Myriad Beast Catalog
"This is it, pick one!"
This ninth library has seven floors, and the top floor has only seven or eight bookshelves.
Each bookshelf contained very few books and jade slips.
The bookshelf is protected by an array.
Yi Yun casually browsed through them and saw several jade slips that made his heart skip a beat.
Those jade slips were as deep red as blood, and each one was engraved with ancient secret texts, seemingly having endured countless years.
The label beneath the jade slip reads, "<Tai'a Sacred Law> Volumes Seven through Nine!"
The last three volumes of the * Tai'a Sacred Law *!?
Yi Yun held his breath. He had only exchanged for the first three volumes of the <Tai'a Sacred Law>, which were also the cheapest three volumes.
With each subsequent volume, the price increased exponentially.
I wonder how many Glory Points I'd need to redeem the complete set of all nine volumes of the <Tai'a Sacred Law>.
"The last three volumes of the <Tai'a Sacred Law> are displayed here, so the Totem Secret Method that can be placed here are mostly of the same level as the <Tai'a Sacred Law>!"
Yi Yun looked over and found the bookshelf displaying the Totem Secret Method. On this bookshelf, there were only three jade slips and a black book!
The three jade slips contain two volumes of a secret technique.
The third jade slip contains a unique set of secret techniques.
The Black Book is yet another set of secret techniques.
In other words, there are only three sets of Totem Secret Method here.
Each set is incredibly precious!
"These secret techniques..." Because of the barrier of the formation, Yi Yun could not pick up the secret techniques to look at them, but he could read their descriptions.
"The Five Elements Sky Diagram was fortuitously obtained by the Heavenly Wind Divine Emperor of the Tai'a Divine Kingdom from a divine wasteland relic suspected to be left behind by Great Emperor. To cultivate the Five Elements Sky Diagram, one must master the five secret techniques of 'metal, wood, water, fire, and earth' separately. Only by gathering the power of the five elements, comprehending the Five Elements Law, and fusing them into one can one achieve perfection!"
Yi Yun looked at the introduction to the first volume of secret techniques, the <Five Elements Sky Diagram>.
Just hearing this introduction is enough to deter many people. To cultivate a secret technique, one must simultaneously master the power of the five elements and comprehend the Five Elements Law.
Most people are lucky to comprehend even one law. Someone like Chu Xiaoran, with an extremely high affinity for the law of ice, is already an extraordinary prodigy. However, to cultivate the <Five Elements Sky Diagram>, one must be compatible with five laws simultaneously.
Furthermore, the five laws must be integrated into one!
This fusion process must be extremely difficult, possibly even more difficult than mastering the five secret techniques separately!
"Has the Heavenly Wind Divine Emperor mastered this <Five Elements Sky Diagram>?"
Yi Yun had heard of the Heavenly Wind Divine Emperor, an emperor with an extremely strong desire for power and control. He was not only the God Emperor of the Tai'a Divine Kingdom, but also the Lord of Tai'a Divine City. This was a rare occurrence in the history of the Tai'a Divine Kingdom.
Tianfeng Shenhuang's strength is unfathomable. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to enter the Great Emperor's Ruins, a place where even sages could perish.
"Hehe..." Cang Yan chuckled sinisterly. "No. Even if your comprehension is terrifyingly high, you might not be able to fully understand the Five Elements Law. Perhaps there's one law that you simply can't control. The Heavenly Wind Divine Emperor spent a long time mastering each of the five supreme techniques, killing countless Ancient Remnant Species of the Five Elements in the process. But in the end, although he mastered the five supreme techniques, he couldn't fuse them together, so he couldn't draw the 'Five Elements Sky Diagram'."
As Cang Yan spoke, he glanced at Yi Yun with a playful smile on his face, his expression seeming to say—
"How about that, dumbfounded now! You dare to learn something that even Tianfeng Shenhuang couldn't master? I'll scare you to death and see if you can still play around."
Yi Yun silently put the introduction to the secret technique back, and then picked up the introduction to the second set of secret techniques.
"The Star Scroll! By slaying wild beasts and connecting with the power of the stars, you can fuse the Savage Power to forge the ancient book of stars! This ancient book of stars is the Dharma Aspect Totem of this secret technique. When the book is opened, it reflects the star map of the nine heavens, allowing you to use the stars to set up a Heaven and Earth Grand Array, combining offense and defense to achieve invincibility!"
Following the Five Elements Sky Diagram is the Star Scroll; just hearing its description is enough to feel its immense power.
"Has anyone mastered this <Star Scroll>?" Yi Yun asked.
"Hehe, the <Star Scroll>, while extremely difficult to master as long as it connects with the power of the stars, doesn't require simultaneous mastery of the Five Elements Law) like the <Five Elements Sky Diagram>. Historically, sages in the Tai'a Divine Kingdom have cultivated the Dharma Aspect Totem of the Star Book, and when the book is opened, it can reflect the stars of the nine heavens. However, no one has been able to use this star reflection to set up Heaven and Earth Grand Array..."
"So, is the <Star Scroll> more reliable than the <Five Elements Sky Diagram>? Why don't you give it a try and learn it?"
Cang Yan spoke in a teasing tone, deliberately joking with Yi Yun.
Yi Yun did not answer Cang Yan, but continued to look at the third set of Totem Secret Method.
This set of Totem Secret Method is very special; it is not a jade slip, but rather resembles an ancient black book.
The book is very thin, and it looks like it has only a few pages.
The descriptions in ancient books are also vague.
