Chapter 9

On the other side, Shi Quan was strolling through the academy, chatting and laughing with his parents.

Although Notting Academy looked grand and imposing from the outside, it was not actually as large as one might imagine inside; besides the dormitory buildings, there were two teaching buildings, two playgrounds, and a canteen building, yet in the span of an hour, the three of them had walked around the entire academy.

After sitting and chatting for another half an hour, although it was still afternoon, Shi Jian and Li Meili bid farewell to Shi Quan with great reluctance.

There was still quite a distance from Notting City back to Shi Family Village, and traveling during the day was much more convenient and safe; the Douluo Continent was not like China, as the roads between cities and villages could be subject to beast attacks at night, so to be safe, Shi Jian decided to head back early.

Partings are always filled with reluctance.

Outside the gates of Notting Academy, Shi Quan watched Li Meili, whose eyes were already red from crying on the carriage, as she kept waving at him, and his own eyes couldn't help but turn a little red.

Watching his parents drift further and further away, Shi Quan let out a long sigh, and after standing still for a while, he did not return directly to the academy, but instead walked straight toward the outside of the academy.

Because he now needed to find a quiet place where no one would disturb him to extract the Nine Yin Nine Yang True Scripture.

The introduction to the Nine Yin Nine Yang True Scripture had specifically warned him to be careful, and to be safe and avoid any accidents during the transmission process, he decided to extract it in a secure location.

In no time at all, Shi Quan's figure stopped outside a small inn not far from Notting Academy.

"Auntie, can you help me open the cheapest room?"

Shi Quan's voice came from under the counter; at six years old, even on his tiptoes, he could barely reach the height of the counter.

The clerk in front of the counter was clearly stunned for a moment before realizing there was someone else there; she leaned her head over the counter, looked at Shi Quan's youthful cheeks, and asked with a smile: "Little one, where is your family? Why are you here all by yourself?"

Shi Quan put on a pained expression, "Auntie, I'm from Notting Academy. There are too many people at the academy today, so I wanted to open a room here to rest quietly; I'll go back to the academy later."

"You're from Notting Academy?" The clerk's gaze toward Shi Quan clearly changed.

"Yeah, impressive, right!" Shi Quan held his head high and chest out, looking like a Spirit Master who was quite remarkable.

The clerk chuckled, "Alright, little Spirit Master, if it's just for a simple rest, ten Copper Spirit Coins will do. Is that okay, little Spirit Master?"

"No problem." Shi Quan nodded, fumbled in the money pouch at his chest for a moment, took out ten Copper Spirit Coins, and handed them to the clerk.

When Shi Jian and Li Meili left, they had given Shi Quan his living expenses for the entire year; he was a little rich kid now, and ten Copper Spirit Coins were just pocket change to him.

The clerk took the money and quickly led Shi Quan to a small room of less than ten square meters; there was almost no decoration in the room, just a bed.

Shi Quan had no requirements for the environment and didn't complain about anything; he just instructed the clerk again that he wanted to rest quietly and hoped not to be disturbed.

After the clerk nodded and agreed, Shi Quan checked the room once more, locked the doors and windows from the inside, drew the curtains, and then sat cross-legged on the bed.

"Open System Space."

With a thought, the scene before Shi Quan's eyes shifted; looking at the Nine Yin Nine Yang True Scripture before him, he let out a long breath and silently recited in his heart: "Extract."

As Shi Quan's words fell, Boom! Shi Quan only felt something explode from within his mind; for a moment, countless memories and knowledge surged and swept through his mind like a tidal wave.

At the same time, Shi Quan felt a cold, chilly aura and a scorching hot aura suddenly rush in; these two auras were very special—they couldn't be called cold, nor could they be called hot. Wherever the auras went, his meridians and flesh trembled uncontrollably, and the soul power within his body was suppressed by the two auras, remaining as still as stagnant water in his dantian.

"Is this the trace of Yin-Yang energy attached to the True Scripture?"

Before he could think too much, as more and more memories and knowledge flooded his mind, Shi Quan gradually fell into a chaotic, unconscious state.

At the beginning, the two auras intertwined and wandered through Shi Quan's body unconsciously; as Shi Quan's consciousness sank, the two auras seemed to be guided by something and suddenly began to circulate through Shi Quan's meridians along a peculiar path.

At the same time, the soul power that had been like stagnant water suddenly began to boil, and under the guidance of the two auras, it actually began to circulate along with them.

