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Come on, take me to the third floor."
After Han Mo left, the group of Han family members did not follow him. One reason was that they were not qualified to go up to the third floor.
Second, because...
"Did you just hear that the prince actually selected three yellow-grade martial arts books and asked him to take them back to study them carefully."
"Oh my god, what kind of yellow-grade technique could catch Brother Han's eye?"
"I remember it was called something like Stone Seal, Word Biting Technique, Water Dragon Forbidden..."
"Hey, why have I never heard of the names of these three techniques?"
"I know. I once heard the manager of the Martial Arts Pavilion say that these are the three most useless skills in the Martial Arts Pavilion. Almost no one practices them, so few people know about them."
"Since these are useless techniques, why did the prince choose them?"
"There must be something fishy going on here. I also want to borrow these three yellow-grade martial arts books."
"Yes, yes, I want to borrow it too. I believe in Brother Han's judgment."
As a result, in the Martial Arts Pavilion, because of Han Mo's momentary impulse, the three yellow-grade martial arts techniques that were originally ignored were selected by most of the Han family's children.
After practicing, some disciples gradually discovered the benefits of these three yellow-grade techniques, and then they became addicted to them. These three techniques gradually became popular among the entire younger generation of the Han family.
Some people even gave this Sanhuang Gong a vivid name - Rich Woman... Well, no, it should be the Prince's Happy Gong.
"Sir, the third level contains all the techniques for the Golden Core Stage. There are only fifteen sets in total, all stored in jade slips and placed on a white jade table."
The steward led Han Mo to the third floor of the Martial Arts Pavilion while introducing him.
The Martial Arts Pavilion has a total of four floors. The first floor is for Qi Refining Stage exercises, all of which are of the Yellow Grade.
The second level is the skills for the foundation-building period, which include both yellow and black grades, while the third level is the skills for the golden elixir period, which are all above the black grade, and even include one local grade.
Han Mo knew all of this very well, because there was a side storyline in the game - sneaking into the Han family's martial arts hall and stealing the secret book.
Therefore, Han Mo is more familiar with the martial arts pavilion where the villain's family keeps their secret manuals than with his own home.
But, this is my home.
"Sir, why don't we go to the second floor and take a look? I remember there are a few books on the second floor that record some profound skills."
The steward suggested with a bit of embarrassment that although the head of the Han family did not restrict Han Mo from entering any floor of the Martial Arts Pavilion, the exercises on the third floor were all recorded in jade slips, which Han Mo could not read at all.
"No, three floors will be enough."
Han Mo naturally knew that with his current level of cultivation, he could not read the Jindan stage's exercises. Even if he could read it, he would not be able to comprehend it with his level of cultivation in the Qi Refining stage.
He didn't come for this, but for...
“But you are wrong about one thing, the third floor of the Martial Arts Pavilion has a total of sixteen sets of exercises, not fifteen.
"Sixteen sets?"
Without waiting for the manager to reply, Han Mo took a step forward, but did not go towards the white jade table where the jade slips were placed.
Instead, he went straight to an old desk by the window on the third floor, bent down, and moved a small dusty wooden box from under the desk.
After concentrating his spiritual power to form a breeze that blew away the dust on the surface of the wooden box, Han Mo quickly opened the wooden box.
"That's it."
However, there was an old book lying quietly in it. The paper was a little yellowed, and even the rope that tied the book together was rotten and decayed. It seemed to be quite old.
"Wait, this isn't..."
The manager naturally noticed Han Mo's actions. After being slightly surprised, he quickly remembered what was in the wooden box.
"The Art of Hiding One's Weapons" states that a gentleman hides his weapons within himself and waits for the right time to act.
Not bad, not bad, this technique book is what I want."
Turning the pages of the book, Han Mo briefly glanced at the part introducing the exercises on the title page.
Basically, this "Art of Hidden Weapons" is a gold-attributed cultivation method, and its main function is to condense spiritual energy.
That is, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth absorbed by cultivators during their daily practice cannot be directly absorbed into the body, but needs to be condensed and impurities removed before it can be transformed into their own cultivation.
In fact, most of the internal skills in the Eight Desolate World have the same effect.
However, this book "The Art of Hidden Weapons" is slightly different.
“Sir, there is something I want to say but I don’t know whether I should or not. This technique was actually seized by the old marquis during his expedition to the Western Rong. It is said to be a profound technique for a Jindan cultivator.
Originally, the old marquis wanted to use it for the family members to practice, but after the family studied it, they found that it was actually a flawed practice that had more disadvantages than advantages.
As a result, this martial art was left on the third floor of the Martial Arts Pavilion and no one was interested in it until today.
Or, would you like to change to another one?"
Chapter 36 The First Trump Card (Two Chapters in One)
2024-03-17
"defect?"
Hearing this, Han Mo smiled slightly.
He naturally knew that this "Art of Hiding Weapons" had flaws.
Most cultivators absorb spiritual energy into their bodies to strengthen themselves, but the Art of Hiding Weapons guides cultivators to separate a portion of the absorbed spiritual energy and hide it in instruments and magic weapons.
Since part of the spiritual energy is divided in this way, the speed of cultivation will naturally slow down.
Even the magic spell that comes with this "Art of Hiding the Weapon" is just one move, which is "Hidden Weapon Technique", which simply teaches you how to hide the "qi" into the "weapon".
