After chatting with Liu Quan for a few more words and deciding to take over the mansion together tomorrow, Lu Chen took the token and without delay, walked straight to the deepest part of Demon Suppression Division, the black stone building that has been shrouded in the air of murder all year round - Armory.
He is still the sleepy Clerk Chen, still smelling of alcohol that is too strong to get rid of.
"Boy, are you here again?" Clerk Chen didn't even bother to raise his eyelids and just muttered vaguely, "What do you want to change today? Golden sore medicine or a whetstone?"
Lu Chen did not speak, but gently placed the token given by Captain Li on the counter.
The token makes contact with the counter and makes a crisp "click" sound.
Clerk Chen's cloudy old eyes finally opened slowly. When his eyes fell on the roaring alien beast totem on the token, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.
"Armory Second floor..." He slowly sat up straight and took a good look at the boy in front of him for the first time. "It seems that Li Deyang boy really regards you as a treasure."
He didn't ask any more questions. He stretched out his thin fingers and tapped an inconspicuous stone brick under the counter nine times in a strange rhythm.
"Rumble..."
Accompanied by a dull sound of machine rotation, the bookshelf behind Clerk Chen filled with various sundries slowly moved to both sides, revealing a stone staircase leading to deeper darkness that could only be passed by one person.
An aura that is thicker and more primitive than the first floor blows in from the depths of the stone steps.
"Let's go in." Clerk Chen leaned back on the counter and said in a lazy voice, "You should know the rules. You can only choose one. Use your identity token to rub it on Cultivation Method Jade Slip. Remember not to be greedy and don't take things that don't belong to you. The things on the second floor are all very angry."
"Thank you Clerk Chen."
"Rumble..."
The heavy sound of the machine's rotation was heard, and the stone wall slowly opened inward, revealing a deep and dark downward staircase.
A sense of oppression mixed with rust, blood and countless powerful thoughts, like a real tide, rushed in from behind the door. This aura was strong enough to make an ordinary Bone Forging level warrior lose control and collapse on the spot.
Lu Chen just raised his eyebrows slightly, his body as steady as a mountain, and the pressure washed over him like a breeze blowing on his face.
Clerk Chen's cloudy eyes once again flashed a trace of imperceptible surprise.
"Remember," he turned his head, looked at Lu Chen, and said slowly, "The 'things' inside are still 'alive'."
After saying that, he ignored it, walked back to the wooden table, and picked up the ancient book again.
Lu Chen bowed slightly towards his back, then took a deep breath and stepped into the deep darkness.
The heavy stone door behind him slowly closed with a roar the moment he stepped in.
Absolute darkness and dead silence enveloped it.
At the moment when the stone door was completely closed, a spiritual impact that was ten times more majestic and a hundred times more violent than the aura at the door, without any warning, was like a landslide and tsunami, crashing towards Lu Chen's sea of consciousness!
This is Armory's second floor attack on all intruders!
The mental impact is invisible and insubstantial, but more dangerous than any sword.
It is the martial arts will of countless profound levels Cultivation Method that has been deposited over the long years. It is the remaining imprint left by the strong men of the past generations during their training. It is violent, chaotic, and full of aggression.
Ordinary warriors face such an impact, ranging from splitting headaches and trauma to the sea of consciousness, to severe mental collapse and becoming an idiot on the spot. Even Meridian Opening level masters need to be attentive and prepare for every step when entering this place for the first time.
However, this was a terrifying impact that was enough to make even the Meridian Opening realm turn pale. The moment it poured into the Lu Chen sea of consciousness, it was like a mud cow entering the sea.
Deep in the sea of his consciousness, an ancient and huge black turtle lurked quietly. Its eyes were closed and its breath was long, as if it had been there since ancient times.
The violent torrent of spirit washed over him, and he was not even qualified to move the eyelids of the black turtle phantom.
All the domineering sword intent, fierce sword intent, and fierce fist intent, when they come into contact with the aura of the black turtle phantom that is as condensed as an eternal mountain, they melt and disintegrate silently like spring snow meeting the sun, and turn into the purest spiritual energy, which in turn nourishes the soul of Lu Chen.
Lu Chen's face didn't change at all, and his steps didn't even pause.
While walking along the downward stone steps, he "observed" the surroundings with great interest.
After the completion of <Ten Thousand Year Black Tortoise Art>, his soul is as stable as a prison, invulnerable to all forces.
