"Since that old bastard Zhao Fengxue is backing you up, you can stay here! From now on, live upstairs and don't come down here unless it's absolutely necessary."
Elder Chu chuckled and agreed. He had naturally noticed Wang Hao's subtle hint and was happy to facilitate the matter.
In the early stages of cultivation, practitioners naturally need to focus on one thing and minimize contact with other martial arts in order to maximize their cultivation speed. However, once they have reached a certain level, they will need to read other martial arts manuals to enhance their martial arts proficiency.
This will be very beneficial for future development!
Wang Hao has clearly reached that level now, and it's time for him to read more martial arts manuals to improve his martial arts skills.
"Thank you very much, Elder Chu. I'll be going up now!"
Wang Hao was overjoyed. After thanking him, he flashed up to the second floor of the Martial Repository Pavilion.
"I knew I hadn't misjudged you!"
Watching Wang Hao happily rush upstairs, Elder Chu stroked his beard and laughed heartily, showing great satisfaction.
Initially, he was just trying it out and didn't have high expectations, but who would have thought that this kid's talent was so terrifying, achieving such success in such a short time.
Even figures like Damo and Zhang Sanfeng would be inferior to him, which would greatly increase his chances of success.
Although the hope is still slim, it is much greater than before.
"So many secret techniques!"
Wang Hao rushed up to the second floor of the attic and looked at the rows of huge bookshelves, rubbing his hands excitedly.
Without daring to delay, he quickly untied the bundle on his back and took out the writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone inside.
That's right, he was planning to copy books for that girl, Dongfang Bai.
In order to copy these secret manuals as quickly as possible, Wang Hao asked Zhao Dachui to prepare a specially made set of writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.
The brush was not a traditional calligraphy brush, but a large pile of goose feathers; he wanted to use a goose feather brush.
Unfortunately, while calligraphy with a brush produces exquisite characters, it's too slow, and Wang Hao is better at writing with a pen, so he had to use a quill pen instead.
Furthermore, the characters written with a quill pen are small, allowing for the writing of as many martial arts characters as possible on a single sheet of paper; it's even possible to write an entire secret manual on a single sheet.
The paper is specially treated Xuan paper, as thin as a cicada's wing, yet extremely tough and snow-white.
The ink is a special kind of ink; once written on, the writing will not become blurred even when soaked in water.
There's not much to say about the inkstone; it's just a piece of ordinary stone carved into shape.
He brought over a large stack of manuals and placed them on a desk in the corner, Wang Hao began to copy them quickly.
Wang Hao is quite fast at writing with a pen, after all, he has been writing without interruption since he started school. Especially when he was a naughty child, he was often punished by the teacher to copy books, which naturally honed his amazing hand speed over a long period of time.
Back when he was on Earth, he once tested it out of boredom, and found that he could write thirty words per minute, which was already considered very fast.
This was just the hand speed of an ordinary person on Earth. Now, this body is already incredibly powerful, so the hand speed has increased more than tenfold. It can write three or four hundred words per minute, and its palms are almost shaking so fast they create a blur. The quill pen in its hand needs to be replaced every few minutes.
Martial arts manuals are actually very concise, just like classical Chinese texts, compressing a large passage into a short sentence. Some profound manuals even add Taoist School and Buddhist School terms, making them even more concise.
On average, each of the Second-rate martial arts manuals on the second floor contains only about a thousand words.
Working tirelessly at this pace, he completed copying over a thousand Second-rate martial arts techniques from the second floor in just three days, making him a veritable human photocopier.
Shaking his aching wrists, Wang Hao sat cross-legged and closed his eyes to meditate and rest, trying to recover his depleted energy.
He had barely rested for the past three days; even with his current level of expertise, the intense copying had left him feeling somewhat exhausted.
However, the effect was remarkable. Through this method of flipping through and copying, coupled with the powerful memory enhanced by the True Spirit Sword Intent, he memorized the contents of these martial arts manuals and would not forget them for at least a short period of time.
While the memory was still relatively clear, Wang Hao activated his Dao Comprehension Function to comprehend and understand it, striving to transform it into his own martial arts foundation as soon as possible.
The most effective way to retain information is to understand it and internalize it as your own knowledge; this is the method that makes it the most lasting and least likely to be forgotten.
