Seeing that Lin Yi did not respond immediately, Gu Tianxue recounted the inside story of Tongguan Prefecture: "In fact, within the Tong Pass Ancient Domain, condensing Martial Path Domain is a precious secret technique of each family. Those Martial Saint without a martial arts family background can never touch this realm, let alone come into contact with such secret techniques related to Domain."
"But Martial Saint City and Tongguan Prefecture are different!"
" Tongguan Prefecture holds a special position in Martial Saint City. Its Scripture Repository contains hundreds of thousands of martial arts techniques and numerous secret methods from the Ancient Domain since its founding. If you can return to Tongguan Prefecture as Qin Jian and demonstrate your Martial Saint strength, you will surely receive special attention and training. Then you can seize the opportunity to enter the Tongguan Prefecture's Scripture Pavilion..."
Hearing this, Lin Yi raised an eyebrow and said, "Your Gu Family is also a long-standing and ancient family. Don't you have any so-called secret techniques in the Martial Path Domain?"
Gu Tianxue paused for a moment, then frowned slightly and said, "This matter is a long story. Although the Gu Family holds a special position in the Ancient Domain, it is also hampered and monitored by many families who do not want to see the Gu Family rise again. The secret techniques of the Gu Family's Martial Path Domain are strictly guarded, and even I am not qualified to access them, so don't even think about trying to get anything from me."
After listening to what Gu Tianxue said, Lin Yi nodded. It seemed that Martial Path Domain secrets were very precious. At present, his best option was to use Qin Jian's identity to find Martial Path Domain secrets.
At this moment, Gu Tianxue seemed to remember something and suddenly spoke up, "Actually..."
"Actually what?"
Have you ever heard of the Eight Great Families of Ancient Domain?
Lin Yi.
Lin Yi naturally knew about the Eight Great Families of Ancient Domain. These Eight Great Families were all top-tier or first-class martial arts families in the Ancient Domain. They were Qian Family, Kan Family, Gen Family, Zhen Family, Xun Family, Li Family, Kun Family, and Dui Family, which corresponded to the Eight Trigrams.
It is said that when the Gu Xianhe opened up the Ancient Domain, these eight ancestors made great contributions to the Gu Xianhe.
However, as the Ancient Domain has continued to this day, three of them— the Kan Family, the Gen Family, and the Dui Family —have all disappeared into the long river of history, leaving only five families still existing.
The first time Lin Yi encountered people from the Ancient Domain in the West Mountain Southern Domain was with the Qian Family's team.
Speaking of which, he has met three families so far: the Qian Family, the Zhen Family, and the Li Family.
Lin Yi asked, "What's so special about the Eight Great Families?"
Gu Tianxue continued, " The Martial Path Domain techniques vary among the different families in the Ancient Domain. However, it is said that the Martial Path Domain techniques of the Eight Great Families are all first-class techniques. Among them, the Martial Path Domain mastered by the Li Family is called ' Li Fire '. Within this Domain, one can control and subdue all kinds of fire. If you can condense such Domain, at least your path to becoming Martial Saint will be unobstructed."
"So you want me to find a solution from the Li Siblings? But as the eldest daughter of the Gu Family, you are of noble status. Even you have no access to the Domain secret technique. How could Huo Weili and his brother possibly know about them?"
"I'm just reminding you. Although Tongguan Prefecture has many Domain secret technique, there aren't many that can compare with the first-class Domain secret techniques of the Eight Great Families. With your talent and ability, I'm sure you'll choose the most outstanding Martial Path Domain."
Lin Yi smiled; Gu Tianxue certainly thought highly of him.
However, if there are different levels in the Martial Path Domain, then he would definitely choose the Domain that best suits him and makes him stronger.
I will consider this matter...
After successfully transcending to the Martial Saint, Lin Yi's strength increased significantly, and he became less wary of the dangers within the Black Mountain secret realm.