These threats that may seem fatal to outsiders, in his eyes, are nothing more than noisy fireworks shows.
He could clearly "see" light groups of uncertain brightness floating in the dark void.
Each light group represents a mysterious level Cultivation Method. Some light groups are as blazing as fire, exuding the fist intention that will burn through all the wasteland;
Some light groups are as sharp as needles, revealing the sword intent that pierces the sky; other light groups are as weird as shadows, full of silent assassinations.
There were many deep scratches and claw marks left on the walls on both sides of the stone steps, and some dark brown, long-dried blood stains could even be seen.
Lu Chen can feel the spiritual imprint left by some predecessors, full of unwillingness, madness and despair.
Obviously, these are the unlucky ones who failed to withstand the first wave of attacks.
Soon, he walked up the stone steps and came to a wide underground stone chamber.
The stone chamber is made of huge blue Black Rock stone, surrounded by rows of quaint black iron bookshelves. Unlike the first floor, the secret books here are not placed everywhere, but are mostly sealed in special crystal or jade boxes to prevent the leakage of breath.
Even so, the martial arts will in the entire stone room was still so strong that it was almost substantial, and the air became thick because of it.
Lu Chen strolled past a row of bookshelves and glanced at the Cultivation Method names: <Great Sun Heaven-Burning Fist>, <Seven Kill Sword Art>, <Netherworld Ghost Shadow Step>... all of them were the famous Xuanjie Cultivation Method.
Just when he passed a corner, a sudden change occurred!
On the bookshelf in the corner, there was a sword technique secret book sealed in a blood-colored jade box, which seemed to be "irritated" by Lu Chen's overly steady aura.
"Buzz!"
The jade box shook violently, and a domineering sword intent that was as solid as a substance actually broke through the blockade of the jade box and turned into a blood-colored phantom mad sword about ten feet long. With the determination and madness to kill all life, it struck straight at the soul of Lu Chen!
This sword is more than ten times more concentrated and pure than the mental shock when I first started!
Faced with this sudden and decisive attack, Lu Chen still did not dodge or even raise his eyelids.
In the depths of the sea of his consciousness, the shadow of the black turtle that had always been sleeping finally slowly and reluctantly opened its eyes.
Boom!
A will that is older, more vast, and thicker than the sword intention, like the awakening of the ancient sacred mountain that has been sleeping for hundreds of millions of years, spreads out from Lu Chen's sea of consciousness.
There was no earth-shattering collision, no glorious showdown.
The overbearing bloody mad sword, the moment it came into contact with this aura, was like a child showing its teeth and claws, meeting the majestic emperor who was responsible for the punishment of heaven and earth.
The blood on the blade solidified instantly, then disintegrated inch by inch, turning into light spots all over the sky and dissipating invisible.
"There is more than enough domineering power, but not enough foundation."
Lu Chen kept walking and gave a faint comment, as if he just swatted an annoying fly to death.
After this battle, all the restless martial arts will in the second floor of Armory seemed to have been strangled by the neck, and fell silent for an instant, without daring to make the slightest move.
After easily overcoming all spiritual temptations, Lu Chen finally obtained the "qualification" to move freely here.
He no longer paid attention to those Cultivation Methods that actively exuded powerful auras, but closed his eyes, completely immersed himself in his own <Ten Thousand Year Black Tortoise Art>, and sensed it carefully.
The purpose of his trip was very clear, not to find the most powerful killing technique, but to find an auxiliary technique that could perfectly fit with his own foundation, preferably the breath-containing and invisible technique.
The longevity of Black Turtle lies in its ability to hide, endure and be still. This is the essence of his Cultivation Method.
His spiritual thoughts were like mercury pouring down the ground, slowly sweeping across the entire stone chamber.
One breath, two breaths, three breaths...
Suddenly, Black Tortoise True Qi, as silent as the deep sea, trembled slightly in his body.
A weak but clear attraction with the same origin came from an inconspicuous corner in the deepest part of the stone chamber.
Lu Chen opened his eyes, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and walked straight in that direction.
It was a corner where debris was piled, covered with dust and cobwebs.
Under a pile of discarded jade boxes and broken weapon fragments, there was a roll of animal skin that looked to be in dire straits.
If it weren't for the Cultivation Method sense, no one would have imagined that such an inconspicuous "junk" would exist in this treasure land where Xuan level Cultivation Method gathers.