Get started on the ruins!

【Year Ten: You finally succeeded in creating the incredibly powerful Limit-Breaking Skill, Dragon Tiger Roar, based on the Dragon Tiger Fist!】

【With just one strike, it can completely cripple the meridians in both of your arms.】

“…”

【You plan to head directly to the Ancient Ruins after a period of recuperation, using your foresight to obtain the Ancient Legacy.】

【However, you didn't expect that before you could even set off, a figure drifting gracefully arrived and interrupted your journey.】

【Seeing that red attire, your brain's CPU instantly overheated!】

【It was a woman whose eyes were sometimes dazed, sometimes clear.】

【You dared not make the first move, but instead respectfully cupped your hands: “Senior!”】

【Seeing that you didn't immediately flee, Vermilion Bird also didn't immediately attack. Instead, she scrutinized you, then looked up at the night sky!】

【“I don't sense the Aura of those damned Secret Sect members on you. That is why you are still standing here!” A cold voice came, sending shivers down your spine!】

【“Answer me, if one day, the world falls into a cataclysm of extinction, what will you do?”】

【You were stunned by her words, not expecting this woman, who seemed to have some mental issues, to ask such an absurd question.】

【However, the quick-witted you understood that this was not a simple question; it was undoubtedly related to how she would treat you!】

【You thumped your chest and declared righteously, “If darkness descends, I shall stand before ten thousand men, holding my blade against the abyss, staining the sky with blood!!”】

【Vermilion Bird seemed completely unprepared for your response, shocked by your heroic Aura and catchy slogan!】

【But just a few seconds later, Vermilion Bird's eyes turned cold: “Hypocrite!”】

【Crack! Your head was blown apart by a slap.】

【You died… The Blood Lock entry activated!】

【You lost your head, lost your senses, and could only stumble around as a headless corpse!】

【You shocked Vermilion Bird, who for a moment chose to wait and see, letting your corpse wreak havoc in the Martial Arts Academy!】

【One minute later, you died completely! And took a few innocent students with you.】

【After you died, Vermilion Bird placed an exquisite dagger on your chest!】

【Simulation ended】

【Based on the simulation process, one reward can be extracted】

【1. Red Entry: Snowflake】

【2. Limit-Breaking Skill: Dragon Tiger Roar!】

【3. Mental Energy Overlay!】

【4. Exquisite Dagger! Suspected to have some special sentimental significance!】

【5. Ten thousand taels of silver notes sent to you by Frenzied Abyss】

“This is a madman!” Chen Fan smiled bitterly!

He didn't expect to be caught red-handed by Vermilion Bird!

He had thought that before Great Qin launched the war, the Golden Wing Tower had already completely collapsed! And these people were naturally caught in some life-and-death crisis.

He didn't expect that the red-clothed woman still appeared!

He thought, 'We don't have any deep-seated hatred, do we? Is it really necessary?!'

Looking at the four reward options, Chen Fan undoubtedly chose 1 and 2!

He originally planned to hesitate over option 4, but since it turned out to be sentimental significance, it was truly unnecessary!

However, what made Chen Fan's mouth twitch was that the Limit-Breaking Skill in option two actually cost five thousand taels of silver!

This price completely exceeded Chen Fan's expectations!

“The System's price should already be considered very generous. A Grandmaster-level Cultivation Technique's Limit-Breaking Skill, its power simply cannot be bought for five thousand taels!”

“It's just…” Chen Fan looked at the four hundred taels remaining in his hand and smiled bitterly, still too poor!

“Why not exchange for option five first? My simulated self didn't have a simulator, and the hundred thousand silver notes sent were all left behind, so I can directly take them out!!”

Thinking of this, Chen Fan was overjoyed, wondering if he had discovered a crucial point!

If he could get another hundred thousand every time he simulated, wouldn't he never lack money again!

However, the next moment, reality slapped Chen Fan hard!

【Exchanging for option five with an equivalent item requires consuming one hundred thousand equivalent items!】

Alright, so the loophole never existed in the first place...

Helpless, Chen Fan could only pick one reward and scurried off to do tasks!

Throughout February, undercurrents surged within the Martial Arts Academy!

Grandmasters from the Golden Wing Tower, disguised as students, conducted in-depth investigations!

Chen Fan followed suit, activating his Snowflake ability, and with the Eye of Discernment's full information disclosure, he crushed them all in the square, successfully dismantling the Golden Wing Tower's first search plan!

Golden Wings Pavilion Branch in Mount Song City!

Two envoys, each with two silver plaques hanging from their waists, read the intelligence in their hands.

One of the envoys couldn't help but sneer, “I think these people were discovered and then came up with this clumsy excuse!”

“Indescribable things? We've even seen evil gods; what could be indescribable?”

The other person, looking at the intelligence in his hand, seemed to be thinking seriously!

“No, Old Guo, do you really believe it?”

“Hard to say,” the man called Old Guo said with a solemn expression, “According to the intelligence department's feedback, they didn't communicate or corroborate their stories before being interrogated! And these hundred infiltrators came from different small teams, so they shouldn't have colluded beforehand!”

“So I deduce that this matter is not impossible! Indescribable is false; perhaps it's a very powerful illusion or a hallucinogenic type of True Qi.”

“Then what can we do now? The old fogeys at the Martial Arts Academy are very agitated now and insist that our Golden Wing Tower give an explanation.” The previously flippant man shrugged and asked.

“Since the Chief Agent is not in Mount Song City, we should try to negotiate as much as possible and not infiltrate the Martial Arts Academy again to escalate the conflict. I will also report the situation to the higher-ups, to see how communication goes at a higher level.”

Old Guo paused, then continued,

“By the way, Candle Nine Yin, I've made progress in my investigation of that Secret Sect. After I prepare during this time, I will infiltrate, and you will be responsible for overseeing the branch and monitoring all city activities!”

“Don't worry, with me here, no one can cause trouble on our territory!” Candle Nine Yin laughed heartily.

March arrived!

A large number of students began to return to the Martial Arts Academy, once again injecting vitality into the quiet academy!

And Chen Fan finally successfully exchanged for the Limit-Breaking Skill!

The five thousand taels he painstakingly earned from tasks were directly depleted, making Chen Fan's heart ache.

He even made up his mind to quickly go to the Ancient Ruins, where it was rumored there was a large amount of wealth!

However, the moment the information about the Limit-Breaking Skill poured into Chen Fan's mind, he understood why the price was so expensive!

He then knew just how vast the difference was between a Martial Artist-level and Grandmaster-level Cultivation Technique's Limit-Breaking Skill!

Of course, the cost was also enormous; using it once would almost directly cripple both hands!

For most people, it was almost a desperate move; after using it, their hands would be crippled for life!

Heh, Chen Fan just liked these high-cost Limit-Breaking Skills!

Especially after he left the Martial Arts Academy and used Dragon Tiger Roar once in the wilderness, he was so shocked that he couldn't sleep all night!

“Come on, let's get this simulation started!!”

“This time I'm going directly to the ruins to verify the truth of the previous intelligence!”