"Is this the Innate Qi?"
Looking at the ball of energy in his hand, Wang Hao was filled with amazement.
It had been about ten days since he escaped. During these ten days, he had been using his own True Spirit Sword Intent to wear down the fragments of sword energy raging within his body.
This process of attrition can also be considered a tempering of the True Spirit Sword Intent, which actually raised the True Spirit Sword Intent to ninety-five points, a blessing in disguise.
At the same time, after being ravaged by the sword energy fragments, his physical body was tempered many times, and he actually broke through the bottleneck to reach the Grandmaster Realm, and also nurtured a Innate Qi from the outside in.
It was that ball of energy in his hand.
That is the most primal energy of the human body, possessing infinite wonders. Even though it was only initially cultivated and only a tiny amount was available, it still greatly increased Wang Hao's strength.
Most importantly, with the emergence of Innate Qi energy, the True Spirit Sword Intent can finally be truly put to use.
Previously, True Spirit Sword Intent was only used as an auxiliary tool, but with the emergence of Innate Qi, True Spirit Sword Intent has gained a foundation to support it, and can directly condense Innate Qi into Innate Sword Qi.
This is true, unparalleled sharpness!
Host: Wang Hao
Cultivation level: Mortal Realm Second Layer
Spirit: True Spirit Sword Intent (95/100)
Soul: Awakening
Soul: Awakening
God: Awakening
Qi: Innate Qi (1/100)
Essence: Bloodline Power (150/1000)
Fortune Points: 12
Bloodline Divine Ability: Object Storage
Cultivation Technique: Nine Revolutions Body Tempering Instruction, Level 1 (Peak of Transcendent Mastery/100/100)
Martial Arts: Nine-Character True Art Foundation Chapter - Explosive Force (Peak of Entering the Hall and Inner Chamber / Transcendent Mastery )
Ten Stances of Bloody Battle (100/100)
Lightning Straight-Line Step (Late Stage of Peak Perfection / Transcendent Mastery )
Thousand Faces Divine Technique (Early Stage of Peak Perfection / Transcendent Mastery )
Looking at the brand-new attribute panel, Wang Hao was very satisfied. His Bloodline Power had increased to 150 points with the breakthrough in his cultivation, which meant that he now possessed 150,000 jin of strength, a full 50% increase compared to before.
With the breakthrough in Bloodline Power, his cultivation level also rose to the Mortal Realm Second Layer, which is the Acquired Realm of the Smiling Proud Wanderer World, or it can also be said to be the Grandmaster Realm.
Qi, one of the six basic attributes, has Awakening and become Innate Qi, with a progress of one percent.
After all, the Innate Qi has only just Awakening and still needs cultivation, so it's normal for it to be weak.
Because the Nine Revolutions Body Tempering Instruction has only deduced the first level, even if one's cultivation has broken through, one is still stuck at the first level and needs to deduce the subsequent cultivation methods to continue practicing.
The situation with the Ten Stances of Bloody Battle is similar to that of the Nine Revolutions Body Tempering Instruction. Both require Wang Hao to actively deduce them in order to break through the level limit and achieve a substantial improvement. Therefore, before he could deduce and break through, he would still be stuck at the 100% progress.
His progress in the Lightning Straight-Line Step was also significant. After all, he used the Lightning Straight-Line Step at full power quite a few times during that battle, and his training efficiency was unimaginably high during such a fierce and intense fight.
Therefore, the Lightning Straight-Line Step technique was upgraded from the initial stage of Peak Perfection to the later stage.
Finally, there's the Thousand Faces Divine Technique. He had already mastered it to Complete Integration peak, but he was stuck because he lacked internal energy.
At this moment, the Innate Qi Awakening, Thousand Faces Divine Technique naturally breaks through.
Overall, the improvement this time is quite significant. If he were to face Li Haoran again, even if he still couldn't defeat him, he wouldn't be as humiliated as before.
"Gurgle!"
As Wang Hao was admiring his improved strength, a thunderous sound suddenly came from his stomach.
"Looks like we need to quickly investigate this Great Yuan Treasure and then figure out how to get out and find something to eat!"
Stroking his rumbling belly, Wang Hao decided to begin exploring this Great Yuan Treasure right now.
