Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Secret of Martial Arts

  The third floor's books are divided into four categories: internal elixir cultivation methods, body techniques and throwing skills, knife and sword techniques and palm techniques, and then miscellaneous academic books that the clan considers to have a certain value.

  However, the total number of the first three is less than 500 volumes, all located in the middle position of the book building. Among them, the Inner Breath Heart Method has the least, with only about 30 to 40 volumes.

  Yue Yu first took out a complete Dahyun Gong Xinfang. At the beginning, he still devoted some mind to study it carefully, but later found that this complete cultivation method had almost no effect on his cultivation progress. He then changed to roughly flipping through it and used an intelligent auxiliary system to memorize it, considering it done.

  After that, there was Yan Li's Huachen Dahzhen true power, and Lin Zhuo's Taiyi Gongyang decision. On the one hand, Yue Yu wanted to find inspiration from these methods. On the other hand, he also planned to understand the mind methods that the two had learned in advance. After all, the problems inside the two were already very serious. The former was fine, with a naturally wide meridian, and it was estimated that even after practicing for another four or five years, there would be no side effects. However, the latter's meridians were on the verge of collapse, and if they could not be solved in the near future, they might never be repairable again.

  When all thirty-four books related to internal skills were flipped through by Yue Yu, the corners of his mouth once again revealed a hint of helpless smile. In these books, he still gained nothing. Perhaps in the future when cultivating the Great Chaos Technique, he could borrow from the routes of these techniques and make some improvements to enhance the effect of cultivation. However, this was also like the Strong Marrow Pill, unable to produce immediate results.

  Yue Yu put down the book in her hand and turned her gaze to Wuji, hesitating for a moment before walking over with large strides.

  He knew the method to quickly improve his cultivation, but it was unlikely to be found in this. However, since a year ago, he had been expecting the martial skills treasured by the clan, and at this time, he couldn't resist the temptation anymore. Anyway, the true energy cultivation wasn't urgent for now, so he decided to take a look at these secret manuals first.

  There are only eight bookshelves with about three hundred books that have family-secret martial arts techniques annotated. Classified by the five elements, from bottom to top, in order of strength and weakness, are arranged low-level to mid-level secret manuals.

  As Yue Yu walked over, the first thing he saw was a water-attribute ice-element mid-tier martial skill manual "Ice Ripple Sword Decision". He was slightly taken aback at first, and then thought of Yue Youcheng who had died at his hands half a year ago, who had been practicing this very sword technique. He casually picked it up and flipped through it.

  It was because of what happened that day when Yue Cheng gathered a large amount of ice attribute spiritual energy on himself before his death, which left an indelible mark on Yue Yu. He thought to himself that perhaps the sword technique Yue Cheng cultivated could help him unravel this mystery.

  At the beginning, Yue Yu was still as careless as before, but when he turned to the last few pages, his whole body broke out in dense cold sweat. His expression also became extremely solemn.

  "----So that's it, this is what they call a secret technique?"

  When Yue Yu finished looking at the last picture and the corresponding password, he suddenly let out a long breath, his eyes full of lucky color.

  He didn't expect that Yue Cheng actually had a way to turn things around.

  In the final part of "Ice Sword Decision", a mysterious sword technique called "Cold Flow Technique" is recorded. The activation method is very similar to his "Gale Technique". Once it is launched, at least ten zhangs in front will be invaded by cold air. Those with slightly lower strength will be frozen on the spot, and those with higher strength will also be affected by the severe cold air, leading to a loss of flexibility in their movements and joints, ultimately leading to defeat.

  However, before this sword technique can be used, there is a note that must be followed: one must cultivate the Qian Bing Jue or any other intermediate or higher-level ice-based skill to the 18th level, and practice the Bing Tiao Jian Jue for at least 20 years. If it is used prematurely, the consequences will be severe: at best, the meridians will be damaged and all internal power will be lost; at worst, the entire body will become paralyzed, rendering one unable to move again.

  As Yue Yu saw it, this sword style was similar to the Gale Technique he had learned from Feng Yi Xuan Hu, both of which required some special branch meridians to operate and absorb ice attribute spiritual power for use in initiating this sword style.

  People of this era are far from being able to fully understand their own bodies and all the meridians inside, let alone repair the weak parts of the branch meridians with a large amount of yuan force in an extremely precise way like him. In the absence of individual differences, they can only draw out the general route of the meridian in this secret book.

  As for the intermediate ice system, it requires a level of eighteen or higher, most of which is to solidify the foundation, and then practice swordsmanship for another twenty years. Yue Yu estimated that it should be used annually, which has some effect on strengthening those branch meridians.

  To be honest, among these two requirements, Yue Cheng can only achieve the latter. Even with this sword technique, it's estimated that he won't be able to fully exert his strength. However, at that time, that guy had already made up his mind to fight to the death, and even if he could only display a tenth of his power, it would be enough to push Yue Yu into danger.

  However, what truly made Yue Yu Hou afraid was the battle at the City Master's Manor. Even Yue You Cheng's mid-level martial skill, Bing Lian Sword, had a secret sword technique called 'Cold Flow Technique'. Then, according to legend, the one who cultivated high-level martial skills, that Cang Lan Sword King, how could he possibly not have similar sword techniques?

  If he hadn't been caught off guard that day and had killed Hong Zheng in an instant, then the outcome afterwards was something he didn't dare to imagine. He definitely wouldn't have died, but he also absolutely couldn't be as carefree as he was now, and would have instead invited ridicule from Yue Feng and Hong Fei's group of enemies.

  But I don't know that Hong Zheng Hao is the Cang Lan Sword King, what kind of swordsmanship he practices, and what secret sword techniques he possesses.

  Yue Yu suddenly remembered his previous doubts. To be honest, the term 'secret method' was not the first time he had heard it in the city master's mansion. The first time he knew of its existence was in the Yue family library.

  In the two floors below, apart from the first half of those intermediate to low-grade martial skills and internal energy secret manuals, the rest are basically miscellaneous books. Among these miscellaneous books, there is no lack of travel notes and interesting stories. The term "secret method" is often mentioned in them. However, most of them appear only in descriptions of innate martial artists, and they all use exaggerated terms like "shocking the heavens and earth" or "moving mountains and filling seas". This has led Yue Fei to form a misconception that this secret method can only be possessed by innate strong practitioners.

  It wasn't until Hong Zheng's dying words that he realized his Gale Technique was also a type of secret method. It was no different from the innate divine abilities of the demonic beasts, just a matter of one being two and two being one.

  But even at this moment, Yue Yu still had some inexplicable doubts. He had also asked people around him about the secret technique recorded in the book before. If it could be explained that the Yue family's castle had not produced a congenital strongman for hundreds of years, so they were ignorant of the secret method. But now that this intermediate secret method has been recorded, how is it that his family's low-level warriors are all evasive?

  Moreover, Yue Yu was even more curious, the "Gale Technique" he had mastered, if it were to be used by those innate experts, would its effect be even stronger?

  After all, the words "shocking" and "earth-shaking", "moving mountains and filling seas" may sound a bit exaggerated. But if there wasn't some basis for it, those writers wouldn't have used such phrases.

  P.S. The new book has been updated with 200,000 words in a month, and the draft is almost used up. So I'll slow down the updates for these few days and prepare for a strong push next week, please forgive me. Also, while opening up new land, I'd like to ask again for recommendation tickets and collections.