From a slave to the Great Qian Martial Saint

"You can only take one item. Think it over before you decide. This is a rare opportunity, so don't rush it."

Late at night, Jin Bingren carried a lantern and walked with Chen Shi through the Hou Mansion.

The two did not bring any attendants, and Kim Byung-in gave them a few reminders as they walked.

"Thank you, Steward Jin, I understand."

Chen Shi responded, his expression somber.

In this suppression of the rebellion, Chen Shi earned a total of 11,367 military merits!

Ten thousand military merits can be used to select a treasure from the Treasure Pavilion.

In addition to his more than 1,300 military merits, Chen Shi asked Gu Tingshu for a high-grade Yellow Rank Blood Nourishing Martial Art.

Unlike the usual practice of bestowing martial arts skills, Chen Shi is permitted to teach this martial art to others!

Chen Shi had already selected the Blood Nourishing Martial Art from the library, and tonight he would go to the Treasure Pavilion to choose treasures!

Following Jin Bingren, we traversed almost half of the Marquis's mansion before finally arriving at a seemingly ordinary house.

After entering, Kim Byung-in fiddled with a few things, and a wall slowly opened, revealing a downward staircase.

Chamber of Secrets.

That's right. The Treasure Pavilion houses all sorts of precious treasures, so it naturally needs to be extremely well hidden.

Chen Shi didn't think much of it and followed Jin Bingren inside.

The passage below wasn't very long. After a short while, the space suddenly expanded, indicating that they had arrived.

Kim Byung-in took out a tinderbox and lit the oil lamp on the wall.

Under the lamplight, a stone gate could be seen a few steps away, and an old man was sitting in front of the gate.

Chen Shi was nearly startled to find that there was another person there.

He frowned again, wondering why the person didn't light a lamp.

"Old Li."

Kim Byung-in stepped forward, bowed, and said.

"The Marquis has instructed Chief Steward Chen to enter the Treasure Pavilion and select a treasure."

The old man didn't speak, but stood up straight, took out a key from his pocket, and inserted it into the keyhole on the stone door.

Immediately afterwards, Kim Byung-in also took out a key and inserted it into another keyhole.

This stone door actually has two keys.

One was kept by the old man, and the other was with Gu Tingshu.

Boom!

When both keys were turned together, the stone door slowly opened.

"Take your time choosing, no rush."

Kim Byung-in smiled and said something, then handed the lantern to Chen Shi.

Chen Shi nodded and stepped inside.

The old man didn't say a word, but followed.

It was only then that Chen Shi suddenly realized that the old man's eye sockets were empty.

blind.

No wonder he doesn't need to light a lamp.

After entering the stone gate, there is a short partition. Pass through this partition and push open an exquisite wooden door to reveal a secret room.

"This is the Treasure Pavilion..."

Holding up the lantern, one could see that in a square area of ​​about twenty or thirty meters, there were neatly arranged wooden shelves, on which various items were placed.

Chen Shi opened his eyes slightly, a look of excitement on his face.

The Treasure Pavilion, where the Jing'an Marquis's mansion keeps its treasures!

After a moment, I took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing my excitement; business was more important.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Shi began to examine the items carefully, bit by bit.

He's looking for the array diagram of the Chilong Cave on Yongqiu Mountain!

I had already met with Mu Yunsheng and received the message that Gu Hanying had passed on from him.

During the time Chen Shi was suppressing the rebellion, Gu Hanying took the opportunity to go up to the third floor and above of the library.

Unfortunately, no diagram or related clues were found.

Gu Hanying's tone was extremely certain: the upper layers had absolutely nothing to do with the array diagram.

But Gu Hanying didn't say what was on the upper shelves, whether she deliberately didn't mention it or simply felt it was unnecessary to say.

Although Chen Shi was curious about this, he didn't have time to ask any more questions right now, as the key was to find the array diagram.

Since it's not in the library, we'll have to look elsewhere.

The Treasure Pavilion is an important target.

The Treasure Pavilion wasn't very large, but it contained a great many items of various kinds.

