A Night Visit to the Scripture Repository
Jinling City, Great Xia Night Watchers Branch.
The atmosphere in the metal interrogation room, devoid of windows and illuminated only by glaring incandescent lights, was so oppressive it was almost stagnant.
Wolf Fang stood there, and although he wore a fierce mask that concealed his face, one could still sense an extremely rare... awe from his slightly hunched back, taut like a bowstring.
Even a hint of fear.
Sitting opposite him in the interrogation chair was a refined middle-aged man dressed in a well-tailored black Zhongshan suit and wearing gold-rimmed glasses.
He casually toyed with an expensive fountain pen in his hand, but a terrifying pressure emanated from him, making even Wolf Fang, a Blood Transformation Realm expert, feel suffocated.
True energy is released outwards, like silk threads or a net.
Senior Investigator of the Great Xia Night Watchers - [Code Name: Judge]!
"Wolf Fang, I'm very dissatisfied with your recent work."
The Judge didn't look up. He pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses and spoke in a calm voice, which sounded like a heavy hammer blow to Wolf Fang's heart.
"The rate of Variants infiltration in Jinling City has reached a dangerous critical point. The Xiahou Family, and even... the Han Family."
The Judge looked up, his eyes, hidden behind his glasses, were so sharp they seemed to see through any disguise.
Wolf Fang shuddered, cold sweat beading on his forehead beneath his mask.
"Sir, I..."
"No need for explanation," the Judge waved his hand, interrupting him.
"Those prodigies from the Demon Capital Martial University in Capital and Shanghai are a sharp dagger sent down from above."
His gaze was icy as he stared at Wolf Fang.
"From this moment forward, you, and all the Night Watchers under your command in Jinling City, will unconditionally cooperate with their operation. If this purge mission goes wrong in any way, or... you dare to have any improper thoughts."
The Judge's tone suddenly turned cold, and a chilling killing intent locked onto Wolf Fang.
"You know how the Night Watchers deals with traitors."
"Understood! Your subordinate will cooperate fully, even at the cost of his life!" Wolf Fang knelt on one knee, his voice trembling.
at the same time.
Located within a high-end detached villa area specifically prepared for exchange students at Jinling Martial University.
As night deepened, two figures, exuding an aura of profound depth, stood silently side by side on the balconies of two adjacent villas.
A man dressed in an elegant gray robe was none other than the team leader from Capital Martial University, [Qi Gathering Fourth Level]!
The other was a burly, muscular man, the team leader from Demon Capital Martial University, [Qi Gathering Fifth Level]!
"Old Li, I heard the waters in Jinling City are quite deep. Are the Night Watchers reliable?" The Demon Capital mentor leaned against the railing with an air of nonchalance, took a swig of strong liquor, and asked in a deep, muffled voice.
"Hmph." Li Changshan, the mentor from Capital, snorted coldly, his gaze fixed intently on the dazzling neon lights of Jinling City.
"Those Night Watchers guys are all about power struggles and scheming. Don't completely trust the information they give you, and certainly don't expect them to be reliable allies in a pinch."
He turned to look at the living room behind him, where three Capital prodigies were sitting cross-legged, their auras incredibly powerful.
"This trip to Jinling is to give these hothouse flowers a real baptism of blood."
He clenched his fist, his bones cracking like popping beans.
"Even if Qi Gathering Realm Variants king truly was born beneath the surface of Jinling City..."
"With the two of us old guys here, we can easily crush them to dust!"
At this moment, the six top geniuses in the living room also opened their eyes.
These six individuals are all at the very top of the younger generation in Great Xia.
At Demon Capital Martial University: a Blood Refining Ninth Level who crushed the Zhang Kuang silver-haired boy with a single finger during the day, a Blood Refining Upper-Tier Perfection, and... a Blood Transformation Realm Third Level!
Capital Martial University: Two Blood Refining Upper-Tier Perfection, and one student at the Blood Transformation Realm First Level!
Such a terrifying young force, if placed at Jinling Martial University, would be enough to sweep away all the elite seniors!
"Dear students," the voice of Li Changshan, the Capital instructor, rang out in the living room, "From now on, you are free to move about and explore every corner of Jinling City."
"Yes!"
The six prodigies responded in unison, their eyes flashing with excitement and arrogant bloodlust. With a flicker, they vanished into the villa as six afterimages.
in.
