The martial arts listed after this page include many legendary techniques that Emily Carter and the others have heard of, such as "Demon Emperor Canon," "Human Emperor Golden Book," and "Phoenix Rebirth Art." There are also the fundamental techniques of certain sects, like "Heavenly Emperor Jade Codex," "True Martial Seven Sections Sutra," and "Supreme Sword Scripture."

Moreover, except for the "Heavenly Emperor Jade Codex," which is missing the middle volume, and the "Human Emperor Golden Book," which lacks the third page, all the others are complete versions!

"It's actually the complete version..." Jason Bolton's eyes narrowed slightly, and Emily Carter also placed her right hand on her sword hilt.

As proud disciples of their sects, seeing their own core divine arts listed here and available for exchange, they naturally found it hard to remain calm.

Normally, for anyone coveting their sect's martial arts, the major sects would never let them go, even if they had to pursue them to the ends of the earth.

Eric Bennett was not yet a qualified Shaolin disciple, so he didn't feel this as deeply. Instead, he was shocked by several "familiar" martial arts at the bottom of the page, such as "Heavenly Demon Slaughtering God Strategy," "Huntian Treasure Mirror," and "Holy Demon Primal Embryo."

On this page, the lowest exchange price for these divine arts was 150,000 merit points for the "Muscle/Tendon Changing Classic," while the highest, such as "Tathagata Divine Palm" and other peerless arts, reached one million, making one's blood boil with excitement.

Chapter 9: Hidden Emperor Fortress

"Heh, the 'World-shocking Book' of the Zhao clan from the Divine Capital is here too." Olivia Parker seemed to have a strong dislike for the Zhao clan of the Divine Capital, her tone laced with obvious schadenfreude.

The Zhao clan of the Divine Capital, one of the fourteen great families, is the current imperial family of Great Jin!

Eric Bennett had heard from William that after the Middle Ages, the great families, in order to resist the oppression of the sects, united to establish dynasties, jointly electing the strongest family as the imperial house. For a time, the world was astir, with the great families and sects splitting the world evenly. But later, the family that became the imperial house seemed to gain some tremendous benefit from ascending the throne, and with the sects sowing discord, the other families grew greedy, causing the dynasties to change hands several times. Currently, things have stabilized with the two great empires of Great Jin and Great Zhou (Northern Zhou).

Among them, Great Jin has nine great families, with power comparable to the sects, while Northern Zhou has only five great families, and is quite restricted by the sects.

"The 'Heart Stillness Beyond the World Chapter' and 'Heavenly Substitute Divine Fist' of the Changle Gao clan are here too, with exchange prices similar to the 'World-shocking Book,' both around 150,000 merit points— a full 250,000 less than my sect's 'Heavenly Emperor Jade Codex.' Heh, and that's even for the incomplete 'Heavenly Emperor Jade Codex.'" Lucas's mood seemed to have improved a lot.

Being so young, they momentarily forgot they were in an unknown environment, instinctively comparing the value of their sects' core techniques by the "exchange price," and the result made Lucas very happy and proud.

The Changle Gao clan is the imperial family of Northern Zhou.

"There are so many divine arts here that I've never even heard of..." Emily Carter saw that her own "Supreme Sword Scripture" could only be exchanged for 250,000 merit points, and felt a bit down, quickly changing the subject.

Eric Bennett quietly nodded. Even someone as "well-informed" as himself hadn't heard of more than half of these techniques.

The "Lord of Six Paths of Reincarnation" didn't give them a chance to keep looking. The light screen flipped, revealing the second page, titled "Dharmakaya-level Divine Arts."

The light screen, over ten meters tall, flipped rapidly, taking three full pages to display all the divine arts at this level. Although they flashed by quickly, Eric Bennett still caught glimpses of "Great Dream True Sutra," "Diamond Indestructible Divine Art," "Tathagata Divine Palm," and each move of the "Heaven-severing Seven Swords" split apart. The exchange prices ranged from ten thousand to one hundred thirty thousand.

After that, the light screen displayed "Exterior-level Peerless Arts," "Aperture-opening Martial Arts," "Qi Accumulation Stage Martial Arts," and "Foundation Establishment Basics." Eric Bennett vaguely saw "Ananda's Precept-breaking Saber Technique," "Nine Yang Divine Art," "Nine Yin True Sutra," and so on.

"Arhat Fist, exchange price: two merit points..." Eric Bennett looked at the last few lines on the final page and suddenly felt so "poor."

"These are the prices for exchanging for manuals. If you want to directly learn them, the price is doubled, up to five times the original." The "Lord of Six Paths of Reincarnation" spoke again in a cold voice. Then the golden light faded, and a silvery-white light screen appeared.

"Peerless Divine Weapon Register." Eric Bennett squinted as he read the words at the top.

"Human Emperor Sword, forged by the Human Emperor, number one in the Way of Kings, missing, exchange price: nine hundred thousand merit points." Emily Carter read along, then chuckled, "So many are missing on this page."

There were only ten divine weapons on this page, but six of them were marked as "missing."

Lucas laughed loudly: "Of course! Who doesn't know the 'Blade of Time' is in my Xuantian Sect? Time is like a blade, every cut ages you!"

This was the third item listed among the peerless divine weapons: "Blade of Time, suspected to be forged by the Heavenly Emperor, number one in mystery, missing, exchange price: nine hundred thousand merit points."

There were four items on this page not marked as missing: the "Nether Sea Sword," number one in killing; the "Reincarnation Seal," number one in mystery; the "Demon Emperor Claw," number one in filth; and the "Bodhi Wondrous Tree," which can cleanse anything.

"All of these actually exist..." Eric Bennett once again felt like he was dreaming— all the legendary artifacts were here!