Chapter 361

Chapter 361: No Three Hundred Taels of Silver Here
After being provoked from all sides, Patriarch Gan Lin lost control of his emotions and even tried to die together with everyone.

Yu Zhao joined hands with Si Tu Jian Nan and the Three Heroes of the Shao Clan to subdue him. Then they forced the secrets of the Ancient Pagoda out of his mouth.

It turned out this was indeed the place where Xuanyuan Bupai had lived in seclusion. Before he passed away, he set his inheritance here.

But the first condition to gain the inheritance was to cultivate the Sword Dao.

Patriarch Gan Lin was a Formation Cultivator and did not meet the condition. Yet he refused to give up and thought of using a Secret Art he had seen in a broken scroll. He wanted to forcefully break the Barrier Formation left by Xuanyuan Bupai and form a contract with the Ancient Pagoda.

To drive the Secret Art, he needed a huge number of offerings. That gave rise to the Cooling Pearl and the Ganlin Stone.

Inside each Cooling Pearl, he had set up Formation Array Arts. Not only could he watch the movements of the wearer, but at a key moment he could also trigger the Formation Array Arts to kill.

He had also built ties with a group of Rogue Cultivators, using benefits to lure them into sending him new offerings again and again.

By now, Patriarch Gan Lin had almost broken the Barrier Formation. If he did it two more times, his wish would have come true. Sadly for him, he met Yu Zhao and her group.

When Patriarch Gan Lin finished speaking, a rustling sound came from above everyone’s heads.

Pieces of stone fell from above and rolled across the floor.

“Everyone, be careful. The Formation Array Arts are about to break!”

Patriarch Gan Lin’s Dao heart had shattered, and the Formation Array Arts he had set could no longer hold.

With a huge roar, the scene in front of them changed completely.

The empty hall vanished. They were now standing on a wide Training Grounds.

Several huge boulders were placed across the grounds. Every boulder was covered with sword marks, some deep, some shallow.

When Yu Zhao saw the sword marks, she could not help pausing.

The marks gave her a strange feeling of déjà vu.

Thinking back, she realized they were the same as the lines on the stone tiles in the passage.

Ji Han Zhou stared blankly at the sword marks. His feet moved forward on their own.

At last, he stopped in front of one boulder, reached out, and pressed his hand over the sword marks, quietly feeling the aura they left behind.

Shao Yiming did the same.

Seeing this, Shao Yiman and Shao Yichuan set up a Barrier Formation around them to keep others from disturbing them.

Long Fei Fei looked around.

She was very interested in any place that held an inheritance.

Because such places usually had treasures.

After looking around the area, she quickly made a discovery.

She had just lifted her foot to walk over when she suddenly thought of something. She turned her head and secretly glanced at Yu Zhao.

She did not expect Yu Zhao to already be looking at her. Their gazes met in midair.

Long Fei Fei gave an awkward smile: “I am just taking a look.”

Yu Zhao said calmly: “There is no three hundred taels of silver buried here.”

Long Fei Fei’s shoulders drooped as if the air had leaked out of her. In her heart she wondered a thousand times: [Is Yu Zhao actually a worm living in my stomach?]

“Tell me. What did you find?”

Long Fei Fei pointed ahead, unwilling but unable to hide it: “There is a special smell over there.”

“A special smell?”

Yu Zhao raised a brow.

“Yes. I have to go over and see it to know what it is.”

“I will go with you.”

Long Fei Fei had no right to refuse. She felt depressed for a moment, then lifted her legs and ran toward the place she had pointed at.

Yu Zhao followed right after.

Bu Yan glanced once at Ji Han Zhou, who was still growing his understanding from the sword marks, then followed Yu Zhao without any hesitation.

Only Si Tu Jian Nan stayed where he was, feeling torn.

Should he follow or not?

After hesitating for a moment, he decided to thicken his skin and go take a look. In any case, there was not much he could do if he stayed.

