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--- Chapter 315 ---
After three hours inside the Book Collection Hall, Han Yuan and the others exited the space, but their expressions were peculiar. Well, it was more bewildernt than anything.
Hu Gan approached them with a kind smile. "What's wrong? You all look like you're in disbelief. Don't tell you were unlucky and picked low-level dou techniques in the Book Collection Hall?"
"Uh, you better ask my brother about that," Xiao Yixian replied awkwardly, prompting Hu Gan and the two other elders to raise their eyebrows. "His choice is rather questionable."
"What does she an by that, Han Yuan?" Hu Gan narrowed his eyes at Han Yuan.
Han Yuan raised his hands in mock surrender. "Whoa, whoa there, Deputy Headmaster. Interrogating us as soon as we return is a bit tasteless, don't you think?"
Han Yuan's blatant response stumped Hu Gan. However, he laughed it off awkwardly. "What? Interrogation? Hahaha! How could that be? I an, we are just curious."
'This guy's face is so thick that he dragged us into sha. What do you an by 'we'? You're the one talking! We haven't said a thing!' Elder Bai and Elder Qian exchanged glances, unsure what to say about Hu Gan's behavior.
Two words: Absolutely Vile!
Of course, Elder Bai and Elder Qian had known Hu Gan for years, so they still tolerated his antics in front of the juniors. However, things would be different once they were alone.
As elders, Elder Bai and Elder Qian would certainly knock so sense into this shaless Deputy Headmaster when the ti ca.
Noticing Hu Gan's uncomfortable expression, Han Yuan pulled out three ordinary-looking scrolls from his storage ring. "These are my choices."
"These are..." Hu Gan adjusted his glasses and squinted at the scrolls. "D-Do you really pick these?"
"Yes, is there a problem?" Han Yuan asked innocently.
On the side, Elder Bai sighed. "To think he'd actually pick Old Headmaster ng's things."
"What a coincidence."
'Coincidence? I think not!' Han Yuan added inwardly with amusent. He used the Eyes of Truth and knew exactly what he picked.
Elder Qian nodded and slowly read the nas of the scrolls in Han Yuan's hand: "Elental Thunder Mantra, Thunderfire Shock, and finally, Old Headmaster ng's own signature technique, Thunderless Punch."
"Just Thunderless Punch alone is a low-earth rank dou technique with imnse potential."
"Old Headmaster ng developed it when he was young and perfected it while defeating many powerful opponents, making this dou technique known as an unrivaled punching technique in the Central Region."
"However, you also picked his half-finished creations."
"Frankly, I don't know if you were lucky or not, kid."
"Half-finished creations..." Gu Xun'er gazed at the Elental Thunder Mantra and Thunderfire Shock.
Elder Qian nodded and said, "Yes, they are half-finished creations. Before I start explaining, let give you a brief history of how the Jia Nan Academy ca to be."
"Back then, Old Headmaster ng road the continent, searching for a chance to break through."
"Fortunately, he discovered Heavenly Fla, the Fallen Heart Fla."
"Unfortunately, when he attempted to refine the Heavenly Fla, he found that it had developed consciousness."
"If it were any other Heavenly Fla, Old Headmaster ng wouldn't have been troubled, but the Fallen Heart Fla has an extrely corrupting power that can mislead one's heart."
"Moreover, Old Headmaster ng cultivated and used Lightning-Type Dou Techniques throughout his life, making it extraordinarily difficult to refine the Fallen Heart Fla, which possesses an overbearing Yin nature."
"Left with no choice, Old Headmaster ng sealed the Heavenly Fla and used it to create a training ground for future generations. Of course, once you enter the Inner Court, you'll see how powerful this training ground is," he added mysteriously.
Upon hearing this, Han Yuan and Gu Xun'er stayed calm. Still, Xiao Yixian, Qing Lin, and Yun Feng were unaware of Jia Nan Academy's infamous Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
The Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower can indeed significantly improve one's cultivation speed, but students must endure the leaking essence of the Fallen Heart Fla.
Although it is poisonous and spiritually harmful, once you endure it, the effects on one's cultivation are very effective.
"Wow, there is such a magical thing in the academy?" Qing Lin exclaid in amazent.
Elder Qian chuckled, "Well, that's for you to discover. Still, I guarantee you will be surprised once you experience it for yourself."
"Anyway, back to the story."
