Xiao Shi saw it clearly.
Not far from the shrine, there are rows of bookshelves filled with antiques and books.
A dazzling array.
Next to the bookshelf, there are many huge iron boxes neatly arranged, and the boxes are filled with treasures collected by Emperor Wu.
However, the treasures in the box are all below the Saint level, which means little to Xiao Shi now.
It's obvious.
The Martial Emperor would store treasures above the Saint level separately and would not put them all together in a box.
What Xiao Shi is focusing on right now are the books on the bookshelf.
He found out…
Most of the books here are about cultivation.
It not only includes various cultivation systems of the Dawu era.
At the same time, there is also Emperor Wu's systematic research on past eras.
If I could read all these books thoroughly.
Xiao Shi felt that he was familiar with most of the cultivation systems in the world.
Although with his current level of strength, there is no need to change his training system.
But it can help him improve some of his own methods and killing moves.
What’s more…
With these books, he will be able to better train the people in his territory.
Xiao Shi knew.
For a saint, the stronger the people in his domain are, the greater the improvement he can obtain.
Especially Xiao Shi saw through these ancient books from the old times...
The saints of previous eras did not rely much on domains.
In fact, Xiao Shi had noticed this situation when he had come into contact with the Red Refined Corpse and the Evil Power Person before.
After all, no matter whether it is the Red Refined Corpse or the Evil Power One who has reached the Saint realm.
Now there are no fields.
But the combat power they can unleash is no less than that of saints who possess domains.
Through these books.
Only then did Xiao Shi understand.
The saints of the Youyue Era and the Wushi Era would not rely on domains.
Especially the saints of the Wushi era.
The way they broke through to the Saint realm was to refine a Saint's corpse!
Among the ancient books collected by Emperor Wu, there are various secret techniques of corpse refining from the Wu Shi era.
This includes…
The secret technique of red refining!
Although this secret technique is extremely powerful, the conditions for practicing it are also extremely harsh.
It has very high requirements on the level of strength.
The weakest one must reach the Saint level to practice this secret art.
With this secret technique, Xiao Shi will be able to unleash the full power of the Red Refined Corpse when controlling it.
That’s not all.
Xiao Shi can also use the secret technique of Chi Lian to refine the Chi Lian corpse himself!
This is something only he can do at the moment.
Even if others have mastered the secret art of Red Refining, they must be in the environment of the Martial Corpse Era to refine the Red Refined Corpse.
Once out of the environment of the Martial Corpse Era, no matter what secret technique of corpse refining it is, it will become ineffective.
At present, only Xiao Shi’s territory has the environment of the Martial Corpse Era.
Only he can perform the corpse refining unique to the Wushi Era!
This couldn't help but give Xiao Shi an idea.
He felt that since he now had ancient cultivation books from various eras, after he absorbed some warriors into his own domain, he could let these warriors cultivate the power of these five ancient eras in his own domain.
For example, the secret art of corpse refining in the Wushi era, the suppression in the Xingchen era, and the mirror image in the Jingwu era are all good choices.
By then, every warrior in his own field will have a powerful martial corpse by his side, all of which have powerful suppression capabilities and can also differentiate into mirror images!
Their strength will definitely be far stronger than warriors in other fields!
That’s not all.
Since the saints of these times do not rely on domains, warriors who practice this ancient power do not have to worry about not being able to find an area to refine when they make a saint breakthrough.
That is to say…
From now on, a saint will be born in Xiao Shi’s territory!
This is unique in the current Tianwu Continent.
In every saint's realm, it is impossible for a second saint to appear.
However, the specialness of Xiao Shi's area can give birth to more saints besides him.
Once there are other saints in his domain, he will be able to obtain even greater power increases from this domain.
Obviously, when Emperor Wu built this special area, he not only took into account the improvement in strength that could be obtained after refining this special area, but also took into account the future development of the field.
This creates a unique and special area!
besides.
Xiao Shi also found relevant books about the three realms of martial arts in these books.
This involves how to achieve breakthroughs to become a Taoist master or a demigod.
