Abundant Martial Arts Virtue

Darkness.

The mining cart slowly advanced through the darkness.

A brawny man jogged robustly, closely following behind the mining cart.

After a full twenty minutes.

The mining cart finally arrived at a platform.

Wu Xiaode stretched lazily, jumped down from the mining cart, and stepped onto the platform.

"Are you alright?"

He asked the brawny man.

The brawny man gasped for breath, complaining, "Sir, I nearly ran myself to death."

Just now, under the witness of the Jiuyao Sequence, the brawny man had become his follower.

The two were now in a master-servant contractual relationship.

"You seem very spirited. Rest up, we might have to fight in a bit," Wu Xiaode said.

As soon as he finished speaking.

Rows of glowing small characters appeared before the two men:

"Reaching here proves that you are indeed worth cultivating."

"There are tools in the equipment room behind the platform; please use them to start digging!"

Both glanced at the message, then headed toward the small door at the back of the platform.

The door was already wide open, and inside, many shovels were neatly arranged.

However, some places had already been cleared out.

"Looking at these marks, it seems some people have already taken some," the brawny man said.

Wu Xiaode nodded in agreement.

But he couldn't shake the feeling that these shovels looked familiar.

Could it be...

He stepped forward and picked one at random.

Indeed, rows of small characters appeared on the shovel:

"Holy Shovel."

"This is an important asset of the Holy Heavenly Country, available for rent but not for theft."

"Using it for ten minutes costs one gram of gold."

"Timing has begun."

Wu Xiaode: "..."

"Look quickly," the brawny man said.

Suddenly, rows of glowing characters emerged on the wall inside the door:

"After the fragmentation of Pangu, to prevent its revival in the future, we buried important treasures of mystery within some fractured worlds."

"Go and dig out these treasures."

"They will help you regain power!"

Wu Xiaode was taken aback.

So the sequences had such a contingency plan!

No wonder the Pangu World's final attempt to sweep the world with a wind disaster couldn't stop the Mysterious from establishing the Babylon Pillar!

"Let's go and have a dig," Wu Xiaode called out.

Taking shovels, they followed the path behind the platform straight ahead, quickly arriving at the mine area.

There were already groups of humans scattered about.

Each person was fervently digging at the muddy rock walls beside them.

"I'm starting!"

The brawny man declared.

He chose a random spot and began digging.

Wu Xiaode walked over to his side, about to lift his shovel, but then he had an inkling.

"Element Detection" was activated!

This was a skill given to him by Kaling when the Babylon Pillar was being constructed.

——It could detect the elements that make up everything!

Even the Human Emperor had urged him to use this skill more often.

Wu Xiaode, sensing briefly, walked seven steps to the right of the brawny man, raised his shovel, and was about to dig.

Just as he lifted the shovel, he suddenly paused.

If it was indeed treasure...

There were many people here.

With this in mind, he moved a few steps to the side before he began digging in earnest.

Soon after.

It seemed the shovel had struck something.

Before Wu Xiaode could go over and see for himself, the people around who had been digging pits swarmed over, dragging their shovels.

"What treasure is it?"

"Hand it over!"

"Such items are only for the strong to claim!"

"If you dare touch it, we'll kill you!"

They stared intently at Wu Xiaode, ready to attack at any moment.

The brawny man quickly stepped in front of Wu Xiaode, shouting, "Back off! Do you want to die?"

The crowd grew even more restless.

Just as a battle for the treasure seemed inevitable, Wu Xiaode suddenly laughed and said,

"There's no need, really no need for everyone to get so worked up."

He exerted a little force on his hand, and the shovel immediately turned over the soil.

A piece of gold the size of a fingertip revealed itself to everyone.

"Gold, huh."

"This can only compensate for the cost of using the shovel."

"It's not a Mysterious treasure."

"An excited fuss over nothing."

The crowd dissipated in disappointment, returning to their spots to continue digging.

Wu Xiaode put down the shovel, a trace of doubt in his heart.

This didn't add up.

The moment the shovel touched the gold, making a metallic sound, these people immediately rushed over, unhesitatingly.

It could only mean one thing.

They hadn't dug up anything.

Consider this, if they were also constantly digging up gold, they should be well acquainted with such sounds and wouldn't need to rush over to steal.

If not even gold had been found.

Could it be that Mysterious treasures were being dug up?

Wu Xiaode planted the shovel in the ground and walked around the narrow mine area, quickly coming to a realization.

Within this area, even gold was scarce!

Therefore.

To dig up something valuable, one must leave this place and explore and excavate deeper into the mine area.

But one thing had already been discovered here.

He now had to dig it out in full view of everyone.

