"Disciple understands."
Han Tieshan placed Xue Tong's sect jade plaque on the ink-colored copper inkstone on the desk, recited a few mantras, and when the jade plaque was revealed, sixty sect points were deducted.
Han Tieshan looked solemn and said: "The sect's martial arts and martial arts, and all the books are only taught to me. Hold the jade tablet in your hand and recite a mantra with me to swear an oath."
Xue Tong followed Han Tieshan in chanting the incantation. Strange blood-colored smoke hovered above his head, and several black runes flashed from time to time. Finally, they all penetrated into his forehead with a hula.
The gray dot in the sea of consciousness moved slightly, but fortunately it immediately calmed down and there was no further reaction.
Han Tieshan said: "The oath has been made. If you intentionally leak it and let others know about it, the oath of blood martial arts will backfire, causing you to become insane and eventually die of a split brain."
…
"Bang!"
The golden door closed heavily behind him, and a path led directly to the pagoda in front of him.
The sky was gray, no clouds or sunlight could be seen, and the place where it was located was obviously under the tight protection of the magic circle.
The path is about ten feet long. On the left and right sides of the path stand four tall and ferocious iron statues of bull heads, horse faces and yaksha evil spirits, like four iron gates guarding the exquisite pagoda.
Every time Xue Tong passed through a gate, the jade plaque around his waist vibrated, as if the iron statue had checked it correctly and allowed him to pass.
"Trespassing without permission, I'm afraid I'll be chopped into pieces by these puppets!" Xue Tong couldn't help but shudder.
The masonry structure of the exquisite pagoda is in the shape of an octagon, which means eight sides. As soon as Xue Tong stepped onto the base of the tower, the two men and one woman who had entered before happened to come out of the tower.
"The brat is here!" Cao Jin said harshly, his face grimacing.
"You're sick, shut up!" the young woman Shi Xiao scolded angrily.
"Junior sister, this person is frivolous and rude! He will keep an eye on you." Gong Kai said.
The two men spoke without restraint and regarded Xue Tong as nothing.
"These two men are talking nonsense. They seem to be obsessed with being around Junior Sister every day." Xue Tong suppressed his anger and said nothing.
"Don't come out again. Wherever you go, you will be thrown away!" Shi Xiao stamped his feet and ran past Xue Tong.
"Junior sister, wait!" Cao and Gong both gritted their teeth and glared at Xue Tong.
Xue Tong glanced at the corner of his mouth and expressed disapproval. He was not worried about what the two would do to him. Using force here would immediately trigger the ban and his death would be very ugly.
…
The lower three floors of the pagoda are the floors where outer disciples can go, including exercises on the first floor, martial arts on the second floor, and classics on the third floor.
There are jade boxes on the six stone cabinets in the pagoda. In front of the boxes is a bronze plaque with a summary of the exercises engraved on it.
"Three Yuan Jue"!
Xue Tong browsed carefully and found that neither the nine selected exercises nor the other 60 or 70 exercises had any special feeling. The Three Yuan Jue was quite satisfactory and the avenue was upright. He picked up the bronze medal and studied it again before making a decision. The so-called three yuan refers to the seamless integration of the magic power in the sea of fa, organs, and spiritual orifices.
"Six thousand years ago, the founder of the Yunxiao Sect perfected this technique and ascended to the spiritual world from the realm of gods and humans."
"The speed of refining the Three Yuan Jue is not too fast. The Saint Ancestor is the master of the first generation, and he can use it to establish a sect. I have nothing to worry about."
Xue Tong inserted the jade tablet into the groove at the bottom of the box. There was a ticking sound, and the door of the jade box suddenly opened. A green jade slip flashed with fluorescent light, slowly rose up, and drifted to him.
Xue Tong put away the jade slips and began to rummage through the jade box of the body-training technique.
He went back and forth between those techniques, and was in a dilemma, until at the last stone cabinet, a bronze medal made his eyes shine.
"Nightmare Bone True Demonic Technique"!
Xue Tong suddenly felt warm and excited.
The text in the second half of the bronze medal is newer, obviously added later. It says that the technique is difficult to practice and its value is unknown. After re-identification, it was downgraded from being exclusive to the inner sect to being open to the outer sect.
The first half of the text shows that the Nightmare Bone Art comes from an ancient tomb of the orc tribe, and the technique is divided into thirteen levels.
The quality of Xuanmen techniques is often simply judged by the number of layers. The most common one, such as the Soul Gathering Technique, does not exceed seven levels. The 13-layer True Demon Technique actually has two more layers than the Ghost King Body and Three Yuan Techniques. When it was unearthed, it was regarded as a rare treasure. In the early days, it was only used by sect elders and true disciples. However, for more than two thousand years, no one has refined it to the third level, and it has never been outstanding. Therefore, the Yunxiao Sect gradually lowered the threshold and began to open it to outer disciples more than a hundred years ago.
"This skill is not classified as a useless skill because the first three levels are extraordinary, but the situation in the next ten levels is extremely unclear, be careful!"
Xue Tong couldn't help but shake his head when he saw this line of text, "Who would choose after writing this sentence."
"But the feeling of intimacy that I can't suppress in my heart is most likely the fate that Uncle Wei mentioned. Besides, my bloodline is special, so it's not appropriate to use ordinary theories..."
There was a flash of light, and a thick roll of animal skin flew out of the jade box.
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The second floor of Linglong Tower.
Facing the densely packed jade boxes, Xue Tong scratched his head. What would he exchange for his precious sect contribution?
He knows that contribution points are hard to come by.
The contribution points system of Yunxiao Sect's disciples and sects is extremely sophisticated. If a handyman disciple earns 80 points, he or she can apply for promotion. A handyman can upgrade to the outer sect in as little as seven years after one point per month.
