Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 264 - 174: Patriarch Bestows the Law, Profound Court Manual, and Half of the Celestial Book
When the competition ended, Master Xuanwei exchanged opinions with several other leaders, confirmed there were no errors, and then stood up to announce:
"The second Inheritance Trial of this year has officially concluded. Disciples Su Yu and Ye Xiyi have defeated all opponents and will gain the opportunity to cultivate the Profound Court Manual, the teaching inheritance of Xuankong Mountain."
"Moreover, according to the sect’s rules, the two disciples will be promoted to Core Disciples of our sect."
"The remaining eight disciples will be promoted to Elite Disciples of our sect."
"Su Yu, Ye Xiyi, step forward!"
The abrupt forceful shout invigorated the spirit. Su Yu and Ye Xiyi stepped forward as Master Xuanwei turned, and with the six other faction leaders, they all bowed towards the deep hall, saying in unison:
"Today, disciples Su Yu and Ye Xiyi have shown exceptional cultivation and outstanding character. As the heads of the seven contemporary factions of Xuankong Mountain, we jointly request the Ancestral Master to bestow upon us the Profound Court Manual."
The several leaders finished chanting solemnly and bowed again:
"We beseech the Ancestral Master to bestow the wisdom!"
"We beseech the Ancestral Master to bestow the wisdom!"
"We beseech the Ancestral Master to bestow the wisdom!"
After the three chants, a luminous flow appeared suddenly at the dome of the main hall, which slowly transformed into a figure of light with white hair and beard. The gaze fell on Su Yu and Ye Xiyi. With a wave of his large sleeves, the spatial fluctuations spread out, and the two were already nowhere to be seen.
Yet another familiar spatial transmission; as the vision cleared, Su Yu found himself sitting cross-legged in a starry sky, below a transparent platform, surrounded only by vast emptiness.
Soon, countless stars lit up in the starry sky, and the endless stars shot out dazzling streams of light that converged above his head into a Celestial Book outlined by flowing light, full of dense tadpole-like spiritual script.
Su Yu’s gaze fell upon the Celestial Book, on which the dense tadpole spiritual script lit up, appearing like real tadpoles swimming through the book.
Su Yu’s panel automatically popped up, and the Dao Law section began to burn.
Cave Profound Spiritual Inspiration Scripture burned into chaos.
Red Copper North Pole Immortal Thunder burned into chaos.
"The inheritance has begun."
Su Yu thought for a moment and took out the Immortal Talisman, decisively using it.
The Celestial Book turned pages automatically without wind; as he finished reading each page, the tadpole spiritual script on it flew out, transforming into dots of starlight and converged as beams, entering his panel.
Time flowed like water, and time passed in the blink of an eye.
No one knew how long had passed when the Celestial Book finally reached the last page. The last beam of starlight entered the panel, and the Heart Skill and Thunder Skill that had remained in chaos finally began to take shape.
However, at this moment, Su Yu’s gaze was not on the panel but looking in shock at the last page of the Celestial Book. He could see clearly that it wasn’t the bookend he had imagined, but rather...
"Is this Profound Court Manual incomplete?"
The last part of the Celestial Book seemed as if it had been torn off, with some remnants of pages left.
His mind was filled with all sorts of doubts, but there was no one to solve them. As the Celestial Book faded away and the panel formed from chaos, his gaze naturally shifted to his Dao Law panel.
Profound Court Manual (Sect Protection/Supreme): Nameless Celestial Book heart skill inheritance, highest attainable to become a Profound Immortal.
Attributes: For each level increased, Qi and Blood +200, Mana +400, Magic Power +200, Mana Recovery +0.5 points/second.
"So it truly is incomplete."
The manual is currently Sect Protection level, but it is incomplete.
From the words, it is evident that if the Celestial Book were complete, it should be a Supreme Tier Qi Refining Heart Skill, but it’s missing a part, reverting to a Sect Protection level.
"Doesn’t this mean if there’s a way to retrieve the other part of the Celestial Book, the Heart Skill would automatically ascend to Supreme Tier?"
