So Many?

"Liu Yu, an outer disciple of the West Courtyard, has comprehended two ' Domain Realm of the Dao '."

"In addition to the initial 1,000 merit points, an extra 2,000 merit points will be awarded as a reward."

As Steward Senluo's voice echoed, Zhou Hao snapped out of his thoughts and a smile appeared on his face.

To be able to reach the ' Domain Realm of the Dao in two paths on the first visit to the Myriad Forms Hall is already a rare talent.

"That's amazing!" Liu Yu exclaimed excitedly upon seeing Zhou Hao as she returned to the group.

"Changsheng Brother Changsheng, this Myriad Forms World is of great help to cultivation. I feel that I have made great progress in the art of formations."

"Now Ao Xiaobao definitely can't break my formation easily."

"Then go back and try to find him," Zhou Hao said with a smile.

On the way here, Liu Yu and Ao Xiaobao each set up a formation and the tortoise broke through it, the two of them having a great time.

However, Ao Xiaobao possessed a mysterious talent; while he was inept at setting up formations, he was incredibly adept at breaking them.

Even the array of the Turtle-Serpent Palace couldn't stop it, so Liu Yu was naturally left with no choice but to be tormented.

"Mm." Liu Yu nodded.

After all the disciples of the West Courtyard had finished their study, the group left the Myriad Forms Hall and went to the Dao Treasury Hall on the other side.

Compared to the magnificent Myriad Forms Hall, the Dao Treasury Hall is just a small three-story wooden building. A middle-aged man dressed in a light yellow robe is lying in a recliner, holding an exquisite wine cup in his hand, tasting fine wine.

Yan Xun stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Uncle-Master Huang Ting."

"Hmm." Daoist Huang Ting glanced at Yan Xun, "Are these your West Courtyard's new outer disciples?"

"Yes," Yan Xun replied.

Wow~~~~

Twelve streams of light flew from Daoist Huang Ting towards Zhou Hao and the others.

"This jade slip contains information about all the simplified versions of the Daoist scriptures that you outer disciples can choose from within the Mysterious Heaven Sect."

"Choose your copies according to your merit points, and I'll give you the originals."

Zhou Hao and the others all nodded.

"Fellow disciples, after you have chosen your cultivation techniques, please return to the West Courtyard on your own," Yan Xun said to everyone. "I have other matters to attend to, so I will take my leave now."

During this comprehension session at the Myriad Forms Hall, Zhou Hao displayed extraordinary talent, Curly-Sideburned Guest and Liu Yu also revealed monstrous aptitudes. He needs to return to Windfire Peak as soon as possible to report to his teachers and elders so they can make arrangements accordingly.

If we wait until the other branches also receive the news, then there will be a lot to fight over.

Yan Xun left in a hurry, and Zhou Hao and the others also focused their attention on the jade slips in their hands.

As soon as Zhou Hao's divine sense seeped into the jade slip, he seemed to appear in front of rows of huge bookshelves.

The books on the shelves were countless, arranged in three categories: 'Law', 'Technique', and 'Miscellaneous'.

The Dharma is the method of cultivation.

Whether it's Qi cultivation or the cultivation method of God-Devil Body Refining refinement, both belong to the category of "method".

Techniques, on the other hand, are the secret arts of immortals and demons, the 'supernatural powers' of gods and demons, the 'sword techniques' of sword immortals, the 'forbidden techniques' used desperately, and the 'escape techniques' used to escape...

All techniques used are merely methods.

Miscellaneous refers to a combination of all the first two categories, such as puppets, formations, insect breeding, crafting magical artifacts, refining elixirs, and using poison...

"Let's look at the Qi cultivation methods first." Zhou Hao quickly found the Qi cultivation bookshelf among the rows of bookshelves.

The methods of Qi cultivation are divided into four levels: Pure Yang Rank, Immortal Rank, Heaven Rank, and Earth Rank.

Among them, the Pure Yang Rank... represents a Qi Refining Method that can be cultivated all the way to the Pure Yang True Immortal level.

But when Zhou Hao saw that the bookshelf for Pure Yang Rank cultivation techniques was empty, he knew that this was not something that outer disciples could choose.

"Fortunately, outer disciples can choose immortal-level Qi refining methods."

Zhou Hao looked at the bookshelf labeled with the character 'Immortal', which contained a total of eighteen golden books.

"A fragment of the <Supreme Clarity Great Cavern True Scripture>, and the Immortal-rank cultivation technique <Three Heavenly Dragon Book>. The first volume requires 800 merit points to exchange."

Zhou Hao nodded slightly.

This is the one among the eighteen Immortal-level Qi Refining Methods that requires the fewest merit points to exchange, only eight hundred points.

