Wang Lingwei heard Wang Sheng’s words and then walked over to look at the tiger carriage.
The other children were equally curious, so they all got up and went as well.
But when they arrived at the place where the tiger carriage was temporarily stored, they didn’t see Big White; instead, they saw a carriage that was only notable for its size and otherwise unremarkable.
“How about it, if you were them, would you be curious about this?”
Wang Sheng’s voice came from behind them.
Liu Jian’an, Wang Lingwei, and the others subconsciously shook their heads. If it were at the very start, they might have been curious, but after entering the city, such carriages were not uncommon.
And the people of Jiangyuan City, who had always lived here, naturally wouldn’t feel curious.
But they could confirm that the one who brought them here was Big White; there would be no accident.
So why did they now see just an ordinary carriage?
“Uncle, why?”
“Secret!”
Wang Sheng didn’t answer.
“Can I learn it?”
Wang Sheng thought about it and said, “It’s possible, depending on your performance!”
This kind of technique was actually a kind of spiritual secret technique, from a secret technique in the “Lifeless Vacuum Sensing Chapter.”
It was a method of bewilderment and enchantment.
One needed to possess an extremely vast spiritual power to do it.
Although he hadn’t primarily studied the “Lifeless Vacuum Sensing Chapter” before, he had still achieved level five.
Don’t underestimate it at just level five.
The “Lifeless Vacuum Sensing Chapter” was an extraordinary secret manual. Even at level one, it could display extremely miraculous effects.
Simply put, one could step into the extraordinary at level one.
Having reached level five could already be considered quite proficient. Coupled with Wang Sheng’s already very strong Divine Thought, he was able to utilize some of the secret techniques within.
What he did, making people see the “tiger carriage” as an ordinary carriage, was one of these secret techniques.
It could change a person’s perception.
If he wanted, Wang Sheng could make others see whatever he wanted them to see.
On this journey, he was also utilizing this method to train himself, as his Divine Thought had not stopped because it had not caused any stir.
Although he possessed extremely strong power, he also did not want to attract unnecessary attention, so he thought of this method that allowed for training while avoiding trouble.
As for saying that he could let these children learn, it was mainly because he thought of the White Lotus Spirit King’s words—”If you can find a successor.”
If there really was talent, in the uncertain future of Qi-Blood Martial Arts, it may not be impossible to pursue this path of spirit.
In any case, according to the “Lifeless Vacuum Sensing Chapter,” this path could also reach the peak equivalent to the current pinnacle of Qi-Blood Martial Arts.
The only thing to be concerned about were the words “Lifeless.”
But by now, Wang Sheng, after having studied it for so long, was nearly sure that it was probably a coincidence.
Because other than the name, there really wasn’t anything in the “Lifeless Vacuum Sensing Chapter” that connected to the Lifeless Mother he knew of.
There were no pitfalls in the scripture either.
However, just to be safe, he still planned to cultivate it to Breakthrough first, to completely interpret the scripture, before passing it down.
Wang Lingwei and the group didn’t know Wang Sheng had thought about so many things. Hearing that they could learn it, they were very happy and immediately responded, “I will definitely perform well.”
Wang Sheng didn’t join in the conversation and just took them to have a meal.
At his level, eating was actually no longer of much significance.
As long as the body received the replenishment of energy, it was enough, but he still ate every meal.
There was no need to completely abandon bodily desires.
After the meal, the group sat around chatting.
“Uncle, when are we leaving Jiangyuan City?”
“No rush, let’s stay a few days before leaving.”
His purpose for coming out this time was for scholarly travel; having arrived in a major city, there was naturally no need to rush.
“Then can we go out and explore?”
Wang Sheng felt twelve pairs of eyes looking at him, filled with anticipation.
“You can, but don’t cause trouble. Of course, if you encounter problems, there’s no need to always hold back.”
After his strength increased, his Divine Power had greatly improved, effortlessly enveloping the entire Jiangyuan City. As long as they didn’t leave Jiangyuan City, they wouldn’t encounter problems.
“That’s great, uncle!” Wang Lingwei was very excited.
Clearly, they were thrilled at the thought of exploring such a big city.
After resting for the night, Liu Jian’an took the twelve people out for a leisurely stroll, while Wang Sheng had Yun Xiao follow them for safety. If necessary, Yun Xiao could compete with Martial Artists of the seventh or eighth rank. As for himself, he began searching for the place in the city with the most Martial Arts Secret Manuals.
He had already gathered some basic information yesterday.
The most likely places in Jiangyuan City to find Martial Arts Secret Manuals were, firstly, the City Lord Mansion where City Lord Gao Tianyu resided. As the lord of the current most popular major city, despite many restrictions, the foundation he owned could not be compared with that of ordinary major city lords.
The other place was the Yuelai Auction House within the city.
Due to the chaos of the times, numerous Martial Arts forces had been annihilated at intervals, resulting in countless Martial Arts Secret Manuals being leaked.
The Yuelai Auction House was a branch of the Yuelai Inn, with abundant resources, so many people were willing to auction their Martial Arts Secret Manuals there.
In fact, the leaking of Martial Arts Secret Manuals in stable times would be nearly impossible to occur so easily.
Even if they were leaked, it would only be low-level manuals.
But now in this era of chaos, even high-end manuals might be leaked.
