Mingzhou held a special significance for the Song Empire.
Not only was it a strategically important location, but it was also the birthplace of the founding emperor of the Song Empire.
Moreover, the only treasure of the entire Song Empire, Xuanbing Cave, was located there.
The loss of this place, while not as significant as the capital, still caused quite a stir for the Song Empire.
If possible, they naturally wanted to retake this place.
Unfortunately, with their current strength, they could only defend the city, but launching an offensive?
It was probably better to forget about it.
The rebels in the south were still watching.
Without suppressing these people, they had no time to deal with Chen An.
That's why, no matter how difficult it was for them, they could only watch.
The only thing to be grateful for was that after Chen An took over Mingzhou, he didn't make any major moves, and it seemed like he had finally stopped.
This relieved them a bit.
"Is this it?"
A clear voice rang out in the area.
Chen An looked at the guide beside him and asked softly.
"Yes," a woman's voice replied.
Unlike the previous few places, the guide leading Chen An was a woman.
The woman's name was Zhao Ying, and she seemed to be a member of the royal family of the Song Empire, who was originally practicing martial arts in the area.
However, after Mingzhou fell, she was captured and brought to Chen An as a gift.
Chen An didn't do anything to this young girl, he simply used her as a guide.
"The place you're looking for is inside," a soft voice said.
Chen An looked up and gazed ahead.
Then he was stunned.
In front of him, everything was covered in Xuanbing ice.
At a glance, everywhere was a world of ice and snow.
A cold breeze emerged from it, giving a particularly cold feeling.
Even though it was still warm outside, it felt like a different world here.
Of course, the most important thing for Chen An was the strong aura emanating from this place.
This undeniable aura couldn't be hidden and was the most important aspect for Chen An.
"You can go now."
Upon reaching this place, Chen An waved his hand, letting Zhao Ying leave directly.
Of course, before leaving, he asked her to leave a map behind.
It would be embarrassing if he got lost later.
Zhao Ying felt relieved and quickly left.
Only Chen An and Liu Chu were left behind.
"Liang An, should we send someone in to take a look first?" Liu Chu asked cautiously.
"I've already sent someone in to check, the map seems fine," Chen An replied, making Liu Chu pause before reacting.
Well, someone like Chen An wouldn't walk into someone else's territory without any precautions.
From the moment he got the map, he secretly sent someone in to investigate.
If there were any problems, Zhao Ying would have seen the executioner he sent, not Chen An.
"That's a bit regrettable." Chen An smiled and then said softly, "I plan to retreat here for a while, you'll be in charge outside."
"Okay." Liu Chu nodded, but after thinking for a moment, he kindly advised, "Don't stay inside for too long, or there might be problems."
They were still within the territory of the Song Empire at the moment.
Although Mingzhou was already occupied, the moment the Song Empire recovered, they would definitely come back in force towards Mingzhou.
Which meant that while the land was taken, it was still uncertain whether it could withstand the future.
In this situation, if Chen An only wanted to cultivate for a short time, it was fine, but if he closed himself off for three to five years, who knew what would happen.
"I understand," Chen An smiled and indicated that he understood.
Then he walked in.
Liu Chu watched as Chen An's figure disappeared in front of him without saying anything.
The area was barren.
Entering the Xuanbing Cave, a cold aura rushed in, bringing a strong sensation of stimulation to the body.
This feeling was different from the other treasure sites.
Before this, Chen An had been cultivating in the various treasure sites in Dahua, which had good benefits but the surrounding environment was relatively normal, far from the excitement of the Xuanbing Cave.
This also demonstrated the uniqueness of this treasure trove.
According to rumors, the Xuanbing Cave was the best treasure trove for cultivating cold martial arts.
It was because of this treasure that the Song Empire was able to continuously produce powerful Qi and dominate the world with their top-notch Xuanbing energy.
From this, you could see the special and formidable nature of this treasure trove.
Just stepping in, the cold air was still tolerable.
