Chapter 38

These pieces of information were all unknown to Hua Xiajiu before, making him deeply realize the importance of 'educational' resources and environmental atmosphere for cultivation, especially the difference between being nurtured by a good teacher and self-enlightenment. Therefore, he was even more eager to join the Ziyou Sect, and had already secretly decided to make it a must-do.

In Jiangyuan City, at the residence of the Cangnan Marquis, in a secret room.

Hua Xiajiu took out the large egg, holding it in his arms and examining it carefully.

Previously, in the deep ravine of the Cangman Mountains, time was tight, and Hua Xiajiu did not have the chance to examine the dragon egg in detail.

The dragon egg was about the size of an adult's head, dark golden in color, and oval-shaped, exuding an extraordinary aura.

Bang, bang, bang ——

Hua Xiajiu casually tapped the egg three times, finding the shell to be extremely hard, no less than ordinary iron or stone.

Additionally, he discovered that the dragon egg contained not only a dense aura of death and a faint, pure dragon aura, but also a thread of soul energy swirling within.

However, this thread of soul energy was faint and intermittent, like a flickering flame that could go out at any moment.

After a moment of contemplation, Hua Xiajiu's soul consciousness probed into the dragon egg.

Through the eggshell, he saw the scene inside and was startled, his expression showing a sense of wonder.

Inside the dragon egg, there was no yolk or albumen as expected, but rather a small skeleton floating in the center, about the size of a child's head. The skeleton was snake-like, with four legs and a peculiar head, with two clusters of red flames flickering in the eye sockets, as if they could go out at any moment. It was the skeleton of a miniature dragon baby.

The thread of soul energy came from the two clusters of red flames in the dragon baby's skeleton.

Due to the lack of relevant information in his mind, after much thought, Hua Xiajiu found it difficult to understand the situation detected by his soul consciousness and could not come up with a way to effectively utilize the egg. Therefore, he did not act rashly but put the dragon egg away, temporarily setting aside the matter.

In the next moment, Hua Xiajiu closed his eyes slightly, and the bits of memory from the tiger demon king flashed through his mind like a movie, especially the process of the tiger demon king awakening and practicing his innate magical techniques, which he repeatedly reviewed.

Over five days, with superhuman willpower and patience, Hua Xiajiu watched the tiger demon king's practice of the Metal Technique more than five hundred times. As the saying goes: "Reading a book a hundred times, its meaning will become clear." Hua Xiajiu watched it more than five hundred times and, by directly accessing the memory, finally accomplished what ordinary cultivators could not.

He comprehended the method of the tiger demon king's Metal Technique.

For the tiger demon king, as an innate magical technique, it involved producing a special vibration through a tiger roar, then using demon essence to draw upon the Metal Essence in the heavens and earth, condensing Metal Spikes and Metal Shields for attack or defense.

This was also why, more than a month ago, every time Hua Xiajiu interrupted the tiger demon king's roar with his bow and arrow, the tiger demon king could not use his innate magical technique. Of course, if not for this, the tiger demon king, out of resentment, would not have been willing to let Hua Xiajiu go even in death, leading to the soul invasion of Hua Xiajiu's mind and the fortuitous shaping of Hua Xiajiu's soul.

For Hua Xiajiu, of course, there was no tiger roar to draw upon the Metal Essence in the heavens and earth, but after his research and deduction, he came up with his own method.

After repeated calculations and tests, he determined the wavelength and frequency of the tiger demon king's roar, then used his soul electromagnetic waves to mimic it, finally using true essence to successfully condense Metal Spikes and Metal Shields.

In the secret room, Hua Xiajiu's eyes suddenly emitted invisible electromagnetic waves, and the air around him seemed to be like a fish pond where bait had been thrown, with countless Metal Essence gathering like fish. At the same time, Hua Xiajiu extended his hands, and a surge of true essence emerged, guiding the gathered Metal Essence to condense in a specific order.

Hua Xiajiu used his mind to control two different actions with his left and right hands, and a point of golden light suddenly appeared in each hand. The golden light expanded instantly, the right hand's light stretching into a long, sharp spike, while the left hand's light expanded into a circular shape.

In the next moment, the golden light in his right hand condensed into a golden, meter-long, extremely sharp spike. The golden light in his left hand dissipated, leaving a thick and sturdy golden shield in his hand.

Hua Xiajiu sighed in relief, satisfied, and shook the spike and shield in his hands, then thrust the spike in his right hand forcefully at the shield in his left hand.

Ding!

At the point of impact, golden light flashed, and a clear, crisp sound of metal clashing rang out. Hua Xiajiu looked closely, and both the spike and the shield were undamaged.

Hua Xiajiu smiled happily; after five days of hard work, he finally saw results. With the Metal Spike and Metal Shield, his combat strength had increased significantly, especially in close combat.

There were three reasons why Hua Xiajiu went to great lengths to comprehend and cultivate the tiger demon king's innate magical techniques.

First, although Yu Mingfu and Ma Zhikuo's memories contained many magical techniques and true essence combat skills, most of them were consistent with the cultivation methods they practiced, such as the Blood Rain Ice Arrow of the Ice Blood Sect. While Yu Mingfu's memory did contain many powerful magical techniques, they often required months or even years to master, which was not feasible in a short time. Hua Xiajiu had less than a month before he needed to go to Wuling City to participate in the Ziyou Sect's entrance selection. Other ordinary magical techniques, like the Ice Arrow, were all long-range attacks, and in Hua Xiajiu's view, it was better to focus on perfecting the Ice Arrow rather than spreading his efforts thin.

Second, after Liu Zhongyuan's advice, Hua Xiajiu learned that his physical strength was comparable to that of a late-stage Soul Out cultivator. If he could effectively utilize it, his combat strength in close combat would not be inferior to that of an early-stage Core Formation cultivator. In particular, in a surprise attack, it was entirely possible to kill an early-stage Core Formation cultivator.

The most important reason was that he had heard from Liu Zhongyuan that if one could independently comprehend and cultivate a demon beast's innate magical technique, not only would it be extremely powerful, but it could also lead to the development of a series of similar techniques, and even be modified into long-range attacks. For example, from the Metal Spike, one could develop the Metal Sword, Metal Knife, and Metal Arrow, and use a longbow to assist in long-range attacks. The Metal Shield could be transformed into Metal Bracers, Metal Gloves, and even Metal Armor.

In fact, in the cultivation world, to achieve this, one would need at least the Daoist Realm, and besides having extremely high insight, one would also need to capture a high-level demon beast, forcefully enter its mind with a powerful soul consciousness, and read its memories to possibly comprehend the demon beast's innate magical techniques. However, due to the demon beast's soul resistance, the memories read were often incomplete, and the success rate was low.

Hua Xiajiu, however, could achieve this because he had a super-cheating tool that others did not have. He could freely digest and absorb the souls of other beings, obtaining their complete memories without any side effects or negative impacts. Additionally, he possessed super reasoning and computational abilities that ordinary intelligent beings did not have, making his insight almost heaven-defying in a certain sense.

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