Flying Dou Technique

Any force that possessed a Secret Realm was bound to be extremely powerful. From his observations beside the spatial passage earlier, Xiao Ming could tell that the space within this Secret Realm was definitely vast, with a great many buildings.

It had surely once been a major sect with countless disciples, yet now it had fallen to the point where no successors remained and corpses lay scattered throughout. It was hard not to sigh at the thought.

These white bones were somewhat concerning.

Yet they did not hinder Xiao Ming's steps. Instead, they made him quicken his pace.

At last, after a quarter of an hour, Xiao Ming reached his destination.

After passing around the final massive tree, over ten meters wide, his view suddenly opened up, revealing a small plaza several dozen meters across.

The plaza was entirely made of white stone, immaculate in color. It bore patterns of birds and beasts, as well as runes similar to those on the Jade Stone Plaza outside.

However, while these runes were somewhat unusual, they did not display the same power as the runes on the Jade Stone Plaza.

A pavilion stood at the end of the plaza. It was constructed entirely from some unknown red wood, and like the surrounding trees, it was exceptionally large.

Standing at the edge of the White Plaza, Xiao Ming narrowed his eyes and carefully examined it. After pondering for a moment, he extended his right hand.

Ling abruptly appeared in his palm.

"Go scout the way," Xiao Ming commanded Ling with Soul Power.

At once, Ling, flickering in his hand, slowly floated up and flew toward the pavilion across the plaza.

"Really nothing?"

Seeing that Ling had drifted into the plaza without suffering any attack, Xiao Ming inwardly sighed in relief.

However, he still did not rashly enter the plaza. After all, the fate of that Da Dou Shi who had stepped onto the Jade Stone Plaza outside was still vivid in his mind.

"Attack the plaza."

He gave Ling another command.

Ling did not hesitate in the slightest after receiving the order. Following a tremor, a green light pillar over ten centimeters wide shot from Ling toward the ground.

Puff!

A faint white light screen appeared, seemingly intending to block Ling's attack. Unfortunately, it lasted for less than a second before Ling forcefully shattered it.

Without the protection of that membrane, the green light pillar easily pierced through the white stone, leaving behind a black hole over ten centimeters wide in the White Plaza.

"It seems that aside from the Jade Stone Plaza outside, this small stone plaza does not have that ability to make people explode into Blood Mist."

After carefully sensing the energy contained within the White Protective Cover just now, Xiao Ming thought to himself.

That energy shield could at most clear away rotten leaves. It was incapable of posing any danger to a person.

Now that he had determined the plaza posed no danger to humans, Xiao Ming ordered Ling to return.

In an instant, Ling reappeared in Xiao Ming's hand, then vanished with a flick of his wrist.

He stepped across the White Plaza without encountering any obstacles and smoothly arrived before the pavilion's main doors.

After glancing at the plaque above the doors, Xiao Ming reached out and pushed open the red wooden doors, which were likewise carved with birds and beasts.

Creak!

The sound of a wooden door opening echoed through the room, which no one had entered for who knew how long, shattering the silence that had lasted for thousands of years.

The first floor of the pavilion was not dark. Moonlight Stones on both sides served as light sources.

As Xiao Ming had expected, the interior of the pavilion was just as enormous as its exterior.

The first floor appeared to be an ordinary living and reception area. Aside from several wooden racks displaying weapons and some seats, there was nothing particularly unusual.

Walking inside, Xiao Ming carefully swept his gaze over the area.

In the end, he failed to discover anything especially valuable.

Left with no choice, he turned his attention to the weapon racks.

He drew the nearest azure sword. Its smooth blade reflected Xiao Ming's face. He lightly flicked the blade with a finger, making it tremble slightly as a pleasant sword cry suddenly rang out.

A fine sword!

As a swordsman himself, Xiao Ming had considerable insight into swords.

This was a fine sword whose material was no inferior to his Fifth Tier Magic Core Sword. Other than lacking an embedded Magic Core, it was not inferior in any other respect.

Even the long years of silence within the pavilion had not affected it in the slightest.

"Just this sword alone makes the trip worthwhile." Xiao Ming happily stored the sword in his Na Ring.

He then turned his gaze toward the other weapons on the rack.

"Two more spears, two broadswords, and a Curved Saber. Heh, not bad, not bad. Since they were placed alongside the longsword, their quality surely isn't much worse. Although none of them have Magic Cores either, they should still be worth several hundred thousand gold coins."

After cheerfully storing these items in his Na Ring, Xiao Ming turned his attention to the passage leading to the second floor.

Upon reaching the second floor, Xiao Ming found that there were many rooms.

He casually pushed open one room and searched it for a while, but found nothing valuable.

Xiao Ming was not discouraged and moved on to search the next room.

He searched the rooms one by one. Before long, Xiao Ming had finished searching the second floor and returned to the stairway.

He also had several bottles and jars, along with two scrolls, in his hands.

He first placed the items on the floor, opened a medicine bottle, and poured its contents into his palm. A dull Medicinal Pellet appeared in his hand.

He brought it to his nose and sniffed it, feeling somewhat disappointed.

"The grade is too low, and it was not stored properly. Its medicinal properties have completely dissipated."

As he spoke, Xiao Ming shook his head.

On the Dou Qi Continent, one could not exactly say that everything had an expiration date.

But it was absolutely true that all low-grade items had one.

Medicinal pellets had fairly long shelf lives, but if they were not properly preserved, their medicinal properties could easily fade away.

The lower the grade of the medicinal pellet, the more this was the case.

Only high-grade medicinal pellets with spirituality were unaffected by time. Instead, they grew increasingly potent as time passed.

The medicinal pellet in Xiao Ming's hand was certainly not a high-grade one. Without proper preservation, it had already become a useless pellet.

Xiao Ming's sigh was not because he regretted failing to obtain a low-grade medicinal pellet. Such medicinal pellets might be precious to others, but to an Alchemist like him, they were nothing.

He sighed because he had never seen this kind of medicinal pellet before. It counted as an ancient medicinal pellet, and if its medicinal properties had remained, he could have studied it. That would have benefited his Alchemy Technique.

But now that these medicinal pellets had become useless pellets, they no longer held any research value.

Xiao Ming casually tossed the useless pellet onto the ground, then opened the other bottles. Their contents were much the same.

He sighed again and casually discarded those items at his feet.

Holding one ancient scroll in each hand, Xiao Ming first looked at the Fire Jade Colored Scroll in his right hand.

"Fire Attribute Profound Tier High Grade Cultivation Method, Spirit Flame Technique."

Looking at the large words written on the scroll, Xiao Ming curled his lips.

Ever since acquiring the Spirit Nourishing Technique, he had long since lost interest in other Cultivation Methods. Perhaps only the Flame Mantra in Old Man Yao's possession could make him take a few extra glances.

This Fire Attribute Xuan Tier Cultivation Method was not completely useless. At the very least, it could add to his collection, making it far better than those useless pellets.

After placing the scroll into his Na Ring, Xiao Ming looked at the other Azure Ancient Scroll.

A line of large words was clearly written on it: "Yellow Tier High Grade Flying Dou Technique: Azure Peregrine Falcon Wings."