Chapter 25 The Chaos Manual


    After unanimously agreeing on the rules, the disciples headed into the Lion King Mountains one by


    one. Ricky was among them and entered the mountains secretly. After all, he was no match for Jim


    now. It would not be good were they to cross paths.


    Once under the cover of the mountain''s foothills, the disciples dispersed immediately and looked for


    their own prey. They didn''t trust each other. Moreover, this ce was dangerous. It would be better to


    hunt alone.


    The first fierce beast Ricky encountered was a lowly boa at the sixth grade of Skin Refinement.


    Ricky had made great progress in just a few days. It was now a piece of cake for him to y beasts of


    such a low grade.


    After killing the boa, which didn''t stand a chance, Ricky let its blood drip onto his ironwood, but there


    were no ck dots that appeared.


    "It seems that what Benson said is true. Only the blood of beasts of advanced stage of Skin


    Refinement can leave a mark on the ironwood," Ricky murmured to himself, somewhat disappointed.


    The ironwood was very peculiar. Its trunk was extremely hard, an imprable fortress against any


    powerful attack. Even if it was cut with a high grade tool, there would be no hint of a scratch. But the


    ironwood was especially fond of the blood of the fierce beasts.


    The ironwood of different ages could absorb the blood of beasts of different grades. ck dots would


    emerge on the bark when the blood met the trunk.


    Ricky''s particr ironwood was over a century old. It could absorb the blood of beasts at advanced


    stage of Skin Refinement.


    Therefore, it was useless for these disciples to kill the beasts at a low grade of Skin Refinement.


    Instead, they had to focus their skills on beasts at a high grade.


    "Well then, my next target should be the beasts at the seventh grade of Skin Refinement, and I need to


    practice my cultivation methods, especially the Nonuple me Strike and Nine-degree Body Refining


    Form," decided Ricky.


    He knew he had to get moving. Actions spoke louder than words. Ricky began looked for a beast at the


    seventh grade of Skin Refinement.


    Within ten days, Ricky had killed in total forty beasts at the seventh grade of Skin Refinement. He had


    also defeated some of the disciples who tried to steal his fruits. In the end, Ricky had umted


    more than seventy ck dots on the ironwood.


    However, for Ricky, the greatest achievement was that he had improved the two cultivation methods


    and reached the highest peak of the sixth grade of Skin Refinement.


    ''It appears that actualbat is the fastest and the most efficient way to improve my skills, '' Ricky


    thought, the realization dawning over him.


    Of course, the most important contributor to his progress was his powerful spiritual meridian, although


    he ignored this.


    As he had now reached the peak of the sixth grade of the Skin Refinement, he decided to break


    through the sixth grade and reach the seventh.


    If he was sessful, two problems would be solved.


    First, he could hunt more fierce beasts of the higher levels and further improve his ranking. Secondly,


    even if he met a cultivator of the ninth grade of the Skin Refinement, he stood a better chance at


    protecting himself.


    Now he needed to find out a safe ce to finish the breakthrough. He searched for two days and finally


    found a secret hideaway. It was downstream a stinking river, which was filled with the stench of


    dposing beasts'' bodies.


    Other warriors and beasts hardly ever ventured here.


    Ricky found a cave and began to cultivate in seclusion.


    This time, he prepared one hundred and twenty Body Refining Pills just in case.


    Because when he previously broke through the fifth grade and reached the sixth, he consumed


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    seventy-five Body Refining Pills—thirty pills more than the breakthrough before that, when he broke


    through the fourth grade and reached the fifth.


    Ricky then started the breakthrough, activating his spiritual meridian and swallowing the Body Refining


    Pills.


    As he had hoped, he finally sessfully broke through the sixth grade. Despite therge cost of one


    hundred and ten pills, Ricky knew it would be worthwhile if he could reach the seventh grade of Skin


    Refinement.


    However, something peculiar happened to his spiritual meridian when he broke through the sixth grade


    of Skin Refinement.


    His spiritual meridian was once like a blood-red slender serpent floating in his mind. However, the


    moment he broke through the sixth grade of Skin Refinement, his spiritual meridian wriggled. Suddenly,


    eight golden lines burst through its surface, dividing the spiritual meridian into nine parts. Now it


    seemed like a slender serpent whose body was divided into nine segments.


    Without his noticing, his mind integrated into the first segment of the spiritual meridian.


    He saw a tremendous blood-red vastness here, which was as wide as the whole world, and there were


    red mes floating in every direction he looked.


    These red mes did not seem to be attacking him, and he couldn''t even feel any heat, as if they didn''t


    exist at all.


    "What is this? Why there is a vast zone hidden here in the spiritual meridian? And what are those red


    mes?" For a moment, Ricky was perplexed, yet he remained calm. He was not terribly shocked.


    He had been greatly surprised when he regained his spiritual meridian, so now he had be


    immune to these and was not easily startled anymore.


    Soon, Ricky saw many scarlet runes floating in the vastness. They appeared one after another, like


    countless stars, beaming brightly in Ricky''s mind.


    Suddenly, something unexpected came into sight. There were three conspicuous words floating among


    the runes. It read, "The Chaos Manual".


    "The Chaos Manual? What the hell is that?" Ricky pondered, thoroughly confused.


    "Wait! The manual… I must be dreaming! Could it really be the manual?"ing upon this revtion,


    he couldn''t help but exim.


    As a cultivator, of course he knew about the manuals and their importance.


    They were important tools for the casting masters. In order to be a good warrior, one had to


    continue practicing the methods. And in order to be a good casting master, one had to hone their skills


    by practicing the manuals.


    Moreover, the warriors and the casting masters had a close rtionship. A warrior should not only be


    equipped with skills and cultivation methods, but also apatible and sharp weapon. In other words,


    a weapon was as important as a warrior''s life, and these valuable weapons were forged precisely by


    those casting masters.


    The casting masters were divided into varying levels, including the Mortal Level, the Spirit Level, and


    the Sage Level. Further, each level was ssified into inferior, intermediate and advanced stages.


    It was the dream of every warrior to be a casting master, but it was a daunting task. To be a casting


    master, they needed to have a spiritual meridian which would not only enhance their spiritual power but


    also help them practice the manuals.


    However, very few warriors existed who could possess the kind of spiritual meridian thatbined the


    two functions. They were one in a million.


    That was why very few warriors could be a casting master, but should they seed, they would


    have an extremely high status.


    Moreover, all the weapons of the warriors were forged by the casting masters, which further enhanced


    and strengthened their status.


    To these respectable casting masters, the manuals held the same value as cultivation methods did to


    the warriors.


    But the number of the manuals was far less than the cultivation methods, and even less than the


    number of the casting masters. That was why these manuals were so valuable.


    At the sight of the Chaos Manual, Ricky became thrilled, because even the manuals of the lowest ss


    were of high value, maybe tens of thousands or even a hundred thousand.


    "Well, the Chaos Manual… The name is exciting. I''m guessing it must be worth a great deal." Knowing


    that the manual was an important tool for the casting masters, Ricky immediately began to think about


    how to sell it and make a killing.


    However, he soon changed his mind. There was something he had forgotten to consider.


    "Wait, the manual is hidden in my spiritual meridian. Does that mean that my spiritual meridian could


    help practice the manuals, improve my spiritual power and even forge the weapons?


    If that''s true, could it be? Perhaps, it could mean that I am actually qualified and have the potential to


    be a casting master?


    Goodness! A casting master!? What if I actually, really seed?"


    Envisioning the future, where he would be known for his superb forging skills and became famous,


    Ricky was wholly ecstatic.