Chapter 176: Chapter 0179: So Benefits for You Chapter 176: Chapter 0179: So Benefits for You The armory was located on the top floor of the Hundred Spirit Hall. The interior was not very big, roughly around 120 to 130 square ters. Apart from a few pillars supporting the roof, the room basically contained bookshelves. The distance between each bookshelf and its neighbor was quite spacious. There were only about a dozen bookshelves in the armory, and the number of books and secret techniques on each one was not staggering.
Qi Tian roughly estimated that there were less than two hundred books and secret techniques in the armory. As far as he knew, only techniques of the mysterious level and above were carefully stored here. For a powerful force with nearly ten thousand cultivators under the helm of a Mansion Master in the Gold Core Stage, this quantity was quite ager.
After Qi Tian silently comnted on this, he began to walk toward the bookshelves.
All the secret techniques in the armory were ticulously sorted. For instance, martial arts were classified by the eighteen types of weapons, as well as fist techniques, palm techniques, and leg techniques. Moreover, there were books on alchemy and dicine making.
Every single secret technique here was of imnse value. The Imperial Master Mansion took great care of them, with each secret technique suppressed by specially designed runes. To pick up a secret technique, one must use a special key to unlock it. This was quite similar to what Qi Tian had encountered at the secondhand goods market in Wanjie City.
Qi Tian had a key in his hand, but instead of one or two, he had seven or eight of them. Two of them were given by Mansion Master Xiao Xiaowu, and the others were secretly slipped to him by Huang Liuyan. Hence, Huang Liuyan had specifically instructed him to take his ti in making his selection and not be too greedy.
The reason Huang Liuyan gave Qi Tian so many keys was to provide him with a wider range of options. If he only had two keys, his options would be significantly limited. Once a selection was made, there would be no room for regret.
Qi Tian didn’t imdiately select a secret technique. When he entered the armory, he had the idea of using the Heavenly Dao Engine to gauge the energy levels and intensities present.
All the books and secret techniques had one thing in common, they required a dium. This point was perfectly encapsulated in the armory. Despite having less than two hundred types of secret techniques, Qi Tian noticed many different types of diums alone. Although the majority were paper books, there were also iron tokens, silver books, gold books, animal skins, animal bones, stone carvings, wood chips, and so on. Qi Tian even noticed a secret technique inscribed on a turtle shell. It only had a few words, but each one carried a profound and all-encompassing aning. However, the Heavenly Dao Engine showed no reaction to this turtle shell.
All these materials were imbued with Spirit Qi, although so had more and so had less. Qi Tian surmised that the greater the individual who could create high-ranked secret techniques, the more likely they were a Great Master. And how could a Great Master lack good materials? The diums they casually used to record techniques could be priceless treasures, undoubtedly carrying high concentrations of Spirit Qi. However, this didn’t take into account the possibility that due to the passage of ti, the dium of the secret technique might beco ordinary.
When faced with such a situation, Qi Tian could only chalk it up to bad luck. But after accounting for this situation, most of the ti, Qi Tian’s conjecture should be accurate.
Qi Tian walked around the armory without finding any specific secret technique that caused the Heavenly Dao Engine to react. Instead, when he walked to a corner of the armory, the Heavenly Dao Engine pulsed sharply. Qi Tian found a corner door on the wall, engraved with dense runes. It was many tis more complex than the Rune Gate Qi Tian had encountered at the Mount Store in Guchuan City of the Lianying Realm. With his current ability, Qi Tian would have difficulty influencing it. But if he were to unleash the Heavenly Dao Engine, it could probably consu it in no ti.
However, Qi Tian only glanced at the corner door a few tis before moving his gaze away. While he was sowhat interested in what lay behind the door, he didn’t intend to forcefully break open the Rune Gate and steal what was inside. Even without the presence of Xiao Xiaowu, the Gold Core Stage Mansion Master, Qi Tian wouldn’t undermine their trust. The Imperial Master Mansion was his great backup, and he could do things based on his personal preferences anywhere else, but not here. He had to follow the rules set by the Imperial Master Mansion and absolutely not infringe upon their interests.
In terms of the vernacular of his previous life on Earth, this was being politically correct and having the right worldview. If he couldn’t achieve this, he wouldn’t be able to stand firm in the Cultivation World.
Qi Tian returned to the bookshelves. Standing in front of the section for the Staff Skill, he found there were only three secret techniques related to it, all of which were ordinary silver books.
Each silver book was suppressed by a rune. Qi Tian took out a key, approached the rune, and then the rune slowly rose, hovering about two feet above the secret technique.
Qi Tian picked up the secret technique and opened it. The silver book contained nurous characters and diagrams, which were impossible to record in a short amount of ti. He spent several minutes hastily flipping through it before returning it to its original place. He did not retrieve his key but took out another one instead to unlock the rune suppressing another secret technique. He similarly perused it. The sa process was repeated for the third secret technique related to Staff Skill.
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