Chapter 94: Shattered Heart Technique

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  The three-story pavilion is about ten zhang long and wide, with white jade crystal stone bookshelves arranged around it. Each secret book is placed in a separate book compartment, with the name and introduction of each secret book next to it. Just these three floors alone have hundreds of books.

  A faint sandalwood fragrance fills the air, and as you smell it, your heart feels carefree and your mind seems to clear up instantly. Your spirit becomes tranquil, as if all the troubles that were lingering in your heart like smoke have been quietly dispersed...

  The entire three-layered structure is divided into four major regions: Martial Skills, Martial Studies, Mental Skills, and Mental Studies. The region of Martial Skills is the largest, followed by Martial Studies. The combined area of Mental Skills and Mental Studies does not even amount to one-tenth of that of Martial Skills. It's clear that in the entire Zhongyang Kingdom, cultivation manuals for Mental Practitioners are as scarce as Mental Practitioners themselves compared to Martial Practitioners.

  More than a dozen young men and women were standing in front of the bookshelf, selecting secret books. Judging from their age, they were not much different from He Lian Wu Zi and Mo Yu Yi. The clothes on their bodies made Chen Huan and the others understand that these were disciples who entered the Imperial New Star Hall a year earlier than them.

  "You have less than half an hour, go and choose quickly..."

  Chen Hao said in a low voice and then walked towards the martial skills area.

  Martial skills are a way to apply Yuan power, and the stronger the martial skill, the more powerful the Yuan power is enhanced. As for martial arts, it is internal kung fu, which is the most fundamental thing for practitioners and also the key to breaking through boundaries. Chen Huan had no interest in martial arts at all, "Longevity Formula" was absolutely more powerful than the kung fu here. Moreover, what internal kung fu feared most was greed, having "Longevity Formula", it made no sense to practice other kung fu.

  As for martial arts, Chen Hao is actually very interested. Because martial arts and Chinese traditional martial arts are combined together, they have an unexpected effect.

  Although Chinese martial arts are powerful, their power lies in the moves. If you can combine powerful techniques with strength increased several times, the power will be even stronger!

  ……

  "Half an hour is enough for me to memorize dozens of secret recipes!"

  Chen Hao looked at the dazzling array of secret books, and his heart was slightly excited. Now he knew how abnormal his memory was.

  But...

  When Chen Huan casually opened a secret book, he furrowed his brow.

  Mo Yu Yi and He Lian Wu Zi, who were also following him to select the secret recipe, looked equally perplexed and puzzled.

  The secret book, except for the name on the cover, when opened, there wasn't a single word inside!

  What's going on?

  "Is this your first time at the Academy?" Just as the three of them were stunned, a girl with an elegant and refined temperament, walked slowly to their side, with a faint smile on her face, and said.

  The girl's eyes were shrouded in a faint mist, hazy and elusive; her skin was as white as jade, her figure slender and elegant. Although she didn't have the stunning beauty of Hellen Dance's small face, she had a unique charm...

  Chen Hao slightly furrowed his brow, gazed at the girl and nodded slightly.

  "Hehe...... When I first came here, it was the same. All the secret books in the Jue Xue Guan are condensed by the masters of our Town Yuan Kingdom and are not ordinary text-based secret books. The reason for this is to prevent us disciples from being too greedy. To cultivate these secret books, you need to infuse energy into them before they can be opened to the first layer. After you have cultivated the first layer, you need to circulate the essence of the first layer's heart method and infuse it again to open the second layer! In other words, you must take it one step at a time...... When you choose a secret book, just look at the introduction next to it. If you feel like it, borrow it away......"

  "Ah, I see. Thank you, Senior Sister!" Chen Hao said with a bow. He felt a little strange in his heart, as the girl's appearance and temperament didn't seem to be the type that liked to take the initiative to get close to people. Especially when he saw the gaze of the other few who were selecting secret disciples, it made Chen Hao even more certain of this point. But unexpectedly, the girl took the initiative to approach him and explain things to the three of them, which was a bit unexpected for Chen Hao.

  "Don't be polite. You're Chen Hao, right?" As expected, the girl smiled slightly and looked at Chen Hao with a hazy gaze, suddenly saying, without giving Chen Hao time to respond, "My name is Fang Qing, I entered the Royal Newcomer Hall a year earlier than you, we are both junior disciples. Grandfather has mentioned you before, your body of dual cultivation of mind and martial arts is very rare..."

  "Sister, your grandfather is... Fang Hui Zhang?" Hearing the girl's words, Chen Hao slightly furrowed his brow and asked.

  "Mm. My grandfather thinks highly of you, although he has many direct disciples, but your situation, he is very concerned about... Hehe... I'm also curious, how far can your physique go in the future... Now it seems..." The girl gazed at Chen Huan with a smile and said. As she spoke, a hint of sharp light flashed through her smoky eyes, obviously probing Chen Huan's cultivation: "Martial Emperor... Your progress is indeed very fast..."

