Cultivation Soars

Just as Hu Jiu Jiu grew suspicious and began investigating,

Lu Yuan, in Demon Saint Valley, also began his deductions.

There was not much to say about the process.

It was cumbersome and meticulous.

It consumed a considerable amount of mental energy.

The easiest part was the preparation.

He took out one cultivation manual after another, skimmed through them, then categorized and summarized them. Since the Heavenly Book was a cultivation art, there was no need to merge combat-type techniques into it—and it would have been impossible to do so anyway. The difference was that one improved the essence of oneself, while the other was a means of protecting oneself. Thus, all cultivation arts that enhanced one's fundamental nature were grouped together. As for techniques used to protect oneself, they were either categorized and summarized or left alone depending on their type and practical circumstances.

After all, techniques had detailed classifications as well.

Movement techniques could not be grouped together with fist techniques.

Nor could leg techniques be grouped together with sword techniques.

Thus, techniques for self-protection were generally divided into the following categories: weapon types, body-refinement types, attack types, evasion types, support types, and Forbidden Technique types!

Weapon types encompassed the eighteen kinds of weapons.

Of course, there were far more than merely eighteen kinds.

Take the sword as an example.

At a higher level, one could cultivate sword qi, Sword Force, sword intent, Sword Domain, and other special methods, ensuring that the cultivator gained an advantage in battle.

Body-refinement arts came in countless varieties.

They could be said to be the most widely practiced cultivation arts.

Any proper cultivator—not some wild cultivator who had stumbled upon a broken inheritance and accidentally embarked on this path—would have one or two body-refinement arts in hand. The only difference lay in