178: Qilin Secret Art, Qilin Blood Pool

A clicking sound echoed.

The heavy stone door slowly opened.

Unlike the main hall outside, when the stone door opened, glowing giant stones lit up one by one from outside in.

Yu Xiu and the others looked up; behind the stone door was a wide, straight passage.

Stone pillars stood on both sides of the passage, and the bodies of the pillars were adorned with various Qilin.

It was a magnificent sight at a glance.

“It’s too shocking!”

At this moment, the members of the Qilin Battle Team stared at the scene before them, dumbfounded.

“Boss, do you think this is something that should exist in the human world?”

“Previously, people said that Divine Beast Qilin was just a legend, very likely a Vicious Beast that was mistakenly rumored to be a Divine Beast Qilin.”

“But now, with the scene before me, I’m truly beginning to doubt the existence of Divine Beast Qilin.”

Speaking of this, that Qilin Battle Team member looked at Yu Xiu and asked, “Boss, do you think there are really gods in this world?”

As soon as this question was asked, the Qilin Battle Team members present all gasped.

Because the scene before them truly did not seem like something human power could create.

“As for whether there are gods, does it really matter?”

Yu Xiu turned to look at the Qilin Battle Team members and chuckled, “If there truly are gods in this world, we should be happy.”

“If gods stand against us, then we will slaughter them; we will establish ourselves as gods.”

“Without challenges, how can we truly stand at the pinnacle of the Martial Dao?”

As soon as these words were spoken, the Qilin Battle Team members were stunned at first, then suddenly laughed.

“Boss, you are our god, regardless of the passage of time.”

Everyone smiled.

Yu Xiu also showed a smile.

“Stop flattering me.”

Yu Xiu laughed and scolded, then turned and walked into the stone door.

Entering the stone door.

Yu Xiu and the others felt their own insignificance, as if gods were looking down on ants.

A single giant stone used just for illumination was equivalent to four or five large buses.

Not to mention the stone pillars all around.

The illuminating giant stones were merely decorative items embedded in the tops of the stone pillars.

“Boss, look at the stone walls around us, there seem to be words on them.”

Someone suddenly pointed to the stone walls on both sides of the passage; there were not only drawings but also many characters they didn’t recognize.

“It’s Lesser Seal Script again?”

When Yu Xiu saw the characters on the stone wall, his whole body trembled violently, and he felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.

The Holy Tomb in the Qiusuo Realm was like this before, and now it’s the same here.

Could it be that places related to tombs all have Lesser Seal Script present?

“Boss, do you recognize these characters?”

Chu Tianjiao heard Yu Xiu’s exclamation, so he turned to him and asked.

“I do!”

Yu Xiu nodded with a solemn expression.

However, because the stone wall was too high and the characters on it were particularly large, standing on the ground, he couldn't see what was written specifically.

So, with a thought, the Source of Qi appeared under his feet, supporting him as he floated into the air.

“Qilin Clan Land?”

“Holy War?”

“Escape, extinction?”

Based on the Lesser Seal Script on the stone wall and the drawings, Yu Xiu roughly understood the meaning.

This recorded the Qilin clan’s encounter with a Holy War, and their eventual escape and extinction.

“Heads with ox horns?”

Yu Xiu looked at the drawings; each one depicted Qilin fighting humanoid monsters with ox horns on their heads, and there were also drawings of these ox-horned humanoid monsters tearing Qilin apart with their bare hands and devouring Qilin flesh.

The more Yu Xiu looked, the more his heart trembled.

In his consciousness, Qilin were Divine Beasts, synonymous with invincibility.

Yet, they were torn apart and devoured alive by these ox-horned humanoid monsters.

It was simply too horrifying.

“Qilin Secret Skill?”

Yu Xiu saw such a name on the last stone wall.

“Meridian Circulation Map?”

This last stone wall had no content, but rather a diagram of human Meridians and Acupoints.

It recorded the circulation routes and the sequence of Acupoints.

Seeing this scene.

Yu Xiu was even more shocked.

The drawings on the previous stone walls clearly depicted scenes of the Qilin clan’s great battle.

But this last diagram was a Meridian and Acupoint array unique to humans.

Yu Xiu truly couldn't understand it.

Then he continued to look down.

Below the Meridian Circulation Map, there was a passage written in Lesser Seal Script.

“Blood Qi gives rise to spirits, spirits give rise to great power.”

“Spirits travel through Meridians, Qilin finally appear.”

“The Qilin Blood Pool assists this!”

Yu Xiu found this sentence utterly confusing, not understanding its meaning at all.

He knew about Blood Qi.

But combined, it became a blur.

“Forget it, I’ll study it later.”

Yu Xiu repeatedly examined this Meridian Circulation Map until he had completely memorized it without any errors, then he returned to the ground.

As for the so-called Qilin Blood Pool, Yu Xiu guessed it should be deeper in the passage.

Through the understanding gained from the drawings.

Yu Xiu speculated that this was built by humans, seemingly to commemorate the Qilin clan.

Especially the Lesser Seal Script.

It left Yu Xiu’s mind full of mysteries.

“Boss, how is it? What’s recorded on it?”

Chu Tianjiao asked impatiently.

“It’s a record of the Qilin clan’s great battle; not only that, it also records a Qilin Secret Skill, but I don’t know what it specifically is.”

Yu Xiu briefly explained, then added, “Let’s go deeper and see.”

They walked on.

The passage was very long, probably several thousand meters.

Until they reached a blood pool, Yu Xiu and the others encountered no danger.

This shows that.

This was a place of Opportunity deliberately left by predecessors for future generations, with no tests or anything similar set up at all.

However.

The more this was the case, the more Yu Xiu felt that the Qilin Blood Pool before him was not simple.

“It smells so good!”

“Boss, this thing that looks like a blood pool, it doesn’t seem to be blood?”

The Qilin Battle Team members stood at the edge of the blood pool, and waves of refreshing fragrance wafted towards them.

Just smelling it made their Bloodline surge and their spirits invigorated.

“Boss, do you think this could be some unknown treasure?”

“Just smelling the fragrance makes my whole body feel comfortable.”

“It’s simply too miraculous.”

Watching the Qilin Battle Team members discussing back and forth, Yu Xiu said, “This is a treasure, and it is also blood, but it is the blood of a Divine Beast Qilin.”

Yu Xiu didn't know whether to believe the words on the stone wall, but he still explained what he knew to everyone.

And he also recounted the Meridian Circulation Map of the Qilin Secret Skill.

Now, connecting it with the content on the stone wall earlier, it was clear that Cultivating the Qilin Secret Skill required the assistance of the Qilin Blood Pool.

“I’ll go down and check first.”

As soon as Yu Xiu finished speaking, he was immediately stopped by Chu Tianjiao beside him.

“Boss, let me go instead!”

Chu Tianjiao explained, “You are the strongest here, and it’s unknown whether this Qilin Blood Pool is dangerous.”

“If something happens to me, you can immediately save me.”

“If something happens to you, none of us have the ability to save you.”

The other Qilin Battle Team members also nodded and said, “Boss, you can’t go down. We’ll go down and test the situation first.”