I became a Sword Emperor in the Martial Arts World

Chapter 38 Whose ancestral grave are you going to dig up again?

Martial arts families want to remain forever superior, while commoner martial arts families want to rise to power. What they are fighting for is the various rare treasures flowing out of the secret realms, making their conflict irreconcilable.

Ye Qingzhou saw through this perfectly, but had no intention of taking sides.

Although Ye Qingzhou is classified as a commoner martial artist based on his background, Ye Xiangyang's experience shows that commoner martial artists are not united, and getting involved might lead to being shot in the back.

In Ye Qingzhou's view, the only one you can truly rely on on the path of martial arts is yourself.

Brother Wen.

"what?"

"Do me a favor."

Tell me about it.

"There's a treasure I can't retrieve myself; could you help me dig it out?"

"Holy crap! Whose ancestral grave are you trying to dig up, kid?"

"I didn't ask you to plunder tombs, I just asked you to dig things out of the ground. I've sent you the location."

"What are you up to all this time, so secretive?"

Huang Liwen complained a lot, but he didn't say he wouldn't help.

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The Xu family mansion boasts a luxurious courtyard filled with birdsong, fragrant flowers, pavilions, and terraces.

Xu Yunxi had just finished a fierce battle in the dock area and was exhausted. She was recuperating at home and had some rare free time, so she called Xu Yuebing over and asked about the whereabouts of the Divine Sword Jade Book.

"I didn't want to ask too many questions at the Martial Arts Association that day. Where exactly did Ye Qingzhou hide the item?"

Xu Yuebing had promised Ye Qingzhou to keep the secret, so even when Xu Yunxi asked, she pursed her lips and didn't reveal it.

"Well, daughters grow up and leave home. She told me before that there weren't any boys she liked at No. 1 High School, and now she's siding with outsiders?"

"sister!"

"But as expected of my sister, she has excellent taste."

Even Xu Yunxi was amazed by Ye Qingzhou's talent and comprehension. However, because Ye Qingzhou was too outstanding, she couldn't help but worry: "He dares to fight to the death in the face of a desperate situation, and he is decisive in his actions. He can kill a professional fifth-level expert with his sword. With such a ruthless nature, I am a little worried that you will not be able to control him."

"Sis! What nonsense are you talking about? My relationship with Ye Qingzhou isn't what you think."

"Hehe, so you've even fooled your sister now? Your Flying Frost Sword is in his hands, do you think I'm blind? Actually, you don't need to worry about anything. In our Linjiang Xu family, women have always been in charge. You can like whoever you want. At worst, you can find a husband for him. He has a clean family background, is exceptionally talented, and is qualified to be my brother-in-law."

Xu Yunxi not only had no intention of breaking up the couple, but was actually quite supportive.

The Xu family of Linjiang has a secret bone-forging technique called Ice Skin Jade Bone, and the resulting cultivation body is called Profound Yin Limitless Body. Only women can cultivate it, which is why the Xu family is dominated by women.

Therefore, daughters of the Xu family never marry outside the family, and Xu Yuebing does not need to accept any family-arranged marriage; she can freely choose her own partner.

"Sis, please don't ask anymore. I promised him I wouldn't tell anyone."

Seeing this, Xu Yunxi did not criticize her harshly. She had practiced a high-level martial art herself, called the "Formless Sword Scripture". The sword energy was formless and shapeless, ever-changing and incredibly mysterious. Therefore, she did not covet the "Divine Sword Jade Book" in Ye Qingzhou's hands.

She merely reminded Xu Yuebing: "The Divine Sword Jade Scroll comes from the ruins of the Divine Feather Sword Sect. It often records a high-level martial art and is extremely valuable. There are probably quite a few people who covet it. Ye Qingzhou had better hand it over as soon as possible, otherwise he might get into trouble."

"Oh? It's that serious?"

Upon hearing about the risks involved, Xu Yuebing immediately turned pale, feeling worried for Ye Qingzhou.

Xu Yunxi sighed helplessly: "Otherwise, do you really think I'm after your little bit of stuff?"

Then Xu Yunxi couldn't help but ask curiously, "That kid Ye Qingzhou is really something! I heard He Zhongyang sent people to dig up the place, almost leveling half a hill, but they still couldn't find it. Where did you hide it?"

Xu Yuebing still didn't say anything. Only she and Ye Qingzhou knew that the Divine Sword Jade Book was hidden under the Blood Raven's corpse. Before the Martial Arts Association arrived, Ye Qingzhou specially dug a deep pit, buried the item, and used the blood flowing from the corpse to cover it up, so no one would have thought that the treasure was hidden right under their noses.

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The men sent by He Zhongyang to monitor Ye Qingzhou waited for three whole days, but all their efforts were in vain. In the end, they could only leave cursing.

Jiangshan Dijin, Villa No. 168.

Huang Liwen rode his bicycle to find Ye Qingzhou. As soon as he entered the door, he threw his schoolbag at Ye Qingzhou: "Here you go, the things are in there."

After saying that, he ran to the refrigerator, skillfully took out a can of soda, and chugged it down: "Ah~ That feels so good, I'm so tired."

Seeing the jade scroll in his hand, which looked like a bamboo slip, Ye Qingzhou's face lit up with a smile: "You've really worked hard this time, Brother Wen."

"What kind of junk is this? I can't understand a single word on it."

Huang Liwen couldn't help but complain that if it weren't for the fact that the jade book seemed to be made of a valuable material, he would have thought that Ye Qingzhou was a fool who had been cheated by a vendor selling fake antiques.

"This is a priceless martial arts manual."

Ye Qingzhou gently stroked the surface of the "Divine Sword Jade Book". The pale blue jade slip felt warm to the touch, but it was also a bit "prickly" to the touch, as if he were being electrocuted.

"To be able to carve sword intent onto jade is truly a divine skill! No wonder it attracted the fierce competition between the two major forces, the Divine Gang Path and the Heart Fiend Stream. If I hadn't gathered all my essence, energy, and spirit to unleash that sword strike that made me forget myself in the face of danger, I probably wouldn't have been able to trigger the sword intent on the jade scroll to resonate."

In fact, the "Divine Sword Jade Book" is not a martial arts technique, or rather, the technique is not recorded in the text of the jade book.

If a scholar from the Eastern Kingdom were to attempt to decipher the inscription on the jade scroll, he would only obtain a legendary story about the Divine Feather Sword Emperor.

The true inheritance is a sword intent message left in the jade book by the Divine Feather Sword Emperor.

This sword intent can only be passed down through "heart-to-heart connection," meaning that only when a practitioner's own sword intent can trigger the sword intent left by the Divine Feather Sword Emperor in the jade book can he be qualified to receive the martial arts inheritance.

Seeing Ye Qingzhou engrossed in examining the jade book, Huang Liwen couldn't help but wonder, "When did you learn oracle bone script on your own? Can you even read the characters on it?"

"can't read."

"Damn, if you don't understand it, how come you're watching it with such interest?"

"You don't understand. What I'm reading isn't words, but the intent of the sword."

Holding the Divine Sword Jade Book in his hands, Ye Qingzhou was mesmerized. The sword intent left by the Divine Feather Sword Emperor on the jade book was so profound and extraordinary that it captivated him.

At the same time, Ye Qingzhou also obtained the secret teachings of the Heart Sword contained in the sword intent left behind by the Divine Feather Sword Emperor.

With mind-to-mind communication, Ye Qingzhou quickly deciphered the information, and lines of text appeared in his mind, which turned out to be the general outline of a super-level martial arts technique.

(End of this chapter)