Chapter 127: This is the Heavenly Tome

Chapter 127: This is the Heavenly Tome

When Zhao Changhe entered his room to rest, it was already nearly three in the morning. In another hour or so, it would be dawn.

Zhao Changhe had no intention of sleeping. He immediately took out the Pure Bliss Art and began studying it.

He had placed the secret book together with the golden foil. When he reached for the book, the golden foil ended up coming along with it. Zhao Changhe casually set the golden foil aside.

However, when he took a glance at the golden foil, he was stunned.

He had originally assumed that the golden foil would simply display the scenes of tonight’s battles, such as when he captured the flower-picking celestial maiden or when he shot and killed Fa Yuan.

However, while there were images being displayed on the golden foil, shifting around the edges as if they were the backdrop for reading, at the center of the golden foil were texts, diagrams, and meridian networks emerging little by little.

Zhao Changhe sat up straight. He picked up the golden foil and examined it carefully, comparing it with the Pure Bliss Art.

Isn’t this just the Pure Bliss Art? But it seems like the golden foil is displaying a breakdown of what’s written in the secret art manual.

It had completely dismantled the cultivation technique to its finest details, from its principles to the energy circulation path, to the practical usages. It also detailed how to harvest another’s energy, how to engage in dual cultivation, how to arouse the desires and emotions of a partner, how to achieve spiritual ecstasy, and even how to experience heightened pleasure. It explained everything clearly, far more so than the actual manual.

This was an explanation that even a martial artist with no knowledge of the system involved could easily understand and master.

For example, the acupoints...

Previously, Zhao Changhe did not have any special acupuncture techniques, and he would simply break acupoints by force when necessary.

The Maitreya Cult’s cultivation system had its own set of techniques. Each cultivation system, in fact, had its own approach to the different aspects of cultivation. When it came to acupoints, the Maitreya Cult took a rather simple and crude path. Right before their acupoints were tapped or pressed, they could slightly shift the location of their acupoint so that while the other party might think they had hit the point accurately, they had actually failed to do so. In other words, the flower-picking celestial maiden had not actually released the seals on her own acupoints; she had never been disabled at all.

If a person was unaware of this and thought they had rendered their enemy disabled, they might not even know how they ended up dying if their enemy were to suddenly counterattack.

This really is an amazing item. It seems like this golden foil might even have more to offer. It seems to be rather dismissive, though...

The foil had only displayed the techniques of the Pure Bliss Art that forcibly drained another person of their energy several times before it completely stopped showing them at all. It then replaced them with more advanced elaborations and explanations, as if to say, “Look, this is how the yin and yang of this world are supposed to interact and harmonize. That’s not a dual cultivation technique, this is a dual cultivation technique!”

Zhao Changhe became increasingly amazed as he continued to watch what the golden foil showed him. It turned out that it was much more than the personal battle recorder that he originally thought it was. He was overjoyed at this discovery.

I originally thought it was just a glorified video recorder, but it’s clear that isn’t all that it’s capable of. Based on what I’m seeing right now, is it more of a... general outline of martial arts?

It had originally allowed Zhao Changhe to improve his martial arts skills by displaying slow-motion captures of his battles with others. But now, it was also dissecting and explaining theoretical knowledge to him, providing him with improved techniques!

Zhao Changhe only had these few words echoing in his mind: “This is the Heavenly Tome!”

If the Tome of Troubled Times was a part of the Heavenly Tome, recording affairs of the martial world, including figures and events, then this page contained the very essence of martial arts!

Anything with such power had to be a part of the Heavenly Tome. Few other treasures could act on such a grand scope. However, for some unknown reason, it seemed to only be slowly unlocking its various features one at a time, as if it was sealed....

The agonizing pain in his meridians and acupoints ultimately caused the Vicious Blood Art, which had been dormant for a long time, to erupt once more in the midst of his agony.

The pain felt like thousands of ants biting his skin, muscles, and even bones, while his meridians and acupoints felt like they were being poked relentlessly by countless needles.

Zhao Changhe curled up on the bed, clenching his teeth tightly. He gripped the bedding with such great force that he tore it apart due to his immense strength.

He told himself that he had already managed to break through. All he needed to do now was endure this pain!

Click!

Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and a gentle breeze wafted in as Yue Hongling made her way to the side of the bed.

“You... Go away,” Zhao Changhe managed to say through clenched teeth. “I don’t want you to see me in such a wretched state.”

“Why? Is it because you don’t consider me as one of your own? Were all those times you called me big sister just for show?”

“...Are you stupid? If the Vicious Blood Art truly erupts, I will lose control. Do you think I’d still be that same calm Zhao Changhe from the secret passage?!” Zhao Changhe said angrily. “You care that much about how I address you? I seriously don’t know what to say to you!”

Although she had just been scolded, Yue Hongling did not get angry at him. Instead, she sat down beside him and gently wiped his sweat. “A tough boy who insists on saving face in public, but endures hidden hardships in private... Since you call me big sister, can’t I be concerned for you and take care of you like a big sister would?”

Zhao Changhe’s anger was frozen on his face, and he was panting heavily. His mind was becoming increasingly hazy as he slowly lost the ability to think clearly due to the turmoil caused by the Vicious Blood Art.

What... What does she mean?

At that moment, Yue Hongling’s delicate hand, which was wiping his forehead, suddenly began to transmit a stream of true qi, helping him calm the rampaging blood and qi inside him.

But evidently, it was not quite enough. Just like the assistance he had received from Xia Chichi by the pool back then, it was only a temporary relief.

“You...” Yue Hongling hesitated. “Were you studying the Pure Bliss Art just now?”

“...” Zhao Changhe did not know why she was asking him this, but he instinctively answered, “Yes.”

“Have you grasped it?”

“...Yes.”

Yue Hongling bit her lower lip, lost in thought for a moment, and then she suddenly leaned forward and gently kissed him on the lips.

Zhao Changhe’s eyes widened.

“Idiot, open your mouth!” Yue Hongling said angrily and vaguely. “Don’t you know there is more than one way to dual cultivate?”

1. This acupoint is at the center of the chest. ☜