Golden Marvels! Martial Arts Secret Techniques!

"Since this item can help bring lovers together, it is naturally excellent."

Wu Yu smiled faintly and set down the waist token.

"As for me, I am interested in everything. Village Chief, feel free to show me what you have."

"What an appetite, young friend!"

The village chief laughed heartily and sat in his chair.

"Please, have a seat!"

"Please!"

Wu Yu's heart stirred. He understood that the other party was about to reveal his family treasures.

Thanks to the hidden quest reward, the village chief's items had likely all been upgraded to gold quality. No matter what he chose, he would make a killing!

The next moment, he saw the village chief hesitate before patting the pouch at his waist.

A ray of light flew out and landed atop the table.

As the light faded, several items were revealed.

[Earth-Escape Talisman Treasure]

Type: Talisman.

Quality: Gold.

Rank: Transcendent.

Description: Consume spiritual power/vitality to fly and escape beneath the earth!

[Green Snake Demon Sword]

Type: Weapon.

Quality: Gold.

Description: A sharp sword containing demon god blood, imbued with a trace of a demon god's might.

[Heaven's Return]

Type: Marvel.

Quality: Gold.

Rank: None (Can Grow)

Description: Heaven's Return never lacks strength. After recognizing its master with blood, it can slowly restore mental energy, vitality, and spiritual power.

Mysterious Heaven Immortal Scripture

Type: Cultivation Method.

Quality: Gold.

Description: A Tang Sect secret technique that can open the Transcendent Gate and forge a Mysterious Heaven Immortal Root.

Looking at the items on the table,

the village chief stroked his beard and pointed at the talisman treasure. "This Earth-Escape Talisman can be used three times in full! You may come and go freely within a hundred li!"

He then pointed at the weapon. "The Green Snake Sword is a magic artifact. Not only is it invincible against all things, it also possesses magical power."

Afterward, he pointed to the marvel. "This item was acquired by chance. It should also be some sort of magic artifact, and carrying it can restore spiritual power!"

"As for this cultivation method, it is the Tang Sect's closely guarded secret, the Mysterious Heaven Scripture. If you choose it, young friend, you must be mentally prepared! Once it is discovered..."

Unlike last time at the martial training grounds, the panels for these items were far more powerful than what the village chief had described.

"So this is the hidden quest reward?"

"It truly is unbelievable!"

Wu Yu was astonished, but he did not rush to choose. Instead, he asked, "Village Chief, may I see the others?"

"The other things will not catch young friend's eye."

The village chief smiled and patiently displayed the remaining items.

Most were white quality, while a small number were green or blue quality. None had reached the Transcendent rank.

Cultivation methods, weapons, spirit medicines, and so on!

Wu Yu nodded and looked toward the four items.

"Village Chief, may I purchase them with silver? The price is negotiable..." He said seriously, "I can pay above market value!"

"No!"

The village chief hurriedly shook his head and said solemnly, "These items concern this old man's life and death. If the True Essence Sect disciple waist token were not so important, this old man would never have brought out these items."

The old man's tone was resolute, and his expression did not seem feigned.

Wu Yu was somewhat helpless. His notion of I'll take them all had been shattered.

Then which one should he choose?

They were all gold quality. Of them, the [Earth-Escape Talisman Treasure] and [Heaven's Return] were undoubtedly the most precious. One was an immortal cultivator's treasure familiar to Wu Yu and was extremely valuable!

The other was a mysterious marvel, something capable of growth.

"The talisman treasure is certainly precious, but in the real world, where immortal cultivation is incredibly advanced, it can be bought with money!"

"But a growable marvel like this is something I have never even heard of."

Wu Yu considered it and made his decision.

He lifted a hand and pointed at [Heaven's Return].

The item was a Bronze Tripod, covered in mottled battle scars. It resembled a meticulously crafted work of art, yet gave off an air of mystery.

At the "Aged Wine" inn, Yu Tiezhu and the others had long since departed.

Yet the inn's first floor did not seem deserted. The caravan members who had just been rescued had chosen to stay here.

Several caravan members were speaking with the innkeeper when one of them suddenly turned and spotted a figure. His eyes lit up.

"It's our benefactor!"

"Benefactor!"

He hurried to the inn entrance and bowed to the approaching Wu Yu.

The latter toyed with the small tripod in his hand as he looked at the man.

"Thank you, sir, for saving our lives!"

"Our benefactor has come to the inn as well. If you have any orders, please do not hesitate to speak!"

"To our shame, our goods and money were stripped clean, so we have no way to repay our benefactor!"

"Alas! If benefactor ever visits the Golden Chariot Trading Association, we will certainly host a feast in your honor and repay you as lavishly as a gushing spring!"

The merchants were exceedingly enthusiastic.

Wu Yu exchanged a few casual pleasantries before looking at the innkeeper.

"Innkeeper, do you know when those companions of mine left?"

"Huh? Those strange... cough, cough, those heroes' companions?"

The innkeeper swallowed.

He had also learned what had happened from the merchants, and for a time, he felt rather awed.

"They left around a little over two hours ago."

"Three hours..."

Wu Yu pondered this, then nodded. "Thank you!"

"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare!"

The innkeeper gave an awkward smile.

After going upstairs, Wu Yu entered his room and closed the door.

He let out a long breath and placed several small stones by the doorway before sitting at the edge of the bed.

"Dealing with the natives really is troublesome..."

"Fortunately, the gains were astonishing!"

He rested for a while, then moved his hand. A cultivation manual appeared in his palm.

It was precisely Heavenly Maiden Scatters Flowers!

"First Heaven-and-Earth Toss, then Heavenly Maiden Scatters Flowers, and just now I saw a Tang Sect cultivation method!"

"Could this village chief be a Tang Sect martial artist?"

Wu Yu's expression turned strange. He shook his head, too lazy to dwell on it further.

With a thought, the purple cultivation manual in his hand transformed into light and scattered apart. Countless motes of light surged into his body, jostling one another in their haste.

In a daze,

he seemed to arrive within a sect, where he diligently practiced a secret technique for concealed weapons.

This was a martial arts secret technique, a secretly transmitted killing move! It contained only one spirit-refining method, [Heavenly Maiden Scatters Flowers]. It shaped vitality into form, like flowers blooming, before countless concealed weapons shot forth like rain!

Profound beyond all understanding, wondrous beyond words!

In the blink of an eye, ten years passed.

When Wu Yu came back to himself, the memories in his mind had already blurred, leaving behind only the secret technique skills gained through ten years of grueling practice.

"This?"

His face changed in shock. He abruptly rose to his feet and felt his entire body had grown twice as strong.

His vitality surged like a flood, while an indescribable force rose over the surface of his body.

"This power... If I keep doing this, won't I open the Transcendent Gate first and become a martial artist?"

Wu Yu wore an odd expression.

After working hard for half his life to finally buy an [External Heavenly Spiritual Root], before he had even begun Qi cultivation, he would become a Transcendent Martial Artist first?

That would be hilariously absurd!

"That works too! I have peerless talent anyway!"

Wu Yu did not think much further on it, savoring the sensation with delight.

Unlike Heaven-and-Earth Toss and Tiger Roar Eight-Slash Saber, Heavenly Maiden Scatters Flowers contained only a single secret technique, but its destructive power was astonishing!

It consumed a great deal of vitality, so it could not be used lightly.

"I'll keep it as a trump card!"

After calming down, he looked at the small tripod.

This mysterious golden marvel only required a drop of blood to recognize its master before it could display its effects!