Otherwise, in that previous state, the memory would become blurred in just a few days, and most of it would be forgotten in a month or two, which would be a huge waste.
Although I have just memorized over a thousand martial arts manuals, they are all Second-rate- rate and not very profound. In fact, many of them have similar content, which greatly reduces the difficulty of comprehending them.
It only took him a hundred seconds to thoroughly understand these Second-rate martial arts techniques. Having mastered them, Wang Hao didn't dare to delay and continued to the third floor.
The third floor is similar to the second floor, but it only has one bookshelf with just over a hundred manuals on it.
These are the First-Rate martial arts techniques collected by the Blood Robe Tower. They are far fewer than those Second-rate techniques, but also far more precious.
First-Rate martial arts manuals contain more than ten times the amount of text compared to Second-rate ones. So even though there were only a hundred or so manuals, it still took Wang Hao three days to copy them all.
Then he activated the Dao Comprehension Function to study it, but this time it cost him two hundred Fortune Points, more than three times more than studying those Second-rate martial arts.
But it was all worth it!
Knowing that time was of the essence, Wang Hao did not dare to delay and continued to the fourth floor. There was only one bookshelf there, but it contained only about twenty manuals, which were the Grandmaster- level martial arts of the Blood Robe Tower.
This is also the most core essence of the Blood Robe Tower.
After all, no Xiantian Grandmaster has appeared in the Blood Robe Tower in the past hundred years. Even the most promising Elder Chu was suppressed by Confucian School and only remained at the Half-step Innate Realm.
Although he was only half a step away from the true Innate Realm, that half step was an insurmountable gap, so naturally he was not qualified to create martial arts techniques for the Innate Realm.
Of course, the Da Ming imperial family and the Eastern Depot might possess Innate martial arts, but the Blood Robe Tower was merely a subordinate organization of theirs, and one that couldn't be seen in the light of day. How could they possibly bestow Innate martial arts upon them? It was already quite remarkable that they possessed so many Acquired Grandmaster- level martial arts.
Wang Hao didn't dare to delay and began copying down the information from his memory. It took him another three days to finish, after which he activated the Dao Comprehension Function to comprehend and understand it.
It took him a full four hundred Fortune Points points to fully comprehend it, and his own attribute panel also changed.
Host: Wang Hao
Cultivation level: Mortal Realm First Layer
Spirit: True Spirit Sword Intent (92/100)
Soul: Awakening
Soul: Awakening
God: Awakening
Qi: Awakening
Essence: Bloodline Power (50/100)
Fortune Points: 1134
Bloodline Divine Ability: Object Storage
Technique: Golden Bell Shield (10/100)
The Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art Upper Chapter (10/100)
Martial Arts: Nine-Character True Art Foundation Chapter - Explosive Force (Peak of Entering the Hall and Inner Chamber / Transcendent Mastery )
Ten Stances of Bloody Battle (90/100)
Lightning Straight-Line Step (Early Stage of Peak Perfection / Transcendent Mastery )
Thousand Faces Divine Technique ( Complete Integration Peak/ Transcendent Mastery )
Seven hundred Fortune Points were consumed, and the progress of the Ten Stances of Bloody Battle increased from the original sixty points to ninety points, which is extremely close to the maximum value.
After all, there are hundreds of sword techniques in this Martial Repository Pavilion. Although they are far inferior to ultimate techniques like the Falling Blossom Divine Sword Nine Swords of Dugu, their sheer number is enough to make up for it.
Aside from that, there seems to be no change on the attribute panel, but there are many hidden benefits, the biggest of which is that Wang Hao's martial arts foundation has been greatly enhanced.
If one cultivates a certain martial art to its peak in the future, and converts it into progress points, then one can quickly improve it by relying on a solid foundation in martial arts.
For example, if Wang Hao were to elevate the Lightning Straight-Line Step to its peak and completely integrate it into his own martial art, he could, with his profound martial arts foundation, instantly raise it to a progress of over (50/100).
This is the benefit of having a profound foundation in martial arts!
As for why the progress of the External Training Golden Bell Shield and the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art Upper Chapter was not improved, it was the result of Wang Hao's deliberate suppression, because he wanted to integrate the two martial arts, rather than simply improve them separately.
