Rumble!
In his mind, the white Daoist talisman was suddenly stimulated by something, vibrating and releasing a bright white light.
Based on Xie An's long-term observation of the Daoist talisman, the degree of excitement of the Daoist talisman is directly related to the brightness of the white light it releases.
When he absorbed a wisp of undying energy before, the Daoist talisman only flickered a dim light and then disappeared.
Later, when he absorbed five wisps of undying energy from the silver corpse, the white light released by the Daoist talisman was significantly brighter and lasted longer.
Later, when he absorbed two hundred wisps of faith energy... the light of the Daoist talisman became unprecedentedly bright, and the duration was also the longest.
This time, the light of the Daoist talisman was even brighter than when he absorbed faith energy last time.
This made Xie An feel very excited.
The power of national destiny!
The Immortal Treasure Box is already frantically absorbing the power of national destiny. Could it be that his own Longevity Destiny is about to come out and compete with the Immortal Treasure for it?
The power of national destiny...
Just the name sounds very grand. It can also suppress martial arts grandmasters... it must be something extraordinary.
But the Immortal Treasure has a significant origin.
Xie An never thought that his Longevity Destiny could snatch food from the Immortal Treasure Box's mouth.
But if the Immortal Treasure Box eats the meat, it shouldn't be a problem for him to drink some soup, right?
Soon, Xie An realized that he was overthinking things.
He didn't know if the Daoist talisman was afraid of the Immortal Treasure Box or what, but it only emitted light... and did not absorb the power of national destiny. This made Xie An feel a little disappointed...
The Daoist talisman is still not strong enough.
He could only watch helplessly as the Immortal Treasure Box devoured the power of national destiny on the jade seal inscription.
But even just watching made Xie An feel very excited.
He saw that the jade seal inscription suddenly became bright, emitting a white light. Then, it released rolling white smoke, frantically impacting the Immortal Treasure Box. It seemed to want to shatter the Immortal Treasure Box.
But the Immortal Treasure Box was too hard to break. It seemed to house some terrifying monster, which suddenly opened its bloody mouth and frantically devoured the power of national destiny.
The two forces clashed with each other, forming a vortex that vaguely wanted to suck Xie An in. He immediately circulated the Bright Jade Skill, struggling to break free, and retreated five or six steps to stand at the door, making sure he could advance or retreat, before stopping to watch.
Clang!
The bronze tablet emitted a violent metallic hum, and then the extremely heavy bronze tablet slowly floated up from the ground, opposing the Immortal Treasure Box, which was also floating in mid-air.
Each confrontation emitted a deafening roar, and there was also an extremely strong shockwave that shook the house incessantly. Xie An had to circulate the Bright Jade Skill to offset the power of this shockwave.
Too amazing!
Xie An opened his extraordinary five senses, staring intently at the front.
Xie An, with his extraordinary sense of Qi, vaguely sensed that the national destiny... seemed to be a bit similar to faith energy, but much higher than faith energy, and even underwent some form of transformation.
Could it be that the so-called power of national destiny is the same thing as faith energy?
However, although the broken box was simple and unadorned, it was like a piece of dog skin plaster, sticking tightly to the bronze tablet, no matter how hard the bronze tablet inscription exerted its force, it couldn't shake it off.
The inscription was unwilling and struggled more and more intensely.
However, it had been sucked of a lot of power by the Immortal Treasure Box and gradually weakened. After about a dozen breaths of time, the inscription had become very weak and could no longer organize an effective resistance. It could only watch helplessly as it was completely sucked dry by the broken box.
As the last wisp of white smoke was sucked dry by the Immortal Treasure Box, the light on the inscription had already dimmed, and finally slowly returned to darkness.
At this time, the white Daoist talisman in Xie An's mind, which had been turbulent and glowing, also dimmed and became silent.
Then, the eight characters "Appointed by Heaven, May He Enjoy Perpetual Prosperity" on the inscription gradually disappeared.
