Mysterious Jade Pendant

Lu Ming carefully took out the book, finding its material rather peculiar, seemingly not ordinary paper.

He then thought about it; the owner of the stone coffin had already turned into withered bones, yet these two books showed no signs of decay. They weren't damp or moldy, but felt quite tough to the touch, so they must be special.

After a few more glances, Lu Ming stopped paying attention to the book's material and began to read.

The first book was quite thick. Opening the hard cover, dense text suddenly appeared. He glanced at it briefly and shook his head in disappointment.

As expected, he didn't recognize the characters on it.

The reason for saying "as expected" was that the original host, being an orphaned beggar, was certainly illiterate.

As for himself, he had somewhat hoped the book would contain characters from his past life; even ancient Chinese, he could understand.

Now, he was somewhat disappointed. The script displayed in the book was one he had never seen before.

"It seems after solving the problem of food and clothing, I'll first need to find a way to learn the language. Otherwise, even with peerless divine skills, they'd be useless if I can't understand them."

Lu Ming thought to himself, quickly adjusted his mindset, and continued flipping through, searching for any illustrations.

Perhaps he could understand some of those.

In a short while, he finished flipping through the first book page by page. It was a book purely of text, with no illustrations.

Not disappointed, he began to flip through the second book.

Compared to the first, this one was much thinner. Upon opening it, only three large characters greeted his eyes.

Although he still didn't recognize them, an oppressive feeling that suddenly washed over him made him realize this book was by no means simple.

It was very likely the martial arts manual he had been hoping for.

So, he eagerly turned to the second page.

It was still text, but this time, there was a picture below it: a small figure sitting cross-legged with its five senses directed towards the heavens.

Lu Ming stared for a long time, examining it closely, but still couldn't make heads or tails of it. He then turned to the third page.

It was another piece of text accompanied by a drawing of a small figure. The text was still incomprehensible, but the drawing had changed.

This time, a line appeared on the figure, seemingly representing meridians.

"It really seems to be a martial arts manual."

Seeing the illustration, Lu Ming became more certain, his breathing unconsciously quickening. After all, this was his first encounter with something like this, which existed only in fantasy in his past life and was extremely difficult to obtain in this one.

So, he quickly flipped to the back.

This time, he flipped through more slowly, wanting to savor it even if he couldn't understand.

Soon, he had flipped through more than half of the book. The content that appeared afterward was completely different from the beginning.

Besides the text, there were also the states of the small figures.

These figures were no longer sitting cross-legged but were holding a long saber, striking various poses.

"It seems this is indeed a martial arts manual. The beginning should be an internal cultivation technique, and the latter part a saber technique."

After finishing, Lu Ming was completely convinced. He decided he needed to learn the written language of this world as soon as possible.

He also needed to find a place like a medical clinic to learn about the human body's meridians.

He could imagine that for his current situation, completing these two tasks would be a difficult process, and perhaps impossible in the short term.

But at least he now had a goal to strive for.

The worst thing for a person is to have no direction, and he now had a clear one.

His thoughts settled, Lu Ming closed the books. He now planned to find a safe place to hide them and retrieve them later.

However, just as he was about to get up, something unexpected happened. For some reason, he suddenly felt a burning sensation in his chest.

"What's going on?"

Lu Ming was startled and quickly pulled open his thin cloth shirt to check. He saw that on his chest, which had been frozen black and blue, a jade pendant pattern had suddenly appeared.

"Is this that jade pendant?"

Lu Ming was even more surprised because he was extremely familiar with this jade pendant pattern. It was one he had collected from an antique market in his past life.

In his past life, his family was wealthy, and his hobbies were diverse. He enjoyed collecting all sorts of strange and unusual items.

This jade pendant was one of them.

He just didn't know why it appeared here, and it seemed to have burrowed into his body.

"Could it be that my sudden transmigration is because of you?"

Lu Ming was very confused, staring intently at his chest, wanting to know the answer. However, no one answered him. Instead, in the next instant, his vision suddenly went black.

Then, when he could see again, he found himself in a mysterious space.

"Where is this? Is anyone here?"

The space was empty, seemingly boundless. Although Lu Ming guessed it was inside the jade pendant, he still called out.

His voice echoed far away, and no one answered, but something changed.

A figure suddenly appeared in front of him. To his surprise, judging by its appearance and build, the figure was himself.

It was also tattered, the only difference being that it continuously emitted golden light.

"Truly strange."

Lu Ming muttered to himself, not acting rashly, but instead staring intently at the golden figure.

After appearing, the golden figure did not speak. Instead, it directly sat down cross-legged, with its palms facing the sky, and then began to perform various movements.

"This is... the martial arts manual I was just flipping through!"

Looking at the figure, Lu Ming was greatly surprised because the movements it was making were not unfamiliar to him. They were clearly consistent with the little figures in the book he had just seen.

As expected, next, the golden figure suddenly produced a saber in its hand and began to practice the saber techniques recorded in the latter part of the book.

The only difference from the little figures in the drawing was that this was a real person demonstrating this saber technique.

The golden figure's movements at the beginning were not fast, and he could still see them clearly. However, they became faster and faster afterward, to the point where he could only see afterimages and hear the "swish swish" sound of the saber cutting through the air.

After that, he could not even see shadows, nor could he hear any sound.

Only occasionally would an incredibly powerful saber energy be unleashed.

Since it could not cause any destruction here, he could not directly feel how strong this saber technique was. However, judging by the length of the saber energy, it was not weak.

This was a truly dozens of meters long great saber.

Especially the last strike, it had not yet been unleashed, nor was it aimed at him, but he felt as if that strike had already firmly locked onto him.

It was as if the entire space was the target of that strike.

He didn't know why he had this feeling.

Finally, for some unknown reason, that strike was not unleashed. The golden figure sheathed its saber and stood up, turning towards Lu Ming.

Lu Ming also looked at the other party. He guessed in his heart that the appearance of this golden figure was meant to teach him this set of cultivation techniques and saber techniques.

He could also guess that what had just happened was merely a demonstration, not actual teaching.

Otherwise, there was no way he could learn it through such a method.

As expected, after the golden figure sheathed its saber and stood up, it paused briefly before suddenly transforming into a golden light and shooting towards him.

Lu Ming instinctively raised his hand to block. When he lowered his hand, he suddenly found himself back in that place where a cold wind was blowing, and a surge of information suddenly appeared in his mind.

He quickly checked and discovered that it contained all the information about that cultivation technique and saber technique. It was concise and easy to understand, as if it had been engraved in his mind.

"You are truly not simple."

After quickly reviewing it, Lu Ming looked at his chest again. The jade pendant pattern on it had long since disappeared. Perhaps it would reappear when he encountered the next secret manual.

He touched it, and Lu Ming looked up at the sky. He felt that too much time had been wasted, and it was more important to hide his belongings and enter the city.

So he quickly got up.