Xu Yang stepped onto the second floor of the Martial Repository Hall.
Unlike the true qi manuals placed haphazardly on the first floor, the manuals here were categorized: fists, palms, fingers, claws,
legs, sabers, spears, swords, halberds, lightness skills, movement techniques, cultivation methods, and secret arts all had their own detailed classifications.
"Secret arts?"
Xu Yang wondered what sort of category that was.
He immediately strode over to that shelf.
There were not many manuals on it-only five.
Blood-Burning Skill, thirty contribution points.
Xu Yang picked up the manual marked thirty contribution points. Its introduction explained that this skill burned vitality to increase strength, instantly doubling the user's power.
That actually suits me!
Xu Yang's eyes lit up. Others would have a hard time recovering vitality once they burned it away, but he had his panel and could slowly restore it afterward.
Besides, if he really encountered an expert he could not defeat, surviving was what mattered most. Burning some vitality was a price worth paying.
He looked through the other secret arts alongside it. There was Secret Voice Transmission, which Lin Cheng had never taught him, and it cost only ten contribution points.
There were also the Breath-Concealment Formula for hiding one's presence, the Disguise Technique for altering one's appearance, and the Turtle-Breathing Skill for feigning death. They were all essentials for traveling the Rivers and Lakes, and the sight of them made Xu Yang itch with desire.
He wanted them all. They might seem dispensable in ordinary circumstances, but at certain moments, they could save his life.
However, he did not have many contribution points. He could only leave for now and continue browsing the other categories.
He found the Mountain-Bearing Bear King Palm Steward Liu had mentioned, as well as several saber and sword techniques costing over