15 Blockade (1/2)
Han De was sitting inside his room. In front of him were more than 300 scrolls and jade slips. His servants were very efficient. Under an hour, they were able to collect the standard weapon scriptures for every type of weapon.
'This is just too much. There is a scripture for a dagger, a curved dagger, a curved dagger that is more curved than normal, a dagger with a longer handle, a dagger with a thinner blade. Is there really a need to create this many standard scriptures? Are you guys really that bored?'
Popular weapon types had different martial art scriptures for even the slightest variation in weapon shape. Having a sword martial arts method mastered inside his mind, Han De was aware of the number of sword type weapons. However, he was still a bit taken aback at the sheer number of it all.
'It's not like these are just one-off martial arts techniques that are highly specialized. Although basic, they cover a rather large surface area, hence they are called scriptures and not methods.'
They were created for guiding the disciples, but most disciples don't choose to study them further, let alone master them. Being generic and comprehensive, they were difficult to make progress with. A disciple would rather learn the basics then move on to a more specialized martial arts method that suited them better.
'This is actually an MC template, isn't it. MC learns a weaker generic method, but their foundation becomes stronger because of it. They'll then find an impossible to practice martial art and learn it thanks to their strong foundation.”
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[Starfall Mountain Standard Sword Scripture]
Power: Extremely Weak
Notes: Requires 1 Profound Point(s) to completely master.
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[Starfall Mountain Standard Saber Scripture]
Power: Extremely Weak
Notes: Requires 2 Profound Point(s) to completely master.
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[Starfall Mountain Standard Spear Scripture]
Power: Extremely Weak
Notes: Requires 1 Profound Point(s) to learn.
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[Starfall Mountain Standard Scimitar Scripture]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Falchion Scripture]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Scythe Scripture]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Whip Scripture]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Pike Scripture]
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[..]
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Han De didn't miss that anything similar to a sword only required a few points to completely master for him, thanks to his own mastered sword method.
'I'll just choose the most popular ones and master them. I only have 45 points, I can't even learn a quarter of them, let one increase my comprehension of them.'
Spending about an hour, Han De chose 13 scriptures that had the most coverage and popularity. He didn't bother with the rare subtypes like a pugio, he just learned the most generic dagger scripture.
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[This action requires 42 Profound Points in total]
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'Confirm!'
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[Starfall Mountain Standard SwordScripture]
Power: Extremely Weak
Comprehension: Master
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[Starfall Mountain Standard Saber Scripture]
Power: Extremely Weak
Comprehension: Master
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[..]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Dagger Scripture]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Spear Scripture]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Halberd Scripture]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Axe Scripture]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Mace Scripture]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Hammer Scripture]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Whip Scripture]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Staff Scripture]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Bow Scripture]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Throwing Scripture]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Shield Scripture]
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Han De sat silently as he received a giant amount of information.
*sigh* 'The amount of knowledge here is just massive. I can see why no one bothers mastering them. Not even their creators had done that.'
It was obvious that each of these scriptures had many generations of refinement done to them. Unfortunately, each refinement also made them more and more obtuse.
Realizing how long it would take to write everything down, Han De stopped standing around and grabbed a brush.
* * *
”Hundreds of standard scriptures?”
Ming Nui's face was blank. He was listening to his intelligence guru friend, Zhang Cheng.
”Yes, a servant of Han De took them from the archives. Only the standard scriptures. The most basic ones. Nothing else.”
Zhang Cheng has been following Han De's movements ever since the gathering. It was a dull affair, but things have been taking interesting turns for the last two days.
”Just a smokescreen isn't it. If he truly hadn't taken any other technique, then Ning Bi must be a sword cultivator. It was the most likely possibility from the beginning.”
Zhang Cheng nodded. He also knew, to acquire standard scriptures of the sect and in many numbers on top of that, was a poor attempt at misdirection.
”Any more movements from his people?”
Han De sending 20 experts to a mission had caught the attention of many powers currently visiting the Starfall Mountain Sect. The conference was still ongoing, so the retainers had nothing to do but keep their eyes and ears open.
”After the 10 returned two days ago, everything was silent. However today some movements emerged again. Nascent Soul cultivators are arriving from the Han family. They are in a hurry too. A number of Core Formation experts are also mobilizing.”
Ming Nui closed his eyes. According to Han De's character, he liked to take care of things himself. Only for small fry, he would send his people. Yet now Nascent Soul and Core Formation experts are gathering.
”Latest count had 4 Nascent Soul and more than 60 Core experts.”
These cultivators were nothing to people like his father, but they still represented a scary amount of power. Just this many could crush a few small sects without breaking a sweat.
Did some sect actually offend him? Was there a sect in the area that was stupid enough to do that?
* * *
It took Han De a full day and night to write down the 13 scriptures. He looked at the little hill of scrolls in satisfaction and smiled while unconsciously rubbing his wrists. He was a Core Cultivator with a powerful body, but using a brush for such a long time still had a psychological toll on him.