Chapter 401: Where his fingers passed, mountains split and walls cracked!

A crisp musical sound echoed. In merely an instant, Yanfei discerned a unique rhythm within it. She intended to continue listening, to see if she could glimpse any profound mystery from the Phantom Sound Music Box.

Su Xuan stopped her, "Put it away, and study it after we return!"

Yanfei nodded, "Yes!"

The Phantom Sound Music Box closed once more, and the melody vanished. She handed the Phantom Sound Music Box in her hand to Su Xuan. Although her interest in this object was extremely high, she had not forgotten that Su Xuan was the Sect Master of the Yin-Yang School, and that the Phantom Sound Music Box had only been recovered under Su Xuan's guidance.

Su Xuan did not stand on ceremony; he took the Phantom Sound Music Box directly and put it away.

Although he did not believe this thing could amplify his strength, as a mere puzzle to solve, it was still worth studying.

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Leaving the Dragon Throat, led by the Six-Fingered Black Hero, the three of them headed straight toward the end of the forbidden grounds.

Passing through a gloomy corridor, a stone door appeared before the three of them.

"It is here!"

The Six-Fingered Black Hero spoke in a deep voice, looking at the stone door before him, his gaze solemn.

Although he guessed that Yan Dan was in this stone chamber practicing in seclusion, guessing was just guessing; he still hoped that after the stone door opened, he would be able to see Yan Dan.

Inside the stone chamber.

Yan Dan was indeed here. He sat cross-legged, his eyes tightly closed, his internal energy circulating ceaselessly within his body.

His father the King intended to kill him, and the State of Yan had perished; these various events had once plunged him into extreme sorrow. But in the end, he did not abandon hope. Even if he was no longer the Crown Prince of Yan, even without the State of Yan, he was still the Leader of the Mohist School.

Lord Changping Jun secretly assisted the Agricultural School, and over these years, the Agricultural School had developed and grown rapidly, becoming a powerful force under Lord Changping Jun's command that could not be underestimated. In his hands, he also controlled the Mohist School; he could also turn the Mohist School into his own aid.

When the Mohist School was at its peak, it stood alongside the Confucian School as the preeminent school of thought in the world. In terms of influence, it was far greater than the likes of the Agricultural School. If he could make the entire Mohist School his own and strengthen it once more, perhaps he could borrow the power of the jianghu to overthrow the rule of the Qin Guo.

The gaze of the Qin Guo had always been fixed only on the upper classes of the various states, while ignoring the people of the jianghu. Those people of the jianghu were, in fact, an extremely powerful force.

This was what Yan Dan had realized after the State of Yan perished.

Of course, the main reason was that he no longer had any way out.

With the State of Yan destroyed, it was no longer possible to rely on the State of Yan to resist the Qin Guo. All he could rely on were the forces of the jianghu.

But Yan Dan also understood one thing.

In the jianghu, strength is respected. Although the Mohist School did not place much importance on individual strength, since he was the Leader of the Mohist School, his strength could not be too weak. Therefore, after returning to the Mechanical City, he immediately came to the forbidden grounds and began to practice diligently.

As the end of the Mohist forbidden grounds, this place appeared to be only an empty stone chamber, but in reality, it was not. The Mohist Mechanical City was built by Mozi, and the feng shui of the entire city was excellent. This place was the hub of the earth's veins, rich in spiritual energy. After practicing here for a while, Yan Dan felt his strength advancing by leaps and bounds. No wonder the past Leaders of the Mohist School were never weak.

As his internal energy circulated through his meridians, suddenly, Yan Dan seemed to sense something and snapped his eyes open.

Vaguely, he seemed to hear some footsteps coming from outside the stone door.

"Is it an illusion?"

In the Mohist forbidden grounds, anyone other than the Mohist Leader was restricted from entering. Master Ban could enter on the pretext of repairing mechanisms, but at this moment, Master Ban knew he was practicing in the forbidden grounds and would not come to disturb him.

Therefore, Yan Dan could only attribute this to an illusion.

But immediately after, he discovered he had guessed wrong.

A series of tiny cracking sounds rang out.

Yan Dan followed the sound and narrowed his eyes, only to see numerous spiderweb-like cracks appearing on the stone door in front of him. At first, there were only a few, but then they spread continuously, and in an instant, they covered the entire stone door.

The massive stone door, in the end, turned directly into countless tiny fragments of stone, piling up all over the ground.

As the stone door turned into a pile of stone fragments on the ground.

Three figures standing outside the stone door immediately fell into Yan Dan's eyes.

This stone door was the place where the Mohist Leader went into deep seclusion; it could not be opened from the outside and could only be broken by brute force. The Six-Fingered Black Hero had originally been thinking about how to open the stone door, but Su Xuan had taken the initiative, tapping his finger lightly on it, and then the entire stone door had turned directly into stone dust and collapsed.

"How is my technique for opening walls?"

Su Xuan withdrew his finger, blew on it lightly in front of his mouth to blow away some dust, and asked the Six-Fingered Black Hero, who was watching this scene in shock from the side.

The Six-Fingered Black Hero came back to his senses and did not hesitate to praise Su Xuan, "Impressive!"

After the pleasantries, he suddenly looked at Yan Dan, who was meditating in the stone chamber.

Yan Dan was shocked by the breaking of the stone door. Hearing these words, he also saw the three figures appearing outside the stone door clearly. The Yin-Yang School Sect Master, Master Xuantian, and Dongjun Yanfei? After seeing these two figures clearly, Yan Dan could not help but be stunned. Back in Xianyang, he had met these two once. But what truly made Yan Dan's body tremble was... the Six-Fingered Black Hero!

After seeing this familiar face, Yan Dan's pupils contracted slightly, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.

"It can't be, he is already dead!"

"This is an illusion!"

"You, you are not him?!"

Seeing the person he had plotted against appear before him again with his own eyes, Yan Dan had an expression as if he had seen a ghost. He panicked subconsciously, and then tried hard to calm himself down.

He looked at the three people in front and said coldly: "People of the Yin-Yang School, you have actually broken into my Mohist forbidden grounds, and even disguised yourselves as the former Mohist Leader, the Six-Fingered Black Hero."

"Did Ying Zheng send you to capture me?"

Since Jing Ke had betrayed the Mohist School, this meant that Ying Zheng might know that he had become the Mohist Leader.

Did Jing Ke bring the people of the Yin-Yang School here?

'Jing Ke, that traitor, truly deserves to die!'

Yan Dan cursed Jing Ke in his heart. His expression did not change, but in reality, he was not as calm as he imagined. After all, in Xianyang, he had already experienced the power of the Yin-Yang School Sect Master and Dongjun. Although he did not know how these people found this place, he was indeed a little panicked.

But fortunately, this was the Mohist Mechanical City. He only needed to find a way to escape from here. When the time came, he would summon everyone in the Mechanical City to help him. Even if the Yin-Yang School Sect Master was strong, he would not be able to do anything to him.

PS: Wishing you peace and health on Qingming Festival! ===== CHAPTER 403 =====