Chapter 914: Merging Techniques

"This..."

Mu Shi puppet hurriedly stepped forward and looked down.

Although the opponent's true qi mass was not large, it carried a faint halo, like a rainbow, reflecting light, making one involuntarily fall into it at a glance.

Over three hundred strands of true qi were entangled in a special structure, layered upon layer, without any error or omission, flawless—even he could find no fault.

Even he, back in the day, had spent nearly a hundred years of research, constantly pondering and experimenting, adjusting the subtle details and distances of a single strand of true qi, to succeed.

The other party had obtained the book less than ten minutes ago, hadn't even opened its pages, yet had achieved this, more perfect and beautiful than what he had made... How was it done?

Looking at him, he felt as if his nearly hundred years of research had been fed to the dogs.

While still in shock, the young man across from him continued to flick his fingers, and countless strands of true qi formed a huge barrier in front of him. With a continuous sizzling sound, dozens of rice-grain-sized true qi masses floated nearby.

Boom!

With a violent sonic boom, the young man nearby suddenly clapped his hands together in the air, and dozens of true qi masses converged simultaneously, becoming the size of a dragon's eye.

"This works too?" Swallowing saliva, Mu Shi puppet felt he could barely hold on.

True qi masses and true qi solutions were like piled-up explosives or stacked building blocks; a slight collision could easily cause them to scatter. Back then, to place two solutions together, he had spent a full five years carefully controlling distance and force, fearing problems.

But this person simply clapped his hands together, and dozens of solutions coalesced without any issue, no explosion or anything... What level of understanding of power did one need to achieve this?

Even seeing it with his own eyes, he wondered if he had been practicing a fake Fengsheng Solution, while the other practiced the real one.

"Is this how it's practiced?" After finishing, Zhang Xuan looked over with confusion: "It doesn't seem very difficult; it shouldn't take hundreds of years, right?"

He had thought it would take hundreds of years to condense these, as the other had said, but now it seemed quite simple, not time-consuming at all.

Such simple condensation of true qi—had the founding patriarch of this Master Teacher Academy spent hundreds of years on it? Really?

His talent must be too poor.

"Cough, cough, this, this... doesn't matter!" With a twitching mouth, Mu Shi puppet quickly shook his head.

Before others, he could still boast about his talent and ability, but before this young man, he was effortlessly crushed, not even worth a speck... He was so beaten down he had no courage to speak.

He had carefully observed the dozens of solutions the other had condensed; in terms of power, distance, and control of true qi, they far surpassed his own. Even at his peak strength, redoing these, he wouldn't do better!

It could be said that the other's understanding of the Fengsheng Solution had already surpassed his.

Just as he felt he could no longer teach the other, he saw the young man nearby frowning deeply, showing confusion.

"That's not right. Although this Fengsheng Solution seems very stable, it actually has many flaws. It's still far from a perfect structure..."

Arranging it as the other said did make true qi more stable and the false dan and virtual dan more solid... but through the library, he could still see many loopholes and defects. Against a true expert, it would be fragile.

In other words, this Fengsheng Solution was not flawless; it was still far from a Heavenly Dao technique.

"If only I could supplement it with some corresponding techniques..." He lowered his head in thought.

Having practiced Heavenly Dao techniques, he couldn't bear to practice such a flawed technique...

It was like being accustomed to fine clothes and rich food, unable to swallow coarse tea and plain rice.

"It seems I need to go to the academy's technique pavilion to find some technique manuals for the Silkworm Sealing realm, Half-Saint, and Consummate Saint."

He rubbed his brow.

He was now the most authorized dean in the history of the Master Teacher Academy; he could read whatever he wanted, with no one to restrain him.

If all else failed, after leaving this Record Mountain, he would go to the technique pavilion. As long as there were enough books, he believed he could complete this Fengsheng Solution.

"I know this technique has flaws, but it is already the optimal solution designed by countless predecessors," Mu Shi puppet shook his head.

Even a nine-star master teacher dared not claim that the techniques they created were flawless.

This Fengsheng Solution gathered the effort and wisdom of countless predecessors. Although it made the condensed yuan embryo more powerful, it also had many shortcomings, as he said.

But those who could see the flaws did not exist at the same level; even if they did, they would be eight-star master teachers or above. Such people, even if they found flaws, would not be opponents.

"Indeed!"

The other understood this, and Zhang Xuan also understood. Shaking his head, he was about to end the topic when he heard Mu Shi puppet sigh and involuntarily lament.

"Not everyone has the talent of Master Kong. If we could find the cultivation formula he left behind back then, we wouldn't be in this state."

