True Martial World - Chapter 268: Test

The cultivators’ spirits rose when they heard that there would be a test after the lesson ended.

If they could gain the appreciation of Yuehua, they might get the chance to learn Yuehua's "Thousand Hand Moon Buddha" on top of earning the high-value scholarship.

A mystic technique of that level was the dream of the cultivators present.

Yuehua said, "These ten basic extraction methods are the basics for all sorts of mystic techniques and their variants. Although they are known as the basics, they are not simple at all. Not to mention beginners who just began learning the Desolate Heaven technique, even grandmasters, who have been well-versed in the Desolate Heaven technique for a very long time, might occasionally make a few mistakes. Now, I will explain all the ten extraction methods once. You can compare it with what you have previously learned…"

"The first extraction method…" Yuehua began to lecture. From time to time, she would demonstrate for the cultivators present.

As a Sage-level Desolate Heaven Master, Yuehua's level of the Desolate Heaven technique was impeccable. All the cultivators present gained a lot from listening to her lecture. Many of the things that they were previously confused about slowly became clearer to them.

During Yuehua's lecture, Luo Huo'er would listen with ease, while stealthily taking glances at Yi Yun.

She wanted to see what the scene of a simpleton listening to a book from heaven would be like.

Luo Huo'er originally thought that it would be impossible for Yi Yun to understand Yuehua's lecture. She thought he would either be frowning, with a constipated look, or he would be day dreaming.

Either one of those would have made Luo Huo'er delighted. However, when she looked at him, he was listening with a fascinated look on his face.

He held a pen in his hand and would scribble on a piece of paper from time to time.

A warrior's memory was excellent and they often had an eidetic memory, but that would usually only happen if they had a basic understanding of what they learned.

If they did not understand anything, then it would be difficult for them to remember. This was when pen and paper would reflect their functions.

Seeing Yi Yun ruminating over it, with the occasional scribble or the occasional frown, Luo Huo'er was stunned.

Could this rascal stop taking this so seriously? I'm sure he can neither understand it nor be able to learn the Desolate Heaven technique.

This view was not because Luo Huo'er looked down on Yi Yun, it was because he had started too late. Besides, he was learning under a grandmaster like Yuehua, which would be almost impossible to catch up with.

If he could not learn it, why was he so adamant about it? Was he stupid? Why bother being so stubborn?

During Yuehua's lecture, there were some parts that became extremely profound. Even some of the Desolate Heaven Master apprentices slowly failed to follow her teachings. Once they were unable to catch up, they would easily be left behind.

The cultivators present were all in their teens. Although they were hardworking, they would have some child-like mentalities. They might find it difficult to focus, especially when many of the things were incomprehensible.

It was taxing on the brain to try and understand the things Yuehua was teaching. A couple of minutes would be fine, but to continue on for more than an hour made many of them unable to handle it.

Luo Huo'er realized that some people had already lost focus, and when they regained their focus, they would find many things incomprehensible no matter how hard they paid attention.

But Yi Yun, who was a person who did not know anything about the Desolate Heaven technique, was focused from beginning to end. He was quickly scribbling on his paper without any slack.

"This toad…" Luo Huo'er could not understand the situation.

Even if he knew the hopes were low, he was still diligent…

Such a person could easily move a person's heart.

Initially, Luo Huo'er's attitude towards to Yi Yun was one of ridicule and gloating, hoping to see Yi Yun suffer a setback.

But over time, Yi Yun's seriousness changed Luo Huo'er's impression of him. No matter when it was, it was not right to ridicule a hardworking person.

It might be easy to laugh at the stupidity of a person determined to surmount an impossible task, but if one were to do so, it meant that one was going further away from success.

Yuehua lecture went on for two hours before she finished.

Many of the cultivators received a headache from listening. Only the best, like Luo Huo'er or Yang Yuefeng, could follow Yuehua's thoughts, receiving enormous benefits.

"Alright, digest what I have just taught. In ten minutes, we will have the test." When Yuehua said this, many of them began to tense up.

Many of the youths, who were originally very confident about the test, had now lost their confidence.

The things Yuehua taught were too profound. They were afraid that they would not be able to obtain a good result.

Seeing so many people with sour looks, Yang Yuefeng was extremely excited. He loved tests. He wanted to earn a scholarship through the test, and at the same time, shine. He wanted to let everyone see his talent in the Desolate Heaven technique!

Although he was inferior to Luo Huo'er, if he could become the person closest to Luo Huo'er through his hard work, he might be able to gain the attention of Luo Huo'er.

The more Yang Yuefeng thought the greater expectations he had. As for Yi Yun, he had long forgotten about him.

Yang Yuefeng repeatedly looked at Luo Huo'er, brimming with confidence.

He wanted to vie for second place!

"Alright, I'll hand out the test now!" Yuehua tapped the lecture stand lightly and, with a tiny voice, quietened down the entire classroom.

Many of them now held their breaths as they grew nervous.

Yuehua took out rolls of scrolls from her interspatial ring. There were more than a hundred rolls. With a flick of her finger, the scrolls flew to the front of every cultivator. These scrolls were made of desolate beast hide and were completely blank.

Following that, Yuehua did a hand seal. With a dense amount of shadows appearing around her fingers, more than a hundred seals were sent out by her. They turned into golden runes and flew!

The underground hall was not very bright, but with the hundreds of runes appearing, the room brightened up immediately!

"Oh? Is this the Thousand Hand Moon Buddha?"

Seeing Yuehua's hand movements, many cultivators' eyes lit up.

It was impressive to create more than a hundred seals in an instant!

People exclaimed.

Hearing them making a fuss, Yang Yuefeng disdainfully said, "How could this be the Thousand Hand Moon Buddha? It's just some hand seals Teacher Yuehua casually made. The Thousand Hand Moon Buddha is even more incredible than this!"

Yang Yuefeng said this with a reverence for Yuehua. Throughout the lesson, Yang Yuefeng's ambition grew. He too wanted to learn the Thousand Hand Moon Buddha!

"More incredible than this…"

People gulped a mouthful of saliva and stayed silent. Grandmaster Yuehua's Desolate Heaven technique had long since exceeded their imaginations.

The hundred seals that Yuehua formed flew in front of every cultivator, landing on the blank scroll, merging into them.

Yi Yun had also received such a scroll, and the runes on the scroll looked as if they were written with a golden pen.

"Now, you can choose any grade of desolate bone, extract the energy within the bone and condense it into the rune. I will give all of you fifteen minutes before I collect the test papers."

The contents of the test mentioned by Yuehua was clear and simple.

Although it sounded simple, it was not easy to do so. The runes may look small, but they came from Yuehua. Not only did the rune paths have a large capacity, they were also complex. Trying to conform to the rune paths and then use the Power of Desolates to slowly fill it was easier said than done!

Many of them frowned. They felt like they had an impossible task facing them.

The first lesson's test content was very difficult!

A few people could not help but glance at Yi Yun. In their hearts, they were thinking that thanks to this rascal, who would end up at the bottom, no matter how bad they did they would still be able to extract at least some energy. But Yi Yun would most likely stand there sillily like a wooden pole.

"Teacher Yuehua is such a nice person. She even handed to Yi Yun a test scroll even though he does not know anything…"

Many of them felt that there was no point in giving Yi Yun a test scroll. They felt that it was only because Yuehua was considerate of Yi Yun's pride that she did not make any distinction.

At that moment, the best of them, like Luo Huo'er and Yang Yuefeng had already chosen their desolate bones. They had also begun extracting energy from them, transplanting it into the golden runes.

This test's level was not a problem for them, especially for Luo Huo'er. She made a few tiny movements with her finger as if she was playing the piano. All her movements were harmonious like flowing water.

People could clearly see the shimmering light beneath Luo Huo'er's hands.

This was the light coming from the condensing of the Power of Desolates. The methods and phenomena coming from the extraction of energy varied from person to person as everyone had a different affinity with energy. It did not really matter if the Power of Desolates emitted light as it could happen with either outcome. But overall, it was better to emit light during condensation.

At that moment, Yi Yun had yet to make his move. He could not resist opening his Purple Crystal's energy vision.

In his energy vision, the Power of Desolates' light was even stronger. Yi Yun could clearly see the light dots following every movement of Luo Huo'er's as they flew into the golden rune.

Previously when Yuehua was lecturing, Yi Yun listened attentively. The first volume of Su Jie's notebook Lin Xintong left him was also on energy extraction.