Each newly initiated outer disciple has a thousand basic merit points. After everyone can exchange for this cultivation technique, they can still save some merit points to exchange for some immortal and demonic secret techniques, as well as miscellaneous secret manuals.

Of course, if 800 merit points is too much, there are plenty of 'Earth-Rank Qi Refining Methods' on the bookshelf next to you, the most expensive one only costs 200 merit points.

The better the Qi cultivation method, the wider the Yuanhai (Primordial Sea) can be expanded during the Purple Mansion, and the more solid the foundation will be in the future.

Zhou Hao now has nine thousand merit points, so he naturally wouldn't skimp on the Qi cultivation technique that's crucial to his future foundation.

Soon, Zhou Hao's gaze fell on a golden book on the top shelf of the bookshelf.

The Immortal-Rank Qi Refining Method, "The Heavenly River Record," is said to have been created based on the Dao Sect Daoist method, "The Beiming Scripture." To exchange for the first volume, two thousand merit points are required.

"The Heavenly River Record is a water-based cultivation technique, and it requires the most merit points to exchange among all the available methods." Zhou Hao nodded. "That's it."

The Jade Dragon Army technique he had previously cultivated was a water-based technique, so after opening his Purple Mansion, he would naturally continue to cultivate the water-based techniques of the Five Elements.

"And there's the second volume of the Chiming Nine Heavens Map." Zhou Hao then looked at the bookshelf containing the God-Devil Body Refining Technique.

The second volume of <The Chiming Nine Heavens Map> is a sequel to the nine-fold cultivation method in the first volume.

It also has nine levels, from the tenth to the eighteenth, with each three levels forming a major realm, corresponding to the three levels of Myriad Phenomena, Primordial Spirit, and Void Return.

"One hundred merit points?" Zhou Hao smiled. Sure enough, the wider the word spreads, the cheaper it becomes.

The number one cultivation method for cultivating the body of gods and demons is, although it is the easiest method to obtain.

However, it is also the most difficult method to master.

Having chosen his cultivation method and with a large number of merit points at hand, Zhou Hao's mind then went to the bookshelf marked with the word 'technique'.

Techniques are the skills used to apply the Dao. Such as supernatural powers, fist techniques, sword techniques, magic, forbidden techniques, escape techniques, etc., all belong to the category of techniques.

"As the teacher said, the sixty-three manuals he selected for me are all Earth-rank and Human-rank manuals, and they only require eight hundred merit points in total."

"I have 6,100 merit points left. Let's see what supernatural abilities I can get."

Zhou Hao looked through the various manuals and quickly found the shelf with the books on supernatural powers.

<Phantom Formless>, <Law of Heaven and Earth>, <Fire Rainbow Escape Art>, <Three Heads and Six Arms>, <Purple-Gold Divine Body>... One after another, these supernatural manuals were laid out in a row, totaling sixteen volumes.

"So many outer disciples can be selected?"

Supernatural powers are extremely rare. Apart from widely circulated supernatural secrets such as "Law of Heaven and Earth" and "Three Heads and Six Arms," it would be remarkable if a top immortal sect in a prefecture had five or six supernatural powers.

"Truly worthy of being a celestial sect founded by a banished immortal from the Heavenly Realm; its foundation is indeed profound."

Zhou Hao sighed inwardly and first looked at <Law of Heaven and Earth> and <Three Heads and Six Arms>.

He has cultivated the <Law of Heaven and Earth> technique, which reaches the Purple Mansion God and Demon realm, and now he needs to exchange it for the next method.

The Three Heads and Six Arms supernatural power was something he had longed for, a method that could perfectly complement the Xuanwu Great Divine Ability, and something he had decided to exchange for before even coming to the Dao Treasury Hall.

Zhou Hao had previously felt he had a vast amount of merit points, but upon seeing the merit points required to exchange for supernatural powers...

The first volume of "The Law of Heaven and Earth" requires 500 merit points, which is not too bad.

However, the first volume of "Three Heads and Six Arms" requires three thousand merit points.

"That's really expensive!" Zhou Hao calculated for a moment.

A total of nine thousand merit points.

Exchange for 63 secret manuals and 800 merit points.

Exchange for the Qi cultivation method of the first volume of "Heavenly River Record" for 2,000 merit points.

Exchange for Volume 2 of <Chiming Nine Heavens Map>, 100 merit points.

In addition, there are 500 merit points for the first volume of "The Law of Heaven and Earth" and 3,000 merit points for the first volume of "Three Heads and Six Arms".

There are 2,600 merit points remaining.

Let's take a look at other supernatural abilities.

Even the cheapest one, <Phantom Formless>, a close-combat movement technique, requires 3,000 merit points for just the first volume.

To redeem the complete book, you'll need 10,000 merit points.

