Chapter 108: Chapter 108: Little Divine Techniques

With the matter of the Foundation Establishment Pill settled, Song Changsheng finally had a few peaceful days. He spent his time practicing with his spear, cultivating Magic, and tempering his body—it was all quite pleasant.

One day, after finishing his morning cultivation, Song Changsheng headed to the Contribution Hall.

In his years of cultivation, he had been through his fair share of battles and seized a good amount of loot. It had piled up over time, so today was a good opportunity to clear it all out and make some space.

It was mostly Low Tier Pills, Spirit Medicines, and Magical Artifacts. In total, he exchanged them for over two thousand Contribution Points, which he then converted entirely into Five Elements Essence Qi.

Five Elements Essence Qi was a byproduct generated when Cultivators absorbed Spiritual Qi for cultivation. For example, a Cultivator with Three Spirit Roots of wood, fire, and water would require Spiritual Power of those three types for their cultivation. However, the Spiritual Qi emitted from a Spiritual Vein is attributeless.

Thus, after a Cultivator absorbs Spiritual Qi into their body, it is converted into Spiritual Power of the Five Elements. But since they only need wood, fire, and water Spiritual Power, the remaining metal and earth Spiritual Power would be expelled after circulating once through their Meridians.

This expelled metal and earth Spiritual Power was the Five Elements Essence Qi. It could be used to nourish Magical Artifacts, and because its production was so low, it was always in high demand.

Song Changsheng had exchanged for this batch of Five Elements Essence Qi precisely to nourish the several Magical Artifacts he possessed.

Speaking of which, he owned a fair number of Magical Artifacts. Of the Tier Two ones alone, he had the Yin Yang Spirit-Slaying Gourd, the Celestial Spirit Shield, the Broken Water Spear, and the Profound Celestial Battle Armor.

Among them, his Spirit-Slaying Gourd and Broken Water Spear had already begun to generate a Spiritual Light, evolving toward becoming Spiritual Artifacts. But nourishing them on his own was far too slow; he might not even live to see the day they fully transformed.

That was why he needed Five Elements Essence Qi, and in large quantities. After all, even the Luwu Bell required a massive amount of it to advance. He had spent nearly all his Contribution Points on this endeavor.

However, the results were obvious. The Spirit-Slaying Gourd was not far from its complete transformation.

After dealing with his miscellaneous items, he made his way to the Scripture Pavilion.

The clan’s Scripture Pavilion had three floors. The first floor housed Tier One Cultivation Techniques, Magic, records of strange events, cultivation insights, and so on. In the past, Song Changsheng had spent a great deal of time immersed in its collection.

The second floor contained Tier Two Level Heart Method Secret Techniques, clan secrets, and the like. Its collection was much smaller than the first floor’s, but it still far surpassed that of any other power in Ling Province. Even Song Changsheng himself had only browsed a tiny fraction of it.

However, neither of these two floors was his destination today. His goal was the third floor—the most mysterious and important of all.

Currently, only three people in the clan could freely enter and exit this floor: one was the Clan Leader, Song Xianming; another was the Grand Elder, Song Xianyun; and the last was him, the Young Clan Leader.

Taking out his Jade Token to disable the Restriction, Song Changsheng stepped onto the third floor of the Scripture Pavilion for the first time.

Compared to the two floors below, this one seemed quite empty, with only a few white jade bookshelves. But if any single Jade Scroll from these shelves were to find its way into the outside world, it would be enough to cause a bloodbath in Ling Province, with countless people flocking to claim it.

That was because these Jade Scrolls recorded either Tier Three Level Cultivation Technique legacies, the cultivation insights of Purple Mansion Cultivators, or Secret Techniques and Divine Techniques. Any one of them would be enough to make Foundation Establishment Cultivators fight to the death for it!

Song Changsheng’s fingertips gently brushed across the smooth bookshelf. He saw legacies for Tier Three Arrays, Tier Three Artifact Refining, Tier Three Heart Methods...

His gaze swept over one title after another until he finally paused, having spotted *Array Carved on Body* and Spiritual Qi Force.

