Borrowed Sword

Chapter 233 : Kunlun Techniques

Chapter 233: Kunlun Techniques

“Try? Try what?”

At that time, he just needed to check the prompt given by the System—simple as that.

Whether it could be learned or not depended on the System!

Was he really expected to study it on his own?

Nangong Yue looked at Chu Huaixu and said, “If it's just cultivation methods and techniques, then you don’t actually need to take them away.”

“You only need to drip a drop of fresh blood onto the jade slip, and its contents will naturally imprint themselves into your mind. In an instant, you’ll understand everything within it and their meanings.”

“Thankfully this method exists. Otherwise, the written language of the Kunlun Grotto-Heaven is different from that of the Xuanhuang Realm—we wouldn’t be able to read it at all.” She gave a brief explanation.

With a wave of her sleeve, she retrieved a mountain-like pile of jade slips from her own Storage Token.

These cultivation methods and techniques were all the spoils of war gained by Chu Huaixu.

Among them, there were only three cultivation methods.

The rest were all techniques!

It couldn’t be helped—cultivators from the Kunlun Grotto-Heaven simply lived far too long.

Although their techniques took more time to learn, they weren’t as slow as breaking through realms, which could take years or even decades.

Moreover, killing and looting were common in the Kunlun Grotto-Heaven. The Storage Bags of high-level cultivators were unimaginably rich.

This was the accumulation of a Nascent Soul True Lord over several centuries!

Chu Huaixu looked at the towering pile of jade slips, fully aware that he was about to bleed dry.

Every jade slip required a drop of blood—and each drop took a good while.

After he finished all that, he prepared to take his leave.

As usual, it was the mosquito mount that escorted him home.

Once back, he didn’t rush inside. Instead, he spent a moment in tenderness with Han Shuangjiang.

As the saying went, “absence makes the heart grow fonder.” They had just confirmed their Dao Companion relationship—still in the honeymoon phase by Earth standards—so naturally, there was no avoiding a round of intimate affection.

Chu Huaixu indulged in another satisfying kiss.

Back in his bedroom, Chu Huaixu sat cross-legged on his Meditation Cushion.

Since returning from the Origin Spirit Realm, he had been extremely busy.

But he had also gained quite a lot.

He immediately opened his System Interface.

All the cultivation methods and techniques from Ye Kongxuan’s Storage Bag would appear within the System interface.

Chu Huaixu first checked the cultivation methods.

“《Heaven’s Will Four Symbols Profound Control Art》.”

“That should be his main method, likely used in combination with his Four Symbols Spirit Root,” Chu Huaixu thought.

After the method’s name, the System had marked: 【Cannot be learned—requires complete Spirit Root, must be either Four Symbols Spirit Root or Heavenly Spirit Root】.

“What does that mean? That as long as I have a Spirit Root, the System can upgrade it?” Chu Huaixu felt slightly startled.

But then, he laughed.

“Why be surprised!”

“Others with Spirit Roots can cultivate it too!”

Cultivation methods from the Kunlun Grotto-Heaven were different from those of the Xuanhuang Realm.

In the Xuanhuang Realm, each major breakthrough required a new cultivation method.

In the Kunlun Grotto-Heaven, however, there was no need to change methods—and in fact, they couldn’t. One method would be cultivated all the way through.

“But each method probably has its own upper limit.”

“Like this one from Ye Kongxuan—it's probably a top-tier method. Under the right conditions, it can be cultivated all the way to the Soul Transformation Stage.”

“But if a method’s upper limit is the Golden Core Stage, then that would also be the limit of your entire life.”

Chu Huaixu glanced through and felt that ascending to the Soul Transformation Stage in the Kunlun Grotto-Heaven really demanded a lot.

“You’d need to gather various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures for alchemy, and after taking the pills, still have to endure the Heavenly Tribulation.”

“Besides that, there must also be an available Fruit Position.”

“Does that mean the Soul Transformation Stage has a population cap? Like one radish per pit?” Chu Huaixu wondered.

“A Soul Transformation cultivator must die for other Nascent Soul cultivators to compete for that position?” Chu Huaixu mused.

He then turned his gaze to another cultivation method.

This method was called 《Departing Fire Burning Heaven Art》.

This method clearly didn’t compare to the Four Symbols Art, since its limit was only the Nascent Soul Stage.

Still, Chu Huaixu speculated that any method capable of reaching the Nascent Soul Stage must be a peerless treasure in the Kunlun Grotto-Heaven.

Of course, this method was also marked by the System as 【Cannot be learned】.

But its requirements were simpler than the Four Symbols Art: a fire-attribute Spirit Root, and it must be Earth-grade or higher.

“Better to check out the techniques. Looking at these methods is pointless.”

Chu Huaixu opened the techniques interface, which was densely packed with Kunlun techniques.

At a glance, he almost got dizzy.

Centuries of accumulation from a Nascent Soul cultivator—truly terrifying!

He skimmed through quickly, but nearly every entry ended with: 【Cannot be learned】.

Only one technique lacked that mark.

Chu Huaixu’s eyes lit up. He hadn’t expected to actually find something he could learn.

He focused his gaze and slightly frowned.

“‘Incarnation Outside the Body’?”

That was the name of the technique.

Suddenly, he remembered—back in the Origin Spirit Realm, Ye Kongxuan had shown insatiable greed upon witnessing the mysteries of his physical body.

Ye Kongxuan wanted to seize his body and even intended to refine him into an Undying Body.

“So that’s what he wanted—to refine me into an external incarnation?” Chu Huaixu thought.

What an Old Nascent Soul Mutt!

But he quickly noticed that this technique had specific requirements: the external incarnation must also have a Spirit Root, and its Eight Extraordinary Meridians must be fully open!

“But I have no Spirit Root.”

“I don’t even have the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.”

“In our cultivation system, it’s the Nine Apertures that matter,” Chu Huaixu thought.

However, considering Ye Kongxuan’s overwhelming greed, he must’ve had a way to overcome that.

And Chu Huaixu also understood why the technique wasn’t marked as 【Cannot be learned】.

Because it was performed using a secret method, in combination with Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, to stimulate a corpse into cultivating autonomously, and then forging a connection with it.

In other words, only the corpse needed to have a Spirit Root and Eight Meridians.

And among all the materials required, Ye Kongxuan’s Storage Bag lacked only one item: the Dragon-Hump Profound Tendon.

“So he’d long planned to cultivate this technique, and had been collecting materials for it all along.”

He glanced at the Experience Points required to learn it—1.36 million!

“But it’s a one-time purchase—it has no levels. Once learned, it's instantly mastered.”

“I’m only missing one Heavenly Treasure.”

“And I don’t have that much Experience Points.”

“Although I possess the Four Symbols Spirit Root, it’s sealed inside the Accursed Pill. I don’t even know how to extract it.”

“Even if I could take it out, and had the Experience Points, I’d still need the Dragon-Hump Profound Tendon and a corpse with the Eight Meridians,” Chu Huaixu thought.

In a flash of compassion, he suddenly realized something!

“Wait! The corpse isn’t a problem!”

“Ye Kongxuan’s corpse—I brought it out with me!”