Peerless Technique!

Zhang Su and Chu Dachuan headed back to their residence together.

Along the way, Chu Dachuan remained silent.

Yet stormy waves roiled in his heart.

The Triple Wave Sword Technique had actually reached the Perfected Realm again?

He knew perfectly well that Zhang Su's Nine Shadows Sword Technique had long since reached the Perfected Realm.

In other words, Zhang Su had now mastered two Perfected Realm sword techniques, and both were superior techniques.

Though he might still fall short of the Top Ten Outer Sect Disciples.

Two perfected sword techniques could, more or less, reveal just how high Zhang Su's talent for the sword truly was.

If Zhang Su tried cultivating a top-tier sword technique, he might not be unable to cultivate it to the Major Accomplishment Realm, just like the Top Ten Outer Sect Disciples!

By then, he might truly be able to contend for a place among the Top Ten Outer Sect Disciples.

Zhang Su had no idea what Chu Dachuan was thinking, because he was carefully examining the System Panel.

Host: Zhang Su

Cultivation Base: Blood Qi Realm Ninth Layer

Triple Wave: Compatibility Rate 91% (Perfected Realm)

Compatibility Points: 2

The first thing Zhang Su focused on was the Compatibility Points.

As the Triple Wave Sword Technique reached the Perfected Realm, his Compatibility Points had increased by another point. He now had two Compatibility Points.

If he added them to a cultivation technique, they could raise its Compatibility Rate by 20%.

But was a 20% increase enough?

No, far from it.

Zhang Su knew very well that if he intended to cultivate a top-tier or even peerless technique, its Compatibility Rate would be very low.

Most likely, unless he had at least an 80% Compatibility Rate, he would need to accumulate even more Compatibility Points.

"Chu Dachuan, head back first. I'm going to the Scripture Pavilion."

After saying that, Zhang Su parted ways with Chu Dachuan and headed straight for the Scripture Pavilion.

Before long, Zhang Su arrived at the Scripture Pavilion.

Yet upon arriving, Zhang Su did not immediately search for martial skills.

Instead, he selected several books related to cultivation.

These books contained the cultivation insights of Guiyuan Sect's predecessors. They had been compiled into volumes and placed in the Scripture Pavilion for free, available for anyone to read.

Zhang Su thought of a question.

Why could every one of the Top Ten Outer Sect Disciples reach two hundred strands of Blood Qi?

After the Blood Qi within Zhang Su's body reached one hundred strands, he had vaguely begun to feel that he had reached his limit.

It seemed that even if he continued circulating the Taotie Blood Nourishing Technique and swallowing Blood Replenishing Pills, it would be meaningless.

Zhang Su still had only one hundred strands of Blood Qi.

There were many cultivation-related books.

Zhang Su opened a volume that gave a detailed explanation of the two major realms: Blood Qi and Internal Force.

The book described two methods of producing Internal Force.

The first was to slowly temper one's Blood Qi after it reached a critical point. Though the quantity of Blood Qi would not increase, if its quality strengthened to a certain degree, Internal Force could be born.

It was just that this method was very difficult.

It required years upon years of tempering.

It could even require ten years, twenty years, or an even longer period of tempering.

Most martial artists basically used this method.

This was also why many Blood Qi Realm Ninth Layer martial artists had failed to produce Internal Force even after many years.

The second method was to pile up the quantity.

Cultivate as many strands of Blood Qi as possible—two hundred, three hundred, four hundred...

Once the quantity of Blood Qi was sufficient, Internal Force would naturally be born.

This method was as natural as water flowing into a channel.

The Internal Force produced would also be exceptionally profound, with tremendous malleability. It would lay a solid foundation for future Internal Force cultivation and even higher realms.

But producing enough Blood Qi was difficult!

Ordinary techniques and superior techniques could at most cultivate one hundred strands of Blood Qi, or just a little over one hundred.

Top-tier techniques could cultivate two hundred to three hundred strands of Blood Qi.

Peerless techniques were said to be capable of cultivating more than five hundred strands of Blood Qi.

The more abundant one's Blood Qi, the stronger the malleability of the Internal Force it produced. The path of martial arts ahead would become smoother and stretch farther!

Zhang Su understood.

No wonder the Top Ten Outer Sect Disciples all possessed more than two hundred strands of Blood Qi.

They had most likely cultivated top-tier techniques.

They most likely wanted Internal Force to be born as naturally as water flowing into a channel as well.

"Looking at it this way, if I want to lay a solid foundation, it would be best to cultivate a peerless technique! But even among people with outstanding talent like the Top Ten Outer Sect Disciples, not everyone can cultivate peerless techniques..."

"Then could I cultivate other ordinary techniques and stack up my Blood Qi?"

Zhang Su thought of a method.

The book mentioned this point as well.

Clearly, Zhang Su was not the first person to think of stacking Blood Qi.

Unfortunately, it would not work.

Once one reached one hundred strands of Blood Qi, that was almost the limit.

This was the Human Limit.

It could not be stacked.

As for why top-tier and peerless techniques could exceed one hundred strands of Blood Qi, the reason was simple.

Top-tier and peerless techniques had been created specifically to allow geniuses to break through the Human Limit and forge a firmer martial foundation.

