The white mist dissipated and a white jade bed appeared before Li Mo's eyes.
He could faintly make out a figure sitting on it.
In front of him was a very old book!
"Ah!
T-this is senior Xian Yangzi! "
Li Mo cried out in alarm and rushed over.
The person on the bed had a youthful face and wore white clothes. His eyes were closed as if he was asleep.
It was the same Xian Yangzi that Li Mo saw before, but he no longer had any signs of life!
"T-this can't be senior Xian Yangzi's clone!"
Li Mo carefully touched Xian Yangzi's body with his finger.
It was cold but still springy, as if it had just passed away.
"What's going on? T-this is senior Xian Yangzi's body!
But he ascended to the immortal realm! "
A string of questions popped in Li Mo's head, giving him a headache.
"Forget it, what's the point of thinking so much?
I'll ask Bai Yichen when I get back to the sect. He'll know. "
Li Mo's eyes fell on the book in front of Xian Yangzi.
"Swimming Dragon Footwork!
Looks like this is a body technique. That's great! This is really timely help! "
Li Mo licked his lips, his eyes shining as he looked at the book.
He flipped through it in a hurry.
However, as he flipped through the pages of the ancient book, his excited expression instantly disappeared.
"T-why isn't there a single word here?
Don't tell me you went through all that trouble just to find a wordless ancient book! "
Li Mo's mood hit rock bottom.
He sat on the ground, and his mind was in a mess at this moment.
"Ha-ha … kid, do you think it's that easy to get my fifth martial art?
Then wouldn't my cultivation technique be too cheap? "
Just as Li Mo was at a loss of what to do next, a voice suddenly appeared in this space, fleeting and erratic!
"Senior Xian Yangzi, is that you?"
Li Mo's spirit returned. He shot to his feet and looked around for the source of the voice.
"Sigh!
There's no need to look. You made me wait for so long!
If you had come a few days later, I'm afraid I would have vanished into thin air!
However, it's still not too late. Put away the doubts in your heart first. I'll explain it to you after you've memorized the entire cultivation method! "
Xian Yangzi saw through Li Mo's thoughts and stopped him from saying anything else.
A moment later, Li Mo's head began to ache.
Then a dense array of characters and cultivation method moves appeared. It was the Swimming Dragon Step's mnemonic and move's explanation!
Li Mo didn't dare be careless. He sat cross-legged and closed his eyes, entering a meditative state.
…
Outside the Emperor's Mausoleum, it was extremely lively!
Although there was still a certain gap between the strength of this Roc and Nangong Yun, it relied on its astonishing speed and stealthy sneak attack tactics to make Nangong Yun complain incessantly.
The robe on his body was already in tatters.
There were even a few scratches on his face.
The bowl-sized wound on the Roc's body was still bleeding profusely. After such a long time of chasing after Nangong Yun, the Roc's blood was still flowing.
It was now a spent force.
Shriek …
With a shrill cry, the Roc's wings unleashed its last few wind blades.
It used the last of its strength to soar into the sky and disappear into the darkness.
Clanging sounds echoed. Nangong Yun blocked the Roc's last attack, but his face was ashen. His scarlet eyes stared in the direction the Roc disappeared, not giving chase.
"F * ck you!
You beast! If I didn't have important matters to attend to, I would've plucked all your feathers off! "
With that, he walked to the palace's entrance.
After being delayed by the Roc for so long, his patience had long since run out.
"Eh?
Didn't Ghost Master say there were countless magic treasures in the Emperor's Mausoleum?
How come there's nothing here? "
Nangong Yun looked at the empty hall. She had already been angered by the Roc, but now her mood had reached its worst point.
He had the urge to destroy this place!
But when he saw the white marble coffin in the center, he calmed down quite a bit.
"Ghost Master, if I don't get anything in the Emperor's Mausoleum, I will tear you to pieces when I get back!"
…
Li Mo was oblivious to what was going on outside. His face was calm, his eyes shut tight as he tried to memorize everything in his mind.
Cultivation knew no time, and he had no idea how much time had passed.
The runes and moves in Li Mo's mind finally disappeared and he opened his eyes.
"Senior Xian Yangzi, I have memorized the Swimming Dragon Steps!"
"En!
Not bad, it didn't take too long.
Ask away if you have any questions! "
Xian Yangzi's voice drifted into Li Mo's ears.
"Senior!
Junior has one thing that I don't understand. Could this be your physical body? "
Li Mo pointed at the cold corpse on the jade bed.
"Ha-ha … correct, this is my body."
"But the first time I saw your clone, he said you ascended to the immortal realm!
How could his physical body be left here? "
"Kid, do you think ascending to the immortal realm is so simple?
Without shedding your mortal bones, how can you achieve the supreme Dao?
You'll know when you pass your tribulation. It's too early to say.
But I sensed a Heavenly Tribulation's aura on you. What's going on? "
Li Mo told Xian Yangzi about his encounter with Hu Tianpeng in the Ancient Sword Tomb and how he blocked the Lightning Tribulation for him.
"Oh!
You said you went to the Ancient Sword Tomb? "
Xian Yangzi was more interested in Li Mo's visit than the Heavenly Tribulation's aura.
"Yes, Senior. In order to find your fifth martial skill, Junior has visited all the known ruins on the entire continent!"
Li Mo didn't dare hide anything from Xian Yangzi's excited voice.
"Then did you see a huge sword in the Ancient Sword Tomb?!"
"Senior, are you talking about this one?"
Li Mo took it out from the Xuanyuan Mirror.
"Ah!
However, without the existence of the Sword Spirit, it can no longer be considered a Divine Weapon. "
Xian Yangzi sighed with a hint of sadness in his voice.
"Senior, the Sword Spirit in this huge sword was devoured by my Scarlet Dragon Scale Sword."
"Oh!
Is that so?
Then why don't you show me your Dragonscale Scarlet Sword? "
With that, an almost transparent figure appeared before Li Mo. If one didn't look closely, they wouldn't have noticed it.
Li Mo didn't hesitate and handed the Dragonscale Scarlet Sword and the huge sword to Xian Yangzi.
"Little one, leave."
Xian Yangzi spoke softly and Lil 'Red appeared by Li Mo's side in a flash of gold!
"M-master!
Is that you? "
Lil 'Red's eyes brimmed with tears at the transparent Xian Yangzi.