Holy Fist!

Chapter 413 Zhou Qi Kong, the harvest of this trip!
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Not far away, shrouded in gray fog.

A magnificent hall, over a hundred meters tall, stands silently. Its densely packed, needle-like black spires seem to pierce the sky. The hall's surface is covered with layers of Gothic patterns, resembling fish scales. The mysterious and intricate religious symbols seem to tell tales of antiquity and mythology.

There is a large square in front of the hall.

A colossal archway stands in the square, its surface covered with reliefs and adorned with a magnificent white-gold hue. At the very top, seven jewel-like stars are inlaid.

All the strange gray mist that had gathered in the surrounding area stopped there, unable to approach the Beidou Temple. It was as if a mysterious force there blocked and isolated all the eeriness, and even fear could not penetrate it.

"Oh!"

In mid-air, the giant dark creature thrown out by Bai Xiao was like a meteorite, completely out of control, crashing heavily into the Beidou Temple.

This move quickly triggered an exaggerated chain reaction.

"Ding ding ding..."

Suddenly, one by one, the seven stars on the white stone archway lit up in sequence. In an instant, the entire Big Dipper Temple burst forth with dazzling starlight, enveloping the surroundings like holy light.

"Boom!"

A colossal, terrifying creature plunges into the starlight.

Almost instantly, it was melted into dust. All the power, all the fear, was easily destroyed, like a sandcastle, and crushed with a mere wave of the hand.

Below, the white owl, now a blur, narrowed its eyes slightly.

With a thought, his entire body radiated a golden light, and below him appeared five dragons and ten elephants, rotating like planets orbiting a star. Terrifying blood energy swirled around him, forming a vortex that adhered to the surface of his body.

If anything goes wrong, Bai Xiao will immediately activate his God Mode.

"call out!"

next second.

He defied the fierce wind, his hair whipping wildly, his clothes rippling with waves of wrinkles. He forcefully charged into the light of the Big Dipper, but unexpectedly, the power of the Big Dipper Temple neither crushed nor repelled the white owl. It seemed they only targeted the terrifying creatures of his nightmares, possessing a unique ability to identify them.

"Shh!"

Bai Xiao rushed across the plaza, passing the white stone statue in the center. He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he suddenly felt the pure white angel, arms wrapped around its body, slightly curled up, wings spread like a cross on its back, move slightly, and its gaze seemed to glance at him.

Just a moment.

Bai Xiao simply stepped over the archway, swept across the plaza, and arrived before a large metal door. His gaze swept over the solemn and exquisite angel relief on it, then he slowly reached out and pushed open the door. With a creak, the metal door opened again.

It seemed as if platinum flames were flowing out from inside.

Center of the hall.

A tall figure, with his back to Bai Xiao, slowly pulled the cross-shaped longsword from the ground. He wore a magnificent platinum armor that shone like a mirror. Terrifying starlight patterns spiraled and intertwined around it.

The terrifying aura, like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami crashing, overwhelmed the entire hall.

"The guardian of the Big Dipper Temple? Or rather, one of its guardians?"

Bai Xiao walked slowly forward, recalling his first time entering the Beidou Temple. Back then, looking at this guardian, he felt a sense of insignificance, like an ant facing a human. But now, that feeling seemed to have vanished.

"Tattoo..."

White Owl gets closer to the Guardian step by step.

Finally, he came within a ten-meter radius.

"Zheng!"

Almost instantly, the figure in platinum armor made his move. He raised the crystal-clear cross-shaped longsword and slashed down with ferocity.

The energy is as violent as fire, and the stars are as dazzling as swords.

"Ding!!!"

midair.

A thick, gleaming hand, covered in a golden, crystalline light, resembled the most solid millstone weapon in the world, forcefully blocking the attack. At the point of impact, golden-red sparks erupted, immense force reverberated, and the two terrifying energies began to rapidly annihilate each other. Within the crystal longsword, brilliant stars shattered, and the golden, crystalline light on Bai Xiao's hand dimmed.

"Oh!"

The two sides clashed again.

Then they each took five or six steps back.

The figure in platinum armor stomped heavily on the ground and leaned on his sword again.

On the other side, Bai Xiao slowly turned around and glanced at his palm.

He walked thoughtfully toward the rectangular hall in the distance.

"Roughly equivalent to the level of a top-tier sect master..."

"No wonder when I saw him back then, I felt like an ant looking up at a big tree."

Bai Xiao moved with extreme speed. With a light tap of his toes, he swept across the prayer area of ​​the hall and then rushed straight into the side hall.

This time, the many believers gathered in the prayer area didn't even have time to react. They only felt a gust of wind blow by, their clothes fluttering slightly, and their eyes had barely opened when they could no longer detect the intruder.

