Even, it might be a treasure of immeasurable worth.

It itself was a treasure, and it was preserved in a Bronze Ancient Coffin with anti-corrosion measures.

Normally, even after a few thousand or tens of thousands of years, it should have been preserved intact.

However, the Taoist Robe worn by the person in front of him, the Tianren Pavilion Lord, was already so decayed that it looked as if it would tear apart at the slightest touch.

It was imaginable how long she had lain in the Bronze Ancient Coffin.

It was estimated to be measured in epochs.

Lin Zichen didn't dwell much on this point and quickly used "Danger Perception" to probe the Tianren Pavilion Lord's Biological Level, attempting to discern the level of her existence.

Then, as expected, he couldn't perceive anything.

Without a second thought, it was clear that the Tianren Pavilion Lord's level was extremely high, beyond the reach of "Danger Perception" to probe her Biological Level.

Meanwhile,

Qi Qingmo, standing in front of the Bronze Ancient Coffin, sensed someone probing her Biological Level.

Following the direction from which the perception came, she raised her eyes to look ahead at Lin Zichen and murmured with slightly parted red lips, "A mere High Level and you dare to recklessly probe others' Biological Levels. Admirable courage."

She had actually noticed?

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Lin Zichen's eyes widened, surprised.

He immediately ceased using "Danger Perception," lest he provoke the unknowably powerful Tianren Pavilion Lord to displeasure.

Qi Qingmo was not displeased.

Her remark was intended for Lin Zichen's benefit, not as a displeasure to warn him.

"President Liu, how many members do we currently have in Tianren Pavilion?"

Qi Qingmo asked Liu Chuanwu.

Her manner of speaking was modernized, not as literary as one might imagine.

This was a result of her willingness to adapt to the local customs following numerous interactions with Liu Chuanwu over the past years.

Liu Chuanwu respectfully replied, "Including you, Pavilion Lord, there are six of us in total."

"Only six? That seems too few."

Qi Qingmo muttered softly, then continued to ask, "Didn't the remaining person come?"

Liu Chuanwu answered, "She didn't come; she's just joined Tianren Pavilion a few days ago and hasn't fully integrated yet, so I didn't bring her."

Qi Qingmo nodded in understanding and didn't pursue further questions.

She simply said to the four, "You should all be very proficient in the early physical training stage of the Blood Tempering Technique by now. Now, I will impart to you the Orifice Opening Method."

Having said this, she raised her delicate Jade Hand, and to the baffled look of the four, flicked her finger towards each of their foreheads, shotting a beam of light into them.

The moment the light entered their foreheads—

Lin Zichen acutely perceived something abruptly penetrate in, continuously thrusting back and forth at the position of his forehead, causing tremendous discomfort.

Fortunately, the sense of discomfort didn't last long.

As his brain vibrated inexplicably, everything soon became uninteresting.

In its place, a foreign memory emerged in the depths of his mind.

Lin Zichen concentrated and read through this foreign memory.

Indeed, as Qi Qingmo had said, it was the Orifice Opening Method from the latter part of the Blood Tempering Technique.

After a brief moment of reading,

Lin Zichen found that the Orifice Opening Method given by Qi Qingmo bore a striking resemblance to the ad hoc method developed by Shen Qinghan.

Shen Qinghan's method consisted of nine shallow and one deep impact.

Nine spirit impacts of lighter intensity.

One Qi-Blood impact of heavy intensity.

Targeting an Acupoint located near the heart.

However, Qi Qingmo just imparted three types of Orifice Opening Methods, corresponding to the Heart Aperture, Brain Aperture, and Body Aperture:

1. The method to open the Heart Aperture: Condense the Qi-Blood into a needle shape, using ten cycles, with intensity escalating from lighter to heavier to impact the Acupoint.

2. The method to open the Brain Aperture: Condense the spirit into a needle shape, using three cycles, with intensity escalating from lighter to heavier to impact the Acupoint.

3. The method to open the Body Aperture: Condense both Qi-Blood and spirit into needle shapes, using four cycles; the first two consist of alternating light and heavy Qi-Blood impacts, followed by two of alternating light and heavy spirit impacts.

Frankly speaking, the Orifice Opening Method is essentially a matter of impacting rhythm.

It is easy to understand at a glance, without any difficulty.

If there's any difficulty to speak of, it exists only in the cultivation threshold.

It must be practiced by a Pureblood Human.