This made Xiao Shi feel like he had found a treasure!
He knew it clearly.
Nowadays, information about the three realms of martial arts is top secret in the entire Tianwu Continent.
In the past, he could also obtain relevant information about higher realms through Xiang Zizhen.
However, even Xiang Zizhen found it difficult to obtain information about the upper three realms.
Especially with their current relationship with Prince Dawu.
It is even more impossible to obtain any information related to the three realms of martial arts from the Dawu Dynasty.
The value of these books is enormous!
Xiao Shi continued to check out other treasures in the treasury.
The treasures here are mainly those below the Saint level.
Although many treasures are of little use to Xiao Shi, these items can be used to train warriors in his own field.
Just at this moment.
"Um?"
Xiao Shi suddenly saw it.
On a black table in the treasure house, there was a completely black wooden box.
The entire wooden box is 20 cm long, 10 cm wide and 10 cm high. The surface of the box is deep and dark, as if it can swallow the light. Even under candlelight, it does not reflect any light.
Apart from this, there is nothing special about this wooden box.
However, Xiao Shi looked at the wooden box with curiosity and doubts arose in his mind.
All the treasures he saw in this treasure house would show relevant information about the treasures in his sight.
Only this wooden box...
I can't see any messages!
Xiao Shi had never encountered such a situation before.
He instantly realized that the wooden box in front of him was not simple!
He stared at the wooden box intently.
However, whether observing with the naked eye or scanning with soul consciousness, no clues can be found from this wooden box.
"What on earth is this?"
Xiao Shi frowned slightly.
I tried picking up the wooden box and turning it over, but still couldn't find anything wrong with it.
After some thought.
Xiao Shi felt that the problem might be inside the box.
He immediately tried to open the box.
Following a slight sound of "Kacha".
Xiao Shi successfully opened the box.
A black smoke suddenly rushed out of the box at a speed that Xiao Shi had no time to react.
It went straight into Xiao Shi’s brow.
Bang!
Suddenly, two dull "bang" sounds came into Xiao Shi's ears.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang..."
The sound of beating drums continued, becoming more and more intense. The heart in the chest was like an overloaded motor, beating wildly and producing a tearing pain.
That’s not all.
Xiao Shi's skin also turned dark, with black blood vessels protruding. His pupils and whites of the eyes also turned black, and the area between his eyebrows was torn, revealing a black face!
All this happened extremely suddenly.
Xiao Shi didn't notice any signs beforehand.
Didn't sense anything unusual.
Even at this moment...
He didn't show any signs of crisis.
However, he found that his body was no longer under his control.
Black threads, like blood vessels, spread out in his body, filling his entire body.
He lost control of his body.
Even scarier...
It is the imperial suit in his body.
At this moment, they all trembled, and under the continuous trembling, as if they were summoned, they appeared from Xiao Shi's body one after another.
His face was covered with a black Emperor Wu mask, his shoulders were buckled with heavy Emperor Wu shoulder armor, his waist was wrapped with an Emperor Wu belt, his feet were wearing Emperor Wu combat boots, and a golden Emperor Wu cloak extended from his back.
And what frightened Xiao Shi the most was.
After these imperial costumes appeared on his body, the Emperor Wu Belt among them actually began to form an imperial soul directly!
Now that he has lost control of his body, there is no way to stop it.
They could only watch helplessly as the figure of Emperor Wu emerged from his belt.
And at the moment when Emperor Wu’s figure took shape.
All the other imperial costumes on Xiao Shi were vibrating, and responding to the imperial costumes on the emperor's soul, causing the entire emperor's soul to increase dramatically on its original basis!
The breath is more powerful.
The sense of illusion is reduced.
The whole body is much more solid than before.
That’s not all.
The black face located between Xiao Shi's eyebrows rushed out forcefully at this moment and directly merged into the emperor's soul under the impact.
boom!
The entire emperor's soul shook violently.
An extremely terrifying aura began to awaken from the emperor's soul.
If we say that the imperial soul that Xiao Shi formed with the Martial Emperor Belt before, it itself did not have much intelligence and was still in a dormant state.