Back then, Yi Yun did not understand a lot of things, but after listening to Yuehua's lecture, and seeing Yuehua's demonstration of the methods, he compared it with the descriptions within Su Jie's notebook. As such, Yi Yun began to understand many things he previously did not.

With Yuehua's demonstration, Yi Yun could use his energy vision to see every seal she made clearly. He could see how the energy changed and moved, allowing him to keenly grasp it.

The other Desolate Heaven Master apprentices, even Luo Huo'er, would not be able to see it so clearly.

With theory conjoining with practice, Yi Yun had a general idea about the extraction of the Power of Desolates. With the Purple Crystal's help, extracting the energy from desolate bones was no longer difficult for Yi Yun.

By recalling the ten theories of Power of Desolates extraction, Yi Yun made his move. He chose a high-grade general-ranked desolate beast's bone. This grade of desolate bone was not easy for a Desolate Heaven Master apprentice!

Actually, if Yi Yun wanted to, he could even extract the energy from a primordial strain's bone. But this would have been too shocking.

With some light finger movements, the energy within the desolate bones was now rapidly being pulled out by Yi Yun.

In the Purple Crystal's energy vision, Yi Yun could see the light dots flying around like fairies all over the classroom.

But no one could see the light dots condensed by the Purple Crystal.

No matter how grand the scene was, the people around him were blind to this.

True Martial World - Chapter 267: Power of Desolates Extraction

"What are you doing?"

Yuehua walked to the front of Yi Yun. She was tall, standing at a height of 1.75m. Coupled with her powerful aura, it made people feel a sense of being suppressed.

"I'm sorry Teacher Yuehua. I do not know how to refine a bone relic." Yi Yun shrugged.

"You don't know?" Yuehua was surprised. She never expected that there would be a student like this. "If you do not know how to refine a bone relic, you should at least know how to create seals. You can first refine the desolate bones. It is alright if you are unable to form a relic.."

Yuehua looked at Yi Yun's age. He was approximately thirteen years old. Real geniuses, who began learning the Desolate Heaven technique, would be able to refine bone relics at this age. If he could not refine one, then it could be said that he was not suitable to learn the Desolate Heaven technique.

Yi Yun still shook his head, "I do not know how to form the seals either."

"Oh?" Yuehua raised her eyebrows. What are you doing in my class if you do not know anything?

She did not ask this question out loud, but it was clear what she was thinking from her facial expression.

Yi Yun explained, "I am a beginner. I previously read some literature on the Desolate Heaven technique and I am very interested in learning it, so I came to Teacher Yuehua's class to learn."

Beginner?

When Yuehua heard Yi Yun's words, she was slightly stunned. He spent 9000 dragon scale runes to attend her class out of interest?

This young man was quite interesting!

Yuehua did not think that Yi Yun was crazy. In fact, she appreciated Yi Yun for his courage in doing whatever he wanted to do.

Besides, this youth took out 9000 dragon scale runes without even blinking his eyes just for his own personal interest. It meant that he had other things he excelled in.

But despite appreciating him, Yuehua did not think that Yi Yun would be able to learn the Desolate Heaven technique from her. Her class was meant for students with a foundation. The lessons she held would be fast-paced. How could Yi Yun, who was a beginner, keep up with them?

Yuehua said, "Having courage is good, but you must still be able to recognize your own abilities. My classes will not be taught at a slower speed just because of you. There might be many things that you will be unable to completely understand. For this class, you can just listen by the side. If you think my class is pointless after the class is over, I can get someone to return your tuition fee."

Yuehua felt that Yi Yun was like an ignorant newborn calf, unafraid of tigers. He did not know himself, but even so she appreciated such a hot-blooded youth. Due to this, she took care of Yi Yun.

When Yi Yun heard this, he got a favorable impression of this beautiful Desolate Heaven Master. He said, "Thank you Teacher Yuehua, I will still try."

"Alright, up to you."

Yuehua did not bother with Yi Yun anymore and walked towards Luo Huo'er.

Luo Huo'er was the person she was most concerned about.

Yuehua stood beside Luo Huo'er for a long time, watching every seal Luo Huo'er made carefully. There was an undisguised appreciation of Luo Huo'er in her eyes.

She had come to the Tai Ah Divine City especially for Luo Huo'er. This girl was a Desolate Heaven technique genius that only appeared in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom once every several tens of thousands of years.

...

Two hours quickly passed.

Only about half of the Desolate Heaven Master apprentices managed to complete their desolate bone relic refinement. The others either failed in their refinement or failed to complete it in the designated time.

Most of the desolate bone relics completed were made for Purple Blood realm warriors.

Only a few of them were for Yuan Foundation realm warriors.

For example, Yang Yuefeng's Seven Treasure Totem relic was meant for early-stage Yuan Foundation realm warriors, to aid them in condensing an Aspect Totem.

But compared to Luo Huo'er’s relic, it was nothing.

Luo Huo'er placed her disk array down at the last moment. A purple desolate bone relic rolled around playfully in the disk array.

Seeing the purple desolate bone relic, the surrounding Desolate Heaven Master apprentices did not know what to say.

Luo Huo'er had refined a Purple Heart Forgetting Dust relic. It could be used by peak Yuan Foundation realm warriors to break through to a higher level.

Compared to the other relics, it was on a completely different level.

If a Desolate Heaven Master had Luo Huo'er's current standard, that person could become an esteemed guest in a large family clan.

All the relics were examined by Yuehua.

Even the failed desolate bone relics were examined by Yuehua. She would even occasionally give some pointers, telling them the reason for their failure. This made many of those who were given pointers feel overwhelmingly flattered.

These were pointers given by a sage-level Desolate Heaven Master! Every word said by Yuehua was remembered and repeated in the minds of everyone.

Only Yi Yun did not receive any of Yuehua's pointers because he did not even have a failed product.

In the past two hours, Yi Yun did not do anything from beginning to the end. Many of the apprentices were embarrassed when they saw Yi Yun standing there like a wooden pole.

They all felt that if they were the ones in Yi Yun's shoes, they would feel like they were sitting on a bed of nails.

"Tsk, this kid's psyche sure is good. Doesn't he feel awkward standing there sillily?"

"That's right, even I feel bad for the kid. He truly doesn’t belong to the same group as us. What's the point in staying here stubbornly? He probably cannot even understand Grandmaster Yuehua's pointers. It's really hard on him."

Yi Yun really did not fit in amongst a group of Desolate Heaven Master apprentices.

It was like a group of geniuses, who had gathered together to discuss poetry and arts, suddenly had an old farmer intrude amongst them, but the old farmer was unable to say anything regarding the poems. All he could discuss with others was how much grain he could collect in his farm, or the number of chicken eggs his hens had laid.

What was the point of making himself uncomfortable?

All the youths present were between 14 to 17 years of age. They had great self-esteem and were at the point in life where they wished to strongly express themselves. If they were in Yi Yun's shoes, they would not even be able to endure a second, they would have left a long time ago.

"This idiot..."

Yang Yuefeng gave a dismissive glance at Yi Yun. He could no longer be bothered with Yi Yun. At this point, Yi Yun was still hanging in here stubbornly, spending 9000 dragon scale runes to be in this awkward scenario. Wasn't this signs of madness? It was impossible to win against a madman because one had to have the same thoughts as a madman.

Just as Yang Yuefeng began to think highly of himself, Grandmaster Yuehua came to Yang Yuefeng.

Yang Yuefeng bowed and passed his product with anticipation.

Yuehua gave it a few looks before giving him a few pointers. Although there were no obvious compliments, those affirming words made Yang Yuefeng feel honored.

He secretly looked at Luo Huo'er, hoping that Luo Huo'er would notice him, but… he was disappointed.

Yang Yuefeng still did not lose heart. He knew the extreme difficulty of pursuing Luo Huo'er. He did not hold out much hope for it. All he hoped was that even if he could not win her heart, he would at least be able to form a cordial relationship with Luo Huo'er. This would be extremely beneficial for his future. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"I have a rough understanding of everyone's Desolate Heaven technique standard. Now, I will begin teaching and I will start with the most basic thing, extraction of energy."

Yuehua returned to the stage after inspecting everyone's product.

The first step to refining a desolate bone relic was to extract the energy from a desolate bone.

This first step was extremely important. If the extraction of energy was not done well, then it would be a waste no matter how good the desolate bone materials were. The subsequent steps of energy control, purification, activation and so forth would then become impossible to discuss.

