The night grew deep.
In a room, Zhao Qiong held a book in her hand, reading it with acute interest.
Across from her, Li San Lang was studying the various fist techniques within the piece of bone he was given.
Suddenly, Li San Lang put the piece of bone down and stood up.
âWhatâs the matter?â Zhao Qiong asked.
âToiletâ Li San Lang replied.
âAhâ
Zhao Qiong looked down and continued reading her thick book.
As expected, Li San Lang didnât cause any grudge, so during the entire Apocalypse, no grudgeful spirit appeared to take his life.
Now that the Apocalypse is over, there wouldnât be any more danger.
Creak!
The bathroom door was closed, followed by the sound of water and the window opening.
An orange cat appeared from the darkness and silently leapt onto the window sill.
Li San Lang disappeared, turning into a sword and fading behind the orange catâs back, while the orange cat landed on the floor of the toilet, returning to Li San Langâs appearance.
A few moments later.
Li San Lang left.
âSenior Zhao, if youâre sleepy, you should rest now, itâs already fine todayâ he said.
Zhao Qiong smiled: âNo, since Iâm already here, I want to make sure that youâre safe for the entire night. Iâll be sleeping on the sofa tonightâ
Gu Qing Shan tried persuading her a few more times, but despite how gentle and warm Zhao Qiong appeared, she was extremely obstinate about this and insisted on protecting Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan could only let her do as she pleased
He then returned to his room, plopped himself onto his bed, and soon entered a dream.
[Night Cruiser] was activated once again!
This time, Gu Qing Shan didnât have any real purpose, he did so purely to train his ability.
...
An uneventful night.
At dawn, Li Qiu Yu returned.
âWas he good yesterday?â Li Qiu Yu asked Zhao Qiong directly.
âVery, he just sat still for a while after the meal, after the Apocalypse was over, he went to sleepâ Zhao Qiong replied.
âDid any grudgeful spirits come to mess with him?â Li Qiu Yu asked.
âHm... some chickens, and ducks, goats, fishesâ Zhao Qiong replied.
âPfftâ-â
Li Qiu Yu couldnât hold back her laughter, and Zhao Qiong also followed.
They were definitely cattle he killed when he was learning how to cook.
This little guy really is interesting.
ââ-they didnât know that occasionally, when Gu Qing Shan was so busy that he couldnât make food, Shannu would help him slaughter a few cattle.
As for when Gu Qing Shan faced the Grudgeful Spirits Apocalypse, due to the Soul Shriekerâs appearance, the cattle he killed didnât have the courage to appear together with this monster even in death.
That was why things turned out the way they did.
The two of them smiled while looking at the kitchen.
A figure that wasnât too tall was busy toiling away in there.
After breakfast, Zhao Qiong bid them farewell, Li Qiu Yu had to return to HQ to write her report, while Gu Qing Shan had class, so the three of them went their separate ways.
The Study Lodge.
This morning, every student was present in the room, no one was missing.
An old man with a goatee walked into the room.
He cleared his throat, then curtly said: âToday, weâre going to learn about the Professionsâ
A piece of rock appeared in his hand.
âAs you all know, within our Tomb of Myriad Beasts, there are a total of three Professionsââ-â
Quite a few called out loudly: âSpirit Linked Martial Artists, Weapon Wielders, Bone Masters!â
âIndeedâ the old man put the rock on the podium, then emphasized: âBut keep in mind, these are merely the Professions of our world. In truth, within the boundless void, the number of Professions are constantly growing day by day, no one knows the exact number of these combative Professions at any given timeâ
âUnderstood!â the students all answered in unison.
âGood, now weâre going to experience the power of Weapon Wielders. Let me ask, which one of you had never been in my class before?â the old man asked.
Everyone turned around at once to look at Gu Qing Shan.
He was new, so he had only been in the history and practical combat classes.
âLittle one, whatâs your name?â the old man asked.
âLi Qiu Shanâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
âAh, I know you, youâre the little brother of Blades Venerate and Serenity, come, get up to the podiumâ the old man gently said.
Gu Qing Shan followed.
ââhe didnât know exactly what it meant to be a Weapon Wielder in this world, so Gu Qing Shan was quite curious.