Moreover, the physical talent of this pureblood human needed to be strong enough; otherwise, he couldn't even condense his Qi-Blood and spirit into a needle-like shape, let alone open his acupoints.

Let alone opening acupoints, he might not even cope with the initial phase of body tempering.

Currently, each of the five members of the Pure Human Research Institute possessed extremely strong physical talents, far surpassing ordinary humans.

Liu Chuanwu was born into a martial arts family.

Song Yuyan was the second-ranked in the Capital City's college entrance exams.

Ma Xiwei ranked fourth in the Capital City's college entrance exams.

As for Lin Zichen, to say his physical talent was the best in the world was no exaggeration.

And Shen Qinghan, though his physical strength was not outstanding, possessed a Special Physique, naturally making it easier for him to manipulate Qi-Blood. Coupled with his high spiritual strength, he perfectly stumbled into being suitable for practicing the Blood Tempering Technique.

"As compensation for just supplying Qi-Blood, this Twinlight Yin Yang Fruit is yours; consuming it will greatly enhance both your Qi-Blood and spirit."

Qi Qingmo magically produced a black and white fruit from his sleeve, flashed in front of Lin Zichen, and handed the fruit over while saying.

Lin Zichen was shocked in his heart.

He had not noticed at all how Qi Qingmo had teleported there.

He saw no trace of the teleportation at all.

It was unknown whether Qi Qingmo's speed of teleportation was too fast for his eyes to capture at this strength.

Or if Qi Qingmo hadn't really teleported as imagined, but instead performed a direct spatial transfer.

"Take it."

Seeing Lin Zichen blankly staring and not moving to take the fruit, Qi Qingmo urged him.

Alerted by his words, Lin Zichen quickly reached out to take the fruit, saying, "Thank you, Pavilion Lord!"

"No need to thank me; this is compensation, not a reward."

Having said that, Qi Qingmo teleported again, instantly returning to the Bronze Ancient Coffin.

This time, Lin Zichen still couldn't catch any trace of the Tianren Pavilion Lord's teleportation.

Qi Qingmo touched the Bronze Ancient Coffin.

The next second, the Bronze Ancient Coffin vanished on the spot, leaving only a clean square patch of ground without any dust.

"I still have matters to attend to, so I will take my leave first; I will come to find you later."

Having dropped this line, Qi Qingmo's figure flashed in front of them, disappearing without a trace.

Where did he go?!

The four of them were stunned, not understanding how Qi Qingmo could vanish into thin air.

Lin Zichen quickly reacted, immediately spreading his spiritual power to cover a thousand-meter radius within his perception.

Then, he carefully searched for Qi Qingmo's presence.

After searching for nearly ten seconds and even scouring nearly a hundred meters deep underground, he still saw no sign of Qi Qingmo.

The man had completely disappeared as if he never existed.

"President Liu, do you know what level of expert the Pavilion Lord is? I feel like she is incredibly powerful."

Song Yuyan asked Liu Chuanwu.

Liu Chuanwu shook his head, "You've got me there; I don't know exactly how high the Pavilion Lord's Biological Level is."

After saying that, he added, "From the strength the Pavilion Lord just displayed, I guess she is at least an Epic Level Expert, or perhaps even a Legendary Level Expert is not impossible."

"A Legendary Level Expert?"

Song Yuyan felt that was unlikely and said, "That's on the same level as a Province Lord, which seems too exaggerated."

Liu Chuanwu disagreed, "What's so exaggerated about that? I even think the Pavilion Lord could be a Mythical Level Expert who is omnipotent."

Song Yuyan: "President, now you're getting even more outrageous; that's pure glorifying the past over the present."

Liu Chuanwu stroked his beard and said, "It's not me glorifying the past; it's all of human history that glorifies the past over the present."

"Looking at the records in the ruins, in that ancient era, the proportion of humans among the Immortal Gods was the highest, and the most powerful of the Immortal Gods were humans."

"What of dragons and phoenixes, Kunpeng? They were all human-dominated mounts."

At this point, Liu Chuanwu asked Song Yuyan, "Do you still think I'm glorifying the past?"

Song Yuyan didn't answer but fell into deep thought.

Lin Zichen also fell into deep thought.

Hearing Liu Chuanwu's words, he pondered what era Qi Qingmo belonged to and what that era was like?

Was it truly an era where Immortal Gods were omnipresent?

Was it like those mythological stories where gods could pluck the stars and capture the moon?

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