Yuehua continued, "There are about ten common, basic methods to energy extraction. They all have their own advantages. Besides that, different schools of Desolate Heaven techniques would have their own mystic techniques. These mystic techniques are to increase the Power of Desolates extraction efficiency."

"In addition, there are many personal extraction methods. If you reach an even higher level, you will even be able to combine several basic methods to create your own extraction mystic technique. Of course, that is very difficult… Many famous grandmasters find it difficult to do so..."

"It may be difficult, but in the history of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, there have been many Desolate Heaven Masters about your age who managed to create their own extraction mystic technique. This kind of extraction mystic technique are only suitable for oneself. You can say that it can only be understood and not be taught..."

When Grandmaster Yuehua finished saying this, her gaze landed on Luo Huo'er.

It was clear what she meant. She wished that Luo Huo'er would create a miracle by developing her own extraction mystic technique.

Only Luo Huo'er amongst those present had the ability to do so.

Luo Huo'er knew Yuehua's thoughts and clenched her tiny fists. There were three major steps in the Desolate Heaven technique.

The first step, Power of Desolates extraction.

The second step, controlling the Power of Desolates seal.

The third step, forming the relic itself.

The most basic part laid in the first step. She was determined to figure out a extraction mystic technique of her own. This was an extremely important part of her Desolate Heaven Master career.

Seeing Luo Huo'er's determined and ambitious gaze, Grandmaster Yuehua nodded in a satisfactory manner. She then said, "In today's class, I will only be talking about energy extraction. At the end of the lesson, there will be a little test."

"In the future, I will have a test at the end of every class. Your test scores will be recorded down by me for your final grade. Those who have outstanding grades will be rewarded by me!"

Test?

When they heard Yuehua speaking about tests, some became nervous while others became excited. As for Luo Huo'er and Yang Yuefeng, they were undoubtedly the type of people who were excited.

Test? My favorite!

True Martial World - Chapter 266: Grandmaster Yuehua

A stone table was prepared for every Desolate Heaven Master apprentice in the Desolate Heaven technique classroom. On each stone table there was a disk array used for refining desolate bone relics. There were runes inscribed on the three foot long square disk array.

Beside the disk array, there was also a meter tall cabinet. The cabinet was a storage device, similar to an interspatial ring. They all contained large amounts of desolate bone materials.

Desolate bones were usually extremely large. Some primordial desolate beasts could even be as long as a 50 kilometers, or even 500 kilometers. The desolate bones of such a large desolate beast would look like a winding mountain ridge when laid out on the ground. Even a sage-grade Desolate Heaven Master would find it difficult to refine such enormous desolate bones into desolate bone relics.

When Yi Yun saw all of the most basic materials needed for practicing the Desolate Heaven technique, he recalled the Desolate Heaven Master notebook Lin Xintong left for him.

This notebook was written by Su Jie. Su Jie had previously left 18 notebooks for Lin Xintong, and in turn, Lin Xintong left the first volume for Yi Yun.

Lin Xintong originally did not support Yi Yun's wish to learn the Desolate Heaven technique as it was extremely demanding on a person's talent. Only one in ten thousand could learn the Desolate Heaven technique. Furthermore, one needed plenty of resources to practice the Desolate Heaven technique as well as a good teacher's guidance. Back then, Yi Yun fulfilled none of those conditions.

Yi Yun however insisted on learning it, resulting in Lin Xintong making a deal with him. If he could gain any insight from Su Jie's notebook within two years, learning the most basic of hand seals and energy control, then Lin Xintong would help Yi Yun learn the Desolate Heaven technique. If not, Yi Yun was to return the notebook.

Su Jie's notebook was too profound for Yi Yun as he was only at the beginner stage.

Although Yi Yun had read Su Jie's notebook many times in the past half year, what he learned from it was very limited.

He was only able to get a general overview over what the Desolate Heaven technique was about from the notebook's summary. The real basics and details of it had to be learned.

Learning the Desolate Heaven technique would take some effort, but to Yi Yun, this was definitely more beneficial than harmful.

The Purple Crystal could prepare the world's purest and richest energy. Currently, Yi Yun could simply absorb or swallow these energies, but that was a waste of a treasure.

If he could use the methods of the Desolate Heaven technique, he could process those energies. Bringing out particular aspects of those energies could make Yi Yun's martial path easier.

And if he mastered the Desolate Heaven technique well, it would also be a good way to accumulate a lot of wealth.

Right now, Yi Yun was lacking a teacher, a teacher who could lead him into the world of the Desolate Heaven technique...

As Yi Yun was examining the Desolate Heaven technique disk array, someone suddenly shouted, "Grandmaster Yuehua is here!"

With this, everyone stopped what they were doing and stood upright.

When the classroom's door was pushed open, a woman clad in a dark purple Desolate Heaven Master robe slowly walked in.

This woman did not look to be a day over thirty. She had white teeth, pretty eyebrows and a perfect body, exuding a mature charm.

"Oh?"

Yi Yun was surprised. This is Grandmaster Yuehua?

Initially, his impression of a sage ranked Desolate Heaven Master was that of an old man like Su Jie. He did not expect that Grandmaster Yuehua would turn out to be a woman in her prime. Just from her looks, it was hard to imagine that this woman had become a sage nearly a thousand years ago.

Countless girls were made jealous by her ability to maintain her beautiful appearance for more than a thousand years.

In fact, in the world of warriors, there would be many females with unparalleled manners and deportment, who not only had exceptional talent, but also beauty that could cause the downfall of cities and countries.

A person's looks were 30% nature and 70% nurture. Ordinary ladies from rich families would most likely be more beautiful than a poor girl. This was because they were particular about their etiquette and did not do any chores. Because of that, their skin and body lines were much better.

But no matter how rich a mortal lady was, she would not be comparable to the elite females of the martial world.

These girls would inherit a good bloodline from their family. In their future growth, they also had Heaven Earth Yuan Qi as well as all sorts of elixirs to nourish themselves with.

These things allowed many of them to develop their bodies to near perfection. Their skin would be perfect like white jade and their figures would be developed perfectly due to Yuan Qi. They would not be like mortal girls, who would end up overly thin or fat due to poor nourishment.

For example, Grandmaster Yuehua had extremely good talent. This accompanied with the fact that she was still young when she broke through to become a sage, allowed her to maintain her youth for a long time.

"From today onwards, I will be your Desolate Heaven technique teacher!"

Yuehua said without much expression while standing in front of the hall, tapping the disk array on the stone stage lightly.

Her voice was gentle, but due to her lack of expression, she somehow exuded a charm.

Immediately, many of the youths below the stage went into a daze.

For 16 year old youths, who were extremely energetic, a mature woman's charm was more deadly than a young girl’s.

"Teacher Yuehua is so pretty! Also, she looks very young."

Some people private transmitted their voices. Female warriors tended to be more concerned about their looks. In the world of warriors, there were many ways to ensure eternal youth.

"In the next few years, I will be teaching in the Tai Ah Divine City. I will teach you everything about the Desolate Heaven technique. If you have the ability, you can even learn my 'Thousand Hand Moon Buddha'!"

When Yuehua mentioned the 'Thousand Hand Moon Buddha', many of those who knew about this mystic technique could not help but gasp.

In the world of Desolate Heaven Masters, there were also cultivation techniques and mystic techniques. These were mainly used to extract and refine energy.

The 'Thousand Hand Moon Buddha' was a set of hand seals. Once it was performed, one would end up seeing the shadows of hand seals due to the extreme speed.

This was Grandmaster Yuehua's specialty. By using this set of hand seals, it was extremely easy to extract and refine desolate bones!

The 'Thousand Hand Moon Buddha' was an opportunity Grandmaster Yuehua had chanced upon while she was enduring a training expedition. It was also the foundation of why Grandmaster Yuehua had such accomplishments in the Desolate Heaven technique. It was unexpected that she would be willing to teach it to others.

But, it was obvious that to reach Grandmaster Yuehua's standards, would be almost impossible.

"This 'Thousand Hand Moon Buddha' was most likely prepared to be taught to Luo Huo'er. It's pointless for us to think about it."

People began privately transmitting voices. Grandmaster Yuehua's rapid arrival in the Tai Ah Divine City was equivalent to taking in Luo Huo'er as a disciple. She had set many standards that were tailored for Luo Huo'er.

When they thought of that, many of them could not help but be disappointed. It was unlikely that they could learn the 'Thousand Hand Moon Buddha'.

