The next morning, Su Mo woke up early, washed up, and headed towards the family's library. The library was a four-story tower where the Su family stored their martial arts manuals. In the past, Su Mo could only study the most basic martial arts on the first floor of the library since he hadn't awakened his martial soul. Now that he had awakened his martial soul and entered the first level of the Qi Refining Realm, he naturally had to choose a cultivation technique and martial arts for the Qi Refining Realm.
In this world, martial arts techniques are divided into nine levels. Each level is further divided into three grades: lower-grade, middle-grade, and upper-grade. The higher the grade of the cultivation technique a warrior uses, the stronger their strength naturally is.
" Elder, I want to choose a manual from the second floor."
When he entered the library, Su Mo bowed to the elder in charge of the library and said.
" The second floor?"
The elder in charge of the library was a fat old man. Hearing Su Mo's words, he said indifferently, " Su Mo, only those with a cultivation level of the Qi Refining Realm can enter the second floor of the library, and there are no exceptions for anyone."
" I know, Elder. My cultivation has reached the first level of the Qi Refining Realm," Su Mo nodded and said.
" You've already entered the first level of the Qi Refining Realm?" The elder in charge of the library was taken aback, then his face turned cold, and he shouted, " Su Mo, you only awakened your martial soul yesterday, and it was a garbage martial soul of the first level of human rank. How could you enter the Qi Refining Realm so quickly? Even a martial soul of the third level of human rank may not be able to do so. Do you think you can deceive this elder?"
" Humph! Whether I'm deceiving you or not, you'll know at a glance!"
Su Mo's face sank, and he mobilized his cultivation, immediately releasing the aura of the first level of the Qi Refining Realm.
Then, Su Mo ignored the elder in charge of the library and turned towards the second floor of the library.
" This...really broke through!"
The elder in charge of the library was stunned, then sneered and said to himself, "Definitely the head of the family gave you some precious pills, but even if you broke through to the Qi Refining Realm with a garbage martial soul of the first level of human rank, it will be difficult for you to make any progress in the future."
Su Mo walked up to the second floor and saw rows of ancient bookshelves with Secret script placed on them.
The Su family is one of the two major families in Linyang City, and it has quite a number of cultivation techniques and martial arts. The entire second floor of the library has nearly a hundred of them.
Inside the second floor, there was also a tall young man choosing a manual.
" Su Mo!"
The young man was surprised when he saw Su Mo, and then there was disdain in his eyes.
" Su Heng!" Su Mo glanced at the other party.
Although Su Heng's martial soul was not as good as Su Yu's, it was still a fourth-level human martial soul, which was a high level.
Su Heng was able to come to the second floor. It seems that his cultivation has also broken through to the first level of the Qi Refining Realm.
" Su Mo, I didn't expect you to also advance to the first level of the Qi Refining Realm. I heard that yesterday, the head of the family bought a 'Ning Qi Pill' from the Bai Cao Pavilion. I guess it was with the help of this pill that you were able to break through your cultivation!" Su Heng looked at Su Mo and said disdainfully, "Otherwise, with your mere first-level human martial soul, even if it were a month, it would be impossible to break through your cultivation."
" How I broke through my cultivation has nothing to do with you." Su Mo said coldly, then ignored the other party and began to choose a manual.
Su Mo is quite familiar with Su Heng.
When they were in the Su family, Su Mo was known as the number one talent, and Su Heng tried to please him everywhere. Su Mo was also very kind to Su Heng, and the two had a very good relationship.
But now, Su Mo has awakened a garbage martial soul, and the other party has completely turned against him.
"Hu! Just a waste, still thinks he's a genius?" Su Heng snorted, and then continued to select the manual.
Su Mo walked to the area of the martial arts manual, picked up a book at random, and started reading.
"The Firepower Skill, a first-class intermediate-level skill. The qi trained by this skill has a strong flame power and a higher attacking power..."
After watching for a moment, Su Mo put down the "Firepower Skill" manual and continued to select.
Choosing to practice a cultivation technique naturally requires looking at more than one book and choosing the most suitable one for him.
