Chapter 26: A Sheep Delivered to One's Doorstep

  "Crushing palm, the lowest level of human rank, can exert a force of a thousand catties. If it is real, there will be no power, and if it falls on metal or stone, it can shatter stone and split metal... If you can cultivate to the realm of great completion, your combat power in the same rank will be almost invincible, the greater the physical strength, the greater the power."

  Soon, Hu Gao saw a set of exercises that suited him perfectly. This exercise required great physical strength, and the stronger his body was, the more powerful he would be. Wasn't this tailor-made for him?

  "I'd like to see just how compatible this Shattered Stone Palm is with me."

  Hú Gāo obtained the Yuán Jué, opened it, and as he did, the Yuán Lì within his body slowly began to stir. By the time he reached the later stages, the Yuán Lì in his body was almost raging, with a loud whooshing sound emanating from it.

  "The original power resonated, and the degree of harmony unexpectedly reached 80%. This original mantra was indeed tailored for me. However, it is said that geniuses often find a 100% harmonious original mantra here; if they can find it, how could I not find a 100% harmonious one?"

  Hu Gao put the Shattered Stone Palm manual back in the safe, there was no need to copy it because he had already memorized the entire book.

  When a warrior is browsing the yuan jue, if the yuan force in his body fluctuates due to the words of the yuan jue, it indicates that the degree of matching has reached 50%, reaching the level that can be cultivated.

  The fluctuation range is relatively fast, which is a match of 60%.

  The original energy is surging like a horse, swift and unmatched, then it's 70% complete, with hopes of cultivating the yuan key to the great completion realm.

  If there is a humming sound between the dantians, it means that 80% has been achieved and one can start practicing cultivation, and absolutely achieve the state of great completion.

  Once the yuan force has seeped out of the body, it indicates that the yuan jue and the yuan force inside the body have resonated, reaching 90%.

  As for the ten percent compatibility, it is the warrior's internal yuan force automatically wandering when looking at the original trick, making the warrior involuntarily perform a certain action in the original trick.

  The three levels of Xiu Lian Yuan Jue are: entry level, small achievement and great achievement.

  The higher the degree of harmony, the deeper the level of cultivation will be.

  It is said that after the great completion of Xiu Lian Yuan Ju, there is another realm called "transformation" to perfect this set of yuan ju.

  If a set of techniques is perfected, there will be hope for advancement. Being able to advance a set of techniques will undoubtedly earn the title of genius and bring honor.

  Two minutes later, Hu Gao saw another set of techniques that suited him, a set of fist methods. He flipped through it and found that this fist method also had an eight percent compatibility with his own, causing the yuan force in his body to surge and make a whooshing sound.

  After memorizing this set of mnemonics, Hu Gao put the mnemonics away and continued to search.

  He soon discovered a rule that when he was reading the introduction of Yuan Su, if his brain felt more hot and flowing, it meant that this Yuan Su was suitable for him.

  In the following days, Hu Gao found a set of Yuan Jue that matched himself by 80%, and even found five sets of Yuan Jue that matched him by 90%. However, there was not a single set that reached a match of 100%, which would have allowed him to involuntarily make some action when watching the Yuan Jue.

  Two hours later, the balance on his golden card had become zero. In Hu Gao's mind, however, he had memorized forty-five sets of incantations with an accuracy rate of eighty percent and five sets with an accuracy rate of ninety percent.

  If an ordinary warrior found a mantra with an affinity of 80%, they would definitely copy it down and take it back to cultivate immediately, but Hu Gao didn't even think about it, he hadn't found a mantra with an affinity of 100%, and he had almost no intention of cultivating.

  "Am I supposed to cultivate these trash with a compatibility of 80% or 90%?"

  Hu Gao walked down from the bookshelf with a lack of energy, his hands no longer holding the golden ticket. He was quite helpless and didn't want to cultivate these fifty sets of yuan intent at all.

  If others knew about his idea, they would definitely scold him, calling him a beast. The key to an 80% or 90% match is being called garbage, so what's considered a treasure? Does it have to be 100%?

  If the compatibility with the original trick reaches 100%, it not only has extremely high requirements for the martial artist's talent, but also relies on luck. Maybe Hu Gao found the fifty-first set of original tricks and his compatibility reached 100%?

  Some souls left the library reluctantly, and Hu Gao found it difficult to make a decision.

  Should I cultivate these 80-90% compatibility techniques first, or try to earn some gold coins and then look for 100% compatibility techniques?

  "Look, that's Hu Gao, he has finally come out of the library."

  "After staying inside for two or three hours, I thought he was dead in there, and yet he still managed to come out."

  "Three fifth-stage Shadow Realm warriors and eight third-stage Shadow Realm warriors were instantly killed by him. I'd like to see if he can also instant-kill my sixth-stage Shadow Realm."

  As soon as Hu Gao walked out of the library, he saw a large crowd of people gathered outside. As soon as he appeared, the crowd erupted in excitement, with loud noises rushing towards him like a wave of heat.

  "Hu Gao, brother, you can come out now. This group of people has gone crazy. After learning what you said in the tenth hall, they immediately came to find you. Each and every one of them wants to challenge you, and they've even prepared a lot of gold coins." Ji Le quickly walked to Hu Gao's side and whispered into his ear with a serious expression.

