Jun Changxiao spent 10 Contribution Points to refresh the Beginner Shop once, and indeed found a treasure, because the Divine-grade Muscle-Tendon Transformation Classic could be cultivated by any Meridian Opening stage martial artist!
Even better, the Muscle-Tendon Transformation Classic’s function wasn’t just providing a 50% meridian breakthrough success rate.
It could also strengthen tendons and bones, clear meridians, temper will, and refine the physical body—clearly a body-tempering cultivation method.
Jun Changxiao thought darkly, “The description says this is one of two scriptures left behind by Patriarch Bodhidharma while meditating facing the wall. Could there also be a Marrow Cleansing Classic?”
“Swish!”
He continued scrolling down, reaching the end without seeing any words for “Marrow Cleansing Classic.”
Jun Changxiao shook his head. “Refreshing one Divine-grade cultivation method is already incredibly lucky. How could I possibly refresh another scripture at the same time?”
“Ding!”
“Host has exchanged for a cultivation method and meets the conditions—automatically activating Sect Cultivation Method function!”
The System’s voice sounded in his ears. Jun Changxiao froze, then hastily opened the Strongest Sect System’s attribute panel—
Sect Name: Ironbone Clang Sect.
Sect Leader: Jun Changxiao.
Sect Rank: Ninth-rate.
Sect Construction: Level 1.
Sect Cultivation Method: Muscle-Tendon Transformation Classic [Divine-grade Beginner-tier].
Sect Members: 99/100.
Sect Contribution Points: 30/100.
Sect Achievement Points: 0/100.
Sect Missions: None available.
Sect Main Mission: Within 100 years… content omitted here.
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“Sect Cultivation Method?”
“Cultivation methods the Host possesses through System exchange will automatically match to become the sect’s cultivation method.”
“What’s the effect?”
“With a Sect Cultivation Method, anyone including the Sect Leader can practice it.”
“Without matching a Sect Cultivation Method, it can’t be practiced?”
“Correct.”
The System supplemented, “Sect Cultivation Methods are limited to the sect leader and disciples for cultivation—outsiders cannot practice or steal them. If disciples are expelled, betray the sect, or discard, inform, or reveal it to others, the cultivation method’s memory will be forcibly erased.”
“I see.”
Jun Changxiao had just been considering whether to give the Divine-grade Muscle-Tendon Transformation Classic to his disciples to practice, but thinking the grade was too high, if others found out it would definitely bring huge trouble, so he’d dismissed the thought.
An innocent man is guilty of possessing a jade ring—he still understood this principle.
Now that the System explained outsiders couldn’t practice or steal it, and disciples couldn’t inform or reveal it to others, he immediately had no more worries.
“Sect Leader, Sect Leader, are you alright?”
A voice sounded in his ears as Li Qingyang waved one hand back and forth before Jun Changxiao’s eyes.
Perfectly fine one moment, the Sect Leader had been conflicted, then slapped his own face, then jumped up giggling like an idiot—of course he was worried.
“Uh…”
Jun Changxiao got down from the chair, very seriously saying, “Nothing wrong, nothing wrong.”
“Well…” After brief consideration, he said, “Have the disciples continue practicing basics for now. As for the sect’s cultivation method, this seat needs to think it over carefully.”
“Yes.”
Li Qingyang withdrew.
Jun Changxiao thought silently for a moment, then decided, “Let’s just use the Muscle-Tendon Transformation Classic as the sect’s exclusive cultivation method.”
The System said, “The Host can click on Sect Cultivation Method and select the method to copy and distribute to disciples for cultivation.”
“Copy?”
Jun Changxiao clicked on Sect Cultivation Method, and an independent data panel immediately appeared. The first slot read Muscle-Tendon Transformation Classic [Divine-grade Beginner-tier], with a copy button below.
Clicking on the button, a small box popped out with the content—Please fill in the number of copies for the selected manual.
“Including myself, the sect only has 99 people. Let’s copy 99 books for now.” With a thought, Jun Changxiao filled in the number 99 above, then confirmed and submitted.
“Ding!”
“Host consumed 10 Contribution Points, copied Muscle-Tendon Transformation Classic manual x99, already transferred to spatial ring.”
“Ding!”
“Sect Contribution Points: 20/100.”
Jun Changxiao froze, then roared, “Copying manuals still costs damned Contribution Points!”
The System said, “What did you expect?”
