Mu Jinyu bid farewell to Xie Chenkun and set off on the road to the Scripture Pavilion.
He also felt that the Sect Leader's words made a lot of sense. Although he had now broken through to the peak of the Third Layer of the Fanxu Realm, he was indeed not yet very familiar with his strength.
If he were to rashly engage in combat with an opponent at the Fourth Layer of the Divine Transformation Realm, he might not be able to defeat them across realms as he did before!
He might even struggle to defeat opponents of the same level.
Just in time, while there's still some time left, he should quickly familiarize himself with this power and learn a new Divine Skill to support himself.
Soon, Mu Jinyu arrived at the entrance of the Scripture Pavilion.
The Guardian Elder, who looked very frail, could no longer discern Mu Jinyu's strength, and his eyes flashed with a sharp gleam.
He knew that Mu Jinyu had already won first place in the Four Sects Martial Meeting, and he felt both happy for him and for the Heavenly Sword Faction.
Taking the token handed over by Mu Jinyu, the Guardian Elder smiled and said, "Alright, feel free to go in, you can choose as many secret manuals as you like."
"Thank you, Elder." Mu Jinyu took back the token, bowed to the Guardian Elder, and then stepped into the Scripture Pavilion.
"Senior Brother, why can he choose secret manuals freely while I can only take one from the first floor?"
At this moment, a newly arrived disciple couldn't help but ask curiously upon hearing Mu Jinyu's conversation with the Guardian Elder.
His senior brother, upon hearing this, said: "Because he is Senior Brother Mu, the number one person in the Four Sects of Yan Kingdom, he naturally has this privilege. If you achieve such accomplishments, I believe the sect will grant you the same treatment!"
"So, he is Senior Brother Mu?!"
The new disciple in the Heavenly Sword Faction was amazed upon hearing his brother's introduction.
Unexpectedly, the Senior Brother Mu, praised by everyone recently, turned out to be so young, appearing to be not even twenty years old.
Thinking about this, he felt that with his own talent, he could eventually shine like Senior Brother Mu in the Four Sects Martial Meeting.
...
After entering the Scripture Pavilion, Mu Jinyu didn't linger on the first or second floors, as they only contained Yellow Grade and Profound Rank secret manuals, which were essentially useless to him.
He went straight to the third floor, which was exclusively for core disciples on the List of Outstanding Talents as well as the sect's senior Elders.
It housed Earth Rank secret manuals.
Mu Jinyu could originally access this floor, but he never found the time to come, and he felt that the few Divine Skills he had were sufficient, so he never came before.
Unexpectedly, he found himself here today, which made him somewhat emotional.
The secret manuals on the third floor of the Scripture Pavilion were far fewer than those on the first and second floors, with only about fifty or so.
It was unknown how many had been borrowed by others.
Mu Jinyu didn't rush to the last floor but went to the bookshelves on the third floor, carefully examining each secret manual.
After all, the level of techniques and supernatural powers mattered greatly, but compatibility with oneself was even more crucial.
For instance, if the third floor held a Wood Attribute Divine Power secret manual of mid-grade Earth-level, and the fourth floor had a Fire System Divine Ability of supreme-grade Earth-level,
Mu Jinyu's choice would naturally be the mid-grade Earth-level Wood Attribute Divine Power, rather than the supreme-grade Earth-level Fire System Divine Ability, as it simply wasn't suitable for him!
After half an hour, Mu Jinyu perused these fifty or so secret manuals and found one Divine Skill that seemed quite suited to him.
He held it in his hand and then headed towards the last floor of the Scripture Pavilion.
If he couldn't find a suitable secret manual on the last floor, Mu Jinyu would choose to learn this Divine Skill he was holding.
Arriving at the fourth floor, the number of secret manuals was even fewer, only five.
And they were no longer books but stored as scriptures and methods in jade slips.
These appeared to be the Heavenly Sword Faction's sect-protecting secret scriptures.
Mu Jinyu stepped forward, took out his token, lifted the restrictions on the bookshelves, and then took a jade slip and placed it on his forehead, channeling his Divine Sense into it to browse.
"The 'Great Sword Canon', high-grade Earth-level Cultivation Technique, encompasses Cultivation Methods, movement technique, Martial Techniques, Divine Skills, and Techniques, requiring Innate Sword Bone for practice..."
Upon seeing this, Mu Jinyu gave up on this secret manual.
Although it was a high-grade Earth-level cultivation method, he felt it was inferior to the 'Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Art'. Moreover, he lacked the Innate Sword Bone and couldn't learn it anyway.
Then, Mu Jinyu switched to another jade slip and browsed, "The 'Frost-Congealing Mysterious Sword Record', high-grade Earth-level Cultivation Technique, suitable for Ice Spirit Root cultivators..."
Well, it wasn't suitable for him!
Mu Jinyu could only put it back and pick another jade slip.
"'Fleeting Light Shadow', supreme-grade Earth-level movement technique, when executed, like light and electricity, like a dream, like a shadow..."
"Hmm? This one is pretty good..."
Although Mu Jinyu felt that his current movement technique, 'Ten Steps Move', was quite decent as he practiced it to the point of Transcendence, almost like teleportation.
However, 'Ten Steps Move' was ultimately only a top-quality Profound Rank movement technique with limited potential.
In contrast, 'Fleeting Light Shadow' didn't require one to reach the level of Transcendence; mastering it to the level of Masterful Skill would achieve near teleportation speed.
And mastering it to the level of Mastery Level could multiply into countless avatars, confounding the enemy's vision.
It was said that when mastered at the level of Transcendence, those shadow avatars could possess a portion of the owner's power.
At that point, 'Fleeting Light Shadow' wouldn't merely be a movement technique but also an offensive means.
Mu Jinyu was quite intrigued by this prospect, although he couldn't immediately master 'Fleeting Light Shadow' to the level of Masterful Skill, learning it was undoubtedly a wise choice. After all, he would eventually become more proficient in this technique than 'Ten Steps Move'.
After carefully reading the introduction of 'Fleeting Light Shadow', noting that it didn't specify any particular Spirit Root requirement for practice, Mu Jinyu took an empty jade slip placed aside and began to inscribe 'Fleeting Light Shadow' onto it.
The reason for this was that the secret manuals on the top floor wouldn't be lent out like the ones below. Losing any would be too great a loss for the Heavenly Sword Faction.
The fourth-floor secret manuals were only available for core Elders and the most core disciples to transcribe onto a jade slip to take away and study. Once learned, they must be immediately destroyed, prohibited from leaking. Otherwise, the Heavenly Sword Faction would use all its might to eliminate the traitor!
Quickly, Mu Jinyu finished transcribing the 'Fleeting Light Shadow' secret manual onto a jade slip and stored it away. He then proceeded to review the last two jade slips.
The fourth jade slip was an Earth Elemental Divine Power, which Mu Jinyu dismissively set aside without a second thought.
Afterward, he picked up the last jade slip and began to examine it.
"'Killing Character Secret Technique', its specific rank indeterminable, suspected Heaven Rank Martial Technique, the ultimate Killing Technique. Every part of the cultivator's body, elbow, fist, finger, hair, can be used to attack and kill. It can also deduce Techniques, Divine Skills, and all offensive means, requiring extraordinary comprehension to learn. Otherwise, one will suffer a backlash..."