After all, it is common for martial artists to challenge and spar with each other.
After leaving this place, Li Yao went down the mountain to find a market town, bought two sets of clothes, and changed out of the clothes he had worn in the world of A Step into the Past.
Before leaving the world of A Step into the Past, he had already taken off his imperial robes and changed into ordinary clothes to avoid causing misunderstandings when he traveled to another world.
After changing his clothes, Li Yao asked around for directions to Bright Summit.
Following the directions of others, Li Yao headed alone towards Bright Peak.
The journey was long and the roads were rugged and difficult to travel, which took Li Yao a lot of time.
Fortunately, he had been cultivating the Great Dao Scripture, which incorporated the Nine Yang Divine Skill, throughout his journey, which kept him energetic and made him feel no fatigue at all.
He discovered that the "Great Dao True Scripture" not only absorbed the essence of the "Nine Yang Divine Skill," but also optimized the cultivation method of the "Nine Yang Divine Skill," thus doubling the cultivation effect.
Therefore, after only a few days of cultivation, he felt his internal energy constantly growing and his inner strength becoming more and more profound.
Moreover, he also discovered that the first level of the "Great Dao True Scripture" contains methods for body tempering, tendon and marrow cleansing.
Originally, he had been acquiring a large amount of physical attributes through the system, which were permanently added to his body.
However, there's always a feeling that it doesn't truly belong to me.
Now, through cultivating the "Great Dao True Scripture," he has reforged and strengthened his physique, making these external physical attributes completely his own.
In this way, his physique becomes more solid and stronger, and no abnormalities will occur.
Therefore, he decided to practice the "Great Dao True Scripture" at least once a day to consolidate the acquired external attributes and make them truly his own.
Along the way, Li Yao discovered many martial arts figures who were also heading towards Bright Peak.
It seems the six major sects are preparing to besiege Bright Peak.
Some minor sects from the martial arts world also came to join in the fun.
Li Yao tried to avoid these people to avoid unnecessary trouble.
Because he wanted to secretly get his hands on "The Great Shift of Heaven and Earth".
Bright Peak was the location of the Ming Cult's headquarters.
The secret manual of the "Great Shift of Heaven and Earth" is located in the underground secret passage of Bright Peak.
This secret passage leads from the top of Bright Summit all the way to the mountainside, bypassing the nine perilous passes and thirteen barriers that the Ming Cult used to defend against powerful enemies, and the entire mountainside is connected by the secret passage.
The secret passage has two entrances and exits, one on the mountainside and the other in the cult leader's room on Bright Summit, which should now be Yang Buhui's boudoir.
However, the area of the mountain where Bright Summit is located is too large.
Finding an entrance or exit halfway up the mountain is simply unrealistic.
Therefore, Li Yao planned to enter the secret passage from the entrance of Bright Peak.
However, the Ming Cult had already received news that the six major sects were about to besiege Bright Peak.
Therefore, Bright Peak is now heavily guarded, and people are on high alert.
However, given Li Yao's skills, it would not be difficult for him to sneak up to Bright Peak without making a sound.
A few days later, Li Yao arrived at the foot of the mountain where Bright Summit was located.
He waited until after midnight, when his figure disappeared into the darkness like a ghost.
Finally, he bypassed the layers of hidden sentries and arrived at Bright Summit.
At this moment, the sky was already beginning to brighten.
Finding Yang Buhui's boudoir is not difficult.
Firstly, this room was originally the leader's room and must have been located in the center of Bright Peak.
Secondly, Yang Buhui also had a maid named Xiao Zhao by her side. Her feet were chained by Yang Buhui, and when she walked, the chains jingled, making her easy to spot.
Therefore, Li Yao quickly found Yang Buhui's boudoir.
After Yang Buhui and Xiao Zhao left the room, Li Yao immediately slipped into the room.
Li Yao knew that the entrance to the secret passage was on Yang Buhui's bed.
He searched the bed and finally found the mechanism to open the secret passage.
He gently turned the lever, and with a click, a dark hole appeared on the bed, from which a cool breeze wafted out.
Without hesitation, he leaped in.
Then, with another click, the bed was restored to its original state.
No one would know that Li Yao had silently entered the forbidden area of the Ming Cult.
The secret passage was deep and winding, with many branching paths. Li Yao relied on his extraordinary five senses to explore and search through the passage.
After much trouble, Li Yao finally discovered a secret room containing two skeletons.
The skeleton's clothes were not completely rotten, and it was clear that it was a man and a woman.
These two skeletons must be Yang Dingtian and his wife.
Li Yao bowed and paid his respects to Yang Dingtian's skull.
