Dragon King Hall's Legend
Chapter 1279: Three Ancient Tomes! Children's Day!
"The flavors you mentioned, I think I've tried them all."
Yin Li's eyes were initially filled with longing and desire when she heard Mu Jinyu listing various ice cream flavors, but soon, they turned confused as she mumbled.
Mu Jinyu laughed and said, "That's normal. The new ice creams aren't all brand new; you've probably tasted some recently. Some are just out, so you haven't tried those yet."
"That's true..."
Yin Li nodded, then asked, "Are you really going to buy me a few tons?"
"Really." Mu Jinyu nodded with a smile, assuring her.
"Alright, what do you need my help with?" Yin Li beamed, leaping from the ice cream tub onto Mu Jinyu's shoulder, sweetly asking.
Mu Jinyu took out the three stone booklets and asked, "Can you read the words on these?"
Yin Li lowered her head, looked at the three stone booklets with her big eyes, and said, "I can read them, why?"
Mu Jinyu said, "It's good that you can read them. Please translate what's written on these for me..."
"Oh, okay..."
Yin Li agreed and then began translating for Mu Jinyu.
Yin Li was very smart; she had long mastered speaking Chinese and knew how to write it, so she quickly translated them for Mu Jinyu.
"Blood Tempering Method?!"
"Martial King's Testament..."
"The Armament Martial Scripture's Sword Scroll - Fragment?!"
Mu Jinyu was delighted as he looked at the names of the books translated from the three stone booklets.
Two out of the three stone booklets had turned out to be useful, instead of being completely rubbish.
Mu Jinyu had actually been prepared for all three booklets to be filled with useless content after Yin Li's translation.
But surprisingly, two of them were useful.
He first started to peruse the "Blood Tempering Method".
After finishing, he fell into deep thought, a bit skeptical about life.
"What is this, how does it seem worse than those Yellow Grade Body Refinement Techniques I got?"
Yin Li replied cutely, "This was originally the most basic Body Refining Technique of its time, the Blood Tempering Method. The modern Body Refining Techniques have been refined through countless experiments, of course they are stronger."
Mu Jinyu thought about Yin Li's words for a moment and felt that made sense.
Many times, people tend to believe that the present is inferior to the past, but that's not always the case. Some lost techniques might indeed surpass modern ones, but are the primitive cultivation methods really superior to those refined through successive improvements and experiments over time?
Not necessarily, right?
Especially considering what Yin Li said, that Blood Tempering Method was just an ordinary and ubiquitous Body Refining Technique of its time, so it's natural for it to be inferior to today's methods.
Mu Jinyu felt slightly disappointed.
If the writings on those three stone booklets were all such things, then his excitement really would have been for nothing.
However, Mu Jinyu quickly shook off his disappointment and memorized the "Blood Tempering Method". Although he wouldn't cultivate it, as an ancient foundational cultivation method, it still held some reference value.
After noting down the simple "Blood Tempering Method", Mu Jinyu proceeded to check the "Martial King's Testament".
The "Martial King's Testament" was just a testament, with nothing of use, only expressing his regret about not wanting to die, not having eaten Divine Flesh, and wishing for this and that...
"Eating Divine Flesh?"
Mu Jinyu focused on this "Divine Flesh" and turned to Yin Li to ask, "What's Divine Flesh? Is it the flesh of gods?"
Yin Li replied offhandedly, "Yeah, it's the flesh of the Divine Race, but it's not all that great, taste-wise."
"Divine Race's flesh?" Mu Jinyu pondered over Yin Li's words.
Yin Li's clan is the Divine Silkworm Clan, and those half-human half-beast beings in the Extremely Cold Hell are known as the Half-Spirit Race. Could the Divine Silkworm Clan be their gods, thereby being part of the Divine Race?
Mu Jinyu wanted to ask for clarity but feared Yin Li might think he wanted to eat her Divine Flesh, so he refrained.
Probably close enough, right?
