The Great Emperor said that Shuhang should try it again. Was he talking about creating a resonance between the ❮World-Destroying Divine Beast Technique❯ and the ❮Thirty-Three Divine Beasts’ Technique❯?
How was it supposed to work, though?
Was he supposed to use the ‘Whale Swallowing Technique’ to devour the spirit beast crystals and then inject true yuan into cultivators of the Black Horse Branch? After that, he would get the cultivators of the Black Horse Branch to use the ❮World-Destroying Divine Beast Technique❯ and the secret book at the same time, and then somehow acquire the ‘auxiliary book’ hidden in the secret book with the combination of the two?
But such being the case, there would be quite a few inconsistencies.
To get the ‘auxiliary book’ from the Human Alliance, he would have to master the ‘Thirty-Three Divine Beasts’ Technique’.
However, the people who would be searching for the clues were not necessarily disciples of the Divine Beast Department. If they wanted to learn the ❮Thirty-Three Divine Beasts ‘Technique❯, they would have to put the three clues together and translate the full version of the technique.
It seemed like this was a dead end.
To learn the powerful technique, he had to gather three clues, yet to gather the clues, he had to master the powerful technique.
…Unless the one searching was someone like him who had an incomplete version of the Thirty-Three Divine Beasts’ Technique, and so had to find the hidden inheritance of the Divine Beast Department.
As he thought of this, Song Shuhang’s heart suddenly moved.
Perhaps Slow-Witted Song had deliberately left such a complicated path to obtaining the ‘hidden’ inheritance in order to screen the ones hunting for the treasure?
Could the complete version of the ❮Thirty-Three Divine Beasts’ Technique❯ only be acquired by someone who was at least a successor of the Divine Beast Department, or a successor of the Thirty-Three Divine Beasts’ Sect?
If that was the case, then the ‘hidden’ inheritance was something that Slow-Witted Song had prepared for a specific person, and not just something that anyone could obtain.
Prepared for a specific person…
A designated person…
Song Shuhang could not help but clench the animal hide scroll.
If he thought about it carefully, the three clues that Slow-Witted Song had prepared were all tailor-made for him.
The combination of Little Cai + Young Master Phoenix Slayer allowed Song Shuhang to get the first clue from the ‘All the Monsters of the World Should Unite and Become a Family’ organization.
The relationship with Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion’s Pavilion Master gave him the second clue, the ‘Decoding Scroll’.
As for the clue of the Black Horse Branch… if one didn’t have the ‘secret appraisal technique’, how would they even be able to grasp the method to obtain the ‘auxiliary book’?
Song Shuhang fell deep into thought.
Could the hidden inheritance of the Divine Beast Department that Slow-Witted Song had left be specifically reserved for me?
This idea revolved in Song Shuhang’s mind.
The sea turtle asked, “What are you thinking about?”
Song Shuhang shook his head, and said, “It’s nothing. Senior Turtle, let’s return to the Black Horse Branch. Can you still open spatial gates?”
The sea turtle said, “Of course I can.”
“Then let’s go ba—” Song Shuhang suddenly froze as he was halfway through his words.
Recently, whenever he went through spatial gates, he always seemed to encounter accidents.
Song Shuhang asked, “That, um… Senior Turtle, is the spatial gate going to be safe? It’s not going to drop me halfway again, right?”
The sea turtle said, “Heavens, I also wanted to ask you about that. When you used the spatial gate leading to the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion, why did you suddenly disappear?”
Song Shuhang said, “Heavens, after I entered the spatial gate, I got stuck in a spatial channel. The channel was very long, and it seemed to never end. Also, the space behind me at that time was constantly crumbling, and I could only desperately run forward. I even thought that I would have to run forever.”
When the sea turtle heard this, he thought for a moment before saying, “There is only one explanation for why this happened. When you stepped into the spatial gate, someone tampered with it.”
Song Shuhang asked, “Who?”
The sea turtle replied, “Heavens, how am I supposed to know? Let’s go back before we speak any further. We should get out of the Palace of Winter first. After that, I will open a spatial gate for you.”
Song Shuhang asked, “Are there really going to be no problems this time?”
The sea turtle said, “Relax, it’s unlikely that someone will do something this time, there shouldn’t be any problem.”
Song Shuhang: “…”
Senior Turtle always felt like someone who would just keep on raising flags for him.
And so, the spatial gate opened.
The sea turtle said, “I’ll follow you in this time to prevent any accidents.”
Song Shuhang gritted his teeth and got into the spatial gate. If there’s a problem with the spatial gate again this time, I really might just refrain from using them as much as possible in the future.
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This time, everything was fine.
Song Shuhang and Senior Turtle successfully returned to the Black Horse Branch, and reappeared in the room where they originally had been.
“Senior Tyrannical Song, you’re finally back.” After seeing Song Shuhang, Kindness jumped up happily.
Song Shuhang smiled, and asked, “You’ve been waiting for me?”
Kindness replied, “It’s because there are a lot of ‘infected’ people outside, and since you disappeared, the branch head and Great Master Turtle became quite busy. Currently, everyone is waiting for your return.”
Song Shuhang asked, “Are there many patients?”
Kindness nodded in reply.
Song Shuhang said, “Then I should probably start dealing with them. Since there are a lot of patients, we must speed things up a bit and have 10-15 patients come in at a time to improve the efficiency.”
Kindness said, “No problem, I’ll go out and inform the branch head and Great Master Turtle.”
Song Shuhang replied, “Alright.”
Kindness stood up and went to Great Master Turtle.
After she stood up and walked two steps, she remembered something.
And so, Kindness returned to Song Shuhang. She extended her hand and placed a candy in Song Shuhang’s hands. “For you, Senior Tyrannical Song.”