But once you reached the inner part, the cold had risen to a level that ordinary people couldn't bear.
Cold air rushed in from all sides, as if it wanted to penetrate the skin and spread into the body, freezing the whole body fundamentally.
Here, even a person like Chen An felt some discomfort and had to use his Qi to resist the invading cold air.
He looked around.
"Xuan ice?"
Some unexpected things caught Chen An's eyes.
Xuan ice was a rare cold attribute treasure that could greatly accelerate the speed of practice for cold martial arts.
Previously, at the Bai family, Bai Qing had Xuan ice bed made of Xuan ice, preserved in a special way, worth a fortune.
Unexpectedly, Xuan ice, which was rare to see outside, was so easily seen here.
Of course, this was only a very small amount, even if it was mined, it was only a small piece.
But this couldn't be considered the core area, there must be more inside.
Chen An's heart couldn't help but become more and more eager.
In this place, true cultivation was not the main goal, but if used to extract Qi and provide energy sources, there would be quite a good harvest.
Indeed, Chen An had no intention of simply cultivating quietly.
No way.
Even if he wanted to cultivate, he had to look at the occasion and the place.
As Liu Chu had said earlier, this place could be retaliated by the Song Empire at any time. When they came back, they would take it back.
Cultivating here, he would probably have trouble sleeping.
And if it was only for two or three years, he wouldn't achieve much.
For someone like Chen An, who could easily spend more than ten years in seclusion, two or three years wouldn't be enough to achieve anything significant.
Just two or three years, it would be difficult to gain anything significant even with the help of a treasure trove.
Therefore, instead of focusing on cultivation, Chen An decided to directly absorb the Qi from the Xuanbing Cave, replenishing the energy on his body.
In the past battle, in order to ascend to the Qi Transform stage, Chen An had spent a full eighty points of energy.
He had originally intended to rely on his own breakthrough to save this money.
But facing three Qi attacks together, Chen An had no choice but to spend money to save his life.
While he ultimately saved his life, he lost that money.
Thinking about it made him feel regretful.
For Chen An, spending money on normal advances wasn't an issue.
You spend money where it's necessary.
But he hadn't planned to spend that money, and now he had to spend it just to save his life.
This loss had been quietly recorded by Chen An in his mind.
Now it was time to make up for it.
Without any hesitation, Chen An took out the crystal stone and placed it aside.
For the next few months, Chen An stayed in the Xuanbing Cave, practicing while absorbing the energy transformed from the crystal stone.
The whole process could be summed up in one word.
Enjoyable!
While in Dahua, Chen An had some reservations about his actions and couldn't completely drain the few treasure troves there. But here, Chen An let himself go completely.
The Song Empire was the enemy!
Shouldn't you take advantage of the enemy?
Shouldn't you take everything you can?
Wherever he went, the Xuanbing Cave experienced devastating blows.
In this regard, Chen An followed a policy of taking everything.
He absorbed all the energy, shattered and took away the Xuan ice, and even collected some treasures previously arranged by the Song Empire.
If the Song Empire's royal family saw what Chen An was doing in their ancestral land, they would probably cry.
This wasn't taking advantage, it was plundering everything in one go!
At this rate, even the bandits wouldn't act so cleanly.
Unfortunately, even with such ruthless actions, Chen An still couldn't completely sweep through the entire Xuanbing Cave.
Because this place was just too big.
Compared to Dahua, even though the Song Empire only had this one treasure trove, the capacity of this treasure was incomparable to others.
So Chen An's actions inevitably slowed down a lot.
It took several months and he still hadn't completely drained the area.
But right now, he was close to the core.
Everywhere was the essence of the Xuanbing Cave.
Xuan ice, while not everywhere, was not rare either.
Chen An had already seen quite a bit of it.
Thinking about it, digging it out later should yield good results.
Like the Xuan ice bed Bai Qing had, he estimated he could make at least five or six of them.
There might even be a surplus.
