Jun Changxiao spent 10 Contribution Points to refresh the Initial Stage Mall. He had indeed refreshed something good, because the God-grade Yi Jin Jing could be cultivated by any martial artist at the Pulse Opening stage!
Better still—
The Yi Jin Jing did not merely provide a 50% chance of successfully opening a pulse.
It could also strengthen muscles and bones, clear the meridians, temper one's will, and forge the body. One look was enough to tell it was a Cultivation Method for tempering the flesh.
Jun Changxiao thought to himself, The description says this is one of the two scriptures Grandmaster Bodhidharma left behind while facing the wall in meditation. Could the other be the Marrow Cleansing Sutra?
"Whoosh!"
He continued dragging downward, but even after reaching the very end, he did not see the words "Marrow Cleansing Sutra."
Jun Changxiao shook his head. "Refreshing a God-grade Cultivation Method is already outrageously lucky. How could I possibly refresh another scripture at the same time?"
"Ding!"
"Host has exchanged for a Cultivation Method and meets the requirements. The Sect Cultivation Method function has automatically been activated!"
Hearing the system notification, Jun Changxiao froze for a moment, then hurriedly opened the Strongest Sect System's Attribute Panel—
Sect Name: Iron Bone Unyielding Sect. Sect Leader: Jun Changxiao. Sect Level: Ninth-rate. Sect Construction: Level 1. Sect Cultivation Method: Yi Jin Jing [God-grade Initial Stage]. Sect Members: 99/100. Sect Contribution Points: 30/100. Sect Achievement Points: 0/100. Sect Missions: None. Sect Main Quest: Within 100 years... omitted here. ...
"Sect Cultivation Method?"
"If the host possesses a cultivation method exchanged from the system, it will automatically be matched and become the sect's cultivation method."
"What does it do?"
"With a sect cultivation method, any disciple, including the sect leader, may cultivate it."
"If there is no matched sect cultivation method, then it cannot be cultivated?"
"Yes."
The system added, "Sect cultivation methods may only be cultivated by the sect leader and disciples. Outsiders cannot cultivate or steal them. If a disciple is expelled, betrays the sect, or abandons, informs, or reveals it to others, their memories of the cultivation method will also be forcibly erased."
"I see."
Jun Changxiao had just been considering whether to let his disciples cultivate the God-grade Yi Jin Jing. But after thinking about how high-level it was, and how it would surely bring great trouble if others learned of it, he had dismissed the idea.
A man was innocent, but possession of a jade made him guilty. He understood that principle.
Now that the system had explained outsiders could neither cultivate nor steal it, while disciples could not inform or reveal it to others, his worries vanished.
"Sect Leader, Sect Leader, are you all right?"
A voice sounded beside him as Li Qingyang waved a hand back and forth in front of Jun Changxiao's eyes.
The Sect Leader had been fine one moment, conflicted the next, then slapping his own face, and suddenly leaping up with a foolish grin. Of course Li Qingyang was worried.
"Uh..."
Jun Changxiao stepped down from his chair and said solemnly, "I'm fine, I'm fine."
"Well..." After considering briefly, he said, "Let the disciples continue practicing the basics for now. As for the sect's Cultivation Method, I need to think it over carefully."
"Yes."
Li Qingyang withdrew.
After pondering in secret for a while, Jun Changxiao decided, "We'll use the Yi Jin Jing as the sect's exclusive Cultivation Method for now."
The system said, "Host may click Sect Cultivation Method, select a cultivation method, and copy it for disciples to cultivate."
"Copy it?"
Jun Changxiao clicked Sect Cultivation Method, and an independent Data Panel immediately appeared. The first slot displayed Yi Jin Jing [God-grade Initial Stage], with a Copy button underneath.
When he clicked the button, a small window popped up with the words—Please enter the number of copies for the selected secret manual.
"Counting myself, there are only ninety-nine people in the sect. I'll copy ninety-nine for now." With a thought, Jun Changxiao entered 99 and confirmed the submission.
"Ding!"
"Host has spent 10 Contribution Points to copy Yi Jin Jing secret manuals ×99. They have been delivered to the spatial ring."
"Ding!"
"Sect Contribution Points: 20/100."
Jun Changxiao froze, then roared, "Copying secret manuals costs Contribution Points too?!"
The system said, "What else did you expect?"