At that moment, Grandmaster Yuehua carried on, "All of you differ greatly in talent and foundation. I need to roughly understand what they are to teach according to your aptitudes. Now, I will give you two hours to use the disk array on your stone table and the materials stored in the cabinet. Choose your best Desolate Heaven technique and show it to me!"

When Yuehua finished saying that, she gently brushed her purple robe and sat down on a chair.

When the young cultivators under the stage heard this, they immediately lit up. Especially those who were very confident in their Desolate Heaven technique, they began to rub their hands.

They were all thinking about how to catch Yuehua's attention at the beginning of the class. In the future, even if they did not have the chance to learn the "Thousand Hand Moon Buddha', it would at least make it easier for them to win the scholarship award. This would make their training go even smoother.

Many people could not wait to take out the desolate bone materials from the cabinet. They chose the materials that suited them and were prepared to refine their desolate bone relic they were best at.

But at that moment, in the corner of the classroom, Yi Yun was dumbstruck when he heard Yuehua's words.

Refine a desolate bone relic?

He did not even know the most basic sealing methods, how could he refine a desolate bone relic?

The things written in Su Jie's notebook were stuff he could not even use at his beginner stage.

Yi Yun took out some sections of desolate bones, but he did not recognize any of the desolate bone materials.

At that moment, many people beside Yi Yun were already busying themselves.

They were all focused and doing their best. Yi Yun was the only one who was without action. It made him stand out.

While Yi Yun was in a daze, Yang Yuefeng was about to refine his specialty, the Seven Treasure Totem relic. This relic helped in the condensing of an Aspect Totem. It could increase the success rate of forming an Aspect before Yuan by 5%.

This was the best Desolate Heaven technique that Yang Yuefeng could do.

He was confident that with the Seven Treasure Totem relic, not many people would be able to exceed him except people like Luo Huo'er and a handful of other people.

As for Yi Yun, how could this trash compare with him?

Yang Yuefeng gave Yi Yun a glance and noticed that he was in a daze.

In this situation, Yi Yun was really in a daze.

This retard! Yang Yuefeng said in his mind. If not for Grandmaster Yuehua being present, he would have laughed loudly and ridiculed Yi Yun.

Yi Yun's retardedness had exceeded his imagination. Yang Yuefeng had originally thought that Yi Yun was able to do a thing or two. He never expected that Yi Yun would have no knowledge of the Desolate Heaven technique, yet Yi Yun actually came to Grandmaster Yuehua's class to shame himself. He sure was a dumb pig!

Unfortunately, at the level of dumbness that this kid was, it was unlikely that Yi Yun would be able to know the level of the Seven Treasure Totem relic he was going to refine. To show off his skills in front of a pig felt meaningless. It was really quite pointless subjugating such a person.

Yang Yuefeng shook his head and no longer looked at Yi Yun. He carried on focusing on the refining of the Seven Treasure Totem relic. There was a non-trivial failure rate for refining the Seven Treasure Totem relic, so he had to concentrate to succeed.

Not only Yang Yuefeng, even Luo Huo'er had noticed Yi Yun.

Seeing Yi Yun staying motionless, Luo Huo'er was delighted.

She gloated and said to herself, "This toad is way too inferior. He has decent talent for martial arts, yet he came to the Desolate Heaven Master class to shame himself. I really don't know what he's thinking."

Luo Huo'er quickly stopped caring about Yi Yun. She had already chosen the desolate bone relic she wanted to refine. She wanted to show off her talent, letting everyone see what Luo Huo'er's Desolate Heaven technique was.

Yi Yun carried on in his dazed state and this also fell into Yuehua's eyes. At the beginning, Yuehua thought that Yi Yun was preparing his state of mind, as it was normal for many Desolate Heaven Masters to sit quietly for a while before refining a desolate bone relic.

But after 15 minutes, Yi Yun was still standing there motionless. Yuehua gave a slight frown and stood up before walking towards Yi Yun.

True Martial World - Chapter 265: Enemies Meet Again

In the purple Desolate Heaven Master robe, Luo Huo'er looked extremely bright and lovely. Her gracefulness made her look like a proud peacock.

The cultivators who could pay the tuition fee were all elites who had a bright future ahead of them. Some of them even came from reclusive family clans. But in front of Luo Huo'er, they immediately turned inferior, they were like the green leaves growing beside a beautiful flower.

But these elites did not mind this. They were happy to be serve as Luo Huo'er's foil.

Luo Huo'er, who was like the bright Sun at mid-day, not only had extremely high talent in the Desolate Heaven technique, she was very beautiful as well. If they could marry her, it would be a great thing.

Not only would they then have a beauty in their arms, they would also raise their own positions in their family by marrying Luo Huo'er.

"Miss Luo, I had reserved a table at the Divine Moon Restaurant, hoping that Miss Luo would grace herself there, but Miss Luo didn't come. I wonder if Miss Luo will give me face and appear tomorrow?"

Yang Yuefeng said with a smile as he came forward when Luo Huo'er approached her seat.

Yang Yuefeng assumed that he would be unable to persuade Luo Huo'er into joining the Chu royal residence. He also knew that it was extremely difficult to win Luo Huo'er’s heart, but hard work had to be injected into everything. Who knows if it might succeed or not?

Luo Huo'er however, treated Yang Yuefeng and the rest of these young masters, who thought highly of themselves, as toads.

Just as she was thinking up an excuse to humor Yang Yuefeng, she noticed a figure. Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted a youth in linen clothes walking into the classroom after pushing the main door open.

Compared to all the others present, dressed in beautiful Desolate Heaven Master robes, this youth's clothes were very simple. Although the cultivators in the Tai Ah Divine City did not judge a person by the way they dressed, it was still unfitting to dress in linen while attending a noble Desolate Heaven Master class. It was like a dance ball where people were decked out in elaborate costumes, but a person appeared in uncouth clothes. Wearing a Desolate Heaven Master robe was a gesture of respect to Grandmaster Yuehua who was about to show up.

Seeing this youth, Luo Huo'er was stunned.

Yang Yuefeng, who was beside Luo Huo'er, was also stunned.

Isn't that... Yi Yun?

What was he doing here? Was he here to learn the Desolate Heaven technique?

Luo Huo'er was stunned, but only for a moment. Her face then turned red. Her face, which had a deliberate smile on it, had now frozen.

At that moment, Yi Yun, who had just closed the main door and turned around, also spotted Luo Huo'er.

The both of them stared at each other.

Yi Yun was a bit surprised. It's her?

Back when he met Luo Huo'er in the central divine tower, Yi Yun did not give it much thought. But after seeing Luo Huo'er for a second time in Grandmaster Yuehua's class, Yi Yun suddenly had an idea of who she was.

A cultivator, who practiced the Desolate Heaven technique and lived at the 69th floor of the central divine tower could only be the first person on the Man roll of honor, Luo Huo'er.

Yi Yun had naturally heard of the recent events surrounding Luo Huo'er. The royal family's Desolate Heaven Master Grandmaster Yuehua had purposely come to the Tai Ah Divine City because Luo Huo'er caught her attention.

Yet, Yi Yun had seen Luo Huo'er's wardrobe malfunction and he had told her , "Beauty, I can see your breasts."

Thinking of this, Yi Yun's expression turned wonderful.

He could not help but think of the scene he saw that day, Yi Yun subconsciously glanced at Luo Huo'er's perky female peaks.

This was purely out of reflex, but this tiny movement of his eyes was caught by Luo Huo'er who had extremely sharp senses.

Luo Huo'er turned extremely angry. Her face had turned from red to green as she clenched her tiny fists. If not for the people present, she would have stormed away.

Instantly, the atmosphere turned heated. Luo Huo'er's eyes seemed to give off sparks.

Yi Yun could feel the killing intent and quickly looked away in an ashamed manner. It was as if nothing had happened.

This happened under everyone's watchful eye. Many were baffled at Luo Huo'er’s stare at Yi Yun. Had something happened between Luo Huo'er and Yi Yun?

Yi Yun felt uncomfortable being stared at by Luo Huo'er. He opened his mouth, thinking of giving an apology.

But at that moment, he heard a Yuan Qi voice transmission from Luo Huo'er, "If you say anything about that day, you will die!"

Uh...

