Chapter 1137 - Auction House (5) (1/2)

Dyon was so distracted by his master's words that he accidentally let a fist slam into his c.h.e.s.t. Although he didn't move an inch due to the punch, he was still so pissed by it that he slapped the essence gatherer's head who hit him into a mist of blood.

It also didn't help that Dyon's master giggled like a little girl when she saw her treasured disciple's reaction. No matter how many years she had lived, this incarnation of her was from her youth, she didn't have the same mature air she had when she first met Dyon, despite having all of the same memories.

To begin with, that was 1400 techniques! Plus, considering his master's phrasing, he assumed that she would want him to redo this feat with middle common level techniques, then high, then peak. 5600 techniques before he could even touch an Earth level technique? This wasn't training, it was torture!

Even this wasn't the worst part.

To enter the 'completion stage' meant to enter the peak level of a technique. For example, for Dyon's Demon Emperor's Will, this would mean reaching the third stage of the third act.

However, to enter the One with Self realm meant to make the technique your own, to master it to such an extent that it surpassed the original intent of the creator. Even for a common level technique, a genius might take decades to reach such a level. And that was just for one technique!

Dyon vented his frustration on the poor souls stupid enough to attack him, sweeping through effortlessly as though they weren't there at all. Before even a minute had passed, the saints realized that essence gatherers weren't a match for Dyon. It was as though they were sending ants to stop a behemoth. They had no choice but to step in themselves.

'Does the Celestial Deer Sect Library even have that many low-level techniques?' Dyon suddenly asked.

'Of course. I just assume you ignored them all for our heaven level techniques. I doubt you even touched the earth level ones.'

Dyon coughed in slight embarrassment because of how right his master was. He didn't even bother to look at low level techniques. This entire time, he had been using the best of the best.

'That's no good.' The 25th White Mother continued to lovingly berate Dyon. 'Techniques are the means by which many come to understand the martial world. Leaping to the highest-level techniques, unless they're specifically cultivation type techniques, can be more of a detriment than a help.

'Also, you're not yet powerful enough to make full use of even an earth technique, let alone a heaven one. I wasn't there to guide you, so I take responsibility, but you have to listen to me from now on.

'Earth level techniques cannot be fully mastered until the peak of sainthood. Heaven level techniques cannot be fully mastered until the peak of the celestial stage. Divine level techniques cannot be fully mastered until the half-step transcendent realm. There are always exceptions, but this is the framework.