Chapter 15

What was taken out from the hidden layer was a silver-white piece of brocade-like material.

Holding the brocade in his hand, Ding Qi could not feel any weight at all.

If he had not seen it with his own eyes, he would not have noticed that there was something in his hand.

This piece of brocade was not only weightless but also extremely thin. When he first took it out from the book, it was folded into several layers between the pages. Ding Qi had read the Iron Sand Palm manual countless times but had never noticed anything unusual about the pages, nor had he found that the page with the hidden layer was thicker than the others.

From this, one could see how light and thin the brocade was.

"I wonder what material this brocade is made of, but it's definitely not silk," Ding Qi rubbed the brocade in his hand and judged.

He, of course, did not have silk, but he had once touched silk fabric and knew that it felt smooth and silky. The texture of the brocade in his hand was somewhat similar. However, Ding Qi also knew that silk fabric could never be as light as the silver brocade in his hand, nor could it be so thin.

Unable to figure it out, he stopped thinking about it and turned his attention to something else. There was another matter that concerned him more than the material of the brocade.

This matter was the densely written text on the brocade.

Although Ding Qi had already read it several times, he still spread the silver brocade in front of him and carefully read the text.

The characters were very small, like the head of a fly.

However, each stroke was clearly visible and the font was graceful and full of spirit.

In addition to these small characters, there were some rather strange patterns on the brocade, connected with bright gold.

These bright gold patterns looked like both pictures and characters. At first, Ding Qi was quite curious about these strange patterns and suspected that they might have some hidden meaning.

However, after studying for a long time, he could not figure out what they meant. In the end, he concluded that these patterns were not meaningful characters but merely decorative patterns to make the brocade look beautiful, purely background decoration.

With this judgment, he no longer cared about these strange patterns and focused all his attention on the text.

There was a lot of text on the brocade, and he had not finished reading it all before. However, even so, it was enough for Ding Qi to know what was written on it.

The text described a cultivation technique, a technique called the Innate Technique.

He took a rough look at the technique and knew that it had thirteen levels in total.

"If I'm not mistaken, this brocade should be a very precious martial arts manual," Ding Qi judged, his heart racing.

Recalling how his internal true qi had reacted when he first picked up the Iron Sand Palm manual in Liangcheng, he looked at the silver brocade again and understood.

After obtaining the Iron Sand Palm manual, he had not felt any abnormality from the book, so he thought it was just his imagination. However, it was now clear that it was not that simple.

It was not an illusion; the book was indeed strange.

The source of his strange feeling was naturally this martial arts manual.

This martial arts manual was hidden in such a bizarre way, and the material of the silver brocade was so special. If it were not precious, Ding Qi would not believe it.

After reading the content not long ago and realizing that it was an extremely precious martial arts manual, Ding Qi was naturally very happy, almost jumping for joy.

For Ding Qi, who dreamed of wandering the martial world, a profound martial arts manual was something he had longed for.

However, after the initial excitement, Ding Qi was startled and quickly calmed down, breaking out in a cold sweat.

He was very clear about the value of a profound martial arts manual.

For a profound technique, continuous decades of vendettas and killings were common in the martial world. Many large sects would also engage in endless struggles and battles for a profound martial technique.

The value of this martial arts manual was naturally very obvious.

If someone knew that he had such a martial arts manual, the result could be imagined. It would be impossible to leave a complete body.

After thinking about this, the first thing Ding Qi did was to carefully look around to see if anyone had seen him and the brocade in his hand. To his relief, since this medicinal garden was in a remote part of the town, no one usually came near. The only person nearby, Mr. Zhao, the manager, generally did not come to his place, so no one had noticed the situation.

Even so, to be on the safe side, Ding Qi closed the windows and locked the door, finally feeling at ease. This way, no one would discover the brocade in his hand, and he could read the content in peace.

Ding Qi also had his own speculations about the origin of the brocade.

Since the Innate Technique manual was sealed in the seemingly ordinary Iron Sand Palm manual, and according to the fat boss of the weapon shop, the Iron Sand Palm manual came from the Qingyun Sect, the origin of the Innate Technique was also clear.

The Qingyun Sect and this technique were definitely related. Perhaps, the Innate Technique was originally a secret technique of the Qingyun Sect. However, it was unknown what had happened in the past that someone would use such a mysterious method to seal this technique in the book.

Later, by chance, the Iron Sand Palm manual was given to a disciple of the Qingyun Sect as a worthless old and simple technique. Finally, it fell into Ding Qi's hands, and he discovered its secret.

Looking at the Innate Technique in his hand,

Ding Qi's face showed a proud expression: "Such a precious technique, and I got it for free!"

He was not worried that the Qingyun Sect would trace it back to him and cause trouble.

The Iron Sand Palm manual had been out of the Qingyun Sect for over a hundred years, and no one had traced it back. Clearly, the Qingyun Sect did not know about the brocade, so he could be completely at ease.

"People say that the more profound the martial arts, the higher the requirements for the practitioner's talent. I find it so difficult to practice even a simple technique like Iron Sand Palm. I wonder if I can practice this technique..." While feeling proud, Ding Qi was also somewhat worried.

He was happy to obtain a profound martial arts technique, but he was also worried that his talent was not enough to practice it.

He had heard from Old Bai before that many legendary profound martial arts were very different from simple techniques like Iron Sand Palm.

Techniques like Iron Sand Palm could produce true qi as long as they were practiced, with the only difference being the speed of cultivation. However, profound techniques were different; not everyone could produce true qi.

"Since I have this opportunity, I can't just sit and watch. Whether I can practice it or not, I'll only know after trying."

In the end, Ding Qi thought this.

After making up his mind, he focused all his energy on practicing the Innate Technique. The first thing Ding Qi needed to do was to test whether he could practice this technique and produce true qi.

He had already decided that if he could produce true qi with this technique, even if the cultivation speed was slower than Iron Sand Palm, he would switch to this technique.

The thirteen-level Innate Technique was a very profound technique, and the quality of the true qi and the effects of the technique were far superior to those of Iron Sand Palm.

That night,

he got the result.

To his surprise, he could produce true qi by practicing the Innate Technique.

"However, this true qi... Is it just my imagination?" he thought in surprise.

Since it was a high-level technique, Ding Qi had already prepared himself for a very slow cultivation speed even if he could produce true qi.

However, the situation that followed was somewhat unexpected.

He felt that the speed of true qi production after practicing the Innate Technique was not slow at all. It was even faster than the Iron Sand Palm technique.

However, the cultivation time was too short to make an accurate judgment, and Ding Qi suspected that it might be his imagination.

Regardless of whether the cultivation speed of the Innate Technique was fast or slow, he was relieved to confirm that he could indeed practice this profound technique.

"The cultivation speed is hard to determine in such a short time. However, if I practice seriously for a few days, I will know. If the cultivation speed is really...," thinking about this, Ding Qi could not help but feel excited.