Yi Yun gave a wry smile. He knew that it was a big deal if a girl's body was seen by others in this world. If she was seen by a man she liked that might still be acceptable, but that wasn’t the case if she was seen by a male stranger. Even the girls in Yi Yun's previous life, who valued their chastity, would find it difficult to accept that.

Furthermore, Luo Huo'er was an extremely proud girl that was anything but ordinary. She definitely treated her body as something extremely important.

"You must be Miss Luo Huo'er. I am very sorry for that day. I did not know you were inside, neither was it intentional. As for that matter, I will never mention it to anyone."

Yi Yun used his Yuan Qi to transmit his voice, with a very sincere tone.

"Hmph!" Luo Huo'er sneered, "It wasn't intentional? Then it wasn't intentional today?"

What Luo Huo'er was referring to was Yi Yun's glance at her breasts just a moment ago.

"Eh..."

Yi Yun had no way of refuting it. His glance was purely a male reflective instinct. It did not go through the brain, it was something the eyes would do by themselves.

But his skin was not so thick to say that that was not intentional.

"You are not allowed to stay at the 69th floor of the central divine tower!" Luo Huo'er suddenly said with a Yuan Qi voice transmission.

Now, Luo Huo'er was slowly calming down. She could not do anything to Yi Yun. She could neither kill him just because her body had been seen, nor because her shameless, narcissistic words had been heard.

But Luo Huo'er did not wish to see Yi Yun. Just seeing Yi Yun made her feel awkward and depressed. Therefore, she did not want to be neighbors with Yi Yun.

"You won’t allow me to stay at the 69th floor?" Yi Yun frowned. He may have apologized, but he did not like to be ordered around.

"It is the freedom of people to choose to stay in the central divine tower. If Miss Luo doesn't want to see me, you can move to the 70th floor."

"You..." Luo Huo'er was at a loss of words by Yi Yun's counter. Moving to the 70th floor required glory points. Although Luo Huo'er was rich, she could not afford to spend glory points like that. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Seeing Luo Huo'er's face turn green and then white, Yang Yuefeng could no longer stand watching this any further.

He had originally been speaking with Luo Huo'er and was thinking of inviting her to the Divine Moon Restaurant for a meal. Just as he was looking forward to the answer from Luo Huo'er, Yi Yun had entered, absorbing all of Luo Huo'er's attention.

The two of them had been staring at each other for more than ten seconds. From the looks of it, they were likely communicating with Yuan Qi voice transmissions.

Was it possible that this poor kid from the Cloud Wilderness had some dealings with Luo Huo'er?

Yang Yuefeng had previously been ridiculed by Yi Yun and had wanted to deal with him. Now, having seen the goddess in his heart being involved with Yi Yun, how could Yang Yuefeng feel pleasant?

He immediately took a step forward and stood in the middle of Yi Yun and Luo Huo'er.

"Kid, what are you doing here?"

Yang Yuefeng questioned Yi Yun.

Yi Yun's attention was completely on Luo Huo'er previously. Only when Yang Yuefeng appeared did he see him.

"Oh? Isn't this the retarded young master from the Chu royal residence who wanted to use 20,000 dragon scale runes to exchange for the 'Truth of the Laws'? Right, when he gave his self-introduction, he did mention that he was a Desolate Heaven Master. His Desolate Heaven technique is not bad and he ranks tenth on the Man roll of honor. It's no wonder he appeared here."

These thoughts flashed across Yi Yun's mind. He could not be bothered with Yang Yuefeng.

Sensing Yi Yun's disregard of him, Yang Yuefeng's forehead popped a blue vein. "Kid, are you deaf? I was asking you a question!"

Yi Yun glanced at Yang Yuefeng and coldly said, "Aren't you asking a nonsensical question. Since I'm here, naturally it’s to attend the class."

Hearing Yi Yun say he was speaking nonsense, Yang Yuefeng's face sank. "Attending the class? You? This is a place to learn the Desolate Heaven technique, taught personally by Grandmaster Yuehua. Do you even know the Desolate Heaven technique?"

Yang Yuefeng was aggressive and Yi Yun impatiently replied, "So what if I do? And so what if I don't? Is there a rule saying that one needs to know the Desolate Heaven technique to attend the class?"

With Yi Yun's rebuttal, all the Desolate Heaven Master apprentices were dumbfounded.

From Yi Yun's words, it was clear he did not know the Desolate Heaven technique.

It was normal if one thought further about it. With Yi Yun's experiences, how could he know the Desolate Heaven technique?

But he actually spent 9000 dragon scale runes to attend Grandmaster Yuehua's class, without even knowing the Desolate Heaven technique?

"Hahaha!" Yang Yuefeng laughed as if he had heard the world's funniest joke.

"You don't know the Desolate Heaven technique and you actually came here to listen to the lecture? Do you think you are worthy? This ridiculousness goes to an extreme!"

Yang Yuefeng was a talented Desolate Heaven Master so he had his pride.

The Desolate Heaven technique was his field. He may not have as great a talent in martial arts compared to Yi Yun, but he was a king when it came to the Desolate Heaven technique.

Yi Yun was simply looking to suffer by entering a field that he dominated.

Yang Yuefeng had already bore a grudge from back when he was ridiculed by Yi Yun when he tried to get back the 'Truth of the Laws'. He was thinking of a way to seek revenge, but now Yi Yun had come to his door, which greatly suited him.

Yi Yun could not be bothered with Yang Yuefeng and walked pass Yang Yuefeng and found a seat. All the Desolate Heaven Master apprentices were giving odd looks at Yi Yun.

This dude was too weird. He did not know the Desolate Heaven technique, yet here he was to join in on the fun. Did he not have anywhere to spend his money?

True Martial World - Chapter 264: Learning because I don't know

As Yi Yun was studying the 'Myriad Beast Totem', another sensational news broke out in the Tai Ah Divine City.

The Desolate Heaven Master of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's royal family, Grandmaster Yuehua, would take up residence as one of the new Elders of the Tai Ah Divine City.

Grandmaster Yuehua would begin public teaching of the Desolate Heaven technique tomorrow. Each month, she would hold three lessons.

This news buzzed in the circles of the cultivators that focused on the Desolate Heaven technique.

These lessons would be taught by a sage-level Desolate Heaven Master!

Previously, few sage-level figures would show any concern for the young cultivators in the Tai Ah Divine City. After all, the chances of a cultivator from the Tai Ah Divine City becoming a sage was extremely low. And these sage-level figures prioritized their own cultivation.

Therefore, how could cultivators not get excited when they suddenly learned that Grandmaster Yuehua would be teaching young juniors that were at the Purple Blood realm or Yuan Foundation realm?

Besides, Grandmaster Yuehua was one of the best Desolate Heaven Masters in the entire Tai Ah Divine Kingdom!

People were discussing it. It was in fact no coincidence that Grandmaster Yuehua became a Tai Ah Divine City's Elder at that moment in time.

The main reason was because of Luo Huo'er's breaking of the Desolate Heaven technique record a few days ago.

The Desolate Heaven technique record Luo Huo'er broke had previously lasted for 30,000 years.

What did 30,000 years mean? A normal sage only had a lifespan of 10,000 years. Only the great figures who reached the middle or late stages of sages would have a lifespan of 30,000 years.

It was not surprising that Luo Huo'er would eventually become the best Desolate Heaven Master in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. If Luo Huo'er were to become a sage, her Desolate Heaven technique would then reach an extreme level. She could become the most powerful Desolate Heaven Master seen in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's for the past 100,000 years!

Because of this, the entire Tai Ah Divine Kingdom was paying close attention to Luo Huo'er. All the powerful factions would provide Luo Huo'er with all sorts of benefits in their attempts to befriend her, even if they knew it was impossible to rope her in.

This was also a form of expression made by the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's royal family.

The royal family's Desolate Heaven Master Yuehua came to the Tai Ah Divine City personally to become an Elder and hold Desolate Heaven technique lessons.

Everyone knew that Yuehua was only here to teach one person. And that person was Luo Huo'er! It was just out of convenience that Yuehua would take on the other Desolate Heaven technique apprentices as well.

Even though the other cultivators, who focused on the Desolate Heaven technique, knew that they were just side characters, they were still overjoyed. They had gained something great all thanks to Luo Huo'er.

But when Grandmaster Yuehua's class details were released, many cultivators were dumbfounded.

Each lesson held by Elder Yuehua's would cost 3000 dragon scale runes in tuition!

Tuition fees were paid monthly, which meant that one would have to pay 9000 dragon scale runes a month!

It was too expensive!

