Upon opening the first page of the Asura Technique, there was only a drawing of an Asura with blood-red eyes, a robust upper body with exposed muscles, and white hair standing upright.
Looking at this humanoid Asura drawing, an aura as if from Hell's slaughter overwhelmed Huang Xiaolong like the Endless Sea, turning his eyes blood-red and his expression bewildered and painful. Just as Huang Xiaolong was about to descend into madness, suddenly, the Two-headed Snake Martial Soul appeared behind him. The heads roared to the sky with a deafening cry, dispelling the blood-red in his eyes, and he came back to his senses, greatly shocked.
At this moment, the Asura drawing on the first page flew out from the page, flashed with light, and imprinted itself into Huang Xiaolong's forehead, adding a layer of cultivation technique in his mind.
This layer of cultivation technique was indeed the first level of the Asura Technique.
"Hell's Origin, the beginning of sin..." As he silently recited the first level of the Fighting Energy cultivation technique of the Asura Technique, Huang Xiaolong felt it profoundly mysterious.
In the Martial Soul World, Fighting Energy Techniques were graded into Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang, each grade divided into low, middle, and high tiers. Huang Xiaolong wondered which grade the Asura Technique belonged to.
After a while, Huang Xiaolong turned to the second page, which also featured a humanoid Asura drawing. However, different from the first, this figure had two black wings behind it, spread wide, emanating killing intent and arrogance.
Just like before, when Huang Xiaolong turned to the second page, a slaughtering aura from Hell instantly submerged his consciousness. However, the Two-headed Snake Martial Soul behind him appeared and suppressed this malicious aura, branding the second level of the Asura Technique into Huang Xiaolong's mind.
The third page, the fourth page, the fifth page...
Huang Xiaolong flipped through one page after another. With each page turned, a new layer of the Asura Technique was added to his mind. Since he wasn't flipping through the pages quickly, it took him more than an hour to reach the final page.
The last page was not a technique of the Asura Technique but was inscribed with a line of powerful, flowing script.
"Carrying the slaughtering aura of Hell, whoever obtains my Asura Technique will be my direct disciple and succeed as the head of the Asura Sect! When Asura emerges, invincible under the heavens!"
This inscription was signed by Ren Wokuang, the first Sect Leader of the Asura Sect!
When Asura emerges, invincible under the heavens!
Huang Xiaolong was shocked. How arrogant could this Ren Wokuang, the first Sect Leader of the Asura Sect, be? Nobody dared claim they were invincible under the heavens, and yet Ren Wokuang said that practicing the Asura Technique could make one invincible!
The short line revealed extreme arrogance and dominance!
At that moment, a map fell out from between the pages along with a dark ring. Huang Xiaolong was astonished and picked them up.
From the description on the map, Huang Xiaolong learned that the ring was known as the Asura Ring, and the two black blades hung on the stone wall were called Shura Blades.
Unexpectedly, the Asura Ring turned out to be the legendary Space Ring. He was familiar with the concept; he had heard from his father that in the entire Luotong Kingdom, only the king possessed one, not even his grandfather, Huang Qide!
The appearance of a Space Ring could spark a bloody conflict.
A moment later, Huang Xiaolong calmed his excitement, followed the instructions, cut his little finger, and dropped a drop of blood onto the Asura Ring.
With the blood's fall, black light burst from the Asura Ring. It soared up and automatically fitted itself onto the ring finger of Huang Xiaolong's left hand, then disappeared into his body. When Huang Xiaolong silently called for it, the Asura Ring automatically became visible.
Huang Xiaolong felt joy as the Asura Ring's space was several hundred square meters. With this Asura Ring, he no longer had to worry about others discovering anything he carried.
Then, Huang Xiaolong turned and looked at the two black Shura Blades on the stone wall. He leapt up, took down the blades, and as soon as he did, a strange howl emitted from them, sending chills down his spine.
Huang Xiaolong closely examined the two Shura Blades in his hands, noticing an eerie black glow flowing slowly over the blades, vaguely forming a terrifying image.
The more Huang Xiaolong looked at the Shura Blades in his hands, the more he liked them.
"Shura Blade, Blade of Slaughter, good, from now on you will slaughter all enemies with me!" Huang Xiaolong spoke as he touched the blade, and the Shura Blades seemed to understand his words, emitting a cheering howl in response.
Huang Xiaolong, liking them even more, did the same as with the Asura Ring and dropped a drop of his blood onto each blade. As the blood merged into the blades, they burst out with light and flew up, embedding themselves in his arms. Two small images of the Shura Blades appeared on the skin of Huang Xiaolong's arms, resembling long blade tattoos.
A while later, Huang Xiaolong put the Asura Technique scroll along with the map into the Asura Ring and prepared to leave the room. When he reached the door, he paused, turned around, and took the Cold Jade Bed with him.
After exiting the room, Huang Xiaolong did a final check inside the cave and, finding nothing else, left the cave. However, as he passed the cave entrance, he did not take the Water Repelling Pearl, thinking that the cave's secretive location would be beneficial for future cultivation.
After leaving the cave and swimming out of Green Lake, Huang Xiaolong got back to the shore and dressed up, putting the Yang Fruit into his Asura Ring.
"Chirp, chirp!" Just then, the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey, which had assimilated the Spiritual Power of the Yang Fruit, woke up and, seeing Huang Xiaolong, joyfully chirped and ran over.
Huang Xiaolong noticed that after assimilating the Yang Fruit's Spiritual Power, the fur of the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey was glossier and its eyes twinkled with even more charm and cuteness, though its size had not changed.
"Little guy, I need to go back now, but I'll come see you again," Huang Xiaolong said as he bent down to look at the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey.
However, just as Huang Xiaolong was about to turn and leave, the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey chirped and, in a flash, jumped onto Huang Xiaolong's shoulder and sat down calmly.
Huang Xiaolong was startled and chuckled, "Little fellow, are you planning to come with me?"
To his surprise, the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey nodded affirmatively.
Huang Xiaolong hadn't expected the little monkey to really want to come with him. After a moment's thought, he chuckled, "Alright, let's go together!" Then, the man and monkey walked out of the valley.
As they left the grassy area and passed the countless white bones, Huang Xiaolong wondered to himself whether these people had been killed by Ren Wokuang.
After leaving the valley, Huang Xiaolong did not stop and headed back to Huang Family Manor.
By the time he returned to Huang Family Manor, it was already afternoon. Huang Xiaolong was walking towards his small courtyard when he ran into his sister, Huang Min, who was coming out.
"Brother, where have you been?" Huang Min asked, but as she spoke, her eyes widened, staring at the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey on Huang Xiaolong's shoulder. Clapping her hands excitedly, she exclaimed, "What a cute little monkey! Brother, where did you buy it?"
(There will be another update tonight, with updates now typically at around 4 pm and then at 8 pm.)