Transcending Heavens: Starting with the Ancient Tomb Sect

The group was originally going to stay here for a while longer.

Originally, they chose to live in seclusion there temporarily because the Sword Tomb was a hidden place and they believed that the darkest place was the darkest.

After Bai Diao reunited with Huang Rong, the female strategist, Yue Que knew it was time to leave Xiangyang.

While watching her senior sister, the Red Serpent Fairy, brutally beat her, even Lu Wushuang, who had a good relationship with her senior sister, did not step forward to speak up for her this time.

Seeing that Li Mochou's whisk was indeed powerful and that she hadn't held back much, Yue Que decided against exchanging it for a bamboo whip. He then decided to avoid looking at the eagle for the time being and prepared to lead the group away.

However, unlike when he came to Xiangyang before, this time Yue Que decided to try to go to remote places and take back roads when he left.

Then we headed northwest towards Zhongnan Mountain.

After a series of screams until her voice was almost hoarse, the Crimson Serpent Fairy finally let go.

Then he pulled Hong Lingbo up from the ground, picked up the package that had fallen to the ground, and casually tossed a bottle of wound medicine to Lu Wushuang who was standing next to him before turning around and walking towards Yue Que and Xiaolongnu who were standing in front of him.

The package contained the snake gallbladder that the group had obtained by catching the Bodhi snake near the Sword Tomb, but it was dry, not wet.

The reason for this is that the Scarlet Fairy, who already had a remarkable talent in the art of poison, discovered that while swallowing snake gallbladders could aid in cultivation and improve one's meridians, these snake gallbladders also brought considerable side effects.

The reason why Brother Diao looked like that before was because he often ate snake gallbladders.

Therefore, such unbridled and indiscriminate consumption is the most wasteful approach.

Come to think of it, that's how eagles eat, not how humans eat.

Even if Dugu Qiubai were still alive, he wouldn't have chosen to eat like this.

Living in seclusion is one thing, but it doesn't mean becoming a hermit.

Combining Yue Que's learning during his time at Quanzhen Sect with the dual cultivation of poison and medicine by Fairy Chi Lian, the two decided to use the snake gall as the main ingredient in alchemy.

We need to find other high-quality medicines to combine with snake bile in order to create a potent drug.

At the very least, it could become the most treasured item in an ancient tomb.

As for whether or not the Bodhi snake will be completely devoured...

That's an oversimplification.

The one with the biggest appetite here is definitely the eagle.

Next are Lu Wushuang and Hong Lingbo.

Yue Que, Xiaolongnu, and Li Mochou were the three who ate the least.

Even with Brother Diao's relentless killing over the years, the number of Bodhi snakes hasn't decreased. As long as it's not intentional, net-like hunting, Yue Que isn't worried about the number of Bodhi snakes.

Rather than extracting snake gallbladders, most people ate snake meat supplemented with other fruits or wild game such as fish and shrimp.

"What a pity."

The Crimson Fairy turned her gaze back towards the direction of the Sword Tomb, feeling only regret that this precious land had been forced to be abandoned.

"Uncle-Master, you don't need to worry about that."

"That will also be our ancient tomb."

Faced with the vast treasure land of Sword Tomb, Yue Que chose the same approach as his ancestor: to seize and occupy it by force.

Especially now that the head of the Sword Tomb, Divine Eagle, has been taken away by him.

So, through some maneuvering, this sword mound also became an asset of the ancient tomb.

This place must be a branch site of the ancient tomb.

At this moment, the person in charge of the branch base was none other than his junior brother, Yang Guo.

Yue Que couldn't help but look back in the direction Huang Rong had left, thinking to himself, "You, the female Zhuge Liang, are so slow that if you're slow, you'll be slow in everything."

Because of Yang Kang's affair, Huang Rong will naturally be at a disadvantage.

Unlike Yang Kang's cold-heartedness, his junior brother Yang Guo was a person of deep feelings and true character.

Madam Guo might realize it soon, but it will be too late compared to Yue Que.

Upon hearing this, Li Mochou thought of Yang Guo, the Ancient Tomb disciple who was currently wandering outside—but she wondered what this weak and pitiful junior disciple was feeling at this moment, caught between Yue Que and the female strategist Zhuge Liang.

What were Yang Guo's feelings?

That's the feeling of being in a ditch!

Beside the Sword Tomb, Yang Guo was wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, leaning against a large tree, feeling weak all over, his heart pounding wildly.

"Senior brother, aunt."

"you!"

"But it didn't say there was anything like that here!"

Yang Guo's gaze was fixed on the long, winding ditch in front of him, as if afraid that thing had appeared again.

It was a giant python.

Yang Guo had never seen such a large snake in his entire life.

If Yang Guo hadn't been vigilant enough and possessed high martial arts skills, an ordinary person who accidentally wandered into this place would have become the giant python's meal.

