The lethal poison seeped into his bloodline, and Lu Chong felt as though he was going insane.
The intense pain was unbearable to him.
"Father, mother, sister, brother..."
Numerous figures appeared in his mind, calling out to him. A powerful suction force seemed to want to suck in his soul, making it sink into the darkness forever, unable to rise again.
"No, I can't faint. If I give in, all of teacher's hard work will go down the drain... How can I face father and mother then?"
Clenching his fists tightly, Lu Chong cried out in agony.
It wasn't that he didn't want to speak for the past two years, but... his enemy was simply too powerful. He didn't want to be found out before he could achieve anything in his cultivation and be silenced by the other party!
He was still in his teens, the age when he loved to bustle around. Yet, he forced himself to pretend to be a silent old man.
What did he do?
The hatred in his heart!
His father, mother, sister, brother... His entire family of 137 had died tragically... If not for his absence, they would have become corpses by now.
He thought that it would take him many years to exact his vengeance... But now that Liu laoshi had given him a chance, he couldn't let it go!
"Persevere! I must persevere! "
Roaring in his heart, the will he had tempered over the past two years grew stronger and stronger. His mind, which was on the verge of collapsing, regained its vigor.
"Not bad!"
Seeing that this fellow was able to endure such pain, Zhang Xuan nodded in satisfaction.
His conjecture was right. The other party's willpower was indeed beyond his imagination. If he were to persevere, there was a good chance that he would succeed in cultivating the Poison Body.
"The effects of the lethal poison will last for an entire night. Try to persevere through it, and you will realize that all of your hard work is worth it!"
After instructing Lu Chong, Zhang Xuan covered Lu Chong with a blanket before leaving the room.
Since he had already started cultivating the Poison Body, whether he could persevere or not would depend entirely on himself. Since there was no one else who could help him, he might as well leave.
Walking out of the room, he realized that the sky was already completely dark.
Thus, he found a random place to eat.
"I have to teach Zhao Ya and Mu Xueqing a sword art and saber art tomorrow, so I should give it a try..."
He had promised the two girls that he would teach them martial arts, but now he didn't even know how to do it himself. He had to make the best use of his time to cultivate and master it completely. Only then would he be able to teach them better.
"Let's start with the sword!"
He connected his mind to the Library of Heaven's Path and gathered all of the sword techniques and battle techniques that he had seen in the Mingshi Tang.
"Correct!"
With a low exclamation, a complete sword technique manual was formed.
"The sword, the king of all weapons, is light and agile, like a snake, like a demon …"
Written on it was a set of sword cultivation methods.
He casually picked up a branch and circulated the Zhen Qi in his body according to the secret manual.
After practicing for a moment, he stopped and frowned.
"Something's not right … There are still flaws in these swordsmanship.
The Martial Skills left behind by the Mingshi Tang were all relatively high-level. The worst of them had reached the peak of the Mortal Level. There were even more Ghost Level Low-Grade Martial Skills everywhere.
Profound battle techniques also meant that there were very few of them. There were only several dozen books on sword arts in the entire book collection vault, and even if one were to gather all of the correct ones, it would be impossible to form a perfect move, needless to say, a Heaven's Path battle technique.
"If I were to forcefully cultivate such a fragmented sword art, I might end up going berserk …"
Looking at the incomplete sword technique manual, Zhang Xuan felt a little stifled.
He thought that as long as the Mingshi Tang sword technique manuals were fused together, he would be able to form the Heaven's Path Sword Art. However, from the looks of it now, it seemed like he had underestimated it.
It was fortunate that he didn't impart this sword art to Zhao Ya. If he were to impart it to her, he would probably end up killing himself.
"Let me take a look at the saber art …"
Suppressing his stifled feelings, Zhang Xuan focused his gaze on the saber art.
A moment later, his face became even more troubled.
Just like the sword art, there were too few secret manuals to form a complete set of moves.
For others, the higher the tier of the secret manuals, the better. However, Zhang Xuan was different. He needed as many secret manuals as possible. As for the tier … it didn't matter.
Master teachers were the most formidable occupation in the continent. Naturally, they wouldn't care about ordinary battle techniques, so they wouldn't bother collecting them.
This might not mean much to other master teachers, but to Zhang Xuan, it was nonsensical.
"Where should I find some basic secret manuals for saber and sword arts?"
After organizing his thoughts, Zhang Xuan realized that he couldn't find a solution. Thus, he scratched his head.
"Right, this is Tianwu Academy. There should be plenty of basic sword and saber arts manuals in the academy!"
Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up.
It wouldn't be easy to find such secret manuals in other places, but in the academy, there should be plenty of them.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xuan stopped hesitating. He asked a student for the location of the teacher's library and walked over.
Not too long later, he arrived at a massive library.
After flashing his identity token, Zhang Xuan entered the library.
As expected of the library of the academy. Even though it wasn't as big as the Mingshi Tang's library, it wasn't small either. It was filled with all kinds of cultivation technique manuals and battle techniques. At a glance, there were at least a million books.
There were plenty of books on other occupations in the Mingshi Tang's library, but most of them were cultivation technique manuals and battle techniques. Even if there were books on other occupations, there were only a few of them.
Cultivation technique manuals below Zongshi realm were useless to Zhang Xuan. Thus, he skimmed through them to look for sword arts.
Soon, he found a huge row of sword art manuals. There were at least a few thousand of them.
Zhang Xuan collected all of them into the Library of Heaven's Path.