Many Desolate Heaven Master apprentices could not afford such high fees. Only those ranked at the top of the Man roll of honor would barely be able to afford Grandmaster Yuehua's lessons.

Although many were disappointed, they knew the reason behind the expensive fee.

Just from Grandmaster Yuehua's name alone, many cultivators would come in droves. Even cultivators who had never come into contact with the Desolate Heaven technique would join the class just for fun. Even if they could not understand a thing, just seeing Grandmaster Yuehua was good enough for them.

When that happened, how could Grandmaster Yuehua teach with the lecture hall so full?

Hence the 9000 dragon scale runes was used as a barrier to entry.

Those who could pay the 9000 dragon scale runes would be people with some attainment in the Desolate Heaven technique. As for those who just wanted to see Grandmaster Yuehua, they would stop here as no one would pay 9000 dragon scale runes just to join in for fun.

Although the tuition fees were expensive, there was an additional provision. This made many Desolate Heaven technique apprentices had something to look forward to. There was a scholarship award.

Those who attended Grandmaster Yuehua's class and obtained outstanding results as well as the affirmation of Grandmaster Yuehua, would receive a scholarship.

This scholarship was funded from the tuition fees collected from the rest.

If anyone could break any Desolate Heaven technique related record in the Tai Ah Divine City, the tuition fees would be permanently waived. In addition, they would be given 8000 dragon scale runes worth of Desolate Heaven technique materials every month.

This allowance could be stacked. Breaking one record would have one's tuition fees waived and be awarded a monthly allowance of 8000 dragon scale runes.

By breaking two records, the tuition fees of 9000 dragon scale runes would be returned, and with the double allowance, one would get 25,000 dragon scale runes a month!

This additional provision tempted many.

But even a fool knew that this last provision was customized for Luo Huo'er!

This scholarship system could even be considered as a way to reward and win the favor of Luo Huo'er by the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's royal family. Besides Luo Huo'er, who else could break a Desolate Heaven technique related record?

Learning the Desolate Heaven technique was a resource-burning trade. And materials used was a large proportion of the heavy costs. Many Desolate Heaven Masters may be ranked ahead in the Man roll of honor, and have a lot of dragon scale runes, but they would still think twice before spending them. They lived their lives on a tight budget.

With Grandmaster Yuehua establishing a scholarship system, if Luo Huo'er was to break another record, then the materials needed for her future practicing of the Desolate Heaven technique could be used without any monetary concern.

Many Desolate Heaven technique apprentices could only sigh when they thought of this. Luo Huo'er's was a genius whose Desolate Heaven technique left them in the dust.

The original intent of the establishment of the Tai Ah Divine City was to gather resources to groom geniuses. It was fair competition. Those who could not gain the resources could only blame themselves.

...

The registration for Elder Yuehua's class began.

Although the tuition fees were expensive, there were still many who registered for it. Although the cultivators, ranked ahead on the Man roll of honor and focusing on their Desolate Heaven technique, felt the pinch of paying 9000 dragon scale runes a month, they could still afford it.

Once 9000 dragon scale runes were paid, each person would receive a small lecture token.

Very quickly a few dozen lecture tokens were handed out, but there was still a long line. It was natural that there would be many attendees for Elder Yuehua's first lesson.

When the lecture tokens were almost completely handed out, many people had begun leaving. At that moment, Yi Yun dawdled into the administration office, intending to receive a lecture token.

The clerk in charge of handing out the lecture tokens recognized Yi Yun. Seeing Yi Yun asking for a lecture token, the clerk's expression turned odd. He reminded Yi Yun, "This is a lesson for Desolate Heaven Master apprentices."

He was afraid that Yi Yun had made a mistake. After all, Yi Yun should have been attending lessons for warriors that taught laws, cultivation techniques or Aspect Totem.

"Ah, I know." Yi Yun said and handed over his identity token, intending to pay the 9000 dragon scale runes.

Seeing the dragon scale runes fly up, the clerk froze for a moment before asking, "You know the Desolate Heaven technique?"

The clerk was very aware of Yi Yun's Cloud Wilderness background. He was poor. And to learn the Desolate Heaven technique, it needed the support of plenty of resources. Considering Yi Yun's martial arts talent was so monstrous, it was unlikely that he could also have learned the Desolate Heaven technique...

"I don't really know." Yi Yun shook his head, and then said matter of factly, "I’m learning because I don't know."

"Eh..."

Hearing Yi Yun's words, the clerk nearly choked.

Learning because I don't know?

These words, which sounded completely logical, made the the clerk speechless.

A rookie, who was completely clueless of the Desolate Heaven technique, actually wanted to attend Grandmaster Yuehua lecture? That was a three lesson course that cost 9000 dragon scale runes!

He knew that Yi Yun was extremely rich after the rookie ranking competition. He could only sigh at the fact that one could be so capricious when one was rich. No matter how much the tuition fees were, he could learn it if he was interested!

...

At that moment, in the central divine tower, Luo Huo'er was lying comfortably in bed. She was playing a small token in her hands.

She did not pick up a lecture token because someone had sent the lecture token directly to Luo Huo'er.

Luo Huo'er was extremely satisfied with this.

This was not about running errands or the waiving of tuition fees, it was a matter of face.

As the Tai Ah Divine City's most perfect girl genius, how could she not receive any special treatment?

"Miss, in the future we will get a monthly allowance of 8000 dragon scale runes! This Grandmaster Yuehua sure is a nice person."

Maid servant Dong'er was looking at Luo Huo'er. She had not eaten for two days now. Although she had eaten the grain avoiding relic and wasn’t hungry, she still felt that her mouth and stomach were empty.

She wished that Luo Huo'er would absolve her of her punishment in her good mood.

Luo Huo'er rolled her eyes at Dong'er and said, "What's 8000 dragon scale runes of allowance? It's far from enough for me to spend. Wait till I break another Desolate Heaven technique record and receive 25,000 dragon scale runes in monthly allowance. I might even break a third record and receive 42,000 dragon scale runes in allowance. When that happens, I can practice the Desolate Heaven technique however I like."

"Yes, yes. Miss is the best!" Dong'er began kissing ass. A the same time, she was eagerly looking at Luo Huo'er with her big eyes.

Luo Huo'er snorted, "I know what you are thinking. I'll absolve you of the next two days of punishment. Follow me to class tomorrow!"

Of course, Dong'er could not enter the lecture hall. All she could do was wait outside.

...

As such, under all the anticipation, Grandmaster Yuehua's course began.

The classroom was located underground in the central divine tower. A large Desolate Heaven technique hall with an area of a thousand square meters was used as the classroom .

In the large hall, there were all sorts of desolate bone relic arrays, cauldrons as well as rows of stone tables. All sorts of valuable materials were placed on the tables.

Just the layout and materials made many feel that the 9000 monthly tuition fee was not that expensive after all. Practicing the Desolate Heaven technique was a huge drain on resources, but in this class, the materials were provided free of charge.

Many cultivators had arrived in the lecture hall an hour early. They had an expectant mood as they waited for Grandmaster Yuehua to appear.

There were a total of 106 cultivators in this class. When Luo Huo'er entered the room, there were already almost a hundred people present.

When Luo Huo'er appeared, it naturally caused a stir.

"It's Luo Huo'er!

When someone said that, everyone's eyes turned towards the classroom's entrance.

Luo Huo'er was wearing a purple Desolate Heaven Master robe. She was like a different person in public. Slowly walking over, her every action was elegant, exuding the air of someone from a high class family.

True Martial World - Chapter 263: Yi Yun’s Dao

After the way of the weapons, there was the second large category, the laws of the five elements!

The five elements, Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth could be cultivated to an extreme and pushed to the pinnacle of martial arts. If one could combine the five elements into one, one could go one step further.

Besides the five elements, there were the laws of nature.

One could use the powers of nature such as Wind, Snow, Thunder and Lightning and the power of crumbling mountains and tsunamis.

Once the laws of nature were cultivated to an extreme, they could also be combined into one. A warrior could become an embodiment of Heaven and Earth, holding onto the power of the Creator.

The aforementioned three laws were the most common cultivation techniques. They were not considered difficult to master, but they were still promising as one went higher. 90% of the warriors in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom chose from these three categories, focusing on a particular law.

After the three big categories, there were some relatively rare laws.

