Chapter 5
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Chapter 5: Definitely Something Strange
\"Cough, cough…\"
Ye Xu coughed lightly, his heart swelling with delight.
His careful plotting hadn’t been in vain. This fish had finally taken the bait.
\"System, query where in the Southern Wilderness there are Divine Medicines or lucky chances that can help someone attain Godhood,\" Ye Xu thought inwardly.
Ding!
\"After querying, the System found twenty-seven locations that meet the host\’s requirements.\"
\"Unsurpassed Divine Mountain: Requires 200,000 heavenly secrets points to query specific location.\"
\"Tomb of the Battle Saint: Requires 30,000 heavenly secrets points to query specific location.\"
\"Cave of the Ziwei Saint: Requires 20,000 heavenly secrets points to query specific location.\"
…
\"Kunlun Valley: Requires 1,200 heavenly secrets points to query specific location.\"
Ye Xu felt his scalp prickle.
These lucky chances were almost all undiscovered; perhaps waiting for the right time, or perhaps waiting for a destined person.
And these were only within the boundaries of the Southern Wilderness.
Looking at the entire Yuan Realm, there were probably even bigger and more plentiful lucky chances and Secret Realms.
\"Those places? I\’ll develop them later. For now, Kunlun Valley is the cheapest. I can only choose it.\"
Ye Xu looked at Qin Haishan, revealing a meaningful smile.
This was definitely a fat sheep.
Qin Haishan felt apprehensive. He always found Ye Xu\’s gaze rather odd.
\"Elder, have you found a way?\" Qin Haishan asked cautiously.
Ahem!
Ye Xu coughed once, speaking with grave seriousness: \"The operation of Heaven\’s Dao cannot escape my deductions. How could a mere method to attain Godhood possibly stump me?\"
\"Remember, in Heaven\’s Secret Pavilion, there is nothing I do not know.\"
\"Please guide me, Elder.\" Qin Haishan said excitedly.
Ye Xu sat in his high-back armchair, his index finger lightly tapping the armrest, looking at Qin Haishan with a faint, inscrutable smile.
\"This junior was negligent.\"
Qin Haishan suddenly came to his senses. There was no such thing as a free lunch in this world.
To gain a lucky chance, one must pay a price.
\"Elder, this is a second-tier divine weapon refined by this junior. Please accept it.\"
Qin Haishan presented a divine dagger.
\"Another second-tier divine weapon…\" Ye Xian\’er\’s eyes lit up.
\"Glazed Divine Dagger (second-tier divine weapon), valued at two hundred heavenly secrets points.\"
Second-tier divine weapons also varied in quality. This Glazed Divine Dagger was clearly more powerful than that battle halberd, able to be exchanged for twice as many heavenly secrets points.
\"Only two hundred heavenly secrets points?\"
Ye Xu frowned.
To investigate Kunlun Valley required twelve hundred heavenly secrets points. He currently had only three hundred on him, which was far from sufficient.
Moreover, he couldn\’t reveal heavenly secrets for nothing and face divine retribution; at least, he needed to make a profit.
Beside him, Qin Haishan saw Ye Xu frown and felt a pang in his heart, knowing that Ye Xu was dissatisfied with his offering.
Gritting his teeth, he took off the Qian Kun Ring and handed it to Ye Xu.
\"Senior, this is all I have saved.\"
Ye Xu sent his thoughts into the Qian Kun Ring.
Inside were two more second-tier divine weapons, dozens of bottles of pills, over ten top-quality spiritual treasures, and a set of formation diagrams. Converted, they were worth eight hundred heavenly secrets points.
Even for the Kunlun Valley inquiry, he was still a hundred points short.
\"Beneath the heavenly gods, all are ants,\" Ye Xu said lightly. \"It seems Daoist friend still doesn\’t understand the true meaning of that phrase.\"
\"Or perhaps, Daoist friend doubts the accuracy of my informstion?\"
\"I dare not,\" Qin Haishan said fearfully.
\"Daoist friend, how can worldly possessions compare to one\’s own strength?\" Ye Xu chuckled. \"And if the information from my Heaven\’s Secret Pavilion is mistaken, you can always return to me, and I\’ll give all your things back in full.\"
\"Senior, you flatter me,\" Qin Haishan said.
Qin Haishan smiled bitterly.
Since stepping into Heaven\’s Secret Pavilion, he hadn\’t had a moment of peace; he almost perished. Even if the news were false, he could only swallow the bitterness silently, bearing the hardship himself.
But Qin Haishan reconsidered: what if it was true?
Then he could leap up to become a heavenly god, standing high above, his life span greatly increased.
Ye Xu wasn\’t in a hurry and calmly waited for Qin Haishan to make his choice.
He had long deduced everything about Qin Haishan and knew his true trump card.
\"I\’ll gamble on it!\" Qin Haishan said.
