Martial Saint with Passives

The inn.

A murderous intent flashed through Jiang Che’s mind.

’What a piece of work... This old bastard really is up to no good!’

’Not only does he want to trick me into being cannon fodder, but he’s also after the treasures I have on me?’

He then sent a command through the spiritual bond he shared with Xiaohei.

’Xiaohei, watch the inn and protect my family! If anyone approaches with ill intent... kill them without mercy!’

Xiaohei’s strength today was a far cry from what it used to be.

It had already reached sub-adulthood.

Its power was now infinitely close to the True Master Realm.

It was more than enough to deal with an ordinary expert at the Peak of the Refining Organ Realm.

You could say that as long as it didn’t encounter a True Master Realm expert, Xiaohei was invincible!

Jiang Che refused to believe that another True Master Realm expert could possibly appear in such a backwater place.

As for that Zhao Kang...

Jiang Che didn’t give him a second thought.

The man was all bark and no bite. He looked fierce, but he was actually a coward who was terrified of dying.

Then, with a thought, Jiang Che activated [Shadow Escape]!

His figure instantly blurred, turned transparent, and vanished completely from the inn room.

Like a specter, he silently gave chase, heading in the direction his crow subordinate had indicated.

...

Gu Song and his two companions took advantage of the night’s cover and quietly left Lin Yuan City.

They moved like lightning, speeding along until they finally stopped in a desolate, uninhabited valley in Luoyan Mountain.

"This is the place?" The woman of the couple, Zhang Qian, asked with a frown as she surveyed the desolate surroundings.

"That’s right." Gu Song nodded, a trace of irrepressible excitement on his face.

"But... there doesn’t seem to be anything here." Zhang Qian’s husband, Du Yuanjiang, looked equally confused.

Before them was nothing but an enormous, unremarkable stone cliff face.

Gu Song looked at the two of them, a smug smile appearing on his face. "Heh heh... Please, be patient. I have, of course, come prepared."

As he spoke, he carefully retrieved a palm-sized, compass-like Magical Artifact made of bronze from his robes.

"This item is called the ’Array Display Disc.’ It’s an Exotic Treasure specially designed to detect and reveal Restrictions. It took me a great deal of effort to get my hands on it!"

The couple looked at the ancient Compass, a flash of greed instantly appearing in their eyes.

But they quickly concealed it. Gu Song didn’t seem to notice.

Gu Song then bit his fingertip and let a drop of crimson essence blood fall onto the center of the Compass.

BZZZT—

The Compass trembled violently and let out a low hum, then shot out a hazy gray light that enveloped the stone cliff ahead!

Where the light passed, the originally unremarkable cliff face began to ripple like water. A Star Map composed of countless points of light slowly materialized!

Gu Song pointed to the Star Map and explained, "This is the entrance Restriction! The three of us need to simultaneously inject our True Qi into three Star Positions on the map—Qian, Kun, and Li—to activate the teleportation!"

The husband and wife exchanged a glance, each seeing the excitement in the other’s eyes.

"Alright! Let’s do it!"

Then, the three of them simultaneously channeled their True Qi. Three immense torrents of True Qi blasted with perfect precision into the three Star Positions!

RUMBLE!

The entire valley shook violently!

After absorbing the trio’s True Qi, the Star Map on the cliff face flared with brilliant light!

Next, under their expectant gazes, the stone cliff slowly caved inward, finally transforming into a bottomless, vortex-like entrance that emitted a faint glow!

"We did it!"

Looks of ecstasy appeared on all three of their faces at the same time!

"Let’s go in!"

With a flicker of his body, Gu Song was the first to enter the opening.

Seeing this, the couple Du Yuanjiang and Zhang Qian followed close behind, ducking inside.

Not long after the three of them had disappeared, in the empty patch of grass before the entrance, a few blades were suddenly pressed down by an invisible force, leaving a clear footprint.

But strangely, there was no figure there at all!

Then, the unseen footsteps also walked, one by one, into the faintly glowing entrance.

...

Gu Song and his companions forged ahead.

After passing through a pitch-black, deep tunnel, the view suddenly opened up before them.

Ahead of them was a straight passage, about fifty meters long.

The walls and ceiling of the passage were inlaid with countless fist-sized Luminous Pearls, which cast a soft glow that illuminated the scene ahead as brightly as day.

Du Yuanjiang and Zhang Qian exchanged a look and were about to step forward to scout the path.

"Wait!"

But Gu Song suddenly spoke up, stopping them.

He gazed at the seemingly unremarkable passage ahead, a solemn expression on his face.

"According to the information I’ve obtained, this place... is a trap."

"A trap?" The couple was stunned to hear this.

"Look at the walls on either side," Gu Song said, pointing at the stone walls of the passage.

The couple looked closely and only then discovered that the smooth stone walls were densely covered with countless pinhole-sized openings. They were impossible to spot without careful observation!

Gu Song said slowly, "The moment someone steps inside, the walls on both sides will simultaneously spray out three types of deadly attacks!"

The couple’s expressions changed, and they hurriedly asked, "What kind of attacks?"

Gu Song began to explain:

"The first is the Bone-Rotting Poisonous Fog. It seeps in everywhere and is specifically designed to corrode Protective True Qi."

"The second is the Illusory Heart Demon Sound. It’s similar to a Sound Wave Technique and directly attacks the Divine Soul, triggering one’s Heart Demon. The slightest carelessness will plunge you into an Illusion Realm, from which there is no escape!"