Eight hidden doors, eight bookshelves.

Atop them lay densely packed bamboo scrolls.

Su Mo approached, casually picked one up and unrolled it, intending to skim through quickly, but he found himself frowning after just one glance.

Moments later, he set down that scroll and picked up another.

"What's wrong?"

Yang Xiaoyun quickly inquired upon seeing this.

Su Mo frowned deeply:

"Something's off about Baihu City's affairs.

"Just now, this scroll recorded one of their attempts.

"It mentioned they placed a Holy Artifact inside a fierce tiger, which then wailed for three days and nights, eventually dying."

"Holy Artifact..."

Yang Xiaoyun was startled; the High Priest had mentioned it before.

Their main rationale for seeking the Xinghai Relic Sand Iron was to repair the Holy Artifact.

Why now put the Holy Artifact inside a fierce tiger?

After pondering briefly, Yang Xiaoyun joined Su Mo in examining these bamboo scrolls, while Xu Lu searched elsewhere.

The content among these eight bookshelves varied.

The first one Su Mo found detailed an attempt from an unknown year, and after a long search, he still couldn't find the next volume.

Yang Xiaoyun, however, had some findings, speaking softly:

"I found something here; the record mentions the mysterious powers of the Emperor Heart Technique, a divine gift left to the descendants.

"Yet a divine presence envelops Baihu City, which, due to the Holy Artifact, prevents them from leaving.

"The power of the Emperor Heart Technique can only manifest within Baihu City.

"Once they leave Baihu City, they would lose all their martial arts.

"Not only that, this record states that the Tiger Lord provided them with a habitat, intended for them to thrive here.

"If they were to leave rashly, it would be seen as defying the Tiger Lord's will.

"If they defy the divine will, they would meet untimely deaths in the outside world."

Su Mo listened, his brows twisting into a knot: "What is all this chaos?"

No more findings as they continued flipping through.

The records were not categorized but randomly placed.

Aside from the two scrolls found by Su Mo and Yang Xiaoyun, most others were mere accounts from Baihu City itself.

For instance, in a certain month of a certain year, a plague occurred within Baihu City.

The High Priest and the Tiger Lord prayed for seven days, receiving a divine decree from the Tiger Lord who eventually concocted a Spirit Pill, saving everyone.

Another note mentioned that at one point, Baihu City was nearly annihilated when surrounded by formidable enemies.

The High Priest prayed before the Tiger Lord again, who then issued a divine decree causing a swarm of fierce tigers to descend from the mountains.

Thousands of fierce tigers came down and completely devoured these enemies...

These accounts were numerous and ambiguously true.

Besides these, there were also records of Jianghu people visiting Baihu City.

However, these were only briefly mentioned; the people of Baihu City clearly didn't care much about such visits.

Finally, Yang Xiaoyun spoke:

"Xiao Mo, take a look at this..."

She held a large volume of bamboo scrolls in her hands.

Amongst these eight bookshelves, it was particularly conspicuous.

Su Mo immediately moved beside Yang Xiaoyun, and upon looking up, the first sentence recorded on the bamboo scroll was:

[Da Xuan's four top masters attack, desiring our clan's Emperor Heart Technique!]

"We've found it."

Su Mo nodded instantly, flicked his hand, and the scroll unfurled on the ground.

Xu Lu also joined them, looking down at the bamboo scrolls on the floor.

Generally, what the High Priest said that day was essentially true.

The year that four top masters came to Baihu City aiming to acquire the Emperor Heart Technique, they made an agreement with Baihu City.

Each of the four masters would take turns, engaging in combat with the masters of Baihu City.

If Da Xuan's four masters won, Baihu City would hand over the Emperor Heart Technique without any resistance.

Otherwise, the four masters would leave Baihu City, and Da Xuan could not invade.

As they read on, only three of the four top masters indeed took action that year.

Each had their methods.

One emitted True Qi cold as ice, his fist and foot techniques could freeze water.

However, this person was the first to be defeated, simply because there wasn't much water at the site of combat.

It also didn't rain that day; although he defeated a few, he ultimately couldn't match the masters from Baihu City.

After several consecutive battles, he was defeated.

"Several consecutive battles..."

Yang Xiaoyun shook her head seeing this, "At such a critical moment, those who participate must have extraordinary martial arts.

"This person was only defeated after several back-to-back fights, showing his martial arts were indeed remarkable.

"And according to this scroll.

"If this person had been in a watery place, wouldn't he be unbeatable?"

Su Mo nodded slightly, continuing to read.

The second one from Da Xuan, as mentioned by the High Priest that day, appeared to be unskilled in martial arts.

However, the records in this classic were more detailed.

This person wasn't unskilled in martial arts but studied something extraordinary.

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