Chapter 203: Conditions for Practicing Secret Arts

Chen Lang walked into the room.

Zhou Tianzheng turned his head to look at him, then said to Zhong Haoran: "This person is very dangerous. If he comes again, he may overthrow other families. Next time you find him, you must kill him directly. Don't think about any friendship. No matter how many wills of the old lord he carries, he is not the one after all. The living cannot be implicated by the dead."

"Okay." Zhong Haoran responded without saying anything else.

Elder Shi was speechless. This bastard had eaten the Lu family's food and refused to leave. He even went around the Tianjian Sect with his status. This really brought shame to the Tianjian Sect. He was too arrogant!
But since Zhong Haoran could see it, the sect leader must have seen it too. There is no point in pursuing it further. We just have to be on guard against it in the future.

Oh, I almost forgot, there is another one that is even more arrogant.

"Oh, the hero who dared to snatch the pen from Grandmaster Liu is back." Elder Shi looked at Chen Lang and said indifferently.

"I want to know something." Chen Lang ignored them. He came to find Zhong Haoran.

Zhong Haoran nodded, put away the magic tools on the table, and then saw the guests off, "Ladies and gentlemen, let's stop here today."

After they left, Zhong Haoran looked at Chen Lang with a hint of interest, "When you went to the ancestral mausoleum, did you fight with Elder Liu?"

"Yes."

"How did you get the pen in his hand?" Zhong Haoran was very interested.

One against five, he also heard a few words about the Xuantian Diagram, but these were too normal. It would be abnormal if Chen Lang didn't do such things. He was only interested in what happened in the ancestral tomb.

"I exchanged it with him using the ashes from my ancestral mausoleum." Chen Lang said, "Didn't Zhou Tianzheng tell you?"

“……” Zhong Haoran was speechless for a moment. No wonder Zhou Tianzheng had a gloomy face and said nothing after coming back.

"What? Is he very powerful?" Chen Lang asked.

"The last person left from the Tianjian Sect in the last era, his cultivation should be second only to the current Sect Master."

This comment surprised Chen Lang. "How does it compare to you?"

"I haven't compared him. He is the person who is most proficient in sword skills in this era. He may be stronger than me." Zhong Haoran said.

Chen Lang nodded.

That means I am not as good as you.

Otherwise why would they be sent to look after the graves?

"I came here this time just to understand this." Chen Lang said, "I want to practice the sword art."

"That's right, it's time for you to be on the Heavenly Ranking."

Zhong Haoran pondered for a moment and organized his words. If it were other family disciples, or Zhong Sheng and others, he would naturally not need to explain in detail. Those people were born in large families and had been influenced by them since childhood, so many things were common sense to them.

But he knew Chen Lang's origins very well. If he didn't tell him these common sense, it might take him a long time to understand.

"To cultivate the sword art, you need two things. Or, to cultivate a magical power, you need two things."

"The first is the secret technique itself. This is usually not a secret. Some secret techniques are difficult, and some are easy. Everyone's attainments are different, but as long as you have the understanding and practice diligently, you will always gain something."

"But this is only the simplest one, because the second one is a hard condition, which is that you must have the physical strength required to perform the secret technique."

"You should understand that today's cultivators have been using spirit stones all the way. Most of them lack the nourishment of real precious medicines. Precious medicines are things left over from the ancient times of immortals, while the sword secret is the strongest level of magical powers in the world today."

"So the most powerful magical power requires the most powerful elixir to temper the body?" Chen Lang said.

"One thing is wrong." Zhong Haoran was silent for a moment, "It is the best quality precious medicine that determines the strongest magical power."

Isn't this different?

Chen Lang was slightly startled, and suddenly remembered the ancient immortal secret technique, "So it is the precious medicine that determines the upper limit of the magical power?"

"That's right. Most sects have their own things to show off. For example, our Tianjian Sect's Sword Secret, the Vajra Hall's Heng Secret, and the Wuzhong Sect's Dharma Body Secret. These secret arts are all schools and have their own characteristics, but they are mostly magical powers of the same level. This is the upper limit of the worldly law."

