Chapter 20: Technique Scavenging

In the three‑layered compartment of the Ye Clan's library, all stored techniques are Mysterious Tier techniques.

Advanced techniques have always been a family's most important resource, and the Ye Clan is no exception.

A Formation guards this area; any abnormal entry triggers a Formation attack.

He glanced at the lower‑grade Mysterious Tier techniques in the room and found there were only seven in total. Still, that number was more than he had expected. He had never known that the Ye Clan possessed lower‑grade Mysterious Tier techniques.

Among these Mysterious Tier techniques, there is only one movement technique, called Lingkong Art. Its rank should have been higher, but because it is a fragmentary text, it was classified as a lower‑grade Mysterious Tier technique.

Ye Liuyun found the technique obscure and difficult to understand, turned to the last page, and was about to give up.

Suddenly the Ten Thousand Gods Command in his Sea of Consciousness trembled. In his view, the characters on the last page vanished entirely, then reappeared as a mass of tiny, dense script.

Though the text was lengthy, with the aid of the Ten Thousand Gods Command he firmly imprinted every word in his mind.

"These characters are the complete Lingkong Art!" Ye Liuyun was so excited he almost jumped up.

He never could have imagined the book contained such a mechanism.

Moreover, this one turned out to be a complete Heaven Tier lower‑grade technique! Heaven Tier techniques! He had never even thought of them before!

Ye Liuyun's heart swelled with joy, and he quickly turned his back, fearing the Elder would see.

After recording the technique, he casually returned the book to its place, then picked up the next one to browse. But thereafter, he never encountered such good fortune again.

In the end he chose a sword technique called Overlord Blade Art. Though also incomplete, he had always liked blades, considering them the rulers of weapons, wielding them with imposing vigor.

The hammer, he felt, had plenty of brute force but lacked agility.

He also selected a set called Thunder Rush Fist. Although his True Qi lacked a lightning attribute, this fist style follows a brute‑force path, fitting perfectly for his cultivation after the Nine‑Layer Wave. Most importantly, this set is the only fully intact technique.

The other techniques here were all fragmentary.

After leaving the room, he again chose on the third level a technique called Star‑Snatching Hand, a Yellow Tier supreme technique. This method combines multiple claw styles, adept at using clever force to overcome foes, and its power is not inferior to lower‑grade Mysterious Tier techniques.

However, mastering this technique demands great finger strength. Fortunately, he had cultivated Immortal Overlord Body, giving his fingers sufficient strength, so he should pick it up quickly.

The Elder in the hall stayed with him, constantly offering advice.

"You already have the Hammer Technique; you should replace the Blade Technique with a movement technique. If Thunder Rush Fist lacks a lightning attribute, its power is equivalent to the Yellow Tier supreme technique. Star‑Snatching Hand is too difficult to master; many people end up ruining their fingers…"

He knew the Elder meant well, but he couldn't explain to him, so he could only decline the Elder's kindness.

In the end, the Elder, angry, blew his beard and glared, saying that after he won first place he became complacent and lost restraint.

This left Ye Liuyun feeling very helpless.

Ye Liuyun returned to the Hall of Vessels with the copied technique, still extremely excited. He had actually scavenged a Heaven Tier technique!

Upon entering the back hall, his aunt pointed at two boxes on the floor and a sword, saying, "These were sent by the clan Elder as a reward for your Clan Competition."

"I've already put the Crystal Stone away; consider it your filial respect to me! I'll also sell the Boundary‑Crossing Pill for you, exchange it for Crystal Stone, and help you save up a marriage fund."

"The blood spirit fruit is yours! As for the Yellow Tier supreme weapon, I randomly picked a sword for you. Keep it if you want to use it; otherwise sell it!"

"When you finally save up that marriage fund, I'm afraid you'll never be able to marry!" Ye Liuyun didn't believe her nonsense at all. Fortunately, he wasn't short of money or pills now, so he didn't mind much.