If Bai Qing knew how rich this place was, he would probably cry.
On this day, Chen An felt something exceptional.
"Hmm?"
The brilliance of the crystal stone flickered, and the Qi around gradually receded.
This whole process had been repeated many times over the past few months.
As Chen An skillfully picked up the crystal stone and was about to turn and leave, he couldn't help but hesitate.
Through his acute Qi sense, he sensed something unusual.
That thing had been here all along, but its presence was very faint, almost invisible under the cover of the abundant Qi before.
But with the Qi around drained by the crystal stone, the hidden anomaly underneath became very abrupt and obvious due to the absence of the powerful Qi cover.
Of course, while it was apparent, most people wouldn't be able to sense it.
Even Qi, if slightly weaker or slower in reaction, would probably overlook it.
But Chen An was obviously among the sensitive ones.
Needless to say, having reached the Qi Transform stage, Chen An was already considered part of the peak group of Qi users, so how could his reaction not be sensitive?
It was precisely because of this heightened sensibility that he quickly sensed the slight change in Qi and reacted promptly.
He turned around and looked ahead.
In his view, a patch of Xuan ice revealed itself, looking plain and ordinary, as if nothing was there.
After pondering for a moment, Chen An slowly reached out his hand.
Bang!
Along with a crisp sound, the Xuan ice in front of him shattered, pushed down by him, revealing the scene behind it.
It was a new passage, seemingly leading a long way inside.
This stretch of road was not recorded on the map.
After a brief thought, Chen An took a step forward and entered directly.
Chilly air surged around him.
Entering this place, a strange scene emerged.
Compared to other core areas, the Qi here was not particularly rich, but the cold level was strangely higher than the other places, so much so that it made Chen An furrow his brows.
In one sentence, this place was eerie.
As he moved forward, he eventually reached an expansive scene.
"What is this?"
Looking around, Chen An couldn't help but be surprised.
He made a new discovery.
In this place, there were traces of human activity everywhere.
Various remnants of items were left behind, and the air seemed to be different from the outside.
In some corners, there seemed to be remnants of elixirs left, quietly preserved there, for who knows how many years.
But the most eye-catching thing was the altar in front, and the large piece of Xuan ice on top of it.
It was an extremely large piece of Xuan ice, several times larger than Chen An's body, and it seemed to contain something sealed within it.
Carefully advancing, Chen An slowly moved towards it.
Then he was stunned once again, feeling a sense of unexpected joy.
It was not that he was inexperienced, but the thing presented before him was just too special.
On top of that piece of Xuan ice, tiny characters were carved, densely covering it.
And the words revealed a martial arts technique.
"Xuanbing Power!"
Chen An stared at the Xuan ice, or more accurately, at the words on it.
The tiny ant-sized characters contained the profound mysteries of the Xuanbing Power.
From the basic forging to the most crucial Innate level, all the contents were there.
Even the missing part that Chen An had yet to master was also recorded on this piece of Xuan ice.
No! It was more than that!
Chen An stared at the last part of the Xuan ice.
After the Innate level, there were clearly more contents recorded.
That was the level beyond Innate, with even more detailed content.
However, a frustrating situation emerged.
For some reason, the content after the Innate level was directly missing.
This disappointed Chen An.
He observed the situation on top closely and found a smooth cut.
It seemed to have been cut by a sword, perfectly removing that part of the Xuan ice?
Had someone been here before?
This thought flashed through Chen An's mind.
He went all the way to the end and saw an unexpected name on the Xuan ice.
"Song An."
Chen An muttered the name, his face showing some surprise.
This name seemed familiar to him.
After a while, he finally remembered the identity of the owner of this name.
He was none other than the founding emperor of the Song Empire, who had risen from humble beginnings and conquered the Great Song Empire!
The Xuanbing Power was precisely the martial arts created by this founding emperor.
Thinking of this, Chen An finally realized.
