Cultivating in Different Professions

Chapter 158: Chapter 119: Xuanhuang Exchange

Zheng Wang handed over a total of three manuals.

Su Mu flipped one open, and a look of pleasant surprise appeared on his face.

Of the three manuals, two were Sword Techniques, and one was the Blood Exchange Technique that Su Mu had been desperately searching for!

A thought flashed through Su Mu’s mind, and he immediately understood the giver’s intentions.

The saber was because his Autumn Water Saber had been destroyed.

The Sword Techniques were probably because the person had seen him use a Xunfeng Lineage Sword Technique when he killed someone.

Previously, Su Mu had only ever publicly demonstrated his cultivation of a Kan Water Lineage saber technique. But when his Autumn Water Saber was destroyed, he had no choice but to use the Ziwei Soft Sword. This revealed that he was also proficient in a Xunfeng Lineage Sword Technique.

The person must have figured he was practicing a Xunfeng Lineage Sword Technique in secret. They probably thought he lacked related skills, which is why they sent two such Sword Techniques.

As for the Blood Exchange Technique, the reason was even more obvious.

The person must have also realized that he hadn’t undergone a blood exchange and was only able to fight those in the Blood Transformation Realm by relying on the formidable physique of the Body Tempering Extreme Realm.

He had to admit, these gifts were all incredibly thoughtful.

On the surface, these were all things Su Mu desperately needed.

However, the person’s understanding of Su Mu was only superficial.

Su Mu had already mastered the Xun Wind Realm, so these basic Sword Techniques of the Xunfeng Lineage were useless to him now.

As for a saber, he now had the Thunder Shocking Saber.

Of the three gifts, only the Blood Exchange Technique was something Su Mu truly needed right now.

Still, Su Mu was quite moved that the person had gone to such lengths to figure out his needs and send such valuable gifts.

This wasn’t the time for a closer look. Su Mu tucked the Blood Exchange Technique manual into his robes, turned to Chen Song who was holding the saber, and asked, ”Can you tell the origin of this saber?”

”This is definitely a fine saber from the hands of a master, but as for which specific master, I can’t tell.”

”This subordinate just likes sabers,” Chen Song said. ”When it comes to real knowledge of weapons, you’d have to ask a Weapon Master from the Inner City Refining Bureau.”

”This chest is also a common type you can buy in any market. There’s no way to trace its origin.”

Seeing Su Mu look his way, Zheng Wang understood and said.

The person acted with extreme caution, leaving no possibility of exposing their identity.

”I understand. You’re all dismissed. Keep your mouths shut about this.”

Su Mu said with a wave of his hand.

”Yes.”

Chen Song, Zheng Wang, and the others replied in unison.

After they carried the chest out, Su Mu was left alone in the room.

Only then did Su Mu set the new saber aside, sit down at the table, and begin to seriously examine the Blood Exchange Technique manual.

Xuanhuang Blood Exchange Technique.

He opened the cover, his eyes falling upon nine large, flamboyant words:

”Dragons battle in the wilds, their blood profound and yellow.”

Su Mu read the words aloud in a low voice, feeling a vast, ancient aura wash over him.

As he continued to flip through the pages, Su Mu’s expression grew more and more solemn.

Although he had never come across a Blood Exchange Technique before, he was already certain that this Xuanhuang Blood Exchange Technique was an absolutely supreme technique, no worse than the Heavenly Dragon Eight Sounds Marrow Tempering Technique he had received before.

Blood exchange was different from body tempering. With body tempering, one could cultivate multiple techniques at once and still temper their physique to its limit.

But there was no such thing as an ”extreme realm” for blood exchange.

Even if one cultivated multiple Blood Exchange Techniques, the effects would not stack.

Therefore, the choice of which Blood Exchange Technique to cultivate was extremely important.

The more superior the Blood Exchange Technique, the higher the cultivation efficiency, and the denser the resulting qi and blood.

Qi and blood was like stamina for the Body Tempering Realm; the denser one’s qi and blood, the stronger and faster a Martial Artist would be.

A supreme Blood Exchange Technique could produce twice as much qi and blood as an ordinary technique.

According to the description in the Xuanhuang Blood Exchange Technique manual, the Profound Yellow Blood it produced was nine times heavier per drop!

”Nine times heavier” was a specialized term within Blood Exchange Techniques. It meant that after cultivating the technique, a single drop of the exchanged blood in the body would weigh nine times as much as a drop of ordinary blood from before the exchange.

As far as Su Mu knew, ordinary Blood Exchange Techniques were typically three to five times heavier.

A technique that was five to seven times heavier was already considered a very good Blood Exchange Technique.

Anything above seven times was an effect only achievable by the most supreme Blood Exchange Techniques.

For the Xuanhuang Blood Exchange Technique to actually reach nine times showed just how extraordinary it was.

’To give me such a powerful technique as the *Xuanhuang Blood Exchange Technique*... what could they possibly want from me?’

Su Mu felt a little uneasy.

When Luo Anning had given him the Heavenly Dragon Eight Sounds Marrow Tempering Technique, Su Mu hadn’t felt this way. That was a transaction between them, with no debts owed on either side.

But now, Su Mu didn’t even know who the giver was, yet they had sent him such a precious Blood Exchange Technique. This could only mean that their plans were immense.

Luo Anning had only wanted him to become an Honored Guest Elder for the Luo Family.

’So what is the price for this *Xuanhuang Blood Exchange Technique*?’

’Besides, could there be a problem with this Blood Exchange Technique itself?’

Su Mu muttered to himself.

* * *

Just as Su Mu was hesitating whether to cultivate the Xuanhuang Blood Exchange Technique...

「Inner City, inside a small building.」

Shi Ziran looked at Xiang Xiaoyuan with a pained expression, pulling a Healing Elixir from his robes as he spoke. ”How did it come to this? Miss, how could you put yourself in such danger? Even if you discovered something, you should have told me. If I had been with you, at least you wouldn’t have been injured.”

”I just thought that person looked a bit like the traitor who betrayed my parents back then, so I secretly followed them. I didn’t expect to be discovered.”

Xiang Xiaoyuan said with a guilty conscience. She was lying; she didn’t dare admit that she had gone because she was worried about Su Mu.

If she did, Uncle Shi would definitely forbid her from ever seeing Su Mu again.