Chapter 704 - S-tier Manuals (2/2)

After fueling their internal energy into the blue stones, suddenly a rune energy field enveloped them in an instant. Qin Feng was briefly blinded by the bright light that was emitted from the energy field; when he came to, they were already at another location.

They were standing at a pavilion in the middle of a pond; there was a small pathway that led to another tall tower across the lake.

“This is Beihua City’s secret library. Inside, you’ll find numerous scrolls and manuals that have recorded C-tier ancient warriors’ martial arts and C-tier ability users’ powers. The library has three levels. And the S-tier manuals that you’re looking for are at the top level. We only have three S-tier manuals here.”

Qin Feng frowned after hearing this. Only three manuals? This meant that he might not actually find a scroll that was suitable for him.

When they reached the top level, Shang Han carefully took out the manuals and presented them to Qin Feng. When he laid his eyes on them, Qin Feng could feel an intense pressure coming from these books.

This was expected since these manuals were made of S-tier ultra beasts’ hides!

Beihua City, like other cities, was built by S-tiers a long time ago. These S-tier manuals recorded the martial arts that these pioneers used in their time. They slayed S-tier ultra beasts and used their hides to make these manuals so that they would last for centuries.

As Qin Feng was reading the first book, he could feel the scent of the ocean from it. Qin Feng took a good look at the cover of the book—the title was “The Benevolent Loch”.

“The Benevolent Loch is the S-tier neigong that we, the Shangs, have used for generations. The neigong is able to double one’s internal energy reserves at a fast rate in the beginning. This is why the Shangs are able to become so powerful and have been reining in the Northern Region for such a long time. My father was able to ascend to A-tier before he was even thirty years old. People thought that he would have become an S-tier within the next ten years.”

Yet, Shang Han’s father did not live to see himself ascending to S-tier because he died fighting in the Northern Region’s abyss.

“I… I am not as talented as my father. I only reached A-tier when I was forty years old. I was able to ascend to A5-tier at fifty-five now. The Benevolent Loch can improve your internal energy reserves very quickly in the beginning but the more you train the harder it gets. It’s not like a walk in the park if one aims to ascend to S-tier. I might be able to do it in another thirty years’ time. But… in this post-apocalyptic world… no one can say for sure that they could live for another thirty years.”

When Qin Feng died in his previous life, Shang Han indeed had not reached S-tier too. He died around A.C 226; right now, it was A.C 219. That meant that seven years later, Shang Han would still be at A7-tier. So, Shang Han was correct in her calculation—that she would probably need to train thirty years to reach S-tier. Yet, it was difficult for anyone fighting at the frontline to live that long.

“Maybe you will need thirty years in the past. But this isn’t the case anymore for you.” Qin Feng said.

“?”

“You now have Glittering Golden Sand in your possession.”

Tung Yang was able to ascend to S-tier when he thought he had passed his prime. As such, naturally, Shang Han could do the same too. Besides, fifty-five-years-old was not all too old for one to continue climbing to greatness!

Putting down the manual for “The Benevolent Loch”, Qin Feng set his eyes on the other two manuals. This neigong indeed was not a match for Qin Feng. Besides, he had Asteroid Assimilation already.

The other two manuals were striking techniques, one of which was a palm strike style while the other was a sword style. After taking a few glance, Qin Feng concluded that even they too were not suitable for him.

This was so unexpected.

Seeing that he had put down all the manuals, Shang Han was puzzled. “Are you sure all of them are not for you? In my opinion, that palm strike style suits you quite well.”

The palm strike style was a style that relied upon massive amounts of internal energy to overpower its opponents. So long as one had great reserves of internal energy, it did not matter if the user was compatible with it in terms of their internal energy elements.

Still, Qin Feng decided that he should be content with what he had already. Learning too many skills might lead to one being a master of none.

“It’s alright, Regent. There’s something that I have in mind… and I think I know where to find the martial arts that is suitable for me.”