Having received the key from Old Tang, Li Xingkong followed the personnel who were specifically responsible for guarding the cultivation technique vault to the lowest level of the Earthly Capital.
The Earthly Capital is located deep underground. As a civil defense facility designed to withstand nuclear attacks, it is nearly 100 meters below the surface. Even at the lowest level of the Earthly Capital, Li Xingkong could feel the temperature around him rising.
When the guide stopped, they had arrived at a gate.
"This is the cultivation technique library. Due to the sheer number of techniques, most are currently stored on a dedicated server. Only some of the more valuable techniques are kept separately in the library as paper documents."
The person performed a series of actions at the door, including using formations, palm prints, and pupil recognition, until finally a keyhole was revealed at the door.
Li Xingkong inserted the key into the lock and gently turned it, opening a crack in the door to the cultivation technique vault.
"Mr. Li, please. If you need to come out, you can ring the doorbell inside, and I will open the door for you."
The security measures at this cultivation manual storage facility are quite good; at least for ordinary Qi Refining cultivators, it's practically impossible to sneak in.
Of course, for Li Xingkong, it makes no difference whether he has this thing or not.
Upon entering through the main gate, what comes into view is a machine of equipment the size of an ordinary room, with all sorts of storage devices and servers stacked together, both familiar and unfamiliar, forming a massive "mechanical monster."
On the side facing the main gate, there was a large display screen. After Li Xingkong entered the cultivation technique storage room and the main gate slammed shut, the display screen lit up.
Above it is a long list of directories, which is scrolling at a very fast speed. At a glance, it contains the names of cultivation techniques or spells.
Behind this enormous server are rows of massive bookshelves, nearly ten meters high, stretching out into the distance in layers.
Although there were quite a few bookshelves, there weren't many books on them; they were just scattered across a few shelves, not even filling the entire shelf.
After surveying the environment of the cultivation technique library, Li Xingkong forward and stood in front of the monitor. The rapidly scrolling catalog on the monitor slowed down and quickly returned to the homepage.
In Divine Land, not only have the cultivation methods created by citizens been included, but they have also been classified into more detailed categories.
All cultivation methods were categorized into several major categories based on factors such as the method of transmission and the quality of the content: formulas, methods, scriptures, scrolls, diagrams, and records. Although currently, a large number of formulas are still only listed under the "formulas" category, and the number of cultivation methods under the other categories is pitifully small, it is clear from this classification that Divine Land has quite a lot of ambition in organizing cultivation methods.
The three sections, namely, "Techniques and Scriptures," are categorized according to the effects of the cultivation methods. Currently, under the "Scriptures" section, there are only a few Qi Refining Method provided by Li Xingkong. After all, these were obtained from the system, and most of the current cultivation methods in Divine Land are based on these Qi Refining Method, so it is only natural that they are categorized under "Scriptures."
Under the category of "methods," there are only a few techniques, perhaps a dozen or so. Moreover, many techniques have various contraindications clearly marked in bold font, indicating that these techniques are still under development and far from the final version.
After glancing at it briefly, Li Xingkong summoned the system.
With so many cultivation techniques, he certainly couldn't finish reading them in a short time. Moreover, many of them were actually just modifications of the few techniques Li Xingkong had presented, so they weren't really worth reading.
It would be better to let the system scan all the cultivation techniques, mark the valuable ones, and then Li Xingkong could examine them in detail.
"It must be said that a peaceful social environment is quite beneficial for the development of martial arts techniques."
The system was summoned by Li Xingkong. It glanced at the display screen a few times before immediately beginning to scan the cultivation techniques in the cultivation technique library.
"So many methods have emerged in just a few years, not bad, not bad."
While scanning, the system praised the number of techniques used.
"How so? I don't think there are that many techniques."
Li Xingkong found it strange. The cultivation techniques pool on the system side was all-encompassing, and it shouldn't have cared much about the methods developed by the people on this Earth Star.
"You don't understand. Although there are many cultivation techniques in the cultivation technique pool, you can't just look at the quantity; you also have to look at the time span."
"There are many traditional cultivation civilizations. In such civilizations, the transmission of a single cultivation technique can last for tens of thousands of years. During the transmission process, the technique will also be lost and missing in various ways. As a result, the more it develops, the less new techniques are introduced. It may not be possible for a new technique to appear for thousands of years."
"The main reason is that in that dog-eat-dog environment, everyone's cultivation techniques are their greatest secret, kept hidden away. There is no exchange or improvement of cultivation techniques. This terrible environment itself cannot form a suitable academic environment, and it is naturally incomparable to the peaceful pace of development on Earth Star at present."
"In just a few years, so many cultivation techniques have been produced. Although a large portion of them are substandard, basically just cobbled together, there are still some gems among them."
The system scanned quickly, talking to Li Xingkong while rapidly reviewing the cultivation techniques. Before long, a minor cultivation technique that was originally mixed in with the "technique" category was highlighted by it.
This technique is called the Scarlet Blood Art. It contains very little information and, compared to other techniques, can only be considered a minor version.
"This technique..."
Li Xingkong opened the cultivation technique and began to examine it.
"Although it's just a rudimentary technique, and many parts are only outlined in a framework, the underlying concept is indeed very interesting and worth recording."
The system is still looking at other methods, but for it, this obviously won't take too much effort.
Since the system had praised it so highly, Li Xingkong was naturally curious, so he quickly browsed through the technique.
"This technique is really..."
After reading it, Li Xingkong couldn't help but be somewhat surprised.
The Scarlet Blood Art is not a technique for a single person; it is a technique for multiple people to cultivate.
When people mention cultivation techniques involving multiple people, they usually think of things like dual cultivation or techniques involving absorbing yin to replenish yang. After all, in traditional cultivation, only husband and wife can truly confide in each other and have the possibility of cultivating together.
But the Scarlet Blood Art is different; its practice involves multiple people and is not limited to men and women.
Its conception is unique. When several cultivators practice the Scarlet Blood Art together, this method will connect the minds of these cultivators, unify and integrate them, and then divide their functions in cultivation.
For example, if five people are cultivating together, it will select the person with the highest talent in controlling Spiritual Qi energy to coordinate the spiritual Spiritual Qi of all five, the person with the highest talent in cultivation to oversee the cultivation of all five, and the person most skilled in magical cultivation to simultaneously manage the magical construction of all five.
This method is equivalent to doing only one thing: in collaborative practice, it assigns each person what they are best at to do.
The reason this technique is still only at the "secret formula" stage is twofold. First, it is difficult to learn, requiring a group of like-minded individuals with no secrets between them to practice together, which is the greatest challenge in itself. Second, this technique currently only focuses on the mind, and there is no effective solution for the different levels of difficulty in practice caused by physical differences.
If both of these points are resolved, then this technique will be extremely useful.
"However, while this technique is novel, its usage is perhaps a bit too demanding."
The system deemed it valuable, Li Xingkong naturally didn't think it had misjudged it, but Li Xingkong really couldn't figure out where it could be used.
"Since you haven't encountered it before, you naturally won't understand. Although this spell is quite difficult for low-level cultivators to learn, its approach is indeed very useful for high-level cultivators."
"That's what the system said."
"Among high-level cultivators, who doesn't have a second primordial spirit, or an incarnation of rare and precious materials? For an avatar, it's not uncommon for its foundation to far surpass that of the main body. If this cultivation technique is fully deduced, its usefulness to cultivators with multiple avatars will be immense."