125: Target financial freedom_1 125: Target financial freedom_1 Outside the Divine Skills Secret Manual Pavilion, Little Beiyan initially stood outside the door.

Gradually, he had made his way under the eaves and lay down.

The sun above had moved from directly overhead to one side of the sky.

Little Beiyan stretched leisurely.

His senior brother had been in the Divine Skills Secret Manual Pavilion for over two hours now.

He’d grown so tired of waiting that Xiang Ziyu hadn’t even come out.

He wondered, picking out a Divine Skills secret manual shouldn’t be this troublesome, should it?

Finally, just as he was about to leave on his own, Xiang Ziyu came out holding two tattered books.

One of the books was clearly burnt, charred black all over, and the other had obviously been soaked in water for a long time, with the entire book so wrinkly it barely resembled a book.

“Two books?” Pavilion Master Lin furrowed his brows, flashed in front of Xiang Ziyu, and said sternly, “The rules of the Divine Skills Secret Manual Pavilion stipulate that you can only take one Divine Skill secret manual at a time.”

“That’s correct, I did take only one Divine Skill secret manual,” Xiang Ziyu earnestly took out the book that had been water-damaged and pointed to the text, “Pavilion Master, look, this is undoubtedly a ‘Divine’ character, right?”

Pavilion Master Lin nodded, “Though the character is incomplete, it’s certainly a ‘Divine’ character.”

Xiang Ziyu continued to point and ask, “Pavilion Master, take a look at this.

Doesn’t this resemble a ‘Heaven’ character?”

Pavilion Master Lin continued to nod.

Xiang Ziyu quickly took out the other book that had been burned and said, “Pavilion Master, look at this book.

Below this ‘Demon’ character, is there not a ‘Below’ character?”

While speaking, he brought the two books together and said, “Pavilion Master, look again.

The positions of the ‘Divine’ and ‘Demon’ characters, don’t they align perfectly when put together?

And isn’t the writing style and font of these two characters exactly the same?

So, although these are two books, they are actually the upper and lower volumes of one Divine Skill.

This Divine Skill should be called ‘Scroll of Deities and Demons’ or something similar…”

“Let me see…” Pavilion Master Lin quickly took the two books together to compare.

The more he compared, the more convinced he became, realizing that, following Xiang Ziyu’s reasoning, these two really seemed to be the upper and lower volumes of one Divine Skill.

He had never considered this perspective before!

If these two could be upper and lower volumes, then perhaps among the secret manuals in the lower levels, there might be other sets of such paired volumes?

With this thought, he was somewhat impatient.

Looking at Xiang Ziyu, he nodded and said, “Since they are upper and lower volumes, you may take both.

When you have cultivated the Divine Skill, you can bring the manuals back to exchange for a different Divine Skill.”

After speaking, he quickly took out a piece of paper, wrote down Xiang Ziyu’s name, and noted the ‘Record of Deities and Demons’ upper and lower volumes.

Then he swiftly entered the Divine Skills Secret Manual Pavilion.

Little Beiyan curiously looked at the upper volume of the secret manual that Xiang Ziyu had taken and couldn’t help asking, “Senior brother, have you really discovered the upper and lower volumes of a Divine Skill?”

Hearing the question, Xiang Ziyu raised his head proudly and said, “Naturally, Little Beiyan, rest assured, your senior brother is not the type to hog such a find.

Once I have studied and completed the Scroll of Deities and Demons, I will teach it to you.

A Divine Skill named with the words ‘Divine’ and ‘Demon’ must surely be a top-tier, best quality Divine Skill!”

Upon hearing this, Bei Yan quickly stepped aside, surprised, and asked, “Senior brother, are you planning to cultivate the Divine Skill right now?”

No matter if these two books really were the two volumes of a Divine Skill, judging by the ruined condition of the books, probably not a single page was complete.

How could one cultivate?

Would one have to cultivate based on guessing?

Senior brother’s intelligence wasn’t great to begin with.

If he cultivated haphazardly, even if he were truly taken to see a doctor, it’s feared he might not be cured.

If these two books were not one Divine Skill but two, and if senior brother stubbornly cultivated them as one, wouldn’t he actually become a fool?

The thought alone was frightening to Little Beiyan.

“Now?

I’m not planning to cultivate now.

I can cultivate the Divine Skill anywhere else, but cultivating now would be wasteful.

I’ve read the introduction, and there’s a free Lock Immortal Formation here.

Of course, I’ll go cultivate, starting with ten times the effect.”

Bei Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as senior brother didn’t recklessly cultivate that Divine Skill, everything would be fine.

He didn’t know when their master would return, so he had to hurry and inform their master of this matter, hoping senior brother wouldn’t end up a fool.

Cao Zhen was currently very busy.

He had planned to let Yi Sheng negotiate with the various peaks and Taoist Institutions about talisman making.

However, after returning, he discovered that he had nothing to do himself.

Still, there was the problem of lack of funds.

The Five-Element Pill Ground at Hidden Dragon Observatory wasn’t open, and without a place to take advantage, there was no way to practice alchemy.

Without pills, how could he improve his strength?

There was no choice.

He decided on the spot that Yi Sheng and he would split up, each going to different Taoist Institutions to negotiate business.

As for Ling Xi, it was better for her to stay behind and watch the house.

With her intelligence, if she were the one to negotiate, she might actually agree to an even split.

Heart-Asking Taoist Academy.

An average institution among the many of the Hundred Peaks Sect.

Even Liu Yubei, the head of Heart-Asking Taoist Academy, believed there was nothing special about his institution.

The disciples of his institution weren’t exceptionally good or bad, and none of their alumni were genius disciples known throughout the sect.

He didn’t know why this disciple from Hundred Peaks Sect had come to find him for cooperation.

But ultimately, it was a good thing.

The only problem was that their cut was too small.