vstars Chapter 267 Forced to Help
Chapter 267 Forced to Help
"Please inform the guards at the door of a three-story wooden building that Zhong Wei has some questions he would like to ask the instructors."
"Is Brother Zhong very famous within the academy?" Shen Xu asked curiously.
"I spent a long time in the academy, and I often caused trouble, so many instructors recognized me."
"Even if he gains a reputation, it'll probably be a bad one!" Zhong Wei said with a smile.
"Brother Zhong is truly a man of character." He guessed that Zhong Wei's background and strength must be quite good, otherwise he wouldn't have been so confident in letting the ancient magic instructors in the building receive him.
After a while, the guard who went in to report came out and said, "Please come in, gentlemen. The three lords are already waiting for you."
"Brother Zhong is amazing! It seems I've benefited from your help today," Shen Xu exclaimed.
Zhong Wei frowned; he had no idea he had such influence.
He originally thought the Ancient Methods Research Association would only send one instructor to appease him, but to his surprise, three instructors were waiting to meet him.
But this feeling seems pretty good.
As soon as he stepped into the wooden building, Shen Xu sensed the difference between the interior and the outside world. The vital energy seemed to be much purer. Although it still contained some impurities, it had reached the standard that could be directly absorbed into his dantian.
He couldn't help but look up at the building, guessing that the higher the floor, the purer the vital energy would be.
He wondered what standard the energy on the third floor could reach, and he was also very curious about how this building could purify energy.
Following the attendants of the Ancient Methods Research Association, the two entered the reception room.
Three ancient ritual instructors, two men and one woman, were sitting inside, waiting for the two of them.
"Don't be shy, just find a seat anywhere," the elderly man at the head of the group said gently.
"Thank you!" Zhong Wei was indeed not reserved at all, and sat down opposite the three of them without hesitation.
After bowing, Shen Xu sat down next to Zhong Wei. He could feel the pressure from the old man at the head of the group; he was probably a cultivator at the Qi Sea Realm.
"What questions do you want to ask?" asked the only female instructor among the three.
"I'd like to ask, are there really any ancient methods that can overwhelm someone simply by their aura?" Zhong Wei asked impatiently.
"Indeed, just as some demonic beasts can exude a terrifying aura, people can also possess that aura, and it is often related to the weapon they use."
A fist has its stance, a sword has its stance, a knife has its stance...
Each power possesses different abilities.
Because different people have different experiences, even the same kind of power can have different effects.
However, one thing is certain: that kind of power is extremely difficult to comprehend. Since the Blood Central Realm switched to cultivating spiritual blood, no one has been seen in the records to awaken that kind of power.
"Until yesterday, we heard that someone displayed such power in the capital. I think that's probably why you came here," the woman replied calmly.
"Is that person really that amazing? I heard he's quite young!" Zhong Wei asked, somewhat unwilling to give up.
"Don't be discouraged. Even if we look at the entire Seven Kingdoms, there are probably very few people who can surpass him in terms of talent in ancient techniques."
"His current goal is the pinnacle of the Blood Central Realm, while your goal is the Blood Transformation Realm. There's absolutely no need to compare the two," another middle-aged man said with a smile.
"Are you trying to comfort me or insult me?" Zhong Wei sighed helplessly.
"What do you want to ask?" the old man asked Shen Xu.
"I'd like to borrow a few ancient cultivation manuals to take a look at, the older the better." Shen Xu scratched his head a little embarrassedly.
“Brother, isn’t that asking too much? Besides, can you even understand it?” Zhong Wei immediately said.
“Okay, come with me!” the old man replied.
"Huh?" Zhong Wei was a little confused. Could it be that easy to get it?
Is this still the legendary Ancient Practice Research Association, known for its eccentricities? Are they really this easy to talk to?
"Thank you!" Shen Xu stood up, bowed, and followed the old man out of the room, leaving Zhong Wei and the remaining two instructors looking at each other in bewilderment.
