Chapter 41

The walls were over twenty meters high, with over a hundred layers of shelves. Although it wasn't exactly grand, the selection was certainly not small!

The star patterns on the Starlight Continent are ever-changing, and the choice of guiding stars varies, leading to a myriad of martial arts theories and a hundred schools of thought vying for attention...

Even the top noble families dare not claim that their martial arts are the best in the world!

However, the Treasure Hall dares to rank martial arts by quality!

When Tang Zheng was in the outer hall, he saw a book called "Absolute Heaven King Spear," which was suitable for the first palace's Seven Kill and Greedy Wolf dual stars. Yet, this rare martial art that could be used by a dual-star palace was merely placed in the outer hall.

"The martial arts in the inner hall of the Treasure Hall are all personally compiled by guest scholars of the Purple Gold City with seven or more stars!" Ban Yilou walked to the shelf, looking up at the countless martial arts books with Tang Zheng and said.

"But, a friend of mine said that martial arts have no good or bad, only whether they are suitable or not." Tang Zheng occasionally picked up a martial arts book and flipped through it.

"Your friend is right. Martial arts are methods of channeling and releasing star power according to certain rules. Since everyone's situation is different, there is no such thing as good or bad martial arts..."

"Then why are some martial arts placed in the inner hall, while others are only in the outer hall?" Tang Zheng asked.

Ban Yilou reached out to dust the shelf. "Because every book here is written by a seven-star or higher expert, with prefaces by the successive heads of the Purple Gold City. The number of copies printed is entirely up to the expert's will, with the least being only five hundred copies and the most not exceeding ten thousand. Once they are sold out, they are never reprinted... Even if the martial arts are exactly the same, do you think the simplified single copies outside can be compared to the complete sets written by the masters?"

Tang Zheng was taken aback.

He suddenly realized that if Ban Yilou hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't have considered this issue!

Just like some of the textbooks he knew from his previous life, the same "Selected English 4-6 Level" would have vastly different learning effects if one version was casually compiled by a printing factory and the other was carefully written by a professor!

"Only five hundred copies? No... pirated versions?"

"Even if there were, would you dare to use them?" Ban Yilou rolled his eyes. A slight mistake in the flow of star power could damage the star meridians, and no one would joke with their own life.

"Since the Treasure Hall dares to rank martial arts, the old man must have his own criteria for evaluating the quality of martial arts, right?" Tang Zheng asked.

"Right," Ban Yilou introduced the martial arts of the Treasure Hall with a serious expression. "You have just entered the first stage of the first star. The first set of martial arts a martial artist focuses on should ideally have a low lower limit and a high upper limit!"

"Low lower limit, high upper limit?"

"The lower limit refers to the star level at which a martial art can be practiced, and the upper limit refers to the star level at which the martial art can still be improved. For example, this set of 'Three Dukes Arrow Technique' was written by three guest scholars who spent over a year in the Purple Gold City. It can be practiced from the first star to the fifth star, with a total of five volumes, making it a martial art with a low lower limit and a high upper limit!"

Tang Zheng turned his head and noticed that most complete sets of martial arts had only two to three volumes, and four volumes were quite rare.

He finally saw a few five-volume sets, but they were mostly from the third star to the seventh star, with a high upper limit but a clearly insufficient lower limit!

"Secondly, the main martial art should ideally consume less star power, and the flow of star power should be as simple as possible." Ban Yilou shook his head at the "Three Dukes Arrow Technique." "Although it is a good martial art with a low lower limit and a high upper limit, its star power flow is too complex, making it time-consuming and labor-intensive to practice, with slow movements and a high error rate. It is only suitable for those whose three palaces are all Breaker stars, forming a 'Three Stars Piercing the Sun' pattern!"

"Um... that requirement is indeed too high," Tang Zheng said.

If introducing different star powers into the palace is like addition, then linking the same main star in the palace is like multiplication!

A relatively mild main star can still be attempted, but linking the Breaker main star three times in three palaces is absolutely a suicidal act!

Ban Yilou walked to a set of "Seven Kill Flowing Fire Sword" and said, "This sword technique was also created by a seven-star expert. His seven palaces have the Seven Kill main star in the first, third, fifth, and seventh positions. The sword technique he created can be practiced from the first star to the seventh star, with a total of seven volumes, having a very low lower limit and a very high upper limit. Moreover, if practiced by someone with the Seven Kill main star, the flow of star power is very simple, making it a top-notch fast sword! Even in the inner hall of the Treasure Hall, this sword technique ranks among the top ten!"

Being able to practice from the first star to the seventh star is already a very rare top-notch martial art, let alone a simple and smooth fast sword. It is completely understandable that such a martial art can rank in the top ten in the Treasure Hall!

Tang Zheng looked at the shelves one by one...

Martial arts like the "Seven Kill Flowing Fire Sword" were not just one set.

