129: Chapter 127 This is the Heavenly Book 129: Chapter 127 This is the Heavenly Book When he entered the room to rest, it was already past the third watch, and another hour would see the dawn.

Zhao Changhe, naturally sleepless, directly took out the Extreme Joy Method to study.

He had placed the book and the gold foil together; upon touching them, he accidentally grabbed the gold foil as well.

Zhao Changhe absentmindedly picked it up and glanced at it.

That glance left him stunned.

The gold foil should have shown images from tonight’s battle, such as his process of capturing the Heavenly Girl alive, and the arrow that killed Fa Yuan.

However, while images flashed around the edges like a reading background, what appeared in the center of the gold foil were texts, charts, and meridian maps, flashing page by page…

Zhao Changhe sat up abruptly and took a closer look at the gold foil, then opened the Extreme Joy Method for comparison.

This was the Extreme Joy Method…

but a detailed explanation that thoroughly broke down the technique, from principles to operational paths to specific techniques, how to harvest energy, how to advance dual cultivation, how to manipulate the other’s emotions and desires, how to achieve mental illusions, and even how to enhance pleasure—all the principles were clearly dissected.

This was something that even a martial artist completely unfamiliar with the related systems could easily grasp the whole system.

For example, acupoint unsealing…

Previously, Zhao Changhe had no special acupoint magic skills, and unsealing for him was just violently forcing through.

Now, within the Maitreya Sect system, there are such magic skills…

Each sect’s system differs, the Maitreya Sect’s system is the simplest and most direct, where they can slightly shift the location of the acupoints before being sealed, so what you thought was a hit was not a hit at all.

The Heavenly Girl wasn’t unsealed and escaped; she was never under your control in the first place.

If one didn’t know this and thought the opponent was controlled and tried to do something, the opponent would violently retaliate, and you would die without knowing how.

Truly a marvelous item.

The revelations on the gold foil didn’t stop there.

It seemed almost disdainful, the lower-level techniques in the Extreme Joy Method that forcibly drained people were flashed only a few times before it stopped showing them, replaced by higher-level elucidations and completions, as if to say, “Look, the Yin Yang of heaven and earth, their interaction and integration, it’s not like that, it’s supposed to be like this!”

The more Zhao Changhe looked, the more he was astounded, eventually becoming overjoyed.

He had initially thought it was just a battle recorder, but now it seemed not.

Viewing it through this template, could it be considered…

a compendium of martial arts?

Practical martial arts, it could slow down to allow you to study and ponder; theoretical on paper, it could parse and expound, and tell you a more perfect approach.

As long as it was related to martial arts, it was within its domain, and there should be even more functions, only not yet unlocked!

Only these words echoed in Zhao Changhe’s mind: “This is the Heavenly Book!”

If the Chaotic World Book is a page of the Heavenly Book, recording the martial matters of the human world, pointing to people and events; then this page encompasses martial arts itself!

To have such significance, it must be a Heavenly Book, other treasures are hard to carry such a broad spectrum.

Only he didn’t know for what reason it was sealed like this, gradually unlocking step by step!

Good thing…

If it had shown its splendor from the beginning, with things like aura dispersing, thousands of radiant lights, the whole world looking up, then the whole world would have known he had treasures on him, and it would have been over for him long ago.

Just like this, inconspicuously, not showing any peculiarities, slowly revealing itself, that most aligns with Zhao Changhe’s own needs.

He didn’t know what the predecessors who had initially sealed the Heavenly Book were thinking, but presently, it was almost custom-made for Zhao Changhe—how had the Maitreya Sect previously assessed Zhao Changhe?

He ventured alone, without the backing of a sect, without a massive system of techniques, only learning what he could.

And now?

What counts as the Extreme Joy Method?

The gold foil showed something better than yours, and it dissected your entire system cleanly, like a little girl without clothes.

Next time he encounters a Maitreya Sect devotee, this advantage could be hugely outrageous.

Now he could take the essence and learn from it, such as the Acupoint Shifting Method, methods for mental illusion and its countermeasures, and the Yin Yang Harmonization Technique.

No sooner said than done, Zhao Changhe closed his eyes to cultivate and began trying the technique of shifting acupoints.

As soon as he tried, it immediately caused pain that made him break out into a cold sweat.

Acupoints are special nodes located on the meridians; to shift their positions is not about moving the acupoints directly, but rather stretching the meridians, causing the acupoints to subtly shift.

This, for most martial artists, especially those trained from a young age, is not difficult once they have the magic skill—much like starting to stretch legs and lower back from a young age.