He was very interested in this Great Yuan Treasure. According to Prince Dula, it not only contained countless treasures, but also the supreme esoteric Esoteric Sect Supreme Yoga Tantra.
This is quite a temptation for Wang Hao!
"Damn! How did the Yuan Dynasty come up with so many bizarre tricks?"
At the end of the treasure vault's passage, Wang Hao lay sprawled on the ground, panting heavily, his clothes completely ripped to shreds.
As the entrance to the Great Yuan Treasure, this place is naturally full of traps and mechanisms. Even though he inherited some mechanical and mathematical skills from the Eastern Heretic's legacy, he still couldn't completely avoid them.
If it weren't for his strong physique and the fact that these mechanisms hadn't been in disrepair and their power greatly diminished over the years, he probably would have really perished here.
The traps here are far more vicious than those in the tomb of Eastern Heretic's beloved wife. After all, this was set up by an entire dynasty, and naturally, it's Eastern Heretic Huang Yaoshi, could not accomplish on his own.
Fortunately, we made it through!
"Huh? This isn't Yuan Dynasty script!"
After resting for a while, Wang Hao got up and began to grope around in the dark. He soon found some strange inscriptions on the surrounding walls, but they were neither Yuan Dynasty script nor script of the nomadic people. They looked much older.
Because of the darkness, Wang Hao couldn't figure it out for the time being. Once he found a way in, he started wildly slashing with his Shameless Greatsword.
This gate was carved from granite and was extremely heavy. It took Wang Hao a lot of effort to dig it through.
Only after entering did light begin to emanate from within. It turned out that dozens of luminous pearls, or rather fluorescent stones, were embedded in the surrounding walls, producing a faint light that allowed one to roughly see the scene inside.
This is a very large underground palace. Although some parts have collapsed, its grandeur is still evident, and it is clear that the builders put a lot of thought into it.
"Could this be a tomb?"
Wang Hao stared in horror at the coffin, carved entirely from hard rock, that had been overturned on the ground. The presence of such a thing basically confirmed that this was a tomb.
However, seeing this thing all at once, coupled with the pale green light emitted by the surrounding luminous pearls, was truly terrifying.
They walked over cautiously, and only breathed a sigh of relief after seeing some broken bones and remains inside the coffin.
"Thank goodness there aren't any zombies or anything like that!"
Wang Hao breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that there were only some broken bones inside.
There's no way around it; after reading so many the Lost Tomb, I always tend to overthink things when faced with this kind of situation.
Thankfully, this is a martial arts world, not a supernatural one, or I would have been scared to death.
"This appears to be script from the Sengoku period!"
After calming himself down, Wang Hao finally had the chance to examine the coffin. It was inscribed with ancient characters that were quite different from modern writing, even older than clerical script and seal script, and were likely written before the Qin and Han dynasties.
Before the Qin and Han dynasties was the Sengoku States periods, and Yanjing was the former capital of the State of Yan, one of the Sengoku. Therefore, it is very likely that this tomb belongs to a prominent figure from the State of Yan.
As for who it was, Wang Hao didn't know. After all, he wasn't an archaeologist. Being able to discern the approximate age of the script was already quite remarkable. As for understanding the script, well, forget about it.
"It seems that the Great Yuan Dynasty accidentally discovered this underground tomb and then used it as the Tibet for its Great Yuan treasury."
After surveying the environment of this enormous tomb chamber, Wang Hao's gaze finally settled on the tens of thousands of large boxes that filled almost half of the entire chamber. He seemed to understand what was going on.
According to his estimation, this underground palace is at least a hundred feet deep below the surface. If the entrance is unknown, even if someone digs up the entire capital, they will find it extremely difficult to locate this treasure. It is truly foolproof.
Opening those large chests revealed gold, jewels, and jade artifacts. Most of the chests also contained armor and weapons coated with wax, all top-quality items made of Thousand-Forged Refined Steel.
Clearly, this was the last vestige of the Yuan Dynasty's resources. It's just unclear why the Yuan Dynasty failed to utilize it at the last moment, or even have the chance to take it with them, resulting in it being sealed away until now.
"But this is exactly what benefits me!"
Looking at the tens of thousands of large boxes, Wang Hao rubbed his hands together excitedly.
