Chapter 31: This Is Just a Fragment

Through the corridor, he ascended to the third floor of Gong Fa Dian!

Compared to the first floor, the second floor.

The bookshelves on this third floor are noticeably sparser than before.

All counted, there are only three rows!

"That's fine too!"

"I suppose it's to save the effort of sifting through them."

Li Mu nodded.

He went straight to the first row of shelves, infused his spirit power into the Jade Slip, and began to examine them one by one.

I must say.

Li Mu, looking at the internal cultivation methods on the third floor of Gong Fa Dian, couldn't help but marvel.

"Cloud and Rain Cultivation Method", lower Xuan Tier, after mastering it one's body can merge with the flow of cloud and rain, accelerating Qi circulation and ascent, nourishing everything silently...

Exchange requirement: 15,000 contribution points.

"Yin Pulse Cultivation Method", low Xuan Tier, after mastering it one can turn one's Qi from yang to yin, making the Qi surge like endless waves, continuous and inexhaustible...

Exchange requirement: 12,000 contribution points.

"..."

Both of these cultivation methods stirred Li Mu's interest, but after much deliberation, he ultimately put them back.

Although, once one reaches the Xuan Tier, the insight gained is no longer about oneself, but extends to the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, above yin, yang, and the five elements!

Therefore.

Whether it's "Cloud and Rain Cultivation Method" or "Yin Pulse Cultivation Method", they share one common point.

That is, they target the yin, yang, and five elements, perceiving on the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, thereby awakening the cultivator's 'Intent'!

What is Intent!

The character "Intent"!

Its essence is a profound and mysterious realm, an ineffable state!

The so-called 'Intent' can affect yin, yang, the five elements, the void of Heaven and Earth, imposing strong physical and mental pressure on the opponent imperceptibly.

Moreover.

After comprehending one's own 'Intent', one can not only accelerate one's integration with Heaven, Earth, yin, yang, and the five elements, causing Qi recovery speed to increase.

At the same time, it can greatly boost the power of one's martial arts!

A swordsman calls it Blade Intent!

A swordsman calls it Sword Intent!

A fist master calls it Fist Intent!

However, attaining one's own 'Intent' is extremely difficult; among millions of cultivators, perhaps not a single one can achieve it!

Those who can attain their own 'Intent' are all true heavenly champions of the Qian Kun Realm!

As for Li Mu, whether he can use a cultivation method to awaken his own Blade Intent is secondary.

The real, pressing issue before him is that Li Mu's own Qi recovery speed is too slow!

Now, Li Mu's sole introductory cultivation method has been identified by the system's ten‑thousandfold Heavenly Dao Blessing as the Eight‑Nine Xuan Skill.

This leads to.

Now Li Mu has a severe bias in his studies.

Where he's strong, it's simply boundlessly strong!

Cultivation method: Eight‑Nine Xuan Skill!

Martial technique: Purple Thunder Sword Technique, Seven‑Absolute Sword Technique!

But his weak points, such as in cultivation methods...

Simply, there are none!

This results in, compared with warriors of the same realm.

Either Li Mu, like when he fought Zhao Jianfei,

seizes the moment before the opponent can react, engaging face‑to‑face and using a lightning war to instantly slay them at light speed.

Or, like in the previous duel with Yao Mengzhen, Li Mu couldn't instantly kill the opponent.

Forced into a war of attrition, Li Mu's Qi recovery can't keep up with consumption, exposing him to the fullest extent.

Especially, Li Mu has currently upgraded the Eight‑Nine Xuan Skill to lv: 9, illuminating nine stellar acupoints, and is about to awaken his first divine ability!

Although it's still uncertain what this first divine ability will awaken!

But whatever the divine ability is,

Li Mu can already imagine with the back of his head that the Qi consumption will undoubtedly be terrifying.

Therefore, he must quickly make up for it!

Don't wait until the Four Peaks Grand Competition, when his side just finishes a skill set.

It may seem wildly cool and flashy, but in fact it's only five seconds of a real man.

After a skill set is finished, if he doesn't utterly crush the opponent, Li Mu can end with a 'gg' amid laughter.

Moreover, those cultivation methods seen earlier are fine, but the time required to practice them is still too long!

There are less than ten days left before the Four Peaks Grand Competition.

Time waits for no one!

Li Mu must, before then, cultivate this method to at least the great completion stage!

Afterwards, Li Mu continued his search.

Finally!

He made a find on the third‑row shelf.

"Reverse Opening Eight Gates Scripture," Xuan Tier intermediate, human mysteries, contains mysterious doors; the mysterious doors can lock Qi and blood, conceal potential, and shield demonic obstructions!

Exchange requirement: 18,000 contribution points!

"This heart method is good!"

Li Mu's eyes flashed.

The eight gates mentioned in this Reverse Opening Eight Gates Scripture are Opening Gate, Rest Gate, Birth Gate, Upper Gate, Block Gate, Scene Gate, Shock Gate, and Death Gate!

The heart method emphasizes!

As long as one has the Eight Gates Gold Coins, Qi and blood, and true Qi can reside permanently in the body, thriving without decline!

However.

