Chapter Five: Entering the Scripture Pavilion

  "Wu Ming, get up?"

  Wu Ming was getting dressed when he suddenly heard a strange voice outside the door. The voice sounded unfamiliar, probably not someone he knew well. But somehow, it seemed to have a familiar feel to it.

  "Up already, you are... Sect Master?" Wu Ming's brain suddenly went blank as he opened the door.

  "Are you ready? Take this jade pendant with you and follow me to the Scripture Pavilion!" Mu Yun Kong handed a jade pendant to Wu Ming, then turned around and headed towards the Scripture Pavilion.

  "Huh, this jade pendant, what is it?" Wu Ming asked foolishly, never having thought that he would one day be so close to Murong Yun Kong. He also didn't understand why the sect leader had come here, did going to the Scripture Pavilion require the sect leader to lead the way?

  "This jade can conceal your true strength, I don't know how you cultivated your qi, but in principle, those who can cultivate and break through to the post-heavenly realm cannot enter the Cangjing Pavilion. However, you are...you were brought back by Bai Shijie, with a clear background, compared to others, I trust you more." Mu Yun Kong explained.

  Wu Ming was taken aback, and then a warm current surged in his heart. "Ah, you...you know me?"

  "Heh heh, every single one of the 514 people in Xuantian Sect, who doesn't know? Moreover, you're a child brought back by Bai Shijie, entered Xuantian Sect at the age of five. Due to your poor innate talent, at seven years old, you went to the Caisen Garden to chop firewood, and at nine years old, you became a cook. In the twelfth year, Li YunDe from the Caisen Garden was transferred to the Miscellaneous Goods Hall as an administrator, also in the same year, he started drinking with you, and you were arranged by him to sweep the floor in the Tiance Pavilion of the Scripture Storage Hall until yesterday. Did I say anything wrong?"

  Wu Ming didn't say a word, but the emotions in his heart were like a tidal wave. As an orphan since childhood, Wu Ming had never felt so cared for by others, not even secretly. He was now so moved that he wanted to cry. After all, this was the master of a sect with hundreds of people, and he was just an inconspicuous little servant. If it were just a simple inquiry, maybe it could be explained as being due to the old man's influence yesterday. But how did he know about his drinking habits since he was twelve? Who would know these things if they weren't paying attention to him? Would the master of a large sect really go out of his way to ask Old Li about this?

  "Master, I..." Wu Ming's eyes were somewhat blurry, with a sudden urge to cry.

  "Haha, big man, what are you crying about? I told you, this time I broke the sect's rules for you, so you have to help me take care of the scripture storage room. Don't mess around, or I'll punish you! By the way, tomorrow you can move over and live in Sun De Fang's room, it's close by and very convenient."

  "Mmm..."

  "There are also some rules of the sect that you should be clear about, and not just let anyone in..."

  The Scripture Pavilion was once the most important place in a sect, where the martial arts secrets of the entire sect were stored. Normally, coming in to clean up didn't feel like much, but today it was special. Wu Ming only knew about the layout around after being introduced by the Sect Master. Looking at it, there seemed to be no one guarding it, but many inner disciples lived nearby, and even some elders' residences were just around the corner, surrounding the entire Scripture Pavilion's side hall. Anyone who tried to sneak in through one of the paths would inevitably disturb those elders. Moreover, inside was an elder sitting in meditation.

  It's quite simple, except for one elder, it was just Wu Ming this miscellaneous servant. One guarded the main gate and the other was responsible for cleaning and tidying up. According to the rules, outer door disciples had no right to enter the scripture pavilion, only inner door disciples and true transmission disciples had this privilege, but there was only one chance a month. However, the number of true transmission disciples in Xuantian Sect plus inner door disciples did not exceed fifty people, with one chance a month, it seemed that the workload for a day was not too much.

  When Mu Yun Kong introduced himself, Xu Chang Lao's face showed a hint of surprise as he sat in the Zang Jing Pavilion, but after hearing that it was Bai Shifu brought this child, he seemed to understand and nodded slightly.

  Isn't this Bai Shizi just the wife of our sect's leader? Hehe, I get it, I get it!

  This Old Man Xu also seemed to have a good personality, smiling and nodding his head in agreement, promising to take care of Wu Ming.

  When Wu Ming saw the elder, his face also showed some unusual color. The elder seemed to have a few similarities with the Dharma Transmission Elder, and he was also surnamed Xu. Could it be that they were brothers? He thought to himself, but didn't dare ask out loud, as it would be too rash on their first meeting.

  "Sun De Fang that kid has been gone for several days, and this scripture pavilion hasn't been cleaned for many days either. You go clean it up first, the bookshelves have marks on them, you can recognize characters, right? As long as you put things in order, it's fine! For the rest of the time, if you're interested, you can go take a look around, if not, find a place to sleep. But remember, from today on, you are a person of the scripture pavilion, those secret skills you've seen absolutely cannot be passed on to others, even if they are fellow disciples! If you violate the rules, even the sect master can't protect you! Alright, take this high-grade jade token, in the future, this thing is yours inside the scripture pavilion. When you leave the scripture pavilion, hand it over to me. Hurry up and clean, don't worry about the top three floors, I'll take a nap..."

  It's still early in the morning, and few people come to the Scripture Library; they are all doing their morning lessons in the Grand Hall.

  Wu Ming nodded, although the elder's face changed quickly, but what he said was also right. This instruction is also necessary, and it won't work if it's not strict enough. In case the secret manual of the technique leaks out, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of trouble.

  Without thinking much, he picked up the high-grade jade plaque handed over by Xu Changlao and immediately went to pick up the broom placed in a corner and headed upstairs. From now on, his job was to sweep here!

