"Zhuque Leiting, let's go aside and have a chat."

After finishing some casual conversation, Xiaoyao seemed to be getting to the main topic. Everyone knew he must have brought Zhuque Leiting here for some reason, and they were all curious.

"What's there to talk about? We can talk here—there are no outsiders here," the Young Miss said, giving Xiaoyao a look that seemed to say, "What are you planning to hide from us?"

"Miss Zhuque is a guest. Some matters aren't convenient for you to know," Xiaoyao returned the Young Miss's look—you talk too much.

Actually, Xiaoyao wasn't unwilling to let the Young Miss and others know about his affairs. The reason this couldn't be heard by others wasn't about him, but about Zhuque Leiting.

What Xiaoyao wanted to discuss involved some secret matters of the Zhuque Family. He didn't want the other party to have any reservations.

"Haha, I see. I understand. You two go ahead and talk," the Young Miss said with a smile. Although Xiaoyao had spoken cryptically, the Young Miss wasn't stupid and understood his meaning.

Zhuque Leiting looked at Xiaoyao but said nothing, going with him to a quiet place. She wanted to know what Xiaoyao wanted to tell her.

...

"Well, Miss Zhuque..." Xiaoyao thought about how to explain his matter.

"Just speak directly if you have something to say," Zhuque Leiting said straightforwardly. She had a direct personality and a fiery temper—she didn't like beating around the bush.

"Actually, it's just a small matter. I want your Zhuque Family's cultivation method," Xiaoyao said with a smile that made people feel quite despicable.

"Cultivation method? What cultivation method do you want? Let me see if I can give it to you," Zhuque Leiting asked.

"Naturally, it's the cultivation method you practice..."

"The one I practice... Are you joking? I practice the Vermillion Bird Divine Art. It's our Zhuque Family's ancestral cultivation method—it's never passed down to outsiders," Zhuque Leiting was stunned, then looked at Xiaoyao with great confusion. She felt Xiaoyao must be joking with her.

"I'm not joking. I just want this cultivation method for reference..." Xiaoyao continued smiling.

Zhuque Leiting's beautiful, captivating eyes looked at Xiaoyao, moving up and down as she said: "Are you sure you're not joking? Although the Vermillion Bird Divine Art is the strongest cultivation method (this was her family pride), without Zhuque Family bloodline, it's impossible to cultivate. You should be cultivating your family's Moyun Art—this isn't suitable for you."

"If you want to give it to someone with Vermillion Bird bloodline, have that person come find me themselves. As long as someone possesses Vermillion Bird bloodline, the Zhuque Family will allow them to cultivate the Vermillion Bird Divine Art, but they must become part of the Zhuque Family," Zhuque Leiting added finally.

Occasionally, some bloodlines would spread out, creating people with the bloodline who didn't belong to the original bloodline families. These people had no sense of belonging to the original family, but they could cultivate the techniques, which would cause some techniques to be passed outside. Therefore, even though clearly only those with bloodline could cultivate them, these techniques wouldn't be easily transmitted externally.

When encountering such situations, general families would pull the person into the family. If the other party disagreed, then they wouldn't be allowed to cultivate this bloodline technique, or they would be eliminated.

Naturally, Zhuque Leiting wouldn't think this technique was for Xiaoyao's own cultivation, because that was impossible—Xiaoyao didn't have Zhuque Family bloodline.

However, things were beyond her expectations. Xiaoyao really was planning to use it for his own cultivation.

"Well, I want to reference it myself. I need some bloodline techniques to supplement certain things. I can see the Luo family's Moyun Art, but the Vermillion Bird Divine Art has greater power than Moyun Art and better matches what I want," Xiaoyao said.

"Reference? Supplement certain things? Are you trying to create a cultivation method yourself? Is your brain broken? Even ordinary cultivation methods are very difficult to create, and you're planning to create a bloodline technique? It seems your illness isn't light," Zhuque Leiting said, touching Xiaoyao's forehead.

Even she felt this was just a joke. Xiaoyao couldn't possibly want to create cultivation methods, right?

"I'm not sick. I'm not creating cultivation methods—I'm fusing cultivation methods. These are two different concepts. Fusion is much simpler than creation," Xiaoyao said seriously. Although he said it was just fusing cultivation methods, these words were equally shocking.

Only peerless grandmasters could possibly fuse cultivation methods. Peerless grandmasters didn't equal peerless experts—even if you cultivated to God Level, you might not become a grandmaster, much less a peerless grandmaster. Everyone understood this point.

The difference between grandmasters and experts was that grandmasters could bring a martial technique to its extreme and create things belonging to themselves, as well as pass these things down.

This was just speaking of martial techniques. Things like cultivation methods basically couldn't be handled even by grandmasters—they couldn't create new things themselves, unless they were the kind of peerless grandmasters who might not appear once in several hundred years, who might possibly work on cultivation method matters.

