Chapter 676: Imperial Treasury (First update, requesting everything)

After leaving the King's Secret Realm without obstruction, Li Zhangsheng and his companion went straight to the Huangjia Mifa Lou.

The Huangjia Mifa Lou has five floors, but the top-tier secret technique vouchers in Li Zhangsheng and his companion's hands only allow them to go to the fourth floor to make a selection.

As for how many top-tier secret techniques there are, they will only know after seeing them.

If nothing goes wrong, what is stored on the fifth floor is likely superior to top-tier secret techniques, and Li Zhangsheng does not know what method is required to enter, but such bottom-of-the-box Imperial Family inheritances can probably only be accessed by descendants of the Imperial Family.

The highest administrator of the Huangjia Mifa Lou is still a Pseudo-King; perhaps because Li Zhangsheng and his companion are both Pseudo-Kings, this old man named Dou Qinghe personally received them.

One can tell from the name that Dou Qinghe and Dou Qingtian are of the same generation, and the two are very likely brothers.

Like Dou Qingtian, Dou Qinghe is also listed on the Hundred Battles Ranking, but among the many Pseudo-Kings, his ranking is in the lower-middle range, and he seems to have only one or two Demon Beast pets.

The Langya Kingdom Imperial Family has a deep foundation; among the Imperial Family members alone, there are nearly ten Pseudo-Kings, and if one adds the directly subordinate Pseudo-Kings, they could likely account for half of the total number of Pseudo-Kings.

Of course, the Imperial Family is also a big dyeing vat, and the infighting among Imperial Family members is extremely severe, leading to resources being heavily dispersed, which has resulted in the Langya Kingdom Imperial Family only producing three Kings in nearly three hundred years of nation-building, almost equivalent to one King every hundred years.

Under the guidance of Dou Qinghe, Li Zhangsheng and his companion successfully arrived at the fourth floor of the Secret Technique Pavilion.

At the entrance to the fourth floor, there is a multi-colored energy barrier; Li Zhangsheng can tell at a glance that this is a Composite Restriction, which looks quite complex.

Even an ordinary Pseudo-King would be unable to forcibly break it in a short time.

Dou Qinghe took out a token, and under the activation of Mental Power, the token shot out a ray that landed on the multi-colored restriction.

Hum—

Accompanied by a humming sound, the Composite Restriction fluctuated violently, then revealed an oval-shaped portal.

"Two lords, please enter. You have the time of one incense stick to make your selection!"

Dou Qinghe made a gesture of invitation; Li Zhangsheng and Ning Bizhen nodded and entered the oval portal together.

The fourth floor of the Secret Technique Pavilion is quite spacious, with thirty-six stone pillars placed inside, arranged in the formation of the Heavenly Stems.

Of course, this does not mean there are thirty-six top-tier secret techniques here, because only a small portion of the stone pillars have Inheritance Jade Slips placed on them, while the rest are all empty.

Li Zhangsheng scanned them and found that there were Inheritance Jade Slips on eight stone pillars; on these eight stone pillars, lines of text were carved, which were introductions to the secret techniques.

Li Zhangsheng came to the first stone pillar and finished reading the text introduction on the stone pillar in a few moments.

Soul Grafting: Top-tier secret technique. It can graft the souls of oneself and a formally contracted Spirit Beast together. Without consuming Mental Power, one can feel each other's intentions and thoughts, and at the same time, one can share the fatal injuries of the Spirit Beast. Note: If one side dies, the other will inevitably perish!

Li Zhangsheng was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but glance at Ning Bizhen beside him.

Ning Bizhen was also somewhat dazed; she did not know that the Soul Grafting Secret Technique would be here either, so she had no choice but to helplessly spread her hands and say, "Zhangsheng, I don't know either. It might be related to my elders!"

Ning Bizhen's immediate family had all perished long ago, so she naturally could not find the answer, but one thing was certain: even if she spread the Soul Grafting Secret Technique, she was not restricted at all, not to mention warnings or punishments from the Imperial Family.