Cultivating top-tier and peerless techniques was, in truth, an attempt to break through the Human Limit.

That was why top-tier and peerless techniques were so difficult to cultivate.

Zhang Su himself was an example—he had cultivated the Great River Divine Art for a year without even entering the Initiation Realm.

Therefore, if one was not a true genius, one should not choose a top-tier technique.

Choosing one would be useless. One would not be able to cultivate it.

No amount of Blood Replenishing Pills would help.

Resources alone could not pile one's way up.

The mark separating geniuses from ordinary martial artists was whether they could cultivate top-tier techniques.

Zhang Su put down the book.

Of the two paths to producing Internal Force, Zhang Su would clearly choose the second.

So should he choose a top-tier technique or a peerless technique?

There was nothing to hesitate over.

It would definitely be a peerless technique!

However, the Great River Divine Art Zhang Su had cultivated last time had in fact been a peerless divine art, yet he had failed to enter the Initiation Realm even after a year.

The difficulty of peerless divine arts had to be taken into consideration.

"The Great River Divine Art is completely incompatible with me. Its Compatibility Rate is too low... I can choose the peerless technique most compatible with me!"

Zhang Su immediately walked toward a corner on the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion.

There was only one row of bookshelves there.

Yet every shelf held peerless techniques.

Zhang Su began taking out peerless technique manuals one after another to inspect them.

He was mainly checking their Compatibility Rates.

"Blazing Fire Divine Art, Compatibility Rate 18%."

"Blood Jade Divine Art, Compatibility Rate 13%."

"Tiger Demon Divine Art, Compatibility Rate 16%."

Zhang Su checked many divine arts one by one.

In the end, their Compatibility Rates were basically all below 20%.

Such low Compatibility Rates were about the same as the Great River Divine Art.

It meant that no matter how long Zhang Su cultivated them, he would be unable to enter the Initiation Realm.

This once again allowed Zhang Su to experience the difficulty of peerless divine arts.

If they were top-tier techniques, their difficulty was likely not this high, and their Compatibility Rates should be higher as well.

There were not many peerless divine arts on the bookshelves.

He estimated that there were fewer than fifty in total.

Zhang Su kept checking until he reached the forty-third manual.

At last, Zhang Su's eyes lit up.

"Heaven-Swallowing Blood-Nurturing Technique, Compatibility Rate 25%."

Of all the peerless techniques Zhang Su had examined, this was the only one with a Compatibility Rate exceeding 25%.

"No rush. Let's see if there are any techniques with an even higher Compatibility Rate."

Zhang Su immediately continued examining the peerless techniques.

He checked nearly all fifty peerless techniques.

In the end, Zhang Su discovered that the Heaven-Swallowing Blood-Nurturing Technique still had the highest Compatibility Rate.

"This is the divine art!"

Zhang Su had made his decision.

However, a divine art with a 25% Compatibility Rate would likely be difficult even to enter the Initiation Realm with.

Even if he could enter the Initiation Realm, it would probably take more than a year.

As for reaching the Perfected Realm, he should not even dream of it.

He still had to find a way to raise the Compatibility Rate of the Heaven-Swallowing Blood-Nurturing Technique as quickly as possible.

To raise it to 100%, he would need at least eight Compatibility Points.

Even if he did not reach 100% and only raised it to 95%, he would still need seven Compatibility Points.

Of course, if he wanted to ensure that he could definitely reach the Perfected Realm, he would need eight Compatibility Points.

"Eight Compatibility Points. I currently only have two, so I'm still six short. That means I need to pick another six martial skills and cultivate them to the Perfected Realm!"

"Six martial skills won't be easy to find..."

Zhang Su knew it would be difficult.

After cultivating for this period of time, he had also figured out a few patterns.

If the Compatibility Rate was above 90%, then by relying on himself and seizing a few opportunities, there was a strong chance of reaching the Perfected Realm.

Like the Triple Wave Sword Technique and the Nine Shadows Sword Technique.

If the Compatibility Rate was between 80% and 90%, reaching the Major Accomplishment Realm would basically not be a problem.

But it would still require a certain amount of time.

It might take a year, or perhaps three to five years.

But he would definitely be able to reach the Major Accomplishment Realm.

As for the Perfected Realm, there was a sliver of possibility, but it was minuscule.

If the Compatibility Rate was below 80%, even reaching the Major Accomplishment Realm would depend on luck, let alone the Perfected Realm.

Moreover, Zhang Su also wanted to cultivate top-tier and even peerless martial skills.

That would also require Compatibility Points to raise the Compatibility Rates of those martial skills.

Otherwise, he would be unable to cultivate top-tier or peerless martial skills either.

"Compatibility Points..."

Zhang Su sighed.

Compatibility Points were now the key.

He had to think of every possible way to obtain as many Compatibility Points as he could.

"Search! Even if I have to turn the entire first floor of the Scripture Pavilion upside down today, I have to find every martial skill with a Compatibility Rate above 90%!"

There were martial skills beyond counting in the Scripture Pavilion.

If one day was not enough, then two days. If two days were not enough, then ten days.

Going through every martial skill was not particularly difficult.

No sooner had Zhang Su thought of it than he acted, immediately beginning to examine the various Blood Qi Realm martial skills on the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion.