Beast Taming: I gained the talent of a spirit pet

Chapter 22: 《Spirit Snake Swordplay》

“These martial arts techniques before you are all precious treasures passed down through the generations in this building.”

Yang Han's expression was indifferent as he casually said, “Although they are all lower-grade martial arts, as long as you practice diligently, you might achieve something. It’s enough for an ordinary person to cultivate for a lifetime.”

“You can choose one to practice.”

“Lower-grade martial arts?”

Gu Yuan was taken aback and couldn't help but think of the 《Golden Snake Devouring Essence》 he had obtained this morning, which was a genuine upper-grade martial art.

“That's right.”

Yang Han assumed that Gu Yuan was confused about what lower-grade martial arts were, so he casually explained, “People's aptitudes and foundations are divided into high and low, and martial arts techniques naturally have their advantages and disadvantages.”

Seeing Gu Yuan's blank expression, Yang Han smiled and said, “Forget it, I'll say a few more words.”

“I won't elaborate on how to classify people's aptitudes and talents. There are also some common sense books about the cultivation world in this treasure room. If you make contributions and earn contribution points, you can exchange them for those. Ordinary books can also be read by spending silver.”

“Speaking of martial arts, they are divided into lower-grade, middle-grade, upper-grade, and top-grade. As for above top-grade martial arts, hehe, that's beyond what you and I can know.”

Speaking of this, Yang Han seemed to recall something, and a complex look appeared on his face. He continued:

“Lower-grade martial arts are quite common. You can learn them by spending some silver or finding a martial arts school to apprentice at. Middle-grade martial arts are more rare and profound than lower-grade martial arts. As long as you thoroughly understand and practice them, they are enough for ordinary people to establish themselves and change their destiny.”

“As for upper-grade and top-grade martial arts, any one of them is a priceless inheritance method. The achievements gained after cultivation are even higher. Only those famous sects and even prefecture-level forces can learn them.”

“Of course, my Jade Cauldron Tower has a vast influence and is well-known throughout the Southern Border. Naturally, we don't lack such martial arts inheritances. However, only those who have made great contributions can be taught. If you are fortunate enough to obtain middle-grade or even upper-grade martial arts, you will have the opportunity to break through to the Acquired Martial Master realm and extend your life to one hundred and fifty years. Above Acquired, there is even the Celestial Realm, which is said to have a lifespan of three hundred years and can control magical artifacts to fly and escape.”

Seeing Gu Yuan's eyes light up slightly, Yang Han assumed that this young man was motivated and excited by his words. He couldn't help but sneer in his heart and looked at Gu Yuan with a bit more pity.

Martial arts cultivation often has a threshold at every step, and each step is more difficult than the last.

Not to mention the Celestial Realm, even the Acquired Realm is not reached by many people in the entire Northern Liang County.

And Northern Liang County is just a remote rural area compared to the entire Shengyang Prefecture, and even Qinzhou and the Southern Border.

Shallow water is difficult to raise dragons, and even dragons are quite fragile when they are young and need all kinds of resources to grow.

Only cultivation seeds that do not lack talent, resources, luck, and perseverance can grow step by step and achieve great success in the cultivation world.

Those disciples of large sects or aristocratic families often start nourishing their fetuses with various rare spiritual medicines in their mother's womb to consolidate their origins. After they are born, they are all cultivation geniuses with excellent talents and foundations.

When they are a little older, they also have famous teachers to guide them and follow a set pattern, which neither pulls up seedlings to help them grow nor misses the best stage of cultivation.

Even so, it is rare to reach the Celestial Realm or even the Acquired Realm.

As for Gu Yuan, a mere country bumpkin who can't even get enough to eat, whose body is not fully developed, his talent and foundation must not be good either.

In this case, achieving something in martial arts is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

To put it another way, even if Gu Yuan possesses the legendary Innate Spiritual Body or Treasure Body, his status is humble, his knowledge is shallow, and he has missed the best stage of cultivation. Without enough resources to cultivate, even the Innate Spiritual Body will be covered in dust and difficult to awaken.

He is destined to live a muddled life, like a frog in a well, unable to see the wonders of the outside world!