The giant python was as thick as a large bowl, more than two zhang long, and taller than a person when it stood up.

Their sudden appearance startled Yang Guo so much that he almost thought he was still in Zhongnan Mountain, and that the people from the Ancient Tomb had revealed themselves here. This made Yang Guo believe that the rumors about the Xiangyang Treasury Silver Case were not false.

After exchanging blows with it for several rounds, Yang Guo realized that this giant python was very strong and could be considered a master.

This is no ordinary, common item.

At this moment, Yang Guo understood.

It turned out that the "spirit" my senior brother was referring to was this magical python.

Observing the changes in the python's posture, Yang Guo was certain that this creature possessed remarkable intelligence.

This snake is truly miraculous.

Recalling the exchange just now, Yang Guo felt a surge of interest. If he could capture this snake, it would indeed be a fortunate thing.

Moreover, Yang Guo felt that he was the chosen one at this moment.

Even if my senior brother Yue Que were here, it wouldn't work.

Neither the Quanzhen School nor the Ancient Tomb School possesses the art of snake control.

But he, Yang Guo, would.

This secret technique was taught to me when I ran into my godfather Ouyang Feng again.

Although he hadn't put in much effort before, Yang Guo's powerful memory still allowed him to thoroughly remember his adoptive father Ouyang Feng's teachings, and he didn't forget them.

At the time, Yang Guo was thinking that this snake-controlling technique wasn't very effective, since it couldn't be used to control the people in the Ancient Tomb, and might even get him beaten up. While pondering its limited use, Yang Guo then discovered the wonderful application of his adoptive father's snake-controlling technique.

"I, Yang Guo, am determined to capture this giant python."

Yang Guo decided to take on this giant snake head-on and would not give up until he had tamed it.

obviously.

Yang Guo channeled his feelings about some people in the Ancient Tomb into motivation and used them on this giant snake.

After waiting for a long time and listening intently, Yang Guo finally relaxed a little after the giant python did not launch a sneak attack. Then he headed towards the direction his senior brother Yue Que had indicated.

soon.

Yang Guo then came to a large tree with a canopy shaped like a vegetable. He first tapped on the trunk, and heard a dull sound.

After circling the tree once, Yang Guo finally used his lightness skill to leap up and discovered something different at a branch halfway up the tree.

The sound was no longer muffled, but rather seemed spacious, and Yang Guo knew he had found the place.

Upon opening the lid, Yang Guo realized that it was a hole that had been carved out with a sword.

Instead of reaching in directly, he broke off a branch and poked it inside. Finding nothing of any kind, he then reached in and took out what was hidden inside.

Yang Guo actually found the gift left by his senior brother.

It was something wrapped in half of a Taoist robe.

Yang Guo took a look at the robe and recognized it; it was the hem of the robe worn by his senior uncle, the Red Serpent Fairy.

"Tsk!"

Shaking his head, Yang Guo suppressed his urge to imagine what that scene would be like.

After opening the package, Yang Guo finally discovered what was inside.

On top of the table was a letter.

Yang Guo didn't read the letter first, but instead picked up the things below.

This single glance left Yang Guo completely stunned.

It is the complete Nine Yin Manual and the first seven levels of the compiled esoteric Buddhist technique, Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill.

"Senior brother, you..."

Yang Guo felt a tingling sensation all over his body, an invisible emotion striking his heart. His eyes welled up with tears, and he felt a sudden gust of wind, as if sand had gotten into the corner of his eye.

Taking a deep breath and forcibly suppressing the surging emotions in his heart, Yang Guo did not look at the manual, but instead picked up the letter, opened it, and began to read.

Upon seeing this, Yang Guo suppressed his emotions halfway through.

The letter roughly explained where this place was, introduced the Sword Tomb, and granted Yang Guo the position of leader of a branch of the Ancient Tomb Sect.

The letter also mentioned the effects of the gallbladder of the Bodhi snake, saying that using it to cultivate the Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu would have unique effects.

Yang Guo was deeply moved by this, and he decided that he would definitely teach his senior brother the Toad Skill that his adoptive father had given him when he had the chance.

The感动 (moving feeling) ends there, because at the very end of the letter, Senior Brother Yue Que wrote about an idea that had flashed into his mind.

Upon seeing this, Yang Guo felt a wave of dizziness and couldn't help but exclaim, "Just as I thought!"

The letter contained—

It's a pity that I, your senior brother, couldn't find that giant snake. If I had, I would have caught it, peeled off its belly skin, hidden the secret manual inside, and then sewed it back up.

Then it was used as a test for the senior and junior brothers.

"Senior brother~"

"You don't treat me, your junior brother, as an outsider, but you don't treat me, Yang Guo, as a human being either!"

"As things stand now, it truly is a sign of divine intervention!"