Daoist Tome

Specific conditions.

It would have to be a sudden sneak attack while the other party was off guard, catching them completely unprepared.

Or perhaps the other party was already injured.

Even Xia Zhangjian could accomplish a move that struck straight at the opponent's vitals and killed them in one blow.

"A piece of trash from a worthless lineage actually thinks he's some great phoenix among men? Ye Hao must be basking in self-satisfaction right now, enjoying the attention of thousands, I suppose?"

Xia Zhangjian sneered and began muttering to himself. "I'm destined to go to the Imperial City Academy to cultivate. The academy's teachers will come to East Moon City by then. Since Ye Hao is famous now, I'll step on Ye Hao and send my own reputation soaring to its peak! When the academy's teachers see how resounding my name is, they'll surely be delighted."

Xia Zhangjian left and ordered a maidservant to deliver a challenge to Ye Hao. He intended to defeat Ye Hao beneath the gazes of countless people!

Meanwhile, Ye Hao was resting in his own courtyard, reclining in a Grand Tutor Chair as he leisurely watched the Lin Shige sisters cultivate.

Knock, knock, knock.

Someone knocked on the courtyard gate. Then Ye Paopao's voice rang out. "Brother Ye Hao, someone has delivered a challenge."

"Come in." Ye Hao's voice was indifferent.

Ye Paopao pushed open the gate and entered the courtyard, followed by a sixteen-year-old-looking girl.

The girl wore an arrogant expression, looking down her nose at people. Her eyes swept contemptuously toward Ye Hao. "My young master, Xia Zhangjian, has issued you a challenge! Two days from now, meet at the Martial Arts Stage of East Moon Academy and settle this once and for all!"

Ye Hao's expression remained calm. He continued lying peacefully in the Grand Tutor Chair before speaking lazily. "Not interested."

The girl sneered, her eyes fixed on Ye Hao. "That's not up to you. My young master, Xia Zhangjian, is the City Lord's son. If you refuse the challenge, your Ye Family is going to suffer!"

Ye Paopao immediately grew furious. He glared coldly at the girl. "Is the City Lord's Mansion really that impressive?"

The girl scoffed, her disdain overflowing and arrogance etched into her very bones. "Among the three first-rate families—the Li, Jiang, and Fu families—even the ancestors of those three families lower their heads slightly when they see the City Lord. In the eyes of the City Lord's Mansion, your Ye Family is nothing more than an ant!"

The girl sneered as she stared at Ye Hao. "I'm informing you, not discussing it with you!"

The Lin Shige sisters glared coldly at the girl. "If our Young Master says he's not interested, then he's not interested!"

The girl let out a cold laugh. "Since that's the case, just wait and see!"

With that, the girl turned around to leave.

The moment she turned around, a foot suddenly slammed into her back with tremendous force. She fell flat on the ground in a posture like a dog eating dirt.

Ye Hao's foot landed on the girl's face and ground back and forth over it, his expression placid.

Once the girl came to her senses, her face suddenly turned icy. Cold fury surged from her eyes. As Xia Zhangjian's maidservant, she was only a servant, but even when facing disciples of first-rate families, she could still hold her head high!

Countless people had fawned over her!

Yet now, Ye Hao had her pinned beneath his foot.

"Ye Hao! How dare you hit me!"

Bang!

The moment the girl finished speaking, Ye Hao kicked her.

Bang!

This kick came from Ye Paopao. After kicking her, he spat and said, "What kind of dog relying on its master's power are you?"

"You—you people! Aren't you afraid of dying? Hitting me is the same as slapping Xia Zhangjian in the face!" the girl raged.

Bang!

Ye Hao kicked her straight out of the courtyard, then said to Ye Paopao, "Paopao, see our guest out properly."

Ye Paopao put on a fierce expression and kicked the maidservant again and again outside, until he beat the fear into her.

Inside the courtyard.

