The Entry-plundering Demon Hunter

Chapter 227: Chapter 226: The Real Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms

He arrived at the reading area.

Lin Yi found an empty table and sat down.

There weren’t many students here.

Only about twenty-odd people were scattered around.

This was mainly because the reading area was simply too large.

It could accommodate a hundred people reading without feeling crowded.

Moreover, every student was very self-aware.

They just silently flipped through their own books, so quiet that you could hear the sound of pages turning.

Lin Yi first took out the *Tathagata Divine Palm* and flipped through a few pages.

He discovered that the cultivation method in this *Tathagata Divine Palm* manual...

...had been modified. Although it was a martial arts secret manual from a wuxia novel,

after being revised,

its cultivation approach had been completely integrated into the current cultivation model.

In other words, these cultivation techniques from wuxia novels...

...required one to use their Inner Qi to cultivate.

And the more profound one’s Inner Strength, the greater the power it would display.

But here, Inner Strength had been replaced by Qi and Blood.

This meant that to cultivate these martial arts manuals, as long as one mastered how to use the Qi and Blood in their body, they could practice them just the same.

What Lin Yi didn’t quite understand was...

...according to the manual’s description, if one mastered it,

it would be no weaker than those other martial skills.

It was even significantly stronger, capable of unleashing greater power.

Yet, it was classified as low-grade, or even as ”miscellaneous studies” inferior to low-grade martial skills.

Despite this, Lin Yi still carefully studied the cultivation method in the book.

Unconsciously, he began to simulate the cultivation process in his mind.

His hands gradually started to move as well.

And as he delved deeper into his studies, the Source Qi within Lin Yi’s body also began to change.

With every move and every stance, it began to circulate rapidly.

Originally, the Source Qi and Qi and Blood in his body were stored statically in his acupoints.

Even during a fight,

it was difficult to get them to circulate.

However, as Lin Yi delved deeper into cultivating the *Tathagata Divine Palm*,

this Source Qi seemed to come to life, becoming exceptionally active.

Lin Yi subconsciously gave a gentle push forward with his palm.

Suddenly, a wave of air blasted out from his palm.

It instantly pushed the chair opposite him, making it slide back several times.

The scraping sound of the chair legs against the floor was exceptionally harsh in the quiet reading area.

The surrounding students all frowned and looked over at Lin Yi.

Lin Yi gave them an embarrassed, apologetic nod.

Then he looked at his palm, and then back at the chair that had been pushed away.

[Congratulations! You have comprehended the top-grade martial skill ’Qi·Tathagata Divine Palm’.]

[Qi·Tathagata Divine Palm has reached the Enlightenment Realm. Proficiency until the next realm, Entry, is 12/100.]

A notification sound echoed in his mind.

Lin Yi was surprised at first.

Then he immediately checked his personal panel.

[Current Realm: Tier Two, Star Four]

[Qi and Blood Value: 17.01%]

[Qi·Tathagata Divine Palm (Enlightenment): 12/100]

[Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms (Uncomprehended), One Yang Finger (Uncomprehended), Six Meridian Divine Sword (Uncomprehended), Demon Subduing Saber Technique (Uncomprehended), Mandarin Duck Saber (Uncomprehended), Demon-Slaying Staff Technique (Uncomprehended), Prajna Palm (Uncomprehended), Vajra Palm (Uncomprehended)...]

Lin Yi discovered that, aside from his talent entries,

there were now some new uncomprehended martial arts.

And these were all the arts he had briefly glanced at on the shelf before putting them back.

Who would have thought that just a few glances would be enough for his personal panel to record them?

And they were all marked as [Uncomprehended].

Lin Yi quickly closed his personal panel.

He continued flipping through the *Tathagata Divine Palm* book in his hands.

As it turned out, every time he turned a page,

a notification would sound in his mind.

