448 Stable 2 (1/2)

Chapter 448: Stable 2

Of course, this happened when the Green Vine Sphere was given Totem Light characteristics.

However, these exercises had to be created, and although they were minor exercises in the Secret Technique world and therefore were very rough, once they were integrated with Totem Light, they could then be considered as rare and powerful resolutions.

However, exercises were merely exercises, and of all the people who had practiced Secret Techniques like the Southern Holy Fist Gate, Neptune Fist, Red Sand Sword, Star Ring Door and many others, how many of them had actually reached the absolute cutting edge like Garen or Cayduran?

Appraisal, perseverance,will, luck. They were all elements that one could not lack on the path to the top.

Thus, though these exercises were created, a worthy disciple would still be needed to inherit them.

The techniques of the Green Vine Sphere would be discovered sooner or later. It was a matter of time. However, the imprints left by these exercises would never disappear.

A great martial art with this as its foundation would need to be established, to allow the disciples to possess a sense of belonging, so that everyone would automatically allow themselves to be part of the group.

Of course, preparations on the Green Vine Sphere were needed as well. Then, they would truly be able to achieve an incomparable synergy, and regardless of whether or not the Green Vine Sphere techniques would be discovered elsewhere, the effects on them would be negligible..

Garen narrowed his eyes and left the flower garden. After washing himself, he wore his clothes neatly, before walking straight out of the Black Fire Palace, towards the palace book collection hall.

Currently, he and Ivycius were the only ones living in the palace due to the sheer destruction that swept the area. The princess and the royal family had moved into the other palaces on the opposite side of the abyss to seek refuge.

The whole KIngdom was separated into three hilltop territories. The center of which was near to a large canyon where large clouds rolled by, and each side was connected by a stone bridge,

The Palace District and the Cloud Light District were conjoined on top of the largest and tallest cluster of hills. Looking from afar, the black palace had undulating layers, towering minarets, and high, scale-like walls.

The other two hilltops were slightly smaller, and were both Trading Districts. One of the hilltops had been built with a palace.

Along the way, Garen saw many of Ivycius’s subordinates supervising the tasks being carried out to clean up the debris in the damaged palace.

When they saw him, they all bowed with their faces in awe and their heads lowered.

He reached the book collection hall, where there was only a single Black Fire Guard guarding the doorway.

Walking into the palace, on both sides of the dark golden hall were countless, tightly-packed copper-coloured bookshelves.

The interior of the palace was almost completely empty; there were less than ten people who were standing in front of the bookshelves with books in their hands.

In the book collection hall, as long as the aristocrats paid a reading fee, they were allowed to come in to research information and learn about subjects that they wished to have a deeper understanding of. Of course, the books were separated by level, and books of different levels would require different fees. Moreover, they were not allowed to be borrowed out to be read outside the library.

Garen walked in quietly, without attracting anyone’s attention. He glanced at the bronze notice sign at the doorway which acted as a directory to the different contents of each area’s bookshelves.

Garen, who had already visited this place yesterday, immediately walked towards the area that he was looking for. He stepped past a few bookshelves, before taking out a black copper key and opening a small door on the wall, then walking inside.

There were two large bookshelves filled with books inside. This was different from the outside, because the books on these shelves all had black covers, while the front of the bookshelves were engraved with secret characters.

These were the records of the research findings by the scholars and researchers after many years, under the command of Avic. There were research notes, and also some precious documents that were nearly out of print, including some of the best academic books.

For most people, even if they were Form 2 or Form 3 Totem Users, if they stood in his position, they could not even dream of understanding the important information there. Perhaps the Forgers and Luminarists who were proficient in research would be able to understand, but even ten years of painstaking studying were not equivalent to reading these Bible-like books.

But Garen was different.

Although Attribute Points were unable upgrade Secret Techniques, learning new knowledge could still prove to be extremely useful nonetheless.

Garen’s foundation was already very good, firstly because of Edin’s teachings and books, later Reylan, then Windling, and Vanderman’s underground book collection and research journals. After his exchanges and the nurturing he received from these talents with excellent techniques, it added to his terrifyingly powerful photographic memory.

Here, the advantages of his ten full intelligence points would finally come to fruition.

These attributes allowed his logical thinking to become more cautious and efficient. His memory and rationality had become stronger as well. In other words, it made his brain more advanced, enabling the potential of his brain to reach frightening heights.

But to Garen, these things were only useful when he was studying and acquiring knowledge here.

It was as if someone was handed a pistol but never fired a round, which, in the end, would result in the the pistol being completely useless. Even with an advanced brain, Garen himself did not like using schemes to solve his problems and troubles. He had always used his raw strength to crush his opponents.

If he could not beat them, he would just flee, and once he had returned and strengthened himself, he would go back and fight again! He would fight until the end!

This habit of his made planning completely unnecessary.

Therefore, even if his brain became any stronger he still refused to use it. Naturally, none of its uses would become apparent.

Garen had always treated everything in front of him as opportunities that he could use improve himself and move forward, transforming them into forces that would make him stronger. This allowed him to constantly increase his strength and deviate more from normalcy one step at a time.

A force that was strong enough to increase the pace at which strength was gained. This increase in speed would, eventually, reach a terrifying stage.