I was escorted by 2 guards to the family library. I estimate them to be gold rank, due to the fact the aura they are giving out is only a little higher than my older brother Chen Linjian.

    They made me sit on the table and they ask the servant to get the books only with ancient languages. I guess they really don''t trust me.

    A little while later, 3 books was brought to me. "This is it? Just 3 books?" i asked. They just nodded.

    "You guys don''t talk much do you." i waited for a response while i look at them. "hm, Tough crowd." then I turn my sights on the books.

    Since i don''t have all day. I started scanning through the pages for important words. The first book is mostly about history. The second book is a cookbook of ancient food recipes.

    At this moment, started to think this is a waste of time. Then I saw the title of the 3rd book. My eyes almost gone out their sockets. Non-attribute Cultivation Techniques. This is the treasure i was looking for.

    I tried to control my excitement, because the 2 guards are looking at every move i make. I know the city lord ask them to spy on me if i can read the scriptures. I tried to act dumb by randomely making mistakes. Going up and down the pages, then flipping backwards while reading each page catefully.

    Then, I found it.

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     The Heavenly God Tactics

    - Slow/hard cultivation

    - Able to absorb up to 7 demon spirits.

    - Able to absorb 100% cultivation pills.

    - Train soul force/ physical body at same time

    - Able to use all attributes

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    I hit the jackpot! This is the same as Nie Lie''s cultivation. Now, i can finally start cultivating. I read the mantra.

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    The heavenly Doa shines.

    Heaven shrouds but cannot contain.

    The great Doa envelopes but cannot

    dispute, know all, perhaps, perhaps not

    The body of the formless comes from

    formless.

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    After memorizing the technique. I closed the book and told the guards I''m done.

    The guards escorted me back to the gathering where i rejoined my family.

    I have to keep a low profile. I can''t get help from Nie Li in the future because i don''t exist in his past. He will surely not trust me. I''m on my own.

    Awhile later, we said our goodbyes and return home. I asked my dad for a soul crystal some straightening pills before returning to my room.

    in my room, I inject my soul force to the crystal.

    Yellow sea soul, and a soul force of 52. Not bad. I have fire and lightning attributes.

    I took a strengthening pill and started to to meditate the heavenly god tactics. It was slow but building the foundation takes time.

    Time to do what i hate most, ...exercise.

    I have the servants make a makeshift basket backpack and fill it with rocks.

    They just look at me funny, but they still did it anyways.

    I ran like there''s no tomorrow every morning. Every other day i added more rocks to keep my body improving. In the afternoon, I train with my dad and older brother in sword techniques. And at night, i bath in the. purple haze grass solution.

    After a month, all impurities gushed out while i was in the bath of purple haze. It stinks alot so i took another bath and made sure all impurities are washed away.

    This signals that my body is in bronze rank. I then again meditated the heavenly god tactics. I didn''t stop til i breakthrough.

    WHOOOOOOSHHHH!

    I brokethrough. I checked the soul crystal and reaffirm that i have broken to the 1-star bronze rank.

    I inspected my body, and notice my muscle are more define and my skin lighter but extra tough. I think I''m gonna start being a narcissist if i keep staring at the mirror.

    I got faster and stronger. My dad and brother started to notice while sparing with me. But i keep controlling my strength. They test the soul crystal, but nothing changed. I keep it below the bronze rank.

    I almost finished my translation of the books my father gave me, and notice some books is about alchemy.

    I found the pill recipe that i''m looking for. The soul ?ssembling pill and the spiritual enhancing pill. I immidiately asked the servants to get me an alchemy cauldron and paid them to keep it a secret.

    Once i got the cauldron, i hid it in my personal interspacial ring. I need a place to practice alchemy. And i was thinking the best place might be at the hunting grounds where Nie Li hunted the horned sheep. They should be bronze rank. I can also hunt them for training. It''s like killing both with one stone.

    Oh! And also to obtain materials for alchemy leaving little paper trail.

    I am so glad that i''m not a successor. I feel sorry for my older brother for being constantly watched by the clan. There''s no freedom at all.