Chapter 39: The Discriminated Cultivation Method

After finishing the pills and raising his cultivation level, Lin Fan pouted, somewhat unsatisfied. If only he had more pills, how wonderful that would be. He could rely on popping pills to become invincible under heaven.

He rummaged through his backpack but found no pills. Then, rolling his eyes, he turned his attention to the cultivation methods.

He remembered seeing a few booklets earlier, but he had no idea what techniques they were.

As for Mo Yixuan, Lin Fan didn't hold much hope. That guy didn't seem like a good person, so his techniques probably weren't great either.

But soon, Lin Fan reflected on himself. How could he look down on others with prejudice? Although Mo Yixuan wasn't much, the fact that he could become so formidable meant his techniques must be solid.

Lin Fan took out a technique manual and, upon looking at it, immediately laughed.

"Ding, congratulations on discovering the Heaven-grade top-tier mental method 'Formless Heavenly Demon'."

"'Formless Heavenly Demon' is the founding technique of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect. It was created by the sect's founder after observing the Avici Hell and worshipping the Formless Heavenly Demon, taking a hundred years. Only those with the Heavenly Demon Body can cultivate it."

Seeing this introduction, Lin Fan chuckled. What a load of crap. But whatever, impressive people always like to boast. Since he lacked a mental method, this would fill the gap nicely.

"Do you wish to learn 'Formless Heavenly Demon'?"

"Learn."

No kidding, he was racking his brains over a mental method. When something he needed appeared, how could he not learn it?

"Ding, congratulations on learning Heaven-grade top-tier mental method 'Formless Heavenly Demon' Level 1, Experience (0/100000)."

"Ding, congratulations on learning 'Formless Heavenly Demon', True Essence +1000."

Lin Fan was delighted. Learning 'Formless Heavenly Demon' increased his True Essence by a thousand, which was really powerful. According to the manual, 'Formless Heavenly Demon' had nine levels, but he didn't know how far he could cultivate it.

At the same time, Lin Fan noticed a problem. Now that he had the system, if he raised the level of 'Formless Heavenly Demon', would his own level increase too?

But in Lin Fan's view, it probably wasn't that simple. For others, when their mental method level increased, their realm also increased.

But he still had character experience points. It seemed leveling up still relied on character experience, which was really a pity.

Thinking about it gave him a headache. He decided not to worry about it. He would just keep charging forward and see what happened.

Then Lin Fan started searching again. There were still a few manuals left; he wondered what they were.

"Ding, congratulations on discovering Heaven-grade top-tier mental method 'Sword Intent'."

Wow... another Heaven-grade mental method. This must be the core technique of Ni Mantian's sect.

Lin Fan clicked his tongue. Comparing people was infuriating. It seemed both Ni Mantian and Mo Yixuan were top disciples of their sects.

"'Sword Intent' was created by Linglong, the founding ancestor of the Linglong Sword Pavilion, after comprehending the ultimate sword intent. Only those with the Sword Intent Body can cultivate this mental method."

"Ding, do you wish to learn?"

"Learn."

"Ding, congratulations on learning Heaven-grade top-tier mental method 'Sword Intent' Level 1, Experience (0/100000)."

"Ding, congratulations on learning 'Sword Intent', True Essence +1000."

After learning two top-tier mental methods, Lin Fan's ego began to inflate. He felt like he was already invincible under heaven. Of course, this feeling lasted only two or three seconds before subsiding.

Although he had started these two mental methods, he still had to slowly level them up, which was a pain.

Then Lin Fan checked the remaining techniques.

"Ding, congratulations on discovering Earth-grade top-tier technique 'Flower-Touching Chrysanthemum Finger'."

"'Flower-Touching Chrysanthemum Finger' is a unique technique created by a great expert of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect. One finger can extinguish the heavens; it can only be understood, not explained."

"Do you wish to learn?"

Wait, something's not right here.

Lin Fan's previously joyful heart felt as if doused with a bucket of cold water.

If I add this "Plucking Flowers and Stroking Chrysanthemum Finger" to "Reversing the Universe" and "Black Tiger Steals the Heart," wouldn't I become a human body developer?

A flower-plucking gentleman, a flower-plucking thief?

No, no, absolutely not. As a person full of a sense of justice, how could I learn such ambiguous techniques?

I won't learn them. Absolutely not.

At this moment, Lin Fan rubbed his chin and hesitated again, his expression reluctant. After all, it wasn't easy to come across a technique, and he couldn't just not practice it.

That's right, techniques are not about justice; it only depends on whether the user is just.

Exactly, that's the logic. How could I be intimidated by the description of this technique?

"I'll learn it." Lin Fan learned it without hesitation.

"Ding, congratulations on learning 'Plucking Flowers and Stroking Chrysanthemum Finger,' level one, experience (0/1000)."

Then Lin Fan looked at the last technique. Having already learned the "Plucking Flowers and Stroking Chrysanthemum Finger," what technique could he not learn?

But this technique did not disappoint Lin Fan. It was Ni Mantian's technique, "Chasing Wind Sword Art."

Earth-grade lower quality.

And now, the "Chasing Wind Sword Art" was Lin Fan's only decent attack skill.

However, for Lin Fan, who didn't use a sword, this was somewhat awkward.

The spoils he had gathered were basically put to use, leaving only a few pieces of equipment.

Lin Fan wasn't very interested in these pieces of equipment.

He didn't need those defensive robes or anything; the "Indestructible Demon Body" was enough for him to play with.

Then Lin Fan threw a piece of clothing, a pair of shoes, and a sword from the spoils into the furnace for random forging.

"Ding, your craftsman subclass level is insufficient to smelt and forge."

When Lin Fan threw these things into the furnace, such a prompt sounded.

Lin Fan sighed slightly, looking somewhat helpless; it seemed that disposing of the stolen goods was not possible.

Finally, to avoid unnecessary trouble, Lin Fan had no choice but to put them into his backpack, planning to try again when he had the chance.

After handling all this, Lin Fan felt a wave of relief.

As the sky gradually darkened, Lin Fan found a towering ancient tree, leaned his back against it, closed his eyes, and began to circulate the Heart Method of the Formless Demon.

Lin Fan could feel a stream of energy flowing within his body, gradually growing stronger.

"Ding, Formless Demon experience +10."

"Ding, Formless Demon experience +10."

...

At this moment, Lin Fan opened his eyes, slightly puzzled. Why was the experience gain from cultivating this heart method so slow? It was unscientific, truly unscientific.

Then Lin Fan began to cultivate Sword Intent, wanting to verify what was going on.

"Ding, Sword Intent experience +1."

"Ding, Sword Intent experience +1."

What was going on? Both heart methods were heaven-grade techniques, so why were the experience gains different?

Could it be that Sword Intent, a heaven-grade upper-rank heart method, was not suitable for him?

At this moment, Lin Fan felt somewhat helpless. At this rate, with the first layer requiring a hundred thousand experience, when would he ever reach the end?

There must be some problem; otherwise, it would not be like this.

Although cultivating these two heart methods required a compatible constitution, since the system indicated they could be cultivated, it must have ruled out such issues. The reason for such slow cultivation must be something special, but he just hadn't discovered it yet.