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“Your name is Shangguan Wenge, and I’m your Young Master?” Qi Ming frowned, “Who are you?”

“It makes sense that Young Master does not know me.”

Shangguan Wenge knelt on the ground and did not get up, “Because I was originally only an ordinary servant in the Heaven Secrets Manor.”

“Perhaps even Patriarch Heaven Secrets doesn’t know me.”

“I’m just thick-skinned enough to call myself that.”

“But…”

“Time passed.”

“It has been 38,980 years since the day that Patriarch Heaven Secrets sealed himself in the Heaven Perish Forbidden Zone. In the Heaven Secrets Manor, the disciples of Patriarch Heaven Secrets and the servants have either left, died, or disappeared.”

“Now…”

“Only an old man like me is left. If there’s nothing to do, I’ll come to this Heaven Secrets Manor to clean up.”

“38,980 years?” Qi Ming was indeed shocked. He did not expect that this ordinary-looking old man in front of him had actually lived for so long. He was completely a true old monster.

He was actually Patriarch Heaven Secrets’s servant?

Unbelievable.

However, Qi Ming felt that this old man’s words were quite inconsistent.

“Young Master.” Shangguan Wenge continued, “After guarding the Heaven Secrets Manor for so many years, this old servant has finally waited for Young Master. I’ve also finally completed the agreement I made with Patriarch Heaven Secrets.”

“Now, the contract is over.”

“At this moment, the debt has been repaid.”

“I’ll hand the Heaven Secrets Manor to you, Young Master.”

“What do you mean?” Qi Ming asked.

“Exactly what I said.” Shangguan Wenge stood up and took out another thing. It was a jade book and a jade brush. He handed it to Qi Ming respectfully.

“Young Master, please accept it.”

Shangguan Wenge continued, “This is the Heaven Secrets Book and the Heaven Secrets Brush. It’s the supreme treasure of the Heaven Enlightenment Sect’s Heaven Secrets lineage. As for how to use it and what to use it for, when the time comes, Young Master will naturally know.”

Qi Ming originally wanted to reject it, but he instinctively caught the pure white jade book and jade brush.

“Good, good, good.”

Shangguan Wenge laughed endlessly, and his eyes were filled with joy and relief. After he finished doing this, he took a deep breath and looked at Qi Ming before walking out of the courtyard step by step.

Boom! Boom! Boom!!!

With every step back, the aura on his body rose by a major realm. In the blink of an eye, he took a few steps back and his cultivation directly rose to the Nascent Soul realm.

Then, the Leaving Aperture realm, Soul Formation realm…

A phenomenon appeared.

A faint pitch-black spiritual Dharma Idol appeared.

Suddenly, something unexpected happened.

The rising aura on Shangguan Wenge’s body stopped.

Buzz!

Above Shangguan Wenge’s head, a huge array appeared, in the form of the Eight Trigrams Yin-Yang. It contained incomparably profound mysteries, turning into various seals that fused into Shangguan Wenge’s body.

He returned to his original cultivationless state.

“No! No! No!”

At this moment, Shangguan Wenge was furious. He was completely furious as if he had gone mad. His eyes were red and he was extremely furious. He roared at the sky and cursed at the top of the Fangzhang Immortal Mountain.

“Old Man Heaven Secrets, f*ck your ancestors!”

Shangguan Wenge spat, “I curse you to be infertile but have a lot of descendants. You son of a bitch, why don’t you die? Why aren’t you dead yet?”

“I curse you, you bastard!”

“Bastard!”

“You’ve tricked me for nearly 40,000 years, but you still aren’t willing to let me off. You clearly said that I only need to guard the Heaven Secrets Manor. After you take in a personal disciple and hand the entire Heaven Secrets Manor to your disciple, you will give me freedom and all debts will be returned.”

“In the end…”

“What you said is f*cking nonsense!”

“Pure bullsh*t!”

“…”

He cursed for more than half an hour.

There was no movement from the Heaven Perish Forbidden Zone.

In addition…

Shangguan Wenge seemed to be tired from cursing too. He sat on the ground and gasped for breath. His face was red and he could no longer speak.

It was obvious that he was furious.

Qi Ming stood at the side and saw all of this. He could not help but laugh, but he roughly understood what was going on.

First, the old man in front of him was definitely not as simple as an ordinary old man. He was a powerful old monster with an unfathomable cultivation.

It was likely that Shangguan Wenge had lost to Patriarch Heaven Secrets. That was why he was controlled like this. Patriarch Heaven Secrets let Shangguan Wenge guard the Heaven Secrets Manor and promised to give him freedom.

In the end, Shangguan Wenge was tricked by Patriarch Heaven Secrets.

Patriarch Heaven Secrets clearly did not plan to let Shangguan Wenge off like this.

Qi Ming coughed lightly and asked, “Why don’t we go in and have a seat?”

“For what?”

Shangguan Wenge raised his head and looked at Qi Ming, “I feel like vomiting when I see that old thing’s manor. Moreover, I’ve been facing this Heaven Secrets Manor for more than 30,000 years every day and can’t go away for a hundred meters. Where else do you think I’m interested in going?”

“That’s true.” Qi Ming smiled. “If it’s not troublesome, can you tell me about the situation of the Heaven Enlightenment Sect’s Heaven Secrets lineage? And about my master, Patriarch Heaven Secrets?”

“Since I’m Master’s personal disciple, perhaps later on, when my cultivation level increases, I’ll have a way to remove the restriction on you?”