"The characters actually disappeared... Could it be that the power of national destiny comes from these eight characters?"
At this moment, the room had returned to calm, so Xie An rushed up to check the bronze tablet. He found that the characters on the bronze tablet were indeed gone... and the Immortal Treasure Box had also fallen to the ground.
Xie An didn't bother to check the Immortal Treasure Box, but cautiously and vigilantly touched the bronze tablet...
"The disappearance of the inscription means that the power of national destiny on it has been sucked dry by the Immortal Treasure Box. Without the power of national destiny... I should be able to touch this bronze tablet."
Xie An circulated the Bright Jade Skill to the tenth level, with every organ in his body in a state of high-speed operation. His finger approached the bronze tablet little by little.
Finally, his finger touched it.
Bang!
A sound of metal collision rang out, and the bronze tablet did indeed still retain a force, although it was very powerful, it could no longer push Xie An away.
Moreover, this force was very familiar... the power of the Bright Jade Skill.
This made Xie An breathe a sigh of relief, "Although Li Changchun reached the eighteenth level of the Bright Jade Skill when engraving the bronze tablet, it was only engraved characters after all, and it's been a hundred years... not much remains. The truly powerful thing about the bronze tablet is the national destiny, and the national destiny is gone..."
After weighing the pros and cons, Xie An became more and more confident.
He retracted his hand and clenched his fist.
The heat in his crimson palace circulated and quickly gathered on his fist.
One punch, he unleashed it with a bang.
Boom!
The fist wind howled, and the power of the tenth level of the Bright Jade Skill poured out in an instant, slamming heavily on the bronze tablet. He forcibly punched a dent in the bronze tablet. The few remaining forces that had been lingering on those cursive strokes also dissipated in response.
"As expected... just a few strokes, not even forming words. It's been dilapidated for a long time over the past hundred years."
"Two more punches."
Boom boom!
Two more punches landed, and the bronze tablet also fell apart.
It's just an ordinary bronze tablet.
The strength of bronze is much worse than steel.
With Xie An's current fist, breaking a steel plate wouldn't be a problem. Not to mention a broken piece of bronze?
Huff!
Xie An breathed a sigh of relief.
Breaking the Great Bronze Bell still depends on the Immortal Box.
The Immortal Box is awesome.
Where's the Immortal Box?
Xie An looked around, but couldn't find the familiar Immortal Box, and was immediately surprised... Could it have grown legs?
Looking closely, Xie An was horrified to see a palm-sized red box lying on the ground.
"Why is it so much smaller than before? I almost didn't recognize it..." Xie An squatted down to check and found that it was indeed the Immortal Box.
It's just... it's smaller.
This is too amazing!
Xie An reached out and took it in his hand... even more shocked.
Not only has it become smaller, but it has also become lighter.
This...
Even with Xie An's experiences from two lifetimes, he felt incredible.
After adapting for a while, Xie An calmed down and carefully examined this small Immortal Box. A faint white filament, similar to a palm print, had appeared on the originally smooth surface of the box.
"This is the national destiny Qi it absorbed?"
Such a strong national destiny Qi has turned into a small palm print?
Xie An reached out and touched the palm print. There was a slight bulge, and the touch was strange. Other than that, there were no other peculiarities.
He put the box to his ear and gently shook it twice.
He didn't feel any loose objects inside, it was very solid.
After being stunned for a while, Xie An came back to his senses and put the Immortal Box into his inner pocket, it fit perfectly...
"It's good that it's smaller, I won't have to hide it in the future, I can just carry it with me."
It's better to carry such a good thing with you to be more at ease.
Although Xie An appeared calm on the surface, the scene from just now was still rippling in his mind.
This Immortal Box is amazing, it can even suck dry the Qi of national destiny...
Xie An walked out of the room and patrolled around. The courtyard door was locked from the inside, and no one had come in during that time. Only then did he breathe a slight sigh of relief, and the image of Su Yuqing's desolate and lonely figure gazing at the Great Yin Mountain couldn't help but appear in his mind.
