Yi Yang stared at the yellowed booklet in his hand, his thumb rubbing the words "Heart Ape Mind Guarding Art: Moving Image Chapter" on its cover. The ink felt rough beneath his fingertip; it had been there for many years.
He had searched for this for a long time. He had already mastered the Still Image Chapter to perfection, and his divine sense had entered the second realm, Illusion-Breaking, but the continuation of the art had remained nowhere to be found.
He had sounded Lu Quanan out about it. After all, Lu Quanan had brought the Still Image Chapter back to the Suining Prefecture Armory from elsewhere.
At the time, Lu Quanan had given him only one reply.
"When fate brings it to you, it will come."
Now, it seemed his moment of fate had arrived.
Yi Yang opened the first page and scanned a couple of lines. They read:
"Stillness is the foundation; movement is its application. In stillness, observe yourself; in movement, command all things."
The handwriting was identical to that in the Still Image Chapter he had seen on the fourth floor of the Suining Prefecture Armory. Even the variations in the ink's shading were exactly alike. This was no forgery.
Yi Yang closed the booklet, looked up at Jiang Zhongtian, and asked:
"My lord, this is..."
Seeing his expression, Jiang Zhongtian seemed to see through his confusion. The corner of his mouth twitched as he explained, "I found this over ten years ago, together with that old bastard Lu Quanan, in an Ancient Cultivator's ruins."
"There were only two booklets. One Still Image, one Moving Image."
"We each took one."
He paused, a trace of irritation entering his voice.
"We agreed that whoever mastered his booklet first would get the other man's half. Only by cultivating