Hearing the overbearing name of the auxiliary cultivation technique being said by Tian Zhenfei, Shi Li could not help but have high expectations towards this auxiliary cultivation technique. Although he could afford to start dreaming about the possibilities the technique entailed, he could not afford to ignore the words Tian Zhenfei were saying.
"The [Seven Layered Sky Force Manual] is an auxiliary cultivation technique of the Middle Spirit grade, which means that it is already an extremely rare technique within your town. Whatever you do, never ever divulge this technique to others!"
The last statement said by Tian Zhenfei resounded throughout Shi Li's mind multiple times, imprinting the memory that he should never divulge this technique at any situation.
"As for its effects, it allows your inner force to be more durable and strong compared to other Bone Tempering cultivators, even reaching the level of strength of inner energy, only seen in Martial Elite, or Organ Tempering cultivators!"
Hearing that his inner force would grow strong enough to the point that it could rival against inner energy, Shi Li could not help but have his expectations be heightened to a higher level.
"I have a feeling that you accessed these memories at the instant you broke through to the Bone Tempering stage, which means you don't know how the strength of inner force is calculated."
After hearing Tian Zhenfei's words, a yearning thought of how the strength of inner force was calculated was formed in Shi Li's mind. Thankfully, it seemed that Tian Zhenfei was going to answer that.
"Take the full strength of your body and divide it by 6, that's the strength of your inner force. This also means that the stronger your body becomes, the stronger your inner force gets."
"But the [Seven Layered Sky Force Manual] is going to change that because once you reach the highest level of this manual, the strength of your inner force may even reach a half of your body's full strength...or even three-fourths of it!"
"..." This overbearing statement from Tian Zhenfei left Shi Li so speechless, he even stopped running towards the library, his feet stuck on the ground like glue.
"You can only cultivate this technique once you reached the peak of the first Martial Adept stage on both your internal and external cultivation technique. That's why, this memory stops here. I wish you good luck."
Whoosh!
Just like a shooting star, the strong aura surrounding the memory where the [Seven Layered Sky Force Manual] resided, disappeared in an instant, continuing to leave Shi Li at a loss for words.
Since the memory to the auxiliary cultivation technique was locked until he reached the peak of the first Martial Adept stage, there was no point in scouring Tian Zhenfei's memories any further, returning the greater part of his consciousness towards reality as he let out a single syllable.
"Eh?"
This was the only syllable that came to mind as he came to know the power and effects of a great auxiliary cultivation technique, only to be told that he could not cultivate it yet.
Shaking his head left to right and letting out a sigh, he placed the thought of the [Seven Layered Sky Force Manual] to the back of his head and continued running towards the clan library with Flame Bursting Step at full power.
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Creak...
At the instant Shi Li arrived at the clan library, the first thing he did was ask an elder of the Martial Master realm nearby and open the library for him. Surprisingly, all of the elders he asked were quite nice to him, not minding about the fact that they were asked by a junior to open a library. This was an incredibly weird thing for Shi Li, as back then, even though he was the Patriarch's son, some elders would have frowning expressions on their faces when he asked them to open the doors to the clan library.
He could only scratch his head at this thought and place it at the back of his head as he entered the library, muttering to himself, "There's no use thinking about this. Let's just find the cultivation techniques that I'll cultivate to the peak of the Martial Adept stage."
Of course, Shi Li did not use his movement technique as it would definitely destroy the floors of the library, but that did not stop him from covering his feet with inner force, allowing him to be slightly faster than normal.
It only took him a few minutes to stand in front of the three shelves that held cultivation techniques for the Martial Beginner realm, the first three bookshelves he came across when he started his path of cultivation.
He ignored the leftmost and the rightmost bookshelves as the leftmost bookshelf held techniques for the Martial Novice stage which he had already surpassed, while the rightmost bookshelf held techniques for the Martial Elite stage, which he had not reached yet.
He looked through the books placed on the middle bookshelf, where all the cultivation techniques, either internal or external, are suited for a cultivator of the Martial Adept stage.
"Since I pursued strength and firmness in the cultivation techniques for the Martial Novice stage..." Aurus was pondering about the types of cultivation techniques he would cultivate before coming to a conclusion a few seconds later. "I'll pursue speed and firmness for the Martial Adept stage."
The phrase 'Light yet firm' appeared on the surface of Shi Li's mind as he was thinking about the type of cultivation technique he was going to cultivate. He did not know why this phrase popped up at the first instance it could, but he knew that speed would definitely complement strength as it would allow him to have more force in his attacks.
"Time to search for my techniques~" Shi Li started to hum as he skimmed through each and every cultivation technique on the bookshelf, placing back the techniques that did not fit his requirements back on the bookshelf.
It only took Shi Li around 15 minutes to choose around 5 cultivation techniques that were suited for him, 3 of which were internal cultivation techniques, while the latter 2 were external cultivation techniques.
"Hmm...I guess I'll just choose in terms of their names, effects, and grades." Shi Li looked at the 5 techniques in front of him that were placed on a nearby table, before deciding that he was going to cultivate techniques that complemented and resonated with one another.
In an instant, three techniques were placed back on the middle bookshelf, with two techniques, one internal and one external, being left on the table.
The internal cultivation technique's title was the [Soaring Jade Spirit Bone Art], while the external cultivation technique's title was the [Tempest Jewel Marrow Manual]. From their names alone, one could see that they focus a lot on speed and firmness.
He took another good look at the these two techniques before nodding his head inwardly and leaving the clan library, heading back to his father's room with the help of his Flame Bursting Step.