Chu Kuangren, the top prodigy of Demon Capital Martial University who had reached the Blood Transformation Realm Third Level, did not go to the brightly lit city or the dark slums to search for traces of the Variants like the others.
He was dressed in an expensive black trench coat, his gaze fixed on the heavily guarded underground building deep within Jinling Martial University.
"Although Jinling Martial University has declined, it can't even produce a decent Blood Transformation Realm student..."
Chu Kuangren's lips curled into an arrogant smile.
"But it was once a key Martial Dao academy of the Great Xia Dynasty. Surely it couldn't possibly be unable to produce even a single Earth Grade killing technique in its [Scripture Pavilion]?"
"I'll see what I can learn from this wretched place!"
He One Flash like a ghost, speeding towards the direction of the Scripture Pavilion.
The night was as dark as ink.
Compared to the hustle and bustle of the daytime, this [Scripture Pavilion] buried deep underground appears exceptionally silent at night. The entire building is encased in thick alloy walls, and the exterior is also equipped with miniature blood energy detection arrays that only cardholders can pass through.
However, these defenses, which seem impenetrable to ordinary people, are utterly useless in front of Dongfang Yueming.
"Buzz--"
A faint ripple appeared in the Xukong, so faint that even the Qi and Blood Detection Array could not detect it.
[Heaven Grade Ultimate Technique - the Ends of the Earth Are Within Reach]!
Without warning, Dongfang Yueming's figure pierced through the three-meter-thick special alloy door and appeared directly in the most core "confidential area" inside the Sutra Repository.
This place holds the true essence of Jinling Martial University, and normally only the university's top leaders and a very small number of professors who have made significant contributions are qualified to enter.
"Let me see just how prestigious this university, located in one of the three major towns in the south, truly is."
Dongfang Yueming strolled leisurely among the rows of bookshelves crafted from millennia-old warm jade.
Soon, his gaze settled on the area marked "Blood Transformation Realm".
"Found it."
He casually picked up two jade slips that emitted a faint glow.
[The Wild Sand Blood Transformation Art (Yellow Grade)]
[The Spirit Water Blood Transformation Technique (Yellow Grade)]
Only two Yellow Grade books?
Dongfang Yueming frowned slightly and carefully put away the jade slip. Including the four he had obtained from the four shopkeepers in the black market, he now had six Yellow Grade Blood Transformation Realm cultivation techniques.
Only two more books are needed to synthesize Heaven Grade and reach the Top-Tier Perfection the Blood Transformation Realm!
He turned to look at the "Bloodthirsty Techniques" area next to him.
There stood three exquisite jade boxes, each with an extremely complex combination lock on its surface.
Dongfang Yueming glanced at it using the profound meaning of [Clear as Watching a Fire].
"Three Earth Grade Blood Skills... a sword technique, a spear technique, and one defensive skill."
He curled his lip, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes.
For him, who had already mastered the four Heaven Grade Perfection killing moves, Earth Grade blood skills were like cabbages from a roadside stall—he wouldn't bother practicing them even if they were given to him for free.
"It seems that Jinling Martial University has indeed declined; it doesn't even have a single [Qi Gathering Realm] cultivation technique Qi Technique."
Dongfang Yueming shook his head in disappointment.
He wants to break through the limitations of his physical body and enter a true transcendent stage; the Qi Gathering method is indispensable. It seems he will have to find a way through other channels.
Just as he was about to leave.
Deep within the classified area, in a dusty corner, an inconspicuous black metal box caught his attention.
The box was unlocked, and there was no fluctuation of qi or blood inside.
Dongfang Yueming walked over and casually opened the box. Inside lay a Ox Skin notebook with yellowed edges and brittle pages.
"What's this?"
He casually flipped it open.
The notebook appears to have belonged to a former president of Jinling Martial University decades ago, as the handwriting inside is vigorous and powerful.
[Winter of 2332]
[It was a disaster that occurred without any warning...]
Overnight, more than half of the top family experts in Jinling City —those who were once powerful and influential figures in the Blood Refining Realm and even the Blood Transformation Realm —have vanished without a trace!
[It was like... being completely swallowed by darkness!]
The official investigation has made no progress, and the Night Watchers remains eerily silent.
[It was precisely because of that upheaval that the power structure of Jinling City was completely reshuffled, allowing families like the Xiahou Family and Han Family to seize the opportunity, stepping over the remains of those who disappeared, to rise rapidly and become the two dominant forces they are today...]