Chapter 18: The Nine Cuts of the Wandering Spirit

After a brief moment of surprise, Chen Chen and Wang Yue, along with the other newly admitted inner disciples, were arranged by the inner sect steward to settle into a nearby room.

The inner disciples of the Flowing Cloud Sect numbered less than two hundred, but there were over a hundred rooms, so the inner disciples generally shared a room with one other person.

Chen Chen and Wang Yue, without a doubt, ended up sharing a room.

The next day, Chen Chen got up early, washed up, and woke up Wang Yue, who had been sleeping in.

"Boss, why are you up so early? I used up too much energy during the assessment yesterday, at least let me sleep a bit more to recover!" Wang Yue said reluctantly, his eyes still half-closed with sleep.

"Idiot! Today is the day we go to the library to choose our cultivation techniques. Don't you want new techniques?" Chen Chen slapped Wang Yue on the head.

"Ah! I forgot about that!" Wang Yue suddenly perked up and quickly scrambled out of bed.

In front of the library, the inner sect elder responsible for guarding it was Yu Mian Yaohu Situ Ya, one of the five inner sect elders and the only female among the five elders of the Flowing Cloud Sect.

Situ Ya, though already in her fifties, looked as if she were in her early thirties, with skin as tender as water, two arched willow-leaf eyebrows, fox-like eyes, and a small mouth as red as blood. Her every smile and frown exuded endless charm.

Despite being over fifty, Situ Ya's waist showed no signs of aging or withering; instead, it was even more plump and round than a young girl's. She wore a very provocative silver snow fox fur coat, revealing a large expanse of snow-white skin at the chest, a deep and dizzying cleavage, and smooth, white thighs that were barely visible, giving off an irresistible allure that made people want to kiss her.

When Chen Chen, Wang Yue, and the other nine new inner disciples saw Situ Ya, they were all stunned, their eyes dazzled, as if they had lost their souls.

Fortunately, Chen Chen had come from Earth and had seen many beautiful women. Moreover, after connecting the nine major acupoints in his head, his soul was much stronger than an ordinary person's. Therefore, after a moment of distraction, his eyes quickly cleared, and he regained his composure.

Situ Ya had actually been observing Chen Chen and the other nine new inner disciples all along. When she saw that Chen Chen quickly regained his composure from her allure, a faint smile appeared on her face.

"Interesting! This boy has a very strong will! Not bad, he's a good seedling..." Situ Ya secretly praised.

After a long while, Wang Yue and the others finally snapped out of their daze, their faces flushed with embarrassment.

"Alright, you can now enter the second floor of the library to choose your desired cultivation techniques. Remember, you only have the time of one incense stick. Once the time is up, you must leave the library, regardless of whether you have made your choice or not. Good luck!" Situ Ya said with a smile.

Chen Chen and the others hurriedly ran towards the library.

On the second floor of the library, there were rows of bookshelves, each holding hundreds or even thousands of cultivation technique books. Compared to the mostly lower-tier human-grade techniques on the first floor, the second floor was dominated by mid-tier human-grade techniques, with occasional upper-tier human-grade techniques appearing.

Because they only had the time of one incense stick, Chen Chen and the others hastily flipped through the books on the shelves.

Books like "Mountain-Breaking Hammer," "Tombstone-Cleaving Hand," and even the mid-tier human-grade technique "Wind Shadow Kill" that Lang Zheng had used, made them dizzy and confused, unsure of which technique to choose.

At this moment, Chen Chen suddenly noticed a dusty book in the corner called "The Nine Cuts of the Wandering Spirit." This book was very thin, only recording the first three techniques, clearly a fragment. It was obtained by a Flowing Cloud Sect elder a hundred years ago.

According to the description in "The Nine Cuts of the Wandering Spirit," this technique had extremely strong offensive power and was unpredictable, making it easy to challenge opponents of higher levels!

If it weren't for being a fragment, it would definitely be considered an upper-tier human-grade or even a lower-tier earth-grade technique!

However, the cultivation conditions for "The Nine Cuts of the Wandering Spirit" were extremely strict. One needed a strong insight to master it, and the practitioner must have at least the third level of the Blood Fusion realm to cultivate it!

Moreover, each use of "The Nine Cuts of the Wandering Spirit" would consume a large amount of blood energy. If the opponent wasn't killed in one strike, the user would lose all offensive power!

This was almost a desperate, crazy killing move!

Due to these reasons, very few people chose to cultivate "The Nine Cuts of the Wandering Spirit." Even among the few Flowing Cloud Sect disciples who did choose it, none managed to succeed!

This made "The Nine Cuts of the Wandering Spirit," despite its extremely strong offensive power, the biggest chicken rib in the library. Over time, even fewer people in the Flowing Cloud Sect knew about this technique.

