Clang, clang, clang…!
Inside the training ground, the sound of metal colliding echoed continuously, and sparks flew.
The weapons used by both belonged to a relatively niche category within the Human Race—claws!
The two men's claw techniques were fierce; claw mark afterimage appeared and disappeared, and the gray figure firmly suppressed the white figure, with every Move aimed at the opponent's throat, eyes, and other vital points, forcing the opponent into a desperate defense with no chance to counterattack.
Of these two figures, one gray and one white, the white figure was the leader of the manor's guard, White-maned werewolf Mullie!
And the gray figure, without guessing, was the Marquis-level Immortal invited by Ender, Marquis Bone Forging—Bei Kuku!
"Your Highness has arrived!"
Seeing Ender's arrival, White-maned werewolf Mullie, who was at a disadvantage and could retreat at any moment, quickly sent a message to Marquis Bone Forging and simultaneously withdrew.
Boom!
Amidst the thunderous roar, Mu Li flashed to Ender's side and bowed slightly, saying, "Your Highness!"
"You brat!" The gray figure, Marquis Bone Forging, sent a message, "You run when you can't win."
Mu Li, standing beside Ender, grinned and replied, "I'm not running; Your Highness has arrived, and I need to protect Your Highness's safety."
"What danger is there in the Virtual Universe?" Marquis Bone Forging was somewhat exasperated, then he too flashed and quickly moved to the center of the training ground.
"Hmm?"
Ender observed Marquis Bone Forging; he was a gray-maned wolf-man dressed in gray battle armor, only his appearance was somewhat aged, and his mane was also a bit white, but he did not possess the decrepitude or decay associated with old age.
"Sir!" Ender bowed slightly, saying, "Thank you for accepting the invitation and for being willing to guide my Cultivation."
"Your Highness is too polite," Marquis Bone Forging said in a slightly aged voice, while thinking to himself, "This Ender Your Highness is quite polite. I wonder what his temperament is like; I hope he isn't someone with a perverse personality."
Marquis Bone Forging had some complaints about being assigned to guide Ender; if it weren't for the elders of his clan specifically naming him, he would have been too lazy to accept the invitation.
At first, he was somewhat puzzled as to why the elders would specifically name him to guide Ender, but only after arriving at the manor did he realize that Ender had already been taken as a Disciple by a Universe Venerable of the same rank as the elders.
Ender respectfully asked, "Sir, do you have any suggestions for my Cultivation?"
"Suggestions…" Marquis Bone Forging pondered for a moment, then asked, "Your Highness should still be in Primal Chaos City, correct?"
"Yes," Ender nodded.
"Primal Chaos City is the Holy Land for our Human Race's Cultivation, an excellent place to comprehend Laws," Marquis Bone Forging replied. "I suggest Your Highness focuses on comprehending Laws while in Primal Chaos City. Claw techniques and amplitude can be Cultivated after leaving Primal Chaos City."
He spoke rather tactfully, "I have seen the footage of Your Highness crossing the Tongtian Bridge. Your Highness's movement technique is still somewhat lacking, and you should deepen your comprehension of Space Law. At the same time, you can also Cultivate movement technique secret arts that assist in comprehending Space Law."
Ender first thanked him, then asked, "Sir, can you recommend a movement technique suitable for me?"
"Hmm…" Marquis Bone Forging hummed softly, then replied, "Among Space movement techniques, the more common ones that are also suitable for Spiritual Masters, based on Space Law, would be Myriad Thread Flow."
"If Your Highness is considering complementing close-quarters maneuvering, then Instant Shadow Illusion Body is a good choice, and it can also be coordinated with the claw techniques you will Cultivate in the future."
Upon hearing this, Ender began to ponder, "Listening to Marquis Bone Forging, Instant Shadow Illusion Body is a movement technique focused on close-quarters combat, which somewhat aligns with my future Cultivation path."
The reason he believed that Instant Shadow Illusion Body was only 'somewhat' aligned was because he couldn't guarantee that he would be able to nurture a Gu Yu Ancient Tree Clone.
If he were to nurture a Gu Yu Ancient Tree Clone, he would definitely switch to Cultivating as a Warrior in the future, as the Beast God Path is ultimately most compatible with Warriors.
Don't be fooled by Luo Feng in the original work, who always claimed to Cultivate as both a Spiritual Master and a Warrior; in reality, in the Late Stage, his body honestly switched to Cultivating as a Warrior, wielding a blade to hack at monsters!
Ender nodded in thanks, "Thank you for your guidance, Sir."
"Your Highness is too polite."
"Sir and Mr. Mullie know each other?" Ender asked.
"Yes," Marquis Bone Forging smiled, turning to Mullie and saying, "This kid studied claw techniques with me for a few days before."
Upon hearing this, Ender looked at White-maned werewolf Mullie beside him, who grinned and nodded.
Seeing this, the doubt in his heart was resolved. He had previously seen the two sparring in the training ground and felt that their claw techniques were somewhat similar; he didn't expect them to truly be from the same school.
