True Martial Canon

For a time, among the clan elders, some called it a misunderstanding, some played the family-affection card, some reminisced about the brotherly bond they had shared with Liang Bo's father, dead for many years, while others loudly praised Liang Bo's remarkable cultivation...

Seeing their faces, Liang Bo sneered inwardly, a trace of impatience showing on his face.

What had these people been doing before? Now that he had merely displayed a little talent, they acted like completely different people. Fawning on the powerful—nothing could be more fitting.

At the head of the gathering, Liang Wen's expression darkened somewhat as he watched the clan elders' behavior. He wanted to win Liang Bo over, but he had not sunk so low as to curry favor with him.

He gave a light cough, cutting everyone off, then sighed to Liang Bo. "This old man nearly joined the True Martial Sect back then, but in the end, I was always just one step short! Liang Bo, since you can enter such a top sect of this age as the True Martial Sect, that is your good fortune. You must cultivate diligently from now on. Also, no matter where you go, do not forget that you bear the Liang name!"

"Bear the Liang name?" Liang Bo shook his head inwardly. He did not feel the slightest sense of belonging toward the Liang Clan.

However, since Liang Wen had said so, he naturally would not be foolish enough to contradict him. He immediately nodded and replied, "Yes, this nephew will never forget."

Liang Wen nodded. "Good. You participated in the tournament today, and you just fought a fierce battle with Liang Cheng. You must be exhausted. Go rest now!"

Liang Bo had no desire to remain here either, so he took his leave.

The moment he stepped out of the courtyard, he saw Xiao Qing hurrying toward him.

"Young Master, are you all right?"

So many clan elders had come earlier, each shouting about killing and fighting, and they had frightened her terribly. Unfortunately, her status was too low for her to enter the courtyard. Thankfully, after Clan Head Liang Wen arrived, the situation quickly eased, and only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.

"I'm fine!" Liang Bo said with a smile, shaking his head. He then looked at her cheek. It was still terribly swollen, so he quickly took her to a physician for treatment.

After her wound had been treated, the two returned to their own courtyard.

After returning to the room and sitting down, Xiao Qing sat in a chair and said uneasily, "Young Master, it's all because Xiao Qing is useless. I couldn't take care of Young Master properly, and even made Young Master risk himself for me."

Liang Bo smiled. "Silly girl, what are you saying? Liang Cheng and I already had old grudges between us. Wasn't it only right for me to seek revenge on him? Besides, who says you're useless? If not for your thoughtful care, when I was seriously injured a few days ago, I'm afraid I wouldn't have recovered so quickly."

Only after hearing Liang Bo's words did Xiao Qing finally relax.

Liang Bo continued, "Now that I've entered the True Martial Sect, according to the rules, I can bring three attendants with me to cultivate there. Those three attendants can also receive the treatment of outer sect disciples. Xiao Qing, are you willing to accompany me to the True Martial Sect?"

"I can go to the True Martial Sect with Young Master too?" Xiao Qing asked in surprise.

"Of course you can!"

"That's wonderful! Xiao Qing is truly so happy to be able to stay by Young Master's side!" Xiao Qing was both shocked and delighted. Just moments ago, she had worried that after Young Master went to the True Martial Sect, she would be left alone in the Liang Clan. She had never expected that Young Master could bring her along.

She did not care much for martial arts or cultivation. In her eyes, as long as she could remain by Young Master's side, that was enough.

Liang Bo smiled and nodded. "Good. Once I pass the arena battles next month, I'll take you with me to the True Martial Sect. As for now..." He took out a small booklet and handed it to Xiao Qing. "For now, you need to work hard at cultivating your inner energy. Otherwise, once you reach the True Martial Sect, if your inner energy cultivation is too poor, I'm afraid people will laugh at you."

What he gave Xiao Qing was the cultivation method Baoyuan Energy.

As Liang Bo's personal maid, Xiao Qing had originally cultivated a little inner energy as well. However, the inner energy method she had practiced before was even worse than Baoyuan Energy. Added to the fact that she had never put much effort into cultivation, after all these years, her inner energy had not even reached the ninth rank of martial arts.

After instructing Xiao Qing to cultivate diligently according to the method, Liang Bo returned to his own room and began cultivating the True Martial Canon.

Two hours later, following the method's instructions, he completed one full circulation of his inner energy.

Liang Bo looked over his character interface.

Liang Bo--

[Cultivation]: Martial Arts Fifth Rank

[Techniques]: Baoyuan Energy 10/10 True Martial Canon 0/40

[Martial Skills]: Purple Lightning Blade 18/20 Heavenly Wind Wishful Steps 10/10 Cloud Piercing Palm 0/10 Dragon-Elephant Blade Technique 0/10 Lion Wrestling Hand 0/10

[Skill Points]: 0

Compared to several days ago, his character interface now had two additional entries. One was the True Martial Canon, while the other was the three ordinary martial skills he had been diligently practicing these past few days: Cloud Piercing Palm, Dragon-Elephant Blade Technique, and Lion Wrestling Hand.

Looking at the proficiency cap of the True Martial Canon, Liang Bo fell into thought.

It seemed that the proficiency cap was not only related to the grade of a cultivation method or martial skill, but also to its completeness. Otherwise, as a heaven-rank cultivation method, the True Martial Canon could not possibly have a proficiency cap of only forty points. This was likely because Liang Bo had only obtained its first two layers.

After thinking it over, he activated the modifier and directly reduced the proficiency of Baoyuan Energy to zero, converting it into ten skill points. He then added them all to the True Martial Canon, quickly raising its proficiency to ten points.

Feeling the speed at which his inner energy circulated increase by another large margin, Liang Bo was immensely satisfied.

However, when he looked again at his skill points, which had returned to zero, his brows furrowed.

Based on his experience cultivating martial skills these past few days, it would take him more than ten days to raise the proficiency of each of the three ordinary martial skills, such as Cloud Piercing Palm, to one point. Including the time he had already invested, it would take roughly twenty days in total.

In other words, he could obtain only around three skill points every twenty days—on average, one skill point every six days.

At this rate, he could obtain sixty skill points in a year, enough to raise three low-grade human-rank martial skills to mastery.

Compared with his former pace, when it had taken nearly ten years of cultivation just to raise one ordinary martial skill to minor accomplishment, this was many times faster. Yet Liang Bo was still not satisfied. He wanted to improve even faster.

However, the time he could devote to cultivation each day was limited. Unless his comprehension improved by a huge margin, it would be difficult for him to obtain skill points any faster.

Since the rate at which he gained skill points was difficult to increase, was there a more efficient way to use them?

At that thought, Liang Bo suddenly had an idea. He immediately slapped his forehead in excitement.

"Damn it, why hadn't I thought of this before!"

He hurriedly entered the character interface and activated the modifier. He then reduced the proficiencies of Purple Lightning Blade and Heavenly Wind Wishful Steps all the way down to one point. This gave him twenty-six skill points, which he directly added to the True Martial Canon.

At once, the proficiency of the True Martial Canon surged to thirty-seven points!