If you start in adulthood, no matter what you do, it would be painful and ineffective, but starting from childhood makes the plasticity not much of a problem.

In other words, stretching the meridians and moving the acupoints was actually very beneficial for fixing the current conditioned state of Zhao Changhe’s meridians.

Although it was not possible to expand your meridians directly, this certainly helped to improve the situation slightly, and gradually over time could indeed expand them a bit.

The prerequisite is that you have to endure such pain.

Thank goodness he had previously taken Cui Wenjing’s medicine to enhance toughness, otherwise he wouldn’t have been able to continue.

Who knew what fate this was, originally practicing External Skill required enduring intermittent agony, at least Inner Strength was a bit more comforting, but now even Inner Strength began to demand endurance of pain.

Was this a divine mission imposing greater responsibilities, hence the need to suffer hardships to temper his spirit and strain his muscles?

Zhao Changhe clenched his teeth tightly, enduring the excruciating pain akin to muscle cramps and skin flaying, and slowly tried again and again to activate his meridians and shift his acupoints.

After who knows how long, the Jade Hall acupoint, which Zhao Changhe had chosen for the test, finally moved slightly.

This was an acupoint Zhao Changhe had specially chosen because in the Inner arts, it’s known as the “Mystical Gate Fourth Layer.”

Once this acupoint was activated, Zhao Changhe immediately felt a prying motion at the Mystical Gate.

Then, gritting his teeth fiercely, he rotated the Dantian, and his True Qi surged violently, rushing straight towards the Jade Hall.

This guy never liked to proceed in an orderly manner, claiming to stretch the meridians but actually harboring the intention to use this as leverage to breach the Mystical Gate.

That’s why he could reach the Fourth Layer in just half a year, a feat few could achieve.

When escorting Yuan Yang, he had been stuck at the Mystical Gate Third Layer due to the limitations of his meridians, forever unable to breakthrough.

But now, amidst excruciating pain, his Inner True Energy finally pierced through completely.

Zhao Changhe let out a miserable scream, soaking wet, as if he had just been hauled out of water.

Forcing progress too quickly, naturally, there were adverse consequences.

He had made a breakthrough, but the pain didn’t subside.

The immense pain from his meridians and acupoints once again stirred the long-dormant Blood Evil Skill to start roaring.

His muscles and bones felt bitten by thousands of ants, his meridians and acupoints were like being stabbed with needles, and the vicious energy of Blood Evil surged up.

Zhao Changhe curled up on the bed, clenching his teeth tightly, gripping the bedding so fiercely that its seams burst from his immense strength.

A breakthrough was a success and he just had to endure this consequence and it would all be over!

“Crack!” The door was pushed open, a fragrant breeze fluttered by, and Yue Hongling appeared beside the bed.

“You… go away.” Zhao Changhe clenched his teeth.

“I don’t want you to see me in this disgraceful state.”

“Why?

Because you don’t see me as one of your own?

Is every ‘sister’ just a lie?”

“…Are you, stupid?

With the Blood Evil surging, I’ll lose my reason.

Do you think I’m still the calm Zhao Changhe from the Secret Cave?” Zhao Changhe snapped angrily, “Still stuck on titles, women really are nonsensical!”

Scolded by Zhao Changhe, Yue Hongling didn’t get angry but instead sat beside him, gently wiping his sweat, “Stubborn boy acting tough, heroic on the outside, but secretly enduring unseen hardships…

If you call me sister, can’t a sister feel heartache for you?”

Zhao Changhe’s anger froze on his face, he gasped heavily, his mind a mess from the disturbance of the Blood Evil, making it hard for him to think clearly.

What… what does she mean?

But then, Zhao Chonghe noticed the hand wiping his forehead was transferring True Qi, helping to smooth out the chaos of the Blood Evil, settling his boiling blood.

But clearly, it wasn’t enough.

Just like Xia Chichi’s help beside the pond before, it was only a respite.

“You…” Yue Hongling hesitated, then asked, “Were you just trying to learn the Ultimate Bliss Method?”

“…” Zhao Changhe didn’t understand why she was asking this at that moment, and instinctively answered, “Yes.”

“Did you succeed?”

“…Yes.”

Yue Hongling bit her lower lip, seemingly deep in thought, then suddenly leaned down and gently kissed his lips.

Zhao Changhe’s eyes widened.

“Idiot, open your mouth!” Yue Hongling mumbled angrily, “Don’t you know, Dual Cultivation doesn’t only have one meaning?”

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PS: No more tonight, back to normal by noon tomorrow.