"I’ll ask Master Ancestor later."
This is not the time to consider this; Su Yu turned his gaze to the Heart Skill.
Slightly familiar fluctuations passed over, and the Heart Skill changed once again.
Profound Court Manual (Sect Protection/Supreme): The supreme nameless Celestial Book heart skill of the Profound Sect, highest attainable to become a Profound Immortal.
Attributes: For each level increased, Qi and Blood +400, Mana +800, Magic Power +400, Mana Recovery +1 point/second.
A single Immortal’s Manual refined, the newly converted Profound Court Manual level reached as high as sixty, only twenty levels less.
Profound Court Manual Level 60, Qi and Blood +24,000 points, Mana +48,000 points, Magic Power +24,000 points, Mana Recovery +60 points/second.
This is the difference between a major sect’s core disciples and ordinary players; even without good equipment and magical treasures, just the Heart Skill enables one to have tens of thousands of Mana, several times more than ordinary players, capable of overwhelming in value, not to mention the strength in magical treasures, magic, Thunder Skill, etc., are all more powerful.
He gave a slight sigh and cast his gaze on the spells derived from the Heart Skill.
One layer derived [Protective Qi Shield]: Condense a layer of qi shield with mana for protection, each Heart Skill level +2000 points defense, 50% Damage Reduction, mana conversion rate +10 points per level, shield breaking reset time 30 minutes.
Sixty levels of power: Defense +120,000, 50% Damage Reduction, mana conversion rate 600 points.
Five layers derived [Flight with Qi]: Ascend using mana to control qi, each Heart Skill level +300 meters height, each Heart Skill level +100 km/hour, mana consumption 30 points/second.
Sixty levels of power: Flight height 18,000 meters, flight speed 6,000 km/hour, mana consumption 30 points/second.
Ten layers derived [Profound Court Immortal Finger]: Gather qi power with mana to penetrate the enemy, basic damage 200% of Qi Refining Heart Skill’s Basic Magic Damage, each Heart Skill level attack range +300 meters, mana consumption 300 points, cooldown 20 seconds.
Sixty levels of power: Magic Damage +48,000, attack range 18,000 meters, mana consumption 300 points, cooldown 20 seconds.
Twenty layers derived [Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission]: Inject mana into sound to transmit it thousand miles away, each Heart Skill level +30 kilometers.
Sixty levels of power: Casting distance 1,800 kilometers.
Thirty layers of derivation [Innate Qi Capturing Skill]: Uses mana to condense a capturing hand to confront the enemy, each layer of heart skill power +500, each layer of heart skill casting distance +500 meters, mana condensation consumption 3000, mana maintenance consumption per layer +10 points/second.
Sixty-layer power: Power +30000, casting distance +30 kilometers.
Forty layers of derivation [Primordial Qi of Ten Thousand Transformations Divine Thunder]: A sect-level thunder skill, condenses primordial divine thunder with mana, capable of destroying heaven and earth. Each layer of heart skill basic power +600, casting distance +1000, damage range +10 meters, magic damage bonus 200%, mana consumption 3000, cooldown time 20 seconds.
Sixty-layer power: Basic power 36000, casting distance 60000, damage range 600 meters, magic damage bonus 200%.
Fifty layers of derivation [Thousand-Mile Projection]: Uses mana to condense a projection and teleport to a place visited before, the projection possesses 40% of one’s attributes and can carry flying sword magical treasures, each layer of heart skill casting distance +100 kilometers.
Sixty-layer power: Casting distance +6000 kilometers.
Compared to the Cave Profound Spiritual Inspiration Scripture, all derived magic has been comprehensively enhanced, and two new derivative techniques have been added: Primordial Qi of Ten Thousand Transformations Divine Thunder and Thousand-Mile Projection.
The former is a thunder skill integrating Red Copper North Pole Immortal Thunder, while the latter allows projecting one’s avatar to a previously visited place, or one can mark certain people and things to project directly beside the marker.
