23: C23 The Ten Thousand Beast Empire.

C23 The Ten Thousand Beast Empire.

The metal quickly absorbed Lin Chuan's blood. A very bright light erupted from the broken metal piece. The intense light was disturbing to Lin Chuan's eyes. Meanwhile, at that moment, the piece of metal changed massively.

The piece of scrap metal initially didn't have any aura and was coated with rust. After Lin Chuan's blood seeped into the rust, it began to break away fragment by fragment, until the piece of metal revealed its original dazzling brilliance.

"Is this the Nebula Iron?"

Lin Chuan was shocked when he saw the true nature of the piece of metal.

The Nebula Iron was an extremely special iron. This iron could not be forged into weapons and neither could it be used to make a shield. Its only function was the capacity to store high-level cultivation techniques and martial skills.

Thus, when Lin Chuan saw the Nebula Iron, he felt extremely lucky. The Nebula Iron was rather special. It could be used to hold cultivation methods and martial skills. Moreover, the cultivation methods and martial skills it carried remained intact for a million decades. In that case, there had to be some high-level cultivation methods and martial skills hidden in this piece of metal.

Lin Chuan was very excited. He immediately wanted to know what kind of treasure might be in this piece of metal. So, he slowly touched this piece of Nebula Iron. His spiritual energy gradually transfered into the Iron. In an instant, a huge amount of information flooded into his mind.

When Lin Chuan comprehended all the information he received, he couldn't help but laugh. Because just as he had thought, there was indeed a high-level cultivation method and martial skill inside the metal piece!

The cultivation method and martial skill that Lin Chuan discovered was called the Ten Thousand Beast Empire. It was a high Earth Realm martial skill. Only Spirit Attraction Realm and Soul Formation Realm cultivators had the ability to control cultivation techniques of this nature.

In the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion, there were very few high Earth Realm martial techniques. Lin Chuan never thought that he would be able to get his hands on such thing and without a lot of efforts.

Even the Ten Thousand Beast Sect's elders probably didn't expect that such item of great value could be hidden in an inconspicuous metal box in the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion.

The Ten Thousand Beast Empire was a martial technique that controlled indwelling demon beasts. It was a very difficult technique to cultivate, because if one wanted to successfully cultivate the Ten Thousand Beast Empire, the cultivator must have more than two Indwelling demon beasts, and these Indwelling demon beasts must be fairly put to use. Only with these conditions could the cultivator successfully cultivate.

The Ten Thousand Beast Empire used a special technique that fused the power of two or more Indwelling demon beasts. After that, it could use the unified power of those indwelling demon beasts. The intensity of the power was determined by the nature of the indwelling demon beasts. Also, the more types of demon beasts the cultivator had, the greater the might of the Thousand Beast Empire!

According to the information within the nebula iron, when a cultivator cultivated the Ten Thousand Beast Empire to a certain level of mastery and was able to control three different demon beasts at the same time, his strength could definitely be considered to be on par with the full-powered strike of a Soul Formation Realm master!

After Lin Chuan memorized the complete martial technique, he became even happier. That was because he felt that the Thousand Beast Empire seemed like it was specifically made for him. He possessed the Origin Bloodline of All Things. So in this case, he could easily control many kinds of demon beasts at the same time. Meanwhile, the Thousand Beast Empire would be more powerful if he cultivated it to perfection. Lin Chuan began to already look forward to having the abilities of dozens of innate demon beasts in the future. He could imagine that when that time had come, the Thousand Beast Empire would definitely manifest with great strength.

Furthermore, Lin Chuan had discovered an interesting small history behind Nebula Iron. The Ten Thousand Beast Empire was actually a secret manual of the Holy Ten Thousand Beast Empire, the predecessor of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect. However, the Holy Ten Thousand Beast Empire had gradually faded after thousands of years of changes had gone by. Eventually, it evolved and became the current Ten Thousand Beast sect. That was why, Lin Chuan was presented with the opportunity to find this Ten Thousand Beast Empire martial technique in the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion.

With the Ten Thousand Beast Empire, Lin Chuan obviously had no more interest in any other martial skill manuals. However, members of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect definitely wouldn't let him take such an important martial technique away if they knew. Lin Chuan had to think of a way to hide the Nebula Iron.

Consequently, he dripped a drop of his blood with the Origin Bloodline of All Things on the Nebula Iron. Then, with a single thought, he disguised the Nebula Iron as a rusty piece of metal like it was previously.

Lin Chuan immediately left the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets. When he came out, Elder Han stared at him and asked, "Was it only a broken piece of metal that you could find inside?"

Elder Han already knew what he had taken. He discovered that Lin Chuan only had a broken piece of metal on him and with the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion aura all around him. Hence, he had a very questioning look.

"That thing is very important to me."

Lin Chuan's face didn't show any expressions. He perfectly concealed all his emotions at that moment and casually made up something to respond to the elder.

However, Elder Han seemed to have seen past his demeanor. He said softly to Lin Chuan, "Everything you have taken from the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion is yours to keep. So, I do not intend to stop you from leaving with it."

Hearing his words, Lin Chuan was somewhat nervous. He was wondering if Old Han also knew about the secret of the piece of metal.

But Elder Han didn't say anything else. Instead, he closed his eyes and ignored him.

Seeing this, Lin Chuan just had to leave quietly. He could not see through Elder Han's strength, so he did not want to arouse any more suspicions. Right at that moment, the most important thing was for him to quickly leave that place.

After Lin Chuan returned to his courtyard, he immediately felt much more relaxed. The benefit from his trip to the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion had by far exceeded his expectations, but shortly after that, Lin Chuan's expression lost the excitement he previously felt.

The month's time he needed was almost up. When that elapsed, the effect of the poison in his body would worsen. If he wasn't able to obtain the last refining ingredient he needed from the Black Jade Qilin, no matter how valuable the treasure he had acquired was, it would still be useless.

With that thought, Lin Chuan decided to cultivate diligently first, and he immediately sat on the spot and began to cultivate. He gathered his spirit energy and started to distribute it throughout his system. His strength was about to rise beyond the peak of the Body Refinement Realm. He was about to make a breakthrough into the Spirit Attraction realm.

Lin Chuan's cultivation level in the past was at the peak of the Spirit Attraction realm, so he was very familiar with the experience of breaking through to the Spirit Attraction realm. Lin Chuan wasn't worried about breaking through to the Spirit Attraction realm. He was rather worried that it would be difficult for him to match the Qin Xuan's level of strength in a short period of time.

However, with the Thousand Beast Empire, Lin Chuan didn't need to be on the same level of strength with him. The Thousand Beast Empire cultivation gave him the confidence to challenge people stronger than him.1

Two days had gone by, and Lin Chuan had remained confined in his courtyard where he cultivated. However, on this day, someone came to Lin Chuan's courtyard. When Lin Chuan felt someone else's spirit energy, he opened his tightly shut eyes.

"Xia Ruoxue?" Lin Chuan felt the owner of the aura, so he walked out to meet her. He saw Xia Ruoxue standing outside the door in a white dress.

"What's wrong? Did something happen?" Seeing Xia Ruoxue's serious expression, Lin Chuan felt that something was probably wrong.

When she saw Lin Chuan, Xia Ruoxue's expression became even more pensive. She then let out a long sigh and spoke to Lin Chuan.

"Do you still remember the old residence of the Fourth Elder? It served as the alchemy room where he practiced before he was confined."

"I remember that place. What's wrong?" Lin Chuan asked. His expression changed when he heard that it was related to his master.

"Qin Xuan discovered the pill refinement room. He's currently with some people to search the pill refinement room. But I don't know what it is that he's looking for."

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