Chapter 1899 - 1882: Jiang Kong’s Stone Sword

If this stone house were truly so ordinary and simple, there is absolutely no way it would make that group of Exotic Beasts too afraid to come near.

Right now, Xiao Ye carefully searched through the stone house, and sure enough, he quickly made a discovery.

"That is..."

Xiao Ye’s gaze locked tightly onto the bed.

On the dust-covered bed, there lay a book of unknown material. It actually had not a speck of dust on it and was emitting a strange aura.

This strange aura lightly spread out, and it actually made Xiao Ye’s Soul tremble, giving rise to an incomparably oppressive feeling.

"Could it be this book that makes that group of Exotic Beasts not dare approach this stone house?" Xiao Ye was shocked to the extreme. He stepped forward and reached out his palm.

In the Three Thousand Great Realms, whether it was the Primordial Law Ancient Scripture or a Spiritual Technique, all had special methods of inheritance; it was very rare to see a physical book like this.

Boom!

Who would have thought that just as his palm grasped the book, a terrifying gravity instantly spread out, making his body sink and almost causing him to fall to the ground.

"This book is actually this heavy?" Xiao Ye’s face was filled with shock.

Spirit Rank Martial Artists were different from Martial Artists of the Mortal World. With just a casual grab, they could easily crush a great mountain. For a Heavenly Spirit Rank powerhouse like Xiao Ye, blowing apart a planet was not even a problem.

Yet now he couldn’t even lift a single book?

"I don’t believe this!"

Xiao Ye directly circulated the Taichu Ancient Scripture. Tai Chu Spiritual Power surged from his palm, forming a giant hand that reached toward the book.

Again, terrifying gravity swept in all directions, like one Ancient Divine Mountain after another crashing toward him.

Xiao Ye gritted his teeth and pushed all of his Tai Chu Spiritual Power, and only then did he manage, with difficulty, to lift the book.

Crash!

He flicked his palm, opening the book. Instantly, characters in the universal script of the Three Thousand Great Realms floated before his eyes, as if they had endured the ages yet remained Immortal; every single word carried a terrifying weight.

"The weight of this book all comes from these words?" Xiao Ye was greatly astonished and examined carefully.

Gradually, shock surfaced in his eyes.

The contents of this book looked like the notes of a powerhouse. The content within was rather messy, widening Xiao Ye’s horizons, and at the very end of the book, he discovered a scroll of Spiritual Technique.

"Jiang Kong’s Stone Sword, nourished by Quasi-Saint Power, has already transcended the Spiritual Artifact level and can be called a Quasi-Saint Artifact. Unfortunately, it can no longer follow me to wage war."

"Therefore, I leave it here, and also leave behind the Jiang Kong Sword Technique. Only by cultivating the Jiang Kong Sword Technique can one lift Jiang Kong’s Stone Sword and awaken it."

This line of information struck Xiao Ye as though by thunder, his face filled with shock.

Jiang Kong’s Stone Sword—was it that ancient, simple stone sword in the ruins entrance plaza?

Who would have thought that stone sword had actually been nourished by Quasi-Saint Power and become a Quasi-Saint Artifact!

If not for obtaining this book, who could have guessed?

Just how terrifying was a single Quasi-Saint Artifact? Xiao Ye simply could not imagine, but its power definitely far surpassed every Spiritual Artifact.

Although he possessed the Spirit Suppressing Technique, he still could not evolve a Swordsmanship capable of driving Jiang Kong’s Stone Sword—it simply wasn’t on the same level.

Without a doubt, the identity of the Martial Artist who wrote this book was already obvious—

Jiang Kong!

His guess was indeed correct—within these ruins there were traces of Jiang Kong.

"Just right, the Devouring Spirit Spear has already shattered. If I can obtain this Jiang Kong Stone Sword, I’ll be invincible in close combat. For long-range, I still have the Purple Shadow Spirit Bow. Add the Four Great Scripture Phases, and who could stand against me?"

Excitement flashed through Xiao Ye’s eyes.