"My main purpose in coming to the Virtual Universe this time was to meet you, Sir," Ender said with a smile. "Since Sir has the familiar Mr. Mullie accompanying him, I can rest assured and return to Primal Chaos City to Cultivate."
After speaking, he turned and took two steps, transforming into a white light and disappearing.
...
Primal Chaos City Residence.
After returning to reality, Ender pondered, "Now it's time to exchange for secret arts. I already have the Myriad Thread Flow secret art, so I don't need to exchange for it for now."
"The first volume of Time Space Scribbles and the first two volumes of Divine Tree True Solution, recommended by Seventh Senior Brother, need to be exchanged. Additionally, I need to exchange for Instant Shadow Illusion Body, recommended by Marquis Bone Forging."
Ender opened the exchange interface, and a light screen appeared.
He issued a command in his mind, "Search for Time Space Scribbles."
"Okay, Master!" Little Dawn's sweet voice rang in his mind, and the light screen simultaneously jumped to the introduction page of the Time Space Scribbles secret art.
Time Space Scribbles First Volume: 1,000 points
Time Space Scribbles First Two Volumes: 10,000 points
Time Space Scribbles First Three Volumes: 100,000 points
...
Time Space Scribbles First Seven Volumes: 1 billion points
Time Space Scribbles First Eight Volumes: 10 billion points
Time Space Scribbles Full Set: 100 billion points
And this Time Space Scribbles doesn't even come with a discount!
"The exchange price for Time Space Scribbles is truly expensive," Ender thought to himself. "However, this Time Space Scribbles is a secret art created by the founder of the Nine Universe Primal Chaos Tablet, it is the most compatible secret art with the Nine Universe Primal Chaos Tablet, and it was also the main secret art Luo Feng cultivated in the early stages of the original work."
"Since Seventh Senior Brother recommended this secret art to me, then it must have its merits."
Thinking this, he exchanged for the first volume of Time Space Scribbles.
Next, he searched for Divine Tree True Solution.
The complete set of Divine Tree True Solution is worth 30 million points, a secret art created by Divine Tree Venerable, totaling eight volumes.
Among them, the first volume explains the Wood Origin Law corresponding to diagrams 1-2, the second, third, fourth, and fifth volumes explain the Space Origin Law corresponding to diagrams 3-6, and the last three volumes explain the Wood-Space Fusion Laws corresponding to diagrams 7-9.
Divine Tree True Solution can also be exchanged separately: the first volume is 3,000 points, the second volume is 30,000 points, the third volume is 100,000 points, the fourth volume is 300,000 points, the fifth volume is 1 million points, the sixth volume is 3 million, the seventh volume is 10 million, and the eighth volume is 30 million.
"The total price of Divine Tree True Solution is 30 million points; this price is not low, and just like Time Space Scribbles, it cannot be discounted!"
Ender speculated in his heart, "Could it be that all secret arts created by the founders of Primal Chaos Tablet, which correspond to the Primal Chaos Tablet explanations, cannot be discounted?"
"The first volume of Divine Tree True Solution alone is worth 3,000 points, which is more expensive than the secret art 'Floating Blood' that explains the first three diagrams of the Nine Universe Primal Chaos Tablet."
He then thought, "The first volume of Divine Tree True Solution explains the first two volumes of the Divine Tree Primal Chaos Tablet, one could say it thoroughly explains the Wood Origin Law, so a value of 3,000 points is not unreasonable."
After exchanging for the first and second volumes of the Divine Tree Primal Chaos Tablet, Ender's account instantly decreased by 33,000 points. If he hadn't entered the Primal Secret Realm, which provided a free gift of 100,000 points, he would probably be facing a severe point shortage now!
"Finally, only the Instant Shadow Illusion Body secret art remains," he murmured softly, while issuing a command to Little Dawn to search for this secret art.
The screen jumped, and the introduction page for Instant Shadow Illusion Body appeared on the light screen.
Instant Shadow Illusion Body: 3,500 points (70% off in Primal Secret Realm, 80% off in Absolute Beginning Secret Realm, 90% off in Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, full price in Last Phase Secret Realm)
"It's worth 3,500 points and has a discount, that's good."
Spending 2,450 points, Ender acquired the 70% discounted Instant Shadow Illusion Body. Afterwards, his consciousness entered the Virtual Universe, ready to receive the exchanged secret art books.
To prevent secret arts from leaking, most secret arts exchanged among the Human Race's five Leviathans of Humanity are only delivered to the exchanger in a Virtual Universe version, meaning that when the secret art exists as a book, it will only appear in the Virtual Universe.
...
Virtual Universe, Primal Secret Realm 115.
In the study, Ender had four metal boxes in front of him. Inside these four metal boxes were the secret arts he had exchanged for.
When he looked at the box containing the first volume of Time Space Scribbles, the simple four Universal Common Language characters on the cover seemed to encompass the entire starry Universe. In a trance, he seemed to witness scenes like stellar explosions and planetary evolution.
Instantly clear-headed, Ender exclaimed, "Time Space Scribbles is truly extraordinary!"
