Chapter 51: Wu Soul Temple

  The Martial Soul Temple of the Shi family has five floors in total.

  Each floor corresponds to a different realm and stores books of different realms.

  On the first floor and second floor, ordinary martial skills are stored. Generally speaking, acquired realm warriors select suitable martial skills for cultivation on the first floor, while innate realm warriors select martial skills on the second floor.

  The third and fourth floors store Xuan-level martial skills. Martial artists at the Human Rank level can choose Xuan-level martial skills on the third floor, while those at the Hundred Calamity level can choose Xuan-level martial skills on the fourth floor to cultivate.

  In the fifth floor of Wu Soul Hall, it is said that there is only one spiritual-level martial skill stored in the Shi family.

  Unfortunately, that floor is not open to anyone, only the owner Shi Jian himself would occasionally go up.

  The Ling-level martial skills are extraordinary, even some of the stone family's offerings do not have the qualifications to watch, only the direct descendants of the Shi family, and those who can step into the realm of status, have the qualifications to cultivate.

  However, among the descendants of Shi family today, even Shi Duan, who has the deepest cultivation, only has the cultivation of the Three Heavy Heavens of the Hundred Calamities, and is still one step away from the Earthly Immortal Realm.

  ……

  Shi Jian led Shi Yan all the way to Wu Xiang Temple.

  At the entrance of Wu Xuan Temple, an old woman with a face full of wrinkles like ravines, seeing Shi Jian coming over, bowed and said: "Master."

  Lao Yu was also called Yun Luo, and she was a senior servant of the Shi family. Like Han Feng, she had also attained the realm of Nirvana one heaven. It is said that her age was even greater than Shi Jian's, and when Shi Jian was young, she was already serving the Shi family.

  It was precisely because she had stayed in Shijia for a long time that she gained Shi Jian's trust, so the task of guarding the Wu Xiang Temple was also handed over to her.

  "I'll bring Shi Yan to choose a martial skill." Shi Jian walked over with big strides, and after arriving at the entrance, he turned back to Han Feng and Yang Hai Dao: "You two wait outside."

  Han Feng and Yang Hai nodded together.

  Yun Luo stepped aside, making way for Shi Jian and Shi Yan to enter. After the two entered the Wu Soul Hall, she stood at the door again, nodding slightly towards Han Feng with a somewhat strange expression.

  Shi Yan returned to the Shi family and was taken care of by Shi Jian from all sides. He was locked in the Gravity Room and had no chance to come out.

  Not to mention Yun Luo, even some of Shi's family members are not very clear about Shi Yan.

  Shi Jian himself has brought him to Wu Lin Temple to choose a martial art. What does this mean? It means that Shi Yan should be a warrior!

  Yun Luo had some understanding of Shi Yan, knowing that this young master did not have a martial soul and was not enthusiastic about martial arts from an early age. Now at the age of seventeen, he had actually become a warrior, which was too abnormal.

  Cloud network can't help but feel strange.

  Can't figure out the details of this web of intrigue, looked at Han Feng with a puzzled expression, but Han Feng shook his head, indicating that he didn't want to say anything.

  Yun Luo's mind was even more puzzled, but she didn't ask any more questions and just stood at the entrance of Wu Soul Hall, deep in thought.

  If it were usual, she would put down the iron gate of the Martial Soul Temple and enter the temple herself, staring at those who came to choose martial skills, preventing them from entering floors that didn't match their own realm.

  But this time it was Shi Jian who brought Shi Yan over himself, so she didn't have to be that cautious.

  ……

  "The first and second layers each have eighteen ordinary martial skills. The third layer has eight mysterious-level martial skills, and the fourth layer has four mysterious-level martial skills. You are currently in the Santian Three Heavens realm, you can directly go to the second layer to choose your martial skills."

  Shi Jian briefly introduced himself and then directly took Shi Yan to the second floor of the Wu Soul Hall.

  In each layer of the Wu Soul Hall, a stone recess was dug out on the wall, and in the center of each stone recess, a martial skills book was placed.