  There are too many people now, almost all the masters of the ordinary hall have come out, and they all want to challenge Hu Gao. Even if Hu Gao is made of iron, he can't handle it.

  "These people are going to challenge me?"

  Hu Gao furrowed his brow, he hadn't found a perfect match for the mantra, and now he was feeling unwell. He didn't expect these people to challenge him at this critical moment, did they really think Hu Gao was easy to bully?

  "Uh-huh, they're all challenging you. It's said that these people are afraid you won't accept the challenge, so they've prepared a lot of gold coins." Ji Le nodded solemnly.

  Hu nodded and didn't say anything else, walking towards this group of people.

  He could feel that the cultivation of these people was not weak, even the weakest had reached the fourth stage of the Condensed Shadow Realm, and the vast majority were fifth or sixth stage cultivators of the Condensed Shadow Realm. Moreover, each person held a large handful of golden tickets, fully prepared.

  "Hu Gao, I've prepared 2,000 gold coins as a wager, accept my challenge!"

  "Two thousand gold coins? Get out of here and go play with mud! I've prepared three thousand gold coins, Hu Gao, dare you to fight me!"

  "I have 3,500 gold coins here. Let's fight again. If you win, take all of them; if I win, I'll give them to you too, as long as you publicly acknowledge that you're not as good as me, Guo Tao."

  When Hu Gao walked over, many people's eyes lit up, as if they had seen a treasure walking towards them.

  Hu Gao's mouth twitched a few times, but the prey always thought they were the hunter. However, this was also good, just in time to lack gold coins to cultivate Yuan Jue, this is called sleeping and having someone deliver pillows, cool!

  Hu Gao hesitated for a moment, identified the three warriors who were only at the fifth stage of the Congying Realm, and pointed at them, saying: "You, you, you, the three of you come with me to the Martial Stage, I'll fight the three of you first."

  After finishing speaking, Hu Gao didn't waste any more time and asked Yu Le, who had followed up with a worried face: "You should know where the Martial Arts Arena is, right? Can you take me there?"

  "Alright." Jile knew that Hu Gao had made up his mind and didn't say anything else, leading the way forward.

  The three people pointed out by Hu Gao were extremely excited, as if they were meritorious officials about to be rewarded by the emperor. They hastily followed behind him. The others who wanted to challenge Hu Gao but weren't chosen felt disappointed, but didn't say anything. Since Hu Gao had accepted the challenge, there would definitely be opportunities in the future. What they feared was that he might be defeated directly in today's trial, and then they wouldn't have any chances afterwards.

  The news has already spread throughout the entire hall, and everyone knows that Hu Gao is going to accept the challenge of three martial artists, and they are all extremely excited.

  In less than ten minutes, the open space around the Martial Arts Platform was packed with a sea of martial artists, at least one or two hundred people, almost stirring up the entire Ordinary Hall.

  The Martial Stage is built with bluestone, and even a full-force strike from the Realm of Condensed Shadows cannot leave a mark on it. It can be said that it is extremely hard. Ordinary Douluo at this level cannot damage the Martial Stage at all. This Martial Stage has been in use since the establishment of the War Academy, and it remains intact to this day.

  "Which one of you three goes first?"

  Hu Gao looked down at the three fifth-stage Condensation Realm warriors on the stage, a cold smile in his heart. These people were truly stupid to the point of no return, knowing that he had defeated three fifth-stage warriors today and yet still dared to come challenge him, they really needed to be taught a lesson.

  Under the stage, three people exchanged a glance, and immediately one of them nodded heavily, then jumped onto the martial arts platform with a loud thud.

  "My name is Guo Tao, a warrior of Jiu Dang. Remember me after you lose the battle, and if you want to take revenge in the future, come find me anytime."

  Kuo Tao's voice fell, and without wasting any time, the yuan force in his body surged violently, bursting out orange light, and he suddenly charged at Hu Gao.

  This totem condensed by Guo Tao was also second-order, with a mediocre innate talent that was neither high nor low.

  "As expected, there are two brushes, but I'm not a vegetarian either." Hu Gao stood still, letting Guo Tao rush towards him without dodging at the first moment, but his eyes were fixed on the latter.

  For some reason, countless moves suddenly popped up in his mind, and at a glance, he saw the shortcomings of Guo Tao's move.

  "Huh? Could it be that after memorizing fifty sets of incantations, my capture of techniques has become even more acute?" Hu Gao's heart skipped a beat, and he was overjoyed. If this were true, then his combat consciousness would be terrifying! This is simply more frightening than cultivating any ten-completion-degree incantation.

  Think about it, what others think is very powerful, when used as a trump card, the moment it's played out, one can see through its weakness, isn't this a terrifying thing?

  "How can Hu Gao just stand there motionless, is he scared silly?"

  "He must have been scared out of his wits, otherwise he wouldn't know where to hide."

  "I hope Guo Tao will go easy on him later and not take his life."

  "If I had known fighting was so easy, I would have taken more gold coins just now. Alas, if I had defeated him and gained the goddess's favor, my ancestors would all smile in their sleep."

  Seeing Hu Gao standing still in his original position, everyone thought he was frightened silly. Only a few with high cultivation narrowed their eyes for an instant, because they discovered that Hu Gao's eyes were getting brighter and brighter, as if he had found something.