As for how the Imperial Family possesses the Soul Grafting Secret Technique, that is not something they can know.

Li Zhangsheng did not dwell on it and went straight to the next stone pillar to check other top-tier secret techniques.

It took less than three minutes for Li Zhangsheng to finish reading the introductions for the eight top-tier secret techniques.

Besides the Soul Grafting Secret Technique, Li Zhangsheng also discovered the Earth-Listening Secret Technique and the Law of Heaven and Earth secret technique.

Clearly, the Imperial Family can easily obtain the top-tier secret techniques of the Yuanling Academy, or perhaps the Imperial Family copied them for the Yuanling Academy, but Li Zhangsheng is more inclined toward the former.

Li Zhangsheng naturally could not choose these two top-tier secret techniques that the Yuanling Academy possesses; he could completely redeem them from the Yuanling Academy after accumulating enough Academic Credits.

In this way, he had to make a choice among the other five top-tier secret techniques.

Among these five top-tier secret techniques, three of them can temporarily enhance a Spirit Beast's strength, speed, and physique, with a boost significantly exceeding that of advanced secret techniques, but they also consume more Mental Power.

The other two belong to special secret techniques; one of them can be said to be an enhanced version of the Firm as a Rock secret technique, which can significantly exempt skills or traits related to spirit and illusions, while also exempting negative emotions such as fear and terror.

The last one is a top-tier secret technique called Plane Suppression. Just like its name, its main targets are demons and alien species; it can temporarily enhance the world/plane suppression against these alien species, limiting their strength to the greatest extent.

However, this special secret technique can only exert its effect within the Fairy World.

Besides that, the closer one is to the Abyss Gate, the worse the effect becomes.

Soon, Li Zhangsheng made his choice: to redeem the Plane Suppression secret technique. To obtain a spot to enter the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, this Plane Suppression secret technique has miraculous effects.

Like Li Zhangsheng, Ning Bizhen also chose the Plane Suppression secret technique.

After redeeming the Plane Suppression secret technique, Li Zhangsheng and Ning Bizhen arrived at the Huang Jia Nei Ku located deep within the Imperial Palace.

The Huang Jia Nei Ku is located next to the Core Treasury, but its area is far inferior to the Core Treasury, being only about a hundred square meters.

However, the Core Treasury only has a Sixth-Rank Expert guarding it, while the Huang Jia Nei Ku is guarded by a Pseudo-King, which shows the Imperial Family's degree of importance toward the two.

After presenting the Huang Jia Nei Ku voucher, Li Zhangsheng and Ning Bizhen successfully entered the Huang Jia Nei Ku.

In the center of the Huang Jia Nei Ku sits a jade-quality long table nearly ten meters long, on which are placed dozens of treasure boxes of different sizes and materials; they are all attached with restrictions and cannot be opened.

At the first moment, Li Zhangsheng released his Mental Power to sense the energy fluctuations emanating from these boxes.

Unlike the Treasure Pavilion of the Yuanling Academy, the Huang Jia Nei Ku does not restrict the use of Mental Power.

Through the feedback of his Mental Power, Li Zhangsheng could "see" dozens of unusually bright light spots. Judging by his experience, these light spots were all treasures of Heaven and Earth Essence grade or higher, and the energy fluctuations were quite intense.

Besides these, there were three light spots that reached the energy fluctuation level of Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure.

Li Zhangsheng carefully weighed his options and finally locked onto two treasure boxes with more intense energy fluctuations.

Of these two treasure boxes, one was a jade box slightly larger than a fist, and the other was a long wooden box.

Ning Bizhen did not doubt him and let Li Zhangsheng help her choose.

Soon, Li Zhangsheng completed the procedures and left the Imperial Palace to meet up with Xu Wenhua and Zhang Kaishuo.

"You wait here for me for a moment, I'll be right back!"

