Tomb Raiding Inheritance? Zi Yan: Your Lackey Gets It

[The facts proved that storybooks were just storybooks.]

[According to the storybook's setting, this cave abode was the foundation of the Child of Luck's rise.]

[He obtained hundreds of thousands of gold coins to buy materials for refining pills, befriended Xiao Yi Xian and gained the future support of the Woeful Poison Body, obtained a Flight Dou Technique that saved him from mortal danger several times, acquired a medicinal ingredient needed to refine Heavenly Flames in the future, and even gained the key to refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.]

[His fortune was truly profound.]

The women: "..."

His fortune was indeed profound, wasn't it?

There was a widely spread saying on the Dou Qi Continent: if you saw a cliff, do not be afraid. Take one step forward, and perhaps you would obtain a powerful expert's inheritance. Wasn't that confirmed here?

[But in reality, those things were merely the rewards laid out in the open.]

[The Plane Blessing allowed me to learn the internal layout of this Tomb Mansion.]

[These gains are merely a portion of what has been laid out in the open.]

"Good news." Xun'er's dark eyes flickered, and a faint smile touched her lips as she exchanged a glance with Xiao Yi Xian.

The more Xiao Ting believed there were many discrepancies between storybooks and reality, the more advantageous it would be for them to conceal the existence of the instance dungeon.

Any slightly "out-of-line" behavior could be considered understandable.

"Xiao Ting, there really are quite a few good things in this cave abode." Xun'er parted her rosy lips and set the stage for Xiao Ting.

"Yes. Two high-grade Xuan Tier Dou Techniques, one of which is an incredibly precious Flight Dou Technique. Add in the rare flowers, exotic herbs, gold, silver, and jewels—even if the Xiao Clan tightened its belt, it would take several years to save up this much." Xiao Ting nodded slightly, but a mysterious smile appeared on his face. "But these are only the benefits laid out in the open."

"Only?" Xiao Yi Xian asked in surprise. "Could there be hidden treasures as well?"

"That's right." Xiao Ting began walking through the Tomb Mansion as he explained to the two women. "Have you noticed how strange this Tomb Mansion is? The closer it gets to the entrance, the wider it becomes, forming an orderly trapezoid. Yet ordinary excavated tombs are either circular or square. This corresponds to the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches."

"Besides that, don't you think this area set aside for planting rare flowers and exotic herbs seems somewhat abrupt?"

All the soil and rare flowers and exotic herbs planted atop it had already been transplanted by Xiao Yi Xian into the Storage Ring Xun'er had given her.

Xiao Ting stepped onto the little remaining soil, raised his hand, and knocked on the rock wall, producing a solid sound.

"This is the spot."

After feeling around for a while, Xiao Ting placed his hand on a smooth section of the rock wall and fiercely exerted force with his Dou Qi.

"Dragon Transformation Seal!"

Xiao Ting's thoughts stirred.

He did not fully unleash it. He merely circulated his Dou Qi in the manner of the Dragon Transformation Seal, which could increase the power of formed Dou Qi.

"Bang!"

A stone sank into the rock wall, followed immediately by the sound of heavy machinery rumbling throughout the Tomb Mansion.

As layers of dust rose, the rock wall before Xiao Ting began to tremble. Its two sides started moving apart, revealing a brand-new area.

The space was not large. At its very center stood only a stone rack, upon which rested a scroll.

"There was actually another world within. Even Xun'er failed to discover it." Xun'er looked at Xiao Ting with worship in her eyes. "Xiao Ting, you're amazing."

"Not bad. I'm just good at observation." Xiao Ting coughed lightly, secretly thinking that his skin was still not thick enough.

The cheat was his.

The cheat had found it.

That meant he had found it.

There was nothing wrong with that. No need to blush.

"Let's see what this is, for the owner of this Tomb Mansion to hide it so well."

Xiao Ting walked forward and picked up the scroll from the stone platform.

The moment he opened it, his pupils contracted sharply.

[Tomb Raiding Records]

"Phew." Xiao Ting let out a breath of relief.

He had thought even notebooks could cross worlds.