During this time, it was also a period when the power shuffle among mid-high martial arts forces was the most severe. Perhaps in the eyes of some ambitious individuals, chaotic times were actually a good thing.
“Should I go to these two places, I wonder?”
In the end, Wang Sheng decided to first visit Gao Tianyu’s City Lord Mansion.
Yuelai Inn had profound resources, but it was also under Gao Tianyu’s turf. No doubt there would be plenty of good things there, and it was safer too.
Thus, he moved and instantly disappeared within the inn’s room.
Ever since he had a breakthrough in Unlimited Qiankun and reached perfection in refining, achieving the state of “stopping fire”, he had become more skilled in Plum Flower Step, and his instant teleportation distance had also increased significantly.
“I might as well play the part of the gentleman on the beam.”
Wang Sheng smiled wickedly and then appeared directly in the City Lord Mansion, spreading his Divine Thought.
The personnel and structure of the entire City Lord Mansion were clear in his mind, without a spot hidden.
Gao Tianyu’s location was quickly discovered by him, cultivating within the City Lord Mansion.
At his level, he was essentially a deterrent. He didn’t need to deal with most matters.
“If that’s the case, where are the secret manuals?”
Soon, he discovered a place called the Cultivation Technique Tower, with quite a few people coming in and out.
“…”
It seemed Gao Tianyu also had a family, which saved him a great deal of trouble.
“First, let’s see if there’s anything useful.”
He carried many Jade Scrolls with him, intending to directly copy all the martial arts secret manuals from the Cultivation Technique Tower, then have Liu Jian’an and the others transcribe and train them, slowly studying them.
He instantly teleported into the Cultivation Technique Tower.
The foundations of Gao Tianyu’s family were sound, with the Cultivation Technique Tower guarded by a Grandmaster, but Wang Sheng actually found this reassuring.
The more they valued it, the more good things were inside.
However, a Grandmaster still couldn’t detect him.
His Divine Thought spread out, and his secret technique was activated.
Just like that, Wang Sheng began copying the cultivation techniques as if no one else was present.
He memorized them by rote and copied them all into the Jade Scrolls, a process that took about two hours.
In the end, looking at the Jade Scrolls filled with content, Wang Sheng smiled faintly and left the Cultivation Technique Tower.
However, he didn’t leave right away. Instead, he went to a secret chamber that he almost missed, within which there were three secret manuals.
At that moment, Gao Tianyu was cultivating near the secret chamber.
Wang Sheng briefly flipped through the three secret manuals. One of them seemed to be the fundamental secret manual of Gao Tianyu’s family, the pathway to becoming a Great Grandmaster.
Another recorded various secret techniques and abnormal skills.
He wasn’t particularly concerned about the secret manuals.
What he valued were the recorded secret techniques; those were what he wanted.
His “Refining” method was a result of integrating and studying various secret techniques. The secret techniques kept here by Gao Tianyu would probably not be simple.
“Not a bad haul, worthy of the family controlling Jiangyuan City. Even though they are restricted, their foundation is still strong.”
This was Wang Sheng’s first “harvest” of secret manuals, and he was quite satisfied.
Indeed, “windfalls” were the quickest path to riches.
“Let’s go!”
Wang Sheng instantly teleported away without taking a single cloud, and even left behind a bottle of spiritual pills entirely refined by the Medicine King and a note.
He returned to the inn and then took out paper and a pen to transcribe all the copied secret techniques using his Divine Thought.
When studying the secret manuals, he still preferred holding the actual books; otherwise, it felt as if he were daydreaming.
…
What Wang Sheng didn’t know was that the moment the spiritual pills hit the ground after he left, Gao Tianyu detected something was amiss.
“There’s someone!”
Without any hesitation, Gao Tianyu entered the secret chamber and then saw a bottle of elixir and the three casually flipped secret manuals on the ground.
“…”
Gao Tianyu’s expression darkened for a while. Undoubtedly, someone had entered his family’s secret chamber and perused the three most important secret manuals right under his nose.
He saw the content of the note.
“I borrowed your family’s secret manuals for a look, here is the compensation!”
He wasn’t concerned about the compensation. What he wondered was how the person entered his family’s secret chamber.
The secret chamber had only one entrance, and he was guarding it.
But now someone had entered without any sign and even left something behind.
Suddenly, something came to his mind, and he directly headed to the Cultivation Technique Tower. After investigation, as expected, the martial arts secret manuals of the Cultivation Technique Tower had been tampered with.
The Grandmaster guarding the Cultivation Technique Tower was puzzled and said, “Family Head, has something happened?”
Gao Tianyu took a deep breath, then said, “Someone powerful has come to Jiangyuan City. Tell the youngsters of the clan to keep a low profile and not to casually commit any crimes!”
“A powerful person, Family Head, how do you know?”
“Someone entered our family’s secret chamber without me detecting a thing!”
“!!!”
The Cultivation Technique Tower Grandmaster, aware of the secret chamber, knew that if someone could sneak in without the Family Head noticing, what kind of strong figure had come?
“Family Head, should we not…”
“Is such a strong figure something we can pursue? Besides, that person left compensation. Let’s see what effects it has…”
(Later a chapter will come, I’ll do my best to post before 2 am, but my schedule can only adjust slowly…)