[+1 Proficiency for Qi·Tathagata Divine Palm]

[+2 Proficiency for Qi·Tathagata Divine Palm]

[+4 Proficiency for Qi·Tathagata Divine Palm]

By the time he had finished reading the entire book,

Lin Yi was surprised to find...

...that he had already reached the [Entry] realm.

’Does this mean that as long as I keep increasing my proficiency, I can continuously raise the realm of my Qi·Tathagata Divine Palm?’

So, Lin Yi flipped the book back to the first page and read it all over again.

The result... was a failure.

Rereading it didn’t increase his proficiency at all.

This meant that if he wanted to continue advancing the cultivation technique’s realm,

he would have to do it through repeated practice.

Whether others could even learn such a manual was one thing.

But even if they could, reaching the Entry realm might take them days, or even months.

But for Lin Yi,

going from comprehension to Entry took only the time it took to read a book.

’But for the remaining realms, will I have to keep practicing to increase my proficiency?’

Lin Yi put down the *Tathagata Divine Palm* and picked up a copy of the *Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms*.

Just like before, he started flipping through it.

Time ticked by, second by second.

The morning passed in the blink of an eye.

In front of Lin Yi now lay several martial arts manuals he had already finished reading.

And just like the *Tathagata Divine Palm*, he had reached the Entry level in all of them.

These included the *True Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms*, *True Tiger Subduing Fist*, *True Infinite Profound Skill Fist*, *True Great Strength Vajra Leg*, and *Phantom Shadowless Kick*...

Besides these, what truly surprised Lin Yi was that...

...not only had he learned these martial arts, but after he comprehended them,

they had all become Top-grade Cultivation Techniques.

Lin Yi contentedly put down the last book, *Shadowless Kick*.

’I’ll just learn these for today!’

’Once I’ve cultivated all of these to perfection, I’ll go learn other manuals!’

He thought to himself, glancing back at the ”Bizarre Martial Arts and Miscellaneous Skills” section.

A slight smile playing on his lips, he picked up the few books and walked towards the bookshelf.

After arriving there, he seemed to understand why these martial arts manuals from novels...

...were categorized under ”Bizarre Martial Arts and Miscellaneous Skills.”

The main reason was that these martial arts manuals originally came from wuxia novels.

All the cultivation techniques and secret manuals were fictional and non-existent.

They were just for fun, and nobody would actually try to cultivate something like the *Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms*. Even if someone tried to copy the moves by rote, they would never be able to truly cultivate it.

Therefore, no one took these so-called supreme martial arts seriously.

Yet, someone had gone ahead and written them all down.

And they had even infused them with the methods of Martial Arts cultivation.

As for why no one cultivated them, perhaps the martial arts themselves had some kind of strict prerequisite.

’Like being able to circulate the Qi and Blood in one’s body?’

’Or even needing purer Source Qi to cultivate these martial arts?’

Pure Source Qi was not easy to refine in the first place.

Forget these university students, even people like Chu Zhengxiong couldn’t completely transform their body’s Qi and Blood into purer Source Qi.

But Lin Yi had the *Star River Qi Transformation Technique*.

The true purpose of this cultivation technique was to convert and purify Qi and Blood into Source Qi.

The longer one cultivated and the higher their realm,

the more pronounced the purification effect became.

’Could it be because of the Source Qi that I was lucky enough to be able to cultivate these martial arts manuals?’

After returning the books to the shelf one by one,

Lin Yi pondered these possibilities.

It was the only explanation that made sense. Otherwise, if these martial arts manuals were clearly cultivable,

why were they classified under ”Bizarre Martial Arts and Miscellaneous Skills”?

Perhaps it was because the Qi and Blood in these students’ bodies had not yet been converted into Source Qi.

So they couldn’t meet the cultivation requirements.

Over time, they and the school had relegated them to the ”Miscellaneous” category.

Meaning, they were fine to look at like a magazine, but impossible to actually cultivate.

And as for some books classified as low-grade martial skills, maybe someone had tried to cultivate them.