Song Shuhang raised his head suspiciously.
“Senior Tyrannical Song, this candy is sweet, you will not be sad anymore after eating it.” After saying that, Kindness jumped and left the room.
Song Shuhang: “…”
Sad? Was it because he was crying and buried his head in the arms of the virtuous lamia previously?
This was a dark part of his history that should never ever be remembered.
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The sun was already descending in the West.
It appeared that this day in the Beast Realm was coming to an end.
As Song Shuhang had sped up the speed of his treatment, all the patients were dealt with much faster.
A little power of virtue, a large amount of evil energy of the Netherworld, and a large number of various forging materials ended up in his hands.
If he started forging the ‘Thirty-Three Divine Beasts’ Combined Magical Treasure’ now, he would probably not have to worry about the consumption of materials at least in the earlier stages.
Song Shuhang stored away the materials and began thinking about how he could get members of the Black Horse Branch to assist him in trying to get the ‘auxiliary book’.
At this time, Kindness said, “Senior Tyrannical Song, there are no more patients for the time being. By the way, Great Master Turtle told me to ask you if you’re fine with accepting the forging materials or if you want to have it replaced with something else? For example, medicinal materials, or pills, or something else?”
Song Shuhang replied, “Forging materials are fine. I’m actually planning on forging a special weapon, and that is going to cost me a good amount of materials.”
Kindness nodded, and said, “Then I’ll relay that to Great Master Turtle. By the way, is there anything else that you want me to tell Great Master Turtle?”
Song Shuhang said, “Hm, right, Kindness, please invite Great Master Turtle to come to me again… wait, there’s no rush. Kindness, how about you cooperate with me in an experiment first?”
Kindness nodded. “Of course, no problem.”
Senior Tyrannical Song’s experiments had benefited her a lot every time.
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As before, Song Shuhang swallowed a spirit beast crystal with the ‘Whale Swallowing Technique’ before stretching out his hand and lightly pressing on her back. After that, the power of the spirit beast crystal poured into her body.
Song Shuhang said, “Use the ❮World-Destroying Divine Beast Technique❯.”
Kindness answered, “Senior Tyrannical Song, I am only at the First Stage Realm, so I can only use the body tempering method of the ❮World-Destroying Divine Beast Technique❯.”
Most body tempering techniques needed one to use fists, legs, swords, and the likes. Generally, one needed to be in constant motion when practicing them.
Song Shuhang said, “That’s fine, just show it.”
With his current strength combined with the ‘Virtuous Man’s Ten Thousand Mile Walk’, it would not be difficult for him to keep pace with the moves of a First Stage Realm cultivator.
‘Kindness’ began to perform the body tempering technique, and her petite body moved around in the room.
Behind her, Song Shuhang was like a shadow, following her around. His right hand was lightly pressed on Kindness’ back, making it so that there was a constant supply of the spiritual energy flowing into her body.
After the spiritual energy was poured into the Kindness’ body, it was quickly assimilated by her through the ❮World-Destroying Divine Beast Technique❯.
After more than 10 minutes, Kindness stopped—the set of moves was over.
Her cultivation talent was average. In the past, after she practiced, she would feel both mentally and physically exhausted. But after this training, she still felt like she was full of energy and had the power to continue on endlessly.
“You seem to still be fine, you should try practicing it again,” Song Shuhang encouraged her. “Next, you should try to meditate on the secret book while practicing; it would be even better if you can chant text. Do you think you can do it?”
Kindness replied, “Yes!”
Using one mind to use two techniques… This was her first time trying such a thing.
She first silently recalled the contents of the secret book of the organization.
Afterwards, she began moving and performing the body tempering technique.
Her petite body unceasingly moved while she continued to say the contents of the secret book.
Whale Swallowing Technique + Thirty-Three Divine Beasts’ Technique + ‘World-Destroying Divine Beast Technique’ + Human Alliance book.
All four techniques were used together.
Finally… Song Shuhang felt a resonance!
It was the same feeling that he had gotten when he used Senior Phantom Phoenix’s body to practice the monster alliance’s secret techniques.
Success!
Song Shuhang was delighted.
Now, while the iron is still hot, I should extract the contents of the ‘auxiliary book’ hidden in the secret book of the Human Alliance. With that, the three clues can be merged, allowing me to obtain the full version of the ‘Thirty-Three Divine Beasts’ Technique’.
Forging the Combined Magical Treasure before the Fifth Stage… This was Song Shuhang’s current goal.
At this time, Kindness suddenly shouted, “Senior Tyrannical Song, my body feels really hot.”
She felt like her body was on fire.
Song Shuhang said, “Don’t be afraid, it’s because there’s a resonance happening between the two of us. Are you able to handle it?”
Kindness replied, “I can persist for a while.” However, she did not know for how long she would be able to handle it.
“Then, please try to persist for as long as you can—” As Song Shuhang was halfway through what he was saying, he suddenly got the feeling as if a hammer was hitting his head.
His consciousness fell into a muddled state.
He felt as if he had drunk a lot and was in a state between being drunk and sober.
In this strange state, his body canceled the ❮Steel Hands Technique❯ secret technique.
In the end, under Kindness’ surprised gaze, Song Shuhang’s body melted into a pair of connected black iron arms.
Although the name of the ❮Steel Hands Technique❯ was a bit embarrassing, it had a big origin.
It was a compulsory cultivation technique for the disciples of the ancient blacksmith sect, the ‘Heavy Metal Sect’—it was a powerful technique for forging ironware.
The black iron arm spread out.
At the next moment, whale bones, whale scales, and all kinds of forging materials were dumped out…
