The courtyard fell deathly silent.
The pupils of the Nascent Soul Experts contracted.
No one had expected Qin Hao to attack without warning.
Most crucially, with just one strike, he had instantly killed an Early Nascent Soul master.
Yang Sen and Senior Brother Song could both kill an Early Nascent Soul Cultivator.
But neither of them could kill one so quickly.
The burly man said in shock and fury, "Fellow Daoist, you killed a Nascent Soul member of my War God Temple for no reason. Isn't that going too far?"
"Too far? Who exactly has gone too far?"
Qin Hao stood with his hands behind his back, his expression calm. "This seat originally intended to discuss matters properly with you, but you people were far too greedy and insisted on making outrageous demands. You have no one to blame but yourselves."
"Even so, you shouldn't have killed anyone!"
The strong man could not help saying, "That was a Nascent Soul expert of my War God Temple!"
"Shut up!"
Qin Hao cut him off directly. "What? Do you want to die too?"
Upon hearing this, the strong man immediately fell silent.
He was still young. He did not want to die so soon!
Senior Brother Song suddenly asked, "Fellow Daoist, was that the Death Curse Technique you used just now?"
"The Death Curse Technique?"
At the mention of this name, everyone's expressions changed drastically.
Legend had it that the Death Curse Technique was an extremely terrifying divine ability.
Once mastered, it rendered one invincible among those of the same level. One only needed to utter the word "die" to kill an expert.
If Qin Hao truly possessed the Death Curse Technique, then even all of them combined would not be enough for him to kill.
"A mere Death Curse Technique dares compare itself to this seat's divine ability?"
Qin Hao raised his head and declared proudly, "Even if someone who knows the Death Curse Technique provokes this seat, they will be the one to die!"
"It can be said that as long as no Spirit Transformation cultivator appears, no one in the Nascent Soul stage can withstand this divine ability of this seat!"
The Death Curse Technique sounded powerful, but it could only target those weaker than oneself or those with roughly equal cultivation.
That could only be considered invincible at the same level, not invincible across the same realm.
The Extreme Realm was different. Even someone who had just entered the Nascent Soul stage could directly kill a False God expert.
After all, the Death Curse Technique was merely a divine ability created in imitation of the Extreme Realm.
Seeing Qin Hao act so arrogantly, everyone instead fell silent.
Although they still had doubts about Qin Hao's words in their Inner Hearts.
No one dared gamble with their life!
If they lost the gamble, they would no longer be able to throw their weight around in the future.
"Fellow... Senior, this is all a misunderstanding!"
Senior Brother Song looked at the strong man and rebuked him, "Hurry up and apologize to Senior!"
The strong man hastily apologized, "Senior, this junior spoke carelessly just now. I hope Senior can forgive this junior!"
Qin Hao glanced at him and asked, "Is this how you apologize?"
The burly man sighed inwardly. With a pained expression, he removed his storage bag and offered it over with both hands.
This storage bag contained the treasures he had accumulated over several hundred years.
Yet now, merely because he had said something wrong, he had no choice but to hand it over to someone else.
Qin Hao took away his storage bag and said, "We will consider this matter settled."
Senior Brother Song cupped his fists and said, "Senior, you may view the Divine Dao Art whenever you wish. As for that Infant-Establishing Pill, please take it back!"
Feng Luan hurriedly offered up the pill.
Qin Hao took the pill, then tossed it to Zhou Zihong. "This bottle of pills is for you. I hope you achieve Core Formation soon."
"Thank you, Senior!"
Zhou Zihong's face lit up with joy as she thanked him with a smile.
"Thank you, Senior!"
Seeing Qin Hao give the pill to her daughter, Feng Luan also showed a trace of gratitude.
Because this pill was so scarce, even a Nascent Soul couple like them lacked the means to purchase it outside.
The Infant-Establishing Pills refined by Yuntian Sect were generally taken away by Level 4 Cultivation Nations or even Level 5 Cultivation Nations as soon as they were produced.
Even if there were extras, they would be used by Yuntian Sect's own people rather than sold outside.
For this very reason, Yuntian Sect had at least a dozen Nascent Soul Ancestors.
Yuntian Sect alone had as many as five False God Experts at Nascent Soul Great Perfection.
Qin Hao said, "Now, take this seat to see the Divine Dao Art!"
"Senior, please follow me!"
After speaking, Feng Luan rode a Rainbow Streak toward the rear of the mountain.
Before long, the two arrived before a Stone Mansion on the back side of the mountain.
With a wave of Feng Luan's slender hand, a Jade Talisman appeared in her grasp.
Buzz!
When she pressed the Jade Talisman against the stone wall, a burst of light surged forth and sank into it.
The next moment, dense crystalline light began appearing on the stone wall, making it seem as though it had transformed into a mirror.
"Senior, please enter!"
As she spoke, Feng Luan stepped into the mirror's surface.
It was as if she were sinking into water, for ripples spread across the stone wall.
Qin Hao did not hesitate in the slightest and likewise stepped into the mirror.
Feng Luan explained, "My War God Temple is rather skilled in artifact refinement. This object is called the Water Mirror Gate. Without a special Jade Talisman, no one below the Spirit Transformation stage can enter!"
"Mm."
Qin Hao nodded and looked toward the Stone Mansion.
The space here was vast and expansive. A great hall stood in the center, while over a hundred stone chambers densely filled the surrounding area.
Outside every stone chamber stood a Water Mirror Gate.
In the central hall stood a four-tiered long shelf, upon which many Spirit Tablets were placed.
The tablet on the highest tier bore the words: "War God Temple's Founding Progenitor—Gong Mo!"
"Progenitor Gong was the founder of my War God Temple. He was also the one who discovered the Divine Dao Art!"
Feng Luan stepped forward and bowed to the tablet.
Then, she said to Qin Hao, "Senior, please follow me!"
The two went around the tablets. Ahead stood another wall of green jade, covered in densely packed small characters.
Qin Hao saw the three words "Divine Dao Art" written at the very top of the wall.
At the bottom were the words: "Disciple Chen Chong inscribed this from memory. Descendants must exercise caution when cultivating it."
"I presume Senior has also heard that the original version of my War God Temple's Divine Dao Art was taken away by Tiangang Kingdom, a Level 4 Cultivation Nation."
Feng Luan sighed. "This Divine Dao Art is extremely strange. Anyone can only comprehend it; no one can describe it with words."
"Only Progenitor Chen Chong relied on his own memory to inscribe the Divine Dao Art, but he died from exhaustion because of it!"
"It can be said that without Progenitor Chen Chong, my War God Temple would have completely lost the Divine Dao Art!"
"But even so, throughout all the years since my War God Temple was founded, only thirty people have comprehended it."
Qin Hao stepped forward and began examining it character by character.
Yet after reading it, he discovered that not a single one of those characters remained in his mind.
It was as if he had never read them at all.
"It truly is strange!"
Qin Hao did not panic and continued reading.
As he looked over it again and again, his reading speed grew faster and faster.
Gradually, a figure began to emerge in his mind, continuously forming one hand seal after another.
As those hand seals were formed, the figure also began to divide from one into two, then two into three.
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