Marrow-Cleansing Scripture!

Jia He nodded. "There's indeed no one to test the sword on right now, but I believe there soon will be!"

Jia Xing Tian looked at Jia He. "What do you mean by that?"

"I heard that Yun Shan, the eighth-generation leader of the Misty Cloud Sect, is a peak Dou Emperor!" Jia He said slowly.

Jia Xing Tian's expression changed. "You mean Yun Shan has entered the ranks of the Dou Zong?"

A Dou Zong and a Dou Emperor were worlds apart. The clearest difference was that Dou Zong experts could already begin to control the power of space.

Both Dou Kings and Dou Emperors needed to form wings from Dou Qi to fly through the air, but a Dou Zong had no need for that at all!

"Can this sword truly help me fight a Dou Zong?" Jia Xing Tian asked Jia He.

Jia He pondered for a moment. "I don't know about a true Dou Zong, but fighting Yun Shan should be completely possible!"

"Why?" Jia Xing Tian asked.

"How could the Dou Zong realm be so easy to break through? Yun Shan's talent is more or less on par with yours, Great-Grandfather. Since even you have yet to break through to Dou Zong, Yun Shan naturally shouldn't be able to either!"

"Unless Yun Shan borrowed external power!" Jia He said.

Jia He knew that Yun Shan had likely already colluded with Wu Protector of the Soul Hall.

With the Soul Hall's secret technique, Yun Shan had touched the threshold of Dou Zong, but he had not fully broken through because the Soul Hall's secret technique was flawed.

So Yun Shan could at most be considered a ten-star Dou Emperor who had grasped a trace of spatial power!

Jia Xing Tian gave Jia He a strange look. "How do you know all this?"

Jia He smiled. "I read some records in the Book Collection Pavilion and made a deduction from them. But my soul power is relatively strong, and I seem to have sensed a dark power hidden within the Misty Cloud Sect. Great-Grandfather, you should still be careful!"

Hearing Jia He's words, Jia Xing Tian took the matter more seriously. After all, Jia He was a sixth-tier alchemist, and his soul power was stronger than that of ordinary people. It was not particularly strange.

"A dark power?" Jia Xing Tian frowned deeply.

Jia He waved his hand. "It won't pose a threat for now. We only need to keep an eye on it!"

Jia He changed the subject. "How long was I in there?"

"More than three months. If you hadn't come out soon, I would have gone to find old Fama and had him take a look with me!" Jia Xing Tian said.

"Has President Fama broken through to the realm of a sixth-tier alchemist?" Jia He asked.

"A month ago, he broke through the shackles of the sixth tier and finally became a sixth-tier alchemist!" Jia Xing Tian said.

"Old Fama said he wanted to thank you in person. If not for the sixth-tier pill you refined back then, he would not have gained any insight and advanced to the sixth tier!"

Jia He smiled. "President Fama's alchemy had been stalled at the peak of the fifth tier for years. He was only missing an opportunity. Entering the sixth tier was simply a natural progression!"

"That may be true, but you've still done him a favor. If our imperial family faces trouble in the future, Fama won't just stand by and do nothing!" Jia Xing Tian said, patting Jia He on the shoulder.

"By the way, can you forge a second sword like this?" Jia Xing Tian asked Jia He.

Jia He nodded slightly. "Of course."

Then Jia Xing Tian vanished from where he stood, taking the sword with him. He left behind only one sentence: "Then Great-Grandfather won't stand on ceremony!"

"Damn it!" Jia He's eyes widened. This old man really was shameless!

Still, with the experience of forging a spirit sword this time, Jia He believed the weapon he forged next time would only be stronger.

Thinking of this, he felt much better. "Damn, he still hasn't paid for the materials!"

Feeling somewhat depressed, Jia He returned to his chambers. He had barely sat down when a figure quietly slipped inside.

"Yaoyue!" Jia He suddenly turned around.