And this was merely possible—it didn't mean all could do it...

Xiaoyao was now saying he would do things that peerless grandmasters did, which naturally made Zhuque Leiting, who didn't understand much, somewhat disbelieving. If it were the Young Miss and others, it wouldn't be like this.

They all knew Xiaoyao would definitely become a generation's grandmaster, because he could teach people, improve martial techniques, and correct cultivation methods. Only his personal strength was a bit lacking—he wasn't quite qualified for the title of grandmaster yet. But in some aspects, he had already completely surpassed ordinary grandmasters.

What Xiaoyao wanted to do now was actually quite simple—he wanted to create a cultivation method that could cultivate the "dragon power" within his body, strengthen that "dragon power," and then more perfectly display its force.

Although he could currently use it, he felt it still wasn't perfect enough. Relying solely on Lion's Power seemed somewhat insufficient—he needed other cultivation methods. He had also tried Moyun Art and Xuanwu True Qi, but they similarly weren't very perfect. However, he discovered something very interesting, though he didn't know if it was because of the "dragon power," the Luo family bloodline, or because he cultivated the Divine Farmer's Art.

He could actually use Xuanwu True Qi's defense, though it was only a simulated effect without the true power of Xuanwu True Qi, but it seemed quite good.

Therefore, even if not for perfecting dragon power cultivation, he would still collect those bloodline techniques to test their effects. The Vermillion Bird Divine Art was one of the techniques he most wanted.

The Vermillion Bird Divine Art was the bloodline technique with the strongest killing power. When Xiaoyao said earlier that its power was greatest, it wasn't deliberate flattery but stating a fact.

"Even if you really could, our Vermillion Bird Divine Art couldn't be casually given to you. Unless you become part of our Zhuque Family—how about this, you become the Zhuque Family's live-in son-in-law, and I'll introduce you to several beautiful sisters," Zhuque Leiting said with a smile. The latter part was half-joking, just wanting to tease Xiaoyao.

"That's not necessary. I'll exchange conditions with you—I believe you'll agree," Xiaoyao said. He had long been prepared for negotiations. Although cultivation methods were important, he believed that as long as the conditions were sufficient, an agreement could be reached.

After all, the Vermillion Bird Divine Art could only be cultivated by those with Vermillion Bird bloodline. This limitation allowed the Zhuque Family to let Xiaoyao reference it, as long as Xiaoyao offered conditions that moved them.

However, these conditions would definitely have to be exceptional—extraordinarily exceptional, because the Zhuque Family wasn't an ordinary family but a super family. What they possessed couldn't be moved by ordinary treasures.

"Oh, then tell me what your conditions are, and I'll see if they're suitable," Zhuque Leiting quite readily entered negotiation mode. After all, she wasn't very familiar with Xiaoyao. If there were conditions for exchange, naturally she would look at the conditions rather than Xiaoyao's face.

"How about Spirit Refining Pills—ten pills?" Xiaoyao thought and said. Since he was going to refine pills anyway, he'd use pills for negotiation.

After hearing Xiaoyao's words, Zhuque Leiting was stunned. After a long time, she finally spoke: "Spirit Refining Pills? You're talking about Spirit Refining Pills? The kind that can provide opportunities to break through any bottleneck?"

Any bottleneck included the bottleneck of breaking through to God Level. Although it was only an opportunity, it undoubtedly greatly increased the chances. Anyone would need this opportunity.

However, refining Spirit Refining Pills wasn't simple, and the materials were very hard to find. Spirit Refining Pills in the entire world were rarer than phoenix feathers and unicorn horns. Even the Zhuque Family didn't have many—not to mention ten pills, even one pill would move them.

"That's right, these Spirit Refining Pills. How about it? Can this exchange for letting me reference the Vermillion Bird Divine Art?" Xiaoyao nodded and asked.

"I need to discuss this matter with my father and give you an answer tomorrow," Zhuque Leiting said. Although she felt this matter should work out, she still needed to consult her father, who was the Zhuque Family head.

She didn't doubt whether Xiaoyao could produce them. If he couldn't, naturally she wouldn't need to give anything—after all, she had to see the items first.

She felt Xiaoyao shouldn't be joking about this, as it would bring him no benefit.

She was just curious how Xiaoyao could possess Spirit Refining Pills, and why he would trade them for things that were useless to him. Well, most people thought this way, except Xiaoyao found them useful. But as long as the person involved knew, what did it matter what others knew or thought?

"Good. If you don't mind, stay here tonight—there are plenty of rooms anyway," Xiaoyao smiled, preparing to keep his guest for the night. This was both hospitality and a way to get news earlier.

(End of Chapter)