"Cough, cough." Wu Xiuyuan cleared his throat. "Little Friend Chen, could you show me that mythic-tier technique? I'd like to admire it."
"Old Wu, you're too polite. I was actually hoping you could help me evaluate its quality."
Chen Xu took out the 《Spirit Nest Dragon-Nurturing Divine Art》 and handed it to Wu Xiuyuan.
Wu Xiuyuan reached out with both hands, carefully taking the manual from Chen Xu.
"Spirit Nest Dragon-Nurturing Divine Art," Wu Xiuyuan read word by word. "A good name. Truly worthy of being a mythic-tier technique."
Then, he opened his class panel to check the information on the technique.
"Developing human apertures to nurture dragon spirits... what a unique approach."
His movements were slow and extremely cautious as he flipped through the pages.
With every page he turned, he uttered a few words of praise.
However, as he got further in, Wu Xiuyuan's expression became increasingly strange. His brow furrowed, and a hint of anger and uncertain doubt flickered in his eyes.
Once he finished reading the entire manual, Wu Xiuyuan flipped through it several more times. The more he read, the more exaggerated his movements became. The initial care and caution were gone.
After several more reviews, the hope in Wu Xiuyuan's heart finally died. He was certain that this mythic-tier technique was a fishing technique.
The moment the dragon spirit transformed from illusory to reality was the moment the fisher would pull the rod.
"Which damned fisher has nothing better to do all day than research this kind of fishing technique to harm the people! If I ever become a Buddha or an Ancestor, I'll definitely drag these fishers out and kill them one by one!"
Wu Xiuyuan cursed loudly, raising his hand high as if to slam the manual down. But suddenly remembering it wasn't his but Chen Xu's, he slowly lowered it.
"Little Friend Chen, I'm not sure if your luck is good or bad. This technique was created by someone with ulterior motives. It's a fishing technique. Once mastered, you'll just become a dish on someone else's plate."
Chen Xu took the manual back, put it away, and looked at Xiang Longwu.
"But Brother Xiang said I found a real treasure earlier."
Xiang Longwu nodded. "This is a postnatal dragon. Anything related to the word 'dragon' is no ordinary thing. If others can be the fisherman, then you can too, Brother Chen."
"Nonsense!"
Hearing Xiang Longwu's words, Wu Xiuyuan thought he was encouraging Chen Xu to spread the technique and become the one fishing behind the scenes on Blue Star. He immediately cut him off.
"How can we do such an immoral thing? Daxia will never allow such behavior that harms our compatriots."
Xiang Longwu waved his hand, signaling Wu Xiuyuan not to get excited.
"Old Wu, don't be so agitated. You're forgetting Brother Chen's class."
"Class? He's a Necromancer, so what?" Wu Xiuyuan raised an eyebrow, seemingly realizing something. "You mean..."
"Exactly. Brother Chen has so many skeletons. He can completely let the skeletons cultivate this divine art. This lower-tier technique that focuses on external objects doesn't require much comprehension. As long as they follow the steps, reaching mastery is just a matter of time."
"When that time comes, Brother Chen will have an inexhaustible supply of postnatal dragon resources."
"Wait."
Chen Xu noticed a key point.
"Brother Xiang, are you saying that skeletons can cultivate techniques?"
"Why not? Even stones can gain sentience, absorb spiritual energy, and become great demons. Why wouldn't a skeleton be able to?"
"But skeletons have no meridians or dantians. They only have bones. How can they cultivate? They can't even circulate qi."
Xiang Longwu shook his head and held out his right hand, palm open. "Humans have techniques for humans."
Then he curled his fingers into a claw shape. "Demons have techniques for demons."
Next, he closed his fingers into a fist. "Even spirits like stones have corresponding techniques. All things in this world can cultivate as long as they have sentience. Your skeletons, naturally, can as well."
"As for how they circulate breath or complete cycles without meridians or dantians, that's for the masters at the academy to worry about."
"Furthermore, your skeletons have one major advantage."
"An advantage?"
"Yes. They aren't afraid of death. The hardest part of modifying a technique is maintaining safety. Even a tiny mistake can lead to qi deviation. Because of that, the progress of modifying techniques is usually very slow."
"But your skeletons are different. It doesn't matter if a few die. You can use brute force to find the solution. The faster the skeletons die, the faster the technique can be modified."
Wu Xiuyuan no longer opposed the idea and agreed with Xiang Longwu's thinking.
"Longwu's idea isn't impossible. Little Friend Chen, your skeletons are indeed suitable for practicing this kind of fishing technique. For one, it adds combat power, and for another, you can harvest impressive resources."
Xiang Longwu's words opened a new path for Chen Xu.
Previously, Chen Xu always thought that skeleton soldiers and other undead creatures could only improve their strength through leveling up and talent enhancements.
Or perhaps through the blessings of the Lord of the Undead's authority to grant them special abilities.
But now, Xiang Longwu's guidance had given Chen Xu another way to increase the combat power of his undead army.
If nothing else, the bodies of the skeleton soldiers had been modified by the ultimate cold power. This was practically a special constitution—a pure Yin body.
If he could find a suitable technique for them to cultivate, an army composed of hundreds of millions of geniuses with special constitutions would be terrifying to imagine.
Besides skeleton soldiers, could other undead like ghosts, abominations, and bone dragons also cultivate?
Imagine a ghost sneaking into an enemy formation and suddenly unleashing a world-shaking Lion's Roar in the middle of the chaos. That scene would be beyond shocking.
Even if these undead creatures didn't have high comprehension and couldn't practice top-tier techniques based on Daoist intent...
They didn't have to worry about lifespans. He could find techniques that were easy to start, had no threshold, and were weak initially but became incredibly strong in the late stages—like the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art from his previous life.
Or he could find some vicious techniques that harmed the user as much as the enemy. Picking a portion of his massive base of skeleton brothers to practice those would create a special assault squad with miraculous effects.
In short, techniques that seemed to have long cultivation times or severe side effects to normal humans were a perfect match for undead creatures.
Once the thought appeared, it spread uncontrollably. Chen Xu quickly pulled out his smart terminal and searched through Daxia's technique catalog to see if there were any compatible ones.
But after searching back and forth, he found they were all transcendent or epic-tier techniques. There were only a few legendary-tier ones.
"Brother Xiang, why are there so few techniques in the Daxia catalog?"
"There are already quite a few. The techniques in the Fuxi vault are all produced from our dungeon clears. Although their grades aren't high, they have no restrictions, and anyone can cultivate them."
"Techniques learned from the Taikun world cannot be shared due to inheritance restrictions. For example, the Nine Dragon Punch I practice has a high grade, but it cannot be shared with Daxia."
"The same goes for the Immortal Island world."
From Chen Xu's question, Xiang Longwu guessed his thoughts.
"If you want to find suitable techniques for your undead creatures, this ultra-tier dungeon is a perfect opportunity."
Hearing this, Chen Xu's eyes lit up, just as Wu Xiuyuan's had earlier.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's get up there!"
Chen Xu looked up, staring through the layers of rock and soil toward the top of Twin Sword Peaks as if he were looking at a collection of fresh, moving mythic-tier techniques.
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