txolops Chapter 5: The Secret Technique Acquired! The Awakening Insect Divine Sword!
Chapter 5: The Secret Technique Acquired! The Awakening Insect Divine Sword!
Chapter 5: The Secret Technique Acquired! The Awakening Insect Divine Sword!
The second floor of Yuelu Hall is slightly smaller than the first floor, but the bookshelves are arranged more densely.
Sunlight streamed through the high windows, casting dappled shadows on the bluestone floor.
Fine dust particles floated in the air, slowly rotating within the beam of light.
Lin Chuan's eyes swept across the bookshelf, searching according to the category labels.
"Cultivation Methods Section", "Alchemy Recipes Section", "Travelogues and Miscellaneous Talks Section"...
He walked to the travelogue section and found the book "Travels in the South" in the middle of the third row of bookshelves.
The book was wrapped in tan animal hide, its spine worn, clearly having been read many times. Lin Chuan carefully took it down and brushed away the thin layer of dust from the cover.
The first page contains the author's own words:
"I have traveled throughout the southern regions for three hundred years, and I have recorded what I have seen and heard to share with those who come after me..."
The text was ancient and simple, recording mostly local customs, the distribution of spiritual veins, and the habits of monsters. Lin Chuan flipped through the pages one by one, seemingly casually, but actually completely absorbed.
An hour passed, and he had flipped through most of the book, but still hadn't found any trace of the secret technique.
"Could the divination be wrong?" Lin Chuan frowned.
But he quickly dismissed the idea—the previous divinations had all been verified, so this one should be no different.
Lin Chuan calmed himself down and reread the first chapter carefully.
This time, he no longer pursued speed, but instead scrutinized every word and sentence.
Half an hour later, when he turned to page 173, his gaze suddenly froze.
This page records the author's observations at an ancient site on the border of the Yue Kingdom.
The text was plain, but Lin Chuan noticed that the first words of each paragraph connected in a strange way.
"A mysterious monster has been discovered lurking in an ancient cave. When divine sense was used to investigate, sword marks were found on the stone wall..."
The first character read together: 惊 (jīng), 蛰 (zhé), 神 (shén), 剑 (jiàn).
Lin Chuan's heart raced as he continued searching.
On page 174, the first character of another paragraph, when read together, reads: "Concentrate your mind and transform into a thorn, hide it in the courtyard."
Page 175: "When the Nine-Nine Return to One Sword is completed, its divine power can shake mountains."
"It really is an acrostic riddle!" A glint flashed in Lin Chuan's eyes.
He quickly took out a blank jade slip and began to record the passages scattered in the book.
Each seemingly ordinary passage of travelogue text, when connected by its first character, points to a specific part of the inner workings of the secret technique of the "Awakening of Insects Divine Sword".
……
An hour later, Lin Chuan found and recorded all the relevant passages in "Travels in the South".
He breathed a sigh of relief and took the books downstairs.
The elderly man surnamed Xu was still behind his desk. Seeing Lin Chuan come down, he smiled and said, "Nephew, have you found what you need?"
"Found it." Lin Chuan placed "Travels in the Southern Regions" on the table. "Uncle-Master, I would like to take this book with me."
"take away?"
Upon hearing this, the old man surnamed Xu's smile faltered, and he immediately shook his head: "This is against the rules. The books in Yuelu Hall have always been for internal use only and cannot be borrowed."
Lin Chuan was prepared and said in a low voice, "Uncle-Master, please be lenient. This junior is willing to pay some fees."
A glint flashed in the old man's eyes, and he pretended to ponder: "Well... if someone finds out, I will have to take responsibility."
"I need more spirit stones!"
He spread his palms: "Five spirit stones, I'll pretend I didn't see this."
Lin Chuan deliberately feigned a pained expression: "Five spirit stones? Uncle-Master, this is a bit..."
"Three pieces, no less than that."
The elderly man surnamed Xu lowered his voice: "Nephew, this is a risky business deal. If you don't want to, then put the book back where it was."
Lin Chuan hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and took out three spirit stones from his storage bag, pushing them in front of the old man surnamed Xu.
