Chapter 68 Tier Five Cultivation Methods (Part One)


    Once past the hall for tier two cultivation methods, Zen looked around. Only four other people had


    apanied him. One of them was the towering strongman who always held a great sword.


    Zen knew that this strongman was physically powerful and had boundless energy. He had not expected


    this strongman to also have a mighty soul. As Zen suspected, Cloud Sect had many outstanding


    disciples.


    As Zen walked ahead, the hall that housed tier three refinement methods came into his sight.


    An eerie purple light radiated from this hall.


    Five people entered this hall. Except for Zen, all other people looked unwell.


    One of them had turned ghastly pale as soon as he had stepped into the hall. From his attire, Zen


    guessed this was a disciple from a noble n. Judging from his pallid face, it was evident that he was


    finding it difficult to resist the intent of the Vengeful Beast. This disciple reached into his pocket and


    pulled out a dark grey pill. Then, he closed his eyes and swallowed the pill. When he opened his eyes


    again, gold rays of light radiated from his eyes. At this sight, Zen realized that the pill invigorated the


    soul and helped the disciple withstand the intent of the Vengeful Beast.


    "Disciples from noble ns are so fortunate!" Zen murmured and shook his head. Then he thought,


    ''How can disciples from ordinary ns acquire such pills?''


    The five disciples surveyed the hall. Since they had entered the hall, tier 3 cultivation methods were


    essible to them.


    In the Eastern Region, cultivation methods were ssified into four tiers.


    Of these four tiers, tier 1 cultivation methods were the mostmon. Since there were innumerable


    tier 1 cultivation methods, they were the cheapest and could be acquired at martial arts clubs.


    However, tier 2 cultivation methods were limited inparison to tier 1. In general, these were


    inherited by small ns. For instance, the Purple Light Fist that Zen practiced was just one of many tier


    2 cultivation methods. The Luo n was neither rich nor big. For such a n, a book on Purple Light


    Fist was fairly precious. Hence, they generally didn''t share their knowledge of cultivation methods like


    Purple Light Fist with others. The Purple Light Fist was so rare that even coteral branches of the Luo


    n were not allowed to practice this cultivation method.


    Compared to the first two tiers, tier 3 cultivation methods were even more precious.


    This kind of knowledge was usually given to coteral branches of noble ns.


    In the hall for tier 3 cultivation methods, there was only a singleyer bookcase. Since the bookcase


    held hundreds of books for tier 3 cultivation methods, the powerful influence and reach of Cloud Sect


    were obvious. Zen was certain that it wouldn''t be hard for him to find a cultivation method suitable for


    him.


    He sifted through the bookcase while thinking about which cultivation method he should pick.


    Surely, Purple Light Fist was a good choice for Zen. But it would be not enough now that he had joined


    Cloud Sect, as he couldn''t harness his power to the greatest extent by practicing Purple Light Fist


    exclusively. As a consequence, he would be in an extremely unfavorable situation when he fought with


    people who practiced high-tier cultivation methods.


    After thinking for a long while, Zen decided to continue walking toward the next hall.


    The purple light pouring out of this hall was extremely bright, but it was less overwhelming than the


    intent of the cyan dragon.


    Moreover, Zen''s soul had been calcined by the ck me inside his body. His soul was far stronger


    than an ordinary person''s. Thinking of this, Zen decided to choose a more powerful cultivation method


    for himself.


    The other four men stared at him in shock when Zen started to march ahead.


    "Do you want to die? The intent of the Vengeful Beast appears to be rather predominant in the hall for


    the tier 4 cultivation methods. You won''t be able to withstand it," the towering strongman gently


    reminded Zen.


    Zen smiled in acknowledgment at the strongman before replying, "I know that, but I want to try."


    "Hehe. Don''t stop him if he wants to die. I have seen many guys like him who overestimate their


    abilities. It is said that the intent of the Vengeful Beast is substantial inside the hall for tier 4 cultivation


    methods. In fact, it is so strong that it can kill people intangibly. Anyone who enters that hall before


    cultivating his or her state of mind will not gain anything except death," the disciple from the noble n


    said haughtily.


    Zenughed tly as soon as he heard that disciple. Instead of refuting, Zen stepped into the next hall.


    Finally, Zen had reached the hall with the rarest cultivation methods.


    The hall for tier 4 cultivation methods was much smaller than the former ones.


    Every book on these cultivation methods was quite rare. These books even contained hidden secrets,


    which were almost impossible to inherit by even core members ofrge noble ns.


    There was only one bookcase inside this hall too. Compared with other tall and luxurious bookcases


    that Zen had seen in the former halls, this one appeared to be very short, shabby, and old. The wood


    had decayed over the centuries.


    Zen felt as though he was surrounded by apletely different intent of the Vengeful Beast when he


    stepped into this hall.


    The purple light had been reced by purple shadows, which looked like rare beasts.


    These shadows slowly floated up and down in the hall. Once Zen stepped into the hall, these shadows


    began bumping into Zen. Perhaps they could sense that a human being had entered the hall.


    Since the purple shadows were intangible, they couldn''t harm Zen''s body. However, Zen discovered


    that these shadows were attacking his soul with every blow to his body.


    Deep in his brain, Zen felt a sharp stabbing pain.


    For others, this kind of pain might be fatal. But Zen had a far stronger soul.


    In spite of this, he was in deep agony.


    Every shadow bumped into him like an awl and Zen felt a sharp stab in his head. As a result, Zen felt


    intense pain deep in his brain.


    Such pain was not physical, but spiritual. There was nowhere for Zen to hide and escape from the


    shadows. As a result, he had no choice but to endure the pain caused by the shadows.


    His soul couldn''t withstand the attacks, and it throbbed every time a shadow attacked Zen.


    He could bear the attack of one shadow. But since all the shadows were attacking Zen one after


    another, the pain was unbearable.


    Atst, Zen felt as though he would sumb to the pain of being attacked by many shadows.


    Spiritual things were rather mysterious, and he had never heard of attacks against a person''s soul.


    Naturally, Zen didn''t know how to counterattack the shadows.


    Zen gritted his teeth and closed his aching eyes. The pain was so terrible that Zen felt as though his


    eyes would pop out. At that moment, he even considered giving up.


    But after further thinking, Zen realized that he must be persistent.


    Beforeing to Cloud Sect, he had been subject to inhumane levels of mental


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