Chapter 13: Wholesale Bras

Profound Tianmen's Outer Sect Technique Pavilion.

The layout inside the Technique Pavilion is much the same as the Affairs Pavilion; inside is a large hall with numerous service windows like those in a bank.

Each window has an attendant in blue-green athletic wear seated behind it; the attendants are both male and female.

Facing Facing Cang Luo glanced around the hall; aside from outer sect disciples in green training robes coming and going, he didn't see a single shadow of a technique manual.

"Hmm, find an attendant and ask where to collect the technique."

As a hot-blooded man, Facing Facing Cang Luo naturally chose a female attendant!

He walked up to a service window where a female attendant with shoulder-length hair, about twenty-something, sat inside.

Looking at her, Facing Facing Cang Luo then noticed that people on the Yuanwu Continent, regardless of gender, seem to have no custom of mandatory long hair.

Some have buzz cuts, some have loose hair, and some have their hair tied up...

This female attendant was quite good-looking, with an egg-shaped face and a pair of soul-stealing eyes that looked extremely charming.

With that face value, she would absolutely be goddess-level on Earth.

Looking at her upper body, her figure was plump, and the slim-fitting blue-green garment seemed to have been resewn at the chest area.

Because of a slight color difference, it was obvious the clothes were too small and she was too big, so an extra piece of fabric had been added...

Damn! So much content; this is at least an F, right?

Facing Facing Cang Luo stared dumbfounded, almost spitting blood from his nose.

Hmm? This shape looks like she isn't wearing a bra; the Yuanwu Continent probably doesn't have such a thing as a bra either?

Haha, once the two worlds connect, I'll wholesale bras to sell at the Profound Tianmen; by then, countless female disciples and female attendants will go crazy for this epoch-making underwear.

"Knock, knock..."

Noticing Facing Facing Cang Luo staring at her, the female attendant tapped the table twice and frowned, saying, "Junior brother, what do you need?"

Facing Facing Cang Luo quickly snapped out of it, struggling to shift his gaze from her chest, and asked, "May I ask, Senior sister, I just became an outer sect disciple today; where do I collect the technique?"

"Show me your identity jade tablet," the female attendant said indifferently.

Facing Facing Cang Luo handed over his identity jade tablet with both hands, and while she checked it, he couldn't help but glance again at the place he shouldn't have looked.

"Sin! Sin!"

Facing Facing Cang Luo silently chanted a few times, then shifted his gaze away.

At this moment, after glancing at Facing Facing Cang Luo's identity jade tablet, the female attendant muttered with a hint of disdain, "Twenty-two years old and only Warrior Stage 1..."

Having said that, she casually returned the identity jade tablet to Facing Facing Cang Luo, then lowered her head to pick up a brush and register the information.

In her heart, she mocked, "This person is not only a lecher but also a waste; those dog eyes kept staring right there, and he thought I didn't notice?"

Hearing her muttering, Facing Facing Cang Luo awkwardly put the jade tablet away and asked again, "Senior sister, where do I go to collect the technique?"

Hearing Facing Facing Cang Luo ask again, the female attendant impatiently pointed to the very back of the hall and said without looking up, "The first room on the left with the 'Yellow Grade Lower Class' sign is the one."

Outer sect disciples with Warrior cultivation can each select one mental cultivation method, one fist-and-foot martial art, and one body movement martial art; after selecting, come back here to collect the technique jade tablet."

Facing Facing Cang Luo looked toward the very back of the hall and saw three large doors.

The door on the left had a wooden sign reading 'Yellow Grade Lower Class', while the other two doors had wooden signs reading 'Yellow Grade Middle Class' and 'Yellow Grade Upper Class' respectively.

So that's it, the techniques are stored inside; then why did she say to come back to her to collect the technique jade tablet after selecting?

What exactly is a technique jade tablet?

Facing Facing Cang Luo glanced at the other person, thought for a moment, and decided not to ask her again to avoid being despised further.

So, after thanking her, Facing Facing Cang Luo walked toward the door marked 'Yellow Grade Lower Class'.

After taking a few steps, Facing Facing Cang Luo suddenly noticed a bookshelf in the corner of the hall, on which dozens of books were scattered.

After approaching, Facing Facing Cang Luo realized that most of these dozens of books were duplicates; actually, there were only three.

They were respectively 'Three Essentials of the Martial Artist', 'Overview of Techniques', and 'Diagram of Human Meridians and Acupoints'.

The first two had the largest quantities, with over twenty copies each, while the 'Diagram of Human Meridians and Acupoints' seemed to have only one copy.

"So these books are provided for the disciples."

Saying this, Facing Facing Cang Luo picked up a copy of 'Three Essentials of the Martial Artist' and began to flip through it.

They were all traditional characters, which made reading very tiring for Facing Facing Cang Luo; the book stated that the three essentials of a martial artist are Yuan Consciousness, Yuan Wheel, and Yuan Force.