These were what he had submitted to the clan after breaking through to Foundation Establishment, along with his own cultivation insights and a meticulously improved Cultivation Technique legacy.

For this, the clan had rewarded him with a large sum of Contribution Points and granted him the privilege of freely browsing the records in the Scripture Pavilion, which had certainly saved him a significant expense.

Seeing them placed in such an important location on the third floor, Song Changsheng felt a strong sense of accomplishment, as well as a touch of emotion.

As the saying goes, one generation plants the trees, and the next enjoys the shade.

The Jade Scrolls on this third floor were the great trees planted by the clan’s sages of previous generations. He had always been one to rest in their shade, but now, he had finally planted two great trees of his own for those who would come after.

It was the passing of a torch, a part of an endless, thriving cycle.

His fingertip brushed gently over them as he moved to the next white jade bookshelf. He had finally found what he came for.

It was a black Jade Scroll, the only one of its kind in the entire Scripture Pavilion, making it stand out from the rest.

Song Changsheng’s gaze grew fervent as he looked at it, for it recorded Little Divine Techniques—the core legacy of their ancestor, Song Taiyi!

It was because Song Xianming had successfully cultivated a Little Divine Technique that he had been able to defeat Chang Wudao so decisively.

Although it was extremely difficult for Foundation Establishment Cultivators to master a Little Divine Technique, with Song Changsheng’s comprehension, there was a high chance of success if he was willing to invest the time.

’If I can master one, I’ll have another powerful trump card!’

He picked up the Jade Scroll and pressed it to his forehead. The information recorded within instantly flooded into his Sea of Consciousness like a tidal wave—not just text, but also diagrams and images.

The Jade Scroll recorded a total of three Little Divine Techniques, all created by the ancestor Song Taiyi: Celestial River Water, Xunfeng Finger, and Mountain-Flipping Seal.

Cultivating Little Divine Techniques was not dependent on one’s Spirit Root attribute, only on comprehension. Therefore, Song Changsheng could cultivate any of the three.

He knew that Song Xianming had cultivated the Xunfeng Finger, which had the greatest offensive power of the three.

Celestial River Water was a large-scale, area-of-effect Divine Technique, best suited for fighting groups of enemies.

The Mountain-Flipping Seal fell somewhere in between the two and came with a suppressive effect.

None of the three Little Divine Techniques was inherently superior to the others. After careful consideration, Song Changsheng ultimately chose the Mountain-Flipping Seal.

’The other two are tempting, but my energy is limited. I’d be incredibly lucky just to master one. I’ll have to wait until after I break through to the Purple Mansion Stage to even think about the others.’

After leaving the Scripture Pavilion, Song Changsheng announced that he was entering seclusion to comprehend the Little Divine Technique...

The sun rose and the moon set, spring giving way to autumn. In the blink of an eye, Song Changsheng had been in seclusion for half a year, but he had still made little progress.

One day, a Law Enforcement Disciple suddenly came to his door, reporting that someone claiming to be a friend of Song Changsheng had come to visit and was urgently requesting a meeting.

"Did he give a name?" Song Changsheng asked, looking at the clan member who had brought the news.

The clan member answered respectfully, "The visitor is quite young. He gave his name as Zhu Yiqun and claims to be your friend."

"So it’s him," Song Changsheng said, his eyebrows rising slightly as a look of delight spread across his face. "Where is he?"

"The clan members guarding the mountain were unsure if he was telling the truth, so they didn’t let him pass. He is still waiting at the foot of the mountain. Shall I go and bring him up to see you?" 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Song Changsheng quickly waved his hand. "No need to trouble yourself. I’ll go see him myself."

With that, Song Changsheng took a few steps forward and commanded his Spirit-Slaying Gourd to carry him down the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, on a large qingshi boulder, Song Changsheng saw Zhu Yiqun dressed in fine brocade robes. The moment they met, Song Changsheng exclaimed in pleasant surprise, "Brother Zhu, you’ve broken through to Foundation Establishment?"

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