Splitting the Heave

After looking at the words on the coffin for some time, Shang Xia felt his head throbbing in pain. His chest tightened, and a feeling of nausea washed over him.

That wasn’t all. He also felt that his inner qi was draining at a rapid pace.

Realizing that the stone coffin held some weird shit, he chose to leave the stone chamber as quickly as he could.

Not too long after he emerged, the ground under his feet started to shake violently.

Turning to stare at the direction where the trembling came from, Shang Xia saw Ji Wenlong’s figure disappearing through a spatial door.

Shang Bo sat cross-legged on the ground as his extermination origin surrounded the Coral Command hovering before him.

Not too far away, another person could be seen meditating. That person wasn’t foreign to Shang Xia. After all, he had seen Shang Lubing multiple times already.

The moment Shang Xia emerged from the bronze gate, Shang Bo and Shang Lubing opened their eyes simultaneously.

“Did you find anything inside?” Shang Bo teased. There were traces of a smile on Shang Lubing’s face too.

After cultivators entered the Martial Intent Realm, they would be able to use their divine sense to observe their surroundings. There wasn’t a need to mention experts at the level of Shang Bo and the rest. They were in the Martial Extermination Realm and their divine sense was much stronger than Martial Intent Realm cultivators.

The moment either of them arrived, they swept their divine sense through the entire region. That included the stone chamber behind those bronze gates.

They concluded that there was nothing in there, but they didn’t stop Shang Xia from snooping around.

That was the reason they didn’t bother looking around after they arrived. They were able to fully focus on the rank five undead corpse running amok in the Zhu Family Manor.

After hearing what he said, Shang Xia realized that the two of them couldn’t see what was on the coffin! A pout formed on his lips as he knew that they were laughing at him for underestimating their abilities. However, a snort quickly escaped his lips. “Humph! What do you old men know?! The coffin inside the stone chamber is pretty impressive! There might be a rank five advancement formula within!” 

Shang Bo and Shang Lubing nearly burst out laughing.

According to the two of them, Shang Xia was merely trying to mess with them. With their abilities, they were more than capable of inspecting the stone coffin with their divine sense! 

If there really was a rank five advancement formula on the coffin, they would have discovered it and leaped into action a long time ago!

Ji Wenlong wouldn’t head out immediately like he just did.

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Shang Xia frowned when he saw their reactions. “Do you not believe me?” 

“It’s true that the stone coffin is a little special. It’s made up entirely of an Earth Source Rock, and Zhu Tong had been cultivating inside it. It is definitely a key to advancing to the Martial Dipper Realm, but that’s about it. It was too bad the collision between the two worlds was too terrifying. It killed him despite his impressive cultivation, turning him into an undead corpse.” Shang Bo sighed.

“What is an Earth Source Rock?” Shang Xia asked suddenly. “Is it some high leveled material used to craft high-grade weapons?” 

Shang Lubing couldn’t control his laughter any longer. He chortled in amusement, “High-grade weapons? Earth Source Rock is used to make divine weapons!” 

“What?! It’s a rank five material?!” Shang Xia exclaimed in shock as he turned to head back into the stone chamber.

How large did the Earth Source Rock have to be if Zhu Tong managed to craft the entire thing into a stone coffin?

If he managed to chip off a small piece…

However, Shang Lubing’s voice rang in his ears the moment he turned. “Too bad the energy in the ore had been sapped dry by Zhu Tong when he advanced. It’s a useless pile of rock now…” 

Shang Xia stopped dead in his tracks and he turned to look at Shang Lubing with an ugly expression stuck on his face. “Boss Shang… You’re messing with me…” 

Shang Lubing roared with laughter. “Brat, you gained a huge merit this time! Why would I mess with you? Haha, I’m just happy that our Tongyou Institution would be able to gain a footing in the Coral Forest! The cultivation of our disciples will definitely take a huge step forward. In the future, our Tongyou Institution will transform into a mysterious world of its own!” 

“Wait… What do you mean by that? How will we be able to transform into a mysterious world?” Shang Xia revealed a shocked expression.

Explaining patiently, Shang Lubing started from the very top. “Our Tongyou Institution of today can be considered a spiritual land at the peak of its power. I am sure all of you have noticed, but the space contained within our institution is a lot larger than the space we actually occupy in the You Continent.” 

Shang Xia nodded. It was true that he felt that way before.

“It’s not easy for one to transform from a spiritual land to a mysterious world. In the past, only the Zhu Family had the qualifications to turn their entire territory into a mysterious world. Once we do the same, our institution will gain an even stronger foundation…” Shang Lubing paused for a second before looking at Shang Bo subconsciously. “... We’ll also become a lot stronger than before!” 

Shang Xia agreed with what Shang Lubing said yet again. The four special regions in the Coral Forest were part of the Zhu Family’s territory, and all of them could be regarded as a spiritual land themselves. Moreover, all of them corresponded to a part of the Zhu Family’s inheritance.

The core regions of each region would be able to nurture an extermination origin from time to time, solving the greatest issue faced by Martial Intent Realm experts when they wished to break through.

As for the last sentence mentioned by Shang Lubing, he was clearly directing it towards Shang Bo! 

Right at that moment, several rays of light emerged from the Coral Command. This time, Shang Xia could tell that his grandfather’s extermination origin had completely stained the Coral Command.

“This is the third cycle… He should have gained control over the entire mysterious world owned by the Zhu Family…” Shang Lubing muttered. He rose to his feet, ignoring all the slight injuries that had yet to recover and stared at Shang Bo.

Grunting once, Shang Bo confirmed his suspicions. “Take a step back. Liu Jitang and Murong Tianlan’s corpse might still be around!” 

After he spoke, he pointed at the Coral Command. The ting mountain that had been hovering in the air flew into his hands. The instant it did, several layers of space peeled away and two withered corpses fell to the ground.

Shang Xia recognized the two of them instantly as he had seen them before on the screen in the stone chamber.

However, his eyes landed on a small pouch hanging from each of their waists. 

Could it be? Could it actually be a spatial pouch?!