NOVPUBAs Qinchuan watched the hunchbacked elder produce a silver page, he was momentarily taken aback, feeling a sense of familiarity with it.
He took the silver page and examined it with his Innate Pupils. The ancient characters, as tiny as specks of dust, immediately became clear in his sight.
"This is…"
Having seen the ancient characters on the silver page, Qinchuan couldn't help but reveal a look of peculiarity.
For, it was quite the coincidence.
The ancient characters on the silver page chronicled an Ancient Named Technique.
And this technique was somehow connected to his past.
The technique, known as the Seven Absolute Devouring Sword Technique, was something a follower under his command had spontaneously created after receiving his guidance. The technique was powerful, profound, and enigmatic—comparable to even some Imperial Dao Treasured Arts.
However, the silver page only described the First Layer of this Ancient Named Technique, and it wasn't complete.
"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
The hunched elder had been paying close attention to Qinchuan and noticed his furrowed brow and peculiar expression after examining the page. He became anxious.
If Qinchuan couldn't translate the information on the silver page for him, he didn't know where else to find someone who understood the Immortal Ancient Script to help him with the translation.
Qinchuan shook his head and said, "Translating it isn't an issue. However, I would like to know where you obtained this silver page from?"
The hunchbacked elder spoke up, "All you need do is translate for me. Other matters concern you not."
"Ordinarily that is indeed the case. Our transaction should mean I oughtn't ask more. Yet this silver page is somewhat connected to me," Qinchuan said.
Instantly, the old man's gaze sharpened, his expression chilling, "Connected to you? Are you possibly thinking of wresting this item from my grasp? Even so, you ought to come up with a better-sounding excuse!"
He certainly didn't believe the item truly had any connection to Qinchuan.
For, the hunchbacked elder had obtained the silver page from an ancient, perilous secret realm, a place silent for untold years. He had accidentally stumbled into it by chance and fortuitously acquired the page.
And now, the sixteen-year-old youth before him was claiming a connection to this silver page. Wasn't that outright nonsense?
Qinchuan shook his head and said, "You are overthinking it. I have no need to fight over this item with you."
As he was speaking, Qinchuan casually tossed the silver page back to the elder.
The Seven Absolute Devouring Sword Technique had been developed under his guidance by a follower back then.
Having mastered the complete Seven Absolute Devouring Sword Technique himself, why would he vie for the other's incomplete First Layer?
As for reclaiming the legacy, that was unnecessary too.
Qinchuan placed great value on fate.
If the other party could acquire this First Layer and also meet him, it indicated some destiny with the technique.
Seeing Qinchuan return the page, the hunched elder hurriedly caught it, his gaze towards Qinchuan now filled with a bewildered amazement.
He had originally thought Qinchuan's words were an attempt to snatch the silver page, but he did not expect the other to casually throw it back. This left him rather puzzled.
"You really don't want to take this page?"
The hunchbacked old man stared at Qinchuan with suspicion, his eyes still full of vigilance.
Qinchuan chuckled and said, "This item indeed records an ancient named technique. You obtaining it is your destiny. As for taking it from you, I don't need to do such a thing."
"The ancient named technique recorded on this page is called the Seven Absolute Devouring Sword Technique. The technique has seven layers, each layer contains a powerful move, and the complexity is no less than that of the Imperial Dao Treasured Art."
"The page you hold in your hand records only the first of the Seven Absolute Devouring Sword Technique."
Qinchuan spoke confidently, causing the hunchbacked old man to involuntarily contract his pupils and his breathing to become rapid.
He had possessed the silver page for quite some time and had sought countless Ancient Books, learning the Immortal Ancient Script, albeit unsuccessfully, but he managed to translate a few words and phrases from the silver page.
Thus, he knew the silver page indeed recorded a powerful ancient named technique known as the Seven Absolute Devouring Sword Technique.
It was precisely because he had confirmed this that he felt an even more urgent desire to translate this secret ancient technique.
At this moment, Qinchuan's words perfectly matched the snippets of information he had pieced together from the endless Ancient Books, indicating to the old man that Qinchuan was not deceiving him; the other party truly understood this Immortal Ancient Script.
"The Oral Incantation of the first layer of the Seven Absolute Devouring Sword Technique clanged with the sound of swords, as the Qi surged mightily, Condensing Qi at..."
Seeing the hunchbacked old man still on guard, Qinchuan directly recited the Oral Incantation of the first layer of the Seven Absolute Devouring Sword Technique.
The hunchbacked old man, after checking the Ancient Books word by word and spending thousands of years of effort, had already translated some of the words.
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Now, the Oral Incantation recited by Qinchuan astonishingly included these words, immediately stunning the hunchbacked old man.
Qinchuan had only briefly glanced at the content on the silver page, and it was impossible to fully memorize such a profound ancient named technique with just a cursory look.
Yet, at this moment, Qinchuan recited the incantation so fluently, proving that what he had said before was true; he indeed had a connection with this item.
But this was somewhat ludicrous.
A teenager knowing the Oral Incantation of an ancient named technique dating back tens of thousands of years, or even earlier, was too inconceivable.
"Whew..."
He took a deep breath, looked at Qinchuan, and said, "I believe you indeed have a connection with this item."
Then, after a moment of contemplation, he spoke, "It's no harm telling you, I found this item over a thousand years ago, in a hidden ancient realm."
"An ancient hidden realm?"
Qinchuan replied with slight surprise, "Where is this realm?"
"On the border between Tianyuan Nation and Great Yan Ancient Kingdom, there is a concealed valley that hides an abandoned ancient realm. The space inside is very unstable. I ventured inside to explore and found this item," the hunchbacked old man said.
Qinchuan nodded upon hearing this, not saying much else, but inwardly, he was deep in thought. The companion from his past had long since entered the Divine Realm.
This silver page should have been passed down to his descendants and treated as a family legacy. How did it end up in an abandoned ancient realm at the border between Tianyuan Nation and Great Yan Ancient Kingdom?
Moreover, he remembered that the family established by his old companion wasn't located in Great Yan Ancient Kingdom or Tianyuan Nation, but rather in the far-off western reaches of the Eastern Wastes.
Shaking his head, Qinchuan handed the Oral Incantation of the first layer of the Seven Absolute Devouring Sword Technique to the hunchbacked old man and said, "I have done what I promised. Within seven days, I want information about the Gongshan Clan."