There had always been legends in the Song Empire that the founding emperor had created this technique inside the Xuanbing Cave when he was young, leading to the creation of the Xuanbing Power martial arts.
Looking at it now, this rumor might be true.
It was even said that the founding emperor had returned and left his legacy here as a backup.
"How far did the founding emperor's cultivation reach back then?"
Chen An couldn't help but wonder.
From the remnants before him, it was very likely that the cultivation of the founding emperor had reached a terrifying level.
The Xuanbing Power not only covered the Innate level but also detailed contents beyond it. From this perspective, even if the founding emperor's cultivation had not surpassed the Innate level back then, it probably almost touched the Innate realm.
Unfortunately, the contents beyond the Innate level had been destroyed.
It was unknown who had done it.
Chen An had a lot to say about that person.
You gained benefits for yourself, but couldn't you leave a way for future generations?
Leaving behind a manual wouldn't harm you, would it?
Unfortunately, no matter how much resentment he felt, he couldn't change the reality.
Chen An could only sigh helplessly, accept the situation, and move on.
In any case, he had gained quite a lot now.
The latter part of the Xuanbing Power at the Innate level was the part Chen An had originally planned to get from the Song Empire's royal family, but now he had it directly.
It could be considered a pleasant surprise.
And then there was this piece of Xuan ice.
Chen An looked at the Xuan ice before him, feeling a bit hesitant.
He was thinking about whether to bring this piece of Xuan ice out.
Apart from the Xuanbing martial arts recorded on it, the Xuan ice itself was also a huge treasure.
With so much Xuan ice, there were many potential uses for it, and it was extremely precious to Chen An.
However, after thinking for a moment, he ultimately gave up on this tempting idea.
It was better not to.
One shouldn't be too ruthless.
The founding emperor had placed this piece of Xuan ice here, probably as a precaution.
Even if one day the Song Empire's royal family perished, as long as this piece of Xuan ice remained, there was always a chance for his legacy to resurface and reappear in the world.
(End of this chapter)
Mingzhou held a special significance for the Song Empire.
Not only was it a strategically important location, but it was also the birthplace of the founding emperor of the Song Empire.
Moreover, the only treasure of the entire Song Empire, Xuanbing Cave, was located there.
The loss of this place, while not as significant as the capital, still caused quite a stir for the Song Empire.
If possible, they naturally wanted to retake this place.
Unfortunately, with their current strength, they could only defend the city, but launching an offensive?
It was probably better to forget about it.
The rebels in the south were still watching.
Without suppressing these people, they had no time to deal with Chen An.
That's why, no matter how difficult it was for them, they could only watch.
The only thing to be grateful for was that after Chen An took over Mingzhou, he didn't make any major moves, and it seemed like he had finally stopped.
This relieved them a bit.
"Is this it?"
A clear voice rang out in the area.
Chen An looked at the guide beside him and asked softly.
"Yes," a woman's voice replied.
Unlike the previous few places, the guide leading Chen An was a woman.
The woman's name was Zhao Ying, and she seemed to be a member of the royal family of the Song Empire, who was originally practicing martial arts in the area.
However, after Mingzhou fell, she was captured and brought to Chen An as a gift.
Chen An didn't do anything to this young girl, he simply used her as a guide.
"The place you're looking for is inside," a soft voice said.
Chen An looked up and gazed ahead.
Then he was stunned.
In front of him, everything was covered in Xuanbing ice.
At a glance, everywhere was a world of ice and snow.
A cold breeze emerged from it, giving a particularly cold feeling.
Even though it was still warm outside, it felt like a different world here.
Of course, the most important thing for Chen An was the strong aura emanating from this place.
This undeniable aura couldn't be hidden and was the most important aspect for Chen An.
"You can go now."
Upon reaching this place, Chen An waved his hand, letting Zhao Ying leave directly.
Of course, before leaving, he asked her to leave a map behind.
It would be embarrassing if he got lost later.
Zhao Ying felt relieved and quickly left.
