Skeleton Foundation Manual

Deacon Gorou was the only one who felt like he might understand how Momo pulled off such an impossible feat. He was the only one who knew she had a manual for a Skeleton Foundation Cultivation method and several Techniques were included inside. In addition to that was the Power she claimed to have slowed down to accommodate training in. It was easy to see where such domineering strength came from.

To him it was an eye opener of just how huge the world truly was. That being said, he couldn't say much for Momo's personality after she'd been injured. Everyone there had come to the realization that Itsuki was being toyed with and tortured. Given how he was being beaten without any real chance to actually fight back, anyone could tell Itsuki was far below Momo's strength. Anyone who would publicly drag out such a humiliation and torture just to highlight her own strength had to be rather twisted.

"She just might be worse than the Sen Ichimaru I warned them against. All Itsuki did was fight to the best of his ability." Deacon Gorou muttered under his breath as he considered the terrifying dominatrix before him. Even that false politeness and her emotional waves fit the image perfectly in his mind. He was glad that she was so much weaker than him, and resolved himself to both keep it that way and not to desire this deadly beauty.

Deacon Gorou was not alone in the sentiment, as all but a couple closet perverts had no desire at all to be on the receiving end of such a hideous beating from such a beautiful and delicate woman. And even those closet perverts would never publicly admit to their private desires, but would be much more subtle. They would still want their face in public after all.

There was still a job for Deacon Gorou to do though. "Full marks in this section. Kani Momo and Cifer are both accepted as Outer Disciples by the Skull Sect."

As Deacon Gorou made this statement, his older brother Elder Jirou arrived. All the Disciples present bowed to the Elder, and Momo hastily copied them. "Greetings to the Elder."

Elder Jirou acknowledges them with a wave. "You asked to see me brother?" He did not make any effort to hide his purpose or the conversation.

Deacon Gorou nods. "Yes Elder." He answered politely. "One of our test takers introduced a manual of her own into the Comprehension exam."

"So? You are testing Broken and Bottom Tiers are you not? Skim over the manual and give it the appropriate weight." Elder Jirou was not at all pleased that his incompetent little brother had called him for such a thing.

Deacon Gorou chuckled nervously. This was why he hated interacting with his older brother. But this time he would have fun with this arrogant older brother of his. "Than Elder believes that he will be able to merely skim over this manual and be able to fully question the test taker?"

The very question, in public no less, of his abilities by this younger brother of his absolutely infuriated Elder Jirou. "Of course I can you useless dolt! Even Sana only studied a Mid Origination Cultivation method before coming here, and she is the genius of a generation!"

Without a word, Deacon Gorou handed his older brother the manual that Momo had studied so diligently for two years. Only to find a better and simpler method at random in the Manual Cifer's parents had left him.

Leafing through the Majestic Mace manual, Elder Jirou's entire demeanor changed. "Which student is it? Who's manual is this!?" He was furious that his idiot of a brother actually thought there was the slightest chance that a Bottom Origination could possibly understand a Bottom Skeleton Foundation manual! If not higher as that was merely his initial estimation after quickly looking through the concepts and insights required.

Momo startled and stepped forward. She hated to think she was in trouble already, as she could see that this Elder Jirou clearly thought he was being pranked. "It's mine. I've been studying it for two years Elder."

It was worse than Jirou feared. This girl's Cultivation was quite clear to his eyes, and she was only Intermediate Broken Origination! "Do not lie to me ignorant child. It's impossible for you to even start to understand something like this. Who lent you this to try to make a fool out of my Skull Sect!?" Elder Jirou demanded. He had no interest in asking any questions about the manual's contents here, as it would only waste time.

Momo was shocked. "Elder, nobody lent me the manual to make fun of your Skull Sect. But my father gave me that manual to study for my Cultivation."

"Lies!" Elder Jirou cut off her voice sharply. "This manual had to have been written by someone at the same level as the Sect Leader himself currently is. Unless your father were the King, a member of the Crimson Sect or someone in charge of a Province like my Skull Sect, he could not give you this."

Deep shock ran through the audience, who felt as though suddenly enlightened. No wonder Momo had such overwhelming prowess. If they had spent years using such methods to make their foundations so deep they also would be invincible within their Stage to the same extent. Even able to torture someone like Itsuki while being two Stages below him.

Deacon Gorou grinned. His brother had set himself up to look the fool in the best possible way. "Elder? Perhaps we could put her words to the test. If she is for real that she should have unimaginable strength among her peers due to the unbelievable Comprehension that would be required."

This statement made Elder Jirou laugh. "If I fully understood this manual and could use all its Techniques I myself could skip a Stage and defeat Perfect Pinnacle Origination experts. At Intermediate Broken Origination, if her understanding was even slight she would be far above average!"

Momo knew she hadn't built all that impressive of strength in any of her Cultivations. She'd been forced to focus on speed in all of them, even using the Limit Break method from Cifer's Manual. But Elder Jirou wasn't aware of any of this. "Than my victory over a Transformation Broken Origination could only be expected given my knowledge of the manual?" She asked sweetly.