Moreover, he handed 200,000 crystal coins to Feng Wanru. "Here, keep them for yourself; don't overburden yourself! I'm selling pills now and have some money on hand!"

Feng Wanru glanced at him, feeling somewhat moved, but she still said aloud:

"Ah! The stinky brat is being generous now! Everyone knows you're supporting me? How much money do you have left? Let me assess your strength and think about it!"

"If you don't want it, give it back to me!" he said, reaching to snatch the crystal coins, but Feng Wanru was quicker.

He curled the corner of his mouth upward, picked up the blood spirit fruit and sword from the ground, and returned to cultivate.

Unsurprisingly, Star‑Snatching Hand was quickly mastered, and it soon reached the Minor Achievement stage.

Lingkong Art, Overlord Blade Art, and Thunder Rush Hand were also considered introductory.

After almost a night of cultivation, he felt exhausted.

He mixed the Body Refinement potion with hot water, poured it into a bathtub, and refined his body while sleeping. Just before sleep, he also ate a Concentration Pill.

He only jumped out of the bathtub when Feng Wanru called him to eat breakfast.

After being soaked in the Body Refinement potion, he felt his internal power become more abundant. And his Soul, under the effect of the Concentration Pill, grew even stronger.

Thus, whenever he appears, he gives people a particularly vigorous impression.

"Did you eat the blood spirit fruit? How are you so energetic?" Feng Wanru asked curiously.

"No! Aren't I always this energetic and handsome every day?" Ye Liuyun laughed.

"Ugh! You got first place and now you're full of yourself, right? Let me tell you, if you dare waste that thousand‑year blood spirit fruit, I'll withhold your meals for a whole year!" Feng Wanru threatened fiercely.

"Don't worry! Am I as unreliable as you? I've been meaning to tell you. I'm planning a trip to Henglin Shanmai; I heard there are Blood Vein Herb, ferocious beast blood, and other herbs I need, and I can also obtain some beast blood for Body Refinement."

Hearing this, Feng Wanru asked curiously, "At your level, aren't you afraid you'll be eaten by ferocious beasts in Henglin Shanmai?"

"Danger and opportunity coexist! That's exactly what you taught me. Besides, I'm not going immediately. I'll prepare for a few days, master the new technique sufficiently, then go on a trial."

Feng Wanru looked at Ye Liuyun and said seriously, "Alright, go ahead! Before you leave, don't forget to leave all the Crystal Stone on your body!"

Ye Liuyun felt an urge to curse, realizing his aunt had despised him! Yet he knew he couldn't beat Feng Wanru, so he pretended not to hear it.

After finishing his meal, he went back to cultivate.

After breaking through the Body Refinement Sixth Level, the True Qi he cultivated was entirely used to open new Meridians.

The channels for True Qi flow consist mainly of the nine major Meridians. His cultivation of the Mysterious Origin Refining Qi Art requires him, before entering the True Essence Realm, to re‑open the nine major Meridians.

Each Meridian contains eighteen important acupoints.

What he must do now is, within those eighteen acupoints, condense True Qi Seeds, then unblock the eighteen points, shatter the original Meridians, and use True Qi to repair those Meridians anew.

Ye Liuyun has already condensed True Qi Seeds in six of the acupoints of the first Meridian.

At his current cultivation speed, without taking pills, he can condense roughly one True Qi Seed per day; if he takes pills, he can condense at least nine True Qi Seeds.

However, his first two breakthroughs were too rapid, so lately he dares not take pills again, opting to cultivate slowly, step by step. When he gets tired, he intersperses practice of the Da Yan Soul Technique.

With the aid of the Concentration Pill, his Soul cultivation speeds up greatly; in a few days he should be able to scan a hundred‑meter range. Moreover, regarding Soul attacks, he has already begun refining the Divine Sense of that attack, making it tougher.

At night, he resumed practicing several techniques; when tired he refined pills, used the potion to refine his body, essentially interweaving activities without pause.