  Outside the recess, a dark green crystal cover is used. In the center of the crystal cover, there is a small keyhole. Below the keyhole, there is a piece of paper with a brief introduction to the martial arts in the recess.

  Shi Yan walked around the second floor of the Martial Soul Temple and found that among the eighteen martial skills here, at least ten were very common outside, and many mercenaries and warriors knew how to cultivate them. For example, Jin Mo's "Chaotic Star Fist" was among these ordinary martial skills.

  There are only eight martial skills, which are rarely seen outside, but the power and cultivation methods of these eight martial skills seem to be not too difficult for Shi Yan, without much challenge.

  Shi Yan Gu Zi is a person who likes trouble, he enjoys the process of overcoming trouble.

  So, after circling around the second floor, Shi Yan shook his head and said: "Grandfather, the martial skills on the second floor are not interesting, take me to see the ones above."

  In the past, Shi Yan couldn't speak like this with Shi Jian.

  But now Shi Yan deliberately showed off his Immortal Martial Soul, revealing his dual Martial Soul identity, all for the sake of achieving this goal.

  In his view, only that mysterious martial soul was his foundation. All the secrets related to that mysterious martial soul were tightly covered by him and would not be told to anyone, hidden deep in his heart.

  But the Undead Warrior Soul, however, had nothing bad to say about it. Only by revealing his own recovery ability could he gain more privileges in the Shi family and allow Shi Jian to arrange a better cultivation direction for him.

  Two Martial Souls, enough for Shi Jian to tolerate all his capriciousness.

  As expected, Shi Jian's face didn't show any displeasure, only some hesitation, and he hummed: "You young man are still at the innate realm, rashly cultivating a profound level martial technique, it's not necessarily a good thing."

  "Am I the same as ordinary people? You've also seen it, although I only have a congenital boundary, my body's petrification has already reached the second stage. Moreover, I also have a recovery ability that others don't have, and perhaps I can cultivate the mysterious-level martial skills that ordinary people can't."

  He said that, Shi Jian was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and said, "Alright, let's go, I'll take you to the third and fourth floors to take a look."

  A variety of strange martial arts were lined up in the groove, Shi Jian stood beside him, and as soon as he found that he was interested in one of them, he would tirelessly explain the characteristics of this martial art and their cultivation methods.

  "Not bad, the three-layered martial skills are indeed very interesting." Shi Yan nodded continuously and soon memorized all sorts of mysterious-level martial skills on the third layer. After a while, Shi Yan said: "Let's go to the fourth layer and take a look."

  "En, I'll also give you a detailed explanation of the four techniques of the fourth layer. You're different from ordinary people, so you can know ahead of time."

  Shi Jian brought Shi Yan and rushed straight to the fourth floor.

  Arriving at the fourth floor, Shi Jian walked straight towards a recess and said: "This is the 'Stardust Net', it can condense the essence of one's body into individual points of light, weaving them into a net made up of starlight. It can directly bind the opponent's essence, rendering them unable to muster any strength."

  "Interesting."

  "Don't even think about it, to cultivate the 'Shattered Star Net', you need to have extremely deep and thick spiritual energy to support it. Moreover, your control over spiritual energy must be extremely skilled, but now... you're still far from it!"

  Shi Jian didn't mince words, hummed, and came to another recess, saying: "This is the 'Eight Desolations Seal'. When it's released, all four sides are covered with handprints, which can completely seal off the opponent's path, forcing them to engage in a head-on battle. Our Shi family, due to the characteristics of our martial soul, excels at close combat and can maximize our advantages. Therefore, this 'Eight Desolations Seal' is extremely suitable for us who possess the petrification martial soul!"

  "This is also good."

  "Don't even think about it, unless you're in a state of utter despair, there's no way to cultivate. The reason is the same as 'Shattered Star Net', which requires a thick and rich essence to support it. If you can't even release a single hand seal, how can you keep people from escaping from all sides?"

  "What's next?"

