Jiang Liu has now roughly figured out the layout of this place. The area he entered at the beginning consisted of the alchemy room, medicine room, and weapon room. Connected to these are the disciples' residences and the disciples' training square.
The places they had passed through before were all relatively remote areas. Now, the place the Jiang Liu was flowing through was the highest point in the area, a huge council hall. They hadn't encountered anyone before, so they must have entered the complex from another direction.
As soon as Jiang Liu approached this central area, he sensed several people in his Divine Sense sea. Jiang Liu showed no intention of concealing his Divine Sense and continued to probe.
Those who were being probed only vaguely sensed that someone was probing them, but they were not sure, since none of them had evolved their consciousness into Divine Sense and could not detect that it was Jiang Liu probing them.
Jiang Liu kept an eye on their movements while searching the central area.
Suddenly, the sound of fighting came. Jiang Liu looked and saw that the disciples of Haotian Sect were fighting with the disciples of the Flowing Cloud Sect over something. Judging from where they were fighting, the item was found in a corner of the council hall.
Jiang Liu didn't know what use they were, so he ignored them and headed towards the back of the council hall, where there were many people, as many as seven.
I wonder what they're searching for? How did they manage to gather so many people?
Jiang Liu walked through the huge council hall and came into view a five-story pavilion with the words "Technique Repository" written on it. He immediately understood why there were so many people here.
Jiang Liu quickly flew inside and found it in a mess, with discarded items everywhere, mostly wooden boxes. Jiang Liu glanced around and found that all the wooden boxes were empty, without a single piece of paper inside.
Jiang Liu scanned the area with his Divine Sense and found that there were people on the second, third, and fourth floors. He had no choice but to continue towards the second floor. When he arrived, he found that all the wooden boxes were empty.
The two people on the second floor were still stubbornly tapping and knocking, hoping to find some hidden mechanism or something. Seeing this, Jiang Liu had no choice but to go up to the third floor.
When they got to the third floor, wow, these four people had practically dismantled the entire floor, because the third floor had the most wooden shelves, which were packed the densest, so there were the most people there.
Seeing their chaotic state, Jiang Liu had no choice but to go up to the fourth floor. There was only one wooden frame on the fourth floor, but it had been dismantled into pieces. Only from the parts could one still recognize that it was a wooden frame.
There was only one person left on the fourth floor. He didn't even look up when Jiang Liu came up, continuing with his work. Jiang Liu ignored him and continued towards the fifth floor. The person on the fourth floor, seeing Jiang Liu heading towards the fifth floor, muttered, "Idiot!"
Jiang Liu went up to the fifth floor and was stunned for a moment. The entire fifth floor was empty. Judging from the marks, there must have been things there before, but everything had been moved away.
There wasn't even a frame left. Perhaps it was precisely because there wasn't a frame left that those who entered the Technique Repository thought that these wooden frames held some hidden meaning.
This is why, unable to find a single piece of paper, they focused their efforts on the wooden shelf, hoping to find something useful.
Jiang Liu carefully sensed the surroundings on the fifth floor but still couldn't find anything. He then started tapping on the wall, now doubting whether there might be a hidden mechanism.
However, Jiang Liu knocked on all three walls but found nothing; they were just ordinary single-layer stone walls.
Now all that's left is the wall with the door open and this wooden door panel. Jiang Liu closed the wooden door panel and was about to dismantle it to take a look.
Suddenly, Jiang Liu noticed dozens of rows of tadpole-like characters on the wooden door panel, barely larger than a mosquito's leg, which Jiang Liu didn't recognize at all.
I guess the people before me thought the same thing; they either mistook it for scribbles or didn't see it at all, and were too busy rushing down to look for it. After all, if they were late, someone else would get there first.
Jiang Liu, however, simply thought that since he was already inside, he should try to take out anything he thought was useful first.
Jiang Liu forced himself to finish reading it so he could memorize it and try to copy it when he got back, then see if he could translate it. "Ding! Saint Grade cultivation technique Saintly Sky Art discovered. Add it?"
Jiang Liu was startled. Saint Grade? Could it be that by cultivating this technique, one could directly reach the Saint Grade? He quickly clicked "confirm" first.
Then, he channeled his Ice Primal Qi to freeze the entire wooden door panel. With a flick of his wrist, the entire door panel turned to ashes without making a sound.
Jiang Liu looked at the Data Panel, his face darkening. He saw the Saintly Sky Art (Saint Grade, Undeveloped, 0/1200). Even just being at the beginner level was several times the power of Heaven Grade, Peak Rank technique. Fortunately, this technique combined mental cultivation and attack skills.
There's only one move inside, the Saintly Sky Strike, which is an attack that directly erases a person's spiritual imprint. It's incredibly powerful, but it also has a major hidden danger: if it encounters someone with higher spiritual strength, it can cause a backlash at any time.
Therefore, Jiang Liu doesn't plan to use this move casually unless he's really fighting for his life. But right now, he hasn't even mastered it, so he definitely can't use it.
It seems that the rumor I heard before about the opportunity to become a saint is here. I wonder what kind of force this is, that it even has Saint Grade cultivation techniques. But I haven't heard of Martial Saint appearing for thousands of years.
Jiang Liu also knew that if it weren't for the Data Panel, he wouldn't recognize this technique even if it were placed in front of him, let alone be able to learn it.
As for whether others might recognize or learn it, that's beyond Jiang Liu's ability to guess. Besides, it's all turned to ashes now, so where would he find it?
As for the origin of this secret realm, with that calligraphy and painting, we should be able to figure it out.
Jiang Liu was immediately satisfied with his trip to the secret realm. Even if he had nothing else, as long as he had that cultivation technique, he had gained a lot.
Jiang Liu then continued knocking on the remaining wall, but as expected, he found nothing. Jiang Liu had no choice but to go down the stairs to the fourth floor. The people on the fourth floor saw Jiang Liu coming down and immediately showed expressions of "I knew it."
Jiang Liu stayed behind, pretended to look around, then shook his head and walked away. He then went down the Technique Repository, stopping briefly on each floor before continuing down.
Jiang Liu the Technique Repository, glanced back at the idiots inside who were still continuing their demolition work, then ignored them and continued to fly and search the area next to the Technique Repository.
Jiang Liu continued searching to see if there was anything else he could use. He spread his Divine Sense and discovered a place with six people. Jiang Liu quickly flew over there.
Before long, they arrived at the place, which looked like a warehouse. It seemed that this was where valuables were stored. Jiang Liu looked at the wide-open door and wondered if there was anything inside.