Within the Azure Dragon Mountain Range, the surrounding trees were lush and verdant, standing tall and erect like mysterious guardians, protecting the tranquility of the clear pond. In the distance, birds occasionally flew by, chirping joyfully. Further away, mountains undulated, peaks stacked upon peaks, enveloped in mist, like a beautiful painting.
Chen Ping'an stood on a rock, looking at the deep, secluded pond before him, feeling refreshed.
Splash!
Without the slightest hesitation, he plunged into the pond water. The water was cool, with an inexplicable freshness and vitality.
At this moment, as Chen Ping'an's glabella faintly flickered, a faint golden light had already illuminated his entire body, like a thin film, enveloping him.
As Chen Ping'an descended, the pond water became increasingly silent. This clear pond was not small in area, and the underwater scenery was much deeper than what was visible from the outside. Patches of waterweeds swayed gently, and schools of colorful fish swam through them.
"Where is it?"
Deep in the pond, it was pitch black, but the golden light flickering from Chen Ping'an's glabella had little effect, and he searched everywhere.
According to the treasure map's records and detailed deductions, the so-called treasure hiding place should be here.
Chen Ping'an searched underwater for nearly half an hour without any success. Just as he was wondering whether to try searching at a different depth, an unusual dark spot caught his attention.
It was a huge reef, covered in moss and vines.
"Is it here?"
Chen Ping'an's heart stirred, and he headed towards the reef.
Sure enough, from a different angle, at the bottom of the reef, he saw an extremely narrow passage. Most of the passage was surrounded by vines, blocking the way.
"Found it!" Chen Ping'an's heart trembled. Without the slightest hesitation, he headed towards the passage.
With a flash of golden light, the vines at the passage entrance were cleared.
Looking at the incredibly deep underwater passage, Chen Ping'an's eyes flickered.
"Let's go in and see!"
Having come this far, there was no turning back.
The passage was extremely narrow, and Chen Ping'an could barely Move forward within it. The passage was filled with pond water and was pitch black.
However, fortunately, the golden light flickering from his glabella brought some illumination.
Chen Ping'an's speed was not slow, but it still took him nearly half an hour, winding through the passage, before he reached the other end of the passage.
Chen Ping'an struggled out of the water, and his vision suddenly cleared. He looked around and found that he was in a stone chamber. He looked back at the passage entrance from which he had emerged.
It turned out that the so-called passage entrance was an incredibly clear pond. But compared to the previous clear pond, this one was much smaller.
"This is it." Chen Ping'an looked around, feeling a little excited.
It seemed that this stone chamber was inside the mountain, connected to the passage beneath the clear pond. Inside the stone chamber, there was also a stone table and some daily necessities.
"Is someone living here?" Chen Ping'an's heart immediately became alert. He saw that the stone chamber was also connected to another room, so he walked cautiously towards it.
Before he even got close, with a change in angle, Chen Ping'an saw a stone bed in the other stone chamber. On the stone bed, a skeleton that had already sat in meditation was seated.
Seeing this, Chen Ping'an's pupils suddenly contracted.
......
"Hahaha, what a joy, what a joy!"
Inside the stone chamber, Chen Ping'an was excited, acting as if he were mad.
Chen Ping'an couldn't help but act this way; who would have thought that this time's gain would be so immense, almost like a dream?
Just now, in front of the skeleton that had sat in meditation, Chen Ping'an found a yellowed letter, a jade slip, a token, and some bottles and jars.
Chen Ping'an had carefully read the content of that letter. Rather than a letter, it was more like a will.
After reading the letter, Chen Ping'an roughly understood how this Opportunity came about.
The owner of the skeleton was called Mountain Old Man, a peerless expert who had once ascended the Dragon and Tiger Rankings!
Triple Light Penetration, sixty years without loss, only by entering the Xuan Guang High Realm can one be called a peerless expert!
As for the Dragon and Tiger Rankings...
Chen Ping'an had also heard of it.