The old man surnamed Xu quickly put away the spirit stones, looked around, and whispered, "Hurry up and go. Remember to return them within seven days. If you are late, you will be charged an extra spirit stone every month."
"Thank you, Uncle-Master."
Lin Chuan put "Travels in the Southern Regions" into his storage bag and turned to leave Yuelu Hall.
Behind him, the old man surnamed Xu weighed the bag of spirit stones in his hand, his eyes narrowing with satisfaction: "A good harvest today..."
……
Upon returning to the villa on Xuankun Mountain, Lin Chuan immediately activated the concealment formation.
He took out "Travels in the Southern Regions" and the jade slips he had recorded, and began to compare and organize them.
As the hidden characters are extracted and pieced together, a complete secret technique gradually emerges.
The Divine Sword of Awakening Insects!
This god is a god of divine consciousness!
This is a secret technique for attacking with divine sense!
The secret technique details how to condense and compress one's own divine consciousness into an invisible spike, which is then stored and nurtured within the Shen Ting acupoint.
When facing an enemy, one can instantly activate a divine sense spike to directly attack the opponent's primordial spirit.
If the opponent's spiritual consciousness is far weaker than one's own, a single strike can cause their primordial spirit to dissipate, turning them into a walking corpse.
Even if the opponent has a strong spiritual sense, they will suffer serious damage if caught off guard. At best, they will be confused; at worst, their cultivation will regress.
"Such a domineering secret technique..." Lin Chuan took a deep breath.
Keep reading.
The "Awakening of Insects Divine Sword" has nine levels.
The first layer involves condensing three sharp spikes of divine consciousness.
The second layer has nine strands.
The third layer has eighteen stems.
……
The ninth layer, ninety-nine roots.
With each advancement to the next level, the number of divine consciousness spikes increases, and their power also multiplies.
Upon reaching the peak of the ninth level, one can fuse all the spikes into one, transforming them into an invisible and intangible sword of divine consciousness.
"Nine times nine returns to one, divine consciousness transforms into a sword, its power is boundless!"
The secret technique is recorded at the end that if one can master the Sword of Divine Sense, one can inflict substantial damage even on opponents whose divine sense far surpasses one's own.
In life-or-death battles, this hidden move can often turn the tide of the battle.
"As expected of the opportunity guided by the 'Great Fortune' hexagram!" Lin Chuan gripped the jade slip tightly.
The secret technique of attacking with divine sense is rare even in the entire cultivation world of Yue Kingdom.
There might be some in the Yellow Maple Valley Library, but they are definitely not something that Qi Refining disciples can access.
"With this secret technique at my disposal, I have an extra trump card."
Lin Chuan calmed his mind, memorized the cultivation method of the "Awakening of Insects Divine Sword", and then took out the book "Travels in the Southern Tiannan".
After pondering for a moment, he took out his pen and ink, imitated the handwriting above, and slightly modified the key information about "The Divine Sword of Awakening Insects".
"In this way, even if someone were to reread this book, they would find it difficult to discover its secrets."
Lin Chuan naturally had his own selfish reasons for not wanting others to learn such a powerful secret technique.
After doing all this, Lin Chuan began to plan his next stage of cultivation.
"The most urgent task is to break through to the eleventh level of Qi Refining."
He took out a jade bottle containing the Golden Source Pill: "With the aid of the pill and the guidance of the daily divination, my cultivation speed will far surpass that of others at the same level."
"As for the 'Awakening of Insects Divine Sword,' it requires a gradual approach. The first level requires condensing three divine sense spikes, which I can barely attempt with my current level of divine sense strength."
"Once my cultivation reaches the eleventh level of Qi Refining, I can try cultivating it."
Outside the window, dusk was falling.
Lin Chuan sat cross-legged, swallowed a Golden Source Pill, and began to circulate the Fire Separation Technique.
The spiritual energy from the dissolved elixir surged through the meridians, causing the barrier of the tenth level to tremble violently.
He had a premonition—
A breakthrough is not far off.