Gritting his teeth, Qin Haishan pulled a scroll from his Purple Palace space. The scroll was bright yellow all over, emitting an Imperial Presence, extraordinary in appearance.
\"Senior, this is the Great Zhou Divine Empire\’s state-protected technique, the Bright Emperor\’s Mystic Capital Heart Sutra. Though it\’s incomplete, it\’s a sage-level heart technique, and I hope it gains your favor.\"
\"Bright Emperor\’s Mystic Capital Heart Sutra, valued at six hundred heavenly secrets points.\"
Ye Xu\’s expression flickered slightly.
Six hundred heavenly secrets points sufficiently proved the power of this heart technique.
Bear in mind, this was an incomplete heart technique.
In her astonishment, Ye Xian\’er felt agitated and indignant.
At Tianxin Sect, she had never seen a handwritten copy of the Heavenly Sovereign\’s Profound Capital Heart Sutra. This proved Qin Haishan had always kept it hidden on his person and never turned it over to the sect.
Ye Xian\’er felt nothing but contempt.
\"That\’s exactly right.\"
Ye Xu accepted the scroll, saying, \"To be frank, Daoist friend Qin, deducing heavenly secrets invites divine retribution upon me. That\’s precisely why the price is so steep.\"
\"But I guarantee you\’ll get more than your money\’s worth.\"
All the items transformed into heavenly secrets points in an instant.
One thousand seven hundred points in total.
A truly huge catch indeed.
Deducting the points needed to inquire about Kunlun Valley, five hundred points remained—a lucrative windfall.
\’A single Qin Haishan is worth sixty Qi Hongchous. These old-timers are indeed reliable,\’ Ye Xu thought to himself.
\"System, inquire about all information regarding Kunlun Valley.\"
Ding!
[Deducted one thousand two hundred heavenly secrets points. Inquiry for Kunlun Valley information successful.]
[Kunlun Valley is the ruins left behind after the destruction of the Kunlun Sect one thousand three hundred years ago. After the fall of one of the Kunlun Sect’s Heavenly Gods, their divine blood nourished a Medicinal King. Over one thousand three hundred years, this medicinal plant matured into the divine herb, Seven Star Heavenly Treasure Lotus. Ingesting the seven lotuses seeds allows one to shed their mortal form and achieve the body of a Heavenly God.]
[Kunlun Valley is guarded by the Great Five Elements Sword Formation.]
[Attached: Diagram of the Great Five Elements Sword Formation.]
\"Daoist friend Qin, I have deduced it.\"
Ye Xu stood with hands clasped behind his back, recorded all the information onto a jade slip, and tossed it to Qin Haishan.
\"This jade slip imprints all the information you wish to know.\"
\"Take this slip immediately to your destination. With the method to break the formation, you can enter the secret realm.\"
\"There’s even a way to break the formation?\"
Qin Haishan’s eyes widened in astonishment.
\"Naturally.\"
Ye Xu smiled. \"This formation is called the Great Five Elements Sword Formation. Given your abilities, you wouldn’t get past it without the method to break it.\"
\"Since I promised to help you attain godhood, I shall see this assistance through to the end.\"
Qin Haishan cautiously took the jade slip, treating it as a priceless treasure.
This one jade slip had cost him his entire life’s savings.
\"Do not delay.\"
Ye Xu said, \"If you arrive late, I cannot guarantee the opportunity will still be there.\"
\"My deepest gratitude, Elder…\"
Qin Haishan repeatedly kowtowed. \"This junior shall go at once.\"
Upon stepping out of Heaven\’s Secret Pavilion, the terrifying oppressive force instantly vanished without a trace.
Unlike the towering murderous intent he arrived with, Qin Haishan performed a reverent bow towards the pavilion, his posture humbled to the extreme—like a tepid junior bidding farewell to a respected elder.
This scene left the nearby cultivators utterly dumbfounded.
The City Lord of Linglong stared, stupefied. \"Is that… truly the Second Elder of Tianxin Sect?\"
What had become of that Qin Haishan who radiated such fierce arrogance?
Hadn’t he held a blood feud with Heaven\’s Secret Pavilion for the death of his disciple?
Why was he now showing such deference?
Qin Haishan cast a deep glance back at Heaven\’s Secret Pavilion, gripping the jade slip in his hand tightly. It felt like a lifetime had passed.
Everything that had just happened felt like a dream.
A lifetime’s savings, exchanged for this seemingly ordinary jade slip.
Qin Haishan’s heart convulsed violently.
\"Hah!\"
He exhaled a long breath and, following the direction indicated by the jade slip, transformed into a streak of light soaring towards the southeast.
Only long after Qin Haishan had departed did the crowd snap back to reality.
The City Lord of Linglong’s gaze turned back towards Heaven\’s Secret Pavilion.
\"This Heaven\’s Secret Pavilion… there\’s definitely something bizarre about it.\"