And had even reached the Entry level.

But that was as far as it went.

They couldn’t cultivate any further because they lacked sufficient Source Qi in their bodies.

Unable to support further cultivation, which is why they were rated as low-grade martial skills?

But regardless of which possibility was true,

all of this ended up benefiting Lin Yi. Just because others couldn’t cultivate them didn’t mean he couldn’t.

On the contrary, the books in the ”Bizarre Martial Arts and Miscellaneous Skills” section...

...he could cultivate them all freely, without spending any credits.

And once mastered, their power was even more formidable than those so-called mid-grade or Top-grade Cultivation Techniques and martial skills.

’Isn’t this just like picking them up for free?’

Lin Yi walked out of the library. It was already noon.

He took out his phone and called Wei Nan.

After a long while, the call finally connected.

”Hey? How’s it going? Time for lunch!” Lin Yi said with a laugh.

As soon as he finished, Wei Nan on the other end of the line hurriedly said, ”You go eat first. I’m going to practice a little longer. I feel like I’m about to break through!”

”About to break through? To Star Two?”

”Yeah, I’m about to break through to Star Two!” Wei Nan confirmed.

Lin Yi was stunned. Before Wei Nan left that morning, he had specifically asked him about his current realm.

Wei Nan’s answer was that he was currently at Star One, Tier Three, not yet at Tier Four.

Although his goal was to rush to Star Two,

he would have been happy to reach Star One, Tier Four within three days.

How could he be on the verge of breaking through to Star Two after just one morning?

’When did this guy’s talent become so heaven-defying?’

”Gotta go, I’m feeling it again! I have to go cultivate, you go eat first...”

Suddenly, Wei Nan hung up the phone.

Listening to his tone of voice just now, it was like someone who’d been constipated for a long time and hadn’t had a satisfying release.

Then, all of a sudden, it cleared up.

He sounded as desperate as if he needed to rush to the toilet for explosive relief.

’What the hell is going on? What could make someone who’s been backed up for so long suddenly clear out?’

Lin Yi grew more and more curious.

Lunch suddenly wasn’t so urgent. He also wanted to see what on earth Wei Nan had experienced.

To be able to continuously raise his realm in a single morning, and even be about to break through to Star Two.

And so, he changed direction and headed straight for the Cultivation Field.

When he arrived,

he saw that the Cultivation Field was crowded with people.

Most were newly enrolled freshmen, along with some second and third-year upperclassmen.

They were all cultivating here.

Some were repeatedly practicing their punches, while others sat quietly on the ground meditating and cultivating.

There were also some who were sparring with each other.

It was the first time Lin Yi had ever set foot in the vast Cultivation Field.

He searched for a long time but couldn’t find where Wei Nan was cultivating.

Just then, a girl’s voice called out.

”Senior Brother Lin!”

Lin Yi quickly turned to look. It was Shen Mengyi.

She was wearing a Martial Arts Uniform, and the sweat on her forehead had soaked her hair.

A towel was draped around her neck, and she held a bottle of water in her hand.

She jogged over to him and said with a light laugh, ”Senior Brother Lin, are you here to cultivate too?”

”Huh? No, it’s already noon. I came to find you guys for lunch!”

”You might have to wait a little. Wei Nan and Zhou Qi are training like madmen, totally pumped up. It seems like they’re about to break through!”

”Oh? Zhou Qi is about to break through too?”

Lin Yi said in surprise.

Shen Mengyi quickly nodded. ”It’s not just them! I’ve reached Star One, Tier Three! If I keep practicing this afternoon, I might even be able to rush to Star One, Tier Four!”

Hearing her say this, Lin Yi’s brows furrowed deeply.

’What’s going on? How did they all improve their realms so much in a single morning?’

’And when did breaking through become as easy as drinking water?’

Although Lin Yi found it strange, he still smiled and nodded. ”Take me over to have a look!”

”Okay, Senior Brother Lin, follow me!”