  "Thank you for the compliment, Fang Qing," Chen Hao said.

  "How many dishes?" Fang Qing asked.

  "Fourth rank." Chen Hao didn't conceal it either.

  "What's that?"

  Chen Hao smiled slightly and repeated what he had just said to Huang Qi.

  Fang Qing smiled and didn't say much, waving her hand: "Alright, you guys hurry up and choose, work hard on your cultivation! The year-end grand competition is coming up, I hope you can get a good ranking..."

  ……

  Through Xiao Qing's introduction, the three of them understood what was going on and began to select secret recipes.

  Of course, Chen Huan's beautiful dream of having more secret recipes also became a bubble, and he could only start watching the introductions to various ultimate skills.

  Mo Yu Yi quickly chose a sword technique ultimate manual "Emotionless Sword"!

  "Merciless Sword", an 8th-level martial skill, characterized by speed, ruthlessness, and accuracy. It strikes without mercy or quarter! Its attack power is generally increased, but its speed is twice that of ordinary 8th-level ultimate skills. The sword technique has reached a high level, able to instantly release eighteen beams of sword light, each one deadly, as fast as lightning, sharp and ruthless!

  It's quite suitable for Mo Yu Yi.

  He Lian Wuzi chose an eighth-level palm technique, "Linglong Palm"!

  "Linglong Palm", also known as the "Eight Trigrams Palm", has the highest level of palm shadow overlapping, making it difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion. Both offense and defense possess extremely astonishing power.

  When Mo Yu Yi and He Lian Wu Zi had gone to the martial arts area to start selecting their martial arts, Chen Huan was still looking through each of the martial techniques' introductions one by one, seemingly not finding any that satisfied him. It wasn't until he had almost finished looking through all the hundreds of secret manuals in the martial techniques area that Chen Huan's gaze finally locked onto the introduction of a certain secret manual at the very edge.

  "Shaking Star Fist!"

  Remaining volume, 8th level skill method, a total of 7 forms. Cultivation conditions: Yuan force control is subtle, physical resistance is extremely strong. Practitioners are prone to self-injury, cultivate with caution.

  "It's you!"

  As soon as Chen Hao saw the two words "残卷", he became excited and enthusiastic. When he saw the cultivation conditions, what else was there to think about?

  The remaining volumes are all level 8 gongfa, and complete ones must be even stronger. And the cultivation conditions are tailored to Chen Huan's body.

  Then Chen Huan casually picked up a martial arts book and pretended to read it. After all, with the complete version of "Longevity Formula", Chen Huan temporarily didn't need to cultivate any internal skills or techniques.

  Then, Chen Haoyi carefully selected a level 8 technique "Photography Palm" and a level 8 mental skill "Shattered Heart Technique"!

  ……

  "Shaking Star Fist, Shattered Heart Technique?"

  When Chen Huan and the other two walked out of the third floor of the Absolute Academy and came to Huang Qi to register, Huang Qi looked at the four secret books that Chen Huan took out with a surprised expression. The other two were nothing special, but the Star-Shaking Fist and the Heart-Breaking Technique made Huang Qi stare at Chen Huan, seemingly a little shocked.

  "What's wrong?" Chen Hao asked.

  "What's wrong with you? You're really ruthless! Many people choose the Star-Shaking Fist technique, but only a few truly master it. Some go mad from practicing too much fire energy, more get injured, and some even die! Didn't you see the two words 'proceed with caution' on the introduction? This is just a fragment..."

  "Now this is interesting." Chen Hao said with a faint smile.

  "Is it interesting? Alright... I won't mention the Star Fist, this Shattered Heart Technique... I suggest you change to another one of the eight-grade Intent Arts, anyway you major in martial arts, no need to choose this..."

  "Why?"

  "Need I say more? The introduction is clear, every time you cultivate, it's as if your soul is torn apart, the pain is unbearable, without great willpower and a heart like a rock, there's no way to continue cultivating! Although progress is indeed fast, but the disciples who choose this method are basically all returned early, no one can persist, and the more they go on, the more painful it becomes... I also cultivated in the past, now thinking about it still makes me afraid..."

  "I'm already limited in energy, isn't it just right that I make rapid progress? The rest doesn't matter..." Upon hearing Huang Qi say this, Chen Huan not only wasn't afraid, but instead felt that he had chosen well.

  Better to die than to suffer thus?

  How many times has Chen Hao been tortured?

  As long as he can quickly increase his strength, no matter how great the pain is, he has the confidence to bear it!

  "You young man, many people have the same idea as you, but in the end, they all waste a chance to choose a secret recipe! This three-level welfare is only available once, with three layers of choice! Few people can persist in cultivation for several times, don't ignore my advice..."

  "Uncle Huang, I know you're doing this for my own good. But I believe in myself, I can make it work. I've made up my mind!" Chen Hao said stubbornly.

  "You little brat... be my guest. I'd like to see how many times you can keep this up..."

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