Only Chen An and Liu Chu were left behind.
"Liang An, should we send someone in to take a look first?" Liu Chu asked cautiously.
"I've already sent someone in to check, the map seems fine," Chen An replied, making Liu Chu pause before reacting.
Well, someone like Chen An wouldn't walk into someone else's territory without any precautions.
From the moment he got the map, he secretly sent someone in to investigate.
If there were any problems, Zhao Ying would have seen the executioner he sent, not Chen An.
"That's a bit regrettable." Chen An smiled and then said softly, "I plan to retreat here for a while, you'll be in charge outside."
"Okay." Liu Chu nodded, but after thinking for a moment, he kindly advised, "Don't stay inside for too long, or there might be problems."
They were still within the territory of the Song Empire at the moment.
Although Mingzhou was already occupied, the moment the Song Empire recovered, they would definitely come back in force towards Mingzhou.
Which meant that while the land was taken, it was still uncertain whether it could withstand the future.
In this situation, if Chen An only wanted to cultivate for a short time, it was fine, but if he closed himself off for three to five years, who knew what would happen.
"I understand," Chen An smiled and indicated that he understood.
Then he walked in.
Liu Chu watched as Chen An's figure disappeared in front of him without saying anything.
The area was barren.
Entering the Xuanbing Cave, a cold aura rushed in, bringing a strong sensation of stimulation to the body.
This feeling was different from the other treasure sites.
Before this, Chen An had been cultivating in the various treasure sites in Dahua, which had good benefits but the surrounding environment was relatively normal, far from the excitement of the Xuanbing Cave.
This also demonstrated the uniqueness of this treasure trove.
According to rumors, the Xuanbing Cave was the best treasure trove for cultivating cold martial arts.
It was because of this treasure that the Song Empire was able to continuously produce powerful Qi and dominate the world with their top-notch Xuanbing energy.
From this, you could see the special and formidable nature of this treasure trove.
Just stepping in, the cold air was still tolerable.
But once you reached the inner part, the cold had risen to a level that ordinary people couldn't bear.
Cold air rushed in from all sides, as if it wanted to penetrate the skin and spread into the body, freezing the whole body fundamentally.
Here, even a person like Chen An felt some discomfort and had to use his Qi to resist the invading cold air.
He looked around.
"Xuan ice?"
Some unexpected things caught Chen An's eyes.
Xuan ice was a rare cold attribute treasure that could greatly accelerate the speed of practice for cold martial arts.
Previously, at the Bai family, Bai Qing had Xuan ice bed made of Xuan ice, preserved in a special way, worth a fortune.
Unexpectedly, Xuan ice, which was rare to see outside, was so easily seen here.
Of course, this was only a very small amount, even if it was mined, it was only a small piece.
But this couldn't be considered the core area, there must be more inside.
Chen An's heart couldn't help but become more and more eager.
In this place, true cultivation was not the main goal, but if used to extract Qi and provide energy sources, there would be quite a good harvest.
Indeed, Chen An had no intention of simply cultivating quietly.
No way.
Even if he wanted to cultivate, he had to look at the occasion and the place.
As Liu Chu had said earlier, this place could be retaliated by the Song Empire at any time. When they came back, they would take it back.
Cultivating here, he would probably have trouble sleeping.
And if it was only for two or three years, he wouldn't achieve much.
For someone like Chen An, who could easily spend more than ten years in seclusion, two or three years wouldn't be enough to achieve anything significant.
Just two or three years, it would be difficult to gain anything significant even with the help of a treasure trove.
Therefore, instead of focusing on cultivation, Chen An decided to directly absorb the Qi from the Xuanbing Cave, replenishing the energy on his body.
In the past battle, in order to ascend to the Qi Transform stage, Chen An had spent a full eighty points of energy.
He had originally intended to rely on his own breakthrough to save this money.
But facing three Qi attacks together, Chen An had no choice but to spend money to save his life.