After they went outside, the old man led him up to the second floor. As he had expected, the spiritual energy on the second floor was much richer and there were fewer impurities. In such an environment, even long-term cultivation would not cause much damage to the meridians.
"May I ask how such an environment is created?"
"If you have enough elemental stones, that's enough."
“Primordial Stone!” Shen Xu knew that Primordial Stones could only be formed in places with exceptionally rich primordial energy, and they were also the main ingredient in Nourishing Primordial Pills.
But how could such a place as the Blood Central Realm, with its sparse and chaotic vital energy, exist? But he couldn't possibly ask that question.
"Here are various ancient manuals collected from all over the seven countries since the establishment of the Ancient Method Research Association. You can take your time to choose."
"Please be careful, though; it wasn't easy for us to collect them," the old man instructed from the doorway of a room.
"I will keep that in mind!" Shen Xu solemnly assured him.
As the old man opened the door, a musty smell wafted out. There were only three bookshelves in the room, and although the books on them were neatly arranged, most of the papers were yellowed and tattered.
Walking to the bookshelf closest to him, Shen Xu casually picked up a manual and started reading. The text on it clearly showed traces of the True Origin Continent, and he could even understand half of it. It was a sword technique.
This piqued his curiosity, and he wanted to see if there were any books written entirely in the language of the True Origin Continent. So, for the rest of the time, Shen Xu focused on looking at books that had a strong sense of age, while the old man stood quietly by his side watching him search.
As time passed, Shen Xu became increasingly puzzled.
It seems that any books written in the True Origin Continent script have been deliberately damaged; they are either blurry or incomplete, and their numbers are pitifully small. It is impossible to find a single book that can be clearly viewed.
This made him even more curious about the relationship between the Blood Central Realm and the True Origin Continent, because it was a certainty that the Blood Central Realm was influenced by the True Origin Continent, given the many similarities in their languages and writing systems.
However, he couldn't be sure what kind of influence it was—whether it was the result of being completely ruled by the True Origin Continent, or the result of the True Origin Continent's subtle influence in some way.
"May I ask if you know the origin of the ancient method?" Shen Xu asked the old man next to him.
"More than a decade ago, a young man with extraordinary talent asked me about the history of the Blood Central Realm, but my knowledge was limited."
All I know is that the history before the appearance of the Spirit Blood was deliberately erased by the rulers of the Seven Kingdoms, so I told her that perhaps only the royal families of the Seven Kingdoms knew what happened before the Spirit Blood appeared.
But she seemed unwilling to deal with the royal family, so I recommended the True Blood Battlefield to her. It is the origin of spiritual blood and the place where ancient methods have declined.
Many highly skilled ancient cultivators perished on the True Blood Battlefield, which led to the direct break in the transmission of ancient techniques.
Unfortunately, I never saw her again after that. If you want to know about what happened before Spirit Blood, you might as well go and take a look at the True Blood Battlefield.
Shen Xu felt that the young man the old man was talking about was Huo Yan, and he was skeptical of the old man's purpose in telling him this, so he decided to skip the topic for now.
"I'm a bit overwhelmed by the choices. Do you have any recommendations?"
"I guess this is the one you want!" The old man smiled and pulled a black-covered book from the bookshelf.
Shen Xu took the book from the old man with some doubt. “…Yuan…Qi…” The words on the cover were already blurred, but they were the words from the True Origin Continent.
The moment he opened the book, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes. It was written entirely in the script of the True Origin Continent.
As he continued to flip through the pages, his shock deepened, for the black book before him was likely a cultivation technique of the Earth Rank.
However, the contents seem to only cover up to the Qi Condensation Realm; the later parts were not lost or damaged, but rather were never actually there.
"What can I offer in exchange for this book?" Shen Xu asked earnestly.
"You only need to answer one question for me."
"I will answer any question I can, without reservation!"
Do you think spiritual blood is heresy?
Upon hearing this question, Shen Xu remained silent for a moment before replying, "Even if we are forced into this situation, it doesn't change the facts."