“You?” Shangguan Wenge raised his head and looked at Qi Ming. He sized him up a few times and thought for a moment before saying, “That’s not without reason. That old thing, Patriarch Heaven Secrets, might be a son of a bitch who can’t stop lying, he might not keep his promise and his words are like farts…”

Another series of cursing sounded.

“But… That old thing’s standards are quite high. According to what I know, up until now, including you, he has only taken three disciples.”

“Moreover, you’re the only personal disciple.”

“The other two are not personal disciples.”

“Tsk tsk.”

Shangguan Wenge was clearly interested. He stood up and patted the dust on his body, “Good kid. I didn’t think about it carefully just now. Now it seems that you’re not simple. You can directly make that old thing, Patriarch Heaven Secrets, take you in as his personal disciple.”

“Interesting.”

Shangguan Wenge pinched his chin with his right hand and circled Qi Ming a few times.

Qi Ming’s expression did not change. He did not care about Shangguan Wenge’s scrutinizing gaze and instead asked, “Where are my two senior brothers now?”

“Dead.” Shangguan Wenge shrugged, “They’re both dead.”

“Didn’t you want to ask about the situation of the Heaven Enlightenment Sect’s Heaven Secrets lineage?”

Shangguan Wenge continued, “Ever since Patriarch Heaven Secrets sealed himself in the Heaven Perish Forbidden Zone, many things have happened in the past tens of thousands of years because they lost the protection of Patriarch Heaven Secrets.”

“The people from the Heaven Secrets Manor have either left, died or gone missing.”

“Now… The Heaven Enlightenment Sect no longer has any Heaven Secrets lineage. If not for the imprisonment, I would have left long ago. How can I still stay in this lousy place?”

“So I’m the only one left?” Qi Ming asked.

“Yes.” Shangguan Wenge nodded.

“That’s good.”

Qi Ming heaved a sigh of relief.

“What?” Shangguan Wenge was stunned, “Kid, what’s wrong with you? The Heaven Secrets lineage has already declined to this extent, but you look quite happy?”

“Are you really the personal disciple of that old thing, Patriarch Heaven Secrets? Even if you just accepted him, you don’t know this kind of situation, right? Don’t tell me you have a grudge with that old thing?”

“Of course not.” Qi Ming shook his head, “Moreover, I’m indeed Patriarch Heaven Secrets’s personal disciple.”

“Also…” Qi Ming’s gaze turned indifferent, “Shangguan Wenge, since you’re an old servant of the Heaven Secrets Manor and call me Young Master, and Patriarch Heaven Secrets is my master, if you continue to speak ill of my master in front of me…”

“Don’t blame me for teaching you a lesson on behalf of Master.”

“Good kid.”

Shangguan Wenge raised his eyebrows. “Although my cultivation level is sealed now, you want to deal with me with your late-stage Core Formation realm cultivation? I’m afraid it won’t work.”

“Five Lightning Control.”

Boom!

Qi Ming did not waste his breath. He raised his right hand and spread his fingers. He circulated his divine power mystic technique. The power of five lightning gathered in his palm and directly struck.

Crack!!!

“This is…”

Shangguan Wenge was shocked. He wanted to dodge, but the Five-Blow-Thunderstruck was too fast. Moreover, this was a Great Divine Power. Coupled with the fusion of the Great Dao True Intent, Shangguan Wenge discovered that he could not resolve it at all.

“What is this?!”

“Ah!!!” Shangguan Wenge screamed. His entire body was charred black, and his hair stood on end. He opened his mouth and spat out a stream of black qi before falling straight down.

After a moment, Shangguan Wenge crawled up.

“You… you’re really only at the late-stage Core Formation realm?”

Shangguan Wenge could only be considered to have suffered some superficial injuries. His physical body strength had already reached an unimaginable level, “That move just now doesn’t look like it can be used by a late-stage Core Formation realm cultivator.”

“What divine power spell is that? You grasped the power of five lightning and even contained the Dao Insight of heaven and earth? How on earth did you do it? It’s too unbelievable. I’ve never seen it.”

“Could it be that you’re a reincarnated Immortal King? Or could it be that you seized possession of a body and cultivated again? That’s not right. If you’re seized and cultivated again, you should be discovered.”

“How strange…”

Shangguan Wenge frowned and pondered.

Qi Ming glanced at Shangguan Wenge. He had been locked up here for too long. Although it was not very obvious, he felt that his mental state was a little abnormal.

Next, Qi Ming began to familiarize himself with the Heaven Secrets Manor.

For the time being, he did not discover anything too profound about the Heaven Secrets Manor. For example, like the Sect Master Hall, it could form a space of its own. He did not find any hidden treasures or grotto-heavens.

The entire building was vast.

It was similar to the architectural style of a large courtyard house.

It was formed by many courtyard houses that were connected to each other. There were also many courtyards, including the front courtyard, backyard, east courtyard, west courtyard, main courtyard, side courtyard, hidden courtyard, cultivation courtyard, and so on.

Unknowingly, night had already arrived.

Qi Ming stayed in the main courtyard. Originally, Qi Ming planned to let Shangguan Wenge stay in a room in a side courtyard, but Shangguan Wenge refused to go. He would rather stay outside and eat outdoors.

He was very disdainful of the place.

Qi Ming did not force him.

Late at night, Qi Ming took out the Heaven Secrets Book, the Heaven Secrets Brush, and the Heaven Secrets Manor Token. He prepared to study them and see what secrets were hidden inside..