Urban Martial Saint

This man surely couldn’t answer Liu Mubai’s question, but obtaining these four cultivation techniques already made Liu Mubai quite excited. With these four cultivation techniques, he was now qualified to confront the Wanyan Family!

”Thank you, Senior, for bestowing the cultivation techniques!” Liu Mubai once again knelt before the man. Whether or not these techniques were bestowed by him, Liu Mubai wanted to pay respects.

The man remained motionless, whether alive or dead was unknown. After Liu Mubai paid his respects, he stood up, grabbed the three from the Wanyan Family, and prepared to leave this place. However, when he reached the entrance he came through, it seemed as if he was blocked by an invisible force and couldn’t move forward even an inch.

”What’s going on?” Liu Mubai was astonished, attempting to move forward several times, but was blocked each time and couldn’t go through. Liu Mubai tried to push forcefully, but that power was much stronger than his own, and he couldn’t get out, which surprised him even more.

Unable to take that path, Liu Mubai was helpless and had to turn to another way. This other way required traveling via water. Ye Qing had previously told him about this route, which required diving to the bottom and charging through an underwater cave. The most troublesome part was passing through the area suppressed by the Immovable Bodhisattva Seal. The whole process required three to five minutes. Liu Mubai himself could manage it, but the three from the Wanyan Family, having lost their strength, possibly couldn’t hold their breath to dive the same way. This might cost them their lives.

Nonetheless, Liu Mubai couldn’t care too much about them. He took the three people to the bottom, swam forward a bit. Yet, at the position of that cave entrance, he again encountered an invisible force, preventing him from rushing through, exactly like the entrance on the shore before.

Liu Mubai was puzzled, trying several times but still couldn’t rush through. In the end, he had to give up, bringing the three from the Wanyan Family back to the shore, looking around in astonishment but without finding a way out. The place seemed enclosed by an invisible Qi Wall, blocking all exits; he couldn’t get out.

Searching back and forth for quite a while, Liu Mubai still couldn’t find a way out, making his heart sink. Was this place completely sealed off? What was the use of gaining power from these four secret manuals and improving his strength if he couldn’t get out? The skill he had was of no use now.

The three from the Wanyan Family didn’t know what had happened, but, having lost their power, they naturally didn’t dare make a sound, just huddled by the rock wall and watched Liu Mubai roam around the cave.

After a long time, Liu Mubai suddenly gritted his teeth, abruptly sat cross-legged on the ground, and began to cultivate according to those four secret manuals. Liu Mubai wasn’t one to give up easily; since his current strength couldn’t help him leave, he decided to enhance his power until he could break free. He had already touched the edge of being beyond the pinnacle. If he could break through the beyond-the-pinnacle realm, perhaps he could leave here?

Fortunately, this cave was connected to the underground river. In the underground river, there were many fish that could serve as food. Trapped, Liu Mubai could still survive. However, when he could break through the shackles of the pinnacle and break the seal to leave this place depended on himself.

The man protruding from the stone pillar stood with closed eyes all along. No one knew if he was alive or dead; he seemed truly dead. But the sporadically moving black air around him resembled an ancient evil demon, making people dare not show any disrespect towards him!

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That night, in Shenchuan City, Wanyan Hongsheng stood dejectedly in front of Wanyan Hongfeng and Wanyan Second Master. Ever since Wanyan Hongfeng returned, he, once the second figure of the family, became the third. And as the third, his status within the family had actually declined a lot. Because rumors said that he was the one who killed Old Sixth Wan Yan. Although he denied it vehemently, and people couldn’t produce evidence to prove it, the incident still dealt him a significant blow. Many in the family had begun not to trust him.

Wanyan Hongsheng also returned after failing a mission this time, following Wanyan Hongfeng’s orders to stop Liu Mubai from entering the secret chamber of Patriarch Bodhidharma’s demise. But they arrived too late; by the time they reached there, Liu Mubai had already gone in. They pursued inside but, upon reaching the entrance, grabbing the chain, the three in front were swept by the chain into the underground river channel.

This situation left Wanyan Hongsheng terrified. He probed outside for a long time and still dared not go in. The underground river channel was too dangerous; three peak masters went in and didn’t even make a sound. He had no doubt that if he went in, he would silently die inside, too.

To save his life, Wanyan Hongsheng returned to Shenchuan City overnight and reported the matter to Wanyan Hongfeng.