"The formula left by Master Kong?" Zhang Xuan was startled.

At the Fengsheng Platform, he had encountered Master Kong's remnant soul, who had gifted him a personal letter and mentioned that it contained a set of techniques. If he studied it well, he might gain insight...

He hadn't taken it seriously at the time, but now, hearing the old man's words, he suddenly remembered.

Could it be... that the cultivation technique Master Kong mentioned is the Feng Sheng Jie?

The Feng Sheng Platform is where Master Kong attained sainthood, leaving behind a technique, which must be related to this. If I can find this thing and fuse it with the Feng Shi Jie in my hand, it will surely form a Heavenly Dao technique!

Even if it doesn't form one, what Master Kong left behind must have very few flaws and can be directly cultivated.

Thinking of this, he turned his wrist, and a book scroll appeared in his palm. He casually opened it, and then his mouth twitched.

I was so focused on what Master Kong left behind that I forgot about the ruthless one...

That glutton has swallowed it twice, leaving only a third of the text in the scroll. Even if there was some technique, it's probably become waste now.

What kind of mess is this... If I had known earlier, I would never have let him do that!

"Is that in your hand... Master Kong's original writing?"

Just as he was tangled in thoughts, he heard the slightly trembling voice of Mu Shi puppet from not far away.

"Yes!" With nothing to deny, Zhang Xuan nodded.

"May I... take a look?"

Mu Shi puppet quickly said.

"Of course!" Zhang Xuan casually tossed the scroll over.

"Careful..."

Seeing him treat Master Kong's original writing so casually, Mu Shi puppet nearly fainted from shock. He fumbled to catch it, his face turning pale.

Any master teacher has natural trust and worship for Master Kong. To obtain his original writing, they would want to keep it before their eyes day and night, offering it with reverence... But this guy just tossed it like trash, completely indifferent...

Truly, one wonders if he's carefree or just doesn't care at all.

Taking the scroll, he gently opened it. Mu Shi puppet's eyelids twitched: "Why are there so few characters left?"

"Oh, it was like this when I got it. Maybe... it's been stored too long!"

Knowing that explaining this would be more troublesome, Zhang Xuan said casually.

"Stored too long?"

Hearing this insincere answer, Mu Shi puppet was speechless, but knowing he didn't want to elaborate, he didn't press further.

He quickly flipped through the scroll.

He couldn't help but look over: "Is this... insights from the Feng Sheng Platform?"

He had visited the Feng Sheng Platform more than once in his youth, and he could recite these insights backwards. Although some characters were altered, it was basically consistent with what he remembered.

Zhang Xuan nodded.

"Master Kong's personally written insights... If I had found this back then, my understanding of the Feng Sheng Jie would surely be much deeper!"

He carefully read the remaining text in the book several times, the more he read, the more profound it seemed.

Though he could recite the content, paired with Master Kong's handwriting, it had a unique charm, completely different from what he had seen on the Feng Sheng Platform before.

Following this understanding, perhaps he could truly comprehend a different technique, far superior to the current Feng Sheng Jie.

"Fuse!"

While he marveled, Zhang Xuan, not far away, immersed his spirit in the library, placed the insights book together with the Feng Sheng Jie, and murmured softly.

Whoosh!

The two books slowly fused, and after a moment, a new book appeared before him.

He gently opened it, glanced at it, and shook his head.

The insights left by Master Kong only described his realizations during his breakthrough, not a cultivation formula. Fusing it with the Feng Sheng Jie could not form a correct Heavenly Dao technique; instead, it became chaotic and incomprehensible.

It seemed that condensing the correct Feng Sheng Jie was indeed not that easy.

"If I can't fuse them, I can study it myself... By combining Master Kong's insights, studying his feelings during the breakthrough, and then integrating them with the correct content in the Feng Sheng Jie... I can completely create a technique!"

Just as he was about to give up, his mind suddenly stirred, and an idea emerged.

Although this insight didn't leave a cultivation formula, it described every process and feeling during cultivation. By extrapolating the true qi circulation routes from this and combining them with the Feng Sheng Jie, he should be able to fully restore the technique Master Kong intended to leave!

A single feeling can give rise to dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of true qi circulation methods. For others, even with these two items, it would be impossible, but not for him!

With the Heavenly Dao Library, he could clearly distinguish right from wrong. By finding the correct paths and piling them all together, he could locate the right way!

"Let's try!"

Acting on the thought without any hesitation, Zhang Xuan sat cross-legged on the spot, focused his mind, and began to ponder and study carefully.