Chen Mo took the ancient Bright Jade Skill manual but didn't head straight back to the communal bunkhouse. Instead, he wandered around the stockade under cover of night, then slipped into an unoccupied part of the Snow Peach Grove.
The bunkhouse was crowded, with too many eyes around. It was hardly a place to read the Bright Jade Skill, let alone activate the Modification Function.
This Snow Peach Grove, on the other hand, was vast, thriving, and laden with Snow Peaches. No one was watching over it, making it the perfect spot.
Chen Mo activated his Six Roots and Six Senses. After confirming there was no one nearby, he sat beneath a Snow Peach Tree and opened the Bright Jade Skill, reading by the moon's dim light.
He had only read a few hundred words of the opening before his eyes lit up and his breathing quickened.
As he continued reading, his understanding of the Bright Jade Skill deepened.
The Bright Jade Skill was an Inner Family True Skill of profound depth, one that emphasized gradual progress. It aligned with the twenty-four solar terms, allowing True Qi to be absorbed differently on different seasonal days, thereby better strengthening one's True Qi and sinews.
It also described in detail how True Qi circulated through the Twelve Main Meridians and Eight Extra Meridians.
Chen Mo was overjoyed. "Since entering the Inner Family, what I've lacked most is a method for circulating True Qi. This Inner Family True Skill has come at just the right time."
After carefully reading the entire Bright Jade Skill, Chen Mo let out a long breath. Its central principles surfaced in his mind.
"The Bright Jade Skill has nine levels in all. The first level is about circulating True Qi through the body's Twelve Main Meridians. The next