Chapter 390: The Spirit Blood Body-Nourishing Art

Heavenly Man Confucius, founder of the Master Hall, the greatest figure past and present.

The characters he left behind were each of immeasurable value, and in the handwritten notes of the Lu family ancestor, there were actually his replies...

Not to mention the Lin family going mad; if word got out, I'm afraid the entire Xuan Yuan Kingdom would fight to seize them!

Zhang Xuan suddenly understood as well.

Earlier, he had been puzzled. Although Lu Chong had changed his name and pretended to be mute, with the Lin family's formidable power, if they truly wanted to eradicate him completely, they could definitely have found him.

It was impossible for him to live under their noses for two years without any detection.

Now it seemed they had probably deliberately let him live, intending to use him to find these notes.

They must have known about Lu Chong's talent; he could never take revenge, so they didn't care.

Unfortunately, no matter how much they schemed, they never expected him to encounter a teacher with such heaven-defying abilities, which brought disaster upon their family.

"Did your ancestor know Master Kong?" Having figured this out, he couldn't help asking.

Without a connection, how could Master Kong have replied to his ancestor's letter?

"I'm not sure about the details either. I've never even seen these notes; I only heard my father vaguely mention them..."

Lu Chong said: "However, they are not in the family nor on me, but were hidden by our ancestors deep in the mountains. If you want them, Teacher, I can retrieve them and offer them to you!"

These notes were left by their ancestors. Even though the Lin family destroyed their clan, they couldn't obtain them. But if his teacher truly wanted them, he would willingly offer them.

"Forget it. Even if Master Kong's handwriting is precious, it's useless to me!"

Zhang Xuan shook his head.

What was called Master Kong's authentic work was incredibly precious to others, even worth fighting to the death over, but to him, it meant nothing.

No matter how powerful, could it compare to the golden pages of the Heavenly Path Volume?

At most, it was valuable and could be sold for money, but it was of no help to cultivation. Even if he got it, it would be meaningless.

Besides, no matter how precious, it belonged to his student. His entire family had been wiped out for it. He didn't have the habit of competing with his students for treasures.

"I was being presumptuous!"

Hearing his teacher's words, Lu Chong's face reddened.

His teacher had given so much for him, sincerely, naturally not for the so-called notes. Saying that seemed somewhat like testing him, judging a gentleman's heart with a petty mind.

"By the way, how did you finally deal with the Lin family?"

Not dwelling on this issue, Zhang Xuan looked over.

He had been lecturing and leaving earlier, so he didn't know how they handled it, nor what happened to the Lin family in the end.

"I didn't kill them. Instead, I asked Hall Master Liao to completely abolish their cultivation..." Lu Chong replied.

Although the deep hatred had to be avenged, he knew that killing them outright would be letting them off easy.

The Lin family had been arrogant over the years, offending many people. With their cultivation abolished and without the protection and support of their formations, even if he didn't act, this once-prominent family would surely become a thing of the past, completely disappearing into the river of history.

Not killing them would also preserve his teacher's honor, avoiding the notoriety of slaughter.

"Hmm!" Hearing his decision, Zhang Xuan nodded.

It must be said that this student, once consumed by hatred, had grown through this experience.

If he had truly exterminated the entire Lin family, that would have been beneath him.

Abolishing their cultivation and letting them linger on was probably more painful than death.

"Teacher, this was seized from the Lin family..."

Lu Chong took out a storage ring and handed it over.

Since the Lin family, such a large clan, had been destroyed, the good things naturally couldn't be left behind. He had gathered them all into the storage ring and brought them along.

As for this ring, it was also stripped from Lin Ruotian's hand.

Zhang Xuan casually took it.

He had no interest in his student's belongings, but taking the Lin family's things gave him no psychological burden.

After all, without him, not only would revenge have been impossible, but Lu Chong might not have even survived if caught by the Lin family.

Dripping blood onto it, the ring recognized its owner. His spiritual energy extended inside, and a spacious space appeared before him, much larger than his previous ring, a hundred meters in length and width.

"As expected of the Lin family, so many gold coins..."

His spiritual sense swept over, and the gold coins inside were piled up like a mountain, numbering no less than a billion.

Of course, the most precious things were not these, but various formations, weapons, and spiritual medicines.

"Spirit stones?"

After searching around, his eyes suddenly lit up.

In a corner of the ring, several spirit stones were quietly placed in a jade box, emitting a faint spiritual energy.

Counting them, there were ten in total, even more than what he had obtained from the Tianwu royal family.

"With so many spirit stones, breaking through to Half-Step Sovereign should be no problem..."

He smiled lightly.

From Zongshi巅峰 to Half-Step Sovereign was only a small level, but the demand for spiritual energy was probably greater than the entire Zongshi realm before.

Earlier, he had been troubled about where to find spirit stones; he didn't expect the Lin family to be so wealthy.

"Are there any techniques or manuals?"

Having found the spirit stones, Zhang Xuan continued searching.

Now, two things were most important to him: first, spirit stones; second, techniques and manuals, the more the better.

"Hmm? There are quite a few books on formations..."