In fact, besides these shelves, there are other items that are larger or heavier, placed in large boxes against the wall, or simply piled up exposed to the side, such as some crystal minerals.

Fortunately, Chen Shi had plenty of time and was not in a hurry. He searched carefully from left to right and from front to back.

The blind old man stayed by Chen Shi's side the whole time, but didn't say a word or do anything unnecessary. As the guard of the Treasure Pavilion, he seemed to be simply preventing Chen Shi from taking more than he was entitled to.

After a full hour, Chen Shi finally finished inspecting the entire Treasure Pavilion.

"No……"

Standing at the very back, I couldn't help but frown.

Although several pictures were found, none of them were the diagram of the Chilong Cave Formation, and no clues were found either.

The battle formation diagram is not in the Treasure Pavilion.

Chen Shi raised the lantern and looked around the Treasure Pavilion again, letting out a silent sigh.

They're probably not here.

Another disappointment.

With the deadline given by Chilong drawing ever closer, and still no clues about the array diagram, Chen Shi couldn't help but feel anxious once again.

"Phew!"

I took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, which calmed my mind a little.

If I gain it, I am fortunate; if I lose it, it is my fate!

He can't do anything about it if it's not here; getting angry or upset is pointless. He can just keep looking.

Since there is no array diagram, let's choose another treasure.

There's really no reason to hesitate about that.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Shi walked to a bookshelf with several martial arts classics on it.

Unlike those in the library, these are all Xuan-level martial arts!

To be precise, it is a profound-level martial art of the Divine Power Realm.

Yellow-rank martial arts correspond to three realms: Blood Nourishment, Qi Explosion, and Form Condensation, which are also the ninth, eighth, and seventh ranks of martial artists.

The Xuan-rank martial arts correspond to the three realms of Divine Power, Asura, and Incarnation, which are the sixth, fifth, and fourth ranks of martial arts.

Like Yellow-rank martial arts, Profound-rank martial arts are also divided into three grades: lower, middle, and upper. However, Profound-rank martial arts at the Divine Power Realm are an exception, as they are not further divided into higher and lower grades.

The reason is simple: so-called supernatural powers lie in the divine body. Therefore, the strength of the divine body basically determines the strength of one's supernatural power realm. Martial arts are merely an extension of the divine body.

Although there is no division into lower, middle, and upper grades, it doesn't mean that you can just choose any martial art at the Divine Power Realm.

In fact, quite the opposite.

As the saying goes, what suits you best is the strongest.

It is necessary to adapt to the divine body as much as possible in order to unleash the true power of the divine body.

"That's it."

Without hesitation, Chen Shi picked up the book "Changchun Gong".

He now possesses two divine bodies: the Sky-Supporting Body and the Withered Wood Body.

Among them, the Sky-Supporting Divine Body already has a corresponding Xuan-rank martial art called Sky-Supporting First Style. Chen Shi chose the Everlasting Spring Skill, which corresponds to the Withered Wood Divine Body.

The withered tree divine body was a divine body specially bestowed upon the steward by the Jing'an Marquis's mansion. In fact, the "Eternal Spring Skill" was a martial art specially prepared for him by the Jing'an Marquis's mansion.

Turning to the first page, it is marked that it is extremely suitable for those who possess the withered wood divine body to cultivate!

Besides enhancing physical defense, the main advantage of the Withered Wood Divine Body is its self-healing ability. The Everlasting Spring Skill is a martial art that consumes blood and qi to quickly recover from injuries.

Given this, what reason did Chen Shi have to hesitate?

"Once you've made your choice, go outside."

Seeing that Chen Shi had made his choice, the blind old man spoke up.

"it is good."

Chen Shi responded and walked straight out of the Treasure Pavilion.

After exiting the stone gate, Jin Bingren sat in the seat that had been in front of the blind old man, already drowsy. He told Chen Shi to take his time choosing, but he didn't expect Chen Shi to take so long.

Seeing Chen Shi come out, he stretched and stood up, then looked at the martial arts manual in Chen Shi's hand and couldn't help but smile.

"really."