"Compile!"
The sword art that appeared this time was complete, and he could practice it easily.
Not in a hurry, Zhang Xuan found a saber art and collected it into the Library of Heaven's Path.
"Un? Zongshi realm cultivation technique manuals? "
Walking along the bookshelves, Zhang Xuan collected a few more battle technique manuals. Suddenly, his eyes lit up as he saw a row of books.
It was actually... Zongshi realm cultivation technique manuals!
According to the rules of Tianxuan Kingdom, Zongshi realm secret manuals were incomparably valuable. They should be kept in a separate library, and only elders were allowed to view them. To think that there would be such a book in the library where all teachers were allowed to visit.
Casually picking up a book, Zhang Xuan flipped through it and shook his head bitterly.
He thought that Tianwu Kingdom was a place where all teachers and elders were treated equally, but after reading through it, he realized that... he was thinking too much.
Even though these were secret manuals that could allow one to reach Zongshi realm, they were of the most ordinary and lowest tier. In terms of tier, they were only at Mortal Intermediate or Mortal Intermediate tier.
Even if one's talent was exceptional, it would take at least eight to ten years for one to reach the next level of cultivation technique manuals.
It seemed like the truly formidable cultivation technique manuals were kept in a separate library. Those that were left behind here were of little value.
It would be a pity to throw them away, but there was no one who would practice them.
However, to Zhang Xuan, these were the best of the best.
Swiping his finger across the book, Zhang Xuan swiftly collected all of the cultivation technique manuals into the Library of Heaven's Path.
"Compile!"
Zhang Xuan had already collected quite a few Zongshi realm cultivation technique manuals back at Red Lotus City. With the addition of these, a Zongshi realm Heaven's Path Divine Art was formed in the Library of Heaven's Path.
"Let's head out first before cultivating!"
Suppressing the urge to cultivate right away, Zhang Xuan walked around the library once more, but there was nothing else that he wanted. Thus, he turned around and left.
Returning back to the classroom, Zhang Xuan saw that Lu Chong was still fighting against the lethal poison. Nodding his head, he walked into the small classroom and sat down cross-legged.
Flipping open the Zongshi realm Heaven's Path Divine Art, he closed his eyes and began cultivating.
Tzzzzzzzzz!
As he drove his zhenqi, the spiritual energy in the air immediately gushed into his meridians through his acupoints.
"Hmm?"
After cultivating for a moment, Zhang Xuan opened his eyes.
This time, his cultivation didn't seem to be as smooth as before. Leveling up was like drinking water. Instead, he felt like he was drowning. It was as if he was a greedy patient, constantly wanting to devour things. However, the things in front of him were too few and not enough.
"It's spiritual energy..."
After pondering for a moment, Zhang Xuan came to a realization.
The first seven dans of a Fighter, Juxi realm, Dantian realm, Zhenqi realm, Pigu realm, Dingli realm, Pixue realm, Tongxuan realm... They didn't require much spiritual energy. For example, at Pixue realm, one only needed to open their acupoints to raise their strength; at Tongxuan realm, one only needed to clear their meridians; at Dingli realm, one needed to cultivate one's physical body...
However, at Zongshi realm, it was different. It required one to store zhenqi and accumulate spiritual energy.
Every single breakthrough required a huge amount of spiritual energy.
If one were to view a Zongshi realm dantian as a pond and spiritual energy as a stream, the larger the pond, the better.
High-tier cultivation techniques would allow the stream to grow larger. The Heaven's Path Divine Art was like a vast river flowing into a pond. It would definitely be faster than a small stream... However, the prerequisite was that there was water in the river.
Without sufficient water, no matter how vast the river was, it wouldn't be faster than a small stream.
In other words... There was no problem with the Heaven's Path Divine Art. However, just by absorbing the spiritual energy in the air, the speed of his cultivation was a little slow.
It was impossible for him to break through a realm in just two hours like before.
"Given how thin the spiritual energy in the air is, it would take at least three to five months for me to reach Zongshi realm pinnacle!"
Zhang Xuan pondered.
Even though the Heaven's Path Divine Art was powerful, the spiritual energy in the air was too thin. Just by absorbing the spiritual energy in the air, it would take at least three to five months for him to reach Zongshi realm pinnacle. It was too troublesome.
Of course, if others were to know of his thoughts, they would definitely have the urge to kill him.
To reach Zongshi realm pinnacle from Zongshi realm primary stage in three to five months was already frightening, alright? Yet, he still wasn't satisfied...
"Forget it, I should head to the Apothecary Guild tomorrow to see if I can find some pills that contain spiritual energy. With the help of those, I should be able to advance swiftly..."
Knowing that this method of cultivation was slow, Zhang Xuan wasn't in a hurry.
Since he lacked spiritual energy, he could use pills to replace it. The Apothecary Guild had quite a few medicinal herbs that harnessed rich spiritual energy.
Instead of cultivating the Zongshi realm cultivation technique, Zhang Xuan decided to focus his attention on the sword and saber techniques and slowly study them.
Four hours later.
Hu!
Grabbing a sword from the weapon rack in the classroom, Zhang Xuan followed the zhenqi circulation method recorded in his mind and stabbed lightly.
Si la!
Zhenqi shot out, forming a dazzling sword gleam at the tip of the sword.
With a light slash!
The sword gleam immediately extended for more than ten meters before coming to a stop. A deep ravine was formed on the hard ground.
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