Chapter 188

The True Martial Academy was located in the Middle Earth Empire. Gu Chen's expression turned grim when he thought about going to the most prosperous and prosperous place in the entire Kunlun Continent.

The Middle Earth Empire was divided into nine prefectures. It was the headquarters of the Huangfu family. Huangfu Wuji himself was known as the number one War God in the Middle Earth Empire!

That was the place where his enemies were the most powerful. It was also the place where his grandfather's Tyrannical Ether Bone was dug out!

That was the starting point of all misfortune. It was like the cycle of fate. Gu Chen was finally going to set foot on this land, a land that was destined to be extraordinary to him.

"The Middle Earth Empire is not like the Baijing Prefecture. The Huangfu family is very powerful there. The chances of being recognized there will be much higher.

"This mission is an Earth-grade one. The dangers I will encounter are hard to predict. I must be fully prepared!"

Gu Chen was not in a hurry to go to the Nine Prefectures. He decided to prepare some trump cards for himself before he left.

In such a short time, there were only a few places that could help him improve. He first thought of the Sky Palace.

There were countless books in the Sky Palace. There must be some secret manuals that would be useful to him.

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Inside the Sky Palace, Gu Chen fell into deep thought as he looked at the dazzling array of secret manuals.

The collection of secret manuals here was too comprehensive. There were cultivation methods, martial techniques, spells, and even some secret techniques.

Even the weakest of them was a low-grade Profound Level, and there were many Earth Level Cultivation Techniques.

The only regret was that Gu Chen did not have the authority to browse the Heaven Level cultivation methods. It was said that only Titled Gods of Slaughter or Daoists had the right to access them.

Even so, the vast number of books was enough for Gu Chen to pick out a few practical ones.

"Forget about cultivation methods. Even if it's a Heaven Level cultivation method, how can it compare to the Heavenly Phenomenon Art? As for ordinary offensive spells, there's no need. Thirty-three secret techniques are enough for me to study for the rest of my life. "

Gu Chen quickly vetoed those cultivation methods and secret magic books that seemed very attractive. He decided to choose based on practicality instead of the level.

"When I reach the Nine Prefectures, I need a spell that can perfectly disguise myself and even hide my cultivation. Previously, I learned the Celestial Court's Essence Locking Technique and the Infernal God Palace's Breath Restraining Technique, but it seems like their levels are still too low. "

He scanned through the bookshelves one by one, looking for secret manuals that met his requirements, focusing on the Earth Level Unique Arts.

After an hour, he'd chosen a spell — Three Transformations Phaseless Technique.

This was a spell used to change one's appearance. The biggest difference between it and other spells of the same type was that not only could it change one's appearance, it could even imitate one's own origin energy into another person's appearance after going through the third revolution technique.

To give an example, when one executed the Three Transformation Phaseless Art to transform into a demon beast, not only would one be able to imitate its form, one would also be able to imitate its demonic energy.

This kind of transformation, from the outside to the inside, could almost be passed off as genuine. Fire elemental energy could even imitate water elemental energy, making it very difficult to detect.

Because of this powerful ability, it was classified as a low-grade Earth Level.

After all, this was only a spell that could change one's appearance. It was already extremely difficult for it to reach this level.

Its only weakness was that it was very difficult to cultivate. In order to imitate another person's Origin Energy, one would have to fight with that person first.

Compared to its strengths, its weaknesses were not worth mentioning. When Gu Chen saw this spell, he'd decided to get it.

After getting this spell, Gu Chen started to think about other secret manuals that he needed.

He decided to get another secret technique that could increase his battle power in a short period of time.

The White Jade Saint's Poisonhand, which could instantly increase one's brute force by more than ten times, had provided him with a lot of help. During critical moments, it could be the key to victory.

Unfortunately, he'd experienced many breakdowns and rebirths in the world of nine suns and nine moons. His body had been reborn, and the Five Poison Spirit Fluid that he'd refined on his left hand had disappeared completely. The White Jade Saint's Poisonhand could be considered useless now.

Moreover, this martial technique was only a black-grade Earth Level martial technique. After his physique had improved by leaps and bounds, even if he were to refine it again, the effects would be greatly reduced.

Unless he could find a poison that was more powerful than the Five Poison Spirit Fluid, he would be able to increase the grade of the White Jade Saint's Poisonhand.

As his gaze swept across the various secret techniques that could increase his combat strength in a short period of time, Gu Chen frowned.

There were quite a few of these secret techniques, but the side effects of each one of them were quite frightening.

It was extremely difficult to surpass the increase in one's cultivation, and one had to pay a considerable price.

Some of these prices were blood essence, some were lifespan, and some were cultivation. They were all different.

Gu Chen saw a few secret techniques, but each of them had their own drawbacks, so he couldn't decide for a moment.

The first was the [Blood God Cover]. This was a secret technique that could increase one's strength in a short period of time by burning one's own blood essence. It was similar to the Blood Refinement Sect's Burning Blood Technique, but of a higher level.

The second was the [Demon Subduing Art]. This secret technique could summon powerful demons from the void by offering their souls. The advantage was that the demons summoned were extremely powerful, and their battle prowess increased far more than the [Blood God Cover]. The disadvantage was that they would be entangled by the demons, and the consequences would be extremely serious.

As for the third type, it was called [Spirit Decryption]. It was rather special. It did not increase one's actual combat strength, but one's mental power.

Using this technique could increase one's mental power by three to five times in a short period of time. The disadvantage was that when the secret technique ended, the user would fall into a state of mental weakness for at least three days.

Gu Chen considered it for a while, and finally chose [Spirit Decryption].

The [Blood God Cover] consumed blood essence, which conflicted with his divine ability, the Seven Absolute Tyrant Blade. If he really faced a life and death crisis, using the Seven Absolute Tyrant Blade was obviously better than using the [Blood God Cover].

And the [Demon Subduing Art] was too evil, and the price to pay was too great. Even if it provided the greatest increase in combat strength, Gu Chen did not want it.

This [Spirit Decryption] was very normal, especially since his mental power had reached the late stage of Nirvana Realm, which was much stronger than his elemental energy cultivation.

If he were to use this [Spirit Decryption], it might be of great help at a critical moment.

As for the few days of mental weakness, compared to the consequences of being haunted by evil spirits, it was too insignificant.

Gu Chen chose the [Three Revolving Formless Technique] and [Spirit Decryption]. After obtaining the rubbing version of the jade slip from the deacon, he left in satisfaction.

With these two secret techniques, he was a little more confident in his trip to the Nine Prefectures.

Next, he went to the Merit Market. He had to admit that the Merit Market of the Heavenly Palace was much better than the branch's. The missions there were all high-quality ones.

Gu Chen exchanged all the cultivation resources that he did not have with him for merit points in the Merit Market. He exchanged them for some useful items, and he prepared to use the rest as rewards.

He issued a few missions in the Merit Market, then bid farewell to the Green Qilin Killing God and Xu Huahua and left the Heavenly Palace.

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