Chapter 83: Forbidden Technique of the Mechanism (Seeking Recommendations and Bookmarks)

  The next morning, Yue Zhangshi and her mother, along with Ruan Li, set off early for the ancestral temple. By this time, Yue Bingqian had already been eliminated, and she was only getting up so early every day to prepare to cheer on Ruan Li.

  However, unlike usual, Yue Yu also left the room early this time. Then, while having breakfast, she couldn't help but be teased by her younger sister again.

  These past few days, Yue Bingqian had always thought that he couldn't bear to see Ran Li doing well, and it was only because of his disappointment that he hadn't gone to watch the latter's match. As for this behavior similar to escapism, this little girl naturally couldn't help but look down on him.

  Yue Yu didn't bother to explain that much to her, thinking that his uncle's worries were indeed reasonable. Yue Zhangshi had already given up, and her emotions no longer showed on her face. The problem was Yue Bingqian - this little sister, no matter how clever she was, was still just a girl under twelve who hadn't learned how to properly conceal her true feelings.

  After leaving, he didn't go to ride the dragon-horned horse either. Instead, he hurriedly rushed in the direction of the library on foot at the first time. The blockade state here has not been lifted yet. From a distance, I saw more than a dozen martial artists pulling out a warning line, strictly prohibiting unrelated people from approaching. Yu Yu saw from a distance that several people with mountain and river embroidery on their chests were all stopped.

  There is also the first and second floors of the library, in the eastern corner, where a small area was completely burned into charcoal. It's not clear whether this obvious sign of arson was left behind, or when it appeared, but one thing is certain: it wasn't there yesterday when he left.

  Yue Yu couldn't help but click his tongue in dismay, thinking that the elderly people within their clan were indeed quite meticulous. They had even managed to come up with such a method.

  However, this method can only deceive ordinary civilians who come to read books in the city. As long as someone is determined, it's not difficult to find out that the sealing of the building was far earlier than the fire. But using this as an excuse to cover up and repair yesterday's traces is completely sufficient.

  A faint smile, Yue Yu didn't mean to barge in. At this moment, around this area, it's unknown how many powers and eyes are observing the movements around the ancient book tower. Rushing in at this time would only be asking for trouble.

  At this moment, he basically understood why the clan attached so much importance to the secret method used on him. It was far from what he had imagined, but rather that he was worried that the people of Dan Yun City would detect that he could use the secret method beyond his level.

  According to those old men, even after the 18th layer of internal energy is reached, very few people will use these secret methods. This technique, similar to the demon tribe's divine ability, is powerful but also has considerable danger. Generally speaking, even for those top-tier Earth-stage strongmen, it would take several years or even decades of careful attempts before they can use it with ease. Moreover, this process itself carries considerable danger. Therefore, those who have hopes of advancing to the Pre-Heaven stage usually won't study it at all.

  Within their own clan, unless one has achieved a certain level of cultivation in this lifetime, there is no possibility of making any progress, or else it would be during wartime. Otherwise, they do not even have the qualifications to know that the secret techniques exist.

  In the fourth floor of that library, there is a clan's inherited secret method. It allows people to incompletely cast the secret method with greatly reduced effect, but at the cost of the user's life. Moreover, this method can only be used by intermediate or higher level practitioners. Only martial artists who have practiced certain mid-level martial skills containing secrets for over 20 years can use it. In other words, it is to exchange decades of hard practice and the remaining years of one's life for temporary power.

  And as for Yue Yu, who can use secret methods at will before the Innate Stage, is indeed an anomaly. Considering that the Gale Technique and Wind Blade Technique are so powerful when used, it's no wonder that they're valued so much within the clan.

  As for the reason why those elders hurriedly drove him out of the building yesterday, apart from needing to clean up those marks, it was also because they were worried that someone would notice the seal here and then discover his figure.

  Yue Yu continued on, turning into a small alley and making several turns until he confirmed that there was no one else around, before heading towards the City Lord's Manor again. He found a secluded spot to climb over the wall and enter. And indeed, just as he had expected, the clan had moved the books from the third and fourth floors of the book tower to this great hall under the cover of night.

  And when those old men saw him coming, their expressions were as strange as they could be.

  "You didn't go to the martial arts training ground to practice your skills early this morning, nor did you go to watch the clan's grand competition. What are you doing here?"

  The old man with a thin layer of anger on his face was still the same brown-shirted, gray-haired old man, only today he wore a black shirt. As soon as he saw Yue Yu enter the hall, he rushed to those miscellaneous books and immediately turned pale.

  "Great Uncle, what's the use of me practicing martial arts now?"

  Yue Yu let out a wry smile and bowed respectfully to the old man. Yesterday, he had been ignorant of the situation, but today, before this moment, he had already learned from Yue Zhangshi that this elder was one of his late grandfather's true blood brothers, named Yue Tianmeng, who ranked third among the Tian line in the main house.

  As for this third grandfather, what is his position in the family? Only from his generation, the respectful expression of Yue Zhangshi when mentioning this person, and the subtle attitude of the other elders in the hall, taking this old man as the leader, Yue Yu can roughly guess. In fact, based on his understanding, the identity of this third grandfather is even more noble than that of Yue Yunjie, and he is almost a patriarch in the family.

  The grey-haired old man furrowed his brow slightly upon hearing this, and after some thought, indeed found it to be true. With the young man's swordsmanship and knife skills, they were no longer something that could be improved through practice, but only through a large amount of actual combat could they be honed. As for the clan's grand tournament, those children's martial arts, in Yue Yu's eyes, were probably not even worth looking at.

  Although that's the case, the old man still had a faint sense of discontent with Yue Yu's lazy behavior over the past few days. He first gave Yue Yu a cold stare, then lightly snorted and turned to leave.

  Yue Yu saw the situation and smiled slightly, starting to flip through those books. Although he came this time with the purpose of finding a way to quickly increase his strength, the first book Yue Yu picked up was one related to mechanical techniques.

  Actually, since Yue Yunjie mentioned it to him yesterday, the southern cities invited a mechanical master to deal with those five-stage lion crocodile beasts. He was very interested in this "unthinkable" technology from the start. It's just that there were more important things to do yesterday, so he barely suppressed his curiosity.

  It turned out that he knew about the existence of mechanical arts in this world, also a year ago. In the historical records and miscellaneous notes on the first and second floors of the library, he had seen countless relevant accounts. However, all along, he thought that this so-called mechanical art was at most just the wooden birds and flying swallows made by Lu Ban and Zhang Heng. Even stronger ones were no more than armillary spheres and seismographs. Even in those books, some exaggerated accounts and words were only when the authors of these books mythologized mechanical arts. His previous life's unofficial history was not lacking in such examples.

  Until yesterday, Yue Yunjie personally mentioned to him that some powerful mechanism masters had the ability to contend with fifth-order demon beasts. It was only then that Yue Yu discovered in surprise that this mechanism technique was far from being as simple as he had imagined. The descriptions in those books were probably not exaggerated either.

  P.S: Looking for recommendations and collections