After returning from the pleasure boat mission.
Lu Changfeng returned to the peaceful days at the Hall of Worship.
With the Wang Family's current authority as the foremost power in Fengcheng, the tasks assigned to its Attendants were actually few and easy, and most of them posed little threat.
After all, no one was willing to offend the Wang Family to the death.
Lu Changfeng asked the other Attendants in the Hall of Worship. On average, they only had to go on one mission a month, and often two or three months would pass before a mission came around.
Therefore, early the next morning, Lu Changfeng prepared to visit the Worshiper Scripture Pavilion, which the Wang Family had opened to its Attendants.
Being able to view the Martial Arts Cultivation Techniques collected by the Wang Family was one of the requirements Lu Changfeng had made when joining the Wang Family as an Attendant.
Since the Replication Interval was so long, Lu Changfeng planned to thoroughly cultivate all of the Wang Family's Martial Arts Cultivation Techniques during his career as an Attendant.
With his Martial Arts Talent, he could easily master many techniques.
Little by little, as he accumulated more methods, his strength would naturally improve as well.
Lu Changfeng made his way to the Scripture Pavilion.
The old man guarding the Scripture Pavilion was an elderly cultivator in the Blood Tempering Realm. After inspecting Lu Changfeng's Attendant token and identity, he allowed Lu Changfeng inside.
The Scripture Pavilion had only two floors. The first floor held Blood Tempering Realm cultivation techniques and martial arts, while the second floor held Muscle Tendon Realm cultivation techniques and martial arts.
Lu Changfeng first looked through the first floor.
There were a total of sixteen Blood Tempering Cultivation Techniques and nearly a hundred Martial Arts Cultivation Techniques.
The sheer number of techniques showed just how powerful the Wang Family was.
Lu Changfeng selected two Martial Arts Cultivation Techniques for his daily practice: the fist technique [Great Ape Arm Fist] and the saber technique [Bloodthirsty Saber].
Both techniques were among the most difficult to cultivate in the Scripture Pavilion, and were among the highest-level Martial Arts Cultivation Techniques there.
They were the finest techniques among those of the Blood Tempering Realm.
For example, once [Bloodthirsty Saber] was cultivated to perfection, its power should far surpass that of the Falling Leaf Saber Technique.
There was no specific ranking system for Blood Tempering Realm martial arts, but Lu Changfeng could distinguish their quality through his own experience.
As for the Blood Tempering Cultivation Techniques, Lu Changfeng glanced through them and found that they were not much different from [Mount Le's Wrathful Vajra].
It was also possible that the Wang Family had better Blood Tempering Cultivation Techniques that it had not placed in the Worshiper Scripture Pavilion.
After choosing the two martial arts, Lu Changfeng followed the stairs to the second floor.
He was currently at the Blood Tempering Sixth Level and could enter the Muscle Tendon Realm at any time, so there was no harm in taking an early look at the Muscle Tendon Realm cultivation techniques.
The collection on the second floor was much simpler.
There were only five internal cultivation manuals of the Muscle Tendon Realm.
And twenty-six Muscle Tendon Realm Martial Arts Cultivation Techniques.
Lu Changfeng first flipped through the Muscle Tendon Realm Martial Arts Cultivation Techniques.
Muscle Tendon Realm Martial Arts Cultivation Techniques were vastly different from those of the Blood Tempering Realm. Since Muscle Tendon Realm martial arts involved Internal Energy, their moves incorporated methods of using Internal Energy and were therefore completely unsuitable for Blood Tempering Realm Martial Artists to cultivate.
After flipping through a few of them, Lu Changfeng lost interest.
It was foreseeable that he would remain in the Blood Tempering Realm for quite some time.
Therefore, he would not be able to cultivate these Muscle Tendon Realm martial arts in the short term.
Lu Changfeng turned his attention to the five internal cultivation manuals of the Muscle Tendon Realm.
The quality of an internal cultivation manual could be distinguished by the number of meridians it initially opened.
At a rough glance, the five Muscle Tendon Realm internal cultivation manuals each initially opened around twenty meridians.
