Chapter 165: Chapter 119: Divine Techniques, Earth Escape Technique!

A moment later, south of Jade Belt City.

Lin Chen followed the underground tunnel opened by the digging machine, diving over two hundred zhang deep into the ground.

In the pitch-dark underground, Lin Chen could only rely on his Divine Sense to explore the surroundings.

Upon reaching the end of the tunnel dug by the machine, Lin Chen saw another tunnel, about half a person’s height.

Bending down and crawling in, Lin Chen’s Divine Sense spread out like a tide.

After a brief observation, Lin Chen nodded and said:

“It is indeed a newly dug tunnel… And it doesn’t seem like it was dug by a snake-like creature, more like it was dug by a person…”

“But the craftsmanship of this digging, why does it feel more skillful than the digging machine?”

Lin Chen’s face showed a strange expression.

After some thought, he still decided to follow this underground tunnel to explore further.

Leaving Long Ba at the original spot, Lin Chen continued down the hole.

Meanwhile, Lin Chen kept his Divine Sense at maximum distance, able to perceive the situation nearly three hundred zhang away.

After a while, he estimated that he was already seven to eight hundred zhang from the surface.

Yet the tunnel still didn’t end…

Walking forward for another moment, Lin Chen stopped.

In his perception, there was a person’s aura about three hundred zhang away.

And that person was digging down the tunnel at an astonishing speed.

Even faster than the digging machine…

Lin Chen’s face showed a strange expression.

“Why does this person’s aura feel somewhat familiar?”

After carefully sensing it, Lin Chen identified the person’s identity.

“Isn’t this the Jade Belt Scholar who escaped from Jade Belt Mountain?”

“If that’s the case, then it makes sense…”

Lin Chen touched his chin, recalling the Jade Belt Scholar who used the Earth Escape Technique.

That Earth Escape Technique was extremely mysterious, so it’s not surprising that it could excavate tunnels at such an astonishing speed.

“In that case, it saves me some effort… If I could learn this Earth Escape Technique from the Jade Belt Scholar, wouldn’t that be much more convenient than a digging machine?”

With this in mind, Lin Chen concealed his cultivation and slowly approached the Jade Belt Scholar.

…

At the same time, the Jade Belt Scholar was diligently digging the tunnel.

While muttering to himself:

“Damn those guys, they actually sealed off Jade Belt City… Could it really be that they intend to sacrifice the city?”

“Thankfully, I have the Earth Escape Technique. Once I dig ten thousand zhang deep, hmph! Even a Nascent Soul Great Power… won’t be able to find me!”

The Jade Belt Scholar already had a plan in mind.

If he could directly dig his way out of the range of Jade Belt City, that would be ideal.

If he really couldn’t escape, he’d hide ten thousand zhang deep underground, wait a year or so, and then come out again…

In the blink of an eye, he dug several more zhang deep.

When he stopped to rest, he suddenly felt something was amiss. Turning his head, he saw a figure standing behind him.

Instinctively, he raised his Protective True Essence…

But it was completely useless!

A pitch-black Long Blade directly shattered his Protective True Essence.

His entire body was split in two by a tremendous force…

Pain spread throughout his flesh body, but he didn’t even have the chance to cry out.

Before dying, he had only one thought in his mind.

“How could someone find him a thousand zhang deep underground?”

After slaying the Jade Belt Scholar with one strike, Lin Chen let out a slight sigh of relief.

“This Earth Escape Technique can still be a bit troublesome a thousand zhang down… letting him escape would be a great loss!”

“It’s better to just kill him with one strike,”

Lin Chen muttered.

With that one strike, his strength was over a million jins, how could a mere Foundation Establishment Stage resist?

After killing the Jade Belt Scholar, Lin Chen took his Storage Bag and carefully searched it.

Easily erasing the Restrictions, he inserted his Divine Sense inside.

Lin Chen was somewhat surprised; there were quite a few good things in this Storage Bag.

The Jade Belt Scholar had been a Tribulation Cultivator for many years, and probably had fortuitous encounters in the past.

The Storage Bag alone contained over thirty thousand Spirit Stones, enough for Lin Chen’s cultivation needs for the next hundred days.

In addition, there were many Magical Treasures, Pills, and piles of various ancient books and storybooks…

“Tsk tsk, as a scholar, he naturally loves reading books…”

Lin Chen muttered, noting that the Jade Belt Scholar had collected no less than a thousand ancient books and various Cultivation Techniques.

Of course, most of them were common.

But there were dozens that looked unusual, seemingly rare copies unearthed from ancient ruins.

Besides, Lin Chen discovered that the Jade Belt Scholar liked reading storybooks.

Especially stories about scholars and fox demons falling in love…

Just in this category, there were over a hundred books.

A closer look at the author’s name revealed that it was the Jade Belt Scholar himself.

Seeing this, a strange expression inevitably crossed Lin Chen’s eyes.

“Tsk tsk, who would’ve thought the Jade Belt Scholar had such a hobby…”

After carefully searching for a long time, Lin Chen finally found what he wanted.

A Jade Scroll.

A Jade Scroll documenting the Earth Escape Technique!

Sinking his mind into the Jade Scroll, Lin Chen carefully read through it.

Half a two-hour later, Lin Chen’s eyes flashed with amazement.

“This Earth Escape Technique is indeed extraordinary… It turns out to be a Divine Technique found in ancient ruins!”

Indeed, the Earth Escape Technique was the first Divine Technique Lin Chen had encountered!

In the Cultivation Realm, not every Technique can be called a Divine Technique.

For example, the Caged Bird or Yin Wood Force that Lin Chen learned previously.

Can only be considered Techniques.

Techniques are relatively common, with decent power but lower energy consumption when casting spells.

Like the various Major Sects in the Yanlai Realm, they mostly possess Techniques.

But more rare and valuable than Techniques are Divine Techniques!

The most significant feature of Divine Techniques is their immense power and high consumption on Magical True Essence!

For instance, with minor mastery of this Earth Escape Technique, digging a thousand zhang in a day is no problem…

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