"I'll choose this one!" Chen Chen instantly decided to select "The Nine Cuts of the Wandering Spirit."

After all, Chen Chen had just taught Liu Yong a lesson, thoroughly making an enemy of Senior Brother Lin Hai. Now that he had entered the inner sect, Senior Brother Lin Hai would definitely not let Chen Chen off.

Chen Chen did not want to sit and wait to be toyed with by Senior Brother Lin Hai!

Therefore, Chen Chen had to quickly enhance his strength to have the ability to protect himself!

And "The Nine Cuts of the Wandering Spirit" perfectly met all of Chen Chen's current needs!

As for the difficulty of cultivating "The Nine Cuts of the Wandering Spirit," it was not a problem for Chen Chen at all!

Need strong insight? For Chen Chen, that was a small matter!

As long as Chen Chen had some time and a few moments of enlightenment, mastering "The Nine Cuts of the Wandering Spirit" would be a piece of cake!

After choosing the technique, Chen Chen went to Wang Yue's side to see which technique he had chosen.

Wang Yue held two techniques in his hands: one was the mid-tier human-grade technique "Tombstone-Cleaving Hand," and the other was the upper-tier human-grade technique "Mountain-Cleaving Axe."

"Which one should I choose?" Wang Yue kept turning his head, looking at the two techniques in his left and right hands.

Both "Tombstone-Cleaving Hand" and "Mountain-Cleaving Axe" were powerful techniques known for their strength, but "Tombstone-Cleaving Hand" was for hand-to-hand combat, while "Mountain-Cleaving Axe" was for axe combat. However, "Tombstone-Cleaving Hand" was easier to cultivate and could quickly enhance a practitioner's strength, while "Mountain-Cleaving Axe" was much harder, requiring at least a year or even longer to cultivate properly.

"Choose 'Mountain-Cleaving Axe'! Although it's harder to cultivate, its power is much greater than 'Tombstone-Cleaving Hand'! Don't just look at the present; think long-term! Our journey is still long..." Chen Chen lightly patted Wang Yue's shoulder and said calmly.

"Right! I'll choose 'Mountain-Cleaving Axe'! I won't back down; I'll definitely master 'Mountain-Cleaving Axe'!" Wang Yue nodded heavily, holding "Mountain-Cleaving Axe" and following Chen Chen out of the library.

The time of one incense stick quickly passed, and the nine new inner disciples, including Chen Chen and Wang Yue, had all chosen their techniques and obediently handed them over to Yu Mian Yaohu Situ Ya for inspection and registration.

When Situ Ya saw that Chen Chen had chosen "The Nine Cuts of the Wandering Spirit," her face showed a look of disbelief.

"Are you sure you want to choose 'The Nine Cuts of the Wandering Spirit'?" Situ Ya asked doubtfully.

"Yes! Elder Situ! I am sure I want to choose this!" Chen Chen nodded firmly.

Situ Ya glanced at Chen Chen, then said nothing and turned to handle the affairs of the other new disciples.

However, Chen Chen could clearly see that Situ Ya seemed very angry and disappointed with his choice.

After all, since "The Nine Cuts of the Wandering Spirit" was included in the Flowing Cloud Sect's library, no one had managed to truly master it in decades, only wasting their time.

Therefore, in Situ Ya's view, Chen Chen must have been overly ambitious, attracted by the powerful offensive power of "The Nine Cuts of the Wandering Spirit," which made her somewhat disappointed in Chen Chen, who she had initially looked at with new eyes.

However, Chen Chen said nothing. He was already determined that with the existence of the mysterious mirror and his ability to enter a state of enlightenment from time to time, it wouldn't take long for him to master the first three techniques of "The Nine Cuts of the Wandering Spirit"!

Afterward, the group left the library and returned to their rooms to cultivate.

The technique of "The Nine Cuts of the Wandering Spirit" was not difficult to understand. After a few days, Chen Chen had it memorized, but actually using it was not so easy.

The Nine Cuts of the Wandering Spirit, like shadows following, nine cuts in quick succession, swift as thunder!

This technique required extremely strong explosive power and agile, swift movements. Both were essential!

Days passed, and Chen Chen, after six moments of enlightenment and with the help of the Stacking Waves secret technique, finally managed to initially master the first technique of "The Nine Cuts of the Wandering Spirit," the Ghostly Cut, after half a month.

By this time, Wang Yue had already broken through to the fourth level of the Blood Fusion realm and had cultivated "Mountain-Cleaving Axe" to the third technique, surpassing Chen Chen in cultivation level for the first time.

However, Chen Chen did not regret it at all. Through the half-month of cultivating "The Nine Cuts of the Wandering Spirit," Chen Chen believed that he was now more than ten times stronger than before...

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