Chapter 635

After hearing this anti-theft measure, which was absurd but extremely effective, Li Ang couldn't help but curl his lips in speechlessness.

Those whose level isn't enough can't touch the star palace, and those whose level is enough don't dare to touch the star palace. If you put it this way, let alone throwing the star palace on the sun, even if you threw it directly at the door of another true god, it might not necessarily be lost.

After giving a thumbs up to the Bureau's predecessors from the bottom of his heart, knowing that there was no danger in this regard, Li Ang didn't mention the divinity drain problem again, but looked at the "Law Bestowal," the last of the three abilities of the Taurus Star Palace.

Undoubtedly, this thing should be the true face of the Twelve Secret Arts.

The Bureau's twelve secret arts should actually be twelve corresponding laws. Aries' "Anomaly Annihilation" might be a destruction-type law, Taurus' "Anomaly Forging" is clearly a forging law, and so on.

And the so-called "only by getting the star palace's recognition can one learn the twelve secret arts" is, to put it bluntly, that one must first be bestowed with the law by the star palace, and only then can one learn the twelve techniques for using the corresponding laws that are circulated in the Bureau.

To put it more simply, the star palace's 【Law Bestowal】 is the car key, the qualification to get in the car and start the engine, while the twelve secret arts are the operation manual, the technique for driving the vehicle. The so-called mastery of the secret art is actually the degree of adaptation to the law.

Similarly, after getting the key and learning to drive, people with average driving skills might still be practicing how to reverse into a parking space without markings, but talented players like the Aquarius Director are probably already starting to try drifting through corners.

"Although your metaphor is a bit strange, it doesn't seem wrong to say so..."

After listening to Li Ang's summary and speculation, the Taurus Director nodded thoughtfully:

"In the past generations, it seems there has indeed been no precedent for two people mastering the same secret art at the same time. Although I was chosen by the star palace and practiced the secret art in advance, the effect in practice could only be said to be okay. But after the previous Taurus Director passed away, my practice of the Anomaly Forging Secret Art began to advance by leaps and bounds."

"Hmm... if you put it this way, perhaps the situation is really as you said. The twelve secret arts circulated in the Bureau are actually just techniques for using the 'laws.' Only by being bestowed by the star palace does one have the qualification to invoke the corresponding authority."

And this means that as long as I, the Director, am still alive, others' mastery of the Taurus Secret Art will always only be superficial. It is probably impossible to want to train more secret art practitioners.

Not saying this out loud, the Taurus Director shook her head with regret, then looked up at Li Ang and said:

"It seems you can't learn my secret art, at least not this year... Why don't you change to another request?"

"Taurus, I still want to try again."

Looking at the prompt that appeared after touching and communicating: 【Due to understanding the ability and operating rules of the "Star Dome Luo Pan Fragment - Zodiac - Taurus," your resistance to this anomalous object has greatly increased, and you have been able to shield against extremely deep levels of influence】, Li Ang insisted somewhat unwillingly:

"Although I need to accept the star palace's law bestowal to learn the complete secret art, there are other people in the Bureau besides you who can forge anomalous objects."

"So I still want to try again. Even if I can't master the complete Anomaly Forging Secret Art, it would be good to learn some basics."

"Since you insist... then alright."

Looking at Li Ang, who was somewhat "obsessed," the Taurus Director thought for a moment and didn't try to persuade him again, but nodded directly in agreement. She waved her hand to let Li Ang come to her front, then spoke with a gentle expression:

"Li Ang, I know you don't really just want to learn some basics, but are still hiding some secrets, thinking that maybe you can rely on this secret to learn the complete Taurus Secret Art."

After pointing out Li Ang's little thoughts, looking at Li Ang, whose expression tightened slightly, the Taurus Director smiled kindly and said:

"Don't worry, I don't mean to blame you."

"We humans are like this. In everyone's heart, there are actually some things they secretly hide and don't want to share with others. I also have things I don't want to tell others. This is not a fault."

"The reason I told you this is to remind you that no matter what method you are prepared to use, learning the secret art without getting the star palace's recognition is equivalent to opposing the star palace, and you might be suppressed by the Taurus Star Palace."

"So I hope you'd better be cautious. If you feel something is wrong, stop immediately. Don't try to be brave. It wouldn't be good if you hurt yourself. With your talent and ability, even if you don't learn the secret art, your future will definitely not be bad... Come, after you are ready, lean your head over."

"..."

The Taurus Director is really... it feels like in her eyes, everyone is like her child, there is always a feeling of being embraced...

Looking at the old lady who didn't mind his little thoughts, but instead waited patiently for him to get ready, Li Ang felt his face heat up slightly. After giving a vague response, he leaned over somewhat embarrassedly.