"After sealing the Heavenly Fla, Old Headmaster ng didn't give up on refining it. How should I put it? He was a stubborn old man."
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Far away from the Jia Nan Academy, a middle-aged man in a white-blue battle robe stood on a snowy peak and suddenly sneezed.
"Achoo! Why did I suddenly sneeze?" He mused, rubbing his nose in puzzlent. "Soone must have been talking badly about ."
"Hmph! Don't let find out who you are, or I will beat you up!"
After saying that, the middle-aged man vanished into thin air.
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Back in the academy, Elder Qian suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, which he was very familiar with, and he was very nervous about that possibility.
He coughed a few tis, "Ehem, ehem, Old Headmaster ng is a genius of his own."
"He knew the Fallen Heart Fla was a problem with no solution, so he made one."
"His idea is bold; he planned to refine other elental dou qi and then convert it into lightning one, but still retain their inherent trait."
"The main core of this dou technique is to absorb different kinds of high-ranking Beast Fla, if not Heavenly Fla, if possible. Then, used that sa fiery force to generate an imnse amount of lightning qi."
"Thus, the half-finished Elental Thunder Mantra was born."
"Unfortunately, the force of Beast Fla is overpowering, let alone Heavenly Fla."
"Old Headmaster ng almost crippled himself on the path to sainthood because of it."
"Luckily, he survived. In the end, he gave up on finishing Elental Thunder Mantra."
Han Yuan listened to Elder Qian's emotional explanation and pretty much confird the source behind the Elental Thunder Mantra.
Yet, he knew sothing that Elder Qian and other elders of Jia Nan Academy didn't know.
To create the Elental Thunder Mantra, Old Headmaster actually draws inspiration from an ancient dou technique that can grow by absorbing Heavenly Fla.
Yes, that ancient dou technique is none other than Fla Mantra. This world's protagonist practiced this cultivation technique!
Han Yuan also obtained the incomplete Fla Mantra after killing Han Feng. Even though he hasn't compared the two techniques, the Eyes of Truth would never disappoint him. These two are indeed related to each other.
Of course, Han Yuan still needs to conduct an in-depth breakdown of Elental Thunder Mantra, which is usable for his own Monochromatic Inner Star Sutra.
"What about Thunderfire Shock then?" Gu Xun'er tilted her head. She had so information about ng Tian Chi, but she had never heard of him using such a dou technique.
Elder Bai answered the question this ti, "Thunderfire Shock is another unfinished creation of Old Headmaster ng. However, compared to the previous Elental Thunder Mantra, this dou technique can be said to be completed to a certain degree."
"Once you master it, you will gain trendous explosive power that exceeds one's cultivation."
"It's just that..."
"It's just that the requirent to cultivate one is too strict," He shrugged helplessly. "As the na suggests, one must possess a strong affinity for lightning and fire elents."
"After that, one must possess a strong body and will because each stage of Thunderfire Shock will cause imnse pain to its practitioner."
"Old Headmaster ng described the sensation as if he was getting ripped apart from the inside out."
"That's scary..." Han Yuan comnted. "But I decided to pick this dou technique."
"Are you telling ..." Elder Bai gave him a blank look.
Han Yuan smiled confidently, "Yes, I'm planning to cultivate this dou technique."
"..." Hu Gan.
"..." Elder Bai.
"..." Elder Qian.
Do you really listen to the explanation earlier?
"Fine, I can see that you have great ambition. Then, if you can reach the 1st Stage of Thunderfire Shock in half a year, Elder Bai and I will give you sothing special." Elder Qian said with a playful tone.
" too, I will give you one of my precious collections." Hu Gan followed along.
"Hehe, I will mark your words, seniors." Han Yuan chuckled in return.
After that, Hu Gan escorted Han Yuan and others out of the library. Yet, he returned a mont later with the biggest grin on his face.
"Alright, elders! Pay up!" Hu Gan said boldly.
Elder Bai and Elder Qian stared at Hu Gan dumbly. They snorted and then started bullying Hu Gan with their spatial power, making him black and blue before throwing a wine gourd at him.
Hu Gan groveled on the ground, clutching the gourd. "Snowy Plu Wine, hahaha, worth it!"
Twitch!
Elder Bai and Elder Qian's foreheads twitched.
"Scram!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAGGHHH!"
A scream reverberated in the library as the guardian elders launched Hu Gan off to the distant.
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