Chapter 172 - Chapter 172: Chapter 172: Secret Technique

Chapter 172: Chapter 172: Secret Technique

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At the beginning, after choosing Array Tao Primary Introduction, Song Zhen had specially reminded him that if he couldn’t learn it, he could come back and exchange it for free.

Unfortunately… when He Song came back now, Song Zhen could no longer be found in the Book Collection Pavilion.

Letting out a sigh, He Song swept his gaze over the familiar Book Collection Pavilion, suddenly feeling dispirited.

The Book Collection Pavilion in front of him even seemed to become a bit dimmer.

After a brief moment of silence.

He Song spoke again.

“Mr. Yang, please restrain your grief. I came to look for Brother Song Zhen, but there is no important matter. It’s just that I once heard him mention that if I couldn’t learn Array Tao Primary Introduction, I could come here to exchange it for another free Hundred Skills of Cultivation Truth.”

“I wonder if Mr. Yang could help me exchange it for Amulet Tao Introductory Insights?”

With that, He Song took out the records of his previous study of the Array Tao Primary Introduction and other skills at the Book Collection Pavilion, and handed it to Yang Yan in front of him.

Yang Yan looked and didn’t speak; he just nodded his head at He Song.

Then he turned around and left to find Amulet Tao Introductory Insights for He Song.

Seeing that Yang Yan seemed unenthusiastic, He Song thought about it and started wandering around the Book Collection Pavilion.

There were many books in the Book Collection Pavilion.

Most of them were recorded on jade slips, and there were paper introductions beside the jade slips.

He Song casually flipped through these introductions, his gaze also swept over one jade slip after another.

All of this.

To learn, one needs contribution points.

Each jade slip costs about two to five contribution points.

These jade slips only record Qi refining stage skills, and if Foundation Establishment Realm skills are involved, the price is likely to be higher.

However.

While He Song was strolling around the Book Collection Pavilion.

As he walked, his gaze swept over each jade slip.

When he walked to a jade slip and saw the five big characters on the paper introduction book, those five characters quickly attracted He Song’s attention.

“Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill!”

“Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill?”

“I should have thought of it earlier. There is Mountain Wind Riding Skill and

Mountain Pressing Sword Riding Skill, so why wouldn’t there be Mountain

Merging Earth Tunneling Skill?”

“Maybe after Foundation Establishment, there will be a Foundation

Establishment edition of Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill?”

Looking at the suddenly appearing Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill, He Song’s face flashed a trace of astonishment, but quickly came to understand.

However, understanding aside.

Looking at the jade slip in front of him that recorded the Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill, He Song’s eyes gradually filled with passion.

Ordinary Earth Tunneling Skills.

It would allow him to tunnel ten meters underground and, coupled with Breath Concealment Formulas, greatly increase the stealthiness of his departure from the sect.

So, what about Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill?

This is a secret skill!

Moreover, it is a secret skill of the Thick Earth Sect, a sect that specializes in earth attribute skills!

If he learned it, wouldn’t his stealthiness when using the Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill to leave the sect increase exponentially in the future?

Thinking of this, He Song hurriedly took down the jade slip in front of him and held it in his hand.

At the same time, he couldn’t help but glance at the other jade slips around him.

He wanted to see if there were any other secret skills similar to the Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill.

Secret skills like the Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill were extremely important to He Song.

However.

After searching for a while, He Song didn’t find any other secret skills, and in the end, he could only return unhappily to his original spot and wait for Yang Yan’s return.

It didn’t take long for He Song to wait.

Shortly after He Song returned to his original spot, Yang Yan quickly brought back Amulet Tao Introductory Insights’ jade slip for He Song.

The jade slip for Amulet Tao Introductory Insights didn’t require He Song to spend contribution points and was exchanged for free.

However, the jade slip for the Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill cost He

Song a full three contribution points to purchase.

Four hundred and fifty spirit stones.

A bit expensive.

But it’s worth it!

The first one was, of course, Amulet Tao Introductory Insights.

Placing the jade slip on his forehead, He Song’s mind was immediately branded with all kinds of information about Amulet Tao Introductory Insights.

After receiving all the knowledge about Amulet Tao Introductory Insights, He Song picked up the jade slip containing the Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill.

He affixed it to his forehead as well.

Immediately, all kinds of cultivation methods and tricks related to Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill poured into He Song’s mind.

He only needed to recall it casually, and he could remember everything about the Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill, making it impossible to forget.

After all this was done.

He Song left the quiet room and returned the jade slips.

Then, he went alone to the periphery of the Thick Earth Sect and used the Earth Tunneling Skill to go to his newly opened cave mansion.

Since he already had his cave mansion.

Naturally, He Song would not stay at the entrance of the Thick Earth Sect as he did before.

Although his cave mansion was not as safe as the Thick Earth Sect with the protection of the Golden Elixir Master.

But with the protection of the Smoke Array, He Song’s newly opened cave mansion would be safer than ordinary Immortal Mansions or even the prestigious ones.

Once He Song learns an offensive or defensive Array Skill in the future, he can arrange these skills within his newly excavated cave mansion.

