"That's true, but we don't know who he wants us to kill," said the old man called elder Feng.
"Who cares? Once we enter the dwelling, we'll go to the Kingdom of Gesun. I'm sure we'll be able to find that Heaven Saint Master very quickly."
As they spoke, the five Heaven Saint Masters had already descended to the bottom of the valley. Very soon, they stopped at a height of fifty meters above the pool of cold water. They looked around.
"Look over there, there's a cave." One of the old men pointed in a direction and cried out. Hearing that, the five of them all looked over. The king discovered a pitch-black cave about five hundred meters in front of them.
"Could it be there? Let's go take a look."
The five of them flew toward the cave at the same time and arrived in front of it in the blink of an eye. Dense energy of the world surrounded them as they hovered in the air.
"Don't you feel that there's a faint trace of fire element in this space?" One of the old men asked with a frown.
The others nodded in agreement. An old man with fire elemental energy around his body said, "Yes, there is indeed a fire elemental energy floating in the air. Although it is very faint, I can still clearly feel it. It seems that someone has been here not long ago."
"And the marks around the cave are also newly created. Someone has indeed arrived here before us."
"There aren't many people who know about the Saint King's dwelling. According to the expert from the Qiangan Kingdom, there's a powerful formation outside the dwelling. If you don't know the exact location, you won't be able to discover the secret of this place. However, the secret of the Saint King's dwelling just happened to be leaked to the expert from the Kingdom of Gesun a few days ago. It looks like the person who arrived here before us is definitely that person."
"If that's the case, then that's exactly what I want. Since that person is here, we don't need to waste our energy going to the Kingdom of Gesun. Let's just kill him here and fulfill the condition of the expert from the Qiangan Kingdom who told us the secret."
"That's great!"
The five of them were not in a hurry to enter. They hovered in the air and conversed.
"Since that person is inside, let's wait for him outside. This way, we won't have to waste our energy to break through that powerful array. If he fails, he'll be directly teleported out by the power of space. If he succeeds, he'll still come out. At that time, we'll just kill him and obtain the treasures left behind by the Saint King. It'll save us a lot of energy."
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Inside the cave, the so-called Saint Monarch's abode was located in a hollowed out mountainside. The light was dim and the air was humid. Only the dozens of luminous pearls hanging from the ceiling emitted a faint light, providing some weak illumination to the dark mountainside.
There were no flowers, grass, or trees in the belly of the mountain. Other than a formation and a wooden house, there was nothing else. From this point, it could be seen that the owner of this cave did not have high requirements for the environment. He was a type of ascetic cultivator.
Jianchen arrived before the wooden house and studied it. The wooden house was completely black, completely constructed from ironwood that was as tough as steel. At the same time, he could clearly sense a powerful pulse of energy within the ironwood. It was this energy that allowed the wooden house to remain in this dark and humid dwelling for eternity. It was still in perfect condition even after thousands of years of erosion.
Jianchen stared at the wooden house with mixed feelings. He gradually became stern as well. After all, this was a place where a Saint Ruler had once lived. Although Jianchen was a Heaven Saint Master now, a Saint Ruler still gave him an extremely large amount of pressure.
A Heaven Saint Master comprehending the energy of the world was worlds apart from an Earth Saint Master. On the other hand, Saint Rulers were supreme existences who had comprehended the mysteries of the world. They could control the mysteries of the world and could even use the force of the world to cast down formations that were difficult to discern. Their strength was countless times greater than a Heaven Saint Master's.
The difference between a Heaven Saint Master and a Saint Ruler was like an Earth Saint Master facing a Great Saint Master. The two were worlds apart and could not be compared at all.
Jianchen sucked in a deep breath as he stood in front of the pitch-black house. He slowly calmed his surging emotions before gently placing his hands on the hard, cold door. With a slight push, he slowly pushed it open. .
With a creak, the door was pushed open and the scene inside was presented to Jianchen.
The first thing that entered his eyes was a wooden table made from ironwood. There was only a single chair in front of the table. From this, it could be seen that there were no other guests other than the owner of the house.
A vast, surging energy filled the wooden house. It was condensed and did not disperse. If he did not enter the house, he would not be able to sense the existence of the vast energy. Perhaps it was because of the existence of the energy that the wooden house was extremely clean, without a speck of dust. It was as if someone cleaned it every day.