"Ah!" Yaoyue cried out in surprise, startled by Jia He.

"Y-you scared me!" Yaoyue huffed.

Jia He laughed. "What? You're allowed to scare me, but I'm not allowed to scare you?"

"Hmph, of course. This is your punishment. Who told you to disappear for three whole months?" Yaoyue said smugly.

"I was in seclusion cultivating, so naturally I lost track of time. Why do you have time to come here today? Don't you need to study alchemy?" Jia He asked with a chuckle.

The moment she heard this, Yaoyue's eyes lit up. She brushed her hand over her storage ring, and a pale-green custom-made outfit appeared in her hands.

"I'm already a first-tier alchemist now!" Yaoyue said playfully, looking at Jia He.

On the chest of the exquisite pale-green outfit was indeed an alchemist badge, with a faint silver ripple gleaming on it.

"Not bad!" Jia He praised with a smile.

"More than not bad! I'm the youngest registered first-tier alchemist in the empire's Alchemist Association!"

"Of course, aside from a freak like you!" Yaoyue shot Jia He a resentful glance.

Jia He shrugged helplessly. "Can't be helped. Who made me so strong?"

Seeing Jia He's punchable expression, Yaoyue pounced at him with bared teeth and claws.

The two messed around for a while when a series of footsteps suddenly sounded outside the hall.

Jia He broke free from Yaoyue's claws and looked up to see Yaoye, dressed in brocade robes, slowly walking in.

Seeing Yaoyue fooling around with Jia He, a strange glint flashed through Yaoye's eyes, but she said nothing.

"Xiao He, I've already selected the people worthy of focused training, but we still need to teach them some cultivation methods. How about you come with me to the Book Collection Pavilion and find some cultivation methods and Dou Techniques?" Yaoye said, looking at Jia He.

Only then did Jia He remember that he had previously promised Yaoye he would help train the imperial family's forces. They needed some cultivation methods and Dou Techniques, but the matter had been delayed by his weapon forging.

"Mm. Since everyone has been selected, let's go to the Book Collection Pavilion and take a look. Some Dou Techniques can still be passed down," Jia He said.

The three arrived together at a pavilion within the inner palace. The imperial family's most important cultivation methods and Dou Techniques were stored here.

Ordinary people were not qualified to enter this place. Beneath the Book Collection Pavilion were two guardians, both at the peak Dou Ling realm.

Originally, the guardian of the Book Collection Pavilion had been the imperial family's most mysterious Raging Tide Dragon Beast. Unfortunately, the Raging Tide Dragon Beast had gradually lost its combat power over the years, so the imperial family had found two peak Dou Ling experts to guard this place.

After entering the Book Collection Pavilion, Jia He made his way to the third floor with practiced ease. This floor was filled entirely with all kinds of cultivation methods.

Previously, Jia He had only studied the cultivation methods here, but he had not fused them all together.

He had come here today in hopes of fusing all these cultivation methods together and seeing whether he could trigger his heaven-defying comprehension and create a suitable cultivation method.

The three split up. Yaoyue and Yaoye were responsible for finding the various elemental Xuan-tier cultivation methods, while Jia He found a spot and sat down cross-legged.

The various cultivation methods in the Book Collection Pavilion continuously surfaced in Jia He's mind, and cultivation methods of every attribute were demonstrated one by one within his thoughts.

[You have thoroughly comprehended the various cultivation methods in the Book Collection Pavilion, triggering heaven-defying comprehension and creating a mid-grade Earth-tier cultivation method: Marrow-Cleansing Scripture!]

In an instant, the various cultivation methods in his mind fused together, and Jia He created a brand-new Earth-tier cultivation method: the Marrow-Cleansing Scripture!

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Second update!

My awful boss made me work overtime today, so I got back late. I owed one update yesterday and one today, two in total. Tomorrow, I'll repay one first and do my best to make up all of them. Sorry, sorry!!