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Forbidden Arts, as the name suggests, are taboo techniques and forbidden cultivation methods.

Since they are forbidden, they all carry certain taboos; practitioners will suffer backlash, and in some cases, the mere act of using them can lead to immediate death!

Although Forbidden Arts have immense drawbacks, it cannot be denied that they all possess a unique and powerful side.

Su Fan's talent was too poor, and when practicing normal techniques, his progress was extremely slow.

If he were to practice a Forbidden Art, would it be any different?

At the thought of this possibility, Su Fan's heart stirred.

In the bottom left corner of the five characters "Forbidden Art Graveyard," there were a few lines of tiny, mosquito-like script, so Su Fan brought the Moonlight Stone closer to illuminate them.

"Forbidden Arts misled our Sword God Mountain and should have been destroyed and sealed; yet, out of a lingering reluctance, they were buried here..."

After reading the introduction on the stone tablet, Su Fan suddenly realized that he had been able to enter the Forbidden Art Graveyard entirely by luck and coincidence.

Only once every hundred years, when moonlight shines into the cave and hits that specific stone, can the mechanism to open the graveyard be discovered.

Tonight, by a stroke of fate, he had discovered it.

"It is rumored that Sword God Mountain began to decline ten thousand years ago, and this Forbidden Art Graveyard here was also buried ten thousand years ago."

Su Fan thought to himself, was the reason Sword God Mountain was once powerful because it relied on these incredibly potent Forbidden Arts?

However, Forbidden Arts all have massive drawbacks and flaws, which ultimately led Sword God Mountain to bury them here.

"If I can practice the Forbidden Arts here, I will have a certain amount of self-preservation power!"

Su Fan walked quickly into the Forbidden Art Graveyard, heading toward the first Forbidden Art tomb at the very front.

The tombstone was stuck in the ground like a sword, with pitch-black characters upon it, as if an ominous aura were lingering around it.

"It truly lives up to being a Forbidden Art tomb; just getting close to it makes me feel like something is wrong!"

Su Fan sighed in admiration.

He looked at the tombstone of the first Forbidden Art tomb.

"Forbidden Art, Tomb of Mend Talent!"

"If talent is insufficient, use life to make up for it; burning lifespan can enhance talent and compensate for deficiencies. Theoretically, the more lifespan consumed, the more talent is improved..."

Seeing the introduction on the tombstone, Su Fan was instantly overcome with excitement!

Consuming lifespan to enhance talent?

"My talent is lacking, but my lifespan is infinite!"

"This... this Forbidden Art is tailor-made for me!"

Su Fan's eyes instantly welled up with tears; the infinite lifespan granted by the system could finally be put to use.

The more lifespan consumed, the more talent is improved?

With ten thousand years of lifespan, to what extent could he raise his talent?

Could he become the number one cultivation genius in the world?

Su Fan forced himself to calm down and continued reading the introduction on the tombstone.

"I, Zhuo Bufan, how could I be content with mediocrity? I accidentally created this Forbidden Art, using life to mend talent..."

The tablet recorded the origin of the Mend Talent Forbidden Art.

In ancient times, a disciple of Sword God Mountain named Zhuo Bufan, suffering from mediocre talent, accidentally discovered a fragmented secret technique in a forbidden area. Using this secret technique as a foundation, he created the Mend Talent Forbidden Art.

The reason it is a Forbidden Art lies in the fact that mending and improving talent requires the consumption of lifespan.

It is a trade-off: using lifespan as the price to improve talent!

Theoretically, as long as one has enough lifespan, there is no upper limit to talent improvement.

But all things in the world have a maximum lifespan.

How could it be improved infinitely?

Therefore, it could only be theoretical.

"I have an endless, inexhaustible lifespan; does this mean I can improve my talent infinitely?"

Su Fan's face flushed with excitement.

This was no Forbidden Art; it was clearly an incredibly powerful secret technique.

As long as his talent was improved, cultivation would no longer be a problem.

"Zhuo Bufan? This name sounds a bit familiar."

