Bandit chief Zhang Rui? Wasn't that Xu Chang'an's master... Did Master know about my relationship with Xu Chang'an and specifically ask for this manual? Ding Songyan dispensed with empty courtesies, thanking Tao Wenshu as he accepted both prizes.
A casual glance revealed that the property deed was for a courtyard residence with three successive courtyards, while the cultivation manual was titled "Mystic Art of Ten Bodies and Hundred Hands."
Sounds pretty impressive... Intrigued, Ding Songyan began leafing through the manual.
He noticed that the Dayan Realm was divided into three sections: "Opening Orifices," "Meridian Condensation," and "Organ Dressing."
Much as I expected. After creating the orifices of other creatures, you have to condense qi meridians to connect them. And if certain orifices have no physical foundation, you have to implant inhuman viscera or organs modeled after the corresponding mythical beasts. So that step is called "organ dressing"-the same term used for filling divine statues, but with a different meaning... Hiss, actually, the two achieve the same marvel through different means. Isn't practicing martial arts precisely about sculpting the god within yourself, a god in the mortal world? Drawing on his own condition, Ding Songyan gained a firm understanding of the Dayan Realm.
Flipping to the end, he discovered that this "Mystic Art of Ten Bodies and Hundred Hands" had no Law Realm Chapters. There was only "Steal Heavenly Secrets" followed by a scant few lines.
His interest promptly waned, and he tossed the manual to Xu Chang'an.
"Your master's legacy. It suits you pretty well."
Whether its palm techniques, movement techniques, methods for stealing fortune and heavenly secrets, or descriptions of gaining extra lives, everything was particularly suited to a great thief.
"I... Brother Ding... This..." Catching the "Mystic Art of Ten Bodies and Hundred Hands," Xu Chang'an found himself