Without thinking too much, Xie An returned to the room, packed the bronze tablet fragments with a red cloth, and carried it in his hand.
Huh?
The bronze tablet is not as heavy as before...
It can be seen that the power of national destiny has weight.
The door to the backyard was ajar.
Xie An pulled the door knocker and knocked gently. Soon, Su Yuqing's voice came from inside.
"Come in."
Xie An walked in and saw a woman in a water-blue fitted long dress standing in the pavilion, looking towards the Great Yin Mountain with her hands behind her back. It was already dusk, and the setting sun hung on the mountain, a ray of golden light falling on the woman, casting a long shadow on the ground behind her.
Unlike her usual quiet and elegant appearance, she clearly had a bit more of a lonely feeling.
Xie An walked into the pavilion and placed the red cloth on the stone table, and the bronze tablet fragments slid onto the ground with a "clang clang" sound.
As if hearing a familiar sound, Su Yuqing suddenly turned her head and saw the bronze tablet fragments scattered all over the table, many of which had fallen to the ground.
Suddenly, Xie An saw a bright light bloom in the calm and deep eyes of this usually serene Princess.
She picked up a piece of bronze and checked it, confirming that it was correct, then looked up at Xie An, unable to hide her excitement, "Good, good. Xie An, you did a good job!"
Xie An said a few modest words. He originally thought that Su Yuqing would ask Xie An how he broke it, and he had even prepared his explanation.
But... Su Yuqing didn't ask.
Whether intentionally or because she was too focused on the evil cultists of the Great Yin Mountain, "Recently, the Great Yin Mountain has been restless. Many silver corpses have come down the mountain to plunder medicine shops. Even the largest medicine gang in the county has been looted. It can be seen that the cultists can no longer sit still. Yuhe will go down the mountain tomorrow, and you will go up the mountain with Yuhe to smash the Great Bronze Bell."
Although Xie An had already prepared for this, he still felt a slight pressure after hearing it with his own ears, "What about you?"
Su Yuqing said, "I will use myself as bait to lure away the High Priest. You have the sword paper I gave you; no one below the Grandmaster level can harm you. Rest assured.
Also, I need to stay in Qingwu County for a while. If you want to stay, you can. While I'm here, the Prince of Huainan won't be able to touch you. If you want to leave, Yuhe will escort you away. You can communicate with Yuhe about everything else. She will help you take care of everything."
Xie An understood that this Princess was about to take action. Once she did, she probably wouldn't be able to take care of him in the short term.
Fortunately, Xie An wasn't one to be coy. Since he had agreed, he wouldn't go back on his word.
Moreover, there was a faint hint of farewell in the air.
Having spent several years together, Xie An was still a little reluctant, so he cupped his fist at Su Yuqing, "Princess, take care."
In the past, Su Yuqing would have just said "Mm." But today was different. She actually went forward and raised Xie An's hand, which was unprecedented, "A century-long dead end, success or failure lies between your fists. Man proposes, God disposes; just do your best. You too… take care."
… …
Xie An returned to the central courtyard.
He closed the door, lit the oil lamp, and carefully examined the Immortal Box. Especially the pattern on it; the more he looked at it, the more it resembled a human palm print.
As Xie An got older, he liked to study things like destiny, so he knew a little about palmistry.
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A human hand mainly has three horizontal lines running across the palm.
The topmost horizontal line is called the emotion line, also known as the heaven line; the middle one is called the wisdom line, also known as the human line; and the bottom horizontal line is called the life line, also known as the earth line.
In addition, there are things like the family style line, the jade pillar line, etc. Each palm line has its own meaning, corresponding to a person's career and family, and also corresponding to a person's five internal organs and acupoints, etc.
Xie An spread out his left palm and compared it to the pattern on the brocade box.
Why is it reversed… No, that's not right.