  "Dark Moon Shadow, this is a physical technique that when executed to the extreme, the body will turn into an elusive dark shadow. Hmm, the difficulty level isn't low either, it requires too high of a boundary requirement, needing to be paired with the Hundred Calamity Boundary's perception of aura in order to execute, you can forget about it."

  "And there is one last groove."

  "Gun Finger Technique!"

  Shi Jian let out a sudden cry, as if he had just remembered something. His eyes lit up, but then hesitated before saying: "This 'Gun Finger Technique' is a martial skill that cultivates the ten fingers. Once mastered, one's fingertips become like steel guns, and with a single finger, one can pierce through an enemy's body. After mastering all ten fingers, it becomes easy to grab their heart and lungs. When in close combat, combined with our Stone Soul martial spirit, its killing power is extremely terrifying!"

  "I'm interested in this!" Shi Yan's expression changed, "Are there any special requirements?"

  "There are special requirements, but you're suitable." Shi Jian hesitated for a moment before saying: "Before practicing the Finger Gun Technique, one must reach the second stage of Stone Soul, where the body is petrified and a dark light flashes. Only then can one ensure that their fingers won't break during practice. Hmm, you just barely qualify."

  "That's it," Shi Yan said decisively.

  Shi Jian's expression was strange and he stared blankly at Shi Yan, lost in thought.

  "What's wrong? Is there anything else?" Shi Yan felt something was off.

  "Little one, are you really going to cultivate this Finger Gun Technique?" Shi Jian took a deep breath, his expression becoming increasingly strange.

  "What's wrong with that?"

  "The Finger Gun Technique can indeed be cultivated and even mastered quickly, and the Undying Martial Soul on your body can also be put to use." After a pause, Shi Jian continued: "However, cultivating the Finger Gun Technique is extremely painful! It's almost inhumane torture, far more painful than your daily thousand strikes of the Wolf Tooth Club. Do you really want to cultivate the Finger Gun Technique? Or would you rather choose one of those easier, lower-level mortal martial skills from the second layer?"

  "Hmm!"

  "Alright, I'll tell you about the practice method of Finger Gun Technique. After mastering this technique, your ten fingers will be extremely sharp and can poke a hole in someone's body with just one touch, extremely vicious. However, the practice method is quite unbearable..."

  ……

  The day after tomorrow, Gravity Room.

  Seven Gravity Pillars, six of which are wrapped in the scales of a fifth-grade demon beast, Silver Python. The python's scales can block gravity, so currently, the gravity within the Gravity Room is only twice that of normal gravity.

  Next to the only Gravity Pillar that wasn't wrapped in Silver Python Skin, Shi Yan's body was stuck to the pillar upside down, using only the tip of his left index finger to support himself.

  A slender index finger supported his entire body weight, and under double gravity, the weight of his body increased by a factor of two!

  His index finger was trembling slightly, as if it would break at any moment.

  Shi Yan's face turned bright red, the muscles on his left arm twitched slightly, and the blue veins wriggled like small snakes on the surface of his skin, giving off a ferocious aura that seemed to want to burst through his flesh.

  The pain transmitted from that one finger that supported the ground with its fingertips is etched in my memory!

  It was as if countless tiny needles were constantly pricking that one finger, the pain was like a wave, crashing against his nerves in waves, almost making him collapse.

  Endure!

  Shi Yan gritted his teeth, his face red to the point of almost bleeding, his body inverted, his blood flowing backwards, and all the blood in his body slowly surged towards his head, this feeling was extremely unbearable.

  Five minutes.

  He barely held on for five minutes before Shi Yan's spirit almost collapsed.

  The pain transmitted from that one finger touching the ground was enough to make him almost want to give up. If not for the fact that his finger had already been petrified, he feared that the joints would have broken long ago.

  Hang in there!

  Six minutes! Seven minutes!

  By the eighth minute, Shi Yan's spirit was on the verge of collapse, with a feeling of impending fainting, and even his senses seemed to be gradually numbing...

  Right at this moment!

  The various negative forces in the holes on his head suddenly burst out!

  A faintly discernible aura of negativity suddenly surged and wildly flooded his mind!

  This is a sign of "going wild".

  ……