The "Purple- Purple-Gold Divine Body," a cultivation technique that can make the body as hard as a magical artifact, requires 10,000 merit points just for the first volume.

"I can't afford even one copy."

Zhou Hao sighed.

But actually, I don't really care.

Now, I have the <Xuanwu Great Divine Ability> for cultivating my body, the <Free and Easy Wandering> for flight and escape techniques, and I have also exchanged for <Law of Heaven and Earth> and <Three Heads and Six Arms>. My supernatural powers and secret techniques are more than enough.

Although Zhou Hao was quite envious of the close-combat movement technique <Phantom Formless>, he didn't necessarily want to exchange for it right now.

With 2,600 merit points remaining, I need to see what other secret techniques are more suitable and can better help improve my combat power.

After browsing for a long time, Zhou Hao found a familiar book of secret arts on the bookshelf in the 'Arts' section—<The Soul-Shaking Art>.

"It seems that in the original work, Ji Ning exchanged for this secret technique after joining the Black-White Academy."

Zhou Hao looked at it carefully.

The <Soul-Shaking Art> is an extremely rare secret technique for the soul.

It is a technique used by cultivators to unleash attacks using the divine sense and consciousness of their soul.

The <Soul-Shaking Art> can only be cultivated by those with divine sense. Once mastered, it can shake the soul of an enemy.

If the difference in spiritual power between the two parties is too great, there is even a possibility that they could be directly annihilated by each other's spiritual power.

"Two thousand merit points?" Zhou Hao thought to himself, "That's it."

The reason for choosing the <Soul-Shaking Art> is not entirely because of the original protagonist Ji Ning.

Zhou Hao's current spiritual sense is comparable to that of a Nascent Primordial Spirit Daoist at the Perfect Realm, and the secret techniques for battles between spiritual souls are extremely rare.

With the <Soul-Shaking Art>, Zhou Hao's spiritual strength was enough to sweep away most Myriad Phenomena True Person, and it was even more effective than any other supernatural power for him.

"That's all for now. I'll keep 600 merit points so that I won't run out when the teacher asks me to exchange for more manuals."

Zhou Hao withdrew his consciousness from the jade slip.

At this moment, he was only grateful that his spirit Little Treasure, Xiao Bao, was a second-generation tortoise immortal, so he didn't have to worry about cultivation techniques or secret manuals.

Otherwise, if we were to exchange more cultivation techniques for Ao Xiaobao, those nine thousand merit points, though seemingly a lot, would be completely wasted.

... In the Dao Treasury Hall.

One by one, the disciples of the West Courtyard returned the jade slips to Daoist Huang Ting, Daoist Huang Ting then waved his hand and took out the rubbings of the cultivation techniques they had chosen.

They can take those rubbings of the techniques with them, but they cannot pass them on; they must destroy them immediately after they have learned them.

Otherwise, if word gets out, according to the oath of Heavenly Dao, his soul will immediately be scattered.

Zhou Hao, holding the jade slip, also approached Daoist Huang Ting.

Most of the others have already obtained the rubbings of the cultivation techniques.

Some, like Yun Yuchan and Curly-Sideburned Guest, held seven or eight martial arts manuals in their hands, while others, like Li Zhan and Huang Tian, only had two or three.

Disciples who entered the sect at the same time began to show obvious differences after receiving merit points in the Myriad Forms Hall.

Seeing Zhou Hao approach, the West Courtyard disciples who had already obtained the cultivation manual all looked over at the same time.

If we're talking about merits, who has more than Zhou Hao?

"Eight thousand merit points is a lot, but after exchanging them for a Celestial-level Qi Refining Method, it's only enough to exchange for two more supernatural abilities at most."

I had already learned three supernatural abilities, and the difference wasn't significant."

Li Zhan looked at Zhou Hao, who was clutching the immortal-grade cultivation technique, "Three Heavenly Dragon Book," tightly in his hand.

"Give me the jade slip." Daoist Huang Ting calmly accepted the jade slip from Zhou Hao's hand.

With a sweep of his divine sense, he saw a long list of secret manual names left by Zhou Hao.

"So much?"

Daoist Huang Ting glanced at Zhou Hao.

"Yes." Zhou Hao nodded. "Thank you for your trouble, Uncle-Master."

Uncle-Master?

Daoist Huang Ting seemed to be deep in thought.

Outer disciples generally address him as Elder.

Those who can call him "Uncle-Master" are all those who have become his disciples...

The surprised remark made by Huang Daoist Huang Ting was also heard by Li Zhan and the other disciples of the West Courtyard, who were not far away.

so much?

Zhou Hao has many secret techniques?

Did they choose more than a dozen secret manuals?

Wow~~~~

Hundreds of secret manuals appeared out of thin air on the ground.

so much!!?

I have something to do this morning. I'll continue and try to update two more times.