At that time, the safety of He Song’s cave mansion will naturally greatly increase.

A few hours later.

He Song returned to his newly excavated cave mansion.

As the surrounding area of the cave mansion had not yet been turned into fields and still appeared as a wasteland, He Song quickly began to transform the land around his cave mansion after returning.

The land that could be turned into fields was turned into fields, waiting for the small Spirit-Gathering Array to gather spirit Qi and transform these fields into spirit fields.

For those that couldn’t be turned into fields, He Song chose some places and transformed them into Medicine Gardens, waiting for the spirit Qi to become abundant before planting spirit medicine seeds.

The spirit medicine seeds he had bought from Colorful Cloud Immortal Mansion were still lying quietly in his storage bag at this moment.

After doing all these things, He Song introduced water from the river beside his cave mansion and had it flow within the range of the Smoke Array.

After tidying up the surroundings of the cave mansion according to his own wishes,

He Song stood at the entrance of the cave mansion.

His gaze swept around, and a satisfied expression appeared on his face.

His cave mansion was located halfway up a small hill.

Looking out from the entrance of the cave mansion, the most magnificent scenery of this place could be seen at a glance.

Layers of fields were situated at the foot of the hills, adjoining the river.

Patches of medicine gardens, still covered in lush green grass, were spread throughout the hills, looking like carefully adorned emeralds that dazzled the

eyes.

The place was situated near mountains and rivers, with beautiful scenery and a variety of wild animals. It wouldn’t seem too secluded.

Gazing at the scene before him, He Song took a deep breath and felt his mood lighten considerably.

“This place is wonderful. In the future, when I retreat for cultivation, I can do so right here.”

“If I need to do other things, I can leave the cave mansion and go to the Thick Earth Sect or other places.”

“In this way, I don’t need to worry about my secret being discovered. It’s much better than being in the Thick Earth Sect.”

“It’s just… traveling is a bit inconvenient, but it’s bearable.”

After taking another look at the range covered by the Smoke Array, He Song turned around and entered the cave mansion.

The entrance of the cave mansion also quietly closed at this moment.

From within the Smoke Array, He Song’s cave mansion seemed to have disappeared, leaving no traces at all.

However, if one were to look at the small hill where He Song was from outside the Smoke Array,

it would seem as if the small hill and the surrounding land had no difference compared to the rest of the area.

The spirit fields and medicine gardens that He Song had created were all hidden within the illusions of the Smoke Array, making it difficult to distinguish the truth.

Moreover, this place was already remote, and hardly anyone, whether cultivators or ordinary people, would come here.

Under such circumstances, it would be quite difficult for He Song’s cave mansion to be discovered.

This wasn’t an Immortal Pavilion or Immortal City open to the public.

No one would be deliberately searching for this place.

Naturally, all he needed to do was avoid other cultivators’ sight and divine sense to ensure the safety of his cave mansion.

Once He Song has learned defensive and offensive Array Skills in the future, the security of this place will become even higher.

Inside the cave mansion.

He Song arrived in the meditation room.

Once he sat down cross-legged, all sorts of information about the “Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill” suddenly filled his mind.

“The Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill is significantly faster and can tunnel deeper than the ordinary Earth Tunneling Skill.”

“Furthermore, one can even launch attacks from beneath the ground, potentially catching unprepared cultivators by surprise and killing them.”

“However, the Earthshaking Skill can still pose a great threat to the Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill.”

“As a result, few outer disciples within the Thick Earth Sect are willing to practice this skill.”

“It is a skill with great advantages but also extremely obvious drawbacks.”

As the introduction of the Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill flashed through his mind, He Song agreed quite a bit with these opinions.

The Earthshaking Skill truly countered the Earth Tunneling Skill to an extreme degree.

It wasn’t much of a problem if they hadn’t encountered a cultivator who had learned the Earthshaking Skill, but if they did,

they might be shaken out from the ground and even killed instantly after using the Earth Tunneling Skill.

Such an obvious drawback could not be entirely avoided even by the Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill.

The Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill only allowed for deeper and more concealed tunneling, as well as launching sneak attacks from beneath the ground.

However, if it encountered the Earthshaking Skill cast by a cultivator of the same level, the impact range of the Earthshaking Skill would be incredibly huge,

and the Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill would also be greatly affected.

Therefore, for sect disciples with many other skills available to learn, it was not worthwhile to practice an Earth Tunneling Skill with such noticeable drawbacks.

There were countless skills within the Thick Earth Sect.

They could learn whatever they wanted, such as Sword Riding Skill, Wind Riding Skill, or other skills, none of which would have particularly obvious drawbacks.

There was no need to constantly fixate on the Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill, which had such significant drawbacks.

Only He Song, out of caution, would be so persistent in learning the Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill.

“Now that the cave mansion is complete, the next step is to steadily improve my cultivation, and practice the Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill and the Qi Sinking into Elixir Field Skill.”

“I hope that by the time I leave seclusion, my cultivation has reached Qi Refining great perfection.”

As the cultivation method for the Mountain Merging Earth Tunneling Skill flashed through his mind, He Song began to practice the skill according to the method while thinking about this..