You should know that there are countless martial arts in the world of Eight Desolations, and there are also martial arts that are specifically designed to nourish magic weapons. Most of these martial arts can make magic weapons more powerful and enhance their power.
However, this "Art of Hiding the Weapon" simply hides the "Qi" into the "weapon" and does not have any effect of nourishing the magic weapon.
It does not have the function of a "nourishing vessel", but it still consumes a large amount of spiritual energy hidden in it. It doesn't even tell you how to make use of the "energy" hidden in it. It is simply "hiding".
Such a practice that has no output but no benefits is naturally a flawed practice.
However, Han Mo, who was familiar with the game settings, knew that all this was just an appearance.
"The Art of Hidden Weapons" is a god-level martial arts method in the early and even middle stages of the game.
Because it also has two beautiful names praised by players - "Bomb Tactics" and "A Chance of Fortune".
Players who practice this skill are even nicknamed "Heroic Bombardier, Bomberman, and Magical Weapon Killer."
The "Art of Hidden Weapon" can indeed hide the spiritual energy that the cultivator has cultivated with great effort inside the magic weapon, making it impossible to release it, but it does not mean that the spiritual energy hidden inside has no effect.
In fact, although the spiritual energy hidden in the magic weapon cannot nourish the magic weapon, it can transform the magic weapon into an existence like high explosives.
However, this explosive is safe.
Because the art of hiding weapons emphasizes the word "hide", it can hide any unstable factors that may ignite the high explosive.
Therefore, it is difficult for ordinary monks to detonate this explosive, which makes it look like a flawed martial art.
However, Han Mo knew a method that could detonate the spiritual energy hidden inside, transforming the magic weapon into a powerful one-time killing weapon. Its explosive power was even three times stronger than the self-detonation of an ordinary magic weapon.
If used well, it can be considered a killer trump card.
Of course, this was originally an opportunity that belonged to the protagonist, but now it has been snatched away by Han Mo again.
"No need to change it. This technique is what I got from my father. I found it interesting, so I took it back to study."
So, having gained something, Han Mo did not stay long and quickly left the Martial Arts Pavilion.
On the way back, he called Han Cheng again.
"Uncle Han Cheng, here are 20,000 spirit stones. Go to the major markets and auction houses in the city and buy some things for me."
Han Mo still felt a little distressed after spending two-thirds of the 30,000 spirit stones he had just obtained in one go, but thinking that this was the necessary expense for building a perfect foundation, he could only accept it.
……
When he returned to the room, Su Mengyao had already left, and Han Mo had no intention of continuing the foot massage. Instead, he calmed down and called out his notes.
When I opened the notebook, I saw a new paragraph in black font:
[Completed the main storyline of Brother and Sister Night Talk, Life Talk, unlocked the first part of the battle strategy: Foundation Building Explosive Fire Sword Strategy. ]
[Please shed blood to unlock the strategy. 】
Just like before, after completing the main storyline according to the notes, he was once again rewarded with a strategy guide.
But the difference is that this time it's not a training guide, but...
"Battle strategies? Then will there be strategies for alchemy, weapon refining, puppet making, talisman refining, or even strategies for taming demon pets?"
Han Mo sighed slightly and continued reading.
He had previously unlocked this strategy with a drop of blood. Perhaps because he had been promoted to the tenth level of Qi Refining, he did not experience dizziness or other symptoms when unlocking this strategy, which was much better than last time.
[Strategy for the Explosive Fire Sword in Foundation Building: The Explosive Fire Sword is a t1 combat style that focuses on attacking and has astonishing power. After a foundation building cultivator has learned this style, they rarely have rivals. After building a perfect foundation, they can even kill enemies of higher levels.
The required skills are "Breathing Technique", "Fireball Technique", "Fire Control Technique", "Introduction to Weapon Refining", "Sword Control Technique" and "Weapon Hiding Technique". After collecting all the above skills, you can learn the Explosive Fire Sword in one hour. 】
A strategy guide titled "Burning Fire Sword" appeared on the notebook.
Like all fighting games, Bahuang Changsheng also has so-called fighting schools, and even the same profession has different schools.
For example, the priest profession in Western fantasy games is divided into white priests and dark priests.
Or there is a swordsman who is known as a weapon master by some poisonous milk powder, and there are also various schools such as giant light and too short.
What Han Mo unlocked was a stronger combat style for the fire root cultivators in the early stage of the game - the Explosive Fire Sword Style.
This is a genre developed by players. Although it is called a genre, it can actually be divided into two fighting methods.
One is to use spiritual power to condense a fireball, and use fire control techniques to attach the fireball to the magic sword to form a powerful flaming sword, and then use sword-controlling techniques to control the flaming sword to kill the enemy.
Secondly, if the flaming sword cannot effectively hurt the enemy, you can use the "Art of Hiding Weapons" to detonate the sword with flames attached to it and kill the enemy through the explosion.
To describe it in gaming terms: using the fire sword as a normal attack and using the explosion as a big move.
In the early stages of the game, this is already considered a very powerful combat style, but it is a bit weapon-intensive and too expensive, so it is jokingly called "A Gamble on the Universe" by players.
However, as a t1 combat style, its strength is unquestionable.
You know, in the world of longevity in the Eight Wildernesses, most Qi-refining cultivators only know some basic yellow-grade spells, such as fireball spell, water gun spell, falling rock spell, wooden thorn spell, golden light spell, etc.