If he asked, perhaps the little princess would really turn against him.
He shook his head slightly, choosing not to ask this question, and proceeded to explore the fragment of "Armament Martial Scripture's Sword Scroll" which interested him the most.
Being named a scripture, it was enough to indicate that it wasn't some ordinary content; even though its value might not be what it used to be, it still held much reference value.
Mu Jinyu quickly finished reading the half-volume fragment of the "Sword Scroll".
He also came to an initial understanding of what the "Armament Martial Scripture" was.
The "Armament Martial Scripture" was a powerful cultivation method among the Human Race, but it didn't focus on cultivating one's body; it wasn't for Body Refinement or True Yuan refinement. Instead, it was about cultivating weapons and armor.
Weapons and armors, naturally referring to weaponry and armor; the "Armament Martial Scripture" taught how to effectively utilize the Human Race's various weapons and armor, like knives, spears, swords, halberds, axes, clubs, hooks, forks, whips, maces, hammers, claws, lances, staves, tridents, and more...
Then, it covered how to refine one's natal armament and how to maximize its potential.
And this "Sword Scroll" taught how to train with the sword.
But it was a fragment, with many missing parts.
However, after reading, Mu Jinyu still felt he gained a lot.
"It's a pity that I don't really use swords, and my current weapon is the Dragon Spear. It's not possible to abandon this spear and switch to a sword..." Mu Jinyu sighed with slight regret.
"It'd be nice to have the 'Spear Scroll'." Mu Jinyu remarked regretfully, suddenly realizing that some people around him used swords too.
Jian Ruyan and Mei Yinxue both used swords.
"Hmm, I could show this 'Sword Scroll' to them."
Mu Jinyu mused to himself.
"Hey, hurry and get my ice cream first."
Yin Li saw Mu Jinyu preparing to leave after reading her translations and hastily urged him, craving recognition.
"Alright, alright, I'll call and have someone buy it for you right away."
Mu Jinyu had to set aside his thoughts of finding those two women for now and took out his phone to call Mu Hongchen.
He asked her to buy the new market ice cream varieties, to bring five or six tons back for Yin Li to enjoy.
"Alright."
Mu Hongchen, albeit a bit speechless, agreed and proceeded to contact people to purchase the ice cream.
"Okay, I've fulfilled my promise, but ice cream won't be delivered immediately. Anyway, you have a few tons to eat now, just wait patiently." Mu Jinyu said to Yin Li, holding his phone.
"Mm-hmm..." Yin Li nodded, her big eyes forming crescent shapes, and she smiled, "Anything else I can help with?"
Mu Jinyu, hearing this, got an idea in his heart and asked, "Do you understand 'Armament Martial Scripture'?"
"I don't." Yin Li's expression remained unchanged, smiling as she shook her head.
Mu Jinyu was speechless, then shook his head, "Then I'm leaving."
"Mm." Yin Li responded, then ran off excitedly to eat more ice cream.
After exiting the cold storage, Mu Jinyu used his Divine Sense to sweep Yinlong Mountain again and discovered that Jian Ruyan, Mei Yinxue, and Wen Rou were not currently in the mountain.
Meanwhile, Gu Xiyan, Xu Qingya, and Yu Linglong were managing some affairs in the Dragon King Hall.
"Where did everyone go?"
Mu Jinyu directly called Mei Yinxue first.
"Ring ring... Hello?"
The call connected, and Mei Yinxue's voice came through, laced with subtle allure.
Mu Jinyu asked, "Sister Mei, where are you?"
At the same time, he heard some noise and possibly a large crowd on Mei Yinxue's side.
Mei Yinxue replied softly, "Have you returned? I'm at the River City Welfare Institute. Do you need something?"
"River City Welfare Institute? Why are you there?" Mu Jinyu asked curiously.
Mei Yinxue explained, "It's Children's Day today, so I came over to spend time with the children. Mm, Wen Rou and Ruyan are here too..."