Biochemical Martial Arts: Supreme Heavenly Venerate

Professor Han's conference room boasted an extremely high defense level, not only capable of severing all external communications, but also of preventing eavesdropping.

Professor Han himself sat at the head of the room, with his hand on his forehead, still embarrassed by the recent misunderstanding.

This was also because he faced obstacles in Wang City County and was even blockaded, leading to a not-so-smooth channel of communication; otherwise, he would have known earlier that the defense officer Lin Rui hailed from Silver Moon County and could possibly be his student.

Lin Rui was smiling as he spoke to Li Li, "So last night, you were already prepared to act and save me?"

At that time, he saw those two people approaching the wall of the inner yamen.

"Exactly!" Li Li nodded, his eyes serious yet relieved, "But luckily, junior brother, you held on by yourself. We didn't expect the Criminal and inquisition department to have prepared such a large force for us, with at least three martial cultivators at the fifth realm, including one whose strength was at least at the rank of Brigadier, enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with our mentor."

At that moment, both of them had truly worried that the new inspector Lin Rui would be lost just like that, shattering their hopes of saving him.

Upon hearing this, Lin Rui turned solemn, "Senior brother, when I first joined teacher's team, I briefly looked over the information on several projects in his hands. I remember one of them involved the Limitless Saber Venerable Du Zunlong and the Tempest Saber Lord Qin Yan. Is this incident related to that project? What's the situation now?"

Previously, he and Wang Sen had joined Professor Han's team through backdoors, intending to idle under Professor Han's name and coast through their academic careers.

The core data of the team was not accessible to them, and Lin Rui and his partner weren't interested, only briefly skimming some project information provided by Li Li, to deal with future inspections by the martial arts competition's organizing committee.

But now, the situation had changed, and it was essential for them to understand what was going on.

Professor Han exchanged a glance with Li Li.

"Let me explain!"

Sitting upright with a serious demeanor, Professor Han began, "Indeed, it is related to this project. For the past ten years, I have been searching for the dragon corpse left by Du Zunlong, wanting to extract the 'Abyssal' essence from within. Lin Rui, you know what 'Abyssal' essence is, right?"

Lin Rui did not know what 'Abyssal' essence was, but he still nodded as if he did.

Luckily, his good friend Wang Sen knew, and he showed slight emotion, "It's said to be the very substance of the 'Abyss'! After martial cultivators enter the Dragon Transformation realm, their bodies metamorphose and produce 'Dragon Essence', which reinforces the cultivator's physical condition and significantly increases their lifespan.

When 'Dragon Essence' evolves to a certain degree, it becomes 'Abyssal' essence. Professor, was the Limitless Saber Venerable really as close to the Abyss as the legends say?"

Professor Han nodded, "Based on the results of my research over these years, the Limitless Saber Venerable had reached the tenth realm 'Longevity', half a step into the Abyss, before he died. His dragon corpse must have produced a substantial amount of Abyssal essence. My team rushed to Wang City for the Tempest Saber Lord Qin Yan's cave dwelling.

According to some information I unearthed earlier, Qin Yan indeed possessed a piece of dragon corpse remnant left by the Limitless Saber Venerable. Moreover, the several Dragon Transformation Secret Techniques and Heaven-reaching Secret Techniques Qin Yan inherited from the Limitless Saber Venerable are also of great value.

He might have found a way to preserve these techniques from his sect, and it's possible he even saved some of the Limitless Saber Venerable's Abyssal Secret Techniques."

Lin Rui's heart stirred upon hearing this.

Zhuang Mingyue's mentor, the Divine Envoy of the Imperial City, was also greatly interested in the Limitless Saber Venerable's Heaven-reaching Secret Techniques and Abyssal Secret Techniques.

Even those Dragon Transformation Secret Techniques were worth a fortune.

Despite Lin Rui owning several Dragon-Rank martial techniques listed in the skills of his Number 2 Battle Spirit, and even Xue Bogao having a Dragon Transformation Secret Technique called "Radiant Thunder God Refining Technique," which Lin Rui could replicate once he had sufficient Soul Power and met the physical criteria, in the world of Tianji Star, Dragon Transformation Secret Techniques were extremely rare and precious.

This was because Secret Techniques above the Dragon Transformation level cannot be inscribed into text; attempting to record them forces a large gathering of Aether elements, which could destroy the medium holding the text.

Thus, the inheritance of Dragon Transformation martial techniques was a troublesome process, with the vast majority relying on mental imprints between mentors and pupils.

Even the Earth Federation couldn't preserve Secret Techniques above the Dragon Transformation level in their computer databases.

The Da Song Martial Arts Manual compiled by the Great Song only included up to high-level martial techniques; the path beyond for the Song Empire's martial cultivators relied on their own efforts, either by collecting True Intents or receiving training methods bestowed by superior martial artists.

However, Zhuang Mingyue mentioned that her mentor was most interested in a kind of elixir, a divine pill refined by the Limitless Saber Venerable.

Few knew that the Limitless Saber Venerable, known for his supreme saber techniques, also had unmatched expertise in Alchemy. Qin Yan's cave dwelling might contain such a pill left by the Limitless Saber Venerable, though it was uncertain.

Zhuang Mingyue said her mentor placed great importance on it, urging him to take it seriously. Upon arriving in Wang City, he needed to promptly investigate and determine if Qin Yan's cave dwelling was indeed located there.

Wang Sen looked puzzled, "Not long ago, General Fei had us help convey a warning; he said Wang City County might be a trap."

If it was a trap, why not just withdraw?

"We actually noticed something was off, someone deliberately releasing false news about the Tempest Saber Lord Qin Yan's cave dwelling in the martial circles, with the intention of luring me to Wang City County."

