Chapter 321 Reading Manuals
“It’s a little boring.” Yan Jin walked by his side and said, “Previously, we were in Godfiend patrol teams and often had the chance to fight demon monarchs. Now that the prefecture and county cities have been abandoned, Great Solar Godfiends like us won’t be of much use.”
ng Chuan smiled and said, “So Great Solar Godfiends are still needed down the mountain.”
“They are only allowed to leave the mountain because they are older,” said Yan Jin. “So of our senior brothers and sisters are in charge of Earth Net’s investigations. So are in charge of defending large cities.”
“You’re still young, and you cultivate a transcendent-grade Godfiend body. Archean Mountain still has great hopes for you,” said ng Chuan.
Yan Jin walked to the hall and sat down. “Sit.” He then poured a cup of alcohol for ng Chuan and said, “One has the highest chance of becoming a Marquis Godfiend before the age of 60. After the age of 60, one’s probability of becoming a Marquis Godfiend will gradually decrease. I’m the sa age as you. I only have eight years left before I’m 60. I don’t have any confidence in becoming a Marquis Godfiend in eight years.”
“Despite being stuck at a bottleneck, breakthroughs can happen at any ti.” ng Chuan flipped his hand and took out a treasure box.
“Oh?” Yan Jin said in surprise, “You aren’t using a storage bag?” “Don’t let others know about it,” said ng Chuan with a smile. “It’s a small pocket grotto-heaven that I carry with . There aren’t many people who know about it.”
Yan Chitong and Xue Feng knew. ng Chuan’s had greater trust in Yan Jin than in most others.
“A small pocket grotto-heaven?” Yan Jin exclaid.
“Here.” ng Chuan handed the treasure box to Yan Jin. “This is a unique treasure I obtained by chance. It’s useful for you, so I’m giving it to you.”
“For ?” Yan Jin smiled. They were good friends that had experienced life-and-death battles together when they were young. They cultivated together in Archean City and entered Archean Mountain together. Since they had a good relationship, it was normal for them to give each other gifts.
Yan Jin opened the wooden box curiously and saw an ice lotus flower inside. Flas flickered on the ice lotus flower’s pistils. Ice and fire… were perfectly combined within this lotus flower.
“This is…” Yan Jin’s heart skipped a beat. He cultivated the Azure Lotus Divine Body and dual-wielded swords. He also cultivated the Black tal Sutra, Icefire Seven Absolutes. He had a deep understanding of ice and fire. Upon seeing the ice lotus flower that had ice and fire coexisting, he was imdiately triggered. Soon, he reacted and looked at ng Chuan. “This is too precious.” “It’s nothing much,” said ng Chuan with a smile. “For example, my small pocket grotto-heaven is ten tis more expensive than this! As for the ice lotus flower… it’s just one of my many treasures. This ice lotus flower isn’t anything to . Don’t reject if you call brother. In the future, kill more demon monarchs when you beco a Marquis Godfiend. We humans lack powerful Godfiends in this war.”
Yan Jin looked at ng Chuan and nodded. “Alright.”
“That’s the way,” said ng Chuan with a smile. “By the way, I still have to thank you for guiding You’er.”
“ng You is quite talented.” Yan Jin nodded. “At the very least, she’s more talented than I was back then.”
“Yan Jin, you’re the sa age as . My children are already on Archean Mountain and are about to beco Godfiends, but you’re still single,” said ng Chuan with a smile. “Does any woman catch your fancy? When do you plan on getting married?” “It’s good to be alone,” said Yan Jin calmly. “I like the feeling of being alone. I don’t like having too many people. It’s too noisy!” The two drank and ate, chatting until midnight before ng Chuan returned.
Late at night, Yan Jin stood at the entrance of the cave abode and watched ng Chuan leave amidst the snow.
“He’s gone again.” Yan Jin closed the door to his cave abode and returned to his chamber. He took out the wooden box from his storage bag and looked at the ice lotus flower in the wooden box. As Yan Jin stared at the ice lotus flower, he whispered, “ng Chuan, thank you.”
When ng Chuan returned to his cave abode, he saw Xue Feng hiding in the darkness near the entrance.
Xue Feng walked out of the darkness. “He accepted it?” Xue Feng looked at ng Chuan.
“Yes.” ng Chuan nodded.
“That’s good, that’s good.” Xue Feng heaved a sigh of relief. “Rember, keep it a secret. Once he knows that I gave it to you, he will definitely return it to .”
