Li Xiu held the two copies of the Damo Sword Techniques in silence for a moment, feeling a little strange, but he couldn't figure out why.
He then gave up and threw the Damo Sword Techniques to Xiao Zhao, telling her to pack up all the martial arts secret technique's on the third floor of the Hidden scriptures Cabinet and take them away.
It was hard to come here and not take anything, even if he couldn't practice other secret technique skills, he could at least study them a little during his spare time to enrich his knowledge of martial arts.
After all, these were much more sophisticated than the martial arts classics of those small sects, and could greatly enrich Li Xiu's knowledge of martial arts.
Seeing that Li Xiu was summoning her, Xiao Zhao had no choice but to tear off a piece of the long curtain on the third floor of the Hidden scriptures Cabinet and put all kinds of secret manuals in it, making a large package.
She didn't trust the thin-faced monk, so she had to carry it on her own back.
Although dozens of classics were quite heavy, they were nothing for Xiao Zhao, who was not weak in martial arts.
However, such a large package on the back of a thin and weak woman looked a bit pitiable.
Unfortunately, Li Xiu seemed to have no heart to pity her, and walked to the stairs leading to the third floor as if it was the most natural thing to do.
The thin-faced monk, wanting to show that he was not running away, quickly followed Li Xiu and only left Xiao Zhao behind in the vast third floor of the Hidden scriptures Cabinet.
Xiao Zhao was helpless, knowing that this was probably going to fall on her own head, but she was still unhappy and stomped her feet a few times.
She was not the type to have a tantrum like a little girl.
She hoped that these stomps would shake off some dust and make the wicked man who was walking down the stairs eat some dirt, at least dirty his pure white clothes.
She could also vent some of her anger.
When Xiao Zhao walked down the stairs, she saw that there was actually some fine dirt on Li Xiu's back shoulder.
It seemed that the hundreds of Shaolin monks were not able to wrinkle his clothes or stain them with even a drop of blood, but she was able to do it just by lightly tapping her feet.
He was unaware of this.
Suddenly, most of the resentment in Xiao Zhao's heart dissipated, and a smile appeared on her face unconsciously, making her beautiful and attractive.
This scene naturally fell into Li Xiu's eyes, but he only felt that it was childish, like a child.
He naturally noticed the dust falling off, but his clothes were already sweat-stained from the previous martial arts battle and were about to be washed, so Li Xiu didn't care.
Furthermore, he could have easily used his sleeves to sweep away the dust, but he felt that it would be foolish to use his martial arts skills for such a trivial matter, so he didn't give it any further thought.
After leaving the Hidden scriptures Cabinet, the thin-faced monk's intestines were green with regret.
Why wasn't there a single internal cultivation method in the Hidden scriptures Cabinet?
Perhaps after obtaining the five secret technique skills, he should have stopped looking and maybe he would be down the mountain by now.
But no matter what, now that the wood has become a boat, he knows that he probably won't be able to escape in front of Li Xiu, who is extremely skilled in martial arts.
He then changed his strategy and only hoped that he could please this person and let himself off the hook.
The thin-faced monk actively suggested to take Li Xiu to the Zen temple where the abbot of Shaolin Kong Xing practiced, and Li Xiu also had this intention, indicating that the thin-faced monk could lead the way.
In no time, Li Xiu and the others arrived at the Zen temple.
Although the Zen temple was not particularly grand, it was peaceful and elegant, looking like a good place to cultivate and attain enlightenment.
Although small, it had all the necessary facilities, with ancient trees, flowers, and shrubs, and small wells in all directions.
The practice and stone training areas were also complete.
As soon as they pushed open the door, a good smell of Zen incense came to their faces, making them feel peaceful and calm.
Rows of sandalwood bookshelves were filled with Buddhist scriptures and ancient books, and on top of a large yellow sandalwood case, there were all the necessary writing utensils and paper.
On the heated bed, there was a small table with an ancient and fragrant black and green incense burner on it.
Although the things in this room were not eye-catching and there was no trace of dazzling jewels, they were all rare treasures in the world and were priceless.