"A tomb raider's self-account, and he even plundered a Dou Zong's tomb. He had some skills." Xiao Ting roughly flipped through it, a strange gleam flashing in his eyes.

This was actually the inheritance of a tomb raider from the Dou Qi Continent. It described how to judge the density of heaven and earth energy by observing one's surroundings, thereby determining where various Tomb Mansions might exist.

"Rather than tomb raiding, it's more like a different kind of qi observation technique—except it observes the energy of heaven and earth."

"It's just that this tomb raider had unusual ideas. He used this qi observation technique in reverse to seek out temporary residences or secluded cultivation caves that senior experts might have established."

"The reason a separate level was set aside was merely as a simple test. Only those who discovered this place were qualified to inherit this secret art."

Xiao Ting understood. This was the experience of a cultivator who had mastered a qi observation secret art and then embarked upon the path of "tomb raiding."

But he had a transmigrator's foresight, along with the Plane Blessing from the Great Dao Notes.

He likely would not need to do something like tomb raiding.

"Take a look together. You can treat the tomb-raiding accounts in there as storybook tales." Xiao Ting handed the scroll to Xun'er.

Once the two women leaned together to examine it, he began observing the newly opened area.

At the same time, he did not forget to casually jot down a note in the Notes.

[I obtained a copy of Tomb Raiding Records. It was written by a...]

[To me, the most useful thing in this book is the special secret method, the "Great Sun Qi Observation Method."]

[Dou Zhe can cultivate it by watching the sunrise and sunset to train their eyes. Once they can discern qi, they can tell where the energy of heaven and earth is dense.]

[Places rich in heaven and earth energy are more likely to produce heavenly treasures, be occupied by powerful magical beasts, or contain cave abodes left behind by senior experts...]

[As for the tomb-raiding methods, when I enter the Inner Academy of Jia Nan Academy in the future, it would be good to give them to Zi Yan as a meeting gift.]

[It would just happen to fully bring out his treasure-hunting talent, which is even greater than that of a Treasure Seeking Mouse.]

"A meeting gift?" At the Outer Academy of Jia Nan Academy, Zi Yan, who had been wandering around in boredom, had her eyes flicker. She rested her chin on her hand and nodded. "Not bad, not bad. He knows to send me a meeting gift. I can take him on as my little brother in the future, but something like a Treasure Seeking Mouse can't compare to me."

Those few simple lines made Zi Yan certain that Xiao Ting had a good attitude toward her. Otherwise, he would not have been thinking of giving her something before even meeting her.

This gave her a favorable impression of him, making her even more impatient to set off for the Jia Ma Empire.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the Northern Region of the Central Plains.

Having just obtained the Wind Lightning Spirit Fruit and considering whether to refine it or head to the Dan Region first, Feng Qing'er's eyes flickered slightly. "Jia Nan Academy..."

She had heard of this Jia Nan Academy. An elder of her clan had once asked whether she wanted to study there for several years, so that she could establish a connection with Jia Nan Academy's founder, Headmaster Mang Tianchi.

Mang Tianchi was from the Thunder Clan, one of the Eight Ancient Clans. The Thunder Clan's leader was an eight-star Dou Sheng, far beyond what the current Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan could compare to.

The Thunder Clan was naturally proficient in lightning-attributed Dou Qi and possessed countless powerful inheritances, such as the Thunder Emperor Canon left behind by a Dou Di. In this regard, they overlapped with many members of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

When Mang Tianchi founded Jia Nan Academy, he had been at the peak of Dou Zong. Now, he had reached the peak of Dou Zun and was walking the path of Nine Turns to Sainthood.

A Dou Sheng from her clan who had met Mang Tianchi had declared that, at the soonest within five years and at the latest within ten, Mang Tianchi would enter the Ban Sheng realm.

But an academy was an academy, while a sect was a sect. Being one of an academy's students could not compare to becoming the personal disciple of a sect master.

Therefore, Feng Qing'er had ultimately chosen Lei Zunzhe of the Central Plains as her master.

"From the sound of it, Xiao Ting plans to go to Jia Nan Academy."