Many laws and Great Dao often came in pairs, for example, Hard-Soft, Fake-Real, Space-Time, Yin-Yang, Life-Death, Cause-Effect, Being-Void, Murder and Redemption, Ephemeral-Eternal…

Yi Yun kept reading. The 3000 Great Dao of martial arts were all-inclusive.

A typical warrior would only choose one of them, and at best, just a few.

Every path in the 3000 Great Dao contained endless mysteries. A warrior could spend his entire lifetime and still not be able to glimpse at every secret.

If one chose too many laws, it could result in one becoming too distracted, preventing one from accomplishing greater things.

Yi Yun read the introduction to every law, as well as their properties and principles which were recorded in the 'Truth of the Laws'…

The 'Truth of the Laws' was a foundational description. Only 16 types were described in detail amongst the 3000 Great Dao.

Different Dao had their own differing qualities.

The highest grade amongst the 3000 Great Dao was the "Great Dao of Origins"!

There were very few types of Great Dao of Origins. It exceeded the normal Great Dao and was they were chief amongst the 3000 Great Dao.

It was very difficult to have an initial foothold in the Great Dao of Origins. It was also quite difficult to comprehend, master or break through. Just finding a mystic technique that dealt with the Great Dao of Origins was nearly impossible. Even the sages in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom rarely managed to see a book that dealt with the Great Dao of Origins.

A typical warrior would not choose the Great Dao of Origins when practicing martial arts. It was tantamount to blocking their own martial arts careers.

In human history, there was no lack of elites from super family clans that chose to focus on the Great Dao of Origins because of their exceeding talent. But due to their inability to succeed, they had to change to a lower grade law, resulting in wasted time.

In this world, there were people who tried to gain understanding in the high realm of the Great Dao of Origins. These people would usually begin with a normal Great Dao, and only when they became a Sage and exceeded peers on the same level as they would they choose to try to understand the Great Dao of Origins. If they had any success, they could go a step further, becoming a Great Emperor. They would then become a giant of the Human race, allowing them to surpass the confines of the divine kingdom, being respected by all.

Below the Great Dao of Origins, there were second-ranked Great Dao. They were named Great Dao of Supremacy.

The so-called Supremacy was Supremacy below Origins.

For example, Space-Time Dao, Yin-Yang Taiji Dao, Life-Death Dao, Immortality Dao.

The Great Dao of Supremacy were also extremely difficult. But compared to the Great Dao of Origins, they were slightly easier. There were also many more known cultivation technique manuals for them.

Below the Great Dao of Supremacy, they were no longer named Great Dao, but instead named laws.

For example, the laws of the five elements, Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, the natural laws of Wind, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning. These were all known as high-grade laws.

Below high-grade laws were the lowest grades amongst the 3000 Great Dao, they were just normal laws.

Hard-Soft laws, Fast-Slow concepts, Mountain-River concepts, vibrational laws were all considered normal laws.

Young warriors with exceptional talent would slowly grasp normal laws in the Purple Blood realm. When they reached the Yuan Foundation realm, they would be relatively skilled at using the laws.

Of course, it was not easy to understand normal laws to an extreme limit.

There was no limit to laws. In the history of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, many sages focused on normal laws. But even in the realm of sages, they were far from being able to cultivate any normal law to an extreme.

Yi Yun browsed through the 'Truth of the Laws' in its entirety once. The 16 laws described within the 'Truth of the Laws' were the five elements, Hard-Soft, Fast-Slow, Wind-Lightning, Starlight, Yin-Yang, Murder, and Redemption.

The more Great Dao of Laws that one cultivated and the more thoroughly one understood them, the closer one would get to reaching the pinnacle of martial arts.

Yi Yun clearly understood that he had to go slow. Although he had the Purple Crystal Origins helping him and had a promising future ahead of him, his martial path was still in its infancy. He could not be too greedy for many warriors would only focus on one Great Dao of Laws in their entire life. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

After a lot of comparisons, Yi Yun decided on his final choice, pure Yang Dao!

The pure Yang Dao was part of the Yin-Yang Dao, which was a Great Dao of Supremacy.

When the Universe was in its formative stages, "The primordial universe (Wuji) generated supreme ultimate (Taiji), and therefore generates the opposing forces. The two opposites generate the four images."

This primordial universe was Chaos, and Chaos was a Great Dao of Origins, and the two opposites were Yin-Yang, which was a Great Dao of Supremacy.

By the evolution of Pure Yin and Pure Yang, they formed everything that existed in the Universe.

The Yin-Yang Dao was extremely difficult and profound. This was a reason why many elites failed at learning the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'.

After establishing his first goal of practicing the pure Yang Dao, his direction in condensing an Aspect Totem was then also decided.

That was to hunt pure Yang desolate beasts to form a pure Yang totem!

When Yi Yun chose the 'Myriad Beast Totem', what mattered the most to him was that the 'Myriad Beast Totem' had no restrictions based on laws. There was no requirement on what type of primordial strain had to be killed for the 'Myriad Beast Totem'.

Unlike the 'Five Elements Divine Totem' and the 'Book of the Stars', they were based on the five elemental laws and the powers of the stars respectively. The cultivation technique designated a strict path for a warrior.

Cultivation techniques were rare. High-level cultivation techniques like the 'Five Elements Divine Totem' and the 'Book of the Stars' were invaluable.

Many warriors would restrict their own martial path by accommodating the cultivation technique, but Yi Yun was not like that.

"I want to gain an understanding of the pure Yang Dao, and cultivate the 'Myriad Beast Totem'. At the same time, I need to cultivate the next few volumes of the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'. Not only that, I also need to learn the Desolate Heaven technique! I have so many things to learn!"

Yi Yun could perfectly control the energy within a desolate beast thanks to the Purple Crystal, so it was half the work with double the results when it came to mastering the Desolate Heaven technique.

The Desolate Heaven technique was a supplementary skill that greatly helped one's cultivation, so Yi Yun would definitely not miss out on it.

Yi Yun had previously obtained a copy of a Desolate Heaven Master manual when he and Lin Xintong separated.

In the past six months, Yi Yun would read the contents of the Desolate Heaven Master manual whenever he had time. Although Yi Yun had never systematically practiced the Desolate Heaven technique, he had a general understanding of it.

"The Tai Ah Divine City also has lessons that teach the Desolate Heaven technique. It's not too late for me to start now."

Yi Yun decided to report for a Desolate Heaven technique class starting tomorrow. At the same time, he would progress in his cultivation of laws and Aspect Totems.

With his future path decided, Yi Yun took the remnant pages of the 'Myriad Beast Totem' and began trying to gain an understanding of the contents in the 'Myriad Beast Totem'.

True Martial World - Chapter 262: I’m neighbors with him?

"Damn Dong'er, darn Dong'er. You only know how to eat! Then, I'll let you eat!"

Luo Huo'er was pinching Dong'er's ears. At that moment, her heart was filled with anger, with no place to vent her frustration. Just recalling the last words Yi Yun said about seeing her breasts made Luo Huo'er feel like exploding.

"Painful...Painful...Ouch! Miss, you are going to pull off Dong’er’s ears!" Dong'er said in an aggrieved manner. Poor Dong'er still did not know what had happened. She was happily eating a bun, when suddenly a calamity from the Heavens fell upon her. That is why she was in such a state now.

Only then did Luo Huo'er release her. Dong'er's tiny ears were red and her large eyes were filled with tears.

Seeing Dong'er's pitiful look, Luo Huo'er's heart started to soften. But she was still fuming inside. She grunted, "I told you to guard the door. Why were you here eating and not guardıng the door!?"

Dong'er touched her tiny red ears and said wrongfully, "I...was hungry..."

It was common for Dong'er to feel hungry guarding the door without a replacement...

Of course, even if Dong'er was not hungry, she would not just focus on guarding the door. She had plenty of other things to do such as staring blankly, sleeping and fiddling with flowers. She could even spend most of the day watching a small bug walking on a blade of grass.

In the central divine tower, Luo Huo'er would spend most of her time cultivating or practicing her Desolate Heaven technique. Although Luo Huo'er seemed like a capricious person, she was always working hard on her cultivation. Hence, Dong'er would be left alone and bored out of her mind most of the time.

"M...Miss. Was the 'Sacred Fire Infinite Book' seen by someone else...?" Dong'er pursed her lips as she asked fearfully.

The reason why Luo Huo'er instructed Dong'er to guard the door was to prevent her from being disturbed, and even more importantly, prevent others from discovering her practicing of her family’s cultivation technique, the 'Sacred Fire Infinite Book'.