Outer disciples do not need to work, but there is no stable way to obtain points. They can only earn points by completing sect tasks or turning in spiritual materials.
Xue Tongchi's sect contributed 60 points. Once used up, he would have no idea where the new points would come from.
That's why he was particularly cautious.
There are various types of Xuanmen martial arts, which are roughly graded into primary, intermediate, high, earth and heaven levels. Outer disciples can choose junior and intermediate martial arts, with points corresponding to thirty and fifty.
The two things Xue Tong wanted most were boxing skills and movement skills.
"Would it be better to have less or less, or both?" Xue Tong almost broke his head thinking about it. He had thought about it for a long time before coming.
"Emperor Dragon Fist", "Pojun Fist", "Qing Hui Fist", "Soul Splitting Fist", "Ghost Evil Fist"...; "Tian Chan Step", "Wat Sheng Step", "Fei Yu Jue" , "Kite Shadow Technique", "Cloud Shuttle Skill"...
At this time, Xue Tong truly realized the difficulty of the martial arts path. Lingshi, elixirs, exercises, martial arts, points... were all missing. Instead of the Pojun Fist and Tianchanbu, he still chose one of the five. Ten point boxing or footwork?
"The Bailie Fist still has room for improvement and has not yet reached its peak level. Moreover, as the power of the fist increases, the power of the fist grows. I move too slowly during the fight, and the lack of displacement and dodge skills has become a huge hindrance."
"Besides, running fast is also a great skill. Sometimes escaping is even more important than taking someone's life."
"Kite Shadow Technique" changes shape and position, dodges, moves, runs and leaps like the shadow of a kite passing by. It can be used in fighting, fighting, walking and trekking.
Xue Tong flipped through the bronze medals and picked out this most popular technique.
"It's still ten o'clock. Let's go take a look at the third floor where the brochures are kept."
There were numerous volumes on the third floor, piled up like a mountain. Xue Tong turned over them and selected the classic book "Hundred Talisman Scripture" for drawing talismans. It records the drawing methods of hundreds of the most common magic talismans.
"I can use the talismans for my own use or sell them to make money. I'm really too poor."
"Although alchemy and weapon refining are good, they cost a lot of money in the initial stage and the investment is huge. How can I afford to learn them?"
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"The kid stayed in there for more than five hours. It's really a long time." Han Tieshan shouted when he saw Xue Tong going out.
"Disciple is ashamed that such a long time has passed without realizing it."
"What items did you choose?" Han Tieshan asked.
Xue Tong reported them one by one and observed the changes in Han Tieshan's expression.
"Everything else is understandable, but the Nightmare Bone Art? Did you make a mistake?!"
"This set of exercises is most likely useless. It is impossible to practice after the third level. Moreover, the first three levels are like purgatory. Life is worse than death when you practice it. You will suffer." Han Tieshan sighed.
"It is said that the first three levels are very effective. Disciple, let's give it a try." Xue Tong found steps for himself and said.
Han Tieshan shook his head, "A set of exercises has a hundred-point contribution value, what a pity..."
…
Xue Tong found something he liked and wanted to start practicing immediately, but there were still some things that needed to be dealt with.
Cuiweifeng.
Xue Tong learned from Shen Chuanpeng that Chen Zixiong had been accepted as a disciple by Mu Lianggong, but he was sent to guard the alchemy furnace the next day for at least three months.
He then went to Zhou Yan's residence, and it was time to fulfill his original promise.
"Oh, Junior Brother Xue is here. Last time I went to Zhaorifeng to testify, I heard that your cultivation has made rapid progress. I didn't expect that you have entered the outer sect now." Zhou Yan was in a good mood and said with a smile.
"Thank you, Senior Brother Zhou. I promised to join the Cangliu Society, how dare you break your promise?"
"Okay! Junior Brother Xue is a man of great faith and promise, which is admirable."
After Zhou Yan completed the formalities, he handed Xue Tong a black wooden token and said, "You have joined the Cangliu Society. You will take over the sect's tasks and open a store in the inner city in the future. You can show this sign when necessary. Please ask the members of the group to do so." convenient."
"Um."
Xue Tong paused and then said: "I have something to ask for. My military power is low. Can I not participate in the tasks in the meeting for the time being? How about I serve again after one year?"
"Oh, since you have joined a gang, you have to follow the arrangements, but don't worry, we won't mess around." Zhou Yan looked embarrassed and did not agree to Xue Tong's request.
"Okay." Xue Tong replied.
He thought to himself: "When you accept money from others, you have to pay a price."
Before leaving, Xue Tong relayed Zhu Qingling's words. After hearing this, Zhou Yan looked a little embarrassed and smoothed things over by saying, "Zhu Zhifa is not easy to get close to, and he often rejects people thousands of miles away. I understand."
Linqiu Stone Field.
Xue's "heroic deeds" of fighting against two people and forcing Lu Fang and Tang Liang out of the sect have long been spread, and when he returned to the stone house to clean up, he was dressed like an outer disciple, which almost shocked everyone.
He invited Xiong Jing and Guan Hongfei, a group of six people, to the dining hall. As for Peng Tai and Zheng Long, who were very dissatisfied with him, he ignored their past resentment and opened another table and told the smiling Zhang Datong , Zhao Yuan, just say hello to Beast Meat Spirit Tea.
He knew that it was always beneficial to have more connections and fewer enemies. Even like Peng Tai and Zheng Long, he had no major conflicts with these people. He had not formed any big friendships in the past. He would not be friends in the future, at least he hoped not to be enemies.
After everything was done, Xue Tong returned to Xiaodang Mountain to report to Wei Geng of the Ming Dynasty, received several transmission notes, and moved into his new residence at Humpback Peak.
