With only more than five hundred years of True Qi, Wei Fan didn’t continue opening acupoints. Merely increasing True Qi without corresponding martial techniques was naturally ineffective.
Otherwise, even if all acupoints were opened, the change in strength would be minimal.
...
In the evening, Wei Fan came to the Merit Hall. Just as he reached the door, a voice sounded in his ear.
"You’ve come!"
Wei Fan’s pupils contracted.
Although within the Demon Suppression Bureau, he was not highly guarded, he wouldn’t fail to notice if someone approached him closely.
He turned back to see an old man, hunched over, who had somehow appeared three feet away, squinting at him.
Wei Fan clasped his hands and said, "You are Elder Huo?"
Elder Huo nodded lightly and strolled to the side of the Merit Hall: "If you want to learn the Soul-Slaying Demon-slaying Saber, follow me!"
Wei Fan stepped forward following him, growing increasingly amazed. This Elder Huo seemed like a ghost, clearly walking all the time, yet not making a single sound.
Behind the Merit Hall, there was a small door. Elder Huo led Wei Fan through it. Inside was a corridor lined with small doors on both sides.
These small doors were not large, only allowing one person to pass, and they were all tightly closed.
Observing them, Wei Fan found some doors were blank, while others had martial arts names carved above them.
Thunderous Nine Sabers - Blade Momentum Chapter!
Purple Profound Martial Scripture - Celestial Human Chapter!
Dragon Boxing - Celestial Human Chapter!
Glazed Treasure Body - Celestial Human Chapter!
Dragon Roar Heaven-Shattering Finger - Celestial Human Chapter!
...
"This collection either contains martial arts with sword intent inheritance like the Soul-slaying Demon-slaying Saber, or heart methods of martial arts at the Celestial Human Realm. But what do the nameless ones mean; are they without heart methods?"
Elder Huo led Wei Fan through the corridor for a while, stopping in front of a small door engraved with the words "Soul-slaying Demon-slaying Saber · Sword Intent Chapter".
He reached out and seemed to lightly brush the small door, which then opened to a slit.
Wei Fan’s eyes fixed intently; at that moment, Elder Huo actually tapped seven or eight protruding small points on the door, but he couldn’t clearly see.
Elder Huo’s voice sounded: "You have ten chances to enter. If you don’t learn the Soul-Slaying Demon-slaying Saber or remember it within ten times, you won’t have the opportunity to come again, unless you exchange merits again."
Although you exchange for the Soul-slaying Demon-slaying Saber, it’s not guaranteed that you learn it. If not learned, you can’t keep coming here to view it.
After all, there’s only one copy of the secret manual, and with so many in the Demon Suppression Bureau, others need to ponder over it. It’s impossible to give exclusive pondering to whoever exchanges for the Soul-slaying Demon-slaying Saber.
It’s a bit tricky, but Wei Fan understands.
After all, the recording paper is made from the skin of Nascent Soul Great Demons. Even if there’s no lack of their skins to copy, it’s not something anyone can transcribe such martial arts.
Only those who’ve perfected the Soul-Slaying Demon-slaying Saber can copy it, someone with a status like the Second Commander naturally couldn’t spend all day copying martial arts for those exchanging secret manuals.
Wei Fan nodded.
He probably wouldn’t use all ten times; after seeing the panel record once, he wouldn’t need to come here again.
"Go in. You can use these ten chances separately, coming once every few months is fine, just register in advance with He Wei."
Wei Fan pushed the door and entered. The space inside was not large.
A meditation mat, with a book placed on it, and on the wall nearby hung a menacingly strong sword intent painting, instantly giving him a scalp-tingling feeling, his sword intent nearly breaking out to contend with the painting’s sword intent.
He hurriedly withdrew his gaze, took up the book on the mat, and sat down before the sword intent dissipated.
"I previously learned the Demon-Splitting Technique of the Soul-Slaying Demon-slaying Saber!"
Once he took the secret manual, Wei Fan realized things were different from his previous guess; the Soul-Slaying Demon-slaying Saber didn’t have nine techniques, but only five.
Demon-Splitting Technique, Demon-Slaying Technique, Soul-Splitting Technique, Soul-Swaying Technique, Soul Destruction Technique!
Moreover, it lacked the True Qi acupoint running method, using True Qi completely requires sword intent activation.
The amount of True Qi acupoints that can be activated depends entirely on the practitioner’s sword intent realm and which techniques have been mastered.
Complete mastery of Demon-Splitting Technique allows sword intent to Entry Level, activating forty acupoints and Dantian True Qi, Demon-Slaying Technique fully mastered can activate one hundred twenty acupoints and Dantian True Qi.
Complete mastery of Soul-Splitting Technique can activate two hundred acupoints and Dantian True Qi, Soul-Swaying Technique fully mastered activates two hundred eighty acupoints and Dantian True Qi, and finally, Soul Destruction Technique fully mastered can activate all acupoints and Dantian True Qi.
Master all five techniques, then combine them with the sword intent painting on the wall, leading to Sword Intent Perfection.
"Even the most talented person cultivating this Soul-Slaying Demon-slaying Saber likely needs to slay several Nascent Soul Demon Fiends!"
One technique perfected at a time, while combing sword intent painting for comprehension.
He didn’t believe any exceptional talent could fully master the Soul-Slaying Demon-slaying Saber within ten opportunities.
Having read the manual once, Wei Fan glanced at the panel.
[Soul-slaying Demon-slaying Saber · Demon-Splitting Technique (Perfection)]
[Mountain Shaking Fist · Sixth Technique (Perfection)]
[Glazed Treasure Body (Ninth Layer Perfection)]
[Celestial Spirit Burning Blood Saber (Sixth Layer Perfection)]
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[Current Power Level: 333 Years]
He had already spent a hundred years of power, mastering the Mountain Shaking Fist to Sixth Technique Perfection, and used thirty years of power on Celestial Spirit Burning Blood Saber to raise it to Sixth Layer Perfection.
Glazed Treasure Body also cost sixty years of power, improved to Ninth Layer, under the refinement of three Ice Souls.
Now, even with just one arm’s strength, he possessed a terrifying force of one million jin, enough to slaughter weak Celestial Martial Artists, like Wei Changqing and Han Kun, with ease even without True Qi or martial techniques.