Chapter 744 - Degree of Difficulty: 3.9 (1/2)

Chapter 744: Degree of Difficulty: 3.9

Translator: G.o.dBrandy Editor: Kurisu

Shouldn’t a secret technique like the ‘Indestructible Body of the Buddha’ be related to a buddhist sect…? Why does the scholarly faction have such a secret technique? As if that wasn’t enough, they even took the time to remind everyone that it was the scholarly version of the ‘Indestructible Body of the Buddha’?!

But what would the scholarly version of the ‘Indestructible Body of the Buddha’ look like?

[Although I’m wearing light and elegant clothing, I’m full of muscles beneath!] That kind of style…? That’s simply too weird!

The scholarly disciples wore elegant scholarly robes, rode the wind with their flying swords, were always composed, and vanquished powerful enemies while merrily chatting… wasn’t it very cool already? Why would they need something like weird muscles?

Song Shuhang had been too rash. Little did he expect that the scholars would also have a body tempering technique that would coincidentally fall on his laps.

Had he known earlier that the scholarly faction also had body tempering techniques, not even under torture would he have allowed the Still Pond of Wisdom to choose for him!

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Actually, in the world of cultivators, the fame of scholarly body tempering techniques wasn’t inferior to that of buddhist ones.

Earlier, when the Scholarly Sage was talking about his super amazing life, he said: [My old and worthless self had used literature to enter the Way, righteousness to temper his body, wore the truth as clothes, and used the brush to write down the principles of heaven and earth!]

Scholarly disciples considered the body tempering process a very important step on their road of cultivation. However, scholars used righteousness to temper their bodies, and their approach was different from that of buddhist cultivators.

“Wait a moment! Still Pond of Wisdom, can I get another secret technique?” Song Shuhang called out at this time.

However… it was too late. The Still Pond of Wisdom had already delivered the goods.

And once the goods were delivered, there was no way to send them back!

Song Shuhang’s consciousness was dragged into the memories of the Sage, where he started to witness the Scholarly Sage creating the secret technique ❮Scholarly Indestructible Body of the Buddha❯.

The Scholarly Sage was truly incredible… he was actually even more incredible than how he described himself in his autobiography.

For him, creating a cultivation technique was the same as writing a poem or a piece of text, absolutely effortless. He needed but a thought, and several new concepts would resurface in his mind, with the embryonic form of the cultivation technique or secret technique already taking shape in his head.

After revising and testing it a bit, the new cultivation technique would be ready to use.

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At this time, Song Shuhang was quietly watching as all kinds of concepts and ideas were resurfacing in the mind of the Scholarly Sage, with the embryonic form of the ❮Scholarly Indestructible Body of the Buddha❯ taking shape.

Afterward came the process where the secret technique was revised and tested.

Time slowly pa.s.sed by.

Song Shuhang had no idea how much time had pa.s.sed since he had entered this fragment of memory.

This fragment of memory only included the process where the Sage was creating the ❮Scholarly Indestructible Body of the Buddha❯. The things happening in his daily life and other unrelated things were not included.

It was like the video recording of an experiment in a modern laboratory. The video would start with the start of the experiment and end with it.

With the Sage revising and experimenting the ❮Scholarly Indestructible Body of the Buddha❯, Song Shuhang cast aside all distracting thoughts and fully concentrated on the process of the creation of the ❮Scholarly Indestructible Body of the Buddha❯; he felt as though he was there in person, creating the technique.

After continuous experiments and revisions, the Scholarly Sage finally completed the ❮Scholarly Indestructible Body of the Buddha❯.

After seeing all the things that happened in the fragment of memory, Song Shuhang likewise learned the secret technique.

Since he got to personally ‘partic.i.p.ate’ in the creation and experimenting of the ❮Scholarly Indestructible Body of the Buddha❯ along with the Sage, the whole process became a very valuable experience for Song Shuhang.

Thanks to this experience, his understanding of the ❮Scholarly Indestructible Body of the Buddha❯ became very deep. Song Shuhang was confident that he would need only a little bit of time before reaching the master level in this secret technique.

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After learning the secret technique, Song Shuhang’s consciousness left the memories of the Sage, returning to his own body.