Even if he were to encounter the enormous Dark Hand that appeared last night again, Lin Yi felt that he could rely on his many trump cards to fight back head-on, and at least he wouldn't be slapped to death.
Thinking that he had wasted a lot of time today due to his breakthrough, Lin Yi decided to take Gu Tianxue and travel at night to reach the core of the Black Mountain as soon as possible.
However, Gu Tianxue seemed to have missed two meals. As soon as she climbed onto Lin Yi Yi's back, a gurgling sound came from her stomach.
The sound made Gu Tianxue extremely embarrassed, and she blushed instantly.
She quickly explained, "You've kept me locked up for so long today, I haven't had time to go find something to eat."
Lin Yi didn't say anything; even the most beautiful girl needs to eat, drink, and relieve herself.
After thinking for a moment, he took out a few Snickers from the Mirror Space and handed them to Gu Tianxue behind him.
What is this?
" Snickers, we Descender need food to replenish our strength."
"Ten best? What a weird name."
Gu Tianxue took the black slugs of food, sniffed them with her snow-white nose, and only after confirming that they were edible did she take small bites behind Lin Yi's back.
Instantly, the crispy aroma of the shiitake mushroom and the silky smooth texture of the Gu Tianxue's mouth. From Lin Yi's perspective, she savored the flavors like a kitten, her eyes sparkling and her appearance captivating.
Gu Tianxue wondered why all the food from the Descender was so delicious.
"The food is quite good, like pastries. If you have any more, I can buy some with Source Stone..."
"Okay, one Source Stone."
Gu Tianxue immediately frowned. "It's too expensive. I've thought about it, and I'd better not buy it..."
"It's okay, if you're not satisfied with the price, we can talk about it again. Giving you a discount wouldn't be a problem..."
Thus, Lin Yi hurried along the way, chatting with Gu Tianxue Gu Tianxue trying to earn some Source Stone from her.
However, when traveling at night in the Black Mountain secret realm, one is bound to encounter Strange Spirit.
Soon, as they passed a mountain ridge, a Professional-level Wraith appeared in their path.
This Strange Spirit is attached to a hundred-meter-tall ancient Ancient Tree. Its body is a slender vine, and its wandering tentacles are covered with black barbs. It can sense the aura of all living creatures, so it has devoured thousands of Monster and animals in the surrounding area.
Because Lin Yi concealed his aura, the Professional-level Wraith did not detect Lin Yi and his companion at first. It was only when the two rushed in front of it that the Strange Spirit reacted.
Instantly, it revealed a ferocious look of joy, as if food had come to it on its own initiative.
But upon closer inspection, it changed its expression, and the vines immediately contracted, as if trying to escape.
"Trying to run? Too late!"
Lin Yi flashed forward, first using his purifying power to suppress the Thorn Vine Ghost and prevent it from releasing its Ghost Domain power.
Then, a dazzling golden light burst forth from his palm, accompanied by a series of tragic howls. This Professional-level Wraith was actually crushed to pieces by Lin Yi.
Several Green Quality Death Spirit Stone then dropped, along with a Blue Quality Eerie Spirit Core.
Lin Yi used the System to check.
This Eerie Spirit Core doesn't match his abilities; after being devoured, it should only be able to control the nearby plants to mutate and become strange.
However, given the Fuzhu Divinity, Lin Yi found this method beneath contempt and discarded it into his spatial storage as a backup resource.
However, Professional-level Wraith cores are still very rare in the outside world. This is because the item has many uses, great scientific research value, and is an essential item for the Divine Sacrifice Profession, so it is very difficult to obtain.
Whether you exchange resources with Divine Sacrifice like Blue Star and Bai Xuan or with the official authorities, or leave them for Ancient Pool Village, it's a good choice.
After killing a Strange Spirit blocking his way, Lin Yi suddenly realized that the Strange Spirit in the Black Mountain secret realm were a huge resource that shouldn't be wasted.
Now that he has advanced to the Martial Saint Martial Saint, he can roast an ordinary Professional Ghost Spirit to death simply by releasing the massive Qi-Blood within his body. He no longer needs to be as careful as before.
