Chapter 633: Transmitting Skills Hall

Transmitting Skills Hall.

Yan Buji's arrival attracted many people's attention, and the Hall Master of the Transmitting Skills Hall personally came out to greet him.

"Hall Master Yan."

"Hall Master Zhou, hope you have been well," Yan Buji said with a smile.

Hall Master Zhou Wan'an of the Transmitting Skills Hall, also a Nascent Soul Cultivator, may not have a larger scale than the Inner Gate's Transmitting Skills Hall, but if the thousand‑plus Outer Gate disciples of the Paolong Sacred Land and the steward Elders need to seek cultivation techniques, spells, or scriptures, they must come to the Transmitting Skills Hall.

The Transmitting Skills Hall not only specializes in teaching disciples cultivation, but also has many formidable individuals; for example, Hall Master Zhou Wan'an is a powerful figure in the later stage of the Nascent Soul.

Yan Buji's concealment of his Martial Dao cultivation is not really a secret; Zhou Wan'an naturally knows it. However, they do not dare to underestimate him, because he can hide this under everyone's very eyes; if Elder Ximen were to speak, they would probably think he is merely an ordinary Golden Core late‑stage cultivator.

"May I ask what business Hall Master Yan has in coming here?"

"I wish to enter the Transmitting Skills Hall to look for some techniques and spells; I wonder if it would be convenient."

"Then please, Hall Master Yan, come forward," Zhou Wan'an said with a smile.

Yan Buji entered the Transmitting Skills Hall, saw that the disciples here were fewer than before, and couldn't help feeling curious.

"The Outer Gate Grand Competition is about to start; the disciples are rubbing their fists, waiting to make a spectacular debut," Zhou Wan'an said with a smile.

"A good thing," Yan Buji laughed, "First blossoms of strange flowers, dazzling and majestic; a milk tiger howls in the valley, a hundred beasts tremble. Young people should always be full of vigor."

Zhou Wan'an nodded, "Hall Master Yan speaks well."

"But I heard that people from other factions are also invited to observe the ceremony; this is my first time watching an Outer Gate Grand Competition, I wonder which factions will come?" Yan Buji asked curiously.

"The other three major sacred lands will send people, as well as the Demon Race, the Otherworldly Race, and some other factions to observe," Zhou Wanfu said.

"That many?"

"Hmm, I heard that this year's Outer Gate Grand Competition will even have someone from a Sage Virtue Hall coming, but we don't know who it is."

Sage Virtue Hall?!

The Sage Virtue Hall is an alternate name for the 'Three Sects' of Zhong Tian Zhi Yu; the Paolong Sacred Land falls under the 'Four Lands'. On the surface it sounds similar to the Three Sects, but in reality there is a huge difference.

That means the Three Sect forces have produced sages! Or they are protected by sages, so their status is transcendent.

Of course, the more transcendent their status, the less they can casually enter the cultivation world; thus the Three Sects maintain an attitude of being above the world and have never interfered in cultivation affairs.

However, if something major happens in Zhong Tian Zhi Yu, the Three Sect disciples can be seen walking the world.

All five domains have sages, and the Three Sect forces of Zhong Tian Zhi Yu openly tell the world that three families are under sage protection; of course, if those three forces truly vie for interests, no one can contest them.

Unless they fight among themselves!

Such events have occurred; it is said that ten thousand years ago, after Martial Cultivation vanished, the Three Sect forces launched a protracted struggle for the discourse power of Zhong Tian Zhi Yu, and only when the sages finally restrained their own forces was the great chaos in Zhong Tian Zhi Yu halted.

But consider how vast Zhong Tian Zhi Yu is, with countless cultivators traveling north and south; even all cultivators combined in this complex region are less than the three forces' struggle that nearly destroyed the cultivation world of Zhong Tian Zhi Yu! This shows how terrifying the Three Sect forces are, let alone their disciples.

Upon hearing this, Yan Buji exclaimed in surprise, "Will they also come?"

"Sometimes they do come; the Three Sect forces lack no talent, but those people love to pick up leftovers!" Zhou Wan'an said through clenched teeth.

"Pick up leftovers?"

"For example, some cultivators start with nothing, perform averagely in their sect, but suddenly get noticed, are recruited by them, and finally soar skyward."

Yan Buji, with a puzzled expression, asked, "Could it be that they do this on purpose, aiming to increase their own influence?"

"But their influence is already great; even if they stay out of the world, who would dare disobey their orders? Of course it could also be that the higher‑ups fail to recognize talent, causing these hidden gems to be neglected, but their way of poaching is quite irritating."

Yan Buji, still puzzled, said, "Even if the gems are hidden, there are countless talents in the cultivation world; why act like this?"

"In the end, none of those chosen by the Three Sects are mediocre. Hall Master Yan, do you know the Jing Hong Scholar?" Zhou Wan'an asked.

Jing Hong Scholar?

Yan Buji shook his head, "I haven't heard of him."

"That Jing Hong Scholar once served as a handyman in a minor sect for fifty years; originally he was a village schoolmaster, but at ninety he was noticed by the Lin Tian Academy and taken as a disciple," Zhou Wan'an said admiringly:

"After that he spent five hundred years in Foundation Establishment, three hundred years in Golden Core, two hundred years as a Nascent Soul, one hundred years in Transforming Spirit, fifty years refining Void, twenty years merging Dao, three years in Great Ascension, one year crossing tribulation, and his might shook Zhong Tian!"

"Huh?"

"This senior now roams the world, his whereabouts unknown, yet he has left countless legends in Zhong Tian," Zhou Wan'an sighed.

Yan Buji fell silent.

Are there really such outrageous cultivators?

"Was that Jing Hong Scholar a Confucian?"

"Correct."

"Are Confucian techniques that outrageous?"

"I don't know, but it definitely happened," Zhou Wan'an said, leading Yan Buji to the Transmitting Skills Hall Library.

Yan Buji clasped his hands and said, "Hall Master Zhou, are there any taboos inside?"

"Let me take Hall Master Yan inside."

"Then thank you."

After entering the library, Yan Buji looked at the dazzling array of technique and spell jade slips and some ancient classics, and his eyes lit up.

"Hall Master Yan, what kind of technique do you need?"

"I want a fire‑type technique."

"A fire‑type technique?" Zhou Wan'an looked at Yan Buji and led him up to the third floor.

The third floor had few bookshelves; a glance revealed only a dozen or so jade slips.

"The Outer Gate's collection of fire techniques is limited; Hall Master Yan likely doesn't need basic techniques, but this fragmentary 'Fentian' technique is rather unusual."

"Unusual?"

Yan Buji picked up the jade slip, asking puzzled, "It's a fragmentary technique; what's unusual about it?"

"This technique lacks the part that converts Qi; it only cultivates flames. Most fire techniques enhance Qi while refining Spiritual Fire, but 'Fentian' lacks that, so it can only produce a kind of Spiritual Fire, yet it differs in some way; Hall Master Yan, you may examine it yourself."

Yan Buji's divine sense swept over the jade slip, and he suddenly widened his eyes.

"This Burning Heaven technique..... truly unique!"