He needed to think of a method...

He glanced at the muscular man beside him.

The servant's face still bore the colors of anger, and he muttered under his breath, "If only I were here in my true form, you bastards..."

"Don't be angry, come on, let's discuss something," Wu Xiaode said in a low voice.

...

A few minutes later.

The others continued to dig.

The muscular man's shovel struck something, emitting a strange sound.

As soon as the sound began, he dashed forward, grabbed something from the earth, and with his head down, turned and ran.

He didn't run just anywhere but specifically towards the platform outside.

The mining cart had already disappeared.

The muscular man jumped onto the tracks and, with all his might, sprinted into the deep darkness.

He moved quickly, and the others were not slow to react.

As he had just left the mining area, the other miners had already dropped their shovels and were rushing in his direction.

By the time the muscular man ran down the tracks into the darkness, the fastest pursuer had reached the platform and was jumping onto the tracks.

"It must be treasure!"

"Don't let him get away!"

"Chase him!"

"Whoever catches it keeps it!"

The crowd shouted and followed closely, plunging into the darkness.

The mining area was empty.

Only Wu Xiaode remained, shovel in hand, digging hard into the earth.

This time he learned his lesson.

The shovel agilely avoided the object detected by "Element Detection," digging around it and scooping it out along with the soil.

Even if someone was watching secretly, they would only see a large clump of soil on Wu Xiaode's shovel.

He gently tilted the shovel.

The clump of soil fell into Wu Xiaode's hand.

In an instant.

Several lines of small characters appeared:

"You have obtained a Fan-shaped Power Comprehension Bracelet."

"Invisible, unique."

A fine piece!

Although he had no idea what it was about, a bracelet with such a long prefix could be guessed, by feeling alone, to be an extremely cherished treasure.

Wu Xiaode kept his expression unchanged, his five fingers delved into the mud and immediately pinched something.

——A Fan-shaped Power Comprehension Bracelet!

His hand, as agile as a snake, slid into the bracelet.

A series of shadowy small characters promptly emerged:

"Wearing this invisible bracelet produces the following attribute effects:"

"All your attributes, attack power, and defense power will 'double'."

"——Simple, direct, brutal."

Wu Xiaode pondered for a moment.

His power was +17.

Doubled, it became +34.

At this moment, when Pangu had just awakened, the mysterious lives had only just taken human form.

Who could possess such strength?

——Indeed, a fine piece!

Suddenly.

A voice not far away called out:

"Stay where you are! What's that in your hand? Show it!"

Wu Xiaode simply stood still and turned to look.

He immediately saw a familiar person.

——Emperor Bai!

He saw him emerge from behind a rock, sneering, "I've been watching you and your accomplice, and I've noticed your little ploy."

"You must have something good in your hand."

"Otherwise, why let him draw everyone else's attention, to give you time?"

As he spoke, seven or eight guards emerged from behind the rocks.

Emperor Bai's guards.

Who would have thought he'd also be here treasure hunting!

Wu Xiaode grinned and shook the dirt from his hands.

He had nothing on his hands!

——The Fan-shaped Power Comprehension Bracelet was invisible; no one could see it!

"You've made it here, which shows you've got strength, but you're thinking too much. I even think you're better suited to dealing with humans," Wu Xiaode said.

Emperor Bai stared unblinkingly at his hand but saw no trace of any treasure.

"It's only you who didn't chase him; there must be a reason. Seize him for me; I want to see what secrets he's hiding!" Emperor Bai said in a fit of pique.

His guards made their move.

However, at that moment, Wu Xiaode's feet kicked off the ground—

Boom!

He shot out like a cannonball, directly knocking all the guards aside and lifting Emperor Bai by the neck.

"You dare meddle in my affairs?" Wu Xiaode said indifferently.

——This guy is really annoying; might as well kill him here and be done with it!

As he entertained the thought of killing him, shadowy small characters suddenly appeared in the Void:

"Please note."

"This mysterious life has also obtained a treasure, which has merged with its soul and possesses a certain value."

"The Sequence hopes you will not waste it."

"Please make reasonable use of this being, to help in defeating Pangu."

Wu Xiaode's urge to kill paused.

Of course, he could kill him directly.

But now, his goal was to gain a high-level evaluation from the Sequence to further penetrate the power center.

So then—

"How about this, you seem to have a brain, why don't you go up to the world above and hunt down the one who got us into this wretched situation?"

"The more attention your actions draw, the better cover you provide for our real objective."

"If you can complete this task—"

"The wretches above will support you as their leader."

"Sequence, what do you think?"

After pausing for a moment.

Two shadowy characters appeared in the Void:

"Perfect."