This is truly a windfall! There are over ten million taels of gold here alone, and countless jewels and jade artifacts. As for silver, it doesn't even qualify to be placed here. It truly lives up to its reputation as the last vestige of the Yuan Dynasty's wealth!
When the Yuan Dynasty was established, it destroyed countless countries and nations, including the Song Dynasty of Huaxia. All the wealth of these countries and nations was plundered, and gold, which was the most valuable and abundant, was naturally the focus of the looting. In the end, the most valuable part of this wealth was hidden here.
It is unknown what internal changes occurred within the Yuan Dynasty, but this treasure was never used, allowing it to remain to this day and benefit Wang Hao.
" Xiao Mengmeng, hurry and find the secret manual of Supreme Yoga Tantra!"
Turning his gaze away from the gold and silver jewelry, Wang Hao couldn't wait to ask Xiao Mengmeng in the System Space.
Money is good, but he doesn't need it right now; the martial arts manual is more important.
"It's buried under a floor tile beneath the coffin."
Xiao Mengmeng responded quickly, after all, in the beginning, Wang Hao had instructed her to use the secret manuals of the Supreme Yoga Tantra as her search target.
"The person who hid the treasure is quite cautious!"
With a smile, Wang Hao moved the overturned coffin aside, found a seemingly ordinary floor tile underneath, and covered it up. Sure enough, he found an exquisite jade box underneath.
The person who hid this treasure is indeed quite shrewd. If other treasure hunters came and saw the huge pile of treasure, they would definitely turn their attention to it and take it away, making it virtually impossible for them to search the entire place.
Especially that worthless and unlucky stone coffin, not to mention the floor tiles underneath.
After all, this is a tomb. Anyone who enters here is like a tomb raider. I've never heard of a tomb raider who would pry off all the floor tiles of a tomb!
However, this trick can't fool me, Master Hao, who has a system!
The jade box was carefully opened, revealing an extremely thin, ancient animal hide inside. Countless small characters were written on it in the grassland language, beginning with the large characters "Supreme Yoga Tantra ".
"This thing looks pretty old!"
Wang Hao gently unfolded the somewhat hardened piece of animal hide and began to read the cultivation method on it, but the more he looked, the more his brows furrowed.
In the Smiling Proud Wanderer World, most martial arts training focuses on the three elements of essence, energy, and spirit. Essence represents the physical body, and external martial arts are those that cultivate this aspect.
Qi refers to the internal energy cultivated through internal martial arts techniques. Shen is less common; only some long-established sects or families possess martial arts that Spirit Refinement sense.
Generally, once one's cultivation reaches the level of Xiantian Grandmaster Realm, one can directly touch upon the power of Divine Sense.
Most martial arts in the world are developed around these three aspects, but the Supreme Yoga Tantra is an exception. Its cultivation direction is completely different from the Body Refinement in the Central Plains and even the grasslands.
It involves cultivating seven nodes, three main hidden meridians, and countless branch meridians within the body, which are completely absent from the meridian Body Refinement of the Central Plains.
"Wait a minute, three hidden meridians, seven nodes... how come this is so similar to the ancient Tianzhu concept of Seven Chakras and Three Nadis?"
Suddenly, Wang Hao remembered a saying he had heard in modern times. He had overheard it from his cousin, a yoga enthusiast, during a New Year's gathering.
In yoga practice, there are no meridians or acupoints like in Huaxia medicine. Instead, there is a system of Three Nadis and Seven Chakras. Whether this is a hoax or not, this concept does exist.
Looking at the practice methods of Supreme Yoga Tantra, he made a connection. Moreover, Supreme Yoga Tantra is the supreme teaching of the Esoteric Sect Buddhism, and the origin of Buddhism is ancient Tianzhu. Perhaps there is a connection between them.
"But isn't that a huge exaggeration? What does it mean to control everything, move mountains and overturn seas, change the weather, summon wind and rain, fly and disappear into the earth..."
Wang Hao stared blankly at the last part of the animal skin scroll that had been written on.
He might believe such a claim if he encountered it in a fantasy world or Primordial Main World, but how could such a cultivation method exist in a low-level martial arts world like the Smiling, Proud Wanderer?
So this is complete nonsense!
Otherwise, if that were truly the case, ancient Tianzhu would have long since dominated the world and become a god-like existence.
This passage clearly uses hyperbole.