After his consciousness returned to his body, Song Shuhang was a little confused. During the whole process, the Scholarly Sage didn’t ‘see’ him at all.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that the strength of the Scholarly Sage was inferior only to that of the Wielder of the Will.

Therefore, the strength of the Sage was surely higher than that of Senior Scarlet Heaven, who pa.s.sed on to him the ‘Flaming Saber Technique’.

While dreaming of the life experiences of the loose cultivator ‘Daoist Priest Li Tiansu’, Song Shuhang chanced upon the scene where Daoist Priest Scarlet Heaven was teaching Li Tiansu a sword technique.

At that time, Daoist Priest Scarlet Heaven’s vision had pierced through s.p.a.ce and time, and peered at Song Shuhang. He noticed that someone was spying on him, and directly ‘saw’ the real Song Shuhang from within the dream. Afterward, Daoist Priest Scarlet Heaven took advantage of the fact that Song Shuhang was still inside the dreamland, and taught him a unique variant of the Flaming Saber Technique—the ❮Heaven Burning Flaming Saber Technique❯.

If even Daoist Priest Scarlet Heaven was capable of something of the sort, why did the Sage fail to detect his presence while Song Shuhang was experiencing his memories and watching him as he was creating that cultivation technique?

Did it happen because he wasn’t in the dreamland this time?

Or perhaps it was because the Sage had died both in soul and body…?

Or it was for both reasons?

To one’s surprise, that ultra-amazing Sage had died for real?

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After his consciousness returned to his body, Song Shuhang noticed that True Monarch Eternal Fire and True Monarch Fallout were still going through the memories related to their secret techniques. From the looks of it, the secret techniques the two True Monarchs were learning were much more complex than his ❮Scholarly Indestructible Body of the Buddha❯.

Next, he turned his head to one side, and noticed that Scholar ‘When the Bright Moon Appears’ was also sitting cross-legged now, likewise going through the memories of some secret technique.

On the other hand, Senior White had a smile on his face, and was sitting not too far from them.

At this time, there was a tea table in front of him, with fine tea and a tea set placed above.

Senior White held a cup of hot tea in his hand and gently blew on it.

“Senior White, have you already finished looking through the memories of the secret technique?” Song Shuhang asked out of curiosity.

“Yes, I obtained a secret technique that left me very satisfied—the ❮Explosive s.p.a.ce Compressing Technique❯. Its power is shocking, but it’s somewhat difficult to learn. Therefore, I’m unsure if I can really master it,” Venerable White said with a smile. “Little friend Shuhang, which secret technique did you learn?”

Song Shuhang faintly sighed, and said, “The ❮Scholarly Indestructible Body of the Buddha❯.”

Venerable White said, “Oh, I’ve heard of that secret technique as well. This Still Pond of Wisdom has a good eye. You drank the demodragon medicine not too long ago, and have yet to absorb the strength of the medicine completely. This ❮Scholarly Indestructible Body of the Buddha❯ just happens to be very suitable for you.”

“Although I didn’t really want something related to the ‘Indestructible Body of the Buddha’, I have to admit that the way one has to practice the ❮Scholarly Indestructible Body of the Buddha❯ is really out of the ordinary,” Song Shuhang said with a nod.

An ordinary body tempering technique required the user to grit their teeth and train hard in order to strengthen their body. However, the Scholarly Sage used a different approach.

The training process wasn’t merely about practicing hard each day. Even more importantly, one had to write down from memory every day the content of the ❮Righteous Body Tempering Poem❯ recorded within the ❮Scholarly Indestructible Body of the Buddha❯. If one wrote down the ❮Righteous Body Tempering Poem❯ while operating the ❮Scholarly Indestructible Body of the Buddha❯, they would be able to ‘temper their body through righteousness’, and the const.i.tution of the scholarly disciple in question would get stronger and stronger.

It was likewise a method to stay fit (temper one’s body)… but ordinary body tempering techniques consisted in going to the gym and doing all sorts of exercises to develop dazzling muscles thanks to scientific methods.

On the other hand, scholarly body tempering techniques could allow one to obtain the same effects while staying at home and writing. This one was absolutely black technology.