It just so happens that the External Training Golden Bell Shield mainly cultivates the skin's defense, Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art Upper Chapter mainly tempers the muscles and bones' strength. The two can complement each other in this respect.
"Kid, stop copying! The Eastern Depot is here."
Just as Wang Hao had adjusted himself and was preparing to activate his Dao Comprehension Function again to deduce and integrate the two top-tier external skills with the external skills in his own martial arts foundation, Elder Chu's voice suddenly rang in his ears, using the secret technique of Sound Transmission into the Ear.
Wang Hao suddenly realized that Zhao Fengxue had previously told him that the head of the Eastern Depot might want to see him, and that this must be today.
Without daring to linger, he put the huge scroll on the table into the large bag he had brought with him and quickly walked downstairs.
This scroll contains the martial arts manual he has been copying over the Nine Heavens. Because he was too lazy to properly bind the manuscript, he used glue to connect the ends of the paper manuscripts and rolled them into this huge scroll.
It's convenient and saves space to the maximum extent, much better than carrying a bunch of paper drafts.
"Greetings, Your Excellencies!"
Upon arriving at the first floor of the Martial Repository Pavilion, Wang Hao saw two elderly men in fine clothes standing there. He guessed that they were probably eunuchs from the Eastern Depot, and quickly greeted them.
After all, this is your boss's boss, so politeness is a must.
"Pfft!"
"Haha... you old pale-faced man, they're calling you 'father-in-law'!"
While enjoying his fine wine, Elder Chu suddenly couldn't help but spit out the wine in his mouth, pointing at the richly dressed old man in front of him and laughing loudly until tears streamed down his face.
"How dare you, junior!"
The elderly man in fine clothes was so angry that his face turned ashen, and his gaze toward Wang Hao was filled with rage.
"Well!"
Wang Hao was stunned, blinking his eyes in bewilderment, not understanding what was going on.
The two elderly men in front of me were both fair-skinned and beardless, with a gentle and effeminate air, which was very much in line with the temperament of eunuchs.
I didn't call him the wrong way!
"You audacious Wang Hao, why haven't you greeted His Highness King Wheel-Turning King yet!"
The elderly man in green brocade robes behind him quickly spoke up and gently rebuked Wang Hao, pointing out the identity of the elderly man in front, as a reminder.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. This junior is ignorant and has never seen your face before, which is why I made a mistake. I hope Your Highness will forgive me!"
Wang Hao was mortified and quickly apologized and explained in an awkward manner.
He was no stranger to the name Wheel-Turning King. Last year, during his great battle with Han Long before leaving Blood Robe Tower, Han Long had borrowed Wheel-Turning King's sword.
Afterwards, he inquired with Zhao Dachui and learned that Wheel-Turning King was a member of the royal family and a powerful expert at the Half-Step Xiantian Grandmaster level, only half a step below Elder Chu. He was also a great asset to the Da Ming Dynasty royal family, and even the current emperor respected him greatly.
I never expected to offend the other person on our first meeting today; it's a bad omen.
"Old pale-faced man, you can just howl a couple of times, but who told you to stand in front of Eunuch Wang with that pale-faced look? Anyone would mistake you for an eunuch."
Seeing that Wheel-Turning King was about to speak again, Elder Chu spoke up to help Wang Hao out of the predicament.
"Snort!"
With a cold snort, Wheel-Turning King said nothing more, thus letting the matter drop.
"Kid, don't keep that old bastard Cao Haisheng waiting!"
Elder Chu winked at Wang Hao, signaling him to get lost and stop getting in their way.
" Elder Chu, Your Highness, this junior takes his leave!"
Wang Hao understood, bowed to Wheel-Turning King and Elder Chu, and quickly walked out of the Martial Repository Pavilion. The Eunuch Wang also went out first.
"He's the one you chose? I see no loyalty in him!"
After Wang Hao and Eunuch Wang left, Wheel-Turning King frowned and looked at Elder Chu with displeasure.
Clearly, he was very dissatisfied with Wang Hao!
With his experience, he could naturally sense that Wang Hao had no loyalty to him as a subject or subordinate, but only regarded him as a powerful senior.
This kind of person can never be trained into a good subordinate!