Chapter 0006: Heaven-Level Cultivation Technique

He had already deduced the cause of death from Yun Yue's injuries: first, a blow that shattered his arm bones, followed by a fatal stomp to the chest when he was defenseless.

"Chen Li inadvertently did me a great favor; otherwise, Yang Qing might really have been tricked by Yun Qingyan in the duel four days from now!"

The Great Elder said with a grim expression.

Yun Yue had the cultivation of the Fourth Rank of the Star Realm. To shatter his arm bones and render him unable to fight in one move, one would need at least the Fifth Rank of the Star Realm.

However, three days ago, Yun Qingyan claimed in the council hall that he was only at the Third Rank of the Star Realm.

"Yun Qingyan, Yun Qingyan, I never thought that after three years, not only have you become a smooth talker, but your depth of scheming has also become so profound!"

The Great Elder's expression changed, but he suddenly laughed, "Unfortunately for Yun Qingyan, he still miscalculated. My son Yang Qing had already reached the Seventh Rank of the Star Realm half a month ago."

Yun Qingyan, of course, did not know that the Great Elder could deduce so much from Yun Yue's body.

Even if he did know, he would probably just sneer. Who was he, Yun Qingyan? One of the ten great immortals of the Immortal Realm, would he bother to scheme against a mere mortal?

Absolutely ridiculous!

After seeing off his cousin Yun Xuan, he left the courtyard. Having been back for so many days, he hadn't even toured the Yun Family estate.

The Yun Family estate was vast, with artificial hills, a lake, gardens, and countless training grounds and pavilions.

Yun Qingyan first went to the training ground, where over a hundred boys aged five to their teens were practicing.

When Yun Qingyan and Cai'er were young, they were also frequent visitors to the training ground.

However, as they grew older, they visited the training ground less often and received specialized training from martial artists.

After leaving the training ground, Yun Qingyan walked deeper into the estate and stopped in front of the cultivation technique pavilion after about ten minutes.

What a strong spiritual energy fluctuation!

In the many days since returning to Tianyu City, this was the first time Yun Qingyan had felt such a strong spiritual energy fluctuation.

Of course, this "strong" was only relative to Tianyu City. In the Immortal Realm, this level of spiritual energy fluctuation was insignificant.

Yun Qingyan took a step and entered the cultivation technique pavilion.

The cultivation technique pavilion had three floors, and the interior was very old, filled with the aura of time.

"Indeed, a Moon Realm martial artist!"

Yun Qingyan's gaze fell on the old man lying on a long chair, eyes closed in a pretend sleep.

The old man looked to be in his eighties, with white hair and a face full of wrinkles. From his appearance alone, he was just an ordinary old man.

"He's not the previous guardian of the pavilion." Yun Qingyan had visited the cultivation technique pavilion many times before, and this Moon Realm old man was the first he had seen.

"If there's no mistake, he must be the Great Elder that my uncle mentioned!" Yun Qingyan muttered to himself.

"Identity token!" The old man's eyes remained closed, but his voice rang out.

"My identity token is lost!" Yun Qingyan said. The cultivation technique pavilion was one of the most important places in the Yun Family, so entry required an identity token.

The identity token was proof of identity for the Yun Family's descendants, recording their personal information.

When Yun Qingyan was caught in the spatial storm, his identity token was lost.

"An identity token can be lost?" The old man, who had a carefree look, suddenly showed a look of disgust. In the next moment, he opened his eyes and looked at Yun Qingyan.

At the same time, an invisible mental pressure accompanied this.

This was the pressure of a Moon Realm martial artist.

However, to the old man's disappointment, Yun Qingyan was not affected by the pressure, his expression as calm as water.

The old man's disgust was instantly replaced by shock. Although he hadn't released his full pressure, it was not something an eighteen-year-old could withstand.

Subconsciously, the old man took a closer look at Yun Qingyan.

"What's your name? Are you a collateral descendant or a direct descendant?"

"Yun Qingyan, direct descendant!" Yun Qingyan replied.

"What? Yun Qingyan? Didn't you go missing three years ago?" The old man suddenly stood up from the chair, his gaze becoming sharp as he scanned Yun Qingyan's entire body.

The old man rarely went out, so he hadn't heard about Yun Qingyan's return.

Yun Qingyan gave a somewhat helpless smile and then recounted the story of his training at Langya Mountain and being captured by bandits.

"You actually managed to escape from the bandits' den at Langya Mountain?" The old man's eyes flashed with shock.

Even a Moon Realm expert like him wouldn't dare to venture deep into Langya Mountain, let alone escape after being captured by bandits!

"If that's the case, losing your identity token is understandable!" The old man's gaze softened.

"Are you here to choose a cultivation technique?"

"Exactly!" Yun Qingyan nodded.

"You are a direct descendant, so you can directly enter the third floor to choose a cultivation technique. However, there are two rules to follow: first, you can only choose one cultivation technique, and second, your stay cannot exceed half an hour." The old man said.

The cultivation technique pavilion was a crucial place for the Yun Family, housing all the cultivation techniques that could be passed down since the family's establishment.

On the Tianxing Continent, the quantity and quality of cultivation techniques were directly related to a family's strength, foundation, and subsequent inheritance.

Therefore, there were strict requirements for the descendants entering the cultivation technique pavilion.

For example, ordinary collateral descendants could only choose cultivation techniques on the first floor. The techniques on the first floor were the most basic, with the vast majority not even reaching the rank of "entry-level."

