Armipotent

Chapter 2162: Heavenly Scripture

Several factors needed to be considered before choosing a cultivation technique. Grandmaster Xu reminded him about that in the letter. Ouyang Biya also informed him about it, and Han Taiyang reminded him as well.

His constitution was one of the factors. A technique that was in harmony with the constitution would yield a better result and faster breakthrough without sacrificing the foundation.

Then what kind of cultivator he wanted to be was also an important factor, the path. The combat path, craftsman path, alchemy path, or even the formation path. Depending on the path, one needed a specific technique that would help them in that path.

Of course, there was a technique that might be suitable for several paths, but that was a rare one. That was how the Thousand Vows Pavilion taught its disciples. It was kinda different from the sects in the Sacred Realm, as Ouyang Biya mentioned.

Most people in the Sacred Realm focused on their might, and the profession such as alchemist, craftsman, and formation practitioner was a secondary profession they would pick on the side.

Tang Shaoyang didn’t need to think that much, as his choice was obvious. He wanted a technique that could make him stronger, not be a blacksmith or alchemist.

The third important factor was his fighting style, whether he wanted to focus on his fist or on a certain weapon. Whether he wanted to focus on his body cultivation or on his internal energy. It was an important factor as well, and Tang Shaoyang was unsure about this.

Many people didn’t have the issue with this third factor since they had limited options in the first place. Different from him, who had all kinds of options since he was the Grandmaster Codex holder. Many even didn’t have an option to begin with, so he was considered fortunate since he was presented with so many options.

The issue was that he didn’t have a specific fighting style. He used whatever would help him to win the fight. He used magic when needed. Sometimes he would use his battle axe, sometimes a sword. There was a time he would use a bow as well.

He didn’t really have a specific fighting style, which made it harder for him to choose a technique.

There was another important factor, talent. That was similar in a way to constitution, but talent is usually even more specific than constitution. A talent with a sword, a talent with a spear, or, like Yan Xueyi, who was born with gifted eyes. A certain technique could empower her gift.

Tang Shaoyang didn’t have that kind of thing. If there was something different about him, it was about his meridians and unique dantian that might be related to his bloodline.

He had consulted with Ouyang Biya about his meridian and the small dragon in his dantian. She didn’t know anything about his situation. The same with Han Taiyang, but they came up with the same conclusion. It might be because of his unique constitution.

Bing Lianxin and Bing Ruohan might know something about it, but he didn’t want to share his secret with them yet. Even though the chance they betrayed him was almost zero, he didn’t want to risk it.

Tang Shaoyang ended up looking for cultivation techniques related to the dragons. There were a bunch of Heaven and Divine Grade techniques with dragons attached to their names.

Since there was a sleeping dragon inside his dantian, maybe a dragon-related core cultivation technique might work for him. There were more than fifty techniques, of which eleven were the Divine Grade Technique, which was the highest grade.

Because three experts in cultivation advised him how important the core cultivation technique was, he hesitated to make the decision. Without their advice, he might have picked one of the Divine Grade techniques by now, but he hesitated, wondering whether the technique was suitable for him or not. It has been an hour since he started browsing the technique, and he could not make up his mind.

When he was in doubt, he usually reduced his options one by one until he was left with three or maybe five options. But it was kinda different this time, he felt it was just wrong to do it that way. He trusted his instinct, which was why he could not make up his mind. It felt like there was something missing, or maybe something he forgot. He didn’t know what it was.

Tang Shaoyang was in a dilemma and was at a loss. In moments like this, he performed the Essence of Tranquility Breathing. That helped him calm down.

That was when he thought of having a discussion with Bing Ruohan and Bing Lianxin. They were certainly more proficient regarding the cultivation technique than he was. They could even improve their own technique by just observing the Ethereal Frost Elemental Power.

Thanks to the Essence of Tranquility Breathing, he calmed down and considered all the options, including involving the Ice Pavilion. He even thought of delaying his cultivation and tried to explore the Sacred Realm; maybe visiting the sects would help him. At this moment, Vandir spoke up.

[Haven’t you learned a technique already? Aren’t the first three gates of the Nine Heavenly Gates your core cultivation technique?]

Tang Shaoyang’s eyes snapped open right away. It was like something clicking in his head, finding the missing piece. Vandir was not only reminding him about the Nine Heavenly Gate, but also reminding him of his purpose in choosing the God of Martial class. It was to find the missing piece in the Nine Heavenly Gates.

He found out the Nine Heavenly Gates were powerful, which was why he delved into the cultivation. The first three gates helped him to gain a way to convert normal energy into Heavenly Energy, but they didn’t help him to open up his meridian and dantian.

It was a temporary measure for him to use the technique in the Nine Heavenly Gates. In his case, he was converting Chaos Energy in his energy pool to Heavenly Energy. If he had a core cultivation technique related to the Nine Heavenly Gate, he would have a pool of Heavenly Energy on his own.

There was a possibility that came to his mind. Using Heavenly Energy to activate his skill. He wondered if that would change the skill. Would Heavenly Energy empower his skill? Would Heavenly Energy grant an additional effect? He was curious.

As if he had made up his mind, Tang Shaoyang quickly browsed the Grandmaster Codex. He hoped the Grandmaster Codex had the missing piece of the Nine Heavenly Gate.

The Grandmaster Codex contained extensive techniques and information. There were so many techniques used in Heavenly, such as the technique name. He had to check them one by one whether they were related to the Nine Heavenly Gates.

It was too long that his spirits left him alone in the training ground. It took him more than five hours before he finally found the missing piece of the Nine Heavenly Gates. It was called Heavenly Scripture.

Tang Shaoyang no longer hesitated as he learned the Heavenly Scripture, which actually contained more techniques than the Nine Heavenly Gates. Not just that, he realized the Heavenly Scripture was not the Nine Heavenly Gate’s missing piece, but it was the opposite.

The Nine Heavenly Gates was part of the Heavenly Scripture, and he learned the core technique in the Heavenly Scripture, which was divided into several parts.

Usually, the core techniques were divided based on ranks. The Foundation Establishment Realm needed a specific technique for the Golden Core Realm. Then they needed a new core technique to reach a higher realm, and it kept going on until the True God Realm.

However, the Heavenly Scripture was different. There was a core technique called Heavenly Body Transformation. It was similar to a body cultivation technique, transforming the body with Heavenly Energy. As its name implies, it was a core technique to strengthen the body.

The technique mentioned strengthening the bones, the muscle, and the skin. That was the explanation, but in his usual system explanation, it was a technique that would increase his attributes.

Then there was Heavenly Meridian Opening Art. It was a technique that used to open up his meridians. Not just opening his meridians, but it also strengthened and expanded his meridians. Meaning more energy could pass through his meridians, accelerating his meridian opening.

Then there was Heavenly Root Refinement, which helped to strengthen dantian. The technique didn’t just strengthen his dantian, but was used to grow his dantian so his dantian could contain more internal energy. On top of that, the Heavenly Root Refinement would help him to refine his internal energy, increasing the purity of his Heavenly Energy.

There was also the Heavenly Soul Sutra. This was a technique that he didn’t understand yet. It explained how the technique would temper his soul or mind palace. He was not familiar with a lot of terms in cultivation yet, so he didn’t understand what it meant by soul or mind palace.