"What about the ancient immortal method?"

Zhong Haoran paused for a moment, "The ancient immortals are no longer around. If you want to practice the ancient immortal methods, you need some special opportunities. The magical powers of that era were too vast, but most of them were incomplete or lost, and the methods of practice were also ever-changing, so it's hard to explain.

But there is one thing in common, that is, they need to be "repaired." "There are many incomplete laws in the world, these incompleteness come from heaven and earth, and they are naturally insufficient. Fortunately, there are still many ancient relics in this world. By absorbing some of the things from the ancient immortals and completing your own laws, you can open the door. Of course, you have entered now, but the road is still a long way to go."

"Bloody body?" Chen Lang asked.

"Yes."

Chen Lang roughly understood that if he wanted to practice the secret technique of the Phoenix, he might need the corresponding ancient relics.

"Then you should be practicing the ancient immortal methods, right? Are there any useful ancient immortal relics?" Chen Lang asked.

What we dug up in the mines are of too low quality. These old masters in the sect must have some good stuff hidden.

"Yes, but once these things appeared, most of them were divided up and used by the elders. You don't have complete worldly knowledge, so giving you these things would not only be dangerous, but would also cause objections. Anything that you haven't heard of but is useful is probably extremely precious."

"That's fine as long as you have it." Chen Lang said.

There is no need to obtain it, just knowing that it exists is enough.

"It's too early for you to think about these things now. Elder Si should have given you a new identity card. Go get the resources assigned to you. Improving your strength is what you should consider now, because you will be given something soon."

"What about the Sun-Swallowing Mirror?" Chen Lang said.

"It's not my task, it's the sect's arrangement." Zhong Haoran shook his head. "Every resource given by the sect is not taken for free. Since you have become a disciple of the Heavenly Ranking, you must assume the corresponding responsibilities."

"Now there are nine sects joining the alliance to encircle and suppress the Pingtian Sect and other scattered forces. We recently received intelligence from the leader of the Southern Sect that there will be a joint action.

However, the Pingtian Sect is extremely large in scale and has a complex personnel structure. We can only deal with some of the leaders, and it is difficult to clean up the people below. These things need you to do.

At that time, you Heavenly Ranking disciples will also need to join forces with other sects to wipe out those remaining forces. This is not only a training for you, but also related to the safety and honor of the sect. "

He reminded Chen Lang that this action was not a sect trial, the opponent was very cunning, and if he was not careful, he might die.

Chen Lang naturally filtered it directly.

Just have a mission.

Where does the reward come from if there is no difficulty?

Then he went to collect his reward.

……

Chen Lang first went to the Medicine Pavilion, and according to the guidance of Zhong Haoran and the internal deacon, came to a garden.

There is a loft ahead, hidden in the green forest, covered by countless formations, and powerful people patrolling every now and then.

"Come and get the medicinal herbs." Chen Lang came to the front desk and slapped his Tianbang identity card on the table.

"Brother Taoist, what do you want to receive?" When the deacon saw the purple and gold sign, his attitude naturally became more respectful.

"All." Chen Lang asked.

This made the deacon slightly stunned. "Brother Dao, you have a year's quota to receive. We may not have the best things now. Why don't you pick some of the best ones first? I will notify you when there are good goods later?"

"No, all of them." Chen Lang said, "Whatever you have, come."

If you don't claim the reward, are you just going to keep it here and collect interest?

What if I get expelled from the sect one day?

Not long after, Chen Lang received a small car that looked very familiar, the kind used to transport feces on Lingshan Mountain.

I opened the hatch and found a small box of precious medicine inside. I didn’t know what it was called, but it didn’t matter. As long as it was useful, who would care about a bunch of messy synthetic materials?

Then, he carried out the second step of his plan and went to the Sword Valley to practice the sect's magical powers.

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(End of this chapter)