Chapter 304: Chapter 67: Supreme Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman Evil-Slaying Secret Scroll

If the Secret Technique and Pill Formula recorded on these two stone slabs were real, then this whole situation would be rather absurd.

Seeing that the seller didn’t appear to be lying, an idea struck Fang Cheng. "I’ll take these two stone slabs," he said. "Name your price."

Upon hearing this, the seller hastily replied, "They’re just two ordinary stone slabs. Since you have taken a liking to them, Senior, this junior will simply gift them to you."

Fang Cheng smiled faintly. "I’m not in the habit of taking things for free. Go on, name a price."

The seller said honestly, "Senior, you must be interested in the Secret Technique and Pill Formula on these slabs. To be frank, these are just scams from ancient Cultivators. The Spiritual Medicines listed in the Pill Formula don’t exist in this world, and as for the Secret Technique for resisting heavenly tribulations, it’s a complete fabrication..."

He paused, stacked the two slabs, and handed them to Fang Cheng. "Since you like them, Senior, thirty or fifty Talismanic Coins should be fine."

"Talismanic Coins?" Fang Cheng accepted the slabs and fell silent in thought.

He had noticed on his way here that all the Cultivators in this market used a type of round Jade Talisman Coin with a square hole, which contained a faint trace of Spiritual Qi.

He hadn’t seen any Spirit Stones.

He put away the slabs, took out a Lower-Grade Spirit Stone, and asked, "How many Talismanic Coins is this worth?"

The Spirit Stone’s light was dazzling, its dense Spiritual Qi forming a pure halo in the air and emitting a mesmerizing array of colors.

"A Spirit Stone!"

The seller’s eyes lit up, and he cried out involuntarily.

It was like a man long lost in the desert finally finding an oasis. An indescribable joy surged through him.

He stared intently at the Spirit Stone in Fang Cheng’s hand, greed and envy flashing in his eyes. In a trembling voice, he said, "I can’t believe you actually have a legendary Spirit Stone, Senior! I’ve heard people say one is worth three thousand Talismanic Coins, but you can never find one for sale, no matter the price."

Fang Cheng chuckled, at a loss for words. He casually placed the Lower-Grade Spirit Stone on the butcher’s block. "Keep the change."

The seller gingerly picked up the Spirit Stone. Feeling the dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within it, he couldn’t believe it for a moment. "This... How can I accept this...?"

Fang Cheng smiled without a word. Glancing around, he saw that the Spirit Stone had attracted the attention of all the nearby passersby. They were staring over, their faces filled with curiosity and astonishment.

A few even edged closer, their eyes full of desire as they stared at the Spirit Stone in the seller’s hand.

In the distance, many people craned their necks, staring this way without blinking.

An idea flashed through Fang Cheng’s mind. He took out several more Spirit Stones and announced in a deep voice, "If anyone has the Old Law, I’m willing to pay a high price for it!"

The Spirit Stones floated slowly in his hand, shimmering with spiritual light as Spiritual Qi diffused into the air. The nearby Cultivators felt as if they were being bathed in a nourishing rain, and an uproar immediately ensued.

Immediately, someone couldn’t resist reaching out, wanting to step forward and grab the Spirit Stones.

Fang Cheng remained expressionless, but his aura suddenly flared. A vast, surging Spiritual Mechanism erupted from him, instantly spreading out to envelop the entire market.

In that instant, the Cultivators within ten zhang of him felt as if they were shouldering a great mountain, as if the very sky were collapsing. An immense weight pressed down on them, forcing them to slump to the ground.

Fang Cheng said coolly, "I will say this one more time. Anyone who has items related to the Old Law can bring them to me in exchange for Spirit Stones."

His voice was not loud, yet it clearly reached the ears of the ten thousand-plus Cultivators in the market, booming like thunder and shaking them to their core.

The market fell deathly silent. Every Cultivator was too terrified to make a sound.

Wherever Fang Cheng’s gaze passed, no one dared to meet his eyes and lowered their heads.

The meat stall seller stood frozen in place, finally realizing just how ridiculously wrong his estimate of this mysterious Cultivator’s Cultivation had been.

’Does a Seventh Realm Cultivator have such a powerful aura?’

Just then, an old man with the white hair of a crane but the face of a youth—the very picture of an immortal sage—stepped out from the crowd.

He bowed deeply to Fang Cheng and said respectfully, "Senior, ever since the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi began to dissipate, the Old Law lost all its value. Its lineage has been broken for nearly ten thousand years. The ancient texts recording it were abandoned and destroyed, and after the rise of the New Law, the Old Law was all but forgotten."

