The Unorthodox Tomb Raider

"On the wall outside the main burial chamber, there is a divination chart left by King Xian. Have you noticed it?"

"The divination by the King of Xian based on the Muchen Pearl had nothing to do with immortality. The divination chart depicted a palace built on a high mountain peak, surrounded by white clouds."

"At the top of that palace stood a giant eyeball-shaped totem, surrounded by statues of people dressed in ancient and strange attire. Their features were not those of people from the Central Plains..."

Partridge Whistle's eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded seriously.

“That ability is similar to that of my Zagrama prophet, but after we Zagrama left Mount Zagrama, no one in our tribe has been able to awaken the power of a prophet.”

"The divination chart from that day must have been the vision that King Xian obtained through the Muchen Pearl. I have memorized that palace, and I will investigate this matter thoroughly once I return to my clan."

"According to the records left by the prophet, before we Zagrama arrived at the sacred mountain, there was already a great tribe on that mountain. However, when Zagrama arrived at the sacred mountain, that tribe had already perished, and only some traces of its remains could be found."

"Perhaps the Muchen Pearl originated from this clan, and the palace that King Xian saw was also built by this clan. As long as we find out the details of this clan, we will surely be able to lift the curse!"

Hearing this, Fang Yun smiled and nodded.

That makes sense... The Zagrama tribe spent over three thousand years trying to break the curse of the Ghost Eye, so how could they possibly have no information about it at all?

"Brother Fang, now that we have obtained the Muchen Pearl, how about we rest for the night and leave the valley tomorrow?"

As soon as Partridge Whistle finished speaking, both Flower and the old foreigner raised their eyes and looked at Fang Yun.

They haven't returned to their clan for almost a year, so it's time for them to go back and share the wonderful news of finding the Muchen Pearl with the clan.

"It will probably be a day later."

"One day later?"

Upon hearing Fang Yun's words, the three brothers were taken aback and blinked in confusion.

At this moment, Fang Yun patted his empty waist and spread his hands, saying:

"That Corpse Cave is too ferocious. When we went into the water, we left the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow and the Dragon Bone Dagger at the Heavenly Gate."

"So, I plan to go into the tomb of King Xian again tomorrow morning to retrieve my weapon."

The three nodded in understanding. Fang Yun's weapon was a divine weapon, so naturally they had to retrieve it.

"Then I'll go with you tomorrow!"

Hua took two steps forward, grabbed Fang Yun's hand, and smiled at him.

Upon hearing this, Fang Yun chuckled, gently rubbed his pretty face, and shook his head, saying:

"No need, I can go by myself."

"There's nothing dirty in that tomb anymore. I'm just walking a few steps. Don't worry."

“Then we will wait for Brother Fang outside the Mountain God Temple.” At this moment, Partridge Whistle wrapped the head of the King of Xian up again, tied it to his body, and said to Fang Yun.

Hearing her senior brother agree, Hua didn't say anything more and could only agree to wait outside the tomb.

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After making the decision, the group returned the way they came and got back to the mountain god temple before sunset.

Today's exertion was considerable; apart from Fang Yun, the other three felt physically and mentally exhausted and went to bed early.

Gently removing the flowers from his arms, Fang Yun walked out of the mountain god temple and sat on the threshold.

At this moment, Fang Yun had a big smile on his face and was in a great mood, calling out in his heart.

"System, claim your reward!"

"Ding! Rewards being distributed."

"Not bad... It still works during the update process."

As soon as the system notification sounded, Fang Yun felt a weight in his hand. Just as he was about to see what the Zhongyuan Seal was, fragments of memories flooded his mind.

About five minutes later, Fang Yun finally let out a breath and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Zhongyuan Yiqigong, Zhongyuan Danjue, Zhongyuan Seal!

This is the reward for completing the hidden mission!

This Zhongyuan Qigong is a breathing and self-cultivation technique, also known as the martial arts technique of gathering elixir, which is rumored in the martial arts world.

Transform the body into a furnace, and the meridians into a place for cultivating essence, energy, and spirit. Use the body's vital energy to promote the circulation of essence, energy, and spirit throughout the body, integrate essence, energy, and spirit into one, and condense the central embryo, which is the human blood elixir, in the dantian.

Zhongyuan Danjue, as the name suggests, is a method of alchemy. This method produces real pills, not the pills made by ordinary doctors by mixing medicinal materials.

As for the Zhongyuan Seal, it is a blood jade seal with a Qilin standing on it. The seal's perimeter and base are engraved with reliefs of the Five Elements Qilin.

"Good stuff! Let me take a closer look!"

Sensing the new memories in his mind, Fang Yun's smile widened.

Just by looking at the name and description, he knew that this reward was extraordinary.

The three-piece Zhongyuan set and the Zhonggong Qilin set—these are rewards tailor-made for him...

Chapter 103 The Last Dragon Bone Heavenly Book

It took Fang Yun a full half hour to figure out the three rewards.

Just as he expected, the Zhongheng Qigong was the secret technique for condensing the elixir that he had been searching for. It could refine essence into qi, refine qi into spirit, refine spirit into emptiness, and condense the three forces of essence, qi, and spirit into the elixir.

Moreover, this Zhongyuan Qi Gong is a Qilin technique. With the strong blood energy of his Qilin bloodline, he will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort when cultivating it, and condensing the core will no longer be an unattainable goal.

