Being a martial artist without a strong background would mean not being able to obtain profound cultivation techniques and not being able to obtain a constant stream of cultivation resources.
Without these two things, even if your natural talent was high, it would be difficult to become a supreme powerhouse.
Now that an opportunity was right in front of him, Kong Xuan naturally had to work hard to get it.
Kong Xuan was very sensible and didn’t ask Zhang Ruochen why he possessed the Peac*ck Demi-Human Race’s technique, instead, he immediately swore to the deity.
After swearing, Kong Xuan said with some apprehension, “My lord, do you really possess a Peac*ck Demi-Human Race’s cultivation technique?”
In Kong Xuan’s opinion, the gongfu that Zhang Ruochen had taken out was at most a Spirit Grade Lower Grade.
One had to know that even for the royal family of the Yunwu County Kingdom, the topmost cultivation technique was only a Spirit Grade Middle Grade Innate Technique.
Of course, even a Spirit Grade Lower Grade technique was considered a very impressive technique for Kong Xuan. If Zhang Ruochen did not pass it on to her, she would never have had the chance to learn a gongfu of that level.
Zhang Ruochen said, “If you continue to cultivate the Xuan Feng Hearing Wave Technique, even if you reach the Great Perfection of the Yellow Extremity Realm, you will only be able to open up twelve meridians at most. With a small number of meridians in your body, your future cultivation speed will become slower and slower, or even come to a halt. Moreover, a martial artist with a small number of meridians in their body would also suffer a great loss when fighting with others. This is because, the speed at which you can mobilise True Qi is no match for your opponent.”
The reason why Zhang Ruochen was able to defeat his enemies across several realms was not just because he had reached the Supreme Extreme Realm at the Yellow Extreme Realm, but also because he cultivated the Nine Heavens Bright Emperor Scripture, which had opened up thirty-six meridians in his body.
The speed at which he mobilised his true qi was far beyond that of martial artists of the same realm, and the power that erupted from it was naturally more powerful.
Zhang Ruochen added, ”Of course, you are only at the Yellow Extremity Realm’s Minor Extremity Position now, and the meridians in your body are not yet finalised, so it is entirely possible for you to switch to a different gong method and open up more meridians.
The gong method I’m going to pass on to you is called the Peac*ck Sacred Canon. I can clearly tell you that I only have the first four layers of the cultivation technique, which will allow you to cultivate up to the Heavenly Extreme Realm at most. Whether you cultivate this one technique or not is all up to your own choice.”
“The Peac*ck Sacred Canon?” Kong Xuan’s face changed in shock, completely holding his breath as he stared at Zhang Ruochen incredulously.
The Peac*ck Sacred Canon was one of the Peac*ck Villa’s two topmost techniques, on par with the Feathering Scripture, and only geniuses amongst the direct descendants of the Peac*ck Villa had the opportunity to cultivate it.
Zhang Ruochen ignored Kong Xuan’s shock and continued, “Cultivating the Peac*ck Sacred Canon can maximise the peac*ck bloodline in your body, and if you are able to cultivate the Peac*ck Sacred Canon to the fourth layer and reach the Heavenly Extreme Realm. Then, you can even transform into a real peac*ck, flying in the sky and spitting out fire, your battle power far exceeding that of an ordinary Heavenly Extreme Realm human martial artist.”
Kong Xuan was incomparably grateful to Zhang Ruochen, and crystal tears flowed from his beautiful eyes as he knelt on the ground and bowed Avray to Zhang Ruochen, saying, “Many thanks, master.”
“What are you calling me master for? Just call me Gongzi!” Zhang Ruochen said.
Zhang Ruochen simply couldn’t understand Kong Xuan’s feelings at this moment.
After Kong Xuan was captured by the human martial artists, she sold her to one family after another and met many people who bought her, but everyone treated her as a piece of cargo, no one was really nice to her at all, and she had long been numb.
Therefore, after being bought by Zhang Ruochen, she only called Zhang Ruochen “Your Excellency”, without much respect.
However, after a short period of contact with Zhang Ruochen, she realised that Zhang Ruochen was completely different from those who had bought her in the past, not only did he have an outstanding talent, but he had also personally torn up the contract of sale and wanted to let her go. Now, Zhang Ruochen was going to pass on a profound cultivation technique to her.
