Flash Lightning was presently no larger than an earthworm, slipping from Shalman's hands and crawling among various jade tablets.
Full of anticipation, Shalman followed behind it, watching as it crawled past over fifty jade tablets before Thunder Snake stopped. It raised its head and hissed at Shalman, making a "s-s" sound.
Shalman's anxious expression suddenly brightened,
"Jinghua, I think I've found the jade tablet that suits me. But Little Darling can only recognize Spirit Taming Techniques, it can't help you," Shalman said apologetically. She and Yue Jinghua had entered the Dark Skill Pavilion together, and now, she felt somewhat guilty for being the only one to have found a suitable Dark Technique.
"No worries, you go ahead and meditate, and I'll take a look around," Yue Jinghua consoled.
Regarding Dark Techniques, although she held some expectations, it wasn't to the extent that she could not do without them, especially since Yue Jinghua now possessed the Mo Xi Treasure Book and two types of Summoned Beasts, along with the Spiritual Treasure "Soft Finger" and the Secret Technique "Invisibility", which were enough to protect herself within the Xuanji Academy.
Hearing this, Shalman gave her a rueful smile, sat down cross-legged, and circulated her Dark Energy to the Dan Tian Niwan Acupoint.
After the events at the academy, the two had already buried the hatchet.
In the Dark Skill Pavilion, silence pervaded, with only those jade tablets which seemed to stretch on endlessly downward.
Yue Jinghua navigated between the steles, but to no avail.
The color of the Secret Key in her hand was gradually fading.
A half-day had passed already, and the stele in front of Shalman was glowing, signaling that Shalman was close to mastering it.
While happy for her companion, Yue Jinghua took a deep breath, mustering her patience, and continued on downward.
Several more hours passed, and Yue Jinghua haphazardly chose two steles, spending one and two hours trying to understand them, yet both steles remained unresponsive.
"Why bother fretting over it, if you want Dark Techniques, I can teach you some," Qingpu then had some ancient Dark Techniques, but just thinking about the price of 150 Third-level Dark Pills for "Divine Stab", Yue Jinghua's eyelids twitched.
"Think carefully, there's not much time left," after another three hours, with only one hour left until the Secret Key expired, Qingpu's beguiling voice kept echoing in Yue Jinghua's mind.
"How much?" Though reluctant, Yue Jinghua compromised.
"Five hundred Third-level Dark Pills, you are now a big gold mine," Qingpu schemed, snickering triumphantly.
Five hundred Third-level Dark Pills, equivalent to fifty thousand Second-order Profound Pills.
Yue Jinghua gave him a cold glance, "I don't have that many Profound Pills," she had been prepared for Qingpu's exorbitant demands, but she hadn't expected him to be so outrageously greedy.
"Once you have refined all the elixir pills from the Mo Xi Treasure Book, it will be enough to pay off your debts. I can also kindly teach you the method to decipher them in advance. Remember, don't even think about reneging on the deal, otherwise, getting a bargain and still behaving cutely, Pian Yue Jinghua couldn't refute, she scolded her insincerely.
"You can try using the Creation Power within you, merging it with spiritual power to see if it's possible to find a suitable ivory stone tablet," everyone loves to hear nice words, Qing Pu is no exception.
The method he spoke of, is related to the use of spiritual power.
In the eyes of most summoners, especially a diamond-level summoner like Qing Pu, it is easy to decipher various Dark Skills from the Dark Realm's Dark Skill Jade Tablets, or even Intermediate Defense Arrays such as the Nine Palace Formation.
It's just that Yue Jinghua's current spiritual power cultivation is not enough, but if she infused it with the second stage Creation Power from her Nine Revolutions Creation Technique, Yue Jinghua's spiritual power cultivation could be elevated to a Silver Summoner's level in a short time, allowing her to decipher Dark Skills below the Sky Profound Earth Profound Realm of the Dark Skill Pavilion.
Following Qing Pu's suggestion, Yue Jinghua activated her Nine Revolutions Creation Technique.
Outside the Dark Skill Pavilion, successive Inner Court students who had successfully comprehended Dark Skills were emerging, leaving only a few Inner Court students who had not come out, with Lie Sisi being one of them.
"It's about to succeed," Lie Sisi sat cross-legged behind the second stone wall, in front of her was a Jade Tablet. This Jade Tablet was pointed out by her mentor before entering the Dark Skill Pavilion, according to her teacher, it recorded a Dark Skill that could only be practiced by those who have achieved Great Success in Dark Jade, which could help Lie Sisi absorb purer Five Elements Dark Power.
After more than ten hours of comprehension, joy gradually grew in Lie Sisi's eyes, she could feel, the Jade Tablet was brightening, a row of faint characters were about to reveal themselves.
Just then, beside the first wall, Yue Jinghua's body, with the spiritual power infused with Creation Power, like a small stone, struck the water surface, breaking the long-standing calm of the Dark Skill Pavilion.
The invisible Creation Power, like an invisible storm, swept through the entire Dark Skill Pavilion, first was a Jade Tablet close to Yue Jinghua, then the second one. Ten, several tens. Every ivory stone tablet swept by the Creation spiritual power suddenly shone brightly, under the strong light, a row of clear characters appeared.
Dark Technique Formulas, Yue Jinghua did not expect, the spiritual power transformed by the Creation Power, could actually decipher so many Dark Skill Jade Tablets.
Even the stone tablet where Shalman was sitting was no exception.
Intense jade light illuminated Shalman's face, but Shalman was completely immersed in the realm of comprehension, her eyes unmoving, unaware of the changes happening inside the Dark Skill Pavilion.
Through spiritual power, Yue Jinghua stood as if next to Shalman, she could clearly see on the Jade Tablet chosen by Shalman, it said: "Ancient Spirit Taming Technique."
A Dark Beast has a stronger perception than a Dark Practitioner, feeling the fluctuations of the Creation Power, the Thunder Snake that was hiding in Shalman's sleeve crawled out, shaking its tail angrily in the direction of Yue Jinghua.
"Little guy, stay well with Shalman," realizing that the strange consciousness with a vast aura did not intend to harm its master, the Thunder Snake also sensed the magical effectiveness of the Creation Power, it simply coiled up lazily, enjoying the effects of the Creation Power on the Dark Beast, akin to the process of Wash Marrow and Bone.
Divine Sense advancing further, the Nine Palace Formation's barriers under the effect of Creation spiritual power, were like a thin sheet of paper, tearing upon touch.
Yue Jinghua's Divine Sense, subsequently entered the second wall.
Lie Sisi was sitting up straight in front.