While he ultimately saved his life, he lost that money.
Thinking about it made him feel regretful.
For Chen An, spending money on normal advances wasn't an issue.
You spend money where it's necessary.
But he hadn't planned to spend that money, and now he had to spend it just to save his life.
This loss had been quietly recorded by Chen An in his mind.
Now it was time to make up for it.
Without any hesitation, Chen An took out the crystal stone and placed it aside.
For the next few months, Chen An stayed in the Xuanbing Cave, practicing while absorbing the energy transformed from the crystal stone.
The whole process could be summed up in one word.
Enjoyable!
While in Dahua, Chen An had some reservations about his actions and couldn't completely drain the few treasure troves there. But here, Chen An let himself go completely.
The Song Empire was the enemy!
Shouldn't you take advantage of the enemy?
Shouldn't you take everything you can?
Wherever he went, the Xuanbing Cave experienced devastating blows.
In this regard, Chen An followed a policy of taking everything.
He absorbed all the energy, shattered and took away the Xuan ice, and even collected some treasures previously arranged by the Song Empire.
If the Song Empire's royal family saw what Chen An was doing in their ancestral land, they would probably cry.
This wasn't taking advantage, it was plundering everything in one go!
At this rate, even the bandits wouldn't act so cleanly.
Unfortunately, even with such ruthless actions, Chen An still couldn't completely sweep through the entire Xuanbing Cave.
Because this place was just too big.
Compared to Dahua, even though the Song Empire only had this one treasure trove, the capacity of this treasure was incomparable to others.
So Chen An's actions inevitably slowed down a lot.
It took several months and he still hadn't completely drained the area.
But right now, he was close to the core.
Everywhere was the essence of the Xuanbing Cave.
Xuan ice, while not everywhere, was not rare either.
Chen An had already seen quite a bit of it.
Thinking about it, digging it out later should yield good results.
Like the Xuan ice bed Bai Qing had, he estimated he could make at least five or six of them.
There might even be a surplus.
If Bai Qing knew how rich this place was, he would probably cry.
On this day, Chen An felt something exceptional.
"Hmm?"
The brilliance of the crystal stone flickered, and the Qi around gradually receded.
This whole process had been repeated many times over the past few months.
As Chen An skillfully picked up the crystal stone and was about to turn and leave, he couldn't help but hesitate.
Through his acute Qi sense, he sensed something unusual.
That thing had been here all along, but its presence was very faint, almost invisible under the cover of the abundant Qi before.
But with the Qi around drained by the crystal stone, the hidden anomaly underneath became very abrupt and obvious due to the absence of the powerful Qi cover.
Of course, while it was apparent, most people wouldn't be able to sense it.
Even Qi, if slightly weaker or slower in reaction, would probably overlook it.
But Chen An was obviously among the sensitive ones.
Needless to say, having reached the Qi Transform stage, Chen An was already considered part of the peak group of Qi users, so how could his reaction not be sensitive?
It was precisely because of this heightened sensibility that he quickly sensed the slight change in Qi and reacted promptly.
He turned around and looked ahead.
In his view, a patch of Xuan ice revealed itself, looking plain and ordinary, as if nothing was there.
After pondering for a moment, Chen An slowly reached out his hand.
Bang!
Along with a crisp sound, the Xuan ice in front of him shattered, pushed down by him, revealing the scene behind it.
It was a new passage, seemingly leading a long way inside.
This stretch of road was not recorded on the map.
After a brief thought, Chen An took a step forward and entered directly.
Chilly air surged around him.
Entering this place, a strange scene emerged.
Compared to other core areas, the Qi here was not particularly rich, but the cold level was strangely higher than the other places, so much so that it made Chen An furrow his brows.
In one sentence, this place was eerie.
As he moved forward, he eventually reached an expansive scene.
"What is this?"
Looking around, Chen An couldn't help but be surprised.
He made a new discovery.
In this place, there were traces of human activity everywhere.
