Hundred Demon Cavern lay halfway up Slaughter Mountain, surrounded by dense forest, with only a narrow stone path leading in and out.
The cave was a labyrinth of interconnected passages, its lamps kept perpetually lit. Light filtered through openings carved into the walls, so it was not gloomy within.
A thousand texts stood upon its walls, containing the Heavenly Demon Sect's secret arts as well as classic human martial arts plundered from elsewhere. It took the name "Hundred Demons" and served as the sect's repository of martial inheritances.
What a fine rice bin—today, a big rat had gotten in.
Xiang Yuan swaggered into Hundred Demon Cavern with the gait of a man who recognized neither kin nor kinship. All around him stood stone walls, some as large as cliffs, others as small as steles. They bore martial arts of both humans and devils. Light and shadow shone from every direction, raising one demonic silhouette after another across the walls and steles, demonstrating their corresponding techniques frame by frame.
So long as one stood at the right angle and used the shifting light and shadows, one could glean a martial art.
"What an ingenious design."
Xiang Yuan's eyes lit up. He slapped his own face, telling Steady to stop sleeping and hurry out to train.
If you wouldn't do it, there were plenty of Palus who would.
For instance, Cold Blood!
Steady came online and studied the transformations on the stone wall before him. Acupoint Opening Realm martial arts might have their innovations, but they no longer had any use for him. Learning them would only delay the evolution of the Five Tigers Severing Gate Saber.
He strolled along, stopping now and then, until he reached the section of stone walls corresponding to the Foundation Establishment Realm. He picked and chose,