Since he was already here, it wouldn't be in line with his 'bandit' values if he didn't get some Eerie Spirit Core.
So, Lin Yi had an idea and released his own Martial Spirit.
The Seven-Colored White Deer shared the same thoughts as Lin Yi. After it appeared, it used the [ Lightning Flash Body Step ], as if it were enveloped by lightning, and instantly disappeared into the pitch-black dense forest.
Gu Tianxue felt a blur before her eyes, and suddenly looked up to ask, "I think I just saw a white deer..."
"What white deer? You're seeing things..."
Gu Tianxue didn't ask any more questions; she knew that what she had just seen must have been Lin Yi Yi's doing.
Subsequently, during Lin Yi's journey, Yao controlled her seven-colored white deer spirit to hunt down evil spirits in the vicinity.
This Martial Spirit has mastered all of Lin Yi's external martial arts and can unleash the combat power of Martial Saint. It can be said that it is very easy for it to kill some ordinary Professional-level Wraith.
In just half an hour, more than ten ghostly spirits perished under the hooves of Lin Yi's Seven-Colored White Deer Martial Spirit.
The cores and Death Spirit Stone dropped by these Professional-level Wraith also fell into Lin Yi Yi's Mirror Space.
However, the Strange Spirit also have a sense of things. When they discovered that their companions in this area had almost all disappeared without a trace, they sensed danger and quickly fled.
This has led to the Seven-Colored White Deer Martial Spirit becoming less and less efficient at eliminating the Ghost Spirit, forcing it to venture further into the Black Mountain branch to search for its tracks.
At this moment, huge fluctuations of True Qi qi continuously erupted from an underground Karst Cave in a branch of the Black Mountain Branch.
"Die, all of you! Nine Swords of the Heavens!"
A sharp, piercing sword aura erupted from the cave entrance, briefly forcing back several Professional-level Wraith of various appearances.
Standing at the cave entrance, I was teaming up with Chen Muer to explore the Zhuge Jiujian.
However, Zhuge Jiujian was not in good condition at this time. He was covered in blood, holding a sword in one hand and supporting himself against the rock wall with the other to avoid falling.
It turned out that during the day, he and Chen Muer found a treasure land in the nearby mountains where the raw materials for the Martial Saint Pill grew, but they were attacked by a treacherous Four-Star Snake Demon while gathering herbs.
Although this snake demon is not very strong, it can control millions of snakes, and its fangs contain deadly poison.
Later, he and Chen Muer tried every means to kill the millions of snakes that had gathered from the nearby mountains.
Unexpectedly, as night fell, the remaining swarm of snakes retreated on the surface, but gathered at the entrance of the cave where the two were hiding as the Strange Spirit roamed, fighting each other and spreading the stench of blood. This attracted many other Strange Spirit from the vicinity, putting them in a hopeless situation.
I never imagined that the Monster in the Black Mountain secret realm would use someone else to do their dirty work!
"Brother Chen, how are you?"
"Brother Zhuge, if you can't hold on, just run away. Don't worry about me!"
Chen Muer's injuries inside the cave were even more severe. He was initially ambushed by the Four-Star Snake Demon and poisoned by the snake venom. Later, when he was fighting the snake horde, his True Qi was greatly depleted. Now he can only force out the poison with all his might and has even lost the ability to fight.
Hearing the loud noise outside, he knew that Zhuge Jiujian was buying him time.
However, the venom remaining in his body seemed to have a self-awareness, constantly fighting against his True Qi, and could not be forced out in a short time.
If Zhuge Jiujian had escaped alone, he might have had a chance to survive.
Upon hearing Chen Muer's words from inside the cave, Zhuge Jiujian unleashed another sword light, forcing back a Strange Spirit and breaking the Ghost Domain power that enveloped him.
"Damn it, I, Zhuge Jiujian, never abandon anyone. You wait, I'll kill these Strange Spirit first."