Jun Changxiao continued roaring, “If I’d known it cost Contribution Points, I, Jun Changxiao, would rather hand-copy them one by one, die outside, jump off the mountain, than exchange for them!”
The System said, “Cultivation methods purchased from the shop cannot be transcribed by anyone, including the Host himself.”
“I see.”
Jun Changxiao sat down, took a sip of tea, and said leisurely, “Actually, this is great.”
…
Having spent 30 of his 50 Contribution Points to obtain one Divine-grade Muscle-Tendon Transformation Classic and 99 copies, overall it was still quite profitable.
“Next step.”
Jun Changxiao murmured, “Give everyone a copy and have the disciples comprehend the Muscle-Tendon Transformation Classic as soon as possible to open more meridians.”
A Divine-grade cultivation method with one copy per person in a ninth-rate sect—if martial artists from other sects found out, they’d definitely die of envy.
The next day, Jun Changxiao gathered the disciples at the martial arts training ground again and announced, “After painstaking research, this seat has finally created an exclusive cultivation method suitable for our Ironbone Clang Sect’s cultivation.”
Huh.
The disciples were dumbfounded.
The Sect Leader created a cultivation method?
“Spouting nonsense again.”
Lu Qianqian said quietly.
Martial techniques and cultivation methods on Xingyun Continent were created by people—that much was true.
But who created them? Every single one was a martial path grandmaster! With his cultivation level, creating even a third-rate fist technique would be difficult—creating a cultivation method was absolutely impossible in this lifetime.
The other disciples didn’t think so. They’d seen the Sect Leader give guidance to martial artists from various sects and still greatly recognized his martial experience!
“Come, come.”
Jun Changxiao waved his hand, placing 99 copies of the Muscle-Tendon Transformation Classic on the table before him. “One per person. Take them and cultivate.”
“Yes!”
The disciples came forward in an orderly manner, took their copies, returned to their original positions, and couldn’t wait to start reading.
Li Qingyang also opened his.
But after briefly studying the incantation written above, his expression immediately changed drastically, and the hands holding the manual began to tremble!
The incantation seemed profound and mysterious, yet comprehending it was extraordinarily simple and easy to understand.
Combining “mystery” and “simplicity” so perfectly—this Muscle-Tendon Transformation Classic cultivation method was absolutely incomparable to the Mid-grade cultivation method his father had spent a fortune to buy him!
“Could it be…”
Li Qingyang held his breath, trying to keep his hands from shaking, thinking in shock, “Could this be a High-grade cultivation method?”
The other disciples, lacking his High-grade Spiritual Root aptitude, found it difficult to perceive the profundity of the Muscle-Tendon Transformation Classic, but they were convinced that anything created by the Sect Leader must be good, so everyone treasured it.
Lu Qianqian was the last to come forward.
She held the manual in her hands, saying coolly, “Sect Leader, if the cultivation method you created isn’t as good as the one this disciple practices, can I choose not to learn it?”
Jun Changxiao lowered his head and leaned close to her ear. “If the cultivation method you practice reaches Divine-grade, you may choose not to learn it.”
This guy leaned in very close, his nose almost touching her earlobe, her subtle fragrance wafting over and stirring his heart.
Lu Qianqian’s starry eyes flashed with a trace of bashful panic, and she hurriedly walked away.
Though the beauty had left, her fragrance still remained.
Watching the woman flee in panic, Jun Changxiao touched his nose and shook his head. “Was she shy? Seems her coldness isn’t thorough enough.”
Lu Qianqian returned to her original position. Though her face remained expressionless, there was a faint burning sensation on her cheeks.
“Hah!”
She took a deep breath, calmed her state of mind, looked at the cultivation method manual, and thought darkly, “What the Sect Leader said just now—could this ‘Muscle-Tendon Transformation Classic’ really be a Divine-grade cultivation method?”
“More nonsense.”
Lu Qianqian murmured, idly opening the manual, then… couldn’t stop reading, her facial expression changing unpredictably just like Li Qingyang’s.
After a long while, she looked at Jun Changxiao, questioning, “This cultivation method—was it really created by the Sect Leader?”
“Do you think this seat has any need to lie?”
Having exchanged the cultivation method from the System Shop, Jun Changxiao could stand before his disciples with a straight face and shamelessly say he created it himself—truly shameless!
Lu Qianqian said nothing, her heart churning with tremendous waves. “A Meridian Opening martial artist created a Divine-grade cultivation method?”