One thing after another, Kong Xuan had finally convinced Kong Xuan from the bottom of her heart, which was why she knelt on the ground and addressed Zhang Ruochen as “Master”.
She felt that by following such a master, she would be able to become strong and see the light in the future.
Kong Xuan stubbornly shook his head and said, “Master has done Kong Xuan a great favour, Kong Xuan can’t be disrespectful to Master.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “If you call me master, then I will not pass on the Peac*ck Sacred Canon to you.”
Kong Xuan was slightly anxious, her shell teeth gently biting her lips with a bit of determination in her eyes as she said, “Then I won’t learn the Peac*ck Sacred Canon, but I’ll still address you as ‘master’.”
Zhang Ruochen couldn’t help but be impressed with her, not realising that she was still a stubborn woman, saying, “Alright! I won’t force you either.”
“You get up! I will first pass on to you the cultivation techniques of the first layer of the Peac*ck Sacred Canon.”
From the spatial bracelet, Zhang Ruochen took out a pen and a piece of paper, and wrote down the spells of the first layer of the Peac*ck Sacred Canon, a total of 874 characters.
Kong Xuan stared at the spatial jade bracelet on Zhang Ruochen’s wrist, her beautiful eyes rippling, her voice as melodious as a lark’s, softly saying, “Master, is that a spatial treasure?”
Zhang Ruochen smiled faintly, “If you want it, I can also give you one.”
Kong Xuan hurriedly shook his head, a little terrified, and followed by kneeling down, saying, “Slave servant wouldn’t dare.”
“Why are you kneeling down again?” Zhang Ruochen was a bit displeased and said, “It’s just a treasure of spatial storage, when your cultivation reaches a certain realm, I will definitely give you one. Get up!”
Zhang Ruochen handed Kong Xuan the cultivation method for the first layer of the Peac*ck Sacred Canon. After Kong Xuan memorised it silently, Zhang Ruochen burnt the piece of paper with the spell written on it and turned it into ashes.
“You go down and cultivate first, and try to transform the technique into the Peac*ck Sacred Canon as soon as possible.” Zhang Ruochen said.
Kong Xuan’s slender jade waist gently bent and bowed to Zhang Ruochen before retreating.
“It’s just a pity that Fourth Brother has already reached the Xuan Extreme Realm, his martial cultivation is already very deep and his physique is already fixed, otherwise, he could also be passed on a cultivation technique.”
When his cultivation reached the Xuan Extreme Realm, it would be impossible for him to open up new meridians, and cultivating another technique might not necessarily be a good thing for him.
Zhang Ruochen gently shook his head and entered the inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone.
At this moment, Xiao Hei was in the inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone, fully concentrating on repairing the basic inscription patterns in the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword.
If the sixty-six basic inscriptions were completely renewed, the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword would return to the power of a ninth rank True Martial Treasure Weapon level. Zhang Ruochen was quite looking forward to taking control of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword once again.
“The effect of the Half-Saint True Liquid is no longer very strong for me. The remaining fourteen drops of Semi-Saint True Liquid will be reserved for Fourth Brother and Kong Xuan.”
It wasn’t that the Half-Saint True Liquid was truly useless to Zhang Ruochen. In fact, even if Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation broke through to the Heavenly Extremity Realm, the Half-Saint True Liquid would still have many benefits for him.
It was only that Zhang Ruochen had better options than the Half-Saint True Liquid, so he naturally felt that the Half-Saint True Liquid’s medicinal power was not strong enough.
It could be said that the cultivation resources used by Zhang Ruochen were more advanced than those used by the talented disciples of many great clans and sects, and he was never afraid of wasting them. It made sense that Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation speed was fast.
Zhang Ruochen took out a small emerald-coloured delicate jade bottle and placed it in the palm of his hand.
“Wow!”
A stream of true qi surged out from his palm, shaking the lid of the jade bottle open, and a white cloud of mist surged out from the bottle.
Within the cloud, a Sacred Seedling was born, growing four long leaves and emitting a dazzling light.
This was the only drop of Sacred Liquid that Zhang Ruochen possessed, and it was unknown how many times more pure than the Sacred Power of the Half-Sacred True Liquid, and the medicinal power was even more powerful.
If he was able to consume this drop of Holy Liquid, it might be able to make his physique even further.
