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The funeral of Deng Youtai, Gang Leader of the Beggars' Sect, was conducted with grand solemnity.

It was said that on the day of the burial, all the Elders and Helmsmen of the Beggars' Sect's sub-rudders attended, along with many from the martial arts circles and nearly a hundred thousand disciples of the Beggars' Sect who spontaneously came to escort the old Gang Leader on his final journey.

As such, Deng Youtai's grave site was easy to locate; Ma Lu simply asked around and was pointed in the right direction. Furthermore, he inquired with a few more people and found the burial sites of three senior Beggars' Sect members, one of whom was Deng Youtai's mentor, and who was buried close to Deng Youtai, a convenient circumstance for Ma Lu to pay respect to both at once.

Ma Lu and Gu Qingyi left the city before the gates closed, but they didn't rush to start their work, waiting patiently until the second watch of the night when most people were asleep before stealthily making their way to the western base of the city's mountains.

Their luck was good; they didn't encounter anyone nearby.

Ma Lu quickly found Deng Youtai's tombstone, which had a line of large characters inscribed on it—Grave of Deng Youtai, the Thirteenth Gang Leader of the Beggars' Sect.

He then had Gu Qingyi watch for trouble while he took out the Black Hole, visualized the scene inside the coffin, and reached his hand in.

First, Ma Lu felt something hard and icy, likely a metallic object, probably Deng Youtai's weapon.

He continued to search and found another hard object, this one made of wood—it must be a part of the coffin.

Adjusting his position, he reached in a different direction and touched something sticky. Ma Lu suppressed his discomfort and didn't withdraw his hand.

Because the character for 'Martial' in front of him had begun to load.

There was no choice; to practice peerless martial arts, one must pay a certain price.

About twenty seconds later, the progress bar completed, and the 'Martial' character was fully illuminated. A notification sound once again rang by Ma Lu's ear.
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[Ding! Corpse searching successful. Congratulations on obtaining the Innate Pure Yang Palm Card Pack!]

Jackpot!

Seeing the words 'Innate Pure Yang Palm,' Ma Lu couldn't help but beam with joy. He had done his research before embarking on this venture and knew that the Innate Pure Yang Palm was one of the Beggars' Sect's Three Great Divine Skills—extremely yang and incredibly mighty.

Moreover, after flipping through the card pack, Ma Lu saw that Deng Youtai had cultivated the Innate Pure Yang Palm to the 8th Level.

Each palm strike carried the might to split stones and break steles. This set of martial arts consisted of twelve cards, with even the weakest move having a force of 82 points.

And the strongest move, 'Tyrant Overlord Bearing the Cauldron,' had an impressive force of 129 points!

It was an eye-opening moment for Ma Lu. His first thought was to wonder if there was a mistake in these values. Compared to the Songxi Fast Sword Card Pack he had previously obtained, it didn't even come close to the might of the Innate Pure Yang Palm.

But as strong as the Innate Pure Yang Palm was, the consumption of True Qi when executed was terrifyingly high, starting at a cost of 13 points.

This number was especially awkward for Ma Lu, as his Minor Eternal Spring Technique card provided 6 points of True Qi each, two cards equaled 12 points, just one point shy—meaning he needed at least three Heart Method Cards to unleash a single Innate Pure Yang Palm strike.

Still, the strength of the Innate Pure Yang Palm was undeniably remarkable, and as soon as Ma Lu obtained it, he slotted three moves into his card deck.

It wasn't that he didn't want to add more, but doing so would make his hand too full.

In the end, it was simply because his current internal cultivation level couldn't support such powerful techniques. Yet, even adding just three cards as a trump to his card deck greatly enhanced his strength.

In theory, Ma Lu could now instantly kill any opponent with a health point of 82 or lower in a single turn, as long as his card draw was incredibly lucky.

After searching Deng Youtai's corpse, Ma Lu went next door to search the grave of Deng Youtai's mentor, hoping for a second win.

But this time, he touched bones and even accidentally broke one, yet no 'Martial' characters appeared in front of him.

Ma Lu frowned. What was going on? Was it because too much time had passed?

He tried another spot, but still, no notification sounded, and no 'Martial' character appeared.

Ma Lu scratched his head; to confirm his suspicion, he randomly touched another grave mound nearby but didn't get any tips either.

Well, it seemed that the path of the Ancient Tomb Sect was blocked now.

Ma Lu guessed that there must be a hidden time limit behind each corpse and once the time expired, he would no longer get any response.

With too few samples to work with, he wasn't sure exactly what that time frame was, or whether it had anything to do with the preservation state of the body. However, based on the available information, the criteria seemed quite lenient.

Deng Youtai had been dead for almost a month, yet Ma Lu could still get the Innate Pure Yang Palm from his body.

However, this shattered his beautiful dream of becoming the number one master in the world by just touching every grave.

Ma Lu then went back to Deng Youtai's grave, planning to idly dig a couple of times as a gesture, and then go report to Gu Qingyi that he hadn't found anything unusual.

But just then, Gu Qingyi's voice suddenly came from a distance, "Who's there?!"

On hearing this, Ma Lu looked towards where the voice came from, only to see a blur before his eyes. By the time he regained his composure, a man was already standing in front of him.

The man had a high nose, broad mouth, thick eyebrows, large eyes, and was eight feet tall. He held an Eyebrow-Level Staff in his hand and wore an old robe full of patches.

First, he looked at Ma Lu with a slight frown, then his gaze fell on the shovel in Ma Lu's hand, and he became furious, "How dare you, you little thief!"

Before he finished speaking, he swung his staff at Ma Lu, striking with anger. The blow was both swift and fierce.

Ma Lu couldn't dodge in time and was hit by the staff, drawing him into the card game.

Luckily, Gu Qingyi came to the rescue at that moment, lunging with her sword and joining the fight as well.

The robust man assumed a Drunken Eight Immortals stance, leaning back to lie down, but he propped himself up with the staff while stretching out his left hand and foot and shouted,

"Who are you, you rascals, disturbing the peace of my respected teacher?!"

Ma Lu quickly glanced at the robust man's health points in the bottom left corner and saw it was a high 164 points, indicating that they were up against a true master this time.

He then exchanged a look with Gu Qingyi and began, "Cough cough, my friend, we are just here to pay our respects to Gang Leader Deng."

"Ha ha, do you think I'm a fool?" the robust man scoffed coldly. "Who pays their respects in the middle of the night? And what is that in your hand?!"

"This... is just for weeding."

"You still dare to argue!" the robust man roared, having already drawn his cards.

If it weren't for the rule that the attacker can't strike first, he would probably have already hit Ma Lu in the face with his staff by then.

Nevertheless, the three cards that he played next still made Ma Lu gasp in shock.

——Dragon Capture Skill

This was the robust man's Heart Method Card, and he had already cultivated it to the 6th Level.

He added 14 points of True Qi to himself and had the option to activate a Qi Gathering effect, which could further boost his True Qi by another 10 points, but at the cost of skipping the next card draw.

The effect was domineering, and the cost likewise heavy.

Likewise, the robust man chose not to activate the Qi Gathering effect this time, but that didn't mean he couldn't activate it later.

If he saw an opportunity for a kill, Qi Gathering could allow him to forcefully initiate an attack even when his True Qi was insufficient.

And to think, was this worthy of being Deng Youtai's disciple? The Heart Method seemed to complement the Innate Pure Yang Palm quite well.