  The Scripture Pavilion is not large, with a total area of no more than 100 square meters, but it has seven floors up and down, like a pagoda. I heard that the outer door disciples said before, except for the first floor guarded by the elder, each floor has a ban, which will restrict entry, and a jade card is required to open it. However, this jade card also has high and low levels, and not all jade cards can enter the Scripture Pavilion's seven floors at will. The jade card is divided into three levels: primary, intermediate, and advanced. Each level can increase one floor, and the advanced jade card can enter the first four floors at will. The last three floors have special techniques, and when you reach the elder level, you will naturally be taught. The top floor is said to know the secret method of entering only by the sect master, where the ultimate learning that spans heaven and earth is hidden, which is also the martial art of the Xuantian Sect's founding.

  It only took a few days, and it can be said that there was not much to sweep in the scripture pavilion. In about an hour or so, all four floors up and down had been swept clean, and some secret books that were misplaced had also been put back in their original place. This job is really easy!

  As for Wu Ming's appearance, those inner disciples were still a bit curious at first, but later when they found out that the original odd-job worker had retired, they suddenly felt relieved.

  In the following days, Wu Ming didn't go to look at the secret books in the Scripture Pavilion either. He first familiarized himself with his work on hand before doing anything else. In private, he seized every spare moment to cultivate the Xuan Tian Heart Method.

  It wasn't until ten days later, when the Scripture Pavilion was less crowded, that Wu Ming decided to go up to the second floor to find a martial skill, in preparation for entering the Martial Arts stage by the end of the month.

  The first floor is mainly a physical training method, and it's also the initial stage for martial artists. Once you've cultivated your inner energy and true qi, you can be considered to have entered the acquired realm. In the past, due to poor roots and blocked meridians, it was difficult to gather true qi, which resulted in only being able to cultivate physical strength through practice, but not true qi. After obtaining the skill pill from the martial arts interface and cultivating true qi, the physical training methods on the first floor became useless for Wu Ming.

  The second floor has a lot of books, more than the first floor. There are about 50-60 secret books stored here. Wu Ming came up and went straight to the left side. He had some understanding of the layout of the secret books in the library. The left side was martial arts skills, with about 40-50 books; the right side was internal skills, with only a dozen or so books. Wu Ming understood this situation. Most people who cultivate the acquired realm practice the Xuantian Heart Method, which is good for building a foundation and has no restrictions. However, it cannot be cultivated to a very high level, so some people choose to cultivate methods that match their own attributes.

  "Thirty-six Routes of Heaven's Wrath Palm? A post-heavenly martial skill, cultivated to the Great Completion can split a thousand jin giant stone with one palm, and unleash the power of heaven and earth? Hmm, this is it!" Wu Ming had been browsing through many secret manuals before, but when he flipped through this one, he felt slightly disappointed at first. However, upon closer inspection, his heart began to stir with excitement.

  First, practice fist and footwork, and then later practice the methods of knife, sword, and other weapons. After all, for Wu Ming now, fist and footwork are relatively simpler, after all, in the martial arts world, he has also learned a few days of basic legwork and boxing, with some foundation, and there are still twenty days before the next opening of the martial arts world, if the weapon is not used well, it can also hurt oneself.

  The palm method mainly uses slapping and chopping, and the heavenly seal palm is no exception. However, it takes the heavenly stem and earthly branch as a secret transmission, taking the first six characters of the heavenly stem as the main ones, divided into six true transmissions for each character, with six palms transmitted below. Among the ten heavenly stems, Jia Bing Wu are also considered to be the foundation of palm method that coexists with yin and yang. This palm method is originally practiced in stages, and can be divided into word secrets to practice. At this time, it is a good choice for Wu Ming to practice within twenty days.

  It's completely impossible to master all thirty-six palm techniques in twenty days, but if you only take the first twelve palms to practice, it will naturally be much faster.

  In the following days, apart from sweeping the Scripture Pavilion, Wu Ming devoted all his remaining time to practicing the Twelve Palm Techniques of the Heavenly Gate Palm Technique. The days passed uneventfully, yet quickly, and before he knew it, twenty days had already gone by.

  Took this month's salary from the miscellaneous hall, and invited Li Yun to drink a toast, then hurried back, took 100 taels of silver from the previous continuation, and kept it as a reserve for future use in the martial arts world.

  "What a pity, the martial skills of this world can't be exchanged for experience points. If they could, I would exchange some of my experience in practicing these Thirty-six Heavenly Gates Palm Techniques and it would be much stronger than how I'm practicing now!"

  Sitting on the bed, Wu Ming sighed softly and then opened his own attribute panel.

  Name: Wu Ming

  Martial Arts Level: 10

  Experience points: 1345/2000

  Root bone: 15

  Heart Method: (Heavenly Heart Method, 9 Yin True Classic Fragment) Refining Tendons and Tempering Bones Chapter - Proficiency 34%, Mysterious Heaven Heart Method - Proficiency 11%

  Martial Skills: Basic Leg Technique Proficiency 100%, Basic Grappling Proficiency 100%, Thirty-six Routes Heavenly Fist First Twelve Palms Proficiency 35%

  Equipment: None

  Dan medicine: none

  In the main world, the information seen inside had no time, and the equipment's chopper was also thrown into that broken temple. That thing is now useless. However, the root bone growth has slowed down, and in the past ten days, it could only increase by a little bit. Now, even after a month, it can only increase by two points of root bone. This experience value increases by only 100 points per month, which is too slow. At this speed, breaking through to the second stage of Houtian will likely take eight or nine months. No wonder they say that one needs to undergo training, as simply sitting and cultivating is indeed very slow. However, the current root bone is also not good, so it's understandable.