Professor Han said expressionlessly, "I even guessed their motive, they must be after a jade tablet from Cloud Palace that I possess, which is the Limitless Saber Venerable Du Zunlong's disciple insignia and also the pass to enter the Limitless Saber Venerable's dwelling, 'Cloud Palace'.

In the past, I joined some great martial artists from the Song Empire to enter the cave dwelling of Qin Yan's senior brother 'Mystic Sky Sword Lord', where I obtained this jade tablet, yet I was never able to find the location and method to enter 'Cloud Palace'."

Upon hearing this, Wang Sen couldn't help but turn his head to exchange a glance with Lin Rui.

"According to our speculation, the person who has his eye on the professor is very likely to be that inspector from Sha State."

Li Li gave a bitter smile, "Although they used false information to lure the teacher, according to our research and verification in Wang City over the past six months, it turns out that the cave dwelling of the Limitless Saber Venerable, Qin Yan, really is in Wang City. We've already located the exact position of this cave dwelling.

Just before we stopped our activities, one of our exploration drones, worth ten million, even entered the cave and captured many video materials."

Lin Rui was startled for a moment, thinking that this explained why Professor Han and the others did not wish to evacuate even after receiving the warning.

"Something's not right!" Lin Rui murmured thoughtfully. "I heard someone mention that the affair of the Limitless Saber Venerable Qin Yan's cave dwelling is becoming more and more widespread in the martial arts world, complete with quite a few fabrications about a treasure rumor.

It's clearly someone fanning the flames, stirring up trouble in order to draw numerous people from the martial world, as well as demonic cultivators and demons to Wang City.

"But if the person spreading the rumors is the inspector from Sha State, and he has already achieved his goal by luring you, Professor, in, why would he still stir up trouble?"

"Because the ones spreading the news about the Limitless Saber Venerable's cave dwelling are two different groups."

Li Li shook his head, his expression grave: "I secretly investigated this matter a month ago and discovered that it was the Burning Saber Sect that was spreading the news vigorously in the martial world. This might have something to do with one of the elders of the Burning Saber Sect about to undergo the dragon transformation!

According to my investigation, the dragon transformation secret technique of the Burning Saber Sect likely has a flaw that requires a large amount of 'primordial essence' during the transformation."

He gave a bitter smile: "That's one of the reasons we let our guard down."

At that time, they only found out about the 'Burning Saber Sect', not the deeper 'Criminal and Inspectorate Office'.

So, even after receiving the warning from Fei Yunlai, none of them took it to heart.

'If the Burning Saber Sect' wants to extract primordial essence from the blood of martial experts at the fourth and fifth stages, how does that concern them?

Now the situation has turned bad; not only has Sister Zhu been caught, but the real location of Qin Yan's cave dwelling has probably been leaked as well."

"The Burning Saber Sect?" Lin Rui frowned.

He had heard of the 'Burning Saber Sect'. When he was in Silver Moon County, his colleagues had discussed why the County Magistrate had not sought help from the 'Burning Saber Sect'.

This was a renowned martial arts sect near Wang City, a famous and upright sect locally. Yet Lin Rui had never thought that this sect could be involved in such bloody and filthy actions behind the scenes.

"So, the current issue is how to rescue them?"

Wang Sen furrowed his brow deeply, "Actually, rescuing them is easy, the problem is how to disentangle ourselves afterward. The Da Song dynasty investigates the Heavenly Demon's case with strictness, deals with it severely, and presumes guilt; then there's that inspector, since he's fixated on the professor, I'm afraid he won't let the matter rest easily."

Wang Sen believed there were some things that Lin Rui might find inconvenient to say himself, so he had to make them clear on Lin Rui's behalf.

Even though the Heavenly Demon in that prison was their senior sister, they couldn't risk Lin Rui's bright future over this matter.

Li Li and Professor Han's expressions were solemn as they listened, pondering the very same issue.

To rescue her was simple; they could create a clone of Zhu Meng that had not undergone mental synchronization to substitute in her place, pretending to be dead.

The issue was how to carry out this affair without leaving a trace.

Lin Rui, however, remained silent, delving into thought as he looked over the core data and intelligence from the team opened up by Professor Han.

Suddenly, he asked curiously, "This deputy inspector was led away by a friend of the professor, right? How strong is he? When is he estimated to arrive in Wang City? And, about that major-general lurking in the shadows last night, who is that person, also from the Criminal and Inspectorate Office?"

"Deputy Inspector Zhang Chen, like me, is half a step into the sixth realm, has royal bloodline, a major-general!"

Professor Han felt a headache just thinking about this person: "I asked a friend to take him eastward towards Sha State, closer to Pingzhou territory. However, he can't be restrained for long, and the exact time is difficult to ascertain.

As for last night's other major-general, I couldn't investigate his identity clearly, I only sensed his presence vaguely, but I believe he does not belong to the Criminal and Inspectorate Office system."

"I see."
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At that moment, Lin Rui suddenly saw a picture among those files that made him tense up. He stood up abruptly from his seat with a 'whoosh', exclaiming, "This elixir bottle! Was this thing photographed inside Qin Yan's cave dwelling?"

He directly activated the holographic projection to show the picture to everyone.

Professor Han looked intently for a moment, "This is the footage captured by our drone that entered Qin Yan's cave dwelling. However, there were very powerful demons guarding it, and it was quickly destroyed. Is there something wrong with it?"

Lin Rui, stroking his chin, thought that this was interesting; it seemed like the heavens were about to hand him a fortune.

His lips gradually curved into a smile, and a bold idea took root in his mind.