Library of Heaven's Path

CHAPTER 51-55

Chapter 51: Heaven's Path Golden Body

Translator: StarveCleric Editor: Thaddpole&Tortex

By the corner, books are stacked densely on the bookshelves and they are all on cultivation techniques and related subjects. There are manuals on Fighter 1-dan, 2-dan, 3-dan and 4-dan. Similar to Hongtian Academy, the higher the tier is, the less the number of books there are on it. As for Fighter 6-dan manuals, there are only about ten books or so on it.

"The number of books may be few, but it beats having none at all!"

Initially, he thought that it would be like the Compendium Pavilion and that he would be able to find a few hundred or even a thousand books here for his choosing. Now, it is clear to see that he is overthinking it.

However, after pondering over it for a moment, the reason for the difference between the two becomes apparent to him. Everyone has a different physique, and thus the suitable cultivation technique for them differs from one individual to the other. Thus, it is clear that the academy would require a huge amount of secret manuals and books so as to ensure that there are sufficient resources for the teachers to cater to the needs of their students, as well as to expand their horizons.

However, for an individual, they only require one or two cultivation techniques suited for them. It is already considered a huge collection for Lu Chen to have over ten books on Fighter 6-dan cultivation techniques.

Casually picking up the ten books, he flips through them lightly, hualala, and corresponding secret manuals appear in his mind.

"Why? Are these cultivation techniques too inferior to appeal to you?"

Seeing the youngster pick those books up, flip through them and put them down before taking a good look at the contents, Master Lu Chen is slightly bewildered.

"That's not it, I am just taking a casual look!" Zhang Xuan shakes his head. Scanning the surrounding once again, he affirms that there are only these few books in here. Just as he is about to take his leave from the study, he suddenly catches sight of a pile of manuals placed not too far away from his current position. Curious, he asks, "These are..."

"Oh, these are left behind by that disappointing son of mine! He likes brute strength, so he collected quite a few secret manuals on enhancing one's physical strength! In fact, he even went to the kingdom's Book Collection Vault and moved all related books here!" Master Lu Chen smiles bitterly. "In the cultivation of a fighter, zhenqi is the most important factor of all. One's physical body only plays a small role in it, and it is not worth mentioning at all!"

Zhenqi -> True essence

Although there is the Pigu realm which tempers one's skin and bones in a fighter's cultivation, what truly matters is still zhenqi. Only when one's zhenqi is pure and concentrated can they be truly strong.

In the eyes of most cultivators, the physical body is just an auxiliary tool to one's strength, and is of little importance!

"Can I take a look?"

Seeing the thousands of secret manuals on heightening the strength of one's physical body, Zhang Xuan feels a little moved. Thus, he can't resist the urge to ask Master Lu Chen for permission to browse through them.

He possesses the Library of Heaven's Path, so he doesn't need the cultivation techniques in his possession to be profound. With sufficient quantity, he is able to extract the essence of each to authenticate the true and the false and distil the truly useful portions from each of them.

Even though training one's physical body may seem to be unimportant, and it may be unable to allow one's strength to soar up rapidly, if there are this many books to correct the errors and point out the correct path, the effects might turn out to be significant.