At that time, he can rely on the Blood Pill to cultivate, and even try to absorb the essence of heaven and earth to sublimate the Blood Pill into an Inner Pill or even a Golden Pill!

However, imagination is just imagination. Cultivating Zhongyuan Qi Gong is not something that can be done overnight. There is no shortcut except for diligent daily practice.

Furthermore, the Zhongyuan Danjue (中垣丹诀), the Qilin alchemy method, uses ordinary fire as an auxiliary and the blood and qi of the Qilin as the main element to melt the medicine, extract its medicinal properties, and allow the medicinal properties to blend and transform into elixir.

This alchemy manual is a good thing. He doesn't have much else on him, but he has a lot of medicinal treasures. Once he's mastered the manual, he can start refining pills, turning all the demon cores and other medicines on his body into pills with complete medicinal properties.

The pills refined using alchemy techniques are definitely more potent than the medicinal soups he previously brewed using pharmacological methods!

As for the final Zhongyuan Seal, it is somewhat similar to the Faqiu Seal above the Sixteen-Character Feng Shui Secret Technique. It resembles a private identity seal, long and square, only the size of four fingers stacked together.

With just one glance, Fang Yun recognized the extraordinary nature of the Zhongyuan Seal.

This Zhongyuan seal is entirely scarlet and looks like it was made of blood jade, but it is actually not blood jade, but Kunshan jade, which was renamed Hetian jade during the Qing Dynasty.

The reason this jade seal is scarlet is because it has been soaked in blood, and that blood is naturally Qilin blood. The smell of Qilin blood is not unfamiliar to him!

In terms of value alone, this Zhongyuan Seal is even more precious than the Zhongyuan Qi Gong and the Zhongyuan Dan Jue.

This is a magical artifact. Even if a child holds it, it can become a life-saving talisman. Ordinary monsters and spirits would be terrified upon sensing the aura of Zhongyuan Seal, let alone poisonous insects and ferocious beasts.

If needed, one seal will absolutely suppress any ordinary spirits and monsters, causing their life force to dissipate and their corpse energy to vanish completely.

Compared to the Zhongyuan Seal, the Faqiu Seal and the Mojin Talisman are utter trash, incredibly weak.

"What a good baby!"

Fang Yun clicked his tongue, his eyes shining as he looked at Zhong Yuanyin.

Both the Zhongyuan Qi Gong and the Zhongyuan Dan Jue require gradual familiarization and practice; they cannot be mastered in a short period of time. Only the Zhongyuan Seal provides immediate combat power, enhancing one's strength upon acquisition.

"When I have some free time... I'll make some high-quality replicas of the Zhongyuan Seal... soak them in Qilin blood, and maybe I can forge a few more high-quality replica magic weapons to get a better one for my wife!"

"I'll just rename it Qilin Seal then, and I'll become the founder of the sect."

After holding the Zhongyuan Seal and playing with it for a while with great satisfaction, Fang Yun strung the two Tomb Raider Talismans around his neck together and hung the Zhongyuan Seal up separately.

The size of the seal is just right for hanging up... This kind of treasure must be carried with you at all times!

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The next morning, after greeting his three fellow disciples, Partridge Whistle, Fang Yun entered the tomb again.

The system upgrade should be completed by noon, and he had some guesses about the functions of the upgraded system.

The system space, which is only one cubic meter in size, has been used for more than a year. This time, we should be able to expand it several times over.

The reason he went back into the tomb was for the gold and jade artifacts in the tomb of King Xian.

The tomb of King Xian contains funerary objects and artifacts from the Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, and Five Dynasties periods. If he doesn't take them with him, he's really out of his mind.

In the future, whether it's cultivation or daily life, money will be needed. Inner cores, beast treasures, medicines, and ancient formulas are all priceless and unavailable. But if you happen to come across a market for them, you'll need money. The resources he has can't last a lifetime.

He also couldn't find the dragon bone book from the tomb of the King of Xian yesterday.

Although the mission reward was a box of grenades, which wasn't of much use to him, he still made sure to collect everything and complete all the missions.

After all, it was just a trip along the way, and there was no danger involved.

Moreover... he had played many games in his previous life and was very familiar with the term "achievement shop." If nothing unexpected happened... the items in that shop were purchased with achievement points, which were obtained through experience and quests.

Soon, Fang Yun entered the Calabash Cave.

The gourd cave had been cleaned out of the corpse cave, and there were no more than a few hundred infants left in the two gourd caves combined; it looked empty.

After exiting the gourd cave, the Lingyun Heavenly Palace came into view once again.

However, once the water dragon's halo stopped, the Lingyun Heavenly Palace lost its previous celestial palace appearance, and its true form could be seen from afar, with few rainbows appearing around it.

"Gan!"

After glancing at Lingyun Heavenly Palace twice, Fang Yun was about to step off the plank road and into the pool when he suddenly stopped and turned his gaze back to Lingyun Heavenly Palace.

"The Lingyun Heavenly Palace is empty... Why is it guarded by the Tongue Gu and the Fire Salt Cauldron?"

"The Dragon Bone Heavenly Book wasn't in King Xian's coffin... so it must be hidden in this Lingyun Heavenly Palace!"