Tang San, You Be the Outer Sect Supervisor

"You're very good."

Li Yue nodded slightly, a faint smile appearing on his face.

"From today onward, Tang San, you will be the Outer Sect Supervisor. I'll explain the matter to the elders. For now, come with me. I'll teach you the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record."

Tang San was stunned senseless by this unexpected windfall. Even after recovering, it still felt unreal. An Outer Disciple who had just been bullied by Inner Disciples was now being promoted to Outer Sect Supervisor?

Moreover, he knew full well that the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record was an untransmitted secret of the Tang Family's inner sect. Tang Yue Senior Brother was actually passing it on to a lowly Outer Disciple like him. It was simply unimaginable.

"Thank you for your trust, Senior Brother, and for this great favor. Tang San will give everything he has, remaining loyal unto death. I will never disappoint your expectations!"

Tang San was deeply grateful, his eyes reddening. Men did not shed tears lightly unless they were truly heartbroken, but these were tears of gratitude.

Ever since Elder Tang Lan, the Outer Sect Elder, had picked him up and brought him back to the Tang Family as an Outer Disciple, this was the first time he had ever felt so moved.

The Tang Family's rules were strict—if you were an Outer Disciple for a day, you would remain an Outer Disciple for life.

To Inner Disciples of the Tang Family, the outer sect was little more than servants, household-born retainers.

No matter how many merits one earned, the most one could achieve was becoming an Outer Sect Elder, just like Elder Tang Lan.

Only by gaining the trust of the main family and marrying into the Tang Family's inner sect—that was, becoming one of the Tang Family, even through a collateral branch—could one's descendants become Inner Disciples.

No wonder they said a scholar would die for one who recognized his worth. Tang San finally understood why Yu Rang, favored by Zhi Bo, had been willing to risk his life to assassinate Zhao Xiangzi after Zhi Bo's death.

Now, he too was willing to sacrifice his life for Li Yue Senior Brother, who had recognized his worth!

Li Yue brought Tang San to his room and took a somewhat yellowed ancient book from the shelf. On its cover were four large characters: "Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record."

He had received it from his elder-master when he was old enough to cultivate internal energy.

Compared with the copied editions given to ordinary Inner Disciples,

this one was not the original either, but it contained many annotations—insights left behind by Inner Sect Elders who had cultivated the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record in the past.

"This Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record was given to me by my master when I was young. It bears the annotations of Inner Sect Elders from generations past. Now, I am passing it on to you."

"It records the Tang Family's untransmitted secrets: the internal cultivation method, Mysterious Heaven Skill; the hand-training method, Mysterious Jade Hand; the eye-training method, Purple Extreme Demonic Eyes; the grappling method, Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon; the movement technique, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track; and the method for using Hidden Weapons—the Hundred Solutions for Hidden Weapons."

Li Yue said solemnly, "Tang San, cultivate the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record well. Do not disappoint my expectations."

The instant Li Yue handed the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record to Tang San, a system notification sounded in his mind: "Detected that the host has bestowed the top-tier cultivation art 'Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record' upon Tang San, forming a great karmic bond with Tang San."

Tang San accepted the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, his hands trembling faintly as he felt the texture of the old book and saw the four vigorous, powerful characters on its cover: "Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record."

The treasure record was light, no heavier than an ordinary scripture, yet in Tang San's heart, it weighed a thousand catties.

Tang San understood the value of this yellowed ancient book, and he also understood the trust Li Yue Senior Brother had placed in him. Raising his head, his eyes brimmed with gratitude.

"Thank you, Tang Yue Senior Brother. I will cultivate diligently and never let you down," Tang San said resolutely, his voice even carrying a hint of choking emotion.

He knew how much pressure Li Yue Senior Brother had to bear to give him this treasure record. It was an untransmitted secret of the Tang Family. Secretly learning it was an unforgivable crime forbidden by sect rules, and privately passing it on was no different.

Tang San secretly swore in his heart that he would repay Li Yue Senior Brother's kindness.

From then on, Tang San studied the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record under Li Yue.

Though it contained annotations left by predecessors, many crucial points could only be passed down orally between master and disciple.

Li Yue patiently guided Tang San. He greatly appreciated Tang San's eagerness to learn and thirst for knowledge, though what he liked most was Tang San's gratitude.

Their relationship could be described as both master and servant, as well as teacher and disciple.