"Unfortunately, this peerless Sword Technique is only a fragment and not complete." Xiao Ye forced himself to calm down, carefully reading the Jiang Kong Sword Technique in the book, his brows slightly furrowed.

A Swordsmanship that could drive an ordinary Quasi-Saint Artifact was naturally extraordinary. Although he found it hard to comprehend for the moment, he could easily tell that this Swordsmanship was incomplete.

It wasn’t that the book itself was missing pages, but that Jiang Kong had deliberately done this.

"In any case, even the incomplete Jiang Kong Sword Technique is equivalent to the Extreme Spiritual Method level and should be enough to drive Jiang Kong’s Stone Sword."

Xiao Ye grinned, not disappointed at all.

He possessed the exclusive Spiritual Technique of the Taichu Ancient Scripture—the Five Extremes Technique—and was very eager to obtain other Extreme Spiritual Methods. Now this Jiang Kong Sword Technique suited him perfectly.

It seemed that by reading this book, he had already accepted the inheritance of the Jiang Kong Sword Technique. After putting the book down, Xiao Ye realized that the contents of the Jiang Kong Sword Technique were imprinted in his mind.

"Since the Exotic Beasts don’t dare break in here, I’ll first cultivate this Sword Technique." Xiao Ye thought to himself, entered the Time Tower, and sat down to cultivate in Meditation.

Although the Jiang Kong Sword Technique was an incomplete version, it was far more vast than any Extreme Spiritual Method and simply incomparable.

Clang!

Xiao Ye felt as if his mind had ascended to an endless sea. Around him, countless sword lights filled the space, piercing through great stretches of starry sky, truly unstoppable.

Every sword light was endlessly profound, far more advanced than Brother Jiu Xiao’s Swordsmanship, completely beyond Xiao Ye’s understanding.

But he was not impatient.

With the time advantage of the Time Tower, he could take his time to comprehend.

As time passed, on the Time Tower Fifth Floor, a strand of Sword Qi gradually rose from Xiao Ye’s body, and it was steadily growing stronger.

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"It’s already been a year—why hasn’t Brother Xiao come out yet?"

"Could he have encountered danger in the ruins?"

At the exit of the Ancient Relics, Jiu Xiao, dressed in black, gazed anxiously into the ruins, full of worry.

After coming out of the Ancient Relics, he had not left. While Meditating, he had been waiting for Xiao Ye the entire time.

And this wait lasted a full year!

He had worried that Xiao Ye might have charged back into the ruins, but he couldn’t find any trace of him, and with too many Exotic Beasts, he had been forced to retreat.

"So much Time has passed; I’m afraid those Ten Great Experts of the First Layer Heaven will be returning soon." Jiu Xiao sighed and once more looked toward the ruins—then his pupils shrank.

He saw the Exotic Beasts at the ruins’ exit howling to the sky, their terrifying aura shaking heaven and earth, and from within charged out a tall, straight figure, bathed in fresh blood.

"Xiao... Brother Xiao?"

"You actually didn’t die? That’s great!"

Seeing that figure, Jiu Xiao was overjoyed and hurried forward to meet him.

"Haha, Brother Jiu Xiao, it’s a bit difficult to kill me!" Xiao Ye said with a grin.

Even if the number of Exotic Beasts in the ruins was vast and he couldn’t resist them, he could still hide inside the Time Tower to evade them, so escaping wasn’t all that hard.

It was worth mentioning that Jiu Xiao hadn’t left and had waited at the ruins’ exit until now—that truly moved him.

"Brother Xiao, you probably didn’t find anything in these ruins, right? Let’s hurry and leave. Wasting Time here isn’t worth it."

After Xiao Ye rushed out of the ruins, the Exotic Beasts inside did not continue their pursuit. Jiu Xiao spoke urgently.

"Alright!"

Xiao Ye nodded, then his eyes burst with blazing light as he looked toward the plaza at the exit, at that ancient, simple stone sword.

"Jiang Kong’s Stone Sword is mine!"