The mist floated ethereally as Chen Ku and his two elders stood in the Cloud Pendant Formation, fully alert.

"Shangguan Yun holds no less information about this Hero King's underground palace than I do. Although I entered here a step earlier, he, through his prior arrangements, actually gained authority over one of the Eight Gates Shocking Array."

Chen Ku remained extremely cautious.

This Eight Gates Shocking Array, though his master Shan Lingguan dared to enter and exit the 'Wind Raising Formation' unscathed and even acquired many wind array patterns,

it was entirely due to the 'Black Wind Technique' within Shan Lingguan's cultivation of the Huntian Overlord Body, which rendered him not only unaffected by suppression within the Wind Raising Formation but allowed him to maneuver freely.

However, this Cloud Pendant Formation... offered no such loophole for his master to exploit.

If the grand array truly unleashed its killing intent, even if his master and senior brother managed to protect themselves, his own safety remained uncertain.

"That Shangguan Yun actually possesses a token that can open the Mountain-Lifting Hall... and seemingly gained some benefits from it!" Shan Lingguan watched the silhouette behind the mist with a heavy gaze.

There was a sense of foreboding in his heart.

At that moment, a voice echoed throughout the great hall.

"Younger generation, your qualifications are superior, bringing me joy, thus bestowing upon you three drops of 'True Blood', one drop of 'Soul Blood', a volume of mental method, and conferring the rank of Junior General in the Mountain-Lifting Army."

Superior qualifications?

Such a high evaluation.

As an old monster who had roamed the Jianghu for nearly two hundred years, how could Shan Lingguan not understand the concept of "superior qualifications"?

Superior, super-grade, both refer to peerless figures who transcend the current era, standing out uniquely.

There is a saying, "Great deeds of the ancients require not only superior talent but also an unyielding will."

The role of superior talent and super-grade qualifications far surpasses the so-called 'unyielding will'.

Amidst Shan Lingguan's incredulity, thinking: does Shangguan Yun or the young girl beside him possess such qualifications?

Unexpectedly...

Along with the majestic voice, a beam of radiance, carrying residual echoes, tore through the Cloud Pendant Formation separating them and landed before Chen Ku.

The radiance faded, revealing three items.

Four drops of blood: three red droplets of True Blood, one purple droplet of Soul Blood, particularly the Soul Blood, seemed almost alive.

Additionally, there was a volume of bamboo slips.

A Tiger Talisman.

"He was referring to my disciple?!"

Only then did Shan Lingguan understand, looking at Chen Ku with astonishment and elation:

"Superior talent refers to my good disciple Chen Ku?"

Chen Ku also looked at the items before him, somewhat surprised yet not completely taken aback.

Thinking to himself:

"It makes sense, given that this underground palace was crafted by the Mountain-Lifting Heavenly King Xiong Ying, how could it not leave benefits for his bloodline descendants? The Qilin Blood Gu Transformation that I achieved by absorbing the Xu Family Qilin Blood has now successfully integrated into the 'Flood Dragon Transformation', in the perception of that sculpture, it's almost equivalent to a super-grade qualification with Xu Family Qilin Blood, so it's no wonder I'm rewarded so richly."

Qin Yuxian then slowly realized that what Chen Ku had said about his accidental inheritance of Xu Family bloodline memories enabled their entry into this underground palace. He couldn't help being happy for Chen Ku, especially looking at those four drops of fresh blood, he said:

"Back then, the Mountain-Lifting Heavenly King Xiong Ying had reached the Fourteen Realms of a Martial Practitioner, cultivating the Divine Skill 'Sky-Shaking Earth-Shattering Divine Technique', able to lift thousand-meter peaks with his hands, bearing the ancient Qilin's bloodline inheritance. It was rumored in the Jianghu that Xiong Ying's blood, imbued with Qilin Blood, had the effect of 'healing severe wounds and increasing skill without injury', truly a walking human-shaped elixir. The three drops of True Blood alone have exceptional power-enhancing effects, and it's also rumored that Xiong Ying's blood carries 'bloodline inheritance' memories. It's estimated that taking these three drops can purify your bloodline to unimaginable levels; as for that drop of Soul Blood, it contains a portion of Heaven King Xiong Ying's origin, possibly enabling you to utilize some of his abilities under certain conditions."

Chen Ku's heart raced wildly upon hearing this, not expecting these three drops of True Blood and one drop of Soul Blood to be so powerful, believing them to be just rewards for Xu Family bloodline descendants.

A portion of a Fourteen Realms Heaven King's ability?

That's too astonishing.

"This is just my speculation," Qin Yuxian supplemented: "My advice is, you can attempt to refine those three drops of True Blood, but do not refine the Soul Blood, for two reasons: firstly, even with Master Uncle and me assisting you, the Fourteen Realms Soul Blood cannot be refined; secondly, the Soul Blood, as the name implies, contains a portion of Heaven King Xiong Ying's soul power, possibly carrying his will, so to be cautious, it's better not to integrate it within yourself."

Receiving this advice, Chen Ku immediately nodded: "I understand, brother."

In front of the two elders, he opened the bamboo slip, and as it unfurled, countless golden characters flew out and entered his mind.

"Supreme Heavenly Heart Technique"

It was a lengthy piece of incantation:

When the mind is calm, the elixir is formed; when the mind is void, the potion is potent.

Being detached from all, this is called mental calm.

Leaving behind all, this is called mental void.

Seeing void as void, yet still not void.

Forgetting the void, this is the True Void.

...

Following the mental method, as Chen Ku chanted it once, his mind naturally cleared into a tranquil emptiness, silently and imperceptibly his spirit began to grow!

Moreover, growing at a discernible pace.

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