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“Hmm?”

Xu Ming couldn't help but be surprised; someone could appear behind him without him noticing.

He immediately turned around: “Greetings, Elder Ye!”

The person who came was none other than Elder Ye Tianhun of the问道 Palace.

“Hmm!” Ye Tianhun nodded slightly, then looked at Xu Ming with considerable surprise, “Xu Ming, I see that the Heavenly Dao fluctuations on your body are much more profound.

It seems that you have gained a lot in these two years in the Divine Kingdom!”

Gained a lot?

It was more than just a little!

Two years ago, Xu Ming was just a One-Step Dao Lord; two years later, he directly passed the tenth floor of the Tongtian Pagoda! This gain is simply enormous!

However, Xu Ming still said modestly: “A slight gain! A slight gain!”

“Just a slight gain?” Ye Tianhun glanced at him meaningfully, “You kid, you are really humble! Let me guess how big your gain is! Hmm… You should have passed the third floor of the Tongtian Pagoda, right?”

Third floor?

Xu Ming thought to himself: This Elder Ye really guessed conservatively!

To keep a low profile, Xu Ming didn't say much, just said: “I passed it!”

Xu Ming was already very low-key and very humble, but unexpectedly, after hearing this, Ye Tianhun directly praised: “Good kid, I was right about you; in just two years, you are already a Three-Step Dao Lord! This speed of improvement is good, very good!”

“Uh…” Xu Ming didn't speak.

He was afraid that if he told the truth, he would be scolded as a “freak” again.

Ye Tianhun continued: “Xu Ming, you came to the Divine Canon Pavilion to learn secret techniques?”

“Yes!” Xu Ming didn't hide it.

“Hmm…” Ye Tianhun nodded, pondered for a moment, and said, “Secret techniques should be learned a little; after all, powerful secret techniques can allow you to better explode your Heavenly Dao insights into combat power!”

“Yes!” Xu Ming deeply knew the importance of secret techniques.

After all, he had learned a lot of secret techniques, material attacks, material defenses, soul attacks, soul defenses… and so on, everything!

“However…” Ye Tianhun continued, “Learning other people's secret techniques is ultimately not as good as creating your own secret techniques!”

“Create my own secret techniques?” Xu Ming showed a hint of doubt.

Xu Ming had also had the idea of creating his own secret techniques.

However, at that time, Xu Ming's cultivation and realm were still very low, even if he created his own secret techniques, he could only create Yellow-rank and Profound-rank secret techniques.

And Xu Ming usually used Heavenly-rank secret techniques—in this way, the power of self-created secret techniques was weak, which seemed meaningless!

Ye Tianhun continued; “It seems that you don't know the importance of creating your own secret techniques!”

Is creating your own secret techniques very important? Xu Ming really hadn't felt it at all.

“I hope Elder Ye can give me some guidance!” Xu Ming said.

Ye Tianhun said: “The secret techniques created by others ultimately belong to others; even if you learn them, the power you can exert will definitely not be as strong as the creator!”

“Yes!” Xu Ming certainly understood this.

Ye Tianhun gave an example: “For example, our human race's former ‘Elder Kuduan’ created a Demigod-rank secret technique called 《Misty Rain Power》.

With this secret technique, Elder Kuduan was almost invincible at the Dao Lord level; he could even rival some weak demigods!”

“Elder Kuduan…” Xu Ming's mood was slightly complicated—he was Elder Kuduan's “生死交” (life-and-death friend) and had inherited all of Elder Kuduan's treasures, including the 《Misty Rain Power》 secret technique!

“So…” Ye Tianhun continued, “If you have time, you might as well try to create your own secret techniques!”

“Okay!”

Hearing what Ye Tianhun said, Xu Ming certainly wanted to try what kind of secret techniques he could create.

“Of course… not everyone has the talent to create their own secret techniques! It's normal to fail to create the most suitable secret technique for yourself!” Ye Tianhun specially said this, seemingly worried that Xu Ming would fail to create his own secret techniques, thereby dampening his vigor.

Failure?

Would Xu Ming fail to create his own secret techniques?

How is that possible!

Ye Tianhun continued: “However, even if you fail, the process of creating your own secret techniques is also a great gain! Because, in the process of creating your own secret techniques, the application of the Heavenly Dao laws will be constantly verified; the understanding of the Heavenly Dao will naturally be more solid and consolidated!”

“Indeed…” Xu Ming knew this principle just by thinking about it with his toes.

“Alright, I have something else to do, so I won't say much!” Ye Tianhun said, “If you have time, you can try to create your own secret techniques, you should gain a lot!”

“Thank you for your guidance, Elder Ye!” Xu Ming sincerely thanked him.

Watching Elder Ye Tianhun leave, Xu Ming carefully considered: “It seems that I should try to create my own secret techniques! But… I know nothing about creating my own secret techniques…”

Know nothing?

That's not a problem!

Within the Divine Canon Pavilion, there are countless books.

There naturally wouldn't be a lack of books about creating your own secret techniques.

Xu Ming directly found a pile of them: 《A Beginner's Guide to Creating Your Own Secret Techniques》, 《An Overview of Creating Your Own Secret Techniques》, 《A Brief Discussion on 1.28 Million Construction Methods for Creating Your Own Secret Techniques》, 《Detailed Explanation of Commonly Used Structures for Creating Your Own Secret Techniques》…

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The diligent and studious Xu Ming became engrossed in learning the basic knowledge of creating his own secret techniques.

With the power of the “Instant Learn” cheat, it wouldn't take Xu Ming long to learn all of this mountain of basic knowledge.

… …

Time passed quietly.

Within the Divine Kingdom.

The palace of the Jitian Palace Master.

The Jitian Palace Master, Zhan Wuwei, and Ye Tianhun sat in a triangle, leisurely drinking tea.

“The three of us, I'm afraid it's been thousands of years since we sat together so leisurely, right?” The Jitian Palace Master focused and leisurely brewed tea.

Only in this way, being both focused and leisurely, can the charm of the tea be interpreted to the extreme!

“Almost two thousand years!” Ye Tianhun also said, “The three of us, either you have something to do, or he has something to do; either he has something to do, or I have something to do—we can't always all get together!”

“Another two thousand years have passed…” Zhan Wuwei was quite sentimental.

The passage of time always makes people feel sentimental.

The three of them chatted idly, when suddenly Ye Tianhun said: “I found that Xu Ming, who was tentatively designated as ‘Million-Level’, has very good talent indeed!”

“Oh?” Zhan Wuwei cast a surprised look at him.

It wasn't easy for Ye Tianhun to say the word “good”!

“When that Xu Ming first entered the Divine Kingdom, he was only a One-Step Dao Lord! Not long ago, I ran into him and asked him about his strength, and I found that he had actually passed the third floor of the Tongtian Pagoda! In just two years, he has improved from a One-Step Dao Lord to a Three-Step Dao Lord, which is quite good!”

“Three-Step Dao Lord?” The Jitian Palace Master said in surprise, “Who told you that he was a Three-Step Dao Lord?”

When the Jitian Palace Master patrolled the Tongtian Pagoda, he personally saw Xu Ming pass the fifth floor of the Wind Tongtian Pagoda—and this was more than a year ago!

Now that more than a year has passed, even if Xu Ming hasn't made any progress, he shouldn't have regressed from the “fifth floor” to the “third floor”, right? That's not realistic!

Today's three updates are complete! I'll go to sleep first! Everyone, go to bed early too!