Just like Yang Han himself, his aptitude is quite good, but he has no background or cultivation resources. His martial arts cultivation has been surpassed by those who are not as talented as him.

After wasting half his life, he barely managed to make a name for himself in the Jade Cauldron Tower, and now he has a chance to be promoted to an Acquired Martial Master.

The various hardships involved are not enough to be told to outsiders.

“How could this poor boy from the countryside know that cultivation is not just about fighting and killing, nor is it just about talent and diligence. More importantly, it is about having power and background!”

“It's good to enjoy the shade by leaning against a big tree.”

Thinking of this, Yang Han lost some interest and waved his hand slightly impatiently:

“Alright, now you can choose.”

“Yes.”

Gu Yuan didn't know that Yang Han had already thought of so many things in this instant. Seeing that he was a little impatient, he felt awe in his heart and didn't say anything more. He looked at the lower-grade martial arts in front of him and carefully selected them.

According to Yang Han's statement just now, he also knew that these lower-grade martial arts were not very valuable, but after all, he was going to cultivate them himself, so Gu Yuan naturally had to be more cautious.

“《Golden Snake Devouring Essence》 is an upper-grade martial art that tempers the skin, flesh, tendons, and bones, refines the internal organs, changes the blood, washes the marrow, and directly points to the Great Perfection of the Acquired Martial Master. So there is no need to choose this kind of technique.”

He took a few steps forward, casually took out a book and roughly glanced through it, while silently thinking in his heart:

“Huh? 《Raging Bull Skill》? Although it's not bad, this is an internal refining martial art. I have a better 《Golden Snake Devouring Essence》, so this one is not needed. I should choose an offensive martial art with great lethality!”

Thinking of this, Gu Yuan simply put down the 《Raging Bull Skill》 and focused on those saber techniques and sword techniques.

[Dao Rhyme Points +7!]

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While checking these martial arts, messages constantly appeared in front of Gu Yuan, but Gu Yuan's expression remained normal, and he just silently reaped the benefits.

Not long after, Gu Yuan's eyes fell on a gray book among them—《Spirit Snake Swordplay》!

Picking it up, Gu Yuan flipped through it slightly and saw a sentence written on the first page: This method's swordplay is agile, swift, and ruthless, created by observing the fighting of spirit snakes!

“Sir, I'll choose this one.”

Gu Yuan made a decisive decision.

These are all lower-grade martial arts, so there must not be much difference.

Moreover, 《Golden Snake Devouring Essence》 and this 《Spirit Snake Swordplay》 have some similarities. They were both created by experts observing spirit snakes and strange snakes.

If he uses 《Golden Snake Devouring Essence》 as a foundation while practicing this 《Spirit Snake Swordplay》, he might get some unexpected benefits.

“《Spirit Snake Swordplay》?”

Yang Han was a little surprised.

Gu Yuan actually gave up the 《Raging Bull Skill》 and 《Ferocious Boar Art》 and other internal refining martial arts to choose a sword technique.

Could it be that he doesn't know that martial arts should be based on internal refining methods, which are the roots and trunks of a big tree?

On the contrary, offensive martial arts such as saber techniques and swordsmanship, although powerful, are just minor details.

Gu Yuan's behavior is simply abandoning the fundamentals and pursuing the trivial, losing the watermelon and picking up sesame seeds!

Of course, he has no relatives or reasons with Gu Yuan, so he naturally wouldn't remind him of anything. He nodded and said:

“Okay.”

Yang Han's expression was indifferent: “You can take this 《Spirit Snake Swordplay》 away, but you must return it after three days, and you are not allowed to spread it. Otherwise... you should know the consequences even if I don't say it.”

“That's natural.”

Gu Yuan cupped his hands and said:

“Also, there is another question I would like to ask you, sir.”

“Speak.”

Yang Han said.

“It's about contribution points.”

Gu Yuan said in a deep voice: “May I ask how to obtain these contribution points?”

“Contribution points?”

Yang Han suddenly understood and smiled: “I would have told you about this even if you didn't ask.”

“This contribution point mechanism, to put it bluntly, is actually...”

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