"Big brother Wang, it's here."
Wang Yan and Diwu Yun walked past the Spring Night House and entered the town. Diwu Yun led the way. This wasn't only because she had been to Tianma Market before. More importantly, Diwu Yun had told Wang Yan that she and a friend had obtained the incomplete page of the sword technique when they were traveling in the martial world. There were originally two pages, and each of them had one. Later on, her friend had left the game due to some matters. However, before she left, she had come to Tianma Market with her to sell all her valuables to a shop. This included the incomplete page of the sword technique that her friend had.
For the past month, Wang Yan had been trying to understand the sword technique page every day. However, the more he understood it, the more he felt that the sword technique was extremely mysterious. With his current cultivation, he couldn't completely understand it. Wang Yan even felt that this sword technique was a martial art that surpassed the yellow level and reached the black level.
Because of this, Wang Yan knew the whereabouts of the other sword technique page. He didn't want to miss it, so he asked Diwu Yun to follow him. As for Diwu Yun mentioning that her friend had left the game, Wang Yan didn't understand it at all. He didn't want to spend too much effort to think about it. After all, the most important thing for Wang Yan right now was to increase his strength. However, he still remembered what Diwu Yun had said.
Looking in the direction that Diwu Yun was pointing at, Wang Yan saw a slightly broken shop. The words "Ming Zheng Tang" were written on the sign in front of the shop, and there was a couplet on both sides of the door.
The first couplet: Good things, bad things, only after you buy them will you know.
The second couplet: Real martial arts, fake martial arts, it's hard to know if it's real or fake without practicing.
Looking at the couplet, Wang Yan couldn't help but squint his eyes. He felt that this shop was a bit strange, and it wouldn't be easy to achieve his goal. Thinking like this, Wang Yan followed Diwu Yun towards the shop.
After entering the shop, Wang Yan realized that the inside of the shop was quite big, but it wasn't as small and broken as it looked from the outside. There were all kinds of weapons hanging on both sides of the shop, and there was a long mahogany counter in front of the door. Behind the counter, there was an old woman with a face full of age spots lying on a rocking chair. She held a delicate teapot in one hand, and she was leisurely sipping tea with her eyes closed.
Hearing Wang Yan and Diwu Yun's footsteps, the old woman didn't even open her eyes. Instead, she opened her toothless mouth and said casually, "Look around, look around. You can choose the good stuff."
This old woman didn't seem to care about customers at all. Fortunately, Diwu Yun walked up to the counter and said, "Mother Dragon, do you still remember me?"
Hearing Diwu Yun's words, the old woman finally opened her eyes and looked at Diwu Yun. However, her eyes were filled with confusion as she murmured, "You are …"
Diwu Yun didn't answer. She just stood in front of the counter and let the old woman look at her. After a while, the old woman finally remembered.
"Oh, you are the girl with the compound surname 'Diwu'. You came to the shop with someone a few times before. If it wasn't for your strange name, my old brain wouldn't have remembered you, hehe."
Saying that, the old woman stood up and looked at Diwu Yun, "Girl, I'm afraid you haven't come here for more than half a year. Tell me, why did you suddenly come here today?"
As Wang Yan listened to their conversation, he felt that Diwu Yun and this old woman's relationship was only superficial; they were merely acquaintances. On the contrary, Diwu Yun seemed to be very friendly. She pulled the old woman's hand and said, "Grandma Long, do you remember that a friend of mine once sold a lot of things here at once? You gave her a total of 120 taels of gold, and the things she sold you contained a remnant page of a sword technique?"
A light flashed in the old woman's eyes. Then, she glanced at Wang Yan and smiled, "What? You brought people here today to buy that broken page of a sword technique?"
Diwu Yun quickly nodded. Wang Yan also walked up and sincerely said, "Senior, please help me."
The old woman didn't answer directly. Instead, she smiled and looked at Wang Yan from head to toe. Then, she said, "Do you know the origin of that broken page of a sword technique?"
"Junior's knowledge is limited. I only know that the broken page of a sword technique is extraordinary."
"Of course the sword technique of an inner disciple of Myriad Sword Sect is extraordinary!"
Myriad Sword Sect? Wang Yan frowned. He knew about the top sects in the five continents, but he didn't know about the existence of this Myriad Sword Sect. The old woman looked at Wang Yan's confused expression and smiled, "It's normal for you to be so short-sighted. Let me tell you, Myriad Sword Sect was the number one sect in the Northern Victory Province 400 years ago. They dominated the entire province and all the other sects in the province respected them.
However, the Ten Thousand Swords Sect was too ambitious. They extended their tentacles to the other four prefectures, which touched the bottom line of Tianyuan Holy Island. In the end, Tianyuan Holy Island joined forces with the top sects of the other four prefectures to completely destroy the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. Even so, the Ten Thousand Swords Sect sent out all their experts in that battle and killed more than half of their enemies. Tianyuan Holy Island alone lost 30 to 40 experts at the peak of the Physical Body Realm.
