Chapter 8: The Mystery of the Dunjia Heavenly Book

As night gradually fell, Nan Feihuang was still burning the midnight oil, continuing to flip through the Dunjia Heavenly Book. This book was too thick; it would be impossible to finish reading it all in a month or two.

Among the Strategist Tactics, there was one that interested him greatly, and that was Increase Experience.

Just like increasing skill power, it could be activated in three tiers—primary, intermediate, and advanced—based on the Spirit Ring's age.

The primary tier is thirty percent, and the intermediate tier is fifty percent.

Under the advanced tier, the cultivation speed of all Spirit Masters within the assisted range doubles; this can truly be considered a super cultivation cheat code.

Although Nan Tianchen told him not to cultivate the Dunjia Heavenly Book martial soul for the time being, if there were truly an opportunity, Nan Feihuang wouldn't mind getting this spirit skill out first.

If it were just one spirit ring, the impact wouldn't be significant, and besides, this spirit skill is better the earlier it is obtained.

After flipping through all the Strategist Tactics, the next section was Civil Official and Military General Skills.

In Heroes 2, military general skills are divided into civil official and military general types. In most cases, the military general skills are a notch stronger; for instance, Five Peaks Hua Slash, God and Ghost Wild Dance, and Ghost Cry and God Howl are all military general skills, and they have a high probability of appearing on the Peerless Fangtian Halberd.

However, civil official skills are definitely not weak either, among which are the very impressive Earth Roaring, Mad Thunder Heavenly Prison, and Heaven and Earth Useless.

These were also recorded within the Dunjia Heavenly Book.

And such a vast amount of content actually occupied less than one-fifth of the Dunjia Heavenly Book's length.

The hour was late, so Nan Feihuang could only read the rest another day. Fortunately, the book actually had a table of contents, which he browsed through roughly.

It is divided into three volumes: "Heavenly Escape," "Earthly Escape," and "Human Escape," with each volume further divided into two parts.

The two parts of Heavenly Escape are spirit skills.

The upper part consists of Strategist Tactic-type spirit skills, leaning towards support.

The lower part consists of civil official and military general skills, which can be used for attack and control.

The two parts of Earthly Escape are martial arts.

The upper part contains various techniques, including swords, sabers, polearms, fist and palm styles, footwork, and more.

The lower part records superior internal energy cultivation methods.

The two parts of Human Escape are military strategy, statecraft, and the way of nourishing life.

The upper part is military books, war tactics, and the way of governing a state.

The lower part is about pharmacology, medical arts, and alchemy.

It truly is a book that encompasses everything; it is worthy of being the unique knowledge of Master Zuo Ci, one of the three great Immortals of the Three Kingdoms period.

Nan Feihuang was very interested in the last part regarding pharmacology and medical methods.

This section contained the knowledge about Immortal Herbs that he desperately needed.

Originally, he had been worried about what he would do if he went to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well but didn't recognize the Immortal Herbs; he would have to ask others for guidance. Native people of the Douluo Continent were quite lacking in this knowledge; apart from Tang San, only the Spirit Hall's Chrysanthemum Douluo and the Po Clan's Yang Wudi might have some research into it.

But he didn't know exactly how much they understood.

If it wasn't much, then Nan Feihuang would have no choice but to seek Tang San's help.

In fact, Nan Feihuang didn't harbor any hatred toward Tang San; there was no enmity between them to begin with. What kind of person he was, what did that have to do with Nan Feihuang?

Therefore, Nan Feihuang didn't have a necessity to kill him; perhaps he could even help Nan Feihuang attract the attention of the Spirit Hall, leaving more time for Feihuang to develop.

Even if they were to have a life-and-death battle in the future because of Tang Hao, that would just be a matter of opposing stances.

Yet, even if Nan Feihuang didn't hate Tang San, it didn't mean he liked someone like Tang San. This person always labeled himself as overly righteous and noble, which did not align with Nan Feihuang's way of conducting himself. The two of them would definitely not get along; even if he didn't despise Tang San that much, he wouldn't want to be friends with him.

Therefore, Feihuang really didn't want to share the Immortal Herbs with that guy Tang San. Now that he had the Dunjia Heavenly Book, this trouble was solved.

Furthermore, another trouble was Dugu Bo. After all, he was a Title Douluo, and the Title Douluo most skilled in group combat at that. The Gulei Kingdom, which didn't even have a single Title, really shouldn't go around offending him for no reason and snatching his medicinal garden.

