After a moment of silence, Nangong Yuanfeng remarked, "It's also possible that he might not be able to memorize the content of the book just by looking through it with his Spiritual Perception."
Flipping through and remembering were two different concepts.
The former required only a glance, and there was no need for one to comprehend or memorize the contents. However, the latter required one to forcefully memorize them … There was a huge gap between the two.
If it was just the former, he could do it too.
"This … You'll know once you keep watching!"
Shortly after Tantai Zhenqing said those words, all of the books floating in the air suddenly flipped to the last page simultaneously before falling back onto the bookshelf.
"I'll have to trouble Eighth Elder to send the books back!"
Zhang Xuan closed his eyes and took a deep breath, as if he was digesting something. Ten breaths later, Zhang Xuan opened his eyes and said.
"Yes!" The Eighth Elder nodded and put the book into his ring with a confused look on his face. Then, he rushed out again.
"You learned the Zhang clan's Cultivation Techniques before. I helped you with the simple ones, and I have already corrected the flaws in them. There is no need for you to continue learning them for the time being. The main thing is Martial Techniques and your understanding of the Laws of Time. Based on the contents of these books, I have compiled two sets of cultivation techniques. I will now impart them to you! "
After saying that, Zhang Xuan tapped his finger, and a thought immediately entered Zhang Jiuxiao's Sea of Consciousness.
"This …"
Looking at the knowledge imparted to him by his teacher, Zhang Jiuxiao's body trembled.
The laws of time were even more difficult to comprehend than the laws of space. Even if one were to witness the laws of time with their own eyes, they would still be unable to comprehend them. This was also the reason why the Zhang clan's Time Quintessence was so powerful that, unless they relied on their bloodline or swordsmanship, very few people would be able to execute it.
Zhang Xuan had thought that it would take a very long time for him to master the Heaven's Path Divine Art. Never could he have imagined that the cultivation technique that his teacher had imparted to him would allow him to progress from the basics to the deeper levels, and the difficulty of the Heaven's Path Divine Art had dropped by many times.
At this rate, he should be able to completely understand it in less than a month.
However … a month was still too long.
At this point, Zhang Xuan raised his head and said, "Teacher, time is of the essence …"
It wasn't that he didn't want to bring honor to the clan, but … even with such a powerful cultivation technique, it would still take a long time for him to master it.
It was impossible to do it in one go.
The one hour that the teacher said was too hasty.
"There's no need to rush. Let this drop of blood burn in your body!"
As if having expected such a situation, Zhang Xuan flicked his finger, and a droplet of blood floated in between Zhang Jiuxiao's eyebrows.
The purest blood collected by the Zhang family.
Buzz!
When the blood entered Zhang Jiuxiao's body, it immediately started burning, and in the blink of an eye, he sank into a unique state.
"Time acceleration?"
Tantai Zhenqing narrowed his eyes.
When this drop of blood entered Zhang Jiuxiao's body, he could clearly feel that Zhang Jiuxiao's consciousness had fallen into some sort of time vortex. The time here was different from the outside world, and it had been accelerated.
In other words, even though it was only an hour in the outside world, Zhang Jiuxiao might have experienced a day, two days, or even more than ten days of comprehension.
"Only allowing my consciousness to enter time acceleration is somewhat similar to the Blood Pool …"
One of the elders also noticed this and muttered.
The Zhang family's Blood Pool allowed one's will to cultivate at a faster rate. That was also the reason why the Zhang family was able to produce so many geniuses, far surpassing the Luo Family.
"The Blood Pool can only increase time by tenfold at most, but clan head's Blood Pool has increased time by more than a hundredfold," another elder beside him said.
"We used the purest bloodline of our Zhang Clan to set up a Time Acceleration Formation in Zhang Jiuxiao's mind. Due to the fact that it only targets his consciousness, the energy consumption is extremely low," Sword Saint Xing explained.
Others might not be able to see through it, but as the former clan head and one of the top experts of the Zhang Clan, he understood the reason behind his son's actions.
Under normal circumstances, the ignition of one's bloodline would not only leave one in a weakened state, it would also cause one's blood to run dry before one could even execute a single battle technique.
However, Zhang Xuan had used a unique method to alter the flow of time in his consciousness. Not only was the consumption of his blood extremely low, time was also accelerated by many times.
"Even if the consumption of time is extremely low, it's still only a few days. What can he possibly learn in such a short period of time? Can he really defeat that person? "
The elder who had spoken earlier asked.
While the means of their clan head had left them dazzled, Zhang Jiuxiao's starting point was simply too low. Even with this move, how much could he possibly comprehend in an hour?
After all, they had spent their entire lives immersing themselves in the laws of time, and even after several centuries, they had not made much progress in it.
Paying no heed to the bewilderment and shock of the crowd, Zhang Xuan returned to his seat and closed his eyes to study the knowledge that he had just read.
The reason he had used his Spiritual Perception to flip through the books earlier was to conceal the doubts of the Hundred Schools of Philosophers and the Zhang clan. In truth, he had already memorized the content of the books and compiled them into a Heaven's Path Divine Art.
What he had imparted to Zhang Jiuxiao was the simplified version, but what he was currently cultivating was the complete version.
The ancestors of the Zhang clan sure have a deep understanding of time …
Zhang Xuan remarked as he compiled the Heaven's Path Divine Art.
It must be said that the predecessors of the Zhang clan had indeed walked a long way in comprehending the Time Quintessence. It was no wonder why they were able to become the number one Sage Clan on the Master Teacher Continent.
As Zhang Xuan continued to study, his comprehension of the laws of time gradually deepened.
A long time later …
Hong long!
It was as if he had grasped onto something, and a thought flowed through his mind.
At the same time, in the Zhang clan's ancestral hall, the same phenomenon that had occurred in the Luo Clan's ancestral hall was occurring as well. However, the attention of the entire clan was focused on the duel, so no one paid any attention to it.
Hu!
Zhang Xuan opened his eyes, and there was a brilliant glow in them. It felt as if there was a vortex spinning in his eyes.
"I've finally comprehended it … However, it's just that I have to accelerate my own time!"
After fully comprehending the Time Quintessence of the Zhang clan, Zhang Xuan finally came to a realization.
The Time Quintessence allowed one to accelerate one's own time, thus making it difficult for one's opponent to react.
However, it was impossible to achieve the same effect as Mingshi Tang's Spacetime Palace, where a month of cultivation was equivalent to a year in the outside world.
Even so, it was still a fearsome feat.
At the very least, his fighting prowess had risen once more.
"Previously, I could only drive a droplet of blood twice before depleting it completely. However, this time around, I can store it within my body and use it whenever I want. A droplet of blood is more than enough for me to fight dozens of times … "
Zhang Xuan chuckled.
Of the three droplets of blood that Heung Kensei had given him, he had used one droplet when he encountered the Dragonbone Divine Spear, and he had used another droplet for Zhang Jiuxiao. At the moment, he was down to his final droplet. However, now that he had comprehended the Time Quintessence, he would be able to conserve a significant amount of blood.
It could be said that it was a huge waste to use it the first time.
Nearly ninety-nine percent of the blood's energy had been released.
With this, he could easily control it. A single droplet of blood could be used dozens of times.
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