However, Li Xiu did not come for these things, and it was not possible that there were only these things on the surface.
The three of them looked around and searched. After a while, Xiao Zhao moved aside a small cabinet and found a protrusion behind it, pressing down on it with her hand.
"Click!"
A slight mechanical sound sounded, and a Zen character pendant on the wall was moved aside, revealing a secret cabinet.
Ignoring the hint of malice and desire for credit in Xiao Zhao's eyes, Li Xiu stepped forward to examine it.
There was no complicated mechanism, but the secret cabinet itself and the palm-sized lock on it were made of special materials.
The whole body was deep black, but when it was illuminated, there was a strange red light on the surface! Li Xiu fiddled with it and found that the small lock was not heavy, but a rough sense of touch revealed that it weighed several jins, which was very strange.
"It's dark iron! My goodness, it's actually dark iron, such a large piece!"
After looking at it for a while, Xiao Zhao finally remembered that the appearance of the secret cabinet and lock matched that of the legendary dark iron.
Li Xiu heard this and slightly frowned. If it were ordinary iron, he could easily crush it into a ball with a moment of effort.
However, if it were dark Iron, his Nine Yang True Qi would not be able to do much about it in a short amount of time.
Fortunately, the Yitian Sword, which is one of the two divine weapons in the martial arts world that can break this material, is in his hand.
As soon as Xiao Zhao saw Li Xiu put his hand on the sword handle, she immediately became alarmed and quickly retreated, fearing that the Yitian Sword's energy would hurt her.
Thin-faced monk was even more flustered than Xiao Zhao. His face turned pale and his legs went weak, almost falling as he retreated a few steps.
He subconsciously thought that Li Xiu wanted to kill him after achieving his goal, but he relaxed when he saw that Li Xiu was still looking at the small cabinet.
"Swish!"
A clear and bright sword light flashed and returned, and the small lock dropped as expected.
Li Xiu only used the edge of the sword itself, after all, the material of the Yitian sword was stronger than that of the dark Iron.
If he had used sword qi, he might have accidentally sliced open the small cabinet and everything inside it.
When the small cabinet was opened, there were several secret manuals and two jade bottles, one green and one yellow, as well as a yellow cloth-wrapped scroll.
Xiao Zhao played with the black iron lock in her hand, and also cast her curious gaze into the cabinet.
Li Xiu first looked through the secret manuals, all of which were advanced internal martial arts techniques from Shaolin.
Li Xiu was familiar with the Shaolin Nine Yang manual, as well as the Muscle/Tendon Changing Classic.
He then unwrapped the silk cloth and took out the old scroll inside.
The cover had strange, unfamiliar writing.
Li Xiu guessed that it was Sanskrit and briefly looked through it.
He found that the diagrams of the meridians and flow of energy inside were exactly the same as those in the Muscle/Tendon Changing Classic, and he estimated that it must be the original version of the Muscle/Tendon Changing Classic.
Unfortunately, it was still missing the Washing Marrow Classic, but Li Xiu had already anticipated this.
It is well known in the martial arts world that the Washing Marrow Classic, left behind by Damo as the most powerful technique at Shaolin, was lost when the temple was destroyed.
It is not surprising that Shaolin, which values its reputation above all else, would not fabricate such a thing.
Li Xiu took out the two bottles, one green and one yellow.
Without needing Li Xiu to identify them, the bottles were labeled with writing on them.
One was a small returning elixir, and the other was a large returning elixir.
These were the famous elixirs of Shaolin, known throughout the martial arts world!
The small returning elixir was especially valued for its ability to heal injuries and increase a person's martial arts skill for many years.
The large returning elixir was even more valuable, as it not only healed injuries and increased martial arts skill, but also allowed a person to survive as long as they had a single breath left.
It could even increase a person's skill by a decade or more!
These rare and valuable elixirs are difficult to find, and it is difficult to create them.
It is often the case that Shaolin only obtains a few of them every hundred years or so.
Now, the accumulation of Shaolin's treasures over the past hundred years has been cheaply obtained by Li Xiu, with five small returning elixirs and three large returning elixirs all being placed into his hands.