Chapter 85: Prince Wu Jun
Chapter 85: Prince Wu Jun
A godly man, truly a godly man!
Qin Li sat there, his heart unable to calm down for a long time.
This ancient Great Master named Prince Wu Jun was not just any formidable figure—he was a super formidable figure!
Forget about what level his martial achievements reached; just the fields he excelled in and the degree of his mastery would astonish a crowd!
First, Prince Wu Jun was a martial artist who reached the Heaven-Breaking Realm, and he lived to be over nine hundred eighty years old before passing away peacefully! This journal was written in his later years, documenting his glorious life and lonely later years. When he wrote this, Prince Wu Jun was already over nine hundred sixty years old.
The Heaven-Breaking Realm!
Qin Li was thrilled and excited when he read this. While he was striving to reach the rank of a Heaven Rank Martial Artist as his goal, there was someone who actually lived nearly a thousand years!
Moreover, his eventual death was because he missed his deceased wife too much, feeling that life held no more joy, so he willingly passed away sitting in meditation!
That is to say, if this Great Master had not been such a devoted lover, he might well have lived over a thousand years!
In Qin Li’s previous world, there was a curse: ‘Good people don’t live long, but troublemakers last a thousand years.’ But to be honest, everyone knew that throughout all of human history over thousands of years, how many could actually live past a hundred?
The Tianyuan Continent had abundant Spiritual Energy and a flourishing Martial Path. Most martial artists could live past a hundred. If one reached the Heavenly Rank, living two or three hundred years was not a dream!
This was already a huge temptation for Qin Li!
If people can live, who would want to die?
Yet he never imagined that someone could actually enter the Heaven-Breaking Realm and live for a thousand years! What kind of longevity was that? And what kind of fortune?
Qin Li thought of the Mysterious Island, which Shangguan Shiyu, his mother Qin Hanyue, and Qin Xue had entered. There were legends that most martial artists on the Tianyuan Continent, after breaking through the Heavenly Rank, went there. Of course, besides the Mysterious Island, there were several Lands of Mystery, said to be inhabited by Supreme Experts of the Heaven-Breaking Realm.
Moreover, not everyone who broke through the Heavenly Rank left their families.
Some ancient families with thousands of years of history were rumored to have Supreme Experts in the Heaven-Breaking Realm. Of course, these were just rumors. And it could be judged that Prince Wu Jun’s Heaven-Breaking Realm definitely reached a very high level! Otherwise, he could not have lived so long. This could be seen from what he wrote later about his deceased wife.
Besides the Martial Path, Prince Wu Jun was also an expert in architecture, worthy of the title Grandmaster!
The ancient city Qin Li was in right now was built by Prince Wu Jun single-handedly over two hundred years, piece by piece.
The reason for building this city was also quite sorrowful.
Because he was lonely, because he missed his deceased wife so much that he could not sleep, including the five powerful pieces of jewelry Qin Li found, they were just works Prince Wu Jun created in his later years to relieve his loneliness.
Placed there, it was simply to comfort himself. This exceptionally powerful old man also fantasized that one day, the door would gently open, and that stunningly beautiful woman with bright eyes and white teeth, like any woman who loved shopping, would look at the jewelry with shining eyes and exclaim, “I love it!”
He knew she liked jade the most and also strange metals from beyond the skies. So, including the Space Ring Qin Li obtained, they were all made from these materials.
When Qin Li read this, he silently took out the pieces of jewelry he had excitedly obtained earlier. The jewelry, having endured thousands of years, still shimmered and sparkled brilliantly. But in that moment, Qin Li seemed to feel a wave of deep yearning from the jewelry, carrying all of Prince Wu Jun’s love for his wife!
Qin Li concentrated and stared blankly at the jewelry for a while, silent, then carefully placed them back into the box and stored them in his Storage Ring.
Prince Wu Jun’s name was peculiar, sounding like royalty, but in reality, he had no relation to royalty at all. How could the authority of the Mortal World be in the eyes of such a brilliant person?
Besides these, Prince Wu Jun was skilled in forging, alchemy, pill refining, and illusion techniques… He mentioned that from the city entrance all the way down, every room was set with illusion techniques!
And only those who practiced the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, I Am the Only Sovereign Combat Skill would not be affected at all!
By ‘practice,’ he meant… martial artists who did not undergo Nirvana!
When Qin Li read this, his only reaction was breaking out in a cold sweat.
