An hour later.
By another bookshelf, Su Yu frowned as he read an ancient book in his hands. This book was neither a cultivation technique nor a body refinement technique, but a peculiar method.
One might even call it: a pseudo-Divine Skill.
It was a technique created to mimic the inherent Divine Skills of the ancient strong ones.
This method was called: Blood Whale Swallowing Moon Skill.
It copied the powerful ancient Demon Clan, fused with body refinement techniques.
According to the book, by using the bloodline of the Demon Clan's sky-swallowing whales as the source, one could create a pseudo-Divine Skill source within the body.
This pseudo-Divine Skill source possessed the power to devour the heaven.
It could absorb the essence of the heavens and the earth, accumulate it within the source.
The moment the pseudo-Divine Skill was used, it could instantly explode with more than twice the power.
In ancient times, the sky-swallowing whale of the Demon Clan was a great tribe, but with the decline of the Demon Clan, and due to the nature of this pseudo-Divine Skill, countless cultivators hunted and killed the sky-swallowing whale clan. Now, this ancient sky-swallowing whale clan was already extinct.
Naturally, the Blood Whale Swallowing Moon Skill became a chicken rib like the Green Wood Year Ring Skill- it was tasteless to eat and a pity to discard.
"That's enough."
Upon seeing this technique, Su Yu immediately walked to the counter with two ancient books.
Behind the counter of the Heavenly Book Pavilion was an old man with white hair. After several customers had paid, he saw the two ancient books Su Yu brought.
The elder couldn't help but look at Su Yu and said with some surprise, "Two ancient books, each at fifty low-grade Spirit Stones. You can read them, but can't pass them on. Once sold, the shop does not accept returns."
"Understood."
With a somewhat pained expression, Su Yu took out a hundred low-grade Spirit Stones from his Qiankun bag, exchanging them with the old man for two new books that were clearly copied.
After a glance, Su Yu frowned slightly.
The Green Wood Year Ring Skill recorded in this book was limited to three circles and a total of twenty-seven rotations.
The Blood Whale Swallowing Moon Skill, on the other hand, was the first volume, divided into five realms.
Each realm could double one's power, up to five times.
Most importantly, it recorded that practitioners of the Blood Whale Swallowing Moon Skill must have a strong body, otherwise they might not be able to withstand the power of the pseudo-Divine Skill and die from their bodies exploding.
In general, the stronger the power you erupt with, the stronger your body must be to withstand it.
Otherwise, it would cause severe damage if not death.
Seeing Su Yu had given the money, the old man at the Heavenly Book Pavilion chuckled, "Young man, if you master these two ancient strange techniques, you will definitely have a place in the world of cultivators."
"Of course, even if you don't master them, don't lose hope. You need to believe that there is always a magical technique suitable for you in this world. And we at Heavenly Book Pavilion have collected many of them. Remember to us visit often."
Su Yu: "..."
He had an urge to bite someone.
This old fella had his eyes on his money bag.
Or did he think Su Yu was easy to fool?
Su Jingbang came up to Su Yu. Seeing he had spent one hundred low-grade Spirit Stones on two useless books, his face looked peculiar.
He stared at Su Yu like he was looking at a fool. No wonder the shopkeeper welcomed him back.
"You...never mind. This thing looks good, but it's useless...remember to learn from this loss." Su Jingbang shook his head.
He didn't say much, and after seeing Su Yu pay, he led Su Yu out of the Heavenly Book Pavilion.
Su Yu put the two techniques into his Qiankun bag and left contentedly.
It appeared that the Heavenly Book Pavilion had made a huge profit, but
he also didn't lose out, with his proficiency panel.
Both parties were quite pleased.
Afterwards, Su Jingbang took Su Yu to a shop that specialized in selling magical beast materials.
"This is the Yu Family's shop from Black Rock Mountain. The monster materials here are sold at a reasonable price." Su Jingbang said.
Black Rock Mountain's Yu Family, Su Yu recognized.
This was a cultivation family much stronger than the Su Family. It was rumored that the Yu Family had five Foundation Establishments, and were skilled at controlling beasts.
Black Rock Mountain was a blessed place, with a second-grade Spirit Vein beneath it.
Apart from this shop, the Yu Family had another shop in the market, specializing in selling spirit pets.
Here Su Yu bought thirty-five drops of first-stage late-stage monster essence blood. The price ranged from two to three low-grade Spirit Stones. He spent almost one hundred low-grade Spirit Stones.
The stronger the monster essence blood, the more expensive it is.
Then the two of them went around in the market.
There were indeed a lot of good things here. Su Yu saw many things that he was envious of and wanted to buy. But he didn't have many lower-grade spirit stones left.
After a stroll, the two returned to the Dan Tower.
At night,
Su Yu spent three lower-grade Spirit Stones to buy a pot of Spiritual Wine to invite Su Jingbang and others to drink. After a meal and drinks, he returned to a small room arranged by the Second Elder.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Su Yu took out the Green Wood Year Ring Skill and the Blood Whale Swallowing Moon Skill from his Qiankun bag.
His main focus was on the Green Wood Year Ring Skill. Although there were only three circles and twenty-seven rotations, at least Su Yu could practice it until Core Formation without any problems.
Looking at this technique, Su Yu was overjoyed, "If I can succeed in transferring my cultivation, I will mainly cultivate this technique in the future."
The Green Wood Technique was too ordinary previously because there were no other options.
Now that there was a better Green Wood Year Ring Skill, Su Yu naturally hoped to transfer his cultivation.
"Let's try."
Su Yu began to try.
To master the Green Wood Year Ring Skill, one needs the original essence of the green wood. Of course, Su Yu can't have such a special power.
He could only try slowly, to see if he could master the technique with the help of his proficiency panel.
The night passed.
Su Yu didn't gain anything.
But after trying to cultivate the Green Wood Year Ring Skill for a night, the next day he felt particularly energetic and felt much more vibrant than before.
This gave Su Yu a glimmer of hope, and he was overjoyed.
In the afternoon,
Su Yu left with Su Jingbang and others and began their journey back.
Leaving the market,
A short distance away, Su Jingbang glanced at a few places and was indifferent. Then, the hidden aura from those places swiftly retreated and left.
Places like the outskirts of the market were where bandits liked to hang around.
However, most of these bandits were not strong.
"Hurry up."
Su Jingbang said softly in a low voice, taking the lead to speed up and leave.
The journey back was just as smooth, nothing attacked them. Even when they returned to the vicinity of River City, they didn't find any ambushes from the hostile Lin Family.
Upon their safe return to the medicinal garden, Su Changyu saw him, knew that Su Yu's heart wasn't in the medicine garden, he pondered and said, "Study for another year, and you should be able to try to become an Alchemy apprentice."
"You have succeeded in cultivating the Lingering Technique, which gives you an advantage over others, but your cultivation level is your weak point."
"Most people start learning Alchemy at the Qi Refinement Realm Fourth Level, otherwise, their mana can hardly hold up."
Upon hearing this, Su Yu smiled and said, "Master, I'm not in a hurry."
"I'll consider it after reaching the Qi Refinement Realm Fourth Level."
Su Changyu sighed and patted Su Yu on the shoulder, "Then you work hard on cultivation, you are more promising than me. Apart from knowledge in the pharmacist area, there's not much else I can assist you with."
In the following days, apart from daily cultivation, Su Yu primarily tried to transfer his cultivation to the Green Wood Year Ring Skill.
After a month of trying, the aura on Su Yu finally started to change.
He successfully transferred and initiated the Green Wood Year Ring Skill.