Liver Become Mortal Sword Immortal

Yun Shu did not immediately look at those things.

Instead, he first familiarized himself with the continent.

This continent was immeasurably vast; even at the peak of the Myriad Sword Pavilion, one could only glimpse ten provinces at most.

Countless great cultivators had named this place the Ten Mortal Provinces.

And the location of the Myriad Sword Pavilion was Yunzhou, one of those ten provinces.

Yunzhou was also infinitely vast, with Immortal Sects standing in great numbers. The current Myriad Sword Pavilion was merely an insignificant part of it.

Many cultivators spent their entire lives without ever leaving the lands of Yunzhou.

There were also some faction divisions that gave Yun Shu a clear understanding of this world, or rather, of Yunzhou, and he matched them one by one with the script in his mind.

The two worlds seemed to continuously overlap, colliding within Yun Shu's mind.

"This is the cultivation system." Yun Shu glanced at it, his gaze shifting slightly.

The cultivation system was divided into Body Refining, Qi Condensation, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul.

As for what lay beyond Nascent Soul, there was no answer here; this was only a part of the cultivation system.

It recorded in detail what changes would occur in the body at each realm, practically an encyclopedia.

It even recorded that tens of thousands of years ago, the cultivation system had no Body Refining realm; one only needed to test their Spiritual Root to qualify for cultivation.

But because the human body was too weak, most people could barely withstand the power of Spiritual Energy during Qi Induction into Body.

The Immortal Path was hopeless; they could only linger at the threshold of immortal cultivation.

A supreme Immortal Venerable, wanting to allow a mortal woman he had fallen in love with to cultivate, spent over a hundred years creating the Body Refining Technique and dividing it into the Nine Realms of Body Refining.

In the end, the Body Refining Technique spread completely, allowing the masses to open their immortal fate, touch the threshold of Qi Condensation, and withstand the power of Qi Induction into Body. The Immortal Venerable, due to his boundless merit, ascended and became a god.

It became a tale passed down through the ages.

Yun Shu read on, utterly absorbed.

What a devoted Immortal Venerable.

This person really did exist in the plot, but in the plot it was one thing, and in the story it was another.

The narrative was as vivid as a mortal's storybook.

Who knew what was true and what was false.

The Body Refining Technique I practice, so simple and concise, was actually created by an Immortal Venerable?

What a joke. Even that technique had probably been castrated through countless versions.

Yun Shu continued flipping through.

But with his cultivation level, he could only compare and look at things related to the Body Refining Stage. He could glance at Qi Condensation Stage content as preparation, but as for the rest, he just treated it as stories.

Page after page turned, and before he knew it, a whole day had passed.

A wave of drowsiness hit him, and Yun Shu realized he had been sitting here reading for a long time.

"I'll go back first. I'll come again after training tomorrow." Yun Shu thought.

"How was the reading?" the Old Man asked with a smile. It seemed he asked everyone the same question.

"Very fruitful."

Before dawn, Yun Shu rose early.

Taking advantage of the darkness, he arrived at the Training Ground.

Only a few scattered people were on the entire Training Ground. Fortunately, Yun Shu was already used to this feeling of solitude. He began by practicing the Body Refining Technique for a while.

He only stopped after cultivating the Body Refining Technique to the eighth layer.

Legend had it that the Body Refining Technique was created by an Immortal Venerable for the benefit of all beings, but Yun Shu could sense no hidden secrets or power within it.

He had now achieved Great Accomplishment in the Body Refining Technique and was approaching perfection. Even so, he had no other insights. It was still just rigid training of fists and feet, no different from before, let alone anything profound.

Cultivation Methods were divided into five grades: Minor Accomplishment, Great Accomplishment, Perfection, Extreme Realm, and Unrivaled.

The Extreme Realm meant reaching the level the Founder could achieve, or perhaps even the Founder himself had not reached it, but it was the most original state of a method—the highest, most peak level the Founder believed the method could attain.

Unrivaled meant developing new insights based on the method. Yun Shu had never reached it, so he naturally dared not comment recklessly.

Not to mention that almost no one had ever achieved the Unrivaled realm of a method; even if someone did, that insight might not be something others could absorb.

Next was the Falling Cloud Palm, a set of three palm techniques. Though simple, Yun Shu still practiced them earnestly for about half an hour.

The Falling Cloud Palm was a low-tier Martial Technique, but for Yun Shu, it was one of the few techniques he could access in the early stages.

And relying on the Falling Cloud Palm, he had repeatedly been able to complete tasks.

It could be said to have helped him immensely. Now that it had reached Great Accomplishment, Yun Shu naturally would not neglect it.

Not to mention anything else, a Great Accomplishment Falling Cloud Palm was no weaker than some top-tier techniques at Minor Accomplishment.

Simplicity meant it could be used many times, and the consumption of Qi and blood was small—that was only natural.

Therefore, for a long time to come, he would likely rely on Falling Cloud Palm, that crude and unrefined martial technique, to suppress enemies through level advantage.

Finally, Yun Shu took out two cultivation manuals.

These were his greatest gains from the trip to Gufeng Dynasty.

The value of these two manuals must be quite high, especially this movement technique.

Within the Sect, it was worth over a hundred Qi Nurturing Pills; outside, who knew what price it could fetch.

This was the entire wealth of a Nine Levels of Cultivation expert, naturally quite substantial.

As for looting the mountain stronghold afterward, there wasn't much to be found.

The stronghold was only a temporary base.

They had hidden the stolen gold and silver in various spots within Great Mountain.

Those in the know were already dead—a minor regret, but not a major one.

Still, there were gains.

There was also a low-grade martial technique, Savage Blade Technique.

This was the cultivation method of that Body Tempering Stage Six bandit, who died before he could even use it. If a blade cultivator could be found, it should fetch a fair amount of resources in trade.

The rest was scattered odds and ends, hardly worth much. Yun Shu handed it all over to Lin Yang without a second thought.

Lin Yang needed those things more than he did. Even the fist technique, Yun Shu copied a version for Lin Yang.

The movement technique, however, Yun Shu did not pass on.

That kind of thing—Lin Yang's strength wasn't enough yet. If he tried to cultivate it, it would only harm him.

The Cultivation World was exactly like this: a three-year-old Child holding a bar of gold would invite greed in others.

Thus, Yun Shu had always done his best to conceal his true strength, never flaunting it too openly. But when it was time to act, he didn't hide or hesitate.

A man should stand tall and unyielding in this life.

He had already given Lin Yang more than enough; he had done his utmost.

Besides, he had even saved Lin Yang's life—though it was incidental. He didn't expect gratitude or devotion, only that Lin Yang wouldn't cause him trouble behind his back.

Ghost Shadow Steps.

A mid-grade cultivation method, and a rare movement technique at that.

After studying it for a long time, Yun Shu began to move slowly, following the steps described.

Ghost Shadow Steps were incredibly fast, leaving a phantom trail behind, like a ghost under the night sky.

Yun Shu didn't stop.

With his current blood energy, activating Ghost Shadow Steps was relatively easy.

On his first try, he wasn't as relaxed or skilled as the Old Man in black.

But there was already some flair to it. By the end, his footsteps were nearly invisible, almost like teleportation.

"If I ever stop cultivating, I could go out at night and scare people," Yun Shu said with a laugh.

"Ding. You have practiced Ghost Shadow Steps once. Proficiency +1."

"..."

"Ding. You have practiced Ghost Shadow Steps once. Proficiency +1."

His footwork grew increasingly refined.

Yun Shu felt that if he could reach Minor Accomplishment, he would be on par with the Old Man's level.

The Old Man's skill had not reached Great Accomplishment.