The Langya Sect collected martial arts manuals from all over the world. The library revealed in the secret realm before was just the tip of the iceberg!
Now, Li Shuang had finally entered the true Scripture Depository Pavilion!
This place was still divided into three levels, but each level had countless dense, glowing dots.
Touching any one of these dots would immediately reveal a jade slip containing a cultivation technique!
By the count, there must have been tens of thousands of them!
"The Langya Sect collects martial arts manuals from all over the world," said Xue Luo calmly. "There are far more than tens of thousands of them. However, some of the less impressive ones were directly thrown into the杂物间 (miscellaneous room) as junk. Only those with unique features or astonishing power were allowed into the Scripture Depository Pavilion."
Xue Luo extended her hand, and a glowing dot landed in her palm.
She looked at Li Shuang: "I'm giving you two gifts. This is the first one. Touch this glowing dot with your hand."
Li Shuang cautiously touched it.
A jade slip containing a cultivation technique immediately appeared in her hand.
"Lin An said before he left that you should observe the功德秘法 (Merit Secret Technique). This is the most complete secret technique for cultivating with merit. The golden light of merit on your body is extraordinarily brilliant, so cultivating this method should progress rapidly," Xue Luo said.
Li Shuang looked at this technique, "Profound Bright Body Refinement Art"!
This was actually a cultivation method that refined the body using merit.
When cultivated to its highest level, one could achieve a Golden Body of Merit, impervious to all spells and indestructible through all tribulations.
A hint of joy flashed in Li Shuang's eyes.
For her soul, she already had a top-tier secret technique: the Samsara Art.
For spiritual power, she already had the Grand Dao of Emotionless Cultivation.
The only area she had not yet delved into was body refinement.
Now.
She had this Profound Bright Body Refinement Art!
This technique filled her last major weakness.
Once this art was mastered, she would have no more flaws.
"No one has ever cultivated this technique to its highest level. The Golden Body of Merit is theoretically possible. If you can cultivate it to the end, you should still be careful to avoid any problems," Xue Luo advised.
Li Shuang understood this principle and nodded.
"You don't need any more cultivation techniques. With your talent and aptitude, ordinary treasures are useless to you. So, my last gift will not be for you personally."
Xue Luo paused and then said, "Thirteen years ago, my Nascent Soul stage beast form fought against you in the Langya Secret Realm. Li Shuang, you are a disciple of the Sword Sect of Nanlan Continent, aren't you?"
Li Shuang nodded.
Besides the City Lord, no one else knew about this matter.
However, she had encountered Xue Luo thirteen years ago, so Xue Luo knew about it.
"I give you a promise. This Scripture Depository Pavilion of the Langya Sect will be open to all disciples of the Sword Sect. Each Sword Sect disciple, at each major stage of cultivation, will have the opportunity to enter the pavilion and choose one secret manual. This vast Scripture Depository Pavilion will become part of the Sword Sect's heritage," Xue Luo paused, speaking slowly.
Didn't Lin An say to always stand by Li Shuang's side?
She had heard this suggestion.
Humans were too complex. Now, the Langya Sect was about to re-emerge, but among so many humans, she only trusted Li Shuang!
The Langya Sect currently only had eighteen people, who couldn't possibly use all these resources. These secret manuals lying around were a waste. She trusted Li Shuang and was willing to help Li Shuang cultivate some forces of her own.
"This is..." Li Shuang was genuinely surprised this time.
"I have only one request. From now on, our two sects will forever be allies," Xue Luo said seriously.
She knew.
The current Sword Sect was undoubtedly very weak.
But so what?
She valued Li Shuang.
She valued the future of the Sword Sect.
This request was not difficult for the Sword Sect at all.
Xue Luo and the other eighteen people were all at least at the Tribulation Transcending stage of cultivation!
Xue Luo was an even more terrifyingly powerful individual!
Though the Langya Sect was in decline, its foundation was astonishingly deep! Forming an alliance with the Langya Sect would only benefit the Sword Sect!
"This matter needs to be reported to the elders of the sect," Li Shuang said softly. After all, she was not the head of the Sword Sect.
Xue Luo didn't mind: "All I want is your promise."
To put it bluntly.
She wasn't interested in the Sword Sect itself; she was only interested in Li Shuang.
Li Shuang thought for a moment, then nodded: "I will do my best to facilitate this, and I myself will always be a friend of the Langya Sect."
"That will do," Xue Luo smiled and nodded. "Then we can leave."
Li Shuang subconsciously nodded, then looked at Xue Luo somewhat blankly: "I... us?"
Xue Luo said as a matter of course: "For the Langya Sect to enter the world, it first needs to understand the outside situation. I've thought about it; I'll follow you first and travel around for a while to see what the current world is like. The others will remain at the Langya Sect, waiting for my next instructions."
Li Shuang looked bewildered.
Xue Luo raised an eyebrow: "Is there a problem?"
Li Shuang quickly shook her head: "No, no. I just didn't expect Senior Xue Luo to choose to travel with me."
Xue Luo smiled: "If you have no objections, let's depart quickly."
She grabbed Li Shuang, and in an instant, the two had already left the Langya Sect.
The next moment.
The two appeared in the Red Leaf Forest.
Xue Luo said: "The alternate dimension where the Langya Sect is located is deep within this forest. The exit point cannot be chosen. However, if we want to return, I have the sect master's token, so I can bring people back at any time. It will be much more convenient to establish a few teleportation arrays nearby later."
Li Shuang nodded: "That's simple enough."
Xue Luo smiled: "Where to next? You lead the way."
"Wait a moment." As soon as Li Shuang exited the alternate dimension, the communication tokens in her storage bag began flashing non-stop.
All the messages that had been blocked for years came pouring out.
Li Shuang was a little confused for a moment.
Almost all the communication tokens were flashing continuously, and she couldn't check them all at once.
Li Shuang first checked Lin Qingling's messages.
Lin Qingling had been sending messages periodically, asking how Li Shuang was.
Recently, there was an additional message. Lin Qingling indicated that if Li Shuang returned from the secret realm, she didn't need to return to the sect. The Sword Sect disciples had already left for the Sect Alliance Meeting.
Lin Qingling also briefly explained what this Sect Alliance Meeting was about.
Li Shuang then generally understood.
She first replied to Lin Qingling: "I will arrive in three days."
Then.
She replied to her worried senior brothers and sisters one by one.
After that were Cang Yin and others, who also sent her messages like robots, at fixed times.
Li Shuang replied to them all as well.
After finishing these.
Yu Jin sent a message.
The City Lord, true to her title, was very composed. She didn't bombard Li Shuang with messages like others, only sending her first message after Li Shuang came out.
The City Lord's message was very concise.
"Is anyone traveling with you?"