The outer hall of the Treasure Hall only showcased the financial power of the Purple Gold City.

But once inside the inner hall, anyone would truly feel the powerful strength and deep heritage of the Purple Gold City!

"Hey, Old Ban..." Tang Zheng turned to look at Ban Yilou.

"Any more questions?" Ban Yilou asked.

"Is there a martial art that can be practiced from the first star to the ninth star, with a total of nine volumes?"

"..." Ban Yilou had a "go to hell" expression.

Seven-star experts are already very rare, and above seven stars, the most important thing is opportunity!

Many experts, when they reached the seventh star, would give up their combat power to introduce a Tian Tong star, all for the sake of "opportunity"!

So, how could there possibly be a martial art that can be practiced from the first star to the ninth star? It's utterly ignorant!

Ban Yilou rolled his eyes. "I have too many martial arts. Which type do you want? I'll help you pick."

"Which type?" Tang Zheng asked.

"You're not going to tell me you haven't decided what to practice, right?"

"Oh, I practice daggers..."

"I see you have a dual-star palace?"

"Yes, Sun and Moon."

"Whoa..." Ban Yilou really hadn't noticed that the stars in his Purple Gold star pattern, which flowed like ink, were actually the Sun and Moon dual stars.

There are martial arts for the Sun main star.

There are also martial arts for the Moon main star.

But for the Sun and Moon dual stars...

None!

The closest match wasn't even a martial art, but a few highly theoretical works on crafting with almost no practical value. After all, who would introduce such a dual-star palace for no reason?

"You really are sick, aren't you?" Ban Yilou said, but his next words were, "How did you do it? You didn't explode and die!"

"If I had exploded and died, where would you find such a big benefactor again?" Tang Zheng pouted.

Ban Yilou stared at Tang Zheng for a few moments and then sighed.

The business Tang Zheng brought him in just one month was already more than what he had in three years at the Treasure Hall. He was speechless.

However, dagger martial arts are already rare, and Tang Zheng's method of introducing stars was even more unconventional...

"You..." Ban Yilou shook his head, "Forget it, come this way."

...

The entire wall was filled with engraved martial arts books, each with a clear price. Only the books on a shelf in the corner looked old and had no price tags.

Ban Yilou climbed to the fourth layer and brought down a set of martial arts.

Tang Zheng saw that the set was not engraved but handwritten!

"Even in the Treasure Hall, the collection of handwritten martial arts is not large," Ban Yilou handed the set to Tang Zheng, "Take a look, is it suitable?"

The cover of the set had only two handwritten words, "Dagger Techniques"!

The handwriting wasn't overly flamboyant, but it was concise and had a restrained grandeur.

Flipping to the first page, it read, "Dual stars can practice, main star unlimited," meaning this was a martial art that could be practiced by any dual-star palace, regardless of which two stars they were.

"Is it reliable?" Tang Zheng looked at the "Dagger Techniques," which had only three volumes, from the first star to the third star. The lower limit was low, but the upper limit was not particularly high.

"Of course! This is a handwritten martial art!" Ban Yilou emphasized.

"What's the difference?"

"Handwritten martial arts directly guide star power, making practice twice as effective with half the effort!"

"..." Tang Zheng blinked, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? There's such a good thing?"

If the engraved martial arts in the inner hall are like a professor painstakingly compiling the experience of the 4-6 level exams, then the handwritten martial arts are like a professor holding your hand and teaching you stroke by stroke!

"Because, handwritten martial arts are generally incomplete, and even the total number of volumes is unclear. For example, this 'Dagger Techniques' should have five or six volumes, but only these three volumes have been passed down to this day," Ban Yilou shook his head.

"Incomplete?" Tang Zheng frowned and waved his hand, "Fine. I'll take it first."

"270 Purple Gold taels!" Ban Yilou said.

Handwritten martial arts are expensive and incomplete, usually kept as collections, and few people buy them for use.

Ban Yilou only brought him to see the handwritten martial arts because he knew Tang Zheng had money...

After all, the complete set of "Seven Kill Flowing Fire Sword" was less than 200 taels, and it was a top-notch martial art with only 3,500 copies engraved!

"Each one?" Who knew, Tang Zheng didn't even raise his eyelids to ask.

"A set!" Ban Yilou wanted to kill him in various ways.

"Fine." Tang Zheng didn't even haggle. When Ban Yilou was about to pack it in a box for him, he added, "Also, all dagger martial arts where the first palace is the Sun or Moon main star, give me a set of each!"

"What do you think martial arts are?" Ban Yilou immediately shouted, "A martial artist can only master three to five sets in their entire life! Some martial artists focus on one set for their entire life! Don't blame me for not warning you—too much is hard to digest!"

"Cough... I'm just buying them, I didn't say I would practice them..."

"If you don't practice them, why are you buying them?"

"I just want to look at them..."

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