Chapter 775: Three Great Secret Arts

Inside a golden pavilion over a dozen zhang high, Jin Lang gazed at five tall green shelves, his eyes burning with excitement. The shelves held a vast quantity of artifact-refining materials and over a dozen glittering magical treasures. The total value of these items exceeded ten million.

He had initially intended to find Tian Jiong, but the Blood Essence Worm attached to Tian Jiong had died, so he had no choice but to search for treasure instead. When Sun Moon Palace attacked Zhenhai Sect's main headquarters back then, they didn't carry away much wealth, but they were quite familiar with the layout of the headquarters.

Jin Lang had ransacked the cultivation caves of three Nascent Soul cultivators and a spirit herb garden. The wealth he obtained was worth over ten million spirit stones, including third-tier monster cores, magical treasures, artifact-refining materials, and thousand-year-old spirit herbs. This was still only a portion of Zhenhai Sect's wealth; during its peak, Zhenhai Sect was one of the ten great sects in the South Sea, accumulating immense riches.

With this new wealth, Jin Lang was confident he could accelerate his cultivation speed, reaching the sixth layer of the Nascent Soul stage within two hundred years. He collected all the treasures, strode out, and hurried to the next location.

In a certain red bamboo forest, Cheng Zhenyu wielded two flying swords, frantically hacking at a red spirit bamboo over a dozen zhang high. Under his frenzied attacks, the surface of the red spirit bamboo became covered in dense chop marks.

Cheng Zhenyu had already reached the second layer of the Core Formation stage. After advancing to this stage, hunting demonic beasts became much easier for him. Over seven or eight years, he had accumulated a sum of spirit stones. Learning there was a large-scale auction in the Myriad Demon Sea Domain, he rushed there, intending to bid for a Core Formation spiritual item to help Zheng Nan form her core. Unfortunately, he had too few spirit stones to compete with other forces.

Just as he was about to leave the Myriad Demon Sea Domain, he discovered an anomaly and followed a group of people to search for treasure. After being teleported in, he appeared in a bamboo forest. He knew his limitations and didn't run around recklessly. Instead, he diligently cut down spirit bamboo. This type of spirit bamboo, called Crimson Flame Bamboo, was all over five hundred years old and could be used to refine fire-attribute magical treasures. He had already cut down over a dozen Crimson Flame Bamboos, and selling them would easily earn him two to three million spirit stones. Crimson Flame Bamboo was quite tall, so storage pearls couldn't hold an entire stalk. It had to be cut into small sections to fit inside.

On a certain peak, True Monarch Huang Long, Huang Yuxu, and the blue-robed elder were halfway up, enveloped by a powerful gravitational force that made it extremely difficult for them to take even a single step. The blue-robed elder, being a demon cultivator, was relatively more at ease, remaining a hundred zhang away from True Monarch Huang Long. The blue-robed elder let out a loud roar. Dense blue scales appeared on his body, which rapidly expanded, and his hands transformed into enormous dragon claws, accelerating his pace.

At the summit, inside a magnificent palace, Fairy Ziyue stood before a stone chamber, its entrance covered by a faint blue light curtain. With a loud bang, the blue light curtain shattered, and the stone door was destroyed along with it. Fairy Ziyue's mind stirred, and she controlled two third-tier puppet beasts as she walked inside.

The stone chamber was over a dozen zhang wide and contained two green wooden shelves about a zhang high. Each shelf held numerous items, including ores, porcelain bottles, and wooden boxes, and each was covered by a layer of blue light curtain. Fairy Ziyue frowned slightly. She had previously broken the restrictions in two other stone chambers, and just like this one, they also had inner restrictions. It seemed as if someone had done it intentionally, perhaps to create trouble for those seeking treasures.

Fairy Ziyue controlled her two third-tier puppet beasts to frantically attack a blue light curtain. After a quarter of an hour, Fairy Ziyue destroyed a blue light curtain and took the treasures from it. A powerful divine sense swiftly swept over Fairy Ziyue, startling her greatly. She quickly controlled her two third-tier puppet beasts to rush outside.

A tremendous roar came from outside, and a powerful shockwave rapidly spread out. Just then, Fairy Ziyue felt a powerful spatial force appear out of thin air. Her entire body began to distort, and she vanished into thin air.

True Monarch Huang Long and Huang Yuxu looked at the golden palace before them, their faces filled with joy. They had finally overcome the restrictions and could now enter Zhenhai Sect's treasury to collect treasures. A powerful spatial force appeared out of thin air, and True Monarch Huang Long's and Huang Yuxu's bodies distorted and deformed, as if they were about to be crushed by the spatial force. Before long, they both vanished into thin air.

A similar scene unfolded in various parts of the Zhenhai Sect ruins: the cultivators or half-demons who had entered were repelled by a powerful restriction and teleported to different locations.

Outside the blue light gate, over a hundred high-level cultivators and dozens of high-level demon cultivators were fiercely battling. Various magical spell lights illuminated the area, and roars echoed continuously. They all wanted to enter to search for treasures, and the opposing side would try to obstruct them, leading to fierce combat.

Just as they were fiercely battling, the blue light gate glowed brightly, rapidly shrunk in size, and then vanished. The next moment, the nearby seawater began to churn violently, forming a massive whirlpool. A tremendous roar sounded, and a blue pillar of light shot out, soaring towards the sky. The whirlpool vanished, and the blue light gate was gone. Seeing this scene, the high-level demon cultivators and high-level human cultivators looked at each other, their faces filled with bewilderment.

On an elliptical desolate island, a silver light suddenly flared in the void. As the light dispersed, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan's figures were revealed. Wang Changsheng glanced at his surroundings, a thoughtful expression on his face. He didn't know where he was. Considering Wang Ruyan was injured, he decided to rest here for a while before returning to the Red Moon Sea Domain.

He released his Twin-Eyed Rat, instructing it to burrow underground and dig a massive pit. Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan then followed it underground. Wang Changsheng took out his storage bracelet, poured out all its contents, and carefully counted them. There were nine spirit arts, ten Core Formation spiritual items, two Nascent Soul spiritual items, a set of ancient treasures, and a map of the secret realm.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan examined the contents of the ancient texts one by one. Before long, they found the latter parts of the "True Scripture of Gui Water" and the "Heavenly Sound Overturning Sea Art," along with their associated combined secret arts. These two cultivation arts were not originally complementary. Zhenhai Sect's sixth generation Grand Elder obtained a partial inheritance from Immortal Monarch Ice Moon, spending decades to improve them into complementary cultivation arts. However, the initially improved arts had some serious flaws and were not widely propagated.

Through the efforts of several generations and thousands of years, by the time it reached Nangong Miao's generation, the arts were relatively complete. Practitioners of both arts, when working together, could battle cultivators of higher stages and unleash three secret arts. The first was the Water Moon Profound Light, which could reflect most attacks, such as magical treasures and spirit arts. The higher the cultivation and deeper the magic power of the practitioners of both arts, the greater the power of the Water Moon Profound Light. The second was the Heavenly Moon Escape Light, which allowed for instant movement of a hundred zhang, a powerful escape ability. The higher the cultivation, the faster the escape speed. The third was the Gui Water Divine Light, which could enhance attacks. The Water Moon Profound Light was a defensive secret art, the Heavenly Moon Escape Light was an escape secret art, and the Gui Water Divine Light was an amplification secret art.