Miscellaneous Theories of Clear Shadows

"White Phoenix?" The content of the email was brief. Ye Muxuan stared at the signature at the bottom, his brows knitting slightly. In the data on the masters of the Jinghong lineage provided by the purple-robed envoy of Chaos City earlier, neither the Virtual Universe Company nor the other four major powers had mentioned a powerhouse named "White Phoenix."

"Nine Phoenix, check who this White Phoenix is." Ye Muxuan suddenly spoke.

"White Phoenix cannot be found; it shows that Master does not have the clearance to query this. However, I have found a secret technique related to White Phoenix, Three Thousand Phantom Bodies, which is priced at 8 billion points in the treasury."

The fingers Ye Muxuan had resting on the table stiffened slightly.

The Extreme Wind Secret Canon he had primarily cultivated previously cost 5 billion military merits—or 50,000 Hunyuan Units—on the Outer Battlefield. In the treasury, it required 40,000 points; it was a Marquis Level secret technique.

The master of the Jinghong lineage, Tianjing King, an invincible King Rank, created the secret technique Autumn Killing Secret Canon, which was priced at 900,000 points. Yet this White Phoenix's self-created secret technique was priced at 8 billion.

For a moment, Ye Muxuan even suspected whether this "White Phoenix" was some Universe Master.

But that seemed unlikely!

Would a dignified Universe Master pay attention to a small World Lord like him? He didn't think he had that much face. But at the very least, this was definitely a Venerable, and very likely an Overlord.

"Nine Phoenix, search for Shadow Sweep and Floating Light!" Ye Muxuan said in a deep voice.

"Found them. Shadow Sweep is priced at 1,000 points, and Floating Light is priced at 800,000 points." Nine Phoenix's search speed was fast, and dense streams of information appeared on the screen in front of him.

Shadow Sweep, a basic auxiliary research secret technique for the Jinghong Chaos Stele, created by Vista, a member of the genius competition three million epochs ago, after he spent ten thousand years comprehending the first three diagrams of the Jinghong Chaos Stele. Redemption requires 1,000 points; you have a 10% discount privilege.

Floating Light, a basic auxiliary research secret technique for the Jinghong Chaos Stele, created by King Qianmu. Redemption requires 800,000 points; you have a 10% discount privilege.

Generally speaking, combat-type secret techniques were priced higher, and amplitude-type secret techniques—like body amplitude or soul amplitude techniques—were even more expensive! Auxiliary research techniques were relatively lower, but even so, the price of Floating Light in the Virtual Universe Company's internal treasury still reached 800,000 points.

Even though he had obtained the spoils of war from that Sky Wolf Race World Lord, which were worth nearly 3 million, 800,000 points could be exchanged for 800,000 Hunyuan Units. For Ye Muxuan, this was still a massive fortune.

Tapping his fingertips on the table, Ye Muxuan finally opened the two secret techniques and clicked to redeem.

"Confirm redemption of the full volumes of Floating Light, the full volumes of Shadow Sweep, and the first six levels of Miscellaneous Theories of Clear Shadows?"

"Confirmed. Muxuan, you have a 10% discount privilege. Deducting 720,000 points, 900 points, and 90,000,000 points. Detected that Muxuan has a 100 million point free redemption quota. Remaining quota: 9,279,100. Remaining points: 2,607,400."

When Ye Muxuan signed the agreement, he had received a 100 million point quota for purchasing secret techniques. Redeeming the first six levels of Miscellaneous Theories of Clear Shadows had consumed 100 million. Fortunately, there was a 10% discount, so even with Floating Light and Shadow Sweep added, it was still under 100 million. However, he shouldn't even think about the seventh level now; it cost 1 billion points, and even with a 10% discount, it would be 900 million. His entire net worth wouldn't be nearly enough, not to mention that his largest asset was actually the Locke Divine Water inside the silver badge, but that was needed to cultivate his plant lifeform!

Moreover, the current six levels of Miscellaneous Theories of Clear Shadows were enough for him to study, enough even to study up to the sixth diagram of the Jinghong Chaos Stele.

However, if he were to customize weapons, that wouldn't count toward this quota, so he still needed to be cautious. Fortunately, he was still in Chaos City and wasn't in a rush; he could wait until he was about to leave to consider that problem.

After selecting the secret techniques, Ye Muxuan checked the schedule. The next master of the Jinghong lineage to lecture in Chaos City would be Tianjing King, the invincible King Rank who created the Autumn Killing Secret Canon. The time was nine days later.

Although he had the intention to seek a master, Tianjing King had entered the Immortal realm via the Origin Law of Light, and given his status and position, he might not look favorably upon someone like Ye Muxuan, who walked the path of the Origin Law of Wind.

For an invincible King Rank like Tianjing King, who was comparable to a Universe Kingdom leader, they no longer cared for ordinary so-called geniuses. Only those geniuses who had a chance to become a Marquis or even a King would make them take a second look. Ordinary Immortals weren't worth their effort to cultivate.

However, Shaoling King had a lecture opportunity in three months; he could try that, as Shaoling King had attained Immortality through the Origin Law of Wind...

As he calculated this in his heart, the villa's butler sent a message that items had been delivered through the Virtual Universe Company's internal channels.

At the same time, there was a notification on the Virtual Universe Company's internal network that the Floating Light, Shadow Sweep, and Miscellaneous Theories of Clear Shadows he had redeemed had arrived.

Ye Muxuan stepped out of the villa and, under the somewhat surprised gaze of the Heaven and Earth District butler Abick, received two massive alloy crates that were comparable to a building in size, then flew back into the villa.

Inside the two huge alloy crates, one contained two smaller alloy crates side-by-side, with "Floating Light" and "Shadow Sweep" engraved on their fronts respectively. The other contained volumes of massive metal books; on the cover of the topmost volume, in Universal Common Language, were the words "Miscellaneous Theories of Clear Shadows"!

Even in the virtual universe, as Ye Muxuan looked at it, he could see traces of the flow of the Time Origin Law within the characters on the cover.

Running his fingertips over the traces of the characters on the surface of the book, Ye Muxuan picked up Shadow Sweep. The massive metal book was written in Universal Common Language.

Shadow Sweep consisted of three volumes, corresponding to the first three diagrams of the Jinghong Chaos Stele. After all, Ye Muxuan had long since received the recognition of the Origin Law of Wind and was only half a step away from the Immortal level. His comprehension of the Time Origin Law was also extremely high, so he had the most insight into the first three diagrams of the Chaos Stele and had already understood them thoroughly.

On the rooftop of the small villa.

Ye Muxuan, in a state of quiet meditation and comprehension, was immersed in his own world. Staying on the third floor of the villa in the Heaven and Earth District, he had absolutely no contact with anyone!

Five months later.

Ye Muxuan, who had been sitting in meditation on the rooftop, opened his eyes. He looked up at the Origin Law secret patterns flickering in the sky, a flash of pleasant surprise in his eyes.

Shadow Sweep was truly worthy of being called the most suitable auxiliary secret technique for comprehending the first three diagrams of the Jinghong Chaos Stele. Although it was said to be a basic secret technique, let alone a mere 1,000 points, he felt it would be completely worth it even for 10,000 or even 100,000 points!