Ye Qiu and Elder Long Mei looked excited. They saw that the second floor of the Sword Tomb was filled with densely packed bookshelves.
On the bookshelves were thread-bound ancient books.
There were at least tens of thousands of volumes.
The two exchanged a glance. In their minds, they simultaneously thought of a possibility. The supreme cultivation techniques of Shu Mountain.
Whoosh.
The two almost acted at the same time, rushing to the bookshelves.
Elder Long Mei picked up an ancient book. He saw several large characters written on the cover page. Chasing Wind Thirteen Swords.
This was a sword manual.
“With so many cultivation techniques, if this poor Daoist practises them all, he will surely become a peerless expert. Hahaha…”
Elder Long Mei laughed endlessly and quickly opened the cover page of the ancient book. Unexpectedly, before the cover page was even flipped, the ancient book turned to powder in his hands.
“What’s going on?”
Elder Long Mei was stunned and continued to take the second ancient book. It was also a sword manual.
Tai Bai Seven Styles.
This time, as soon as Elder Long Mei took the sword manual in his hands, the manual turned to powder again.
On the other side.
Ye Qiu was very cautious. Even though he was immune to all poisons, he did not rashly take the ancient book.
“Hu.”
Ye Qiu gently blew away the dust on the ancient book. Four large characters appeared in his sight.
Myriad Phenomena Sword Technique.
It was also a sword manual.
Ye Qiu observed it carefully and did not detect any danger. Only then did he reach out to take the sword manual.
As soon as his fingers touched the manual, it crumbled into ashes.
“Hm?”
Ye Qiu raised his eyebrows and looked at Elder Long Mei. He found that Elder Long Mei had taken over a dozen ancient books in one go. Before they were even opened, the books turned to powder.
“Damn!”
Elder Long Mei cursed and turned back to Ye Qiu, saying, “These sword manuals are all written on ordinary paper. They’ve been placed here for too long and have long since decayed. A light touch turns them to ashes.”
“This poor Daoist can’t understand. Shu Mountain was so glorious back then. Why didn’t they use better paper to write the sword manuals?”
“I strongly suspect that the Shu Mountain head was a miser.”
Elder Long Mei asked, “Little brat, do you have any way to peek at the contents inside without touching these sword manuals?”
“I’ll try.” Ye Qiu activated his Heavenly Eye. His gaze immediately penetrated the cover page of the sword manual and saw the contents inside.
He was delighted in his heart and was about to continue viewing when suddenly a gust of wind blew in from outside the door. The bookshelves shook violently.
In an instant, tens of thousands of sword manuals dissipated with the wind.
“Damn!”
Ye Qiu could not help but curse angrily as well.
This feeling was like having a peerless beauty lying in front of you, stripped naked, and just as you were about to do as you pleased, you suddenly realised it was all a dream.
Elder Long Mei cursed, “Damn it. If Shu Mountain hadn’t been exterminated, this old man would definitely give their head a beating. Such fine sword manuals, gone just like that. What a waste!”
Ye Qiu said, “If Shu Mountain hadn’t been exterminated, these sword manuals would surely have been maintained by someone. As for your level of cultivation, forget about beating the Shu Mountain head. You probably couldn’t even defeat an ordinary disciple of Shu Mountain.”
“You bastard, can’t you speak without putting me down? Would it kill you not to mock me?” Elder Long Mei glared at Ye Qiu and said, “The Sword Tomb has one more floor. Let’s go up and take a look.”
The two followed the stairs and arrived at the third floor.
Immediately, surprise appeared in their eyes.
The door to the third floor was actually cast in bronze, about three metres high and two metres wide, weighing over ten thousand catties.
Elder Long Mei pushed the bronze door with all his might, but the door did not budge.
“Little brat, you try it. This poor Daoist can’t push it open,” Elder Long Mei said.
Ye Qiu stepped forward, circulated the Nine Turns Divine Dragon Technique, concentrated all his body’s strength in his two hands, then pressed on the bronze door and pushed hard.
The bronze door did not move an inch.
“What?”
Ye Qiu was shocked. At this moment, the strength in his arms was at least tens of thousands of catties.
Unexpectedly, the bronze door was so heavy.
“Again!”
Ye Qiu directly urged the four Qian Kun Cauldrons, wanting to use them to smash open the bronze door.
“Boom!”
The four Qian Kun Cauldrons crashed into the bronze door at the same time, erupting with a heaven-shaking sound. The entire Sword Tomb seemed to tremble at this moment.
However, the bronze door still did not budge.
“How is this possible?”
Ye Qiu found it hard to understand. How could a bronze door be so sturdy?
Elder Long Mei said excitedly, “Only places hiding great treasures would have such a heavy bronze door arranged.”
“Little brat, I dare assert that inside the third floor of the Sword Tomb, there must be a peerless divine object.”
“Put in more effort. Quickly get the door open.”
“This poor Daoist wants to know what treasure is inside exactly.”
As Elder Long Mei spoke, he rubbed his palms, looking extremely impatient.
“I’ll try again.”
Ye Qiu continued to urge the four Qian Kun Cauldrons, making the four cauldrons enlarge at the same time, then crashing into the bronze door with a boom.
“Boom!”
The collision sound was like the heavens collapsing and the earth splitting, but the situation was the same as before. The bronze door still was not shaken in the slightest.
An incredulous expression appeared on Ye Qiu’s face.
One must know that after the four Qian Kun Cauldrons enlarged, their simultaneous impact could reach hundreds of thousands of catties in force. Yet they did not shake the bronze door. It was too astonishing.
He realised that perhaps Elder Long Mei had guessed correctly. There was a peerless treasure inside the third floor of the Sword Tomb. Otherwise, there would be no need to arrange such an indestructible bronze door.
Elder Long Mei frowned and said, “Little brat, this door probably can’t be broken open with brute force. We need to think of other ways.”
Ye Qiu said, “Old thing, don’t you know escape techniques? Why not try that?”
“Damn, I almost forgot if you hadn’t reminded me. This poor Daoist will try fire escape.” After saying that, Elder Long Mei quickly took out a talisman.
Whoosh.
The talisman burned, emitting eerie blue flames.
Elder Long Mei muttered incantations softly, then his body turned into a streak of extreme light, crashing towards the bronze door, preparing to use the fire escape technique to pass directly through the bronze door.
Immediately after, there was a “clang” sound. Elder Long Mei’s head was broken and bleeding.
“Ouch, it hurts like hell…”
Seeing this scene, Ye Qiu could not help but laugh and said, “Old thing, your head isn’t hard enough!”
Elder Long Mei angrily said, “Little brat, stop with the sarcasm. Quickly think of a way to open this door.”
Ye Qiu’s gaze fell on the bronze door. He thought to himself, since brute force can’t break it open, then they could only search for a mechanism.
He stared at the bronze door and examined it carefully.
Suddenly, Ye Qiu narrowed his eyes. He discovered nine tiny holes on the bronze door.
The holes were really too small, like strands of hair. If he had not observed particularly carefully, he would not have discovered them at all.
The nine holes were arranged irregularly, distributed unevenly.
“How come these nine holes look a bit like human acupuncture points?”
Ye Qiu looked for a good while and took out nine golden needles.
Elder Long Mei said, “Little brat, are you preparing to treat this poor Daoist’s injuries? At least you have some conscience…”
Before the words were finished.
Ye Qiu inserted the nine golden needles into the bronze door.
“Damn, I thought you were going to treat this poor Daoist’s injuries. You heartless bastard.”
As soon as Elder Long Mei’s voice fell, there was a “rumble” sound. The bronze door trembled and then slowly opened.