The best one opened twenty-four meridians, making it somewhat stronger than the Muscle Tendon Realm internal cultivation manual his master, Zhang Desheng, had passed down to him.
After briefly looking over the cultivation steps for the Muscle Tendon Realm, Lu Changfeng set down the manual in his hand.
"Hm?"
Just as he was about to leave, Lu Changfeng noticed that a book had been laid across the top of the bookshelf.
Because the book's cover was made of black, unknown beast hide, it was easy to overlook its existence.
Lu Changfeng reached out and took the book down. A thick layer of dust had already accumulated on its cover.
Lu Changfeng brushed off the dust and gently opened the book.
On the first page were four large characters: [Seven Styles of Fengtian].
It seemed to be some kind of Martial Arts Cultivation Technique.
Lu Changfeng continued reading. The second page contained a nine-square grid, recording the method of practicing a saber technique through illustrations and text.
The following nine pages described the progressive stages of the saber technique.
There were nine levels in total.
During practice, the weight of the saber used at each level had to increase. At the final level, it reached an exaggerated nine hundred and ninety-nine jin.
"Is this something a human can cultivate?"
Driven by curiosity, Lu Changfeng continued turning the pages.
The content that followed was actually a Muscle Tendon Realm cultivation method!
"Eighty-one meridians initially opened?"
"Can anyone really accomplish this?"
If one failed to break through into the Muscle Tendon Realm, the meridians would be damaged. During a second attempt, one might have to change internal cultivation manuals, and in more serious cases, the meridians could be damaged so severely that one would lose the possibility of ever advancing into the Muscle Tendon Realm.
It could be done!
Yet a voice in Lu Changfeng's heart told him so.
As long as he completed the nine levels of saber practice from earlier, he might truly be able to master this Martial Arts Cultivation Technique!
Lu Changfeng continued turning the pages.
Seven Styles of Fengtian, First Style, Yellow Heaven Style!
Aside from those few words, the rest of the page was blank.
And this was already the final page of the book.
Lu Changfeng thought for a moment, then carried the book downstairs and found the old man in the Scripture Pavilion.
"Senior, do you know this [Seven Styles of Fengtian]?"
The old man looked up at the booklet in Lu Changfeng's hand and said, "Oh? Of course I do."
"This is an old antique of our Fengcheng. No one knows where it was passed down from anymore."
"But don't believe it. If you really cultivate according to what's written in it, your body will definitely be ruined."
"This technique was probably written by some bastard who wrote novels to harm people. Though he did make it look quite convincing."
The old man spoke with a sigh, as if he had suffered from this technique himself when he was young.
Lu Changfeng thought for a moment, then asked, "Can I replicate a copy?"
"Of course."
"It'll be fine to take it as a storybook and read it, but whatever you do, don't try cultivating it."
The old man took [Seven Styles of Fengtian] from Lu Changfeng and copied all the previous pages.
He did not copy the final page. Aside from the words "Yellow Heaven Style," there was nothing else on it.
"All done. Here's your replicated copy. You can leave now," the old man said.
Lu Changfeng nodded. Looking at the final page of [Seven Styles of Fengtian] opened on the table before the old man, he suddenly had an idea.
"Senior, let me put the book back for you."
"Oh? Then thank you! That saves this old man from climbing the stairs!"
The old man handed over [Seven Styles of Fengtian].
Lu Changfeng accepted it and walked toward the second floor.
In front of the bookshelf on the second floor.
Lu Changfeng opened [Seven Styles of Fengtian] to the final page again.
"Seven Styles of Fengtian, First Style, Yellow Heaven Style!"
The same words remained, with nothing but a blank space beneath them.
Lu Changfeng drew a slow breath and circulated a force within his body as though he were moving an arm!
Saber Intent! Falling Leaf Saber Intent!
Buzz.
Several ripples spread across the page, shaken by the Saber Intent.
Aside from that, there was no change whatsoever.
Lu Changfeng was somewhat disappointed. He had always felt that this technique was not as simple as some mere novel.
Whatever. He would go back and try cultivating it.
If that failed, he would return and replicate [Great Ape Arm Fist] and the saber technique [Bloodthirsty Saber].
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