Chapter 879 The Nine Secrets of Heavenly Sorcery
Wu Ling led Chen Yang to a side hall and pushed open the door, saying, "All the cultivation techniques are inside. Pick what you like."
Upon entering, Chen Yang's breath hitched as he gazed at the room, piled high with everything from bamboo slips to paper scrolls, and even techniques inscribed on stone tablets.
All of them were written in ancient characters that Chen Yang had seen before.
He estimated that the collection here was many times larger than that of Feiyan Mountain!
Wu Ling sat on the steps by the door. Seeing Chen Yang staring motionlessly at the books, he reminded him, "If I'm not mistaken, the cultivation technique you practice should be from the Heavenly Sorcery lineage. You can look in the thirteenth row. I remember there are Heavenly Sorcery techniques there. Practicing those would also complement your current cultivation."
Wu Ling's reminder left Chen Yang somewhat stunned.
He never expected the other party to be able to guess what cultivation technique he practiced.
Although Chen Yang hadn't inquired much about Wu Ling's identity, he could infer some things from what he knew.
Senior Qin Yi, like him, had received a legacy after ascending these steps and had stayed in the snow mountain ever since.
And Wu Ling was the one who truly bestowed these legacies.
Although Wu Ling was merely a strand of spiritual energy, he was quite different from the spiritual energy Zhou Zeyao had left in the Tree Tomb.
Most of the time, Zhou Zeyao's spiritual energy was dormant, much like Xu Qingquan's, only truly awakening after Hu Feng entered the Tree Tomb space.
However, Wu Ling here seemed to have been awake the entire time.
It was just that perhaps due to the sheer volume of memories, he had selectively erased a significant portion of his distant past.
Even so, Wu Ling's mind held far more knowledge than Zhou Zeyao and the others.
"Senior Wu is correct. One of the cultivation techniques I practice is the Nine Secrets of Heavenly Sorcery."
"This set of techniques was also obtained by chance, but I haven't fully mastered it. I wonder if Senior Wu could offer some guidance?"
In response to Chen Yang's words, Wu Ling slowly raised his eyelids, scrutinized Chen Yang, and then said, "If it were any other cultivation technique, I wouldn't mind offering guidance. However, the Nine Secrets of Heavenly Sorcery that you practice falls outside that scope."
"Being able to cultivate this technique is already proof of your talent. Ordinary people simply cannot practice it."
"Besides, you yourself said it's the Nine Secrets of Heavenly Sorcery. You've only learned one part of it and expect to achieve mastery?"
"Are you joking!"
After speaking, Wu Ling murmured to himself.
The Nine Secrets of Heavenly Sorcery was an extremely special cultivation technique. If he hadn't seen the cultivation marks on Chen Yang's bones earlier, Wu Ling truly wouldn't have believed anyone could practice it.
The cultivation difficulty of this technique was incredibly high, and…
"How about this, go and find those few cultivation techniques first."
Hearing this, Chen Yang understood immediately that Wu Ling was willing to offer him some guidance.
Someone who had lived even longer than Zhou Zeyao made Chen Yang truly anticipate what was to come.
Chen Yang had already done extensive research on the differences between ancient martial arts and modern techniques with Chen Shu, and he would also occasionally ask Zhou Zeyao.
After all, Zhou Zeyao, while residing in the Zhou family, was not idle every day and had access to many secrets of prominent families.
During their research, the three of them discovered a secret.
Many of the current cultivation techniques had gaps!
The vast majority of them were in a state of semi-completion.
Initially, Chen Yang didn't quite understand how Zhou Zeyao had figured this out, but after multiple comparisons, he finally understood.
The peak Grandmaster realm was not just the highest level that martial artists could currently reach.
Furthermore, the inherited cultivation techniques all led up to the peak Grandmaster realm.
Beyond the peak Grandmaster realm, it was necessary to repeatedly refine one's body and spiritual energy.
The body-tempering methods in ancient martial arts were extremely common techniques for refining the body.
And some powerful cultivation techniques naturally incorporated these.
However, Chen Yang had repeatedly perused all the cultivation techniques collected by the Heavenly Doctor Hall over the years, and without exception, none of them contained such elements.
They didn't even mention it in a single word!
Through repeated deductions by the three of them, they could only arrive at one conclusion: someone had tampered with these cultivation techniques.
And erased the subsequent content entirely!
However, Chen Yang didn't believe that the reason no martial artists could surpass the peak Grandmaster realm was due to the disappearance of these techniques.
The ancient martial artists appearing now practiced cultivation techniques that were not current ones, yet they too were unable to surpass the peak Grandmaster realm.
Chen Yang knew that encountering Wu Ling today might allow him to re-understand the evolutionary process of martial artists!
Following Wu Ling's direction, Chen Yang indeed found two more parts of the Nine Secrets of Heavenly Sorcery.
"Nine Secrets of Heavenly Sorcery: Fire Body, Nine Secrets of Heavenly Sorcery: Earth and Soil."
Combined with the Nine Secrets of Heavenly Sorcery: Sky Movement, which Chen Yang was currently practicing, he now possessed one-third of the complete technique.
Chen Yang brought out these two cultivation manuals. After casually flipping through a couple of pages, Wu Ling said, "Yes, these are the two. Many cultivation techniques were lost back then. It's already quite remarkable that you've managed to gather three parts."
After having Chen Yang circulate the Sky Movement secret technique a few times in front of him, Wu Ling then said, "The cultivation technique you are currently practicing mainly strengthens your leg bones, allowing you to display very agile movements."
"Since that's the case, you should cultivate the Nine Secrets of Heavenly Sorcery: Earth and Soil first."
As Wu Ling spoke, he flicked his finger, and the Earth and Soil secret technique instantly vanished.
Before Chen Yang could react, an image suddenly appeared in his mind.
It was Wu Ling demonstrating the Earth and Soil secret technique!
"What is earth? What is soil? Earth establishes movement, soil carries all things. In this world, no matter who it is, they cannot deviate from these two words to cultivate. Just like cultivation, establishing oneself and carrying all things is the foundation."
"The Earth and Soil secret technique, one of the Nine Secrets of Heavenly Sorcery, is the method to nourish your foundation!"
Although Wu Ling only showed it once in Chen Yang's mind, the method of circulating the technique was deeply imprinted in Chen Yang's consciousness!
When Chen Yang opened his eyes and saw Wu Ling before him, he finally understood. The other party had likely just imparted the legacy to him.
This was the first time Chen Yang had encountered such a peculiar method of inheritance.
Seeing the shock in Chen Yang's eyes, Wu Ling chuckled, "Don't look at me like that. It's a very common form of inheritance. All the cultivation techniques and manuals in this room are of extraordinary origin. I've merely activated the contents within."