Eating Heaven and Earth Treasures Like Meals

After finishing the meal, Lin Heng followed Xiao Rang into a separate Underground Vault.

Stored here were Heaven and Earth Treasures and martial arts manuals plundered from Heavenly Star Valley, Ice Frost City, and the mountain gates of certain Demonic Heretics.

Lin Heng examined them one by one and found that these Heaven and Earth Treasures—whether fruits, blades of grass, or Spiritual Milk—all had rather fine effects.

Some increased vitality and blood, some enhanced the spirit, while others improved one's constitution.

Although the effect of each Heaven and Earth Treasure was slight for a Great Grandmaster, there were simply too many of them—more than a hundred kinds in all. If he could Refine them all, they would still provide a fairly noticeable boost.

"Master, can I take all these Heaven and Earth Treasures? For the extra thirty percent Share, I can compensate the Sect with Silver Coins at Market Price."

Lin Heng smiled as he spoke to Xiao Rang beside him.

Seventy percent of these Heaven and Earth Treasures belonged to him, while the remaining thirty percent belonged to the Sect.

Calculated at an average Market Price of five hundred thousand taels of silver per portion, Lin Heng only needed to make up sixteen million taels. Compared to the hundreds of billions of taels in assets he currently possessed, it was merely a drop in the ocean.

"Of course you can."

Xiao Rang was not surprised by Lin Heng's greed. Lin Heng had always been the sort to devote himself wholeheartedly to cultivation, so naturally he would not let a single opportunity to grow stronger slip past him.

Besides, the reason these Heaven and Earth Treasures had not been eaten directly was that they had originally been reserved for Lin Heng.

Ensuring that Lin Heng's Combat Power grew ever stronger was inherently beneficial to Cloud Sword Palace.

Moreover, Lin Heng was not taking them for nothing. Since he was willing to pay in Silver Coins, Xiao Rang could account for it before the other Elders as well.

"Heng'er, the Sect has been busy with countless affairs lately. Your master has no time to sort through these manuals acquired from the various sects and schools, so I will leave them to you."

"Keep the essential portions and place them in the Library Pavilion. Destroy the useless and harmful portions."

After they had settled the matter of the Heaven and Earth Treasures, Xiao Rang pointed at the manuals piled like small mountains throughout the Treasure Vault and spoke.

"Alright."

Lin Heng nodded in agreement.

He had already intended to read through these martial arts manuals to broaden his knowledge and build up the foundation for breaking into the Heaven-Human Realm. Sorting them was merely something to do along the way.

With that, their conversation ended. Xiao Rang departed to handle the many Post-War matters.

First was the Rebuilding of the Cloud Sword Palace Mountain Gate.

Second was the complete Uprooting of the Heavenly Star Valley and Ice Frost City Remnants scattered throughout the land. Then came the establishment of a Ruling System with Cloud Sword Palace as its absolute center, expanding its Influence across the entire Lan Continent.

None of these matters was easy. Even though Xiao Rang was a Great Grandmaster, he still had to devote much of his time to them.

Meanwhile, Lin Heng began to Ingest and Refine the many Heaven and Earth Treasures within this Underground Vault.

One fruit after another, one blade of grass after another, went down Lin Heng's throat along with sweet Spiritual Milk. With his excellent teeth and powerful digestive ability, Lin Heng soon swallowed all 104 Heaven and Earth Treasures.

All these Heaven and Earth Treasures tasted wonderful. Being able to eat his fill in one go was, without question, a pleasure.

Potent Medicinal Power circulated through Lin Heng's body as dense Heaven and Earth Origin Energy gathered toward him, giving his Essence, Qi, and Spirit a Baptism.

Lin Heng sat in Cross-Legged Meditation, quietly sensing the changes in his body.

He could clearly feel his body slowly growing stronger under the Nourishment of pure Heaven and Earth Origin Energy. His Meridians and Acupoints became tougher and broader, his Spiritual Power increased to a certain degree, and the Internal Breath flowing throughout his body grew more Condensed.

With the Medicinal Power of so many Heaven and Earth Treasures Stacked together, even though each one's effect was not great, Lin Heng still completed a breakthrough.

Once everything was over, Lin Heng, who had only just reached the Great Grandmaster Tenth Level, rose another level and attained the Great Grandmaster Eleventh Level.

Moreover, his foundation was Solid Foundation, without the slightest trace of an Unstable Aura caused by advancing too quickly.

Beyond that, Lin Heng's Affinity with Heaven and Earth Origin Energy improved further. His speed of Guiding and Absorbing Heaven and Earth Origin Energy increased by roughly two percent compared to before.

This boost looked small, but given Lin Heng's extremely high Cultivation Base, a two-percent improvement was already extraordinarily rare.

Back when he had first entered the Great Grandmaster realm, an improvement like this would have been enough for Lin Heng to Surpass One Level and defeat an opponent.

Lin Heng was satisfied with this gain. The Heaven and Earth Treasures worth fifty-two million taels had not been eaten in vain!

After finishing the Refinement of the Heaven and Earth Treasures, Lin Heng began reading the martial arts manuals piled like mountains within the Underground Vault.

These inheritances from the other two Martial Arts Holy Lands and certain Demonic Heretics gave Lin Heng a refreshing new sensation.

They were entirely new martial arts approaches. They showed Lin Heng completely different scenery along the martial path and revealed the views on cultivation held by many Martial Artists of great wisdom, filling him with pleasant surprise.

Over the course of Three Months, relying on his Photographic Memory and powerful, Instant Mastery Comprehension, Lin Heng read through all 87,237 manuals in the Underground Vault.

This gave Lin Heng a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the Human Body and Artistic Conception.

Afterward, Lin Heng began Sitting Meditation, organizing the contents of all he had learned recently within his mind.

He extracted the essence from them and incorporated it into his own Martial Framework, using it to Optimize the martial arts he already possessed.

This process continued for a long time. By the time everything was complete, Deep Winter had arrived once again.

The martial arts newly revised by Lin Heng further increased their Efficiency in Qi Refining and Body Tempering, allowing him to accumulate Essence, Qi, and Spirit faster and raise his cultivation Realm more quickly. His overall cultivation speed had increased by more than double.

As for Combat, Lin Heng also made improvements. The new version of the Boundless Sea Divine Art was even more powerful than before, further enhancing Lin Heng's Combat Power.

By this point, Lin Heng was Confident about how to Classify these martial arts manuals acquired from the various sects and schools.

One-third of the manuals, those with distinctive Characteristics, were kept by Lin Heng and placed in the Library Pavilion beneath Cloud Sword Palace. In the future, whether Cloud Sword Palace's Martial Artists cultivated these manuals directly or used them as Reference Material on the path of cultivation, they would both be good choices.

The remaining two-thirds—manuals whose cultivation brought all manner of irreversible Side Effects and did More Harm Than Good, as well as portions that duplicated the Cloud Sword Palace collection—were Destroyed by Lin Heng.

For these manuals that did More Harm Than Good, Lin Heng had read through the essence of Hundred Schools Martial Arts and possessed the ability to distinguish their strengths and weaknesses. Others, however, did not have his Comprehension and could easily be led astray by them.

If they wished to comprehend the essence contained within the manuals Lin Heng had Destroyed, they could find the answers directly in Lin Heng's martial arts inheritance in the future. There was no need for them to sort through them themselves all over again.