“It will be kept a secret.” ng Chuan nodded. “But your estrangent…” “Sigh, it’s mainly because of my father’s temper. The Xue family owes my younger brother a lot.” Xue Feng sighed again before saying, “Thank you for your help. I’ll take my leave first. I have to leave Archean Mountain imdiately and return to defend the city.”
ng Chuan nodded and watched Xue Feng leave.
The next morning, ng Chuan went to the Treasure Repository to visit Elder Yi.
“Junior Brother ng.” Elder Yi warmly welcod ng Chuan and led him into a tea room. Elder Yi sat cross-legged and brewed so tea for ng Chuan. “Have so tea.”
“I’m here because I want all Black tal Sutras and Heaven-level techniques that involve the lightning lineage,” said ng Chuan. “I want to read them. By the way, I don’t need the Heart Intent Saber and World Roving Dragon Saber.”
“Oh?” Elder Yi hesitated for a mont. “Junior Brother ng, are you sure you want all of them? Archean Mountain has a long history. We have plenty of Heaven-level lightning lineage techniques.” “All of them,” said ng Chuan. “Alright.” Elder Yi stood up. “I’ll go look for them. Wait for here.”
After a while, Elder Yi returned to the tea room after ng Chuan finished his cup of tea.
“Archean Mountain has a total of eight Black tal Sutras involving the lightning lineage. You don’t need the Heart Intent Saber or World Roving Dragon Saber. The remaining six techniques are here.” Elder Yi placed six black tal plates on the table. They looked ordinary and didn’t have any illustrations. With a wave of his hand, piles of black books appeared beside him. The number of books was astonishing.
“These are the Heaven-level techniques of the lightning lineage,” said Elder Yi solemnly. “Heaven-level techniques are only at the Dharma Domain level. At most, one or two moves will reach the Grotto-Heaven realm. Therefore, they didn’t have the luxury of using teorite tal for legacy impartation. The number of tis that a legacy can impart intent guidance is naturally limited. Each instance of intent guidance will deplete the intent legacy. After about 20 instances of intent guidance, the intent legacy will be depleted.
“Therefore, readers need to be very careful.” Elder Yi looked at ng Chuan. “If there’s no need, it’s best you don’t read it. Read it only when there’s a need! After reading it, you will be obligated to write a new legacy if you master it.”
ng Chuan nodded. Legacies were obviously very precious.
“These are the lightning lineage Heaven-level techniques that contain intent legacies. There are 322 books in total. There are also books here that have depleted intent legacies; they only have textual descriptions. There are 619 of them.” Elder Yi waved his hand again, and a large pile of books appeared beside him.
“By the way, why do you suddenly want to read so many manuals?” Elder Yi asked curiously. “These manuals are filled with all kinds of different things. Many of them aren’t the sa as yours.”
“I just want to read them,” said ng Chuan with a smile. After seeing the purple lightning and painting the Fifteen Lightning Forms, he had a good understanding of lightning. Only a portion of the knowledge from the Heart Intent Saber and the World Roving Dragon Saber was usable to him. Now, he wanted to draw upon the wisdom of his seniors and lay the foundation for his future cultivation. Only by standing on the shoulders of his predecessors could he see further.“Alright, you can read them if you want to.” Elder Yi pointed at the six Black tal Sutras. “These six Black tal Sutras are spear techniques, hamr techniques, movent techniques, sword techniques, and so on. They aren’t saber techniques. Archean Mountain also doesn’t have the original copy of Lightning Devastator Saber.”
ng Chuan nodded. It didn’t matter if it was a saber art or not. What he wanted was the profundities contained in the lightning lineage techniques.
“These manuals are important. Archean Mountain only has one copy for many of them,” said Elder Yi. “I’ll arrange a courtyard for you at the library. You can rest in the courtyard and read these manuals. Return them to after reading them.”
“Don’t worry.” ng Chuan nodded. This was a collection accumulated thanks to the sect’s long history.
Manuals were the core of a sect. These Heaven-level techniques’ intent legacies would be depleted after they were used more than 20 tis. If disciples were allowed to cultivate anything they wanted, dozens of disciples were enough to deplete the intent legacies. Therefore, there were various restrictions when it ca to learning. One had to ensure that the people that used the intent legacies could master the technique and produce new legacies. Only by doing things this way could it be passed down for generations.
Whoosh. ng Chuan waved his hand and put away all the manuals. “Elder Yi, please lead the way,” said ng Chuan with a smile.
“Actually, it’s not a good thing to read too many manuals.” Elder Yi walked in front and muttered, “Just follow what you are good at. Reading too much unrelated stuff can sotis serve to confuse you.”
ng Chuan didn’t say a word. From his point of view, these manuals were all ‘nutrients’ that allowed him to advance in the lightning lineage.
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