Collapse Mountain Fist

The search lasted about five shichen before it ended.

Both the ore veins, the tunnels, and the Miner's Village had been scoured top to bottom several times, with no results.

"Master Huìnéng, it seems the item isn't here..."

Supervisor Wu clasped his hands: "The mine has been shut down for a day already. If we continue, I'm afraid I won't be able to account for it to my superiors."

Huìnéng's face was expressionless. After a long moment, he gave a faint smile:

"This Poor Monk has put Benefactor Wu in a difficult position. Since the item is not here, This Poor Monk will take his leave."

"Master Huìnéng, I'll escort you back to the city."

Captain Lin said.

Soon, Captain Lin led his subordinates and left the Miner's Village together with Huìnéng.

"There's no need to mine tonight either. Everyone go back and rest."

Supervisor Wu ordered.

Seeing this, the miners had no choice but to leave dejectedly.

After searching all day, they hadn't found a single hair, nor had they mined anything—they couldn't even make back the money for today's meal.

After all the miners had left, Supervisor Wu looked at Steward Niu:

"Steward Niu, Mine Tunnel No. 1 is to be temporarily sealed. No one is allowed in. Send someone with fast legs to the Mountain River Sect and tell them something has happened to the Fire Crystal Rock Ore."

"Supervisor Wu, what happened?"

Steward Niu was slightly startled.

"This matter is rather serious. Let's not get too deeply involved."

Supervisor Wu patted Steward Niu on the shoulder.

Steward Niu immediately thought of Huìnéng. Could it be...

He didn't dare dwell on it and promptly arranged for several Mine Guards with swift footing to head to the Mountain River Sect.

That night, Yang Ling continued cultivating the Vajra Mingwang Technique in his room.

Once he had gathered 5 Points of experience and confirmed there would be no further increase, he went to sleep.

The next day.

"The mine won't let us in?"

"What's going on?"

"They say it's shutting down for a few days."

The Miner's Village was bustling.

It was already time to start mining, but all the miners remained in the village.

"Uncle Wang, what's going on? Why won't the mine let us in?"

Yang Ling glanced around, spotted Uncle Wang, and immediately hurried over to ask.

"Something happened."

Uncle Wang's expression was grave as he pulled Yang Ling aside: "I heard Mine Tunnel No. 1 has been sealed. No one is allowed in. It's probably related to that master from Ku Jue Temple who came yesterday."

"Mine Tunnel No. 1 is sealed?"

Yang Ling's heart tightened slightly.

This probably had nothing to do with the Vajra Mingwang Technique.

It was more likely that Fifth Brother and the others' bodies had been discovered...

"Yang Ling."

Zhang Wei called out from not far away.

"Uncle Wang, I'll take my leave."

Yang Ling said.

"Go on, go on."

Uncle Wang waved his hand and started whispering with a few other old miners.

Finding a quiet corner, Yang Ling looked Zhang Wei up and down:

"Zhang Wei, what scheme are you cooking up this time?"

"While I was mining, I accidentally dug up a Martial Arts manual."

Zhang Wei spoke slowly: "You should know what that means."

"What martial art?"

Yang Ling narrowed his eyes: "You can get that kind of haul from mining?"

He paused, then exclaimed in shock, "It's not some Buddhist scripture from Ku Jue Temple, is it? If you want to die, go die on your own—I don't want to die!"

"Keep your voice down! Don't get us killed!"

Zhang Wei glanced around fearfully at Xi Zhou, and only relaxed when he saw no one nearby. Lowering his voice, he said, "Yang Ling, if I actually had that Buddhist scripture, I'd have turned it in for silver long ago. Why would I come to you?"

"Then what is it?"

Yang Ling said flatly, "If you're going to sell it to me, stop beating around the bush and take it out for a look."

"I'm not that stupid."

Zhang Wei said coldly, "I've hidden it somewhere no one can find. Even if you ran out now and claimed I had a Martial Arts manual, no one would believe you."

"Then this deal of ours is off."

Yang Ling shook his head lightly. "I don't trust you, and you don't trust me. Let's just go our separate ways."

With that, he made as if to leave.

"Collapse Mountain Fist."

Zhang Wei said seriously, "This fist technique is called Collapse Mountain Fist!"

A fist technique?

Yang Ling's mind stirred.

His Strength was already high now.

And he had the Vajra Mingwang Technique.

What he lacked was a means to fight enemies.

"If you have a Martial Arts manual, why haven't you trained in it?"

Yang Ling studied Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei pondered for a moment, then said, "You might not know this, but training in Martial Arts here in the 'Divine Domain' requires meeting a threshold. The threshold for Collapse Mountain Fist is high—it needs 8 Points in the Strength Attribute. I only have 4, so I can't train in it for now."

"What Strength Attribute!?"

Yang Ling asked in surprise, "You can see your own attributes!?"

"Looks like only Martial Artists can see their own attributes."

Zhang Wei sized up Yang Ling for a moment, then laughed, "Actually, I'm already a Martial Artist, so I can see my own Attribute Panel. Right now, my Strength is 4 Points, my Agility is 3 Points, and my Spirit is 1 Point."

"Your Agility is clearly 5 Points."

Yang Ling grumbled inwardly, then said with a serious expression, "Can you really see the Attribute Panel? What data does the Attribute Panel show? This might be the key to understanding the 'Divine Domain.'"

"Why would I lie to you? Once you master Collapse Mountain Fist, you'll be able to see your own Attribute Panel too."

Zhang Wei said, "I'm not like you, keeping secrets. I'm a very straightforward person. From what I've observed, the reason you mine so fast isn't just practice—your Strength Attribute must be high. As long as you can train in Collapse Mountain Fist, you'll become a Martial Artist right away."

"After all that talk, where's Collapse Mountain Fist?"

Yang Ling asked in a low voice.

"Five taels of silver. Give me five taels of silver, and I'll give you Collapse Mountain Fist."

Zhang Wei said.

"He's in a hurry to leave here. He's guilty, afraid that Zhang Hao's matter will implicate him."

Yang Ling thought to himself. He was very curious how this guy had gotten his hands on Zhang Hao's Martial Arts manual. Could it be because he was also surnamed Zhang?