Yang Dingtian can be considered a heroic figure. During his reign, he governed the Ming Cult in China and made it flourish. He also refused the order from the Persian Ming Cult headquarters to surrender to the Yuan Dynasty and harbored the ambition to expel the Tartars.
In contrast to the six major factions, who all chose to protect themselves when facing the oppressive rule of the Mongol Yuan dynasty, these factions were different.
The Ming Cult under Yang Dingtian's rule appeared to have more backbone.
Unfortunately, Yang Dingtian, as the head of a large organization, was swayed by personal feelings and even lost his life because of it.
That's far too emotional!
Li Yao sighed inwardly.
Then, his gaze swept over Yang Dingtian's skull, where he saw a sheepskin spread out on his hand bones.
This is the secret manual of the Great Shift of Heaven and Earth!
Li Yao immediately picked up the sheepskin and put it in his pocket.
Then he discovered a letter that had long since turned yellow and brittle.
He knew that the letter was written by Yang Dingtian to his wife, and it contained details of the grudges between Yang Dingtian and Cheng Kun, as well as Yang Dingtian's plan for the position of leader of the Ming Cult.
He didn't open the letter, but instead put it directly into his pocket.
As for whether to keep or destroy the letter, he will decide based on the circumstances.
Because he has already set his sights on the position of leader of the Ming Cult!
Chapter 80 Unleashing Potential, Powerful罡劲
Li Yao obtained the secret manual of the "Great Shift of Heaven and Earth" and did not linger in the secret passage.
As the plot unfolds, Zhang Wuji and Xiao Zhao will soon track Cheng Kun to this secret passage.
Unfortunately, Zhang Wuji was destined to miss out on obtaining the secret manual of the "Great Shift of the Universe".
Li Yao followed the direction of the airflow in the secret passage and headed straight ahead.
He soon discovered the exit of the secret passage on the mountainside.
After emerging from the secret passage, he found himself surrounded by desolation, with weeds and rubble everywhere.
If he hadn't come out from the exit, he probably wouldn't have discovered that there was actually a secret passage exit here.
Afterwards, Li Yao found an inn to stay in at the foot of the mountain near Guangming Peak.
He closed the door to the guest room and took out the sheepskin from his pocket.
Immediately, a notification sound rang out.
"Ding! The host has been detected to have acquired the martial skill 'Great Shift of Heaven and Earth'. You can consume 500 Luck Points to automatically learn this martial skill!"
Li Yao was overjoyed.
He had originally planned to bite his finger and drip blood onto the smooth, blank parchment to make the writing on it appear.
Unexpectedly, the system automatically detected the mental cultivation method of "The Great Shift of Heaven and Earth".
That way he won't bleed!
Subsequently, Li Yao consumed 500 points of luck and automatically learned the "Great Shift of Heaven and Earth". The "Great Shift of Heaven and Earth" skill was added to the martial arts section of the system panel.
In fact, the mental technique of the Great Shift of Heaven and Earth is a clever method of exerting force, and its fundamental principle is to bring out the potential stored within the practitioner.
Each person possesses a vast amount of latent power within them.
This latent power is generally unusable under normal circumstances.
However, in times of emergency, even someone who is normally weak and powerless can lift a thousand pounds.
This is a manifestation of latent power being unleashed!
Li Yao remembered seeing a news story in his previous life about a mother who lifted a car with her bare hands to rescue her child who was trapped under it.
This is an example of potential being unleashed!
However, although the human body has enormous potential, it cannot be stimulated or used at will.
Because once its potential is unleashed and it exerts tremendous force, an ordinary person's body cannot withstand such power.
The Great Shift of Heaven and Earth in Li Yao's hands is the key to unlocking this potential, allowing cultivators to safely stimulate their potential.
Originally, "The Great Shift of Heaven and Earth" had seven levels.
However, after a series of deductions by the system, a total of nine layers were deduced.
In other words, Li Yao's "Great Shift of the Universe" was far more powerful than the "Great Shift of the Universe" created by Huo Shan, the founder of the Ming Cult.
The first level of mental cultivation involves guiding qi and shifting energy. Those with high comprehension can master it in seven years, while those with lower comprehension need fourteen years.
Li Yao automatically learned the "Great Shift of Heaven and Earth" through the system, which was actually just learning the first level.
Li Yao's comprehension is now astonishingly high. After learning the first level of the mental cultivation method through the system, he consolidated it on his own, deepening his understanding of the essence of the first level.
He discovered that he could now unleash some of his body's potential, greatly increasing his strength and enabling him to effectively control his internal energy and power.