Xie An spread out his right palm again, and this time it was correct.
Comparing it to the pattern on the Immortal Box, Xie An tried to find the corresponding palm line on his own palm.
Soon… Xie An was certain.
"It's the earth line, also known as the life line. Almost eighty or ninety percent similar."
Although the pattern was different from his own palm print, the general shape… and the various forks were very similar to the life line.
Absorbing the seal of the Imperial Jade Seal actually caused a palm print to grow… and it's the earth line, the life line.
Life line… life…
Thinking of this, Xie An suddenly widened his eyes, staring intently at the Immortal Box.
"Could it be… something inside has come to life?"
This idea popped up, making Xie An both surprised and delighted, his emotions very complicated.
It's scary.
Whether it's a blessing or a curse remains to be seen.
Xie An had the idea of throwing away the Immortal Treasure, what if it was a demon inside?
But he also felt that this Immortal Box was truly miraculous and very reluctant to part with it. He also wanted to see what other changes would occur in the future.
After weighing it carefully, Xie An made a decision.
"Forget it. I'll keep it on me for now. If I find any other strange things about it in the future, it won't be too late to decide then. Besides, I still have to rely on this thing to smash the Great Bronze Bell on Mount Dayin tomorrow."
After making up his mind, Xie An put away the Immortal Box and stopped thinking about it, sitting cross-legged on the bed to cultivate the Bright Jade Skill.
He was going to Mount Dayin tomorrow, and the pressure was really not small.
If he could cram at the last minute, he still had to cram.
It was good to improve his strength even a little.
What's more, it was said that Mount Dayin had gathered eight thousand wisps of undying energy… He might as well go and see what the situation was like tomorrow.
… …
The next day, Xie An got up early, washed up, and took the Demon Suppressing Famous Saber to the courtyard to practice the Heavy Mountain Saber.
The entire courtyard was filled with strong saber winds and heat, even when Xie An released the ninth level of the Heavy Mountain Saber, the Demon Suppressing Famous Saber was still stable and could withstand it completely.
It was worthy of being a specially made saber for the state government's chief commander.
But for the sake of prudence, Xie An still practiced the Heavy Mountain Saber five times, from the first level to the ninth level, ensuring that the entire process was smooth and seamless, forming muscle memory. This was to prevent the situation where he would not be able to perform normally when facing danger.
Xie An knew that even the most powerful people would inevitably be nervous when facing a crisis. It was just that some timid people would be so frightened that they would pee their pants and their minds would go blank… These people wouldn't live long.
Although Xie An wouldn't be like that, he would inevitably be nervous and his performance would be abnormal. However, after the saber technique formed a strong muscle memory, it would greatly reduce this risk.
After confirming again and again that there were no problems with his muscle memory, Xie An sheathed his saber.
Then, he took out the sword paper that Su Yuqing had given him to examine.
As for the usage of the sword paper, Su Yuqing had told Xie An before: As long as Xie An dripped blood on it, he could activate it with his thoughts.
Although this was a bit magical, it was, after all, the work of a Grandmaster, so Xie An didn't think too much about it.
He bit his finger and dripped a drop of blood onto the sword paper. Sure enough… his mind resonated with the sword paper. He could also feel the powerful sword energy hidden within, and he had a direct intuition that he could unleash an amazing sword with a thought.
"There's no problem with the sword paper."
Only then did Xie An put away the sword paper and placed it in a place close to his body.
Then, Xie An put the Immortal Box in his inner pocket.
After everything was prepared, it was already dusk.
Xie An sat cross-legged in the room, meditating and adjusting his mentality. He considered the various emergencies that he might face next, and what kind of reactions he should make.
First of all, with the sword paper, his life would not be in danger.
In addition, Xie An had now entered the tenth section of the Bright Jade Skill. Although Meng Hu had not given him the Inner Strength Pill, causing Xie An to not break through to Martial Master, Xie An had carefully asked Brother Chun and learned about the effects of inner strength… It seemed to be similar to the heat in his Purple Palace, or even not as good as the heat.