If he could cure his poison and let him hand it over voluntarily, that would be a good thing.

Perhaps he could even use this to recruit him to his side. After all, as the famous "delivery boy" of the Douluo world and the good brother of countless transmigrators, it would be a pity if Nan Feihuang didn't follow the trend and gave up such a good fighter.

Retracting his martial soul and washing up simply, Nan Feihuang lay down on the magnificent large bed. The martial soul he awakened today was much as he had expected, which made him very satisfied.

He was already looking forward to heading out onto the continent to perform his own life. Just like that, filled with longing for the future, Nan Feihuang slowly drifted into dreamland.

The next morning, just as the sky was beginning to brighten, he heard a palace maid call out, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, are you awake? It is time to wash up. Her Majesty the Queen told you to hurry to the training grounds after you finish breakfast."

Feihuang opened his eyes, "I know. Go report to Mother, I will be there shortly."

He knew why his mother was calling him over; it must be to teach him cultivation methods. After all, without someone to instruct him, relying on his own exploration, it would be extremely difficult to enter a state of cultivation.

In martial arts or Immortal worlds, it is called Entering Stillness to cultivate internal energy, while in the Douluo Continent, it is called Meditation. Most of the cultivation methods here are named after Meditation Methods; the more famous ones include the Flame, Profound Ice, and Gale Meditation Methods of the Five Elements Academies, as well as the high-level Meditation Methods of the Spirit Hall and the Seven Great Sects, respectively.

This can also be considered a type of resource. Spirit Masters born as commoners cultivate popularized, low-level Meditation Methods in Elementary Academies; even if their aptitude is strong, they sometimes cannot keep up with those noble children.

Additionally, there is body tempering; the body is the capital for everything. High-level body tempering methods, Spirit Beast meat, and Medicinal Baths can all create a huge gap between noble Spirit Masters and commoner Spirit Masters.

This is also one of the main reasons why those playboys at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy have such low actual combat ability yet their levels are not low at all.

After calling for Dian Wei, Lingqi, and Xun Yu, Nan Feihuang brought them to the training grounds.

Lan Xue was already waiting there. Besides her, there was also a rather cute-looking loli, who was none other than Nan Feihuang's older sister, Nan Feiling.

She was Nan Feihuang's third older sister. Back when Nan Tianchen was a young man, before he had married his primary wife, he had taken two Secondary Concubines in order to leave heirs for the royal family early. Unfortunately, luck was not on his side, and these two Secondary Concubines only bore daughters for Nan Tianchen.

The eldest and second daughters had poor talent and had both married off in their teens.

The eldest daughter, Nan Feiyan, married a Duke of the Hagen Dazs Kingdom, which sounded delicious just by its name.

The second daughter, Nan Feilian, married the Crown Prince of the Tianshuang Principality and became the Crown Princess.

Both were married off in the form of political alliances. Although they didn't marry poorly, they ultimately didn't marry the people they loved.

Fortunately, it was said that their husbands treated them quite well, and the couples respected each other like guests, which was a small comfort.

Nan Feiling was still young, only six-plus years old, just a few months older than Nan Feihuang, so she didn't need to face such a fate for the time being.

However, her talent was quite outstanding; with an innate soul power of seven and a half levels, she could already be considered a rare genius.

Nan Feihuang remembered that Zhu Zhuqing, one of the Shrek Seven Devils, also had an innate soul power of seven-plus levels.

As long as Nan Feiling was strong enough in the future, no one would force her into a political marriage to marry someone she didn't like. On this continent, everything relies on strength to speak.

Unfortunately, she didn't seem to realize this yet; she was just a little girl who loved to play.

"Little brother, you're here. Mother and I have been waiting for quite a while." Seeing her younger brother, Nan Feiling ran over happily.

"Third Sister, you're up really early," Nan Feihuang said with a smile.

"Hehe, that goes without saying. My birth mother and the Empress both said that as long as I cultivate hard, I might be able to become a Spirit Saint just like Father. I'm only just a tiny bit worse than you, little brother," Nan Feiling said, triumphantly extending her right hand and showing a tiny gap between her thumb and index finger.

Yesterday, Nan Tianchen had announced to the public that Nan Feihuang's innate soul power was level eight, which was indeed only slightly stronger than her level seven and a half.

Unfortunately, this child did not know that her so-called "tiny bit" was actually a universe between her fingers.

(End of this chapter)