The first floor of the Beidou Temple, a side hall.

Here stands a stone altar, with rows of white stone statues resembling soldiers in the center. This is clearly the command platform used by the Conquest City to recruit soldiers.

Last time, Bai Xiao activated the totem colossus Gundera as a first-class sergeant right here. But this time, he had no intention of activating the totem colossus again. Because, having reached Bai Xiao's level of strength, he had a vague feeling that the Six Desires of Gods and Demons manual he had obtained in his nightmare might have a problem! And a significant one at that! Especially after Bai Xiao entered the Ancient Loulan Secret Realm and witnessed the destruction of the Blood God Sect.

He sensed something was wrong with the Six Desires of Gods and Ghosts.

There must be some huge problems and hidden dangers involved. I should avoid using it if possible, to prevent the more frequently it is used, the more connections it will generate.

In fact, Bai Xiao sensed that the Demon Bird Manual likely also had problems. However, he was currently helpless; the Demon Bird Manual was exceptionally mysterious, its exact level unknown. Even the Forbidden King's enhancement had no effect on it. Either the Demon Bird Manual wasn't perfected, or it had already reached the level of a forbidden secret weapon or even higher.

Here, White Owl leans towards the second interpretation.

The Demon Bird Manual is absolutely a forbidden secret weapon, or even more so!?

"Perhaps, my spiritual martial arts can no longer rely solely on the existence of the Demon Bird Manual. I also need to fuse another forbidden-level spiritual martial arts through the Forbidden King to restrain the existence of the Demon Bird Manual..."

His eyes flickered slightly, and such a thought arose in his mind.

Think for a moment.

Bai Xiao snapped out of his daze, resumed his steps, and headed towards the left corner of the side hall. There, a spiral white stone staircase led upwards.

The handrails are decorated with religious reliefs resembling thorn patterns.

"despair!"

With a light step, he rose into the air like a rocket.

We arrived at the second floor in no time.

On the side of the second floor, above the main entrance, were carved words in an unknown script. However, Bai Xiao, having absorbed fragments of the patrolling knight's memories, was able to barely decipher them.

"The Secret Arts Hall".

At the entrance of the secret arts hall stood two 2.5-meter-tall silver-armored knights. Both wielded massive lances, tall and imposing, like guardian deities. However, unlike the first time Bai Xiao had seen them, these silver-armored knights had a faint starlight shining through the gaps in their armor, instead of mottled black marks.

"Tattoo..."

He strode forward and walked directly into the secret arts hall.

On either side of the gate, the silver-armored knights simultaneously turned their helmets, staring intently at Bai Xiao. Within their powerful bodies, a fiery, bright azure starlight surged forth.

He was about to raise the massive steel lance in his hand.

"Kakaka!"

In an instant, an invisible, terrifying aura descended. The two silver-armored knights not only had their energy forcibly forced back into their bodies, but they also knelt heavily, their heads hitting the ground. It was as if they were welcoming Bai Xiao, this distinguished guest, into the secret arts hall with great ceremony.

Inside the Secret Arts Hall.

This time he finally had time to observe the overall layout of the environment.

It's a typical library layout.

Bookshelves were densely packed everywhere, divided into different sections, with a fairly wide aisle in the middle. However, most of the books on the shelves had nothing to do with supernatural powers; they seemed to describe the customs and culture of this world in the past.

Moreover, a significant portion of the books have been destroyed and turned to ashes.

Only a small number of those protected by supernatural forces still exist.

Bai Xiao slowly entered.

Suddenly, from the side, a twisted, grotesque, crazed monster charged forward. It was exceptionally ferocious and evil, completely corrupted, its body wrinkled like rotten flesh. A dozen enormous mouths frantically inhaled and exhaled.

"boom!"

Bai Xiao lightly extended a palm.

"Boom!"

The entire secret arts hall seemed to be shaking violently.

The deformed monster, writhing in agony, half its body shattered, was easily pinned to the ground. It could no longer send Bai Xiao flying as it had done before. Now, Bai Xiao could obliterate it with a mere flick of his wrist.

"etc……"

"No, no... kill... it..."

not far away.

Deep in the darkness, where a large bookshelf was located.

A thin, wiry figure slowly emerged. He was extremely emaciated, with the body of an infant, a large head and a small body. He was draped in a dirty robe, similar to that of a priest or doctor, with the hem tattered and torn.

can see.

The deformed monster in Bai Xiao's hand had a metal plaque embedded in its surface, bearing six stars. Meanwhile, the thin, ethereal figure approaching had three moons on its shoulder!

Subtly sense the other person's presence.

Bai Xiao roughly judged that, if converted into martial arts, this thin, illusory figure was at the level of a sect master, but he didn't know which sect master.

