At a glance, Jiang Liu saw that although the headquarters' Technique Hall was larger than the Hunting Eagle Hall's, it had the same number of wooden shelves: six rows. Unlike the Hunting Eagle Hall, however, none of its shelves were empty.
It seemed the Hunting Eagle Hall's Technique Hall had been modeled after the headquarters'.
He had already learned back at the Hunting Eagle Hall that the highest techniques on the first floor were yellow grade, high rank, while those on the second floor topped out at mystic grade, mid rank. The third floor held mystic high-grade techniques, so did that mean the fourth floor had mystic peak-grade ones? Wouldn't the fifth floor have earth-grade techniques, then? Unfortunately, he lacked permission to go up there.
Jiang Liu headed straight to the fourth floor. There was a time limit, so he could not afford to dawdle.
Five iron pedestals stood in a row on the fourth floor, each roughly a meter tall, with an iron box resting on top. The boxes were locked, but had no keyholes, only a recessed area on the front.
Jiang Liu approached the first pedestal and examined the recess. It was the same size as his Identity Jade Token. He took out the token and pressed it against the recess. Sure enough, the iron box opened automatically.
Inside lay a technique manual. Jiang Liu picked it up and saw three large characters spelling out "Frost Palm" on its cover. He had not expected the very first manual to be an ice attribute palm technique.
He skimmed through it. "Ding! Mystic peak-grade technique Frost Palm detected. Record it?" He selected confirm and moved on.
He opened the second box. "Ding! Mystic peak-grade technique Earth Shattering Palm detected. Record it?" After confirming, he opened the third box.
"Ding!