Long Fei Fei passed one huge boulder after another, walking straight ahead without stopping even once.

Finally, after going through many layers of boulders, she reached a lone stone door.

It was called strange because there were no buildings around it. Only this single stone door stood there by itself.

Long Fei Fei’s eyes lit up: “This is it!”

She had already smelled the aura of a treasure.

Yu Zhao, Bu Yan, and Si Tu Jian Nan soon caught up and also studied the stone door.

Bu Yan turned his Prayer Beads and looked at the door with deep pity: “There is the aura of Restless Spirits left on the door.”

Once he said this, everyone understood at once that the inheritance Xuanyuan Bupai had left was most likely behind this stone door.

“I will try.”

Long Fei Fei did not really care about the so-called War God’s Inheritance. After all, she was not a Sword Cultivator.

But she liked breaking open inheritances. It gave her a strong sense of achievement.

She lifted her pale hand. A delicate peach blossom appeared in her palm. She formed a hand seal and tapped it onto the flower.

The pink petals trembled slightly and sent out a ring of pink ripples.

The ripples spread in all directions and finally landed perfectly on the stone door.

Buzz!

Golden light burst from the stone door.

A huge force rushed along the path of the pink ripples.

Long Fei Fei twisted to the right to dodge, but she was still brushed by it and her body shook.

The remaining force went straight toward the boulders behind the group.

Yu Zhao frowned, thinking of Ji Han Zhou who was still in the middle of understanding the sword marks. She summoned the Mirror of Fleeting Lives and flicked out a thread of spiritual light.

The water-like surface of the Mirror of Fleeting Lives flashed once and swallowed the leftover shockwave.

The whole process was silent.

Long Fei Fei pressed her lips together.

She had always been careless and had not thought about anyone else at all.

Yu Zhao had not scolded her, but for some reason she still felt bad.

Si Tu Jian Nan did not notice the change in Long Fei Fei’s mood. After asking for Yu Zhao’s and Bu Yan’s opinions, he stepped forward to try as well.

He found that he could not even touch the stone door, much less try to open it.

Yu Zhao and Bu Yan also took turns, but they all failed in the end.

“This door can probably only be opened by a Sword Cultivator.” Si Tu Jian Nan sighed with regret. Just then, a bold and spirited voice came from behind them.

“Let me try.”

Everyone turned to look. The Three Heroes of the Shao Clan were striding toward them. Their gazes all fell on Shao Yiming, who walked on the left.

They had only been apart for a short time, but when they looked at Shao Yiming again, it felt as if he had shed his skin and been reborn. There was a sharp light in his eyes.

Seeing him come over, Long Fei Fei quickly looked at Yu Zhao.

Shao Yiming was also a Sword Cultivator. If he opened this stone door, Ji Han Zhou might miss this once-in-a-lifetime chance.

What would Yu Zhao do?

The Three Heroes of the Shao Clan were also looking at Yu Zhao at this moment.

They had the same worry as Long Fei Fei.

Whoever opened the stone door first had a greater chance of getting the inheritance.

Of course they wanted to seize the initiative.

But the key was whether Yu Zhao was willing to give them this chance.

If Yu Zhao chose to stand up for her friend, they were not sure they could break through her blockade and touch the stone door.

And unless they had no other choice, they did not want to fight Yu Zhao.

Yu Zhao’s face stayed calm. She did not speak to refuse, but she also did not nod to agree. No one could guess what she was thinking.

Shao Yiman braced herself, stepped forward, and cupped her hands: “Fellow Daoist Yu, my younger brother has some skill in the Sword Dao. Why not let him go up and try? I can swear here that if my brother is lucky enough to gain War God Xuan Yuan’s Inheritance, we will share everything with Daoist Friend Ji and keep nothing back.”

“Hmph, easy for you to say. Then why not let Ji Han Zhou go in first and have him teach your second brother afterward?”