Returning to the manor without a sound, Meng Zhao did not alert anyone. He merely went alone to the study, lit the lantern, flooding the room with light, then opened the secret box he had stolen from Zhou Gushan.
Although Meng Zhao had not witnessed Zhou Gushan's entire cultivation process, nor did he know what the secret box contained, that did not stop him from making his own guesses.
His fingertips were like blades. A thread of dense force, humming like an electric saw, sliced through the copper lock hanging from the box, severing it directly. With a crack, the lock fell onto the desk.
Opening the secret box, he saw three martial arts manuals stacked inside. The first was titled Great Demon Subduing Fist.
The corners of Meng Zhao's lips lifted. This result had not exceeded his expectations; rather, it confirmed his suspicions.
After taking out all three manuals and spreading them across the tabletop, he found that they were the three Buddhist Supreme Skills derived from one of Buddhism's highest divine arts—the Immovable Wisdom King Subduing Demon Great Hand Seal.
It could be said that even if Meng Zhao had gained nothing substantial from the Zhou Family this time, these three manuals alone meant he had profited enormously. They represented an entire set of top-tier Buddhist Divine Skills now in his possession.
For three generations, the Zhou Family had been studying how to merge these three supreme skills back into one and restore the divine art to its original form. Unfortunately, whether due to talent and aptitude or fate and fortune, none of them had succeeded.
Moreover, it was foreseeable that even after another ten or twenty years, barring some unexpected turn of events, they would still find it difficult to achieve.
Meng Zhao was different. The Heaven-Illuminating