However, the heat could only circulate in the body, nourishing the flesh and bones, and could not be used to hit people. At least that was the case for now, which was a pity.
Even so, Xie An estimated… if he fully activated the Bright Jade Skill, coupled with the Heavy Mountain Saber, he could kill a second-level inner strength Martial Master without any problem.
Chen Qinglang was only at the second level of inner strength back then.
Presumably, there shouldn't be too many demon men at this level on Mount Dayin. Plus, Yuhe was lurking within, familiar with the area. He just needed to get close to the Great Bronze Bell and take out the Immortal Treasure… and that would be it.
All in all, Xie An felt that the success rate was very high.
The premise was… it had to be done secretly.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
Xie An hurried to open the door and saw Yuhe, covered in dust, and was very happy, "Yuhe, it's been a long time since I've seen you. Have you been doing well in Yin Mountain recently? Have you had dinner yet? If not, I'll make it for you…"
Yuhe didn't even have time to call out "Master" when she heard Xie An's long list of concerns, and suddenly her heart warmed.
She hadn't seen him for many days, and unexpectedly, the first thing Master cared about was her well-being. Suddenly, her eyes turned red for no reason.
She quickly adjusted and gave a Wanfu, smiling: "Master, I'll go make dinner for you."
Xie An eagerly said: "Come in quickly, the night dew is heavy in late autumn. I'll make the food."
"Then I'll go help Master."
Xie An happily agreed.
The two of them entered the kitchen and busily prepared food, chatting casually, telling each other about what had happened to them in the past period of time. Yuhe also said that she was doing well in the Corpse Refining Hall and was quite a big leader now.
Xie An praised Yuhe for being promising, and a sincere smile appeared on his face.
If you care about someone, you will think about whether they are doing well.
"My little bit of promise is nothing. Master, you're the one who's really promising following Miss. Now you can even smash the Great Bronze Bell. This is a great achievement. If Miss wins the first merit in this competition, His Majesty will reward Master handsomely."
Huh?
Competing for first merit?
There are still people coming to steal credit?
Why didn't Su Yuqing say anything…
But Xie An didn't feel surprised at all. This Princess was hiding very deeply. Although Xie An had spent a long time with her, there was always a sense of distance between them.
Yuhe was different. They talked about almost everything, and there was no sense of distance between them. She could be considered one of his own.
Xie An didn't ask much, "The lamb chops are ready, take them out of the pot, let's eat."
"It smells so good, Master's cooking skills are getting better and better. I'll go get the bowls and chopsticks."
The two of them worked together without any fatigue. They enjoyed a delicious home-cooked meal.
After the meal, both of them knew what they were going to do next, and the atmosphere became much more solemn.
Especially Yuhe, who seemed to have a lot on her mind.
Xie An said: "Yuhe, if you have something to say, just say it."
Yuhe hesitated for a long time, and finally suddenly said: "Master, if you don't want to wade into this muddy water, then don't go. I'll send you away."
Xie An was stunned for a moment.
Soon, he realized the weight of these words.
Going to Mount Dayin this time was full of dangers. Yuhe ignored the Princess's punishment and severe punishment, but would rather he be safe and sound. She really regarded him as her master!
Xie An looked at Yuhe, whose eyes were red, "I just want Master to be safe and sound."
Xie An couldn't bear to make the atmosphere too heavy, so he smiled: "It's okay. Yuhe is already a leader in Mount Dayin, with you protecting Master, Master will be fine. Besides, if I leave, leaving you alone, letting you be punished by the Princess? What kind of master would I be?"
Yuhe gritted her teeth and finally didn't say anything more, "Then Yuhe will definitely protect Master well."
"Good." Xie An couldn't bear to refute, "Then shall we set off?"
Yuhe said: "Yes, I'll take Master into the mountain."
