The Scripture Repository, Gu Yuan returned here once more.
Gu Yuan presented the credentials he had been given earlier, a small card embedded with a beautiful gem that shimmered alluringly under the sun's rays. On the back of the card were Gu Yuan's basic information and a headshot.
Entering the Scripture Repository, Gu Yuan went directly to the sixth floor, the highest level of martial arts he could select. He intended to find two ultimate techniques, as he planned to go on a trial and wouldn't be able to visit here for a long time. Learning two more would give him more options then.
Gu Yuan never believed that a single move could conquer all, because for those with their level of talent, how could you call them geniuses if they didn't have dozens of methods?
Gu Yuan, who hadn't received as good an education as others from childhood, now had to work twice as hard to suppress those geniuses.
Gu Yuan activated the perspective of the Heavenly Mandate Divine Map to observe.
As Gu Yuan had expected, the Scripture Repository only contained copies of martial arts. The original techniques were nowhere to be found. Well, his plan to skim the Scripture Repository had fallen through. He should focus on the main task.
Gu Yuan began his quest to find martial arts. As he was currently cultivating the "Nine Heavens Purple Firmament Divine Thunder Technique," he possessed a fragmented version of the "Divine Firmament Imperial Thunder Nine Slashes." However, this top-tier martial art consumed too much energy and wasn't suitable for everyday use.
As a top-tier university in Tianxia, the First Martial Arts University possessed a profound foundation. Even six-tier martial arts, rarely seen in the outside world, were abundant here. Gu Yuan roughly estimated there were about a thousand books, showcasing the might of a great power.
"Crimson Sun Seal" was not needed for now.
"White Tiger True Gang" was useless.
Gu Yuan's eyes constantly swept across the shelves, each martial art passing him by. They were of no use to him for the moment. If he cultivated thunder techniques, wouldn't it be strange not to use thunder-attribute martial arts?
Gu Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up. He had found it.
Gu Yuan walked up to this martial art.
The jade slip read: "Heavenly Ten Divine Thunder True Form Diagram."
This martial art was rather peculiar.
Gu Yuan looked at the description below:
The Divine Thunder True Form Diagram of the Divine Firmament Sect, corresponding to ten extremely powerful divine thunders between heaven and earth, containing a vast amount of knowledge on thunder technique application. Upon comprehension, one can create their own thunder techniques.
The ten divine thunders are: Jade Pivot Thunder, Divine Firmament Thunder, Great Grotto Thunder, Immortal Capital Thunder, Northern Pole Thunder, Grand Unity Thunder, Purple Mansion Thunder, Jade Dawn Thunder, Supreme Firmament Thunder, and Taiji Thunder.
Each of them was an extremely powerful divine thunder, and they all seemed like they were not products of this world.
Gu Yuan was moved. Damn it, instead of painstakingly learning martial arts, it was better to create them himself. That would be more suitable for him. He immediately took out his card and, without a second thought, acquired this jade slip.
The spiritual energy defense formation activated, and Gu Yuan retrieved the jade slip, placing it back into his storage ring.
The next step was a defensive martial art. Once his weapon was upgraded, Gu Yuan would head directly to the border for a half-month trial, returning a few days before the competition.
Nothing could improve one's strength more than life-and-death trials. Martial artists emerged from countless battles.
Soon, Gu Yuan found a defensive method, a form of hard-body training.
On the path of hard-body training, it became increasingly difficult as one progressed, because the human body could not improve indefinitely. Eventually, it became hard to break through solely through one's own strength, requiring constant borrowing of external forces, such as some heaven and earth malevolent energies, essence blood of high-tier fierce beasts, rare heavenly treasures, and naturally occurring energies in the world. For example, the most explosive lightning, as well as flames, stars, and gravity, could be used to temper the body, and could also grant peculiar bodily divine abilities.
This was a refining method that specifically utilized various external forces, with a similar effect to Gu Yuan's destiny "Gold Fusion Body Tempering."
"Myriad Laws Body Refining Art":
Utilizing the boundless power of heaven and earth to temper the physique. Different powers, upon reaching great success in hard-body training, will grant different bodily divine abilities!
This martial art could also be considered a cultivation technique. It had no specific rank; its intensity was entirely determined by the chosen heaven and earth energies. Therefore, it occupied an intermediate position and was placed in the six-tier category.