Jianchen entered the wooden house and glanced around. The interior was extremely simple, so simple that it did not seem like a place where a normal person lived. There was nothing else other than a table and a chair.
The wooden hut was clearly not a single room. Jian Chen was currently in a living room, and there was a door in the corner that led to the inside of the hut.
Jianchen gently made his way in. As soon as he pushed open the small door, a surging energy radiated from inside, causing Jianchen's body to sink. It was as if he was carrying a huge boulder on his back.
Jianchen felt like he was a small boat in the ocean before the vast energy. He was so insignificant that he could not resist it at all.
Jian Chen looked over and saw a skeleton that shone with a crystalline light sitting on a bed with its legs crossed. The energy within the skeleton was clearly much more powerful than the one Jianchen had seen in Mercenary City. Just a ripple of energy was enough to make Jianchen feel extremely pressured.
"I never thought it would only be a skeleton. Looks like he wasn't a Ninth Heavenly Layer Saint Ruler when he was alive," Jian Chen murmured to himself. He was extremely excited inside. Although it was only a skeleton, the energy inside was no weaker than a Ruler Armament. This was definitely a great harvest for him because he could refine a sliver of Chaotic Force with the assistance of the sword spirits with this Saint Ruler skeleton. If this continued, he would be able to use Chaotic Force with great familiarity one day.
Jianchen stared at the pressure from the skeleton and arrived before it. He carefully stowed it away in his Space Ring. As the skeleton vanished, the pressure and powerful ripples of energy that filled the wooden house completely vanished as well.
Jianchen's heart could not help but beat violently after he successfully stowed the skeleton away. He was extremely excited. Whether it was the skeleton of a Saint King or a Ruler Armament, they were both extremely rare and precious items on the Tian Yuan Continent. They were rarely seen. Just obtaining one would allow a person to reach the heavens in a single step, or even allow a mediocre clan to rapidly develop into a large clan. As for Ruler Armaments, they were even preserved as the treasures of peak clans.
This was more than enough to demonstrate just how precious the skeleton of a Saint King was. After all, it was a treasure that would only be left behind when a supreme existence like Saint King passed away.
Afterward, Jianchen discovered a silver-white Space Ring beside the skeleton. There were not many things in the Space Ring, most of them being collectibles. Jianchen rummaged through the Space Ring and very soon pulled out an ancient scroll.
The scroll was two meters long and the paper had yellowed. However, it was extremely well-preserved, without any damage at all. It was covered in tadpole-sized drawings and a few diagrams of human bodies.
Jianchen held his breath as he carefully read the contents. His face was filled with unconcealable excitement. This was actually a Heaven Tier Battle Skill, and a Mid Heaven Tier Battle Skill at that.
The Skysplitter Arts used a special method to use the Saint Force in the body. It compressed the Saint Force in the body and then spewed it out in one go, erupting with a powerful and violent energy to attack the enemy ahead. It had a very wide range and could be controlled by the caster.
The Skysplitter Arts was different from the other Heaven Tier Battle Skills Jianchen had seen before. The Heaven Tier Battle Skills that Jianchen had seen before all used Saint Weapons as a medium, erupting with powerful energy to attack the enemy. However, the Skysplitter Arts could be used with both hands. Saint Force would erupt from both hands and attack in a wide range according to the caster's will.
Moreover, the scroll also stated that if a First Cycle Heaven Saint Master were to use the Skysplitter Arts, they could easily destroy a mountain that was several hundred meters tall. From this, it could be seen just how powerful the Skysplitter Arts was.
Jianchen excitedly stored the Skysplitter Arts into his Space Ring. However, he was calculating in his mind that he would definitely let Chang Bo comprehend the Skysplitter Arts as soon as he returned. This was because Chang Bo was the only Heaven Saint Master in Changyang Prefecture. Letting him cultivate the Skysplitter Arts was clearly the most suitable. Moreover, Chang Bo had not only cared about him since he was young, but he had also silently protected Changyang Prefecture all these years.
As for the others, other than a few familiar people by his side, Jianchen did not consider them for the time being. Changyang Ba was currently still a Great Saint Master, so he did not have the ability to learn a Heaven Tier Battle Skill. This was because the minimum requirement to learn a Heaven Tier Battle Skill was to be an Earth Saint Master.
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