Jun Changxiao continued roaring, "If I'd known it cost Contribution Points, then even if I had to copy them one by one by hand, even if I died outside or jumped off a mountain, I, Jun Changxiao, would never have exchanged for it!"
The system said, "Cultivation methods purchased from the Mall cannot be copied by anyone, including the host."
"I see."
Jun Changxiao sat down, took a sip of tea, and said unhurriedly, "Absolutely delicious."
Thirty out of fifty Contribution Points had been spent. In exchange, he had obtained a God-grade Yi Jin Jing and copied ninety-nine manuals. Overall, it was still a huge profit.
"Next step."
Jun Changxiao murmured, "Give every disciple one copy and have them comprehend the Yi Jin Jing as quickly as possible, so they can open more meridians."
Every member of a Ninth-rate Sect having a God-grade Cultivation Method—if martial artists from other sects learned of this, they would surely die of envy.
The next day.
Jun Changxiao gathered the disciples at the Training Ground once more and announced, "After this sect leader's painstaking research, I have finally created an exclusive Cultivation Method suitable for the Iron Bone Unyielding Sect."
Gasp.
The disciples were dumbfounded.
The Sect Leader had created a Cultivation Method?
"Spouting nonsense again."
Lu Qianqian said softly.
It was true that Martial Techniques and Cultivation Methods on the Starfall Continent had been created by people.
But which of those creators had not been a Martial Dao grandmaster? With his cultivation, creating even a trash-tier fist technique would be difficult. Creating a Cultivation Method was absolutely impossible in this lifetime.
The other disciples did not think so. They had seen the Sect Leader instruct martial artists from various sects and had great faith in his Martial Dao experience!
"Come, come."
With a wave of his hand, Jun Changxiao placed ninety-nine copies of the Yi Jin Jing on the table before him. "One copy each. Take them and cultivate."
"Yes!"
The disciples stepped forward in an orderly fashion. After receiving their copies, they returned to their places and eagerly began flipping through them.
Li Qingyang opened his as well.
But after studying the incantations written within for only a moment, his expression changed drastically, and even the hand holding the secret manual began to tremble!
The incantations appeared profound and mysterious, yet were extraordinarily simple to comprehend.
To combine "mystery" and "ease" so perfectly, this Yi Jin Jing Cultivation Method was absolutely incomparable to the mid-grade Cultivation Method his father had spent a fortune buying for him!
Could it be...
Li Qingyang held his breath, struggling to keep his hands from shaking as he thought in shock, Could this be a high-grade Cultivation Method?
The other disciples did not possess his High-grade Spirit Root talent and found it difficult to detect the mysteries of the Yi Jin Jing. But they believed that anything created by the Sect Leader had to be good, so every one of them treasured it like a priceless jewel.
Lu Qianqian was the last to step forward.
Holding the secret manual in her hand, she said flatly, "Sect Leader, if the Cultivation Method you created is inferior to the one this disciple cultivates, may I choose not to learn it?"
Jun Changxiao lowered his head and leaned close to her ear. "If the Cultivation Method you cultivate has reached God-grade, then you needn't learn it."
That fellow had leaned extremely close, his nose nearly brushing her earlobe. Her delicate fragrance wafted over, stirring his heart.
A trace of flustered embarrassment flashed through Lu Qianqian's starry eyes, and she hurriedly walked away.
Though the beauty had left, her fragrance lingered still.
Watching the woman flee in disarray, Jun Changxiao rubbed his nose and shook his head. "Was she embarrassed? Looks like she isn't cold enough yet."
Lu Qianqian returned to her spot. Though her face remained expressionless, she felt a faint warmth swelling across it.
"Whew!"
She took a deep breath, calmed her mind, then looked at the Cultivation Method manual and thought, What the Sect Leader said just now... could this Yi Jin Jing possibly be a God-grade Cultivation Method?
"More nonsense."
Lu Qianqian muttered as she boredly opened the manual. Then... she became unable to stop reading, and the expression on her face shifted just like Li Qingyang's had.
After a long while, she looked at Jun Changxiao and questioned, "Did the Sect Leader truly create this Cultivation Method?"
"Do you think this sect leader has any need to lie?"
Jun Changxiao had exchanged this Cultivation Method from the System Mall, yet he could stand before his disciples with a straight face and shamelessly claim he had created it. He truly had no shame at all!
Lu Qianqian said nothing, but stormy waves churned within her heart. A Pulse Opening martial artist can create a God-grade Cultivation Method?
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