At this moment, the emperor's soul seemed to have regained consciousness and was quickly waking up from his deep sleep.
His tightly closed eyes slowly opened a tiny gap, but the light that escaped from this gap was no longer the golden light as before, but turned into deep black.
A strong sense of greed continuously burst out from the emperor's soul.
It's like a ferocious beast that has been hungry for a long time, eyeing delicious prey!
"He tried to eat me!"
Xiao Shi's mind was filled with turbulent winds and huge waves.
But even at this moment.
There was still no sign of crisis in his heart.
No warning was given.
This is wrong!
After all, warriors all have a sense of crisis.
Especially for warriors with higher cultivation levels, they are more sensitive to crisis.
Before that.
Xiao Shi's perception of crisis has always been very accurate.
But this time he didn't feel any sense of crisis at all.
Even if he is facing a life-and-death situation right now.
He didn't sense any crisis either.
This is obviously not normal!
Logically speaking.
Given how dangerous this box is, I should have a strong sense of crisis when I touch it.
It's impossible not to feel anything.
The reason why he dared to open the box was because he did not sense any crisis from the box.
Otherwise with his caution.
It will definitely not be opened easily.
"Is it because of... shielding?"
Xiao Shi was shocked.
Suddenly, I thought of a mysterious and powerful power that I had seen in these ancient books before.
To be precise.
This is a rule!
Under the shielding rules, one's sense of crisis will be shielded, making it impossible to perceive any crisis.
I guess this is also the main reason why I couldn't get any information from the box when I saw it.
Because the box itself is shielded.
Not only can he not sense any danger from the box, but he can also not see any relevant information from the box.
Because this is the first time I encounter this kind of rule.
Xiao Shi is hard to guard against.
Moreover, he did not expect that there would be such a crisis in this treasure house!
At this moment his body was completely unable to move.
When he first formed the Emperor Soul, he already felt how insignificant he was in front of the Emperor Soul.
Especially now that the Emperor's Soul has been strengthened to a greater extent, it is beyond his ability to resist.
Xiao Shi's soul began to feel severe pain.
The entire soul was pulled out of the body in an instant.
This is even worse than the first time the Emperor Soul opened his eyes.
There is no need to wait until the Emperor Soul fully opens his eyes.
Xiao Shi's soul has already flown towards the Emperor's Soul.
About to be devoured by the Emperor's Soul.
Crisis moment.
hiss…
Xiao Shi's chest was covered with ripples like water waves.
A slight rustling sound slowly spread from him.
A black coffin flew out of Xiao Shi's body.
A dull "creaking" sound came from above the coffin.
That was the sound of the coffin lid sliding down.
Swish!
With the crack revealed by the coffin lid.
A black shadow shot out from the coffin as fast as lightning.
This is an arm!
With astonishing speed, when Xiao Shi's soul was about to be sucked in front of the Emperor's Soul, he grabbed Xiao Shi's soul and quickly pulled it back, successfully pulling Xiao Shi's soul back.
However, the appearance of this arm caused extremely strong emotional fluctuations in the emperor's soul, which seemed to have brought great stimulation to the emperor's soul.
The Emperor's eyelids trembled violently, and his originally expressionless face turned hideous.
Even the speed of opening eyes has increased.
At the same time, Emperor Hun's hands couldn't help but rise up.
He reached straight for the arm that stretched out from the coffin and grabbed it hard!
The arm stretched out from the coffin could only put down Xiao Shi's soul and fight back.
puff!
Following a loud bang.
The arm that stretched out from the coffin suddenly burst into a cloud of blood mist, and the two fingers on the hand exploded.
And was blasted back.
Completely unable to resist the attack of the Emperor Soul.
However, on the way of flying backwards, the arm that stretched out from the coffin grabbed Xiao Shi's soul and successfully brought Xiao Shi's soul back to the body.
At the same time, the arm that was stretched out from the coffin also retracted into the coffin.
The coffin lid closed again.
Merged into Xiao Shi's body.