Transcending Heavens: Starting with the Ancient Tomb Sect

The best hunters often enter the fray as the prey.

Originally considering himself a hunter, Yue Que realized the shift in identity between hunter and prey the moment he stepped into the Ancient Tomb and became a disciple of the Ancient Tomb Sect.

He delivered himself right into the hunter's mouth.

However, Yue Que did not give up. Instead, he continued the game. A man should not easily regret his decisions once they are made.

Moreover, the ancient tomb contained Yue Que's target—a fragment of the Nine Yin Manual.

Even now, with Yue Que on the verge of sacrificing himself for the snake, he has not given up.

The disappointed look in Yue Que's eyes as he glanced back at his junior brother Yang Guo was merely an unconscious reaction. Of course, it can't be said that his gaze and feelings were fake.

After all, Yang Guo had been too obedient in the Ancient Tomb.

If Yang Guo's nature had always been like this, he wouldn't have needed to leave Peach Blossom Island at all. This state must have been what Huang Rong liked best.

Until the very end, it's still uncertain who will be the hunter and who will be the prey.

The current state is merely a chaotic and uncertain intermediate state.

soon.

While listening to Xiaolongnu's story, Yue Que followed her to a secret room.

Upon seeing this stone chamber, Yue Que silently recalled his exploration of the ancient tomb over the past six months and thought to himself: So this is where the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra is hidden.

In an instant, like opening a blind box, this unknown map was lit up in my mind.

Therefore, there are not many places where the Nine Yin Manual can be found that can directly reach the underground river.

Click, click!

With a flick of her sleeve, Xiaolongnu struck the stone wall in the shadows, and with a bang, the mechanism clicked open, and the stone chamber door opened.

"Oh, so there's a mechanism here."

Yue Que continued to memorize the information silently, without showing any emotion.

As the stone door opened, and you went inside, it closed automatically.

After Xiaolongnu lit the candle, light suddenly appeared in the dark room. Yue Que squinted uncomfortably, looked up, and saw that the woman standing in the candlelight, combined with her white dress, possessed a unique charm.

Noticing the change in Yue Que's eyes, Xiaolongnu turned around without making a sound, pointed her finger at the ceiling above her head, and said, "That is the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra, the most supreme martial art of our sect."

Upon hearing this, Yue Que looked in the direction Xiaolongnu was pointing and saw the countless symbols and diagrams carved on the ceiling, which was the illustrated version of the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra.

"This is the secret of the Grandmaster's martial arts. She won the Ancient Tomb with her wisdom. In terms of actual skill, she was no match for Wang Chongyang. She created ingenious methods to counter his various martial arts, and they are all engraved here. This is the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra."

"What I taught you before was only a part of the introductory techniques. Once you master the martial arts of your ancestral master, you will naturally surpass those stinking Taoist priests."

That's true, but unfortunately, no one is there to help me.

At this point, Xiaolongnu paused for a moment.

Seeing this, Yue Que knew it was his turn to shine. In an instant, he transformed into the Great Sage Yellow Wind, providing the other party with strong emotional value, and proudly declared, "Aunt, I'm here to help you!"

Little Dragon Girl glared at him and said, "It's just a pity that you're not skilled enough, Que'er."

Unbeknownst to her, Xiaolongnu's way of addressing Yue Que changed from A Que to Que'er, placing him on the same level as Guo'er. The only difference was that the earlier "Guo'er" was merely Yang Guo's self-reference, while "Que'er" was Xiaolongnu's way of referring to him.

It's obvious that Xiaolongnu also responds with emotional value and knows how to engage in a power struggle.

Not skilled enough...

It's definitely not enough. If it were enough, Yue Que would have just taken it by force. Why would he have betrayed the Quanzhen Sect and joined the Ancient Tomb Sect, becoming a pawn in the game?

Then the two brothers were tricked into working as slaves in the ancient tomb for half a year.

Upon hearing this, Yue Que couldn't help but blush, his whole body turning slightly red. He thought to himself that he had really embarrassed the senior transmigrators.

In Xiaolongnu's eyes, Yue Que's face was flushed red with shame.

She continued, "The basics of the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra are easy to learn, but the more advanced parts require two people to practice together and help each other. Back then, the Ancestral Master practiced with my master. She passed away not long after she mastered it, but my master hadn't mastered it yet."