Unlike the New Talent Rankings, which only existed in Canglong Province, the Dragon and Tiger Rankings was a list covering the entire Great Qian Dynasty.
The Dragon and Tiger Rankings was open to all Profound Light Realm martial arts experts within the Great Qian Dynasty, regardless of age or origin, based solely on their achievements. The list only included three hundred and sixty Profound Light Realm experts.
Looking at the Great Qian Dynasty, Prodigies emerged in abundance, but most Prodigies were trapped in the Xuan Guang High Realm throughout their lives, unable to advance further!
On the Dragon and Tiger Rankings, there were old monsters who had lived for many years, former Prodigies who had meticulously studied secret arts and accumulated their foundations, and those with astonishing talent in combat... such examples were numerous, but any Profound Light Realm expert who could make it onto the list possessed extremely terrifying combat power.
To ascend the Dragon and Tiger Rankings, being a peerless expert was just the starting point!
Mountain Old Man, being able to ascend the Dragon and Tiger Rankings, and even ranking one hundred and seventy-three, his accumulated foundation, combat talent, and martial arts Realm were naturally beyond doubt.
What a pity, however, such a powerful existence ultimately perished during an experience and exploration. He returned severely wounded, searched for famous doctors and great medicines but could not be cured, and finally sat in meditation here.
The two fragments of the treasure map were also intentionally scattered by him, to find a fated person to come here, to ensure the Legacy continues!
Legacy! Yes, it was a Legacy!
Thinking of this, Chen Ping'an's emotions, which he had finally managed to suppress, began to subtly tremble again.
Divine Skill, Indestructible Divine Skill!
The Legacy of Mountain Old Man was indeed a genuine Divine Skill!
The jade slip recorded this Divine Skill. On the pages of the jade slip, the cultivation method, Internal Skill Mind-Cultivation Technique, and Move variations of the Divine Skill were recorded, with each page revealing the extraordinary and profound nature of the Indestructible Divine Skill.
In addition, within the jade slip, a faint spiritual light subtly flowed, and this trace of spiritual light was the embodiment of the Indestructible Divine Skill's martial Dao Concept.
If not for this trace of spiritual light, the effect of this jade slip would be greatly reduced.
The cultivation threshold for Divine Skill was already extremely high. If it also lacked the assistance of martial Dao Concept, it would be almost impossible to Cultivate and get started.
Even with the assistance of martial Dao Concept, not everyone could achieve success in Divine Skill.
To truly learn a Divine Skill, one must first grasp the Concept of the Divine Skill. If one cannot grasp the Concept, it will only have the form without the meaning, and one will never get started in their lifetime.
There are records of anecdotes where someone, blessed with Luck and accompanied by a great Opportunity, obtained a Divine Skill Legacy with a complete martial Dao Concept, but their martial arts talent was only mediocre, and they never got started with the Divine Skill in their lifetime, eventually dying in depression.
Each Legacy has a limited number of times its martial Dao Concept can manifest. Once the spiritual light is exhausted, the Concept will completely dissipate. Thus, this Legacy will be completely lost.
Afterward, unless someone Cultivates the Divine Skill to the Perfection Realm and is willing to expend effort, spirit, and martial Dao will, only then can a Legacy be left again!
Therefore, top forces with Divine Skill Legacies are extremely cautious when selecting successors!
Fearing to waste an Opportunity for the martial Dao Concept to manifest!
There were once Divine Skill successors who repeatedly comprehended the Divine Skill's martial Dao Concept several times before grasping the Concept and getting started with the Divine Skill!
These were Prodigies with backgrounds; ordinary Prodigies did not have such conditions.
In any case, the extreme difficulty of getting started with Divine Skill was known to all.
However, Chen Ping'an had no worries about this.
With the Golden Finger panel, getting started with Divine Skill was not difficult at all.
Inside the stone chamber, Chen Ping'an sat cross-legged and slowly opened the jade slip.
On the jade slip, spiritual light flickered, and the Concept of the Divine Skill, Indestructible Divine Skill, slowly manifested.