Stronger by Killing

Sword King Mountain is situated within a large mountain range, surrounded by towering peaks, making it extremely treacherous. Among them, sheer cliffs overlook the clouds, appearing very majestic.

At this moment,

Gai Qingcheng gazed at a specific cliff, lost in thought, and slowly said, "Marquis, do not be misled by the ordinary methods of Martial Arts inheritance. The Grotto Heaven Technique is a cultivation method completely distinct from Martial Arts, and it predates Martial Arts inheritance by far. Additionally, the Grotto Heaven Technique is vastly different from Martial Arts, so the method of inheritance is very unique."

As she spoke, Gai Qingcheng opened Wei Wuya’s journal and continued, "Because the Grotto Heaven Technique is precious and special, generally people who know about it are limited. However, Wei Wuya certainly knew of it, and he recorded scattered experiences of his insights into the Grotto Heaven Technique in this journal. This stone wall greatly fits the records within."

Gu Zhan slightly furrowed his brows as he glanced at the roughly thirty-yard-high cliff, feeling a bit surprised.

Still misled by inertia in his thinking,

If not for Gai Qingcheng’s accompaniment today, he would never have associated a method of cultivation inheritance with a sheer cliff.

Gai Qingcheng examined the cliff for a long time, then slowly squatted down and started flipping through Wei Wuya’s journal, saying while reading, "Marquis, the Grotto Heaven Technique inheritance generally has restrictions that require a specific solution to unlock. If the solution is incorrect, it may trigger the restriction, causing the inheritance to be destroyed."

Gu Zhan nodded and said, "Then I’ll trouble Miss Gu Qi."

Gai Qingcheng smiled faintly and meticulously reviewed the journal.

Gai Qingcheng researched this for a long time,

from noon until afternoon, as the sun was about to set, she rose and called out, "Marquis, found it!"

Gu Zhan had been dozing off leaning against a rock and was suddenly awakened, rushing over.

He saw Gai Qingcheng drawing a pattern on the ground with a branch, remarkably intricate, filled with a unique charm.

Gai Qingcheng explained, "Based on the scattered information recorded in Wei Wuya’s journal, the way to unlock this restriction is to use Spiritual Qi to condense glyphs, direct them to the cliff with specific sizes, which triggers the restriction on the cliff, akin to a key opening a lock."

Gu Zhan observed Gai Qingcheng, feeling a bit sentimental. Her ability to manage the Gu Family as a daughter isn’t without reason, indeed possessing abilities beyond the ordinary.

Wei Wuya’s journal he had casually read, mostly recording conjectures about replacing Spiritual Qi with Demonic Qi, with only scattered references about the Grotto Heaven Inheritance.

From these few references, Gai Qingcheng was able to deduce the location of the Grotto Heaven inheritance, restriction glyphs, in such a short time, indeed impressive.

"Miss Gu Qi, you truly are a remarkable woman. This Marquis is impressed!" Gu Zhan exclaimed.

"Marquis flatters me, it’s merely a minor skill."

As she spoke, Gai Qingcheng put away the journal and said, "Marquis, it requires you to move Spiritual Qi to unlock the restriction. Although Qingcheng can also manipulate, I lack the precision, unless practiced a thousand times."

Gu Zhan took a look at the glyph pattern on the ground, indeed very intricate, requiring high precision in energy control, even a Supreme Grandmaster manipulating Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi finds it difficult to be so precise, let alone with unfamiliar Spiritual Qi.

Immediately,

Gu Zhan formed a hand formula, Divine Power flowed from within him, and drew upon the Spirit Gathering Array’s Spiritual Qi to churn.

Soon, the Spiritual Qi within the Spirit Gathering Array began to circulate visibly, like a vortex, strands of Spiritual Qi extracted from the center, extending toward that cliff, weaving into a glyph in mid-air rapidly.

"Buzz..."

A dull hum suddenly emanated in the air.

The Spiritual Qi glyph expanded rapidly, imprinting onto the cliff.

In that instant,

Pathways of light appeared on the cliff, quick to spread, with radiances bursting forth, flowing with endless Divine Power, dazzling so brightly Gu Zhan almost couldn’t keep his eyes open.

The brilliance flashed and disappeared, Gu Zhan suddenly felt he was in a peculiar space, with figures appearing, like characters, densely compact, almost impossible to discern, drifting in front of him, each ancient character shone like a star, radiant and brilliant.

In that moment,

Gu Zhan realized this is the difference between the Grotto Heaven Technique inheritance and Martial Arts.

The Martial Arts inheritance is documented, reliant on scholars for mastery,

while the Grotto Heaven Technique system relies on insight.

As Gu Zhan speculated, a system notification echoed in his mind:

[Detected one cultivatable Technique]

[Detected one cultivatable Magic]

[Detected one cultivatable Magic]

[Detected one cultivatable Magic]

...

Immediately, Gu Zhan opened the system interface and examined,

the system recorded one Technique and three Magic structures.

Based on the ability of the Martial Arts Pioneers title, he can extrapolate Martial Arts skills of the same realm.

Then, Gu Zhan reviewed the recorded Technique, it was a three-star Technique named Bao Pu Scripture, but despite being three-star, Bao Pu Scripture is far inferior to his currently mastered Great Yellow Court.

The Great Yellow Court can be cultivated to the Divine Sight Five Realms, whereas Bao Pu Scripture, when evolved into Martial Arts Technique, can only be cultivated to the Divine Sight Third Realm, requiring ten billion Experience Points for extrapolation.