âHold that piece of rock tightlyâ the old man told him.
âYesâ
Gu Qing Shan looked at the rock.
The rock was dirty and dusty, almost like an unassuming piece of broken tile.
Whatâs going to happen?
Gu Qing Shan reached his hand to take the piece of broken tile.
Suddenly, the broken tile flickered, then split off into a pair of sharp and glimmering new daggers in each of his hands.
âWhoa!â
Gu Qing Shan called out in surprise.
The two daggers then led him forward to perform an entire set of vicious assassination techniques in the empty air.
Following that, sparks of glittering flames manifested into strings that continuously circled around Gu Qing Shan.
Is this a kind of protection?
While Gu Qing Shan was thinking, a cold gleam appeared on the daggers, then suddenly flew several meters forward, slicing the air with an ear-ringing noise.
âLet go!â
The old man shouted, then slapped Gu Qing Shanâs wrist to knock the two daggers to the ground.
He then lightly pressed the void of space.
The cold gleam that flew outwards instantly disappeared.
Gu Qing Shan looked down, only to see the two daggers had once again turned into a dusty piece of rock that laid motionlessly on the ground.
âAlright, return to your seatâ
âYes, teacherâ
Gu Qing Shan returned to his seat and sat down.
ââhow wondrous.
Not only did the weapon carry a set of assassination techniques, but it also had a power similar to Thaumaturgy.
And I could clearly feel that wasnât the limit of the daggerâs power.
It still had other abilities.
The old man said: âAlright, let me explain brieflyâ
âIn the great tomb, there are countless armor, weapons, as well as other treasuresâ
âWhenever the Apocalypse descends upon our world from the great tomb, they would occasionally bring with them powerful artifactsâ
âEach of these artifacts contain unimaginable power, some even carry their own sentience that can help us perform spirit linking, obtaining certain abilities, inheritance, and techniques from withinâ
âAmong us, some can naturally connect with these artifacts more easily than others, obtain their approval, thus becoming their new mastersâ
âThese are Weapon Wieldersâ
âAs for Bone Masters, there is a higher prerequisite to perform spirit linkingâ
Saying so, the old man took out a thin piece of white bone and placed it on the table.
âThis one is dangerous, so I canât let you touch itâ
Saying so, he tapped the white bone with his finger.
It lightly trembled.
Instantly, the void started to warp and split apart revealing an eerie corpse in front of them all.
This was a woman wearing a destroyed set of armor, her skin was dark purple colored with both of her eyes closed, silently standing in the void.
âSome of the bone fragments contain the will and consciousness of their owners while they were still alive, which we are able to connect to through a unique method, fully manifesting themâ
The old man pointed at the female corpse and said: âAs you can see, this piece of bone used to be a part of her bones. When I use a Bone Masterâs secret technique to wield the bone, I can manifest her consciousness and make her appear like thisâ
âThere are two factors in determining the combat strength when summoning the original owners of the bones this way. The first is how powerful the original owner of the bone used to be, and secondly how strong the spirit link is when using the secret technique to connect to themâ
âI have been performing spirit linking with his female warriorâs corpse for over 100 years, now capable of exerting 30% of her fighting strength when she was still aliveâ
âWhen fighting against the Apocalypse, she fights alongside meâ
The entire classroom was silent.
The students were watching the female corpse in both fear and admiration.
âHave you remembered everything Iâve said? This is a very high-levelled spirit linking, which requires ample knowledge, secret techniques, and naturally, also talentâ the old man raised his voice a bit.
He then pointed at the white bone from afar.
The female corpse swiftly disappeared.
The old man rolled up his sleeves, then continued: âGood, next weâll talk about Spirit Linked Martial Artistsâ
âThis one is very interestingâââ as the martial artist inheritances weâve obtained through spirit linking had always originated from deep within the great tomb, locations that even now, we would not step foot intoâ
âThose who become Spirit Linked Martial Artists would usually obtain some especially powerful martial arts secret techniquesâ
âAll in all, these three Professions of our Tomb of Myriad Beasts, even among the infinite worlds of the void, are considerably famousâ
âBecause we have this tomb that not only contains countless Apocalypses but also countless treasuresâ
âââ-It is part of the Samsaraâs secret, waiting for us to excavateâ