After a brief pause, Yue Que knew it was time for him to give his feedback: "I am your disciple, and I can train with you."

Upon hearing this, Xiaolongnu nodded and pondered for a moment before saying, "Alright, let's take it slowly."

"Compared to Yang Guo, Que'er, you have practiced Quanzhen martial arts for twelve years longer than him, which is a great advantage. In addition, you have mastered other martial arts of our sect, and with the introductory mental cultivation method of the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra that I taught you before, you will be able to cultivate the advanced parts of the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra. We, master and disciple, will figure out how to cultivate it together."

"Que'er, write these down first."

Although his words sounded normal, they gave Yue Que a strange sense of contradiction.

It was a kind of wavering between impatience and hesitation.

Meeting Xiaolongnu's gaze, Yue Que nodded firmly and said, "Okay!" After saying that, he began to seriously memorize the contents of the picture while meeting her gaze.

"I'm well-read; you can't fool me!"

Deep inside Yue Que's heart, a little voice was roaring. From the words just spoken, Yue Que knew that the other party was hiding a lot of things.

The text makes no mention of the problems and precautions that may arise during the practice of the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra.

If I weren't a time traveler, but a native, I would definitely have been tricked just like Yang Guo.

Yang Guo was poorly educated and lacked information, so he was easily fooled by Xiaolongnu in the early stages regarding martial arts.

The issue of the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra has been portrayed countless times in film and television dramas, yet Little Dragon Girl, as the leader of the sect, never mentions it. She knows all the martial arts of the Ancient Tomb Sect except for the hidden fragments of the Nine Yin Manual. Even if there are problems, they are passed down orally by the direct descendants of the sect leader. As the third-generation sect leader, she should know this.

Moreover, Yue Que had the feeling that Xiaolongnu had made great progress in her cultivation of the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra.

However, problems arose during the process.

Furthermore, it should be noted that in the original novel, Yang Guo was unaware of the mechanisms inside the ancient tomb when he left. Xiaolongnu did not even tell Yang Guo the techniques and solutions for hidden weapons such as the Ice Soul Silver Needle.

Not to mention that they are now two fellow disciples.

Now Yue Que has this illusion that Xiaolongnu never intended for him and his junior brother Yang Guo to leave the Ancient Tomb alive.

She herself didn't want to leave.

Staring intently at the stone carvings on the ceiling, Yue Que memorized them while pondering them in secret. As for the lurking gaze, he had the unsettling feeling of being spied on by a ferocious beast. Yue Que knew it was Xiaolongnu's gaze, yet he stood ramrod straight, not daring to turn his head to look, not even entertaining the slightest thought of glancing at her out of the corner of his eye.

Huh?

While memorizing the contents of the manual, Yue Que, under Xiaolongnu's gaze, suddenly remembered something he had subconsciously ignored all along.

Because of his identity as a time traveler, it seems that many of his beliefs have not changed over the past ten years.

During the six months of high-pressure situation, the other party seemed to be blurring the lines between men and women.

Junior Brother Yang Guo was young, and his lack of understanding of the difference between men and women could be explained by his age. In Yue Que's mind, this was not a convincing explanation.

Before being discovered by Guo Jing and Huang Rong, Yang Guo lived a life of petty theft, and he was also handsome with rosy lips and white teeth...

Because the poorer and more destitute people are, the earlier they learn about matters between men and women.

As for himself, he came from the Quanzhen Sect and was a registered Quanzhen Taoist, which required him to abstain from sexual desires, so he naturally did not understand matters between men and women.

A naive young female sect leader who has never left the ancient tomb yet has thoroughly studied the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra; a boy who has lived a poor life since childhood and is unaware of the difference between men and women; and a Quanzhen Taoist who has been registered and needs to practice according to the precepts.

At this moment, Yue Que felt an immense sense of absurdity and irony welling up in his heart.

The ancient tomb in the trench, along with the three of them (master and disciples), was simply too much to bear to look at.

Great acting!

Everyone's putting on an act!!!

P.S.: Here's something many people subconsciously overlook: the poorer the place, the more mature people tend to be about matters of love and sex.

It's quite interesting, to say the least.

I still remember inviting a male classmate to play marbles with me when I was in sixth grade, just like Patrick Star. He told me that he got engaged during the summer vacation and would be getting married in a while. I was dumbfounded!