I am a full-level celestial master, you let me enter the strange talk of rules?

Zhang Yangqing was the first to enter the secret room, but even though they had arrived here, it wasn't their final destination.

Zhang Yangqing and the beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes searched the area but found nothing of value; all they found were broken stones.

The stone chamber was small, with rough walls, pebbles and dust scattered on the floor, and some junk piled up in the corners, the purpose of which was unclear.

If a beautiful woman with almond-shaped eyes came here alone, she would definitely think she had come to the wrong place, that this place was ordinary and could not possibly contain any treasures.

Actually, they have no information at all at this stage; they're just passing by and came in to take a look.

They don't even know what treasures are here. If the snake-eyed man handed the information to Zhang Yangqing, Zhang Yangqing would soon be able to find the answer.

The lack of intelligence—but would that stump Zhang Yangqing?
Obviously not.

Zhang Yangqing is currently searching for clues.

He squatted down and examined the rubble piece by piece.

Some stones have smooth surfaces, some are rough, some have indistinct patterns, and some have nothing at all.

He picked up one piece, put it down, then picked up another piece and put it down.

The beautiful woman with almond-shaped eyes stood beside him, not knowing what he was looking for, and not daring to disturb him, so she could only wait quietly.

Zhang Yangqing's gaze fell on an inconspicuous stone.

The stone was about the same size as the other stones and its shape was nothing special, but its surface had a faint ring of dried water stains.

The mark was very faint, so faint that it was almost invisible. If you didn't squat down and look closely, you wouldn't notice it at all.

Zhang Yangqing turned the stone over and found the same marks on the bottom.

He then picked up a few stones nearby, some with marks, some without.

The stones with marks are all concentrated in a small area in the northeast corner of the stone chamber.

Although the stones here are exactly the same as those in other places.

Interestingly, Zhang Yangqing's main profession in this strange tale is actually 'miner'.

What skills do miners possess?
When mining, being able to identify where high-quality ore might be found is something learned during mining, and can be considered experience.

Of course, under normal circumstances, Zhang Yangqing would watch the veteran miners dig; he rarely dug himself, but he had experience from watching.

Zhang Yangqing stood up, walked to that area, squatted down, and tapped the ground with his fingers.

The sound was dull, unlike the hollow space below. He tapped the ground next to him, and the sound was the same.

But he didn't give up. Instead, he lay down on the ground, pressed his ears to the ground, and had the beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes walk around nearby.

The beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes didn't know what he was doing, but she did as he said.

She took a few steps, then Zhang Yangqing told her to stop and then told her to keep going.

After repeating this several times, Zhang Yangqing stood up, pointed to a spot, and said, "Dig down from here."

The beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes was taken aback: "Dig? Use what to dig?"

Zhang Yangqing glanced at her, his gaze settling on the holy sword in her hand.

The beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes looked down at the Holy Sword, then at Zhang Yangqing, and her lips twitched.

She knew what her brother meant, but this was a holy sword! The savior's holy sword! To use it for mining?
That seems reasonable; there must be a reason why my elder brother said that!
She took a deep breath, turned the holy sword upside down, pointed the end of the hilt at the ground, and began to dig.

If the Holy Sword could speak at this moment, it would definitely curse: Damn it, if I had known you guys were using it like this, I would have just rotted in the ground back then!
After digging about three meters, Zhang Yangqing called a halt.

He jumped down, groped around at the bottom of the pit for a while, and dug a stone out of the soil. The stone was different from the others; it wasn't gray, but had a faint milky white luster, and its surface was as smooth as if it had been polished. It felt warm to the touch.

The stone is irregularly shaped, but has a thin crack with traces of liquid seeping out. The liquid has dried and left a milky white streak.

Zhang Yangqing took out a prepared container from his pocket. It was a palm-sized jade bottle with a wooden stopper at the mouth.

He gently pried along the crack in the stone with his fingernail, and the stone split in the middle.

It is hollow inside, with some milky white crystals attached to the inner wall, and a few drops of viscous liquid remaining at the bottom.

The liquid was not transparent, but milky white, like milk, but thicker and more viscous, and it emitted a faint, indescribable fragrance.

Stone marrow.

Zhang Yangqing carefully tilted the stone, letting the few drops of liquid flow into the jade bottle.

The liquid fell slowly, like honey, drop by drop.

It took a long time to collect only a small half bottle.

He plugged the jade bottle and tossed the stone aside.

“There are two ways to obtain these chalcedony.”

Zhang Yangqing stood up and dusted off his hands.

“The first method is very complicated. This cave has a mechanism, and certain conditions must be met for the stone marrow to ‘fall down.’ We don’t know the conditions yet, so we can only follow the second method: find the place where the stone marrow once fell, dig inside, and there may be some special stones that have absorbed the stone marrow, which will allow us to obtain it.”

As soon as Zhang Yangqing finished speaking, the barrage of comments on the Dragon Kingdom's big screen exploded.

Zhang Tianshi is truly amazing! He could even detect this! Without intelligence or rules, he still managed to find the treasure. I can only say he's incredibly talented!

No, the other Chosen Ones are still out there battling wits with the four leaders in Yudu, and Zhang Tianshi is already here? What kind of difference is that?
Zhang Tianshi's departure from Yudu was the greatest forgiveness he could show to the four leaders; they were more than grateful!
That scene where the Holy Sword is used as a pickaxe, I laughed so hard. Holy Sword: I, the divine weapon of the savior, you want me to dig in the dirt? Zhang Tianshi: Using you to dig in the dirt is giving you a favor. Don't force me to melt you down and make you a pickaxe!
In the world of ghost stories, even the beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes thinks the boss is really amazing.

Not only was it fast and accurate, but it also offered two solutions. I'm truly impressed.

The beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes didn't know that Zhang Yangqing had many other solutions, but those were too complicated, so he only needed a simple one.

Zhang Yangqing divided the marrow in the jade bottle into two portions, one with more and one with less.

He handed the extra portion to the beautiful woman with almond-shaped eyes: "Take one portion first, and save the rest. This stuff is useless if you drink too much; one dose is enough."

The beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes took the jade bottle, looked at the milky white liquid inside, and took a deep breath.

She uncorked the bottle, tilted her head back, and drank it down.

The liquid went down my throat and had no taste, but a warm sensation spread from my throat to my whole body, like soaking in a hot spring.

The warmth didn't stop flowing into the stomach; it continued to spread, seeping into the meridians, the dantian, and the entire body.

Her body began to heat up, a faint blush rose to her skin, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

Zhang Yangqing's voice rang in her ears, unhurried and slow, as if he were lecturing: "The so-called entry into sainthood is initially about mobilizing the power of heaven and earth. The Celestial Realm is nothing more than being able to sense the power of heaven and earth and influence them. But the Initial Saint Realm is different. The Initial Saint Realm is about borrowing the power of heaven and earth to seize the creation of heaven."

The beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes closed her eyes and tried to feel it as Zhang Yangqing instructed.

She sensed something flowing in the space around her.

It's not spirituality, not energy, but a more fundamental, more primal force.

Those forces are everywhere, yet invisible and intangible.

They were like the wind, like water, like something alive, slowly flowing around her. (End of Chapter)