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On the second floor of the library, all of them are first-class intermediate-level manuals, and only the third floor has first-class upper-level manuals
However, only those of the Su family with a cultivation level of the seventh level of Qi Refining can enter the third floor of the library.
"The Rock Solid Skill, a first-class intermediate-level skill. Practicing this skill will result in thicker qi, and stronger defense..."
"The Cloud Qi Skill, a first-class intermediate-level skill. The qi of this skill is more pure, with balanced offense and defense..."
After flipping through seven or eight books in a row, Su Mo finally chose "The Cloud Qi Skill".
The qi cultivated by the "Cloud Qi Skill" is very pure, and its attacking power and defensive power are both strong.
After choosing the cultivation technique, the next step is to select the martial arts skill.
"The Golden Fist, this fist technique is fierce and domineering. When practiced to the highest level, it can easily break stones and rocks..."
"The Flying Sword Technique, this sword technique is more elusive, light and beautiful..."
"The Clear Wind Palm..."
"The Infinite Dispersed Hand..."
Su Mo flipped through more than a dozen martial arts skills one after another, but was not very satisfied.
"Um? The Nine-layered Sea Wave Fist?"
Su Mo picked up another manual again, and his eyes couldn't help but light up. Just by looking at the name, he could feel that this martial arts skill was extraordinary.
Su Mo immediately became interested and opened the manual to read: "The Nine-layered Sea Wave Fist, a first-class intermediate-level martial arts skill. The body is like the sea, and the fist is like a wave. The fist strength is layered upon layers, and one layer is stronger than the other."
"Not bad, I'll choose this one!" After watching for a moment, Su Mo nodded in satisfaction.
Holding the two manuals, Su Mo turned around and was about to leave when Su Heng suddenly stopped him.
"Su Mo, put down the 'Nine-layered Sea Wave Fist' manual." Su Heng's face was full of arrogance and shouted.
Su Mo glanced at him and asked, "Su Heng, why should I put down this manual?"
"This manual, I had already taken a fancy to it before, but I hadn't made up my mind to choose it. Now, I have decided to choose this fist technique, hurry up and give it back to me!" Su Heng held his head high and commanded.
"Give it back to you? It sounds like it's yours!"
Su Mo chuckled and said, "I chose it, so it's mine, and I won't give it to you."
"Not returning it?" Su Heng's eyes turned cold and said, "Su Mo, do you know what the consequences will be if you make me angry?"
"Consequences?" Su Mo smiled slightly and said, "I really don't know what the consequences are? Why don't you tell me what the consequences are?"
"Good you, Su Mo, a waste, dare to be arrogant in front of me." Su Heng's heart was filled with anger, and he shouted, "Waste, I'll say it again, give me the manual and kneel down to apologize, or I'll break your legs."
"Kneeling down to apologize? Breaking legs?"
Su Mo's eyes flashed with a hint of cold light, and he said calmly, "I'll see how you can break my legs!"
"Looking for death!"
Su Heng shouted coldly. Before the words were finished, the breath of the first level of Qi Refining exploded frantically on his body, and the yellow light behind him flickered, urging his martial soul, and was about to make a move.
"Stop!"
Just then, the cold voice of the guarding elder suddenly came: "There is no fighting allowed in the library. Anyone who violates the regulations will be banned from entering the library for life!"
The words of the guarding elder made Su Heng's heart tremble, and his figure suddenly stopped.
" Elder, sorry, I will not violate the rules of the library." Su Heng suppressed the anger in his heart and quickly said to the elder.
Although he really wanted to teach Su Mo a lesson, he did not dare to violate the rules.
Otherwise, if he was banned from entering the library for life, the loss would be too great!
"Waste, you are lucky today. If there is a next time, I will not spare you." Su Heng turned to look at Su Mo and said maliciously.
"Idiot!" Su Mo glanced at Su Heng, too lazy to deal with him, and turned to leave.
"What did you say?"
Su Heng became angry again, staring at Su Mo's departing back, gnashing his teeth.
Thinking of himself, since he awakened his human-level fourth-rank martial soul, his status in the Su family has soared, and who doesn't treat him politely!
Today, he was provoked by a waste with a garbage martial soul, which made him feel very aggrieved.
"Waste, I will make you pay the price!"