Su Fan suddenly recalled that among the past powerhouses of Sword God Mountain, there seemed to be a Sword God named Zhuo Bufan.

"In the Sword Pavilion, there seems to be a sword technique passed down by him, but very few people are able to master the basics!"

He turned his gaze toward the mound; the Forbidden Art was buried inside.

Su Fan raised both hands, gripped the hilt of the sword-shaped tombstone, and twisted it hard to the left!

Click, click went the sound.

The sword stele was twisted one hundred and eighty degrees, and the burial mound split open from the middle, revealing a three-foot jade coffin beneath it.

"So they really buried the forbidden techniques here."

Su Fan couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the jade coffin inside the grave.

Holding the Moonlight Stone, he approached the jade coffin and saw a few lines of small text on the lid.

"If your talent is insufficient, use your lifespan to make up for it. Improving your talent brings a moment of joy, and continuing to improve brings continuous joy... However, life is limited, and no matter how high your talent becomes, it will eventually harm you... But I am addicted, and I cannot stop..."

Su Fan nodded as he read; the improvement of talent was indeed exhilarating, and it was normal to become addicted. Having experienced the benefits of talent improvement, going from mediocre to a genius, it was only natural to be unable to stop, thinking only of constantly elevating one's talent.

Even a Sword God powerhouse could not withstand such squandering of their lifespan, eventually exhausting it and dying.

No wonder this was a forbidden technique!

It consumed lifespan and was highly addictive!

But!

Su Fan was not afraid!

His lifespan was infinite; he had no fear of consumption, nor did he fear addiction.

He reached out and pushed open the coffin lid.

Inside the three-foot jade coffin lay a jade slip, surrounded by a special aura that seemed to carry a sense of taboo.

It was the Forbidden Technique Jade Slip for Mend Talent!

"If I directly consume ten thousand years of my lifespan, how much can I improve my talent? Can I stand shoulder-to-shoulder with those peerless prodigies?"

Su Fan reached out and picked up the jade slip from the jade coffin.

Excitedly, he pressed the jade slip against his forehead. A cool sensation washed over him, and the transmission formation on the jade slip was triggered.

In an instant.

Su Fan felt as if he had entered a forbidden land.

This was a Forbidden Technique Jade Slip, and specifically one of those forbidden techniques used to compensate for insufficient talent and boost one's potential.

Any jade slip recording a forbidden technique carried a sense of taboo.

Boom!

Lines of text emerged within his consciousness.

"Forbidden Technique: Mend Talent. Exchange life for talent, seizing the profound mysteries of creation..."

After a long while.

Su Fan raised his head and looked at the jade slip in his hand.

He could not suppress the excitement on his face.

Since this forbidden technique of Mend Talent was intended for those with low aptitude, it was naturally easy to get started with and had a low threshold.

"It's not difficult to cultivate, but the first time I can only consume ten years of lifespan to improve my talent?"

Su Fan was somewhat disappointed.

By consuming ten years of lifespan, how much could his talent really improve?

"But it's not a big problem. Once I'm proficient and my talent has increased, I can continuously raise the lifespan consumption and keep improving my talent!"

Su Fan placed the jade slip back into the jade coffin and closed the lid once more.

He twisted the sword stele with both hands, sealing the Mend Talent grave shut.

"This forbidden technique is truly wonderful. Besides me, who could use it so recklessly? Even if someone else obtained this forbidden technique, let alone catching up to me, they wouldn't even be able to see my back!"

Su Fan was not afraid of anyone else cultivating the same forbidden technique; when it came to comparing lifespans, he had never feared anyone!

You consume a hundred years of lifespan to improve?

I will consume ten thousand years... even a hundred thousand years without batting an eye!

How could you possibly compare to me?!

The more Su Fan thought about it, the more excited he became.

"Next, it's time to improve my talent!"

He looked toward the other forbidden technique graves, but Su Fan was in no rush to check them. If his talent wasn't up to par, it wouldn't be easy to cultivate those forbidden techniques either.

He sat cross-legged on the ground, raised his left hand, pressed two fingers against his crown, and placed his right palm flat on the ground, assuming a strange posture.