Various remnants of items were left behind, and the air seemed to be different from the outside.
In some corners, there seemed to be remnants of elixirs left, quietly preserved there, for who knows how many years.
But the most eye-catching thing was the altar in front, and the large piece of Xuan ice on top of it.
It was an extremely large piece of Xuan ice, several times larger than Chen An's body, and it seemed to contain something sealed within it.
Carefully advancing, Chen An slowly moved towards it.
Then he was stunned once again, feeling a sense of unexpected joy.
It was not that he was inexperienced, but the thing presented before him was just too special.
On top of that piece of Xuan ice, tiny characters were carved, densely covering it.
And the words revealed a martial arts technique.
"Xuanbing Power!"
Chen An stared at the Xuan ice, or more accurately, at the words on it.
The tiny ant-sized characters contained the profound mysteries of the Xuanbing Power.
From the basic forging to the most crucial Innate level, all the contents were there.
Even the missing part that Chen An had yet to master was also recorded on this piece of Xuan ice.
No! It was more than that!
Chen An stared at the last part of the Xuan ice.
After the Innate level, there were clearly more contents recorded.
That was the level beyond Innate, with even more detailed content.
However, a frustrating situation emerged.
For some reason, the content after the Innate level was directly missing.
This disappointed Chen An.
He observed the situation on top closely and found a smooth cut.
It seemed to have been cut by a sword, perfectly removing that part of the Xuan ice?
Had someone been here before?
This thought flashed through Chen An's mind.
He went all the way to the end and saw an unexpected name on the Xuan ice.
"Song An."
Chen An muttered the name, his face showing some surprise.
This name seemed familiar to him.
After a while, he finally remembered the identity of the owner of this name.
He was none other than the founding emperor of the Song Empire, who had risen from humble beginnings and conquered the Great Song Empire!
The Xuanbing Power was precisely the martial arts created by this founding emperor.
Thinking of this, Chen An finally realized.
There had always been legends in the Song Empire that the founding emperor had created this technique inside the Xuanbing Cave when he was young, leading to the creation of the Xuanbing Power martial arts.
Looking at it now, this rumor might be true.
It was even said that the founding emperor had returned and left his legacy here as a backup.
"How far did the founding emperor's cultivation reach back then?"
Chen An couldn't help but wonder.
From the remnants before him, it was very likely that the cultivation of the founding emperor had reached a terrifying level.
The Xuanbing Power not only covered the Innate level but also detailed contents beyond it. From this perspective, even if the founding emperor's cultivation had not surpassed the Innate level back then, it probably almost touched the Innate realm.
Unfortunately, the contents beyond the Innate level had been destroyed.
It was unknown who had done it.
Chen An had a lot to say about that person.
You gained benefits for yourself, but couldn't you leave a way for future generations?
Leaving behind a manual wouldn't harm you, would it?
Unfortunately, no matter how much resentment he felt, he couldn't change the reality.
Chen An could only sigh helplessly, accept the situation, and move on.
In any case, he had gained quite a lot now.
The latter part of the Xuanbing Power at the Innate level was the part Chen An had originally planned to get from the Song Empire's royal family, but now he had it directly.
It could be considered a pleasant surprise.
And then there was this piece of Xuan ice.
Chen An looked at the Xuan ice before him, feeling a bit hesitant.
He was thinking about whether to bring this piece of Xuan ice out.
Apart from the Xuanbing martial arts recorded on it, the Xuan ice itself was also a huge treasure.
With so much Xuan ice, there were many potential uses for it, and it was extremely precious to Chen An.
However, after thinking for a moment, he ultimately gave up on this tempting idea.
It was better not to.
One shouldn't be too ruthless.
The founding emperor had placed this piece of Xuan ice here, probably as a precaution.
Even if one day the Song Empire's royal family perished, as long as this piece of Xuan ice remained, there was always a chance for his legacy to resurface and reappear in the world.
(End of this chapter)
