Ye Chu, Ye Jingyun, and their group surveyed the entire empty cave, finally resting their gaze on the carvings on the cave wall. This was the only thing in the cave, so the secret must be on it.
However, after examining it for a long time, the group had not discovered what secret it harboured. Ye Jingyun touched these carved stone walls and said with some frustration, “Our ancestors are truly something. If they do not leave a method to unseal it, how are we supposed to figure it out by groping in the dark?”
Pang Shao and the others naturally complained as well. Despite their complaints, they still gathered their spirits to study it, after all, this concerned the rise and fall of their family.
“Have you noticed that this stone wall seems to harbour an intent?” Ye Chu suddenly asked Ye Jingyun.
“Ah…” Ye Jingyun was stunned. She immersed her mind into the stone wall, then shook her head and said, “You must have felt it wrong. It is no different from an ordinary stone wall.”
Ye Chu shook his head, looked at Ye Jingyun, and said, “There is no mistake. It absolutely harbours an intent.”
Murong Mietian, who was nearby, also heard this. He frowned and immersed his mind into the stone wall, then his eyes lit up, obviously having felt it as well.
The unusual behaviour of Murong Mietian and Ye Chu attracted quite a few people. Some asked, “Your Highness, what have you discovered?”
“There is indeed intent within this stone wall, but it is very faint. I had to try hard to perceive it before I could barely detect it. Everyone should try and see if you can perceive it,” Murong Mietian said to the group. He hoped everyone could perceive it, as only then could they unlock the secret within.
The group was overjoyed and began to perceive the intent within. However, after immersing their minds into it, they could not help but frown, wondering what intent there could be, as it was completely just a cold piece of stone.
“How can this be?” the group asked. “We cannot perceive anything at all.”
Ye Chu thought to himself that their strength was probably just not enough. Thinking of this, Ye Chu no longer relied on them. He completely immersed his mind into these stone walls, perceiving the faint intent.
Murong Mietian also gave up on these people and immersed himself in the stone walls just like Ye Chu.
Ye Chu was immersed in the stone wall, his mind completely perceiving the intent within. Ye Chu’s perception was astonishing. Even though this intent was extremely faint, he still slowly perceived the meaning within it.
Ye Chu soon felt a fierce and powerful aura. This fierce intent was somewhat similar to the one Murong Mietian had just used against him. Ye Chu was puzzled in his heart and devoted all his energy to perceiving it.
Just as Ye Chu was doing this, the stone wall suddenly changed. Within his primal spirit, the stone wall was no longer a stone wall, but a mirror. In the mirror, a cultivator was throwing punches one after another, as if practising a martial art.
This cultivator was dressed in a yellow robe, looking noble and magnificent. Every punch was extremely fierce. If one perceived it carefully, one would find it very similar to the fist technique Murong Mietian had just used to attack Ye Chu, except that compared to Murong Mietian’s attacking momentum, it appeared much more mature and perfect.
“How can this be?” Ye Chu was extremely puzzled in his heart, but his mind remained immersed in this cultivator. His mind moved along with the cultivator’s fist technique, branding the moving figure into his primal spirit, and he carefully comprehended the intent.
Over and over again, the intent Ye Chu perceived grew stronger. In the end, Ye Chu gradually became clear about what this set of fist techniques was called.
“Imperial Rigid Arm Fist!”
This was the name of the fist technique, which Ye Chu perceived from the intent. Ye Chu perceived the intent within it over and over again. What he perceived grew stronger and stronger, and he gradually comprehended the essence of the Imperial Rigid Arm Fist.
This set of fist techniques was not bad at all. It was just that Ye Chu possessed too many profound secret arts, so this fist technique did not give him a feeling of being stunned. However, Ye Chu knew that if this were to fall into someone else’s hands, it would be an extraordinary secret art.
After Ye Chu felt he had completely mastered the intent within it, he withdrew from the Imperial Rigid Arm Fist. After Ye Chu withdrew, the stone wall that had previously seemed to change to him remained exactly the same as before.
“How can this be?” Ye Chu wondered, turning to look at Murong Mietian. The intent radiating from Murong Mietian was also changing. It was somewhat different from his fierce intent, as his intent suddenly became a blend of hardness and softness.
“Could it be that he had the same experience as me?” Ye Chu waited for a moment. Murong Mietian opened his eyes, stared blankly at the stone wall in front of him, and then turned his head to look at Ye Chu, not hiding his surprise and astonishment in the slightest.
This instantly made Ye Chu understand that he indeed had the same experience as him. However, judging from his intent just now, what he perceived was not the same kind of intent as Ye Chu’s. Otherwise, the intent he radiated would only be even more fierce.
“Ye Chu, what is going on?” Ye Jingyun asked Ye Chu.
“There is a cultivation technique within this stone wall. I have just learned a set of the Imperial Rigid Arm Fist!”
This sentence made Ye Jingyun pause for a moment, and then she muttered, “The Imperial Rigid Arm Fist, a cultivation technique of the royal family. Although it is not their top tier technique, it is still considered an upper grade among them. Murong Mietian just used this exact set of fist techniques against you.”
Ye Chu nodded and said, “This stone wall holds a secret. The method to break the seal should be within it, I just do not know exactly how to activate it.”
“Go and perceive it again, and see if there is any other intent?” Ye Jingyun said to Ye Chu.
Ye Chu nodded, his mind continuing to immerse into it. Soon, Ye Chu perceived a faint aura. This aura was different from the previous one, as it was a soft and continuous intent.
Soon, Ye Chu’s mind was drawn by it. A figure appeared in front of him, constantly dancing in the void, and with every movement, the shadow of a staff filled the space.
Ye Chu immersed his mind in it, perceiving this soft and continuous intent, which carried a sense of entanglement. The staff shadows were constant, and this set of martial arts was not inferior to the Imperial Rigid Arm Fist at all.
“Entangling Staff Technique!”
Ye Chu learned the name of this staff technique from it. Through repeated comprehension, Ye Chu completely perceived the essence of this staff technique. Only when Ye Chu had thoroughly branded this staff technique into his mind did he withdraw from it.
“How was it?” Ye Jingyun and Pang Shao walked up to Ye Chu at the same time and asked with some urgency.
“This time it was the Entangling Staff Technique!” Ye Chu said, taking a deep breath.
“The Li family’s technique. This staff technique is very famous, and quite a few disciples of the Ye family have suffered losses to it,” Ye Jingyun said, staring blankly at Ye Chu. “Could it be that this stone wall harbours the martial arts of various families?”
Ye Jingyun looked at Ye Chu in confusion. She immersed her mind into the stone wall, and soon her eyes lit up. Staring at Ye Chu, she said, “I can also feel the intent within it, although it is very weak. This…”
Pang Shao also immersed his mind into it at this moment, but afterwards he shook his head and said, “I still cannot perceive it. It is probably because Ye Jingyun’s strength is considerably greater than mine. However, the fact that she can perceive it now, is it because you have already perceived the intent within it? Ye Chu, try again. Perhaps if you perceive a few more types of intent, we will be able to perceive it as well.”