These eight gates are usually hidden, leaving no trace.

Ordinary cultivators find it hard to perceive the existence of their own eight gates!

Moreover, in the vast majority of cases, even if a cultivator is unaware of the eight gates within, they instinctively keep the eight gates tightly closed.

Therefore, the eight gates are often locked, never opening for a lifetime, which is common!

Only the extraordinarily talented and dazzling Heavenly Pride can, in the process of striking against their own shackles, faintly sense the location of the eight gates.

And this gate heart method does exactly the opposite: the eight gates are not constantly closed, but can allow Qi and blood, true Qi to reside permanently, thriving without decline!

The Reverse Opening Eight Gates Scripture, then, reverses the opening of the eight gates!

Each time a gate is opened, the body's mysterious doors release the Qi, blood, true Qi, potential, and so on that were sealed within the gate!

If we use a vivid metaphor, the major acupoints of the human body are like reservoirs filled with Qi, blood, and true Qi.

Cultivators previously could only inject water into the reservoirs through a single path; the higher the heart method, the more the path is widened, accelerating the flow.

But the Reverse Opening Eight Gates Scripture is different!

It creates a new pathway within the body's original routes to pump water into the reservoirs again.

Even if only one gate is opened, the recovery speed of true Qi, blood, and the like becomes twice as fast as before!

If all eight gates are opened simultaneously.

Then the cultivator's recovery speed of true Qi and blood, etc., is at least eight times faster!

Such an exaggerated recovery speed!

Not even in Xuan Tier heart methods, let alone in Earth Tier heart methods, is this common!

"Not bad!"

"This Reverse Opening Eight Gates Scripture is truly not bad!"

Li Mu nodded with satisfaction, then took the Jade Slip and walked outward of his own accord.

Yu Lao, as always, leaned on the lounge chair waiting.

Seeing Li Mu emerge, the usually stern, unsmiling elderly face couldn't help but break into a smile.

"Have you made your choice?"

Yu Lao smiled kindly, stepped forward, and asked with concern.

"Chosen!"

Li Mu nodded and handed over the Jade Slip directly.

"Hm?"

At that, Yu Lao's smile faded, and his brows involuntarily knit.

"What's the matter?"

Seeing Yu Lao's reaction, Li Mu felt a bit puzzled.

"When you went in to choose a heart method, I, the old man, considered countless possibilities."

"But I never expected that you, a youngster, would choose such a fragmentary heart method!"

"A fragment?"

Hearing Yu Lao say that, Li Mu was startled for a moment and looked again at the Jade Slip in his hand.

I told you!

Even though this Reverse Opening Eight Gates Scripture imposes such huge limitations and fatal flaws on cultivators, it shouldn't have been rated merely as Xuan Tier intermediate.

So...

It's just a fragment, that explains it!

"So, do you want to consider switching to another heart method now?"

Yu Lao smiled, looked at Li Mu, and asked again.

"No!"

"Yu Lao, I've made up my mind!"

"It will be the Reverse Opening Eight Gates Scripture!"

Li Mu's gaze was firm, and he said without hesitation.

"Very well..."

Yu Lao gave a slight nod and casually removed the seal on the Reverse Opening Eight Gates Scripture.

"If it were another youngster, even if they wanted to exchange this Reverse Opening Eight Gates Scripture, I would not agree."

"Because this heart method not only has an extremely high difficulty and threshold as a fragment,"

"Moreover, during the cultivation of this Reverse Opening Eight Gates Scripture,"

"the cultivator must constantly guard against a terrifying backlash; a slight slip can lead to demonic possession!"

"But you're different!"

Yu Lao gently stroked his white beard: "Perhaps I should hand it to you; you, young one, can wield the Reverse Opening Eight Gates Scripture and shine brilliantly, forging a path that none before you could tread!"

"Besides, I shall also grant you, young one, a destiny!"

Saying.

Yu Lao's withered, thin hand grasped.

"Clang!"

Li Mu's Vengeance Blade at his waist instantly flew into Yu Lao's hand.

"Young one!"

"Now watch how I strike with this slash!"

"What?"

Li Mu was also startled by Yu Lao's move.

Before he could react, Yu Lao swung a slash toward the space before him.

"Boom!"

Red‑black blade intent burst forth from the Vengeance Blade.

The next moment!

Li Mu only felt a fierce wind howling before him!

The space in front of him and Yu Lao seemed infinitely compressed!

That red‑black blade intent, as if leaving no trace, instantly appeared before Li Mu.

Just as it was about to slash Li Mu's chest, it suddenly split into seven blade intents that vanished without a trace.

"Screech…"

"Is this Yu Lao's method?"

"His control over power is precise to the millimeter!"

"Terrifying!"

"This is simply too terrifying!"

Li Mu's mind was still immersed in the peak control of power displayed when Yu Lao previously slashed.

Suddenly, the System Virtual Panel before him popped up a series of Byte Entries.

【Ding!】

【System identified: a Third‑tier Nascent Soul Realm real person displays Seven‑Extreme Blade Intent, triggering Hundredfold Heavenly Dao Blessing!】

【Congratulations, Host, you have obtained Hundredfold Gain!】