The above derivative techniques are all endowed with double talent bonuses, making them extremely powerful.
Besides, although the technique level has not yet risen, Su Yu knows that a new escape skill and a forbidden skill will be derived later.
After passing the celestial tribulation and establishing the foundation to become a Loose Immortal, corresponding methods will also be derived.
This is the complete inheritance, encompassing various techniques.
"Very good, very powerful."
Su Yu happily examined the heart skill panel, feeling very pleased.
However, when he inadvertently saw the experience requirement for the heart skill upgrade, he instinctively leaned back.
"Damn it!"
Raising from level sixty to seventy requires a total of 5.4 billion slaughter experience and 4500 points of cultivation.
"Is it really that high?"
He currently has accumulated 7.8 billion slaughter experience and 13808 cultivation points in his experience pool, sufficient to upgrade ten levels at most.
"Damn, isn’t this even more outrageous than refining the Immortal Bone?"
But thinking about it, it makes sense, as the Immortal Bone is a Supreme Great Divine Technique, while the heart skill is sect-level, and the sword formulas are Supreme Tier; they’re all on the same level, so a high experience requirement is completely normal.
Moreover, his Qi Refining Heart Skill is a complete inheritance, including a sect-level thunder skill, and in the future, a derived escape skill and forbidden skill; it’s equivalent to an all-in-one, so high experience requirements are quite normal.
Furthermore, the Qi Refining Heart Skill is the core of all cultivation, most crucial.
The Immortal Bone, however, is only a part of the Supreme Great Divine Techniques; completing the Nine Heavens Bone Forging Skill requires 150 billion cultivation points and 150,000 cultivations, seemingly higher than the Supreme Tier Qi Refining Heart Skill.
Thinking of this, the high experience demand of the Profound Court Manual now seems very reasonable.
Improvement inside the Ancestral Hall is not convenient, so Su Yu closes the panel and waits for a slight spatial change, then returns to the main hall once again.
Next, the masters and some elders encourage them briefly, and thus, this trial concludes.
After everyone leaves one after another, the master directly takes Su Yu back to the cave.
In the hall, the master and disciple sit opposite each other, Su Yu makes tea, Master Xuanwei with hands tucked in sleeves, smiles and asks:
"You’ve transitioned to the core Profound Court Manual, have you received any insights?"
Su Yu immediately asks the doubts in his heart:
"Master, is the core Profound Court Manual incomplete?"
"You noticed?"
Su Yu pushes the freshly brewed tea towards the master, nodding:
"Disciple sees that the Celestial Book seems incomplete."
"Indeed it is incomplete."
Master Xuanwei takes a sip of the tea, lamenting:
"The unnamed Celestial Book comes from over ten thousand years ago. When our sect ancestor achieved mastery, during an outing, fortuitously discovered this unnamed Celestial Book in an ancient relic. But at that time, many others were exploring the relic as well. After a fierce battle, the ancestor only seized half of the Celestial Book; the other half was taken by another cultivator." 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖
Su Yu immediately asks:
"Has it not been retrieved over such a long time?"
The master bitterly smiles and shakes his head:
"That cultivator is not from Blue Mountain Island, but from the northeast of Blue Mountain, overseas with hundreds of millions of kilometers away there is Celestial Rock Island, where there exists a sect no less than ours, called the Celestial Derivation Immortal Sect, and both sides are separated by such a great distance, making it difficult to retrieve."
"So far..."
Master Xuanwei looks down at Su Yu and gravely says:
"If this Celestial Book can be united, it must be a Supreme Dao. When you achieve mastery in the future, if you have the opportunity, find a way to retrieve the other half of the Celestial Book, be it through exchange, transaction, or force if capable, you must retrieve the other half of the Celestial Book."
Su Yu nods seriously:
"I will remember this!"
This statement comes from his heart, if given the chance, he must retrieve it indeed.
Even though the sect-level heart skill is already quite formidable, qualified to become immortal, if there’s a chance to become a Supreme heart skill, naturally one cannot miss it; who wouldn’t want to become stronger?