Fang Cheng had briefly read an introduction to this so-called New Law at a bookstall earlier.

The New Law was created specifically to adapt to the current state of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi in this world. It is simple to practice, but its potential is extremely limited. Reaching the Late Sensing Stage is already considered a Top-grade Technique here.

This corresponds to cultivation levels at the Seventh Realm and above.

The old man before him was a Cultivator at the Seventh Layer of Sensing.

In this market, his Cultivation was the highest.

Fang Cheng said calmly, "There are always exceptions. As long as any of you have Old Law texts, or Magical Artifacts and treasures from that era, you can trade them to me for Spirit Stones."

Everyone in the market looked at each other, but no one made a move.

This was an era where even things like jade slips and storage bags were nearly lost to time. Who would bother collecting the Old Law?

They were more curious about the origin of this mysterious Cultivator before them.

They wondered, could this person be a legendary Ninth Realm Cultivator?

Or perhaps a peerless Great Power, with strength far surpassing the Ninth Realm?

The old man took a Scroll from his sleeve, presented it with both hands, and said slowly, "Senior, this old one happens to have an ancient text from the Old Law. I invite you to examine it."

Fang Cheng raised an eyebrow. He took the Scroll and unrolled it. Written upon it in ancient bird-seal script was a Cultivation Technique, tens of thousands of words long and interspersed with Visualization Diagrams, Array patterns, and Talisman diagrams.

The Cultivation Technique was called the "Supreme Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman Evil-Slaying Secret Scroll."

The old man explained, "I acquired this Scroll from a fellow Daoist more than a decade ago. I kept it only to appreciate the spiritual charm of its calligraphy and cultivate my mind in my leisure. Later, I consulted some records and discovered that in Ancient Times, this technique was hailed as one of the ’Ten Great Celestial Book Treasure Scrolls,’ a testament to its extraordinary nature."

Fang Cheng carefully examined the ancient scroll’s contents. He was shocked to find that this single Cultivation Technique covered the methods for five entire realms: the Sensing Realm, Life Talisman Realm, Life Soul Realm, Dharma Realm, and Tribulation Realm!

Beyond that, it also included numerous Divine Secret Skills such as divine light, Swordsmanship, Talismans, Arrays, Alchemy, Artifact Refining, and Body Refining. It was truly all-encompassing, vast, and profound.

The bird-seal script on the ancient scroll possessed an ineffable spiritual charm, as if it were expounding the supreme principles of the Celestial Dao. Every single character pulsed with a wondrous allure.

This was a Cultivation Technique that provided a direct path to the Tribulation Realm.

His mind reeled. With a single sweep of his Divine Sense, he committed the entire contents of the ancient scroll to memory.

Unfortunately, the Cultivation Technique had one major flaw: it was only suitable for female Cultivators!

The ancient scroll made this clear right from the start.

"I’ll take this Celestial Book. How about you take these Spirit Stones in return?" Fang Cheng asked with a chuckle as he put away the Celestial Book Ancient Scroll.

The old man replied hastily, "Thank you, Senior, but this old one only requires a single Spirit Stone."

Fang Cheng said, "Take all of them. And please, help me see if anyone else has similar texts from the Old Law. I will reward you handsomely if you find any."

The old man accepted the Spirit Stones with fear and reverence. "Rest assured, Senior," he said, taking his leave. "This old one will go and search for other Old Law texts immediately."

Fang Cheng glanced at the hourglass by his side and decided to continue strolling through the market. Wherever he went, the nearby Cultivators cleared a path, bowing their heads respectfully, terrified of angering the Great Power.

His Divine Sense was now comparable to that of a Peak Life Talisman Cultivator. Combined with his Sword Heart Clarity, no detail in the entire market could escape his notice.

That was how he had discovered the two stone slabs at the meat stall earlier.

The old man seemed quite familiar with the market. He went around asking, but unfortunately, came up empty-handed.

Meanwhile, the sand in the hourglass beside Fang Cheng continued to fall.

Soon, an hour had passed, but the old man still hadn’t found anyone in possession of an Old Law text.

Fang Cheng couldn’t help but sigh softly, watching the hourglass beside him run out.

A repulsive force surged over him, pushing him out of the gray fog and into the Gate of Light.

The next moment, he was back in the Pocket World Spiritual Building on Demon Lion Peak.

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