After listening to Wanyan Hongsheng, Wanyan Second Master furrowed his brows, gave Wanyan Hongsheng a stern look, and said in a deep voice, ”Third Brother, you took three peak masters and yourself, a total of four people, to chase Liu Mubai, and still failed? Hmph, do you still have the face to report this to us?”

Wanyan Hongsheng looked extremely embarrassed, replying softly, ”Second Brother, the situation was really too sudden at the time. You didn’t see it; the power of that chain was immensely strong. Those three were all peak masters, yet bound by the chain, they had no room to resist and were dragged inside directly. If... if I wasn’t walking more towards the outside, I probably would have been dragged in as well!”

”Hmph, a chain, can it possibly go spooky?” Wanyan Second Master scrutinized Wanyan Hongsheng from head to toe, saying sternly, ”Third Brother, did you make a mistake, causing the mission to fail, and return intentionally to deceive Big Brother?”

”I... How dare I?” Wanyan Hongsheng shivered in fear, saying repeatedly, ”That’s precisely how it was; the chain did drag people inside. Big Brother, why... why would I deceive you?”

As Wanyan Second Master was about to speak, Wanyan Hongfeng motioned with a hand gesture and said softly, ”Third Brother, do you know why I insisted on you stopping Liu Mubai before he went in?”

”I... I don’t know...” Wanyan Hongsheng shook his head, having been curious about it himself.

”You should remember what I told you, Liu Mubai’s martial arts are also transmitted from the Demon Sect. However, he is from another branch of the Demon Sect, transmitted from the cultivation techniques of the Heavenly Demon!” Wanyan Hongfeng took a deep breath and said, ”Eternal Demon Body, Heavenly Demon Dismantling Technique, Heavenly Demon Roar, those are signature skills of the Heavenly Demon. Unfortunately, these skills have been lost for many years and it’s unknown why they appear within Liu Mubai!”

Wanyan Second Master whispered, ”Ye Qing entered the Demon Hideout Cave many times, might it be him that brought these secret manuals to Liu Mubai?”

”Impossible!” Wanyan Hongfeng shook his head firmly, glancing at Wanyan Second Master, and said, ”Do you know who built the tomb outside the secret chamber of Patriarch Bodhidharma’s demise?”

”Wasn’t it set up by people from the Demon Sect?” Wanyan Second Master asked in confusion, Wanyan Hongfeng’s question puzzled him.

”Indeed, it was established by people from the Demon Sect!” Wanyan Hongfeng paused for a moment and said, ”And we are those people of the Demon Sect!”

”Ah?” Wanyan Second Master was taken aback, exclaimed in shock, ”This... this tomb was constructed by us?”

”That’s right!” Wanyan Hongfeng nodded and said, ”The tomb was built by our ancestors to seal off the secret chamber of Patriarch Bodhidharma, preventing future generations from acquiring the contents inside.”

”Then why didn’t our people directly get inside and retrieve the things within?” Wanyan Second Master asked curiously.

”The ancestors attempted it, but none could enter the chamber. Therefore, the things inside couldn’t be retrieved!” Wanyan Hongfeng explained, ”We can’t take it, but if others use it against us, it would be troublesome. Thus, our predecessors, under the identity of the Demon Sect, built a tomb there, blocking the entrance to prevent entry to obtain the contents inside!”

As he spoke, Wanyan Hongfeng paused and took a deep breath, ”However, creating a tomb isn’t fail-proof. Even if you have mighty tomb guardian beasts or intricate mechanisms, it is never entirely secure. Encountering an adept tomb robber, it might still open, which isn’t safe. Sealing the entrance completely overwhelmingly taxed the minds of our ancestors. Eventually, one ancestor thought of a splendid method!”

”What method?” Wanyan Second Master and Wanyan Hongsheng gazed at Wanyan Hongfeng with tension, both curious about what kind of mechanism their ancestors set up in the tomb.

”The ancestors took an object from the Demon Hideout Cave to suppress the entrance and seal it!” Wanyan Hongfeng glanced at the two beside him and said, ”But do you know what they brought out?”

The two shook their heads simultaneously, Wanyan Hongfeng exhaled softly and said, ”They moved a silver coffin from the Demon Hideout Cave!”

”Silver coffin?” Both were stunned, knowing about the silver coffin inside, but unaware that it was transported from the Demon Hideout Cave.

Wanyan Hongfeng said, ”Silverware Soul Sealing was known by early people. But do you know what is inside the silver coffin?”

The two shook their heads again, surely not knowing what exactly was contained inside the silver coffin.