Good. Combined with his own Gold Fusion Body Tempering, it could reach a different level.
Gu Yuan looked at the martial art before him and nodded with satisfaction.
The card appeared in his hand. After opening the spiritual energy defense shield and retrieving the jade slip, Gu Yuan left the Scripture Repository directly, as he had found what he needed. From now on, it would all depend on his own understanding and creation. It seemed he needed a destiny that could create martial arts and cultivation techniques.
Gu Yuan couldn't help but ponder in his heart.
At this moment, in the principal's office, a man in black combat attire was respectfully reporting the situation to the principal.
Ye Yuanming listened as his subordinate reported on Gu Yuan's recent activities.
When he heard one part, he raised his eyebrows in surprise: "You're saying he just selected two six-tier martial arts in the Scripture Repository, one being the 'Heavenly Ten Divine Thunder True Form Diagram' and the other the 'Myriad Laws Body Refining Art'?"
The man in black nodded. Ye Yuanming's brows furrowed slightly, then relaxed. With a smile on his face, he said, "You may go. Remember to report any developments to me."
"Yes!" The man in black bowed and vanished into a wisp of black smoke.
"Thunder techniques? Interesting."
The principal's voice echoed in the office.
Gu Yuan had also returned to his villa and entered the underground cultivation room. He took out the two jade slips and sat cross-legged on the meditation cushion in the cultivation room.
His gaze wandered between the two jade slips. Finally, he chose the "Heavenly Ten Divine Thunder True Form Diagram," placed it against his forehead, and his internal true qi slightly touched the jade slip. Streams of information began to flow into Gu Yuan's mind.
As a portion of the information was transmitted, a supremely majestic thunderous roar sounded in Gu Yuan's mind.
Thus, throughout the entire process, ten thunderous roars of varying sounds echoed in Gu Yuan's mind, leaving him dazed.
Damn it, this martial art is unethical.
The information absorbed by Gu Yuan slowly formed a magnificent divine diagram in his mind, depicting ten divine forms of various colored divine thunders.
Gu Yuan's gaze was drawn to it. In a semi-conscious state, he seemed to ascend to the endless firmament, where a thunder pool, seemingly formed from endless lightning, slowly emerged.
Ten bolts of multicolored lightning struck out from the thunder pool, emitting a majestic aura that could purge all demons and evils in the heavens.
The blood and qi within Gu Yuan's body seemed to be drawn by the thunderous sound, beginning to pulse with a strange rhythm.
The Purple Firmament Divine Thunder true qi within his body began to stir restlessly, but it was all suppressed by the Primordial Genesis Embryo.
Gu Yuan continuously absorbed the essence of the ten heavenly divine thunders, along with the knowledge of thunder techniques contained within. The Purple Firmament Divine Thunder true qi within his body also began to increase, and its quality became increasingly higher.
Gu Yuan opened his eyes, lightning flashing within them. He closed his eyes again, and the true meaning of the ten divine thunders was clearly visible in his mind, surrounded by numerous thunder technique application skills. Gu Yuan could now completely create his own thunder techniques based on this knowledge.
Continue.
Gu Yuan picked up the other jade slip and placed it against his forehead. This martial art was easy to understand; it was a method of tempering the body with countless energies from heaven and earth. Gu Yuan was also curious how the original author of this martial art obtained so many methods for tempering the body with worldly energies.
Did they try them one by one? If so, this person could definitely be considered a martial dao predecessor. As for the risks involved in cultivating this martial art, the academy had specially arranged for people to experiment with the methods within. It was true that it could enhance physical strength, but it was slightly dangerous. For those methods that had not been tested, the academy had already marked them. Whether to cultivate them or not was entirely up to the individual, and they would bear the risks themselves, with no involvement from the academy.
He didn't need it for now. His physique hadn't even finished absorbing metals yet. He would put this aside for now and cultivate it when he had time.
Gu Yuan took out a pile of metals from his storage ring, all of which were rewards he had received.
He began to absorb them. Gu Yuan grabbed two pieces of metal in his hands, circulated the Gold Fusion Body Tempering destiny, and began to absorb a peculiar aura from the metals.
As the minutes ticked by, just as Gu Yuan finished cultivating, Di Liu also found him.