chi Chi Chi!
Thick iron spikes emitting light pierced through the ground in an instant.
Boom! A three zhang long beast covered in iron spikes drilled out of the ground.
"Earth Spiked Beast!"
"This is a Marrow Transformation Stage vicious beast. What should we do?!"
The five of them had a drastic change in expression. Mu Lan was the strongest of the five, but she was only at the peak of the Blood Tempering Stage. She was only one step away from the Marrow Transformation Stage.
And this step was a difference of ten times in strength. Although martial artists could cultivate Martial Arts and were generally stronger than vicious beasts of the same level, it was almost impossible to kill a Marrow Transformation Stage vicious beast!
"Let's split up and escape!" Sun Yong said fearfully.
"We can't escape. The Earth Spiked Beast is extremely fast. When it moves underground, it's much faster than on the ground. If we escape, we'll only be killed one by one. Only by stopping it from burrowing into the ground will we have a chance of survival!"
Mu Lan's beautiful eyes were filled with deep fear. She forced herself to remain calm. "You saw it just now. The Earth Spiked Beast's silent attacks underground are extremely terrifying. If not for Luo Zheng's warning, we would have been pierced into a hornet's nest!
"Attack its eyes. As long as we can blind it, we'll have a chance to kill it."
As she spoke, Mu Lan's alluring figure rose from the ground. The sword in her hand trembled, and Sword Qi shot out towards the Earth Spiked Beast.
"We'll help you. Sun Yong, use your crossbow and find an opportunity to shoot the vicious beast's eyes!"
Sun Fan and Liu Hong also knew that Mu Lan was right. They gritted their teeth and charged out. No one paid any attention to Luo Zheng.
"Damn it, my luck is really bad. There's nothing for me to gain from this, and I still have to put in the effort!" Sun Yong looked unwilling. He could only raise his crossbow and shoot at the Earth Spiked Beast.
In an instant, rocks flew everywhere and the air surged. The battle was extremely intense.
This Spiked Armor Beast was covered in spiked armor. It was extremely cunning and kept protecting its unprotected head.
Although Mu Lan and the other two worked together, it was difficult to injure the Spiked Armor Beast.
"Sun Yong, it's only useful to shoot the vicious beast's eyes. The power of the iron crossbow can't penetrate its armor. This won't do any damage."
Luo Zheng looked at Sun Yong and couldn't help but frown as he reminded him.
"You're just a good-for-nothing. If you can't help, then scram to the side. It's not your turn to criticize me!"
Sun Yong's expression changed as he said coldly.
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