A Novice Once Again!

"Azure Primal Slash…"

Mu Qinglan studied the bamboo slips. Although it looked not much different from the others, she vaguely felt that it wasn't an ordinary one.

The momentary pause in her Yuan Energy had definitely not been an illusion.

Her Yuan Energy surged into the bamboo slips.

"A Profound intermediate level technique." 

The pieces of information quickly swept into Mu Qinglan's mind.

Profound intermediate level… If this was in the past, Mu Qinglan wouldn't have placed any significance in it, but as she held onto the bamboo slips, it felt as though something was missing.

"Huh? This is actually an incomplete manual?" Xue You said in some surprise.

Mu Qinglan nodded, she had also noticed this point.

Although these azure-colored bamboo slips looked complete and undamaged, when he Yuan Energy reached into it, it was possible to feel a vague feeling of incompleteness.

If not for the fact that she had seen thousands of manuals in the main family before, it naturally would have been impossible to detect this subtle difference.

"That's it." 

If a fragmented manual at Profound intermediate level was complete, she would definitely reap an unexpected harvest.

"Girl, you really have a good eye for this." 

Xue You also laughed, and it was rare that he would say good things, and he didn't wait for Mu Qinglan to question him as he continued, "Rest assured that once this manual is completed, it may even be able to reach Earth rank." 

It was difficult to find something of this grade here in such a small city like Luo Xi City.

However, it was also because no one could recognize that this manual was incomplete, as it was usually inconspicuous. Even Mu Yan and the others had not noticed it before.

Mu Qinglan smiled, then turned around to leave.

Mu Yan was waiting outside, and he didn't expect Mu Qinglan to come out so quickly, so he was surprised. "Have you finished selecting one?" 

His eyes unconsciously fell onto Mu Qinglan's right hand.

She didn't cover up the manual and merely waved the azure-colored bamboo slips in her hand openly.

"I've selected one. Azure Primal Slash." 

A trace of surprise crossed Mu Yan's eyes.

He never expected Mu Qinglan would choose this one.

"The Azure Primal Slash was found by one of the elders of our Mu family a long time ago. Although it's considered to be a Profound intermediate level technique, there are more outstanding ones among our collection in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion. Why not…"

Mu Qinglan smiled and calmly rejected Mu Yan, "Thank you, Master Mu Yan, but I think this Azure Primal Slash is quite suitable for me."

Mu Yan said no more on the topic.

"If that's all, I'll head back first." 

Mu Qinglan turned around and was about to leave.

Mu Yan, however, frowned slightly, and hesitated for a moment before finally deciding to speak, "Linghan, the duel between you and Mu Ye…" 

No matter how it was, Mu Linghan's identity was undeniable. If anything were to happen to him…

"Don't worry, Master Mu Yan. I have my own reasons for this matter, and no matter what the result is, I'll bear it on my own." 

The corner of Mu Qinglan's lips curled up, but there was no smile in her eyes. Having said her piece, she turned around and left.

***

When she returned to her residence, Mu Qinglan sat down cross-legged and pulled open the azure-colored bamboo slips in his hand.

"It's really troublesome, not having a storage bracelet," Mu Qinglan murmured. 

When she was expelled from the main family, she didn't have anything on her. She didn't even have a storage bracelet, which was really inconvenient. 

But, in this small remote place, only Mu Yan and a few other elders had one, so she didn't think too much about it either.

However, if she did get a chance, she would find a way to procure one.

Mu Qinglan shook her head and pushed away all those idle thoughts and instead focused on the manual in front of her right now.

Yuan Energy converged, and within the sea of her consciousness, there suddenly more flashes of light. Mu Qinglan hurriedly looked towards it.

"Azure Primal Slash converts Yuan Energy to turn it into a sword which can break jade and cut through gold." 

Mu Qinglan looked at it repeatedly, but she could only find this one sentence.

Break jade and cut gold… even if it was only a Profound basic level technique, it wouldn't be only at this level of power…

Mu Qinglan became even more doubtful, but no matter how much she studied it, there was no other movement in the light that came from the Azure Primal Slash.

She opened her eyes, her gaze somewhat suspicious as she observed the Azure Primal Slash manual.

She felt that the power of this technique was definitely more than this.

However, she tried a lot of methods in a short period of time, but there were no other movements from it.

Forget it, she would cultivate the technique first.

To cultivate, it was necessary to first adjust her body and mind to the best state.

In fact, she was also curious what exactly her body was like after the incident in the cave.

At the very least, she needed to break through and become a Novice first.

Otherwise, any treasure that she had would be meaningless to her.

Mu Qinglan let out a deep breath as she prepared to gather Yuan Energy again. She closed her eyes, and began to feel the Yuan Energy around her…

She fell into a quiet state, and the surroundings were also calm.

Soon, Yuan Energy started to surge towards Mu Qinglan's body!

The energy came towards her like a surging tide that had no signs of stopping, surging incessantly!

When the Yuan Energy from her surroundings came towards her, it was instantly absorbed into her meridians!

At this time, her meridians were not the same as when it was previously damaged and shriveled up. Now, her meridians had a faint luster to them, and when Yuan Energy flowed through them, Mu Qinglan didn't know if it was an illusion or not, but she felt the glow become brighter.

And within her sea of consciousness, although there was no movement from the broken black jade, there was a faint black mist around it, absorbing all of the Yuan Energy enthusiastically!

Mu Qinglan could vaguely guess that the black jade tablet would suppress and devour Yuan Energy, but she didn't expect it to do so at such an alarming rate! It had actually absorbed so much Yuan Energy in the blink of an eye!

The meridians in her body were much wider and tougher than even before it had been damaged, and the Yuan Energy she was absorbing now was many times more than what she used to cultivate every day, but it was still not able to fill the black jade tablet up!

And Mu Qinglan, who was in the midst of this violent energy fluctuation, made no movement at all. It was as if she had settled down and was rooted to the spot that even her aura had become invisible.

The only thing that remained was the tidal surge of madly rotating and surging Yuan Energy!

Mu Qinglan actually stayed in this state for the entire night!

Up until the next morning, when the sunlight sprinkled in and fell on her good-looking features which made her entire person lit up like white jade, looking exquisite and clear.

Then, a subtle sound suddenly came from inside her body, and she abruptly opened her eyes!

Her usually clear and bright eyes were now as deep as an abyss that was impossible to see the bottom!

Within her sea of consciousness, a black Yuan Core spun slowly!

She had unexpectedly, cultivated a Yuan Core in one night! She had become a Novice once again!