This broken page of a sword technique recorded the "Solitary Heart Sword Technique" that Myriad Sword Sect provided to their inner disciples. The entire technique has a total of eight sword techniques. Even though this Solitary Heart Sword Technique isn't a top sword technique passed down by Myriad Sword Sect, it's still a genuine superior martial art. Do you know what grade this sword technique is? "
Wang Yan didn't expect this broken page of a sword technique to have such a background. Luckily, he still had some self-control. Facing Mother Dragon's question, he said uncertainly, "It's in the Xuan Grade!"
"You have a good eye, kid. This Solitary Heart Sword Technique is a Xuan Grade middle grade sword technique. This grade of sword technique is considered a top grade technique in the top sects in the five provinces. You still want to buy a technique of this grade? Do you dare to buy it? Can you afford it? "
Mother Dragon asked three questions in a row. Wang Yan naturally understood the meaning behind these three questions. He couldn't help but sweat beads on his forehead. After thinking for a while, he finally said, "Perhaps I can't afford it now, but please tell me a price."
"Okay, then I won't waste any more time. Bring me 1,000 taels of gold in the future and I'll sell you the broken page of a sword technique!"
1,000 taels of gold! Gold!
Wang Yan didn't expect this old woman to ask for such a high price for a broken page of a sword technique. At the side, Diwu Yun also said, "Mother Dragon, when you received this broken page, it was only valued at 100 taels of gold."
Mother Dragon smiled at Diwu Yun and said, "Diwu girl, what you said is wrong. That broken page of a sword technique can only be regarded as a nameless sword technique in your hands, but I can tell you its origin."
"Just this origin alone is worth 900 taels of gold?"
"Of course!"
Mother Dragon said resolutely. However, Wang Yan was a bit confused and asked, "Senior, can't I make a copy of this secret manual? It's not just for sale to me. Why … "
Before Wang Yan finished speaking, Mother Dragon sneered and said, "So you're a newbie."
Then, she took out a secret manual called 'Flying Goose Art' from the counter and took out a brush, ink, and paper. Then, she said, "Open the first page of this secret manual and copy it yourself."
Wang Yan didn't know why Mother Dragon did this, but he still opened the manual. This Flying Goose Art was only a very common lightness skill. Although it was more profound than the Vigorous Steps Technique, it was still very limited. Wang Yan could see through it with one glance. Then, he took the brush and copied the words on the manual.
However, when Wang Yan finished writing, something strange happened. The black words on the white paper suddenly disappeared as if Wang Yan never wrote it.
"How can this be?"
Wang Yan was shocked, but Diwu Yun didn't find it strange. She looked at Wang Yan with a hint of doubt in her eyes.
However, Grandmother Long smiled and said, "Since ancient times, countless ancestors and mighty figures have believed that this world has a 'spirit'. It protects all living things in the unseen world, and it also sets the rules in the unseen world. This is just one of the rules.
It's not impossible to copy the secret manual, but it won't work with ordinary brush, ink, and paper. You need 'Heavy Gold Ink', 'Silver Bamboo Paper', and a brush made from the tail of a 'Bronze Ox Beast'. However, these resources are in the hands of the major sects. "Apart from that, for an ordinary person, copying a secret manual is something that consumes a lot of Yuan Qi. With your level of cultivation, even if you were given those few things, before you could finish copying the Flying Goose Art, you would vomit blood and die. Only people with special abilities can do this.
Also, the more profound the secret manual, the higher the quality of the silver bamboo paper, the tail of a bronze ox, and a large amount of Heavy Gold Ink. For example, to copy a page of a secret manual like the Solitary Heart Sword Technique, the amount of materials needed would be more than ten thousand copies of a secret manual like the Flying Goose Art. As for the person who copied it, they need to have extremely strong special abilities. These people are usually worshipped by the top sects.
So now you know why I asked for a thousand gold taels, right? Because I don't have the ability to copy that secret manual. Selling it to you would be exclusive, and it's worth the price. "
This was the first time Wang Yan heard about copying secret manuals, but he couldn't help but frown. He felt that this rule didn't restrict NPCs too much. After all, NPCs could learn or pass down martial arts verbally. This rule seemed to be specifically targeted at players. After all, players had to use the secret manual to learn martial arts, and after using it, the manual would disappear completely.
Why would there be a rule to restrict players? Could it be like what Diwu Yun said, that this world I live in is just a game they created? Then what kind of existence am I? An NPC? Do I have a life and a soul?
Wang Yan's mind started to churn. It was like he was stuck in a dead end. Using the knowledge he had accumulated during this period of time, he started to think over and over again. In the end, his forehead started to heat up, and his consciousness started to blur. Everything in front of him disappeared, and was replaced by rows of strange symbols and numbers.
This wasn't the first time this had happened. The first time was when Wang Yan questioned him in the Fine Iron Cave, and the second time was when he first met Zhang Xiaobao. However, this time was different. Not only was the reaction more intense, but Wang Yan also felt like his entire body was being torn apart. He felt like his brain was being overloaded to the limit, and his brain felt like it was going to split open. However, he didn't know how to stop.
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