Strangely, during this constant circulation, the soul power in Shi Quan's body began to evaporate—or more accurately, to transform—into a power similar to those two special forces. The speed of transformation was not fast; the two auras had to circulate through Shi Quan's body once for only a portion of the soul power to be converted.

The two auras ran through Shi Quan's body for an unknown number of cycles before finally falling into silence, and the remaining soul power settled into Shi Quan's dantian.

Shi Quan's figure then collapsed onto the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

"Hmm?"

It was unknown how much time had passed before Shi Quan slowly rose from the bed, clutching his throbbing head, and it took a long while for him to regain his senses.

The first thing he did was check the Nine Yin Nine Yang True Scripture in his mind.

The next second, the contents of the Nine Yin Nine Yang True Scripture were as clear and distinct as if branded there, and vast knowledge instantly appeared in his mind.

After just a brief look at the contents of the Nine Yin Nine Yang True Scripture, Shi Quan remained dazed for a long time.

It was mainly because the content of the Nine Yin Nine Yang True Scripture was simply too vast: internal cultivation methods, external training techniques, light-body skills, force-generating techniques, fist, palm, and footwork, and so on—all were included. The content of this cultivation method could be said to encompass everything; no wonder it was called the top-tier cultivation method in the Jin Yong parallel world, and without equal at that.

There was too much content, and for a moment, Shi Quan didn't know how to choose.

He didn't have time to think it over carefully now, because the sky outside the curtains, which had been bright, had already darkened at some point. Because of his deep sleep, he didn't know how much time had passed, and he had to get back to the academy.

Walking out of the inn, the stars were already hanging high.

Fortunately, the inn was not far from the academy; taking two steps in one, Shi Quan arrived back at the academy in no time.

Once inside the academy, Shi Quan's pace slowed down, and he walked slowly toward the dormitory while reviewing the cultivation content in his mind.

"You're cheating! We're sparring, not playing hide-and-seek!"

Not long after walking, Shi Quan's attention was suddenly drawn by a delicate shout not far away.

Following the sound, Shi Quan saw two figures chasing each other on the playground.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for meeting the Daughter of Destiny, triggering the Destiny Treasure Chest. It has been opened for the host; you have received the reward: one copy of the novel Douluo Continent, and one Critical Hit Card!"

Hearing the voice in his mind, Shi Quan's figure stopped in its tracks immediately.

"Daughter of Destiny? Xiao Wu?"

Shi Quan looked at the figures on the playground, his expression becoming somewhat intriguing.

That's right, it was Tang San and Xiao Wu, who were out fighting in the middle of the night for no reason.

At noon, when he met Master, he hadn't triggered a treasure chest, so he had assumed only Tang San could trigger them.

But now that he had met Xiao Wu, the system had actually triggered a treasure chest again.

"Tang San is the male lead of Douluo, and Xiao Wu is the female lead of Douluo. According to the tropes in novels, for the 'righteous' male and female leads, there should be corresponding Destiny arch-villains, so does that mean..."

Thinking of this, Shi Quan's eyes lit up.

The trigger pattern for this system treasure chest was truly baffling, but at the very least, judging from the two Destiny Treasure Chests triggered today, it was highly likely to be feasible.

"The two greatest 'villains' of Douluo are naturally Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong, the two future deities."

Thinking of these two, Shi Quan couldn't help but shake his head; their status was not something he could touch right now, and he had no opportunity to verify it, so he could only wait for the future.

His attention returned to Tang San and Xiao Wu, who were still chasing each other on the playground.

"This footwork is somewhat similar to the Lingbo Micro-steps; left, left, back, right. If Xiao Wu were to pursue toward the rear right, she would have a chance to entangle Tang San."

Watching the two sparring, these thoughts subconsciously surfaced in Shi Quan's mind. Shi Quan, who had been watching with great interest, suddenly froze in place, his pupils shrinking violently, "How could I know these things!"

"No... have I become... Wang Yuyan?"

The Nine Yin Nine Yang True Scripture encompassed a vast number of Martial Arts manuals. After this knowledge was transmitted into Shi Quan's mind, it was directly branded into his memory. Although he had not yet learned them, all the Martial Arts theories appeared in his consciousness as if they were his own memories.

He was now like Wang Yuyan in the works of Jin Yong, belonging to that type who has thoroughly read the Martial Arts manuals of all schools and sects under heaven, capable of easily seeing through others' Martial Arts moves; he was a profound Martial Arts theorist.