"An unnamed black book, an ancient fragment, containing only the first twelve pages. The Heavenly Wind Divine Emperor named it the <Myriad Beast Catalog>. To cultivate the <Myriad Beast Catalog>, one must hunt at least ten thousand Ancient Remnant Species and use their Savage Power to condense Dharma Aspect Totem!"
Upon seeing this, Yi Yun gasped.
Hunting down 10,000 Ancient Remnant Species!?
This is way too exaggerated...
Further reading reveals that this nameless black book lacks specific laws or attributes.
Hunting these ten thousand Ancient Remnant Species is acceptable regardless of their law attributes, because law attributes are ever-changing, and the Dharma Aspect Totem cultivated have no specific form. Their power and laws vary from person to person, possessing infinite possibilities!
"This <Myriad Beast Catalog>... no one has ever mastered it, right?"
Yi Yun turned back and asked Cang Yan.
Cang Yan rolled her eyes at Yi Yun. "Isn't that obvious? It only has fragments, and it requires hunting ten thousand Ancient Remnant Species. It's utterly insane. Who could possibly master it?"
"However, while it's said that no one has ever mastered it... some have tried, not by hunting Ancient Remnant Species, but by hunting lesser-level wild beasts. According to the <Myriad Beast Catalog>, they barely managed to condense Dharma Aspect Totem, but its power was less than one millionth of what was described in the book!"
"This is not only due to the difference in the level of the wild beasts, but more importantly, because the energy operation laws described in the <Myriad Beast Catalog> are too profound. It is too difficult to control the Savage Power to operate exactly according to the <Myriad Beast Catalog>! Even sages find it difficult to comprehend."
"Hey kid, have you made your choice yet?"
Cang Yan urged, looking at Yi Yun with an expression of anticipation.
I gave you the Totem Secret Method I carefully selected, but you refused and insisted on coming here to be tortured. Are you satisfied now? These abnormal Totem Secret Method are not meant for humans to cultivate.
Now it's up to you to choose.
Yi Yun stood in front of the bookshelf, silent for a long time, lost in thought.
Which of the three secret techniques should I choose?
Cang Yan watched from the side, secretly amused. He knew Yi Yun was in a bind; he had only realized after arriving here that no matter which path he chose, it was like a tiger trying to eat the sky—he had no way to get started.
He had anticipated that Yi Yun would hesitate and ultimately give up the opportunity to choose these three Totem Secret Method.
However, before that, Cang Yan didn't mind leaving Yi Yun alone for a while, so that he would learn a lesson and understand the principle of not being overly ambitious in his future cultivation.
A thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy who has achieved early success will naturally become arrogant and think that he is the only one in the world. At this time, it is necessary to temper his arrogance, which will always be beneficial to his growth.
"Kid, have you figured it out yet?"
Feeling that was enough, Cang Yan decided to give Yi Yun a way out, believing that the lesson he had taught Yi Yun should be sufficient.
"I've thought it through," Yi Yun said after considering it carefully.
"Hmm, that's more like it!" Cang Yan nodded in satisfaction, with an expression that said, "This child is teachable." "Those who don't listen to the advice of elders will suffer the consequences. I've crossed a hundred times more bridges than you've walked roads. How could listening to me be wrong? Making mistakes when you're young isn't terrible; what's terrible is making mistakes without realizing it. To know your mistakes and correct them is the greatest virtue!"
Cang Yan patted Yi Yun on the shoulder, wanting to say a few more words, but at that moment, Yi Yun's words shut him up completely.
"Cang Yan, I've thought it through. I'll choose the third secret technique, <The Myriad Beast Catalog>..." Yi Yun made his choice after careful consideration.
"Uh..." Cang Yan's eyes widened, like a rooster about to crow when someone suddenly grabbed it by the neck.
He stared wide-eyed at Yi Yun in disbelief.
Yi Yun, however, still appeared to be deep in thought.
The first part of the three secret techniques can be ruled out: the Five Elements Law is not what Yi Yun is pursuing.
The second and third parts of the secret techniques each have their own advantages.
The second part: The secret method of cultivating the power of stars!
Yi Yun remembered that when he first came to this world, the Purple Crystal once breathed out the power of stars one night in Yunhuang. Yi Yun still vividly remembered that dreamlike glimmer. It was because of this that Yi Yun gradually discovered the Purple Crystal's function.
It is foreseeable that using Purple Crystal to cultivate the <Star Scroll> should yield twice the results with half the effort.
However... the Star Scroll still has limitations. In this world, the power of a single star only means one kind of law.
Furthermore, the power of stars is vastly different from the Pure Yang Power, making it unsuitable for his cultivation of the <Tai'a Sacred Law>.
Therefore, Yi Yun chose the third secret technique—the <Myriad Beast Catalog>, which possesses infinite possibilities and variations, and is not limited by laws or energy attributes!!
Unfortunately...
The "Myriad Beast Catalog" is a fragment!
This means that as one progresses through the cultivation of the <Myriad Beast Catalog>, numerous difficulties await.
When that time comes, we will have to search for the follow-up techniques of the <Myriad Beast Catalog>, but finding such an unnamed ancient scroll is as difficult as ascending to heaven.
"If all else fails, I might be able to complete some things by following the trajectory of the Purple Crystal's original energy. Alternatively, I could seek out other similar Totem Secret Method to cultivate."
Yi Yun muttered to himself, then turned to look at Cang Yan. He saw that Cang Yan's mouth was slightly open, his expression blank, and his eyes were wide open, looking like a dead fish, or rather, the kind that died from overeating.
...(To be continued~^~)