It was truly a cold sweat, because Prince Wu Jun wrote mockingly: Why is the name of this combat technique called Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, I Am the Only Sovereign? The reason was simple: throughout all ages, there would never be more than three martial artists suited to practice it! And if one wanted to reach a certain level, many factors were necessary, such as body strength and the Yuanli Heart Method one practiced, all placing very high demands!
Take the Yuanli Heart Method, for example; practicing ordinary Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy definitely would not work. One must practice the essence within Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy!
Otherwise, why would it dare to have such a name?
What were the odds? One in a hundred million? Or one in a billion? Or even one in ten billion?
Qin Li was extremely shocked and at the same time felt incredibly fortunate. If he did not possess the Innate Purple Qi Art and the body refining method from the Mysterious Island, even if he entered this Ancient Ruins now, he would only be watching himself undergo Nirvana and waiting for death!
Because according to Prince Wu Jun, there was no such thing as the Tianxuan Elixir formula. It was just something he created out of boredom to fool the world. He just wanted to see, a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand years after his death, what kind of turmoil would occur once the combat technique, placed prominently at the city entrance, appeared in the world.
Reading this, Qin Li could only say: Old man, you really are a great devil!
He was a master of calligraphy, considered a great expert; a master of literature, considered a great talent! He was skilled in astronomy and geography—the design of this ancient city was enough to showcase his wisdom. He excelled in various miscellaneous studies, mechanics… even gardening and agriculture… He used all the knowledge of his lifetime in the design of this ancient city. If this city were fully exposed above water, it would astonish the entire continent!
It might even rewrite much of the history of the Tianyuan Continent!
At the same time, he was a love fanatic. He used every rare treasure and concocted all sorts of miraculous pills, but he still could not keep her alive. His wife, who originally had no talent, was raised by him using pills to reach the Heaven-Breaking Realm!
But alas, she still left him hundreds of years earlier.
In the end, this super Great Master, who could be called the number one of his time, gave up pursuing the Heavenly Dao, gave up the chance to seek eternal life. When his longing reached its peak and became an obsession, he madly attacked the land of this valley. The huge valley was forcibly blasted with thousands of springs by him, and then he watched as these springs gradually submerged the ancient city he had built with his own hands!
But not wanting his and his wife’s bodies to be soaked by water, he also created a huge energy circulation Formation. Every fifteen years, the water level of Phoenix Lake would drop significantly, as the Formation absorbed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy for fifteen days each time!
It repeated over and over, never ending!
In this lonely wilderness, fifteen days passed quickly, and few would notice this change. Moreover, the old man, like a devil, placed the combat technique, which embodied his lifelong efforts, at the city entrance. On it, he clearly wrote that practicing it recklessly would harm one’s soul.
Then he gave a sliver of hope: obtaining the Tianxuan Elixir formula would prevent one from falling into Nirvana. In reality, not only was there no Tianxuan Elixir formula, but even if he could produce such a pill, he definitely would not leave it for later generations! With his intelligence, how could he not realize what it would mean for a continent if this combat technique had no flaws?
So, it was just a prank by a brilliantly talented old man during his most boring time, nothing more.
At the end of the journal, there was this passage: If you can come here and still have the mood to read my old man’s boring monologue, then congratulations, you are my disciple across generations! In the corner of this study, move the table aside. There is a hidden room. Inside the hidden room, there are memorial tablets for my deceased wife and me. If you have the heart, go and pay respects; it would comfort this lonely old man’s spirit in heaven. If not, it’s fine. When one dies, everything ends, and there’s nothing to fuss about. Ahead, there is also a weapon shop with several weapons inside. Besides that, there is a room containing a large amount of Spirit Stones and rare treasures. I bequeath them all to the fated one.
Qin Li did not hesitate. No matter what, since he had received benefits from the other, paying respects was not too much.
He easily opened the hidden room. Sure enough, inside, a dim Eternal Lamp was lit, but it was not eerie. On the wall opposite the door was a mural depicting a man and a woman.
The man was young and handsome, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. The woman was stunningly beautiful, with an immortal-like grace. Anyone who saw it would exclaim: What a celestial couple!
Under the painting was a table with two memorial tablets. One read: “In memory of my beloved wife Xiao Longnü.” The other read: “In memory of Prince Wu Jun.”
On the floor lay a clean cushion. Qin Li solemnly knelt on the cushion and said, “Honored Master and Mistress, please accept Qin Li’s three bows!”
He respectfully kowtowed three times. Qin Li stood up; at this moment, he felt as if a connection of blood had suddenly formed with this master he had never met across generations. He felt as if he could empathize with the loneliness and sorrow of his later years.
At that moment, a faint sound came from the hidden room. On the wall to Qin Li’s left, a secret door silently opened!