"Then I'm starting."

After greeting Li Ang, the Taurus Director's fingers, which showed slight signs of aging, held a touch of dark brown fluorescent light and slowly pressed toward Li Ang's brow.

Immediately after, as if being held against by a flashlight, Li Ang's forehead began to glow slightly. The dark brown fluorescent light slowly dissipated with the contact, like nectar nourishing the soil, seeping into Li Ang's brain bit by bit.

"Our Taurus lineage's Anomaly Forging Secret Art, to put it bluntly, is actually not that difficult, and it's even somewhat similar to the craft of forging metal."

Accompanied by the slow, leisurely narrative, an old man with a slightly hunched back appeared abruptly in Li Ang's mind. He pointed to a furnace that was burning red and explained to the "apprentices" behind him with a smile:

"Find a suitable anomaly or material, just like heating iron ore, use your power to 'heat it up.' Once it's burned to the point of losing its stable form and rules, the preparatory work is considered complete."

"The subsequent steps are also very similar. Forging ironware requires forging and shaping, removing impurities, and increasing strength. Forging anomalous objects is the same."

"Use your will and brain to swing the hammer, let the form and rules of the anomalous object change in the direction you want, and then carefully sort it out, remove the unnecessary messy rules, and distribute the already limited strength in the most suitable directions... Do you understand?"

"Understood!"

While the apprentices were all in trouble, a young man with a square head stood out and summarized confidently:

"It's just burning it hard! Then smashing it hard after burning! Once it's smashed well, the anomalous object is forged."

"That's right! It's that simple!"

The old man with the hunched back was overjoyed when he heard this. After sucking hard on his missing front teeth, he waved his hand happily and produced dozens of hideous monsters, averaging three stories high, spraying raging blood fire from their nasal cavities.

"Come! These are all the cubs of the Blood Flame Demon God. When I went to the abyss to hunt him down last month, I took them from his lair. Each of you take one and go back to burn it! Once you've burned it clearly, come back to me to learn the rest!"

"..."

Watching the dozen or so apprentices who were trembling with fear as they started to "burn," but were chased around by the materials, and even burned all over with blisters by the blood flame, Li Ang couldn't help but smack his lips in speechlessness.

The teaching method of the Bureau's predecessors is really quite rough... Speaking of which, the way the Taurus Director taught him the secret art is actually giving him a memory directly? So this is the process of a certain Taurus Director learning the secret art?

The long memory continued. Under Li Ang's curious peeping, the dozen or so unlucky secret art apprentices experienced countless hardships and obstacles, were chased and killed by various "materials" until they cried for their parents, and people kept missing or crying and wanting to quit. Only the square-headed man persisted without changing his original intention, never giving up no matter what hardships and obstacles he encountered. His willpower and talent were both shockingly excellent, and in the very end... he became the next Director of the Bureau.

?????

Watching the square-headed man who sat on the position of Director reluctantly, and some bit-part player who had been ravaged by materials I don't know how many times but inexplicably became the Taurus Director, Li Ang, who had finished watching the whole set of teaching memories, couldn't help but be stunned.

Is there something wrong with the development of this plot?

Shouldn't it be the most excellent apprentice who successfully gets the recognition of the previous Taurus Director and the Taurus Star Palace, and successfully inherits the position of Director? How did he become the Director while learning? What about the Taurus Secret Art?

"Just because he is too excellent."

After Li Ang woke up from the memory of the third generation of Taurus Directors and raised his own question, the Taurus Director asked back with a smile:

"The square-headed young man you saw should be the third generation Director of the Bureau. Since he was already so excellent, why would he still inherit the Taurus Secret Art to be a Director? Wouldn't it be better to be the Director of the Bureau directly?"

"..."

No problem, if you put it this way, the most excellent talent should indeed be the Director directly... but there is a feeling of disappointment...

After smacking his lips in speechlessness, Li Ang wanted to ask two more questions, but saw the Taurus Director smiling and saying:

"Let's ignore him for now. What about you? How is your secret art learning? How much have you mastered?"

"As for me..."

Hearing the Taurus Director's question, Li Ang looked at his badge panel and answered somewhat uncertainly:

"Although what I learned is not the complete version, it can be considered an introduction, right?"