Li Zhangsheng was still thinking about the Xuanqiong Five-Colored Glazed Fruit tree; it was not far from Dou Yuanbin's mansion, and he wanted to take the opportunity to inquire about it.

Li Zhangsheng casually wiped his face, and the Hundred-Change Thousand-Illusion Mask immediately took effect, turning him into an unremarkable young man.

Not long after, Li Zhangsheng stopped at a place not far from the Imperial Palace; not far away was a heavily guarded mansion.

This was naturally no ordinary mansion, as could be seen from the "Qin Prince Mansion" inscribed on the golden nanmu plaque.

Only adult Princes are enfeoffed with a King Throne; for instance, the Ninth Prince Dou Yuansheng has not even been enfeoffed as a King yet.

Among them, the First Prince Dou Yuande was enfeoffed as the Lu Prince, the Sixth Prince Dou Yuanhua was enfeoffed as the Wei Prince, and the Third Prince Dou Yuanbin was enfeoffed as the Qin Prince.

From these titles, one can roughly see the degree of Emperor Dou Zhangsheng's partiality; Dou Yuanbin and Dou Yuanhua are clearly more valued, while Dou Yuande, as the First Prince, is the least favored.

Li Zhangsheng did not enter the Qin Prince Mansion, nor did he even approach it, but he still subtly released his Mental Power to scout the situation at the Qin Prince Mansion.

Unless a crisis is encountered, large-scale Array Prohibitions are rarely activated, especially at the Qin Prince Mansion which is not far from the Imperial Palace; it is only because of geographical advantages that sects like the Tiantai Sect maintain the operation of large-scale Array Prohibitions at all times.

The Qin Prince Mansion had not activated its large-scale Array Prohibition, so Li Zhangsheng's Mental Power entered the Qin Prince Mansion unimpeded, encompassing the entire Qin Prince Mansion.

Yet, even if Li Zhangsheng's Mental Power was as subtle as could be, the Qin Prince Mansion was, after all, the residence of Dou Yuanbin; how could it possibly lack devices to prevent peeping?

In less than the time of a single breath, a harsh humming sound came from the Qin Prince Mansion, the guards at the gate immediately acted as if facing a great enemy, and the sound of chaotic footsteps rang out as squads of guards began to conduct a rapid search.

At the same time, more than a dozen figures flew out from the Qin Prince Mansion, looking down at the ground from a high vantage point to search for the suspected target.

Among them, there was no sign of Dou Yuanbin.

The moment the alarm device was triggered, Li Zhangsheng's heart tightened, and his figure vanished instantly.

The Qin Prince Mansion was not inside the Imperial Palace, so Instant Movement was not subject to any restrictions.

By the time he reappeared, Li Zhangsheng had already returned to Ning Bizhen's side and had even restored his appearance in advance.

Although it was less than a breath of time, Li Zhangsheng still sensed all the energy fluctuations within the Qin Prince Mansion.

Among them, the greatest energy fluctuation came from the backyard of the Qin Prince Mansion, and the energy fluctuation it emitted was extremely strong, not much worse than the Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree.

Li Zhangsheng had sufficient reason to suspect that it was the energy fluctuation emitted by the Xuanqiong Five-Colored Glazed Fruit tree.

Taking a step back, even if it were not the Xuanqiong Five-Colored Glazed Fruit tree, it was still enough to make Li Zhangsheng covet it.

Additionally, there was not only this one energy fluctuation in the backyard of the Qin Prince Mansion, but also over a hundred light points that were not weak; if there were no surprises, that place was very likely the Medicine Garden of the Qin Prince Mansion.

Although he was very greedy for it, Li Zhangsheng had no intention of acting immediately; taking action now would easily expose his identity, so he decided to wait for a period of time before considering it.

After leaving Yecheng, Li Zhangsheng and the others did not return to the Player Village; he and Ning Bizhen had long since packed up, and they boarded Xu Wenhua's Dragon Horse Hall directly to return to the Yuanling Academy.

Today's goal: Three, pigs, proof!

(End of this chapter)