He opened the metal pages; this first volume was 40 centimeters thick but contained thousands of pages. Although they were metal pages, they were extremely thin and flexible.
"Time Space Scribbles has a total of nine volumes, written casually, and contains a total of 10,829 secret arts. If you can find all 10,829 secret arts from these nine volumes, at the very least, you will definitely become a Universe Venerable, haha…"
The first page contained simple text, but strangely, Ender seemed to hear a flamboyant, unrestrained voice in his ear.
He somewhat doubtfully asked, "Is this the Artistic Conception within the secret art?"
With a skeptical mindset, he turned to the second page.
On the second metal page, there were some simple strokes, but to him, these strokes seemed like a set of fierce sword techniques.
This was the first impression, but when he looked again, the feeling of it being a sword technique disappeared, leaving only the simple strokes on the second page.
"That initial feeling is gone," Ender murmured to himself. "Could it be that my comprehension of Space Law is too weak?"
He then turned to the third page. This page only depicted a single fallen leaf, with a few sparse lines of veins on it, resembling a set of Spirit Weapon attack secret arts.
"Still no good…"
On this page, Ender saw a glimmer of understanding, but it was still not enough for him to comprehend the secret art on this page.
Clap!
The metal book of Time Space Scribbles closed. Ender sighed softly, "My comprehension of Space Law is too weak, and furthermore, I am not studying the Nine Universe Primal Chaos Tablet. Otherwise, I should have been able to comprehend the secret art on the third page."
"Two minutes ago?"
Ender let out a soft exclamation, and a light screen appeared before him, displaying an email from the Virtual Universe Company.
"So, I only looked at three pages of Time Space Scribbles, and two minutes passed," he said, somewhat surprised, not having noticed how quickly time had flown.
"This email is…" He opened the email. "Dear Ender Royce, Primal Secret Realm member, the treasure you exchanged for has been delivered to your residence in Primal Chaos City."
"Treasure?" he murmured softly, then said with some joy, "Could it be that the Gu Yu Ancient Tree Clone resources have arrived?"
Swish!
A white light flashed, and Ender disappeared from the room.
...
Reality, Primal Chaos City Residence.
Ender arrived at the front door of his residence and saw a metal box placed there.
Using his Spiritual Force, he retrieved the metal box to the quiet room. Following the instructions in the email, he placed his palm on the metal box and infused a small amount of Gene Energy and Spiritual Force.
"Verification passed!"
As the voice fell, a "click" sound rang out, and the metal box opened.
First to enter his sight was a piece of Mosha Clan skin, covering an area of more than one square meter. Beneath the Mosha Clan skin was a world ring.
Excitedly, Ender took the world ring into his hand, dripped blood to acknowledge it as his own, while the Mosha Clan skin and the metal box were discarded to the side.
He poured his Spiritual Force into the world ring and found that this world ring was the smallest type, containing a world with a length, width, and height of ten thousand kilometers.
In the center of the world was a leaf, over two meters long, nearly one meter wide, and over twenty centimeters thick. This leaf was preserved by special means and still retained its vitality.
Besides that leaf, there were also some resources for plant life, such as a large pile of Lanke Fruits.
Using his Divine Thought, Ender extracted the leaf, which was over two meters long, from the world ring. He then opened his inbox, found the email sent by his teacher, Ice Summit Master, and carefully compared the leaf in the email with the leaf he had just received to confirm they were the same.
After careful comparison and confirmation, Ender gently exhaled, thinking, "I hope I can nurture a Gu Yu Ancient Tree Clone."
This Gu Yu Ancient Tree leaf came from a World Master Level Gu Yu Ancient Tree. The surface of the leaf had a tough film protecting it from damage. He tried to poke it with his hand, but he couldn't pierce the film.
"It's quite tough…"
Ender's thought moved, and the Green Vine Pillar appeared in the air. A streak of green light flew out from it, directly piercing towards that Gu Yu Ancient Tree leaf.
Puff!
A hole was pierced in the Gu Yu Ancient Tree leaf. Because of his excellent control, the Azure Wood Thorn did not pierce through the leaf.
"Next is the blood sacrifice."
Muttering to himself, a fiery red fifth-order Spirit Weapon fragment flew out, cutting Ender's left wrist, which was not covered by battle armor. Fresh blood dripped down his wrist.
Drip, drip, drip…
Drops of fresh blood fell, and under the manipulation of his Spiritual Force, they accurately dropped into the hole in the Gu Yu Ancient Tree leaf.
"Still not enough…"
Watching the flesh cut, which was almost healed, Ender once again manipulated the broken fifth-order Spirit Weapon to cut his left wrist.
Drip, drip, drip…
The sound of blood dripping rang out again, still falling onto the Gu Yu Ancient Tree leaf.
Then, he cut his wrist several more times consecutively. After the blood flowing from the wound had covered most of the leaf, he allowed the wound to heal.
After losing so much blood, his complexion was only slightly pale. For him, who was already Universe Level, a small loss of blood was nothing.
"Success or failure depends on this one attempt!" Ender took a deep breath, then performed the secret art—Clone!