But at the very least, he certainly wouldn't be a master of the pinnacle style.

"There's still consciousness left; is it possible to communicate?"

He turned his head slightly and gave the other person a strange look.

This small, thin figure, resembling a child, was the only one Bai Xiao had ever seen who could actively communicate with a certain level of emotion. Completely different from the ghosts and monsters he had encountered in the Conquest City, could it be considered half-living?
"Yes, it is."

The child in front of me stumbled a bit, but still managed to finish speaking.

"Can...can you let go of Numi?"

The child pointed to the alien monster.

Clearly, Numi is its name.

Bai Xiao hesitated for a moment, then released his right hand. The next second, the monster tried to charge again, but the child forbade it to attack. Then, like a little dog, it glanced fearfully at Bai Xiao and returned to the child's back. It lay prostrate on the ground, licking its wounds, its body twitching slightly.

"I have some questions I'd like to ask you, and I wonder if you could answer them for me..."

The white owl, with its strong and tall body, turned its head slightly.

He squinted his eyes, a warm smile on his face, and said this.

The child's body trembled slightly, as if he felt a chilling coldness from somewhere. He could only nod his big head and say something.

"sure."

……

Ten minutes later.

Bai Xiao had a general understanding of the basic situation.

First, the child before them had forgotten his own name; he only knew he was the former apprentice of the master of the secret arts academy. Furthermore, his current state of being was extremely strange, like a bound spirit, unable to leave the academy's territory. The child had forgotten many things, his mind filled with numerous fragmented memories, occasionally recalling something from the past.

Even so, he still provided Bai Xiao with a lot of information.

For example, the Big Dipper Temple has dozens of floors, the most dangerous and important of which are the top seven floors, known as the Seven Palaces of the Big Dipper. Each palace was once guarded by extremely powerful guardians, protecting the incomparably precious divine artifacts within. The child gave an example: the secret arts hall on the second floor of the Big Dipper Temple is actually just an ordinary secret arts hall, open to most mid- to low-ranking soldiers.

Within the Seven Palaces of the Big Dipper, there is a Seven Star Secret Arts Hall!

The Seven Star Secret Arts Hall houses the true pinnacle of treasures in the entire empire.

Furthermore, on the very top floor of the Seven Palaces of the Big Dipper, there is a treasure called the Well of Void. Its exact nature is unknown, but it must be the most precious item.

at this point.

The White Owl's existence was also confirmed in the memories of the former Dragonscale Knights.

"right here."

Inside the Secret Arts Hall.

The child led Bai Xiao to the side, to the location of a stone tablet.

The stone tablet clearly depicts the layout of the entire Beidou Temple.

Bai Xiao glanced around, his attention quickly focusing on the top seven floors. However, these seven floors were all unusually mysterious, containing no specific content, only some key information marked on them. For example, the seventh floor of the Big Dipper Seven Halls was the Seven Star Secret Arts Hall, and the fifth floor of the Big Dipper Seven Halls was the Holy Light Hall.

The third level of the Seven Palaces of the Big Dipper, the source of calamity?

The second level of the Seven Palaces of the Big Dipper, the constellations of the Southern Dipper?

The first level of the Seven Palaces of the Big Dipper, the Well of Void?

In short, many things were just vague names, their specific meanings unknown to Bai Xiao. The child beside him, having lost too many memories, couldn't recall anything no matter how hard he tried. However, after some conversation, Bai Xiao finally obtained what he wanted from his trip.

In other words, a weekly celestial pore chart!
According to the child, the acupoints of the body are the secrets of the human body, representing the knowledge of acupoints accumulated over thousands of years by their spiritual practice system in exploring the mysteries of the human body.

Even within the Temple of the Big Dipper, it is extremely precious.

The more pores a secret technique involves, the more valuable it is.

The three pores that Bai Xiao once obtained, involving fewer than ten pores, weren't particularly valuable. However, once the number exceeded ten, their rarity would skyrocket, not to mention pore diagrams with a three-digit number.

There is no such level of artifact in the secret arts hall on the second floor of the Big Dipper Temple. However, the child also admitted that there are several diagrams of pores with two-digit numbers. Perhaps, by piecing them together and eliminating some overlapping and duplicate pores, the total might exceed three digits.

After a moment's thought, Bai Xiao instructed the child to bring over the diagrams of the air vents. Having the disciples of the Secret Arts Hall search for these things was far more efficient than Bai Xiao searching on his own, and it would ensure that no one would slip through the net.

as predicted.

Just five minutes later.

Several different diagrams of pores and secret techniques appeared before Bai Xiao's eyes.

Twenty-Four Bright Moons

Thirty-Six Stars

The Seventy-Seven Hole Map

(End of this chapter)