"It is worse than that!" Luo Huo'er said angrily. In fact, even if someone saw her cultivating the 'Sacred Fire Infinite Book', they would find it difficult to tell the level of the 'Sacred Fire Infinite Book'. Luo Huo'er was just being careful, erring on the side of caution.

"Worse than that?" Dong’er opened her tiny mouth and started to stare at Luo Huo’er with round eyes. She knew she was in great trouble today.

Although she had an extremely good relationship with Luo Huo'er, they were after all still mistress and servant. She knew that her duty was to dedicate herself to serving Luo Huo'er.

"What happened, Miss?" Dong'er uneasily asked. She started praying in her heart hoping that it was not something unredeemable.

Luo Huo'er's face turned red as she did not know what to say.

Even though she and Dong'er had a very close relationship, Luo Huo'er would never tell Dong'er the details of such a shameful event.

Did she need to tell Dong'er about that ruffian who heard the narcissistic words she was saying after he entered the training ground? And on top of that, he completely saw her whole body!

Not only that, he had even used a scoundrelly method to escape from her hands!

Just thinking about it made Luo Huo'er feel resentful. She went through such an unacceptable ordeal, and not only was there nowhere for her to vent her frustration, she could not tell anyone what had happened, not even Dong'er.

With nowhere to vent her resentment, Luo Huo'er started pinching Donger's ears again. But this time, she did not use any strength.

"Damn you Dong'er, you listen carefully. In the future, when you are guarding the door, you are not allowed to go anywhere else! Also, I will punish you by not allowing you eat buns or any food for the next ten days! I will only give you an avoiding grain relic!"

When Luo Huo'er said this, Dong'er's face paled in fear. It was as if she was facing the world's most terrifying event.

"No buns, no food..."

Dong'er was too sad for tears. The avoiding grain relic Luo Huo'er mentioned was a fierce beast relic made specially for replacing meals. It did not have much Yuan Qi within it, but eating one stopped that person from feeling hungry for ten days.

But the avoiding grain relic had no taste. It was as bland as eating white noodles. Dong'er felt like she had entered hell when she thought about not having any food for ten days, having to subsist on just a tasteless relic.

"Miss..." Dong'er said in an aggrieved manner as she lightly pulled on Luo Huo'er's clothes. Her watery eyes seemed to speak for her.

"This is not negotiable!" Luo Huo'er said hatefully, but after seeing Dong'er as if she was about to die, her heart softened. She said, "This time, I will be light on you. The ten days will be shortened to five!"

With that said, she shook Dong'er's hand off and stormed angrily towards the central divine tower's administrative office.

She wanted to know how could a rascal, who appeared out of nowhere, manage to get the key of the central divine tower's 69th floor training ground.

...

A black-clad beauty was sorting a room list in the central divine tower's administrative office. She looked like she was in her twenties. She had an excellent body and beautiful good looks.

The central divine tower was the face of the Tai Ah Divine City, so it was common for her to receive all sorts of guests. As a service staff, every aspect of this beautiful girl was excellent.

The black-clad beauty was stunned when Luo Huo'er stormed into the room angrily to question her. After understanding Luo Huo'er's question, she chuckled, "Little sister Huo'er, the person you are talking about is most likely Yi Yun."

Back when Yi Yun rented a room at the 69th floor of the central divine tower, this black-clad beauty was the one who took him to see the room. Yi Yun, who was just thirteen years old, was able to pay half a year's worth of rent in his first year of entering the Tai Ah Divine City. It was a great shock to the black-clad beauty, so she remembered him very clearly.

For him to be so powerful at such a young age, it indicated that he would have a promising future. He was a diamond bachelor, if only she could get him...

But this desire of the black-clad girl was just fantasy and she knew that. Previously, she cultivated in the Tai Ah Divine City for six years and her results were terrible when she graduated. It was only because of her beauty that she was able to stay in the Tai Ah Divine City and work in the central divine tower.

"Yi Yun!? He's Yi Yun?" Luo Huo'er did not recognize Yi Yun at all.

She knew of Yi Yun only because he was the first person to break a Tai Ah Divine City record in the past thousand years. It peeved Luo Huo'er.

When the name Yi Yun was mentioned to 99% of the cultivators in the Tai Ah Divine City, they would either admire him or be jealous of him. Only Luo Huo'er was bugged by his name.

This time, it was that Yi Yun again!

"Yes, he's Yi Yun, a young man with great achievements." the black-clad girl giggled. "He's a tenant of the 69th floor of the central divine tower, so it's natural for him to have the training ground's key. That training ground was originally meant to be shared amongst the adjacent rooms. Oh yes, he's even your neighbor!"

The black-clad girl was looking at Luo Huo'er with envy.

But when Luo Huo'er heard this, she felt as if a bronze basin was dropped on her head...

Dang!

Luo Huo'er was extremely shocked.

I am neighbors with that toad!?

Did it not mean that she to lower her head whenever she saw that rascal?

Heavens!

If it was not for what happened today, Luo Huo'er could completely treat Yi Yun as if he was just air, just like a toad on the side of the road. Although she did not like it, it was alright seeing him.

But...after today's event, Yi Yun would have all sorts of images appearing in his mind whenever he met her again. Just thinking of this made Luo Huo'er go crazy.

The black-clad girl apparently did not notice Luo Huo'er's mood and carried on saying without much thought, "You two are amongst the best geniuses in the recent batches of the Tai Ah Divine City. You two can mix around and share experiences with each other. Hai, I really envy all of you..."

When Luo Huo'er heard this, her mouth twitched a few times. Mix around and share experiences? Don't make me laugh!

"I do not want to be his neighbor!" Luo Huo'er blurted out. She did not expect that Yi Yun could afford to live on the 69th floor of the central divine tower.

"Eh?" The black-clad woman was shocked. "Why do you not want to be Yi Yun's neighbor? Yi Yun has already paid for the room, so it is natural for him to be staying at the 69th floor of the central divine tower..."

There were only a few rooms prepared for cultivators in the 69th floor of the central divine tower. No matter how the rooms were switched, they would still be neighbors. The only way out for her was to move to a higher or lower level.

But the rooms situated at the 70th floor and above were not for the Tai Ah Divine City's cultivators. This was because the concentration of Yuan Qi was a waste for low level warriors.

To stay at the 70th floor and above, one had to pay one glory point every two months. Even though Luo Huo'er was first on the Man roll of honor, she did not have so many glory points to squander. Using glory points in exchange for a place to live was too wasteful.

As for moving to the 68th floor, Luo Huo'er got more angry just thinking about it. Why did she have to move to the 68th floor!? If anyone had to move, it was that toad!

"I will find that kid and settle score!" Luo Huo'er ground her teeth and thought hatefully.

...

At that moment in the Tai Ah Divine City's herbal mountain, in a place with beautiful scenery.

A youth in linen clothes was sitting on the grass, with his back leaning against a tree. He was quietly reading an ancient book. He would gently brush away the occasional fallen leaf.

"Myriad Beast Totem", "Truth of the Laws"...

Yi Yun planned on returning to his residence in the central divine tower to continue his research of the two manuals, but when he opened the door, he met a violent girl who nearly killed him.

Yi Yun found it puzzling, but there was no doubt that the violent girl's strength was higher than his. Therefore, he decided to avoid the central divine tower temporarily. After that, he came to herbal mountain #60 under the guise of picking herbs.

He had to admit that the Chu royal residence's 'Truth of the Laws' was a valuable book.

The 'Truth of the Laws' did not focus on explaining every single nomological truth's cultivation method. The entire book introduced nomological truths. It was a secret manual that introduced the laws in a general fashion.

If he could understand it, it would be a great help for his future when it came to cultivation of the laws.

In the introduction of the 'Truth of the Laws', it explained that the path of martial arts had 3000 Great Dao. Each Great Dao could lead to the peak. While some of these Great Dao were difficult, others were easy. The powers one could obtain from each route were not the same.

These 3000 Great Dao were split into several big categories.

The first category was the Dao of weapons!

When it came to weapons, there were saber truths, spear truths and sword truths. All of them came under the classification of the Dao of weapons.

Some swordsmen only used swords throughout their lives. Even so, they could still reach the pinnacle of martial arts with just swords.

Similarly, it was possible with spears, sabers and polearms!

Yi Yun understood that the Saber Truth's 32 Words in the saber tomb were left behind by an expert who had reached an unfathomable level at saber truths.