Yuan Consciousness has the function of driving the Yuan Wheel, mobilizing Yuan Force, and circulating techniques, and also possesses the ability to perceive targets.

The quantity and strength of Yuan Wheels are the direct basis for judging a martial artist's rank; they also determine the strength and circulation speed of Yuan Force.

And the strength and content of Yuan Force determine the strength and power of a technique, as well as its endurance.

There were too many words, so Facing Facing Cang Luo was too lazy to read; most of it was similar to what Xuan Qingqing had said, though the book was more detailed; Facing Facing Cang Luo decided to take one back later to read slowly.

Putting down 'Three Essentials of the Martial Artist', Facing Facing Cang Luo picked up 'Overview of Techniques', flipped through a few pages, found it was also similar to what Xuan Qingqing had said, and was too lazy to read further.

"Hmm? Technique jade tablet."

Just as Facing Facing Cang Luo was about to put down the book, he suddenly saw a passage describing the technique jade tablet, so he read it in detail; this knowledge Xuan Qingqing had not mentioned.

A few minutes later, Facing Facing Cang Luo silently expressed admiration; it turned out the technique jade tablet was an invention designed to prevent technique leaks.

Because the principle of a technique is to mobilize Yuan Force to penetrate certain meridians and acupoints, thereby producing specific effects.

Therefore, to learn a technique, one only needs to know the meridians and acupoints required by that technique.

Long ago on the Yuanwu Continent, the medium for recording technique content was books; martial artists learned techniques by observing with their eyes and memorizing with their minds.

Therefore, confidentiality was extremely poor; one person memorizing it was equivalent to ten thousand people learning it.

Some would privately teach techniques to others, which was extremely detrimental to the owners and creators of the techniques.

To eliminate this hidden danger, the Martial Artists Alliance, the greatest power on the Yuanwu Continent, invented a method to 'imprint' the circulation path of a technique onto a special type of jade tablet.

Only martial artists with Wu Wang cultivation or above could use this method; the jade tablets produced are called technique jade tablets, which record the circulation path of the technique.

Techniques learned through a technique jade tablet will directly leave a technique imprint in the martial artist's Yuan Consciousness.

This technique imprint stores the circulation path of the technique's Yuan Force within the meridians and acupoints; when using the technique, one only needs to activate the technique imprint with Yuan Consciousness.

When activating the imprint to execute a technique, low-level martial artists can only use it but cannot understand which meridians and acupoints the technique actually passes through.

Only martial artists at Wu Wang cultivation or above can break the imprint on a technique jade token, thereby seeing through the technique's circulation path and claiming it as their own.

However, under normal circumstances, a powerhouse at Wu Wang cultivation would not do something like leaking a technique, because it isn't worth doing.

Because a Wu Wang also climbed up step by step from Wu Shi, and at the Wu Shi stage one can only learn the lowest-grade techniques.

As one's cultivation slowly rises, the grade of technique jade tokens one can obtain rises along with it.

And by the time one reaches Wu Wang cultivation, several decades have already passed, and one has long since formed countless ties with the faction that gave one the technique jade tokens.

As long as the benefits keep flowing, there will be no betrayal.

Another point: when a high-grade technique is made into a technique jade token, it is split into multiple jade tokens.

For example, a heaven-grade upper-quality mental cultivation method with nine layers in total will be made into nine technique jade tokens, and a Wu Wang-cultivation martial artist might only obtain the first three layers.

If one wants the later content, one must make that many contributions to the faction in exchange.

Therefore, the appearance of technique jade tokens can be said to have eliminated the hidden danger of technique leakage, and also brought considerable convenience to the vast number of martial artists.

One no longer needs others to painstakingly teach it, nor does one need to memorize the "Human Meridian Acupoint Array Diagram" by rote.

However, having technique jade tokens doesn't mean one can completely ignore one's own meridians and acupoints — what must be learned still must be learned; this is knowledge a powerhouse must master.

Understanding the locations of meridians and acupoints can not only deepen one's grasp of oneself and one's techniques, but can also be used against an enemy, striking their vital acupoints.

And then there's the case where, by some chance, one gets a paper technique manual but doesn't understand meridians and acupoints — wouldn't one be unable to cultivate it?

Closing "Overview of Techniques," Facing Facing Cang Luo thought of programming and apps.

A technique learned from a paper technique manual is equivalent to having to program and make an app yourself.

You program on the meridians and acupoints with origin power, and only after it's made can you use this app.

That is, circulate and use this technique.

But a technique learned through a technique jade token skips the programming step — just download an app installer and install it.

Once installed, tap the icon — that is, the imprint — and you can circulate the technique.

*Tap! * Press the icon......

No — use your origin sense to activate the imprint, and one use of the technique is sent out, simple and convenient.

Facing Facing Cang Luo sighed: "Tsk tsk tsk! The things this cultivation civilization created aren't any worse than a tech civilization, huh? And the awareness of intellectual property isn't bad either."