Urban Wolf King

Chapter 1252 1163: Rejuvenation Technique

Wang Yan had no idea that his whereabouts were completely known to the Yin Yang Half-Venerable. He kept leaping over layer upon layer of palaces, silently counting the number of Nine Palaces in his heart, and soon stopped in front of a palace.

This palace was actually the central location of the second palace layer, and indeed this palace was somewhat different from the others.

The front of other palaces was empty, but the front of this palace had two water pools dug out, both filled with clear water.

Seeing the two pools in front of the palace made Wang Yan smile.

In ancient times, houses that stored books would inevitably have water pools or tanks in front to quickly draw water to extinguish fires in case of a blaze.

Therefore, this palace must contain books.

At that moment, Wang Yan flicked his body, dashed to the doorway, and with another flash, he pushed open the door and entered the palace.

Upon entering the palace, a wave of dust greeted him, and before Wang Yan's eyes was row after row of bookshelves.

Each bookshelf almost reached the top of the hall, which was several zhang high, and thus these bookshelves were also towering.

Furthermore, the entire palace had fifteen such bookshelves, each filled with books, and at a glance, the room seemed overflowing with books, totaling tens of thousands.

Seeing this, Wang Yan was taken aback, thinking: Could all these books be the method for refining Soldier Terracotta Warriors?

Wang Yan quickly walked to the first bookshelf, picked up a book at random, and opened it.

The book was empty, a book without words.

Wang Yan furrowed his brows and picked up another one nearby, which was also a book without words.

His frown deepened as he moved swiftly between the fifteen bookshelves, but no matter which book he picked up, they all had no words.

Standing before the tall bookshelves, Wang Yan's brow tightened as he stopped.

He thought to himself: The other palaces I visited showed traces of previous visitors, but this one seemed untouched. Just moments ago I was puzzled, but now it seems everyone has encountered a dead end with these books without words.

Yet this palace subtly hints at the number of Nine Palaces, it should contain treasures, why are they all blank books?

Wang Yan wanted to go through all these tens of thousands of books, but flipping through them one by one could take a day.

In Qinrong Palace, time waits for no one, not to mention there's a high possibility of outsiders entering, and he needs to quickly get into the third palace room.

Seeing the promising chance of obtaining the method for refining Soldier Terracotta Warriors, yet facing defeat at the crucial moment, Wang Yan grew more anxious.

He wanted to leave and enter the third palace room directly, but felt unwilling to leave, so he paced back and forth under the fifteen bookshelves, constantly pondering.

"Fifteen bookshelves, let's consider them as subtly implying the number of Nine Palaces."

"But these fifteen bookshelves have nothing to do with the Nine Palaces."

"Could it be that the placement of these scrolls is related to the Nine Palaces?"

Wang Yan immediately looked up, but each bookshelf had 27 layers, not the number of Nine Palaces.

The more Wang Yan thought, the more agitated he became, and he was on the verge of losing confidence entirely.

However, suddenly, Wang Yan's eyes lit up, he clapped his hands and exclaimed: "Yes, 27 layers of bookshelves, 27 layers of scrolls, isn't this a multiple of nine? Although not the number of Nine Palaces, it's derived from the Nin Palace number."

Thinking of this, Wang Yan's heart began to race.

Looking up at the bookshelves, he indeed found faint handprints on the ninth, eighteenth, and twenty-seventh layers of the bookshelf, indicating that others had thought of this problem before.

Though they had thought about it, they must have been unable to solve this threefold derivation of the Nine Palaces number.

Wang Yan's lips curled into a slight smile.

Back at Wanghai Noble School, Wang Yan had meticulously studied mathematics, and now it was put to use.

Indeed, learning is endless.

After a brief ponder, Wang Yan silently recited the Nine Palaces Formula: "One occupies the upper central position, fill diagonally in sequence and don't forget; when out of the frame move downwards, when rightwards move left; fill repeated numbers in the lower grid, repeat pattern in the upper right."

Reciting it in his heart, he walked to the third bookshelf, hovered into the air, flew to the eighteenth row, and grabbed the thirty-sixth scroll on the eighteenth layer.

Landing on the ground, Wang Yan's hands trembled slightly with excitement.

Slowly opening the scroll, his hopeful eyes fixated on it.

But as the scroll opened, Wang Yan's expression changed, instantly looking disappointed.

Because this scroll was also wordless.

"Did I guess wrong?" Wang Yan's mind raced.

"No, I wasn't wrong, I should trust myself, it must be another problem."

With this thought, Wang Yan's eyes brightened and he fully opened the scroll; and inside the inner part of the scroll, he found a green bamboo piece.

Though it was bamboo, it emanated a gentle glow like jade.

The bamboo piece was carved with three small characters in seal script: "Rejuvenation Technique."

"Why is it called the Rejuvenation Technique? And not the refining method?"

Wang Yan wondered as he held up the bamboo piece.

With Wang Yan holding the small bamboo piece, countless content flooded into his mind, and the method for refining Soldier Terracotta Warriors appeared in his mind.

With Black Kun Stone as the body, Yin Soul as the heart, condensed and formed, refined into shape.

Wang Yan's heart surged with excitement, this indeed was the method for refining Soldier Terracotta Warriors.

With this thought, Wang Yan hastily placed the bamboo piece into the Starlight Ring, now with the refining skill, Wang Yan felt assured in the Underworld.

With that, Wang Yan turned to leave the palace.

But as he turned, he suddenly stopped, thinking: No, according to my Nine Palaces Formula calculation, these bookshelves should have three places hiding treasures, why did I only find the refining technique after discovering one place? Strange.

With this thought, Wang Yan immediately turned, flew to the sixth and eleventh bookshelves, and respectively grabbed two scrolls among the thousands.

Fully opening these two scrolls, indeed he found two identical bamboo pieces inside the scrolls.

Wang Yan held the two bamboo pieces in his hand and looked closely.

The two bamboo pieces bore the same three characters: "Rejuvenation Technique."

Except one was marked two, and another marked three.

Does this Rejuvenation Technique have three levels?

But the first level is already refining Soldier Terracotta Warriors, what are the other two levels?

Wang Yan immediately picked up the two bamboo pieces, but there was no refining information entering his mind, only a simple message—only by mastering the previous level can the next level be opened.

Seeing this, Wang Yan felt pleased, indicating that the latter two levels of the refining skill were deeper than the previous one.

Wang Yan had obtained the three tiers of Rejuvenation Technique, and was overjoyed.

This action was indeed a great success.

With that, Wang Yan turned and exited the palace, ready to leave.

But just as he stepped out of the palace door, a bloody scent suddenly descended from the sky, rushing towards Wang Yan.