【After accepting the memory gifted by the Taurus Director, you successfully obtained the practice method of the Taurus Secret Art "Anomaly Forging," and in the observation of the memory space, you obtained a large amount of relevant precious experience, and thereby activated the Bai Yin-level badge "Secret Art Inheritor (Taurus)"】

【Secret Art Inheritor (Taurus): The inheritor of the Bureau's Taurus Secret Art, mastering the techniques for using the corresponding laws, but because the corresponding law has already been occupied by the Taurus Star Palace, it is almost impossible to invoke it without being bestowed, so it can only be counted as a "Dragon-Slaying Technique."】

【Wearing Effect: Even if the support of the corresponding law is missing, but having witnessed the entire process of the Bureau's third-generation Director and the third-generation Taurus Director practicing the Taurus Secret Art, you still obtained the qualification to use the degraded version of the Taurus Secret Art, able to exert the characteristics of the anomalous materials in your hands, and forge some anomalous objects whose level is far lower than your own infection value.】

【Advanced Route: After the current Taurus Director dies, if you can successfully obtain the control of the "Star Dome Luo Pan Fragment - Zodiac - Taurus," this badge will automatically advance to the Gold badge "Taurus Director."】

【Hidden Characteristic (No need to wear): Because you can shield against part of the influence of the Taurus Star Palace, when you are forging anomalous objects, you can forcibly steal a small amount of relevant laws under the suppression of the Taurus Star Palace, improving the effect of the Anomaly Forging Secret Art.】

And besides 【Secret Art Inheritor (Taurus)】, after observing the practice process of the Taurus Secret Art, due to some degree of analogy, the Aquarius Secret Art actually also provided a badge.

【After accepting the weight of the "True Word Scale" and observing the practice method of the Bureau's secret art, you comprehended the practice method of the secret art "Anomaly Creation," and activated the Bai Yin-level badge "Secret Art Inheritor (Aquarius)"】

【Secret Art Inheritor (Aquarius):...】

【Wearing Effect: Even if the support of the corresponding law is missing... in the case of having suitable materials, create some anomalous objects whose level is far lower than your own infection value.】

【Advanced Route:...】

【Hidden Characteristic (No need to wear): None】

So... just by looking at the memories of the previous Taurus Directors, without any practice, you think you have already started?

Looking at Li Ang, whose eyes were a bit "drifting" (looking at the badge panel), the Taurus Director couldn't help but frown slightly, worried that he had the problem of high expectations but low ability. After thinking for a moment, she took out a blood-red bird egg and handed it over.

"This is the egg of the Hell Desire Meat Bird. When forging anomalous objects of the physical enhancement type, as long as you add one of these things, you can significantly improve the user's perception of their body, avoiding losing control directly due to the soaring physical fitness."

After explaining the origin of this bird egg, with the intention of giving a small warning to let Li Ang not just talk on paper, the Taurus Director asked:

"If I remember correctly, the first lesson of the Anomaly Forging Secret Art should be to burn and melt the material, making it lose its stable form and rules, so as to carry out subsequent forging."

"Then since you think you have already started, why don't you 'burn' this Desire Meat Egg and let me see how much you have mastered."

This is... wanting to test me?

After hearing the Taurus Director's words, although he didn't fully understand the operation method of the Taurus Secret Art, looking at his two newly obtained silver badges, Li Ang nodded, put on both new badges, and accepted this "pop quiz."

'Forging anomalies is just burning it hard! Then smashing it hard after burning! Once it's smashed well, the anomalous object is forged.'

Recalling the square-headed Director's confident summary in his mind, Li Ang took a deep breath, mobilized all his "infection value," first fried the egg with high heat, then smashed it hard with a heavy hammer, and tossed it around according to the apprentices' methods.

Even because he was worried that the force was not enough, when he reached the "juice collection" stage, he added some small techniques of the Aquarius Secret Art, picked out the thickest rules in this 【Desire Meat Egg】, and then, like changing the font size of a title, added thickness! Painted it black! Enlarged it! Highlighting it as eye-catching!

Done!

Looking at the bird egg that was originally hard and anomalous, gradually becoming soft and loose, and carrying a wonderful feeling unique to anomalous objects, Li Ang couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, then reached out and poked his first work.

【Name: Sensitive Egg (Flesh, Corruption)】

【Appearance: An oval object with a black-red color, slightly loose. Although the appearance is not good, it is filled with a thick evil atmosphere.】

【Ability: Flesh Sensitivity, Demonic Temperament】

【Cost: Slight loss of physical strength】

【File: Secret Art Inheritor Li Ang Lian, a special anomalous object specially manufactured by gathering the Bureau's two secret arts and his own will full of demonic atmosphere. It can make the male creature chosen as the target look more evil, and make the bird egg on his left side become slightly sensitive.】

【Evaluation: The most worthless demonic creation in history, and there is no one else.】

【Infection Value: 0.1】

"..."

What the hell???

Could it be that the material the Taurus Director took out just now was not a bird egg, but... a bird "egg"?

(End of chapter)