Soon, his eyes stopped, finding a large pile of books, all about formations.

As a formation family, their collection of such books was probably larger than that of the Formation Masters Guild in the royal city.

Scanning through these, his eyes quickly fell on the last bookshelf.

"There are indeed techniques for Half-Step Sovereign and Sovereign realm..."

At the very end of the bookshelf were stored the Lin family's most precious items: their family's inherited techniques and martial arts.

Among the inherited techniques were those for Half-Step Sovereign and Sovereign realm.

However, the quantity was not large.

There were only a dozen or so for Half-Step Sovereign, and only two for Sovereign realm.

"Every bit counts..."

Others would be ecstatic to have these techniques, but for Zhang Xuan, they were of little use. However, small gains add up; he would first look at the content.

Whoosh!

The books appeared in his palm. As soon as they touched his fingers, the Library of Heaven's Path produced identical content.

"Correct!"

He gathered the dozen or so Half-Step Sovereign books together, and soon a single book formed.

Opening it, he was speechless.

There were very few correct sentences; it couldn't form a cultivatable technique at all.

"Forget it..."

Knowing that practicing according to such things would not lead to breakthroughs but could easily result in death, Zhang Xuan lost interest.

"What's that?"

Just as he was about to withdraw from the storage ring, a small jade bottle in a corner caught his eye.

It was not large and looked inconspicuous, but it was carved from excellent [Spirit Nourishing Jade], exuding a warm, moist feel.

With a flick of his wrist, the jade bottle appeared in his palm.

Without rushing to open it, he mentally called out: "Defects!"

A book appeared in the Library of Heaven's Path. He gently opened it: "Carved from Spirit Nourishing Jade, the work of a Seven-Stroke Artisan, it has the effect of preserving blood from decay and spiritual energy from dissipating. Inside are two drops of first-grade spirit beast, Iron Armored Dragon's essence blood."

"Spirit beast blood?"

His eyes lit up, and Zhang Xuan was so excited he almost jumped.

Earlier, when fighting Lin Ruotian, the Library had clearly shown that he had taken spirit beast blood, which made him so vigorous and powerful.

He had thought that this blood had been completely absorbed by that guy, but unexpectedly, two drops remained.

It seemed that his daughter, the crown princess, had given him three drops, but with his physical strength, he had only refined one drop.

Even so, it had forcibly elevated him from Zongshi巅峰 to possess terrifying combat power at the Half-Step Sovereign巅峰.

"Is there a method to use it?"

Spirit beast blood, unlike spirit stones, is not simply ingested; it requires a special method to refine and integrate into the body, greatly enhancing strength.

Since this Lin family head had succeeded, there must be a method of refinement.

Thinking of this, he kept searching in the storage ring. Before long, a manual caught his eye, with five big characters on it: "Spirit Blood Body-Nourishing Art"!

"Defects!"

Storing it in the Library of Heaven's Path, he slowly opened it. Upon reading, he was utterly speechless.

This Spirit Blood Body-Nourishing Art seemed powerful, but in reality, it was full of defects, no less than several hundred.

How could one practice such a technique?

"Right, the Tianwu Kingdom's library also has many body-tempering techniques. Let me merge them and see if it works..."

Hesitating for a moment, he was about to discard this book when an idea struck him.

Having scanned the Tianwu Kingdom's library, there were many body-tempering secrets inside.

Many of those techniques were far more powerful than what he had seen at Master Lu Chen's place.

After leaving the kingdom's library, he had been busy helping Lu Chong take revenge and hadn't looked at them. Now, he could try merging them.

He retrieved these books from the Library and placed them together with the Spirit Blood Body-Nourishing Art.

"Correct!"

Whoosh!

A brand new book appeared before him.

He quickly opened it, and the contents entered his eyes.

"Physical progress, tempered by true qi, can bring the body to a level comparable to true qi, or even slightly higher. But to break through further is difficult. Using spirit blood to nourish can make one's body as fearsome as a spirit beast..."

The text was extensive, filled with cultivation methods.

"It really works..."

After quickly reading through, Zhang Xuan clenched his fist.

As he had guessed, merging this book with those body-tempering techniques had indeed formed a new Heavenly Path technique.

"Let's call it... Heavenly Path Golden Body, Second Layer!"

Knowing it could be cultivated, Zhang Xuan immediately named it.

The Heavenly Path Golden Body he had formed at Master Lu Chen's place, though powerful, had become less effective as his cultivation progressed. This one, incorporating more advanced body-tempering techniques and the Spirit Blood Body-Nourishing Art, was clearly more than twice the level.

"To master it, one needs to apply the spirit blood on acupoints, absorb its power, and improve the physical body. Once successful, the cultivator will possess formidable combat power..."

Recalling the content, without much hesitation, Zhang Xuan opened the jade bottle in his palm, poured out the two drops of essence blood, and placed them above his acupoints according to the method recorded in the manual.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle!

As soon as the spirit blood touched his skin, he felt a scorching heat like flames.

Spirit beasts have a life level beyond martial artists. Without a proper technique, forcibly absorbing the blood would not only fail to improve but could even lead to immediate death.