"Uncle-Master Hu!" As soon as Fang Du entered, he respectfully greeted an old man sitting cross-legged on a meditation cushion by the door. Huang Xiao naturally hurried to greet Uncle-Master Hu respectfully as well.
"Oh, Fang Du, is this your new junior brother?" Hu Wei opened his eyes and glanced at Huang Xiao beside Fang Du.
"This disciple is indeed Huang Xiao! My respects, Uncle-Master Hu!" Huang Xiao bowed again.
"Then take your time choosing. You may freely read any cultivation methods on the first and second floors. Of course, if you have the ability, you may practice them as well. But you must not divulge them to outsiders, or you will be treated as traitors and killed without mercy. As for the third floor, you are not qualified to enter. I need not say any more about the rules here, need I?" With that, Hu Wei closed his eyes again and paid the two no further attention.
Huang Xiao and Fang Du bowed slightly, then headed inside.
"Junior brother, as Uncle-Master just said, you may choose any cultivation methods on the first and second floors to read or practice. My suggestion, though, is to choose a Qinggong Movement Technique first. Then, according to your preferences and aptitude, you can choose sword arts, saber arts, fist arts, palm arts, leg arts, finger arts, and so on. Our sect has supreme arts of every kind. You can decide for yourself and choose what you think suits you," Fang Du said.
"So many cultivation methods?" Huang Xiao looked at the dozens of bookshelves on the first floor, each packed with secret manuals, and could scarcely believe his eyes. He knew that Third-Class sects in the Jianghu were already quite remarkable if they possessed one or two so-called secret manuals, while even a