Ye Hao continued to lounge lazily in the Grand Tutor Chair, pondering life.

Humans were social creatures. Whenever someone stood out in some way, there would always be people who refused to accept it and came knocking to cause trouble.

That was unavoidable.

All he could do was become stronger and stronger—strong enough that certain flies could only look up to him. Naturally, those flies would then stop coming to bother him.

Ye Hao had no interest whatsoever in showing off before others or satisfying his own vanity.

He only wanted to focus on improving himself.

To become stronger and better.

But if anyone shattered his tranquility, he certainly would not be polite!

At that moment, Ye Hao looked toward the Lin Shige sisters. "Continue cultivating."

"Yes, Young Master." The sisters continued cultivating.

Ye Hao looked forward to the two of them growing stronger as soon as possible. Then he would not need to handle such trivial matters personally. Take that maidservant just now, for example—he had actually needed to intervene himself. It felt a little tiring.

He had passed down a Mysterious-grade High-rank Cultivation Method to the Lin Shige sisters, and with ample cultivation resources, the two of them had now reached the second level of Body Refining.

A very low realm!

Ye Hao sighed. He wondered how long it would take for the sisters to grow up.

Still, reaching Body Refining Perfection as soon as possible would be best.

Their bodies were far too frail for him. Sometimes, he even had to pay attention to how much force he used; otherwise, he might accidentally take their lives.

Ye Hao rose and returned to his room. From within his soul, he communicated with the Wordless Heavenly Tome he had obtained in the Otherworldly realm.

Ye Hao could determine that the Wordless Heavenly Tome was very likely the strongest supreme treasure in existence.

It could derive Cultivation Methods beyond the Heaven-grade based on a person's state of mind.

The Wordless Heavenly Tome currently had one hundred pages, but only the first two contained the Cultivation Methods he practiced.

His father's Cultivation Method had long ago transformed into a strand of Daoist intent and entered his father's mind.

In effect, only two pages still contained writing.

Ye Hao looked at the Wordless Heavenly Tome. Its appearance was grand and magnificent, golden in color and radiating golden light. At a glance, it was clearly extraordinary.

Ye Hao had only glimpsed a corner of the Wordless Heavenly Tome's mysteries. He had no clue whatsoever about its deeper secrets.

"Wordless Heavenly Tome, why don't you have any words? Could it be that, like other books, I have to write them in myself?"

Ye Hao speculated. Then he found a brush and, after making the necessary preparations, began writing in the Wordless Heavenly Tome.

[Union!]

Ye Hao casually wrote a single character: "Union."

In the next instant, the character emitted golden light. Then one character after another appeared!

Joyous Union Technique

Afterward, the chapters of the Joyous Union Technique emerged!

An entire page!

Ye Hao's mind trembled. The Wordless Heavenly Tome could actually derive Cultivation Methods? And it derived complete Cultivation Methods at that!

Based on the Wordless Heavenly Tome's effects, Ye Hao could not help giving it a name. He called it the Daoist Tome!

Ye Hao thought for a while, then began writing.

<Is there a Cultivation Method that can increase nerve sensitivity? Or heighten pain nerves, or make someone itch?>

More and more words slowly emerged on this page of the Daoist Tome.

Soul Scripture Art!

It could increase a person's sense of pain. When facing an enemy, the opponent might be unable to endure the pain and become distracted.

It could also heighten the nerves responsible for itching, increasing nerve sensitivity tenfold or a hundredfold!

"This Cultivation Method is pretty good." Ye Hao thought to himself. Then he saw the chapters of the Cultivation Method transform into golden light invisible to the naked eye and rush into his mind.

Ye Hao continued studying the Daoist Tome. He did not know whether the Cultivation Methods within it had existed from the beginning or had been derived out of thin air.

Ye Hao continued writing in the Daoist Tome.

He wrote: <Is there a Cultivation Method that can improve spiritual-root aptitude?>