He belonged to the type who knows nothing himself and can only talk a good game.

But it was enough to shock Shi Quan. Merely accepting the Martial Arts knowledge of the True Scripture had brought his Martial Arts theory to such a level; if he were to practice and study it, what level would his Martial Arts realm reach?

Thinking of this, a wave of excitement surged in Shi Quan's heart. He stopped paying attention to the two still chasing and sparring on the Playground and continued walking toward the Dormitory, while also starting to check the items opened from the treasure chest just now.

System Storage Space.

The grid that originally held the Nine Yin Nine Yang True Scripture had turned into a blue book with "Douluo Continent" written on it. Beside it, another grid had appeared, containing a card with gold and silver intertwined, with the two characters "Critical Hit" written on it.

Douluo Continent: One copy of the original Douluo Dalu novel.

Note: The book will be transmitted into the host's mind in the form of consciousness.

Critical Hit Card: Can perform a critical hit on rewards opened from treasure chests (rewards will double or turn into better rewards).

Note: Use after opening a treasure chest; there is no best, only better.

The introduction to the rewards this time was very simple. Although they were of no substantial help to Shi Quan right now, they still made his eyes light up.

Especially the appearance of Douluo Continent made Shi Quan particularly happy. One must know that the greatest advantage of a transmigrator is their foresight regarding the world.

He did not know how good other transmigrators' memories were. He had also read Douluo Continent, but after all, it was a novel of millions of words. Even if he had just finished reading it, if someone immediately asked him about details in the novel, an ordinary person certainly wouldn't be able to answer. He belonged to this category, not to mention his current situation.

Having transmigrated to Douluo for six years, plus the fact that reading Douluo in his previous life was also a matter of several years ago, after so many years, let alone details, he had even forgotten some of the main plot lines. If you asked him about the framework, factions, and so on of Douluo, he could still tell you a thing or two, but if you asked him about the timeline of the main plot development or something, sorry, he himself wasn't very sure.

However, the appearance of this original Douluo Continent book now helped Shi Quan solve this annoyance.

Two words: "grasp it." With the original work there, all kinds of descriptions were crystal clear; if he still couldn't easily grasp it, then he would be doing a disservice to this original work.

He was not in a hurry to extract the Douluo Dalu original work yet; the road still had to be walked one step at a time. Although he had forgotten much of the main plot, he still knew that Tang San was going to obtain his first Soul Ring tomorrow. His top priority now was to determine the Martial Arts he wanted to practice. There were many techniques in the Nine Yin Nine Yang True Scripture, and he couldn't possibly practice them all; he understood the principle that being greedy leads to poor digestion.

Therefore, he had to choose a few of the most suitable Martial Arts from the many techniques in the True Scripture to practice.

The academy at night was exceptionally quiet; it was rare to see students or teachers. Along the way, Shi Quan only saw Tang San and Xiao Wu sparring on the Playground. Even the Dormitory building, which was noisy during the day, was the same at this time.

When Shi Quan returned to the Dormitory, he found that almost everyone in the Dormitory was in the midst of cultivation.

Cultivating after dark was a tradition for Spirit Masters. Almost all these ordinary students had elders in their families who were Spirit Masters, so they naturally developed such a habit.

Seeing this, Shi Quan did not make much noise. After tidying up simply, he quickly got into bed and immediately began to organize the vast amount of knowledge in his mind.

There was no help for it, as the things recorded in the True Scripture were simply too numerous. Even just for light-body techniques, there were over ten types recorded. If he wanted to watch all the content in the True Scripture completely and carefully, Shi Quan wouldn't be able to finish even if he spent a day and a night.

He could only classify and organize all the techniques in the True Scripture according to their names and general content, and then select the Martial Arts suitable for himself from the technique introductions.

Fortunately, this knowledge and memory were directly branded into Shi Quan's mind. If the Nine Yin Nine Yang True Scripture had been extracted in the form of a book, Shi Quan couldn't imagine how he would cope with and process it.

Even so, it took Shi Quan a full half-hour to roughly classify the Martial Arts in the True Scripture into: internal cultivation methods, external cultivation methods, light-body techniques, force-generating techniques, basic techniques, and enemy-killing techniques.

After finishing the classification, it was time for the most critical selection part. Among the six categories, each had many choices. If someone with decision paralysis came here, they would probably have collapsed long ago.

(End of this chapter)