Though Tang San was a person whose pride concealed inferiority, and who was extreme yet sensitive—shaped by his upbringing in the Tang Family's outer sect—

toward Li Yue, who had given him a second life, Tang San was filled with gratitude and respect. He followed closely behind him, ready to serve as a servant at his command.

He ran errands tirelessly and never complained. Whenever Li Yue had any need, Tang San would immediately solve his troubles.

In short, he was Li Yue's lackey—commonly known as a bootlicker.

And even then, others could line up and still fail to find a way in.

While teaching Tang San, Li Yue also improved himself, burying himself in the Tang Family's Scripture Library.

With the imaginative ideas from countless wuxia, xianxia, and fantasy novels in the knowledge-explosion era of his previous life, together with the solid martial arts knowledge he possessed in this life,

the two combined into something far greater than one plus one equaling two. A chemical reaction took place.

After reading the many martial arts manuals collected by Tang Family predecessors, Li Yue developed new ideas about the techniques in the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record. Perhaps he could improve it.

It was just as well that he did not care much about this body. Though this martial arts world with the Tang Family was quite good, and his status within the Tang Family was highly respected, Douluo Continent would offer even wider horizons.

He might as well put this body to use as an experiment and create a Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record that belonged to him and suited him best.

Li Yue first attempted to combine Mysterious Jade Hand with Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon.

Mysterious Jade Hand was a hand-training method used by the Tang Family alongside poison. It could make one's palms exceptionally tough and isolate all toxins. When activated, both hands would turn translucent jade in color.

Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon was not merely a domineering grappling technique, but also a method of exerting force. It could use four ounces to deflect a thousand pounds. When activated, a vortex would form in the palm, producing a pulling force.

If these two martial arts techniques could be combined, they would be quite similar to the ultimate art of Moving Flower Palace from The Legendary Siblings that Li Yue had read in his previous life—Bright Jade Skill.

But how to combine these two martial arts techniques made Li Yue ponder for a long time. After all, this was his first time creating a cultivation art.

Though he was already standing on the shoulders of his predecessors and merely intended to combine the two supreme techniques of Mysterious Jade Hand and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to create a Bright Jade Hand close to the one described in Bright Jade Skill,

it was still his first attempt, and he lacked experience. Furthermore, Li Yue did not know the specific cultivation method for Bright Jade Skill—not even a fragment of it. He only knew some of the effects it displayed when used.

Gu Long's style had always been known for its simplicity, sharpness, and free-spiritedness, placing greater emphasis on artistic conception.

By comparison, Jin Yong was much friendlier to a transmigrator like Li Yue.

At the very least, Li Yue knew the principles behind Bei Ming Divine Skill: it absorbed others' internal energy by using negative polarity to draw in positive polarity, and its circulation route ran opposite to the internal cultivation methods of other sects.

He also knew that the first thing cultivated was the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian—this "Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian" was the first lesson of Bei Ming Divine Skill.

He knew, too, that the key acupoints were the Shaoshang acupoint and the Tanzhong acupoint—the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian and the Ren Meridian formed the foundation of Bei Ming Divine Skill. Among them, the Shaoshang acupoint on the thumb and the Tanzhong acupoint between the breasts were of utmost importance. The former absorbed, while the latter stored.

For Li Yue, that was already enough—more than detailed enough.

A true teaching required but a single sentence; a false teaching could fill ten thousand books.

Though he only knew one circulation route, he was not trying to replicate Bei Ming Divine Skill. He merely wanted to fuse Mysterious Jade Hand with Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon and improve them into a hand technique.

The Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian happened to be the core of Bei Ming Divine Skill, and it also involved acupoints in the hands.

Surely, using it as a foundation and incorporating Mysterious Jade Hand and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, creating a top-tier hand technique would not be difficult.

After Li Yue's experiments, using one circulation route of Bei Ming Divine Skill as the foundation and with the help of the many martial arts manuals in the Scripture Library, as well as his profound martial arts attainments in this world,

he combined Mysterious Jade Hand and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, drawing upon the fragments of information about Bei Ming Divine Skill from his previous life, and created Bei Ming Hand.

When activated, both hands became translucent like jade, while vortices formed in the palms and generated a pulling force.

Internal energy was not released outward but gathered inward. Thus, activating the technique did not consume internal energy; instead, it accumulated it—after all, its foundation was the top-tier internal cultivation art known as Bei Ming Divine Skill.

The internal energy accumulated in the Tanzhong acupoint of the Middle Dantian.

If the Shaoshang acupoint was used to lock onto another person's acupoint, it could absorb their internal energy.