The second floor could only be entered by direct descendants and collateral descendants who had reached the Fifth Rank of the Star Realm.

As for the third floor, only the most direct descendants could enter unconditionally. Currently, the most direct descendants of the Yun Family were only Yun Qingyan and Yun Xuan.

Others who wanted to enter the third floor had to demonstrate sufficient talent and obtain the approval of the family head.

Even Yun Yangqing, who was now considered the first genius of the Yun Family, would need the family head's approval to enter the third floor.

The first floor had at least several thousand cultivation techniques, but the second floor had only about three hundred.

The third floor had only a few dozen, each locked in a sealed iron box, requiring a special key to open.

Although the number was small, each of these few dozen cultivation techniques was invaluable, all being high-grade human-level techniques.

In Tianyu City, the highest-grade human-level techniques that could be bought on the market were low-grade. Medium-grade human-level techniques were extremely rare, even in the black market, and if they appeared, they would be bought by the three major forces at very high prices.

As for high-grade human-level techniques, only the three major forces could possess them, let alone sell them.

"Seven Star Finger, Meteor Sword Technique, Nine Layers Palm, Mountain-Collapsing Fist..." Yun Qingyan's gaze swept over the iron boxes. On the outside of each box, there were papers indicating the names and characteristics of the techniques inside.

With a mindset of not letting any potential go to waste, Yun Qingyan released his divine sense and entered these iron boxes, reading through the content of the techniques.

There was only one that his divine sense could not see the content of.

"Spirit Monkey Transformation Technique!" Yun Qingyan's gaze and divine sense fell on the last iron box.

"Spirit Monkey Transformation Technique, high-grade human-level light technique. When cultivated to a certain stage, one can become as light as a swallow, leaving no trace on snow, and significantly improve one's running, jumping, and dodging abilities. When cultivated to the peak, one can even stand on a willow branch for a long time without breaking it." Yun Qingyan muttered, reading the technique's introduction on the outside of the iron box.

"I didn't expect the family's cultivation technique pavilion to have such a technique, no wonder even my divine sense can't see its content!" Yun Qingyan's eyes flashed with a sharp light, "Being able to stand on a willow branch for a long time without breaking it is not just a light technique, but the ability to stand in mid-air!"

The ability to stand in mid-air was what all martial artists dreamed of.

Unfortunately, even the strongest Yang Realm experts could not stand in mid-air; only innate spirits could.

Yun Qingyan's current cultivation had fallen to the Star Realm, and he had also lost the ability to stand in mid-air.

"Did you choose a cultivation technique in just three minutes?" The old man's brows furrowed, and when he heard that Yun Qingyan wanted the Spirit Monkey Transformation Technique, his brows furrowed even more.

"Yun Qingyan, if you only look at the introduction, the Spirit Monkey Transformation Technique is indeed amazing, especially the ability to stand on a willow branch for a long time without breaking it, which even I envy. However, the difficulty of cultivating the Spirit Monkey Transformation Technique is several times, even dozens of times, higher than other light techniques of the same level. At least in the Yun Family, no one has ever successfully cultivated it!" The old man, though his brows were furrowed, still patiently warned.

"Is that so!" Yun Qingyan nodded indifferently, with no surprise in his eyes, because the Spirit Monkey Transformation Technique was not a high-grade human-level technique but a high-grade heaven-level technique.

Any martial artist knew that the higher the grade of a technique, the greater the difficulty of cultivation.

As the highest-level technique on the Tianxing Continent, the difficulty of cultivating a heaven-level technique was unimaginable. If the difficulty of cultivating a human-level technique was 1, then the difficulty of cultivating a heaven-level technique would be at least 10,000.

"The old man suggests you choose another technique. Cultivating the Spirit Monkey Transformation Technique will only waste your time. You have already been delayed for three years at Langya Mountain; you cannot afford to waste more time!" The old man warned again.

"Thank you for your advice, but I have made up my mind!" Yun Qingyan knew that saying this would offend the other party, but he still said it with a determined look. Not to mention the other thirty-odd techniques, which he had already copied into his mind with his divine sense, even if he hadn't, he would still choose the Spirit Monkey Transformation Technique.

The reason was simple: the Spirit Monkey Transformation Technique was a heaven-level technique.

"You are simply unreasonable!" Seeing that Yun Qingyan still wouldn't listen to his advice, the old man couldn't help but wave his sleeve in anger!

Half a minute later.

The old man had already retrieved the Spirit Monkey Transformation Technique and handed it to Yun Qingyan.

"You can leave now, but you must return the technique within three days!" The old man issued an expulsion order, his eyes lacking the usual kindness, filled instead with disappointment.

"Goodbye!" Yun Qingyan said and walked out of the pavilion.

"Encountering a bottleneck, it's good to follow your heart, but pursuing comfort will only lead to mediocrity! Cultivation requires a balance of work and rest, but no one knows that overwork leads to injury, and excessive rest leads to decline." From a distance, Yun Qingyan's voice echoed.

"Indeed, a presumptuous thing, actually trying to give me advice on cultivation!" The old man looked at Yun Qingyan's back and sneered.

However, in his mind, he subconsciously replayed Yun Qingyan's words several times.

"Overwork leads to injury, excessive rest leads to decline."

"Overwork leads to injury, excessive rest leads to decline."

"..."

After repeating it several times, the old man's eyes suddenly flashed with a sharp light, feeling as if he had been enlightened, as if all his problems had suddenly become clear.