Each secret technique of the Nine Words Secret represents the pinnacle in various fields. A person's combat power is reflected in aspects such as attack power, defense, recovery, and speed. The Nine Secrets enhance a person's combat power from these aspects.

Xu Que was very satisfied with what he saw, but the system shop was truly a black market, only selling incomplete scrolls, with each secret costing two hundred pretentious points.

Moreover, each purchase involves a random selection of one secret, and it's quite possible that this time you obtained the "Dou" character secret, and the next time you buy, you might draw the "Dou" character secret again.

Fortunately, this was Xu Que's first purchase, so he didn't feel any psychological pressure.

However, he valued the "Soldier" secret and the "Battle" secret highly.

Because these two secret techniques are the ultimate tools for showing off and slapping faces!

The "Soldier" secret technique can seize the right to use others' magical weapons, making those weapons turn against their owners. The "Battle" secret technique can evolve to steal and learn others' moves, even enhancing their power, much like the Murong family's "Return the favor with their own methods" in "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils"!

Using your own weapon against you, defeating you with your own moves—doesn't that sting a little?

Of course, the "Zhe" character secret and the "Qian" character secret are also good.

The "Zhe" character secret can heal injuries at any time. Although the system has an automatic repair function, its speed is really too slow, and the power of the "Zhe" character secret is obviously more terrifying. Once cultivated to its peak, even if you are shattered to pieces, as long as there is a single drop of blood left, you can be reborn.

The Qianzi Secret is primarily used for cultivating the primordial spirit and enhancing the sixth sense. In other words, it allows one to have the ability of foresight, to know things before they happen, and to predict the opponent's moves in a fight, thereby gaining an advantage. It's also a great technique for showing off.

The only things Xu Que didn't want to draw were the remaining "Group" secret, the "Travel" secret, and the "All" secret. It's not that these three secret techniques were bad, but rather that, for him at this moment, these two secret techniques were completely unnecessary.

"The secret of the 'formation' character is a wondrous technique of array patterns, which Xu Que rarely has the opportunity to use."

The "Xing" secret technique is about acceleration, and for someone with the Three Thousand Thunder Movement, it's sufficient for now. The "Jie" secret technique is the same; after acquiring the Nine Transformations of the Dragon, this secret technique is temporarily unnecessary. If he were to draw it again, it would be somewhat redundant.

"Hmm... never mind, I won't overthink it. I'll just buy this Nine-Character Secret!"

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Que finally made a decision, directly spending a large sum of money to purchase the Nine Words Secret Fragment.

"Ding, congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for successfully exchanging the incomplete scroll of the 'Nine Words Secret', obtaining the 'Bing' Word Secret. Would you like to cultivate it?"

"Yay! Beautiful!"

Hearing the system prompt, Xu Que immediately waved his arm and burst into laughter.

The secret of the soldier character, truly amazing!

Finally, my luck has turned around.

"Practice, you must practice!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for successfully cultivating the Secret of the Soldier."

Boom!

Xu Que's mind suddenly trembled, as streams of golden ancient characters surged like a river, rushing ceaselessly, ultimately transforming into a mysterious force that took root completely within him.

Xu Que's lips curled into a smile as he continued, "Exchange for another copy of 'Flame Splitting Wave Ruler' and 'Six Harmonies Wandering Ruler'."

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"Ding, exchange successful, would you like to cultivate?"

"Yes!"

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Suddenly, two surges of heat welled up within his body, coursing through the eight extraordinary meridians.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Que had mastered two more incantations.

"Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler" and "Six Harmonies Wandering Body Ruler" are both battle techniques from the world of Battle Through the Heavens, and they are the protagonist Xiao Yan's winning moves for defeating formidable enemies in the early stages.

Although the price is very cheap, totaling only twenty-five pretentious points, if you include the cost of buying the heavy ruler, the value of this set of techniques far exceeds the Dragon Soaring Nine Transformations, and is even more expensive than a low-level Heaven-tier technique.

Back when Xu Que was reading novels, he thought Xiao Yan looked incredibly dashing wielding a black heavy ruler made of mysterious iron, always the most impressive presence wherever he went. Now, having learned these two combat techniques firsthand, he couldn't wait to enter the weapon section of the mall and start selecting a heavy ruler.

In the armory, there are weapons and magical treasures of various grades, specifically divided by star levels. The higher the star level, the better the quality of the weapon.

There are not many types of heavy rulers, only a few.

The lowest level is the [One-Star Black Iron Heavy Sword].

This is the first divine sword in Jin Yong's novels, made of black iron, weighing sixty-four catties; it was wielded by the Sword Demon Dugu Qiubai, who was invincible in the world before the age of forty.

After Dugu Qiubai's death, the Heavy Black Iron Sword was passed on to Yang Guo, and later it was melted down by Huang Rong to forge the Heaven Reliant Sword and the Dragon Slaying Saber.

The heavy sword has no sharp edge, great skill appears clumsy. This heavy sword also belongs to the category of ruler-like weapons. Although it is only one-star level, its price requires fifty points of pretentiousness value, which is truly frighteningly expensive.

However, Xu Que only used two hundred and twenty-five pretentious points to buy the "Soldier" secret and two sets of Earth-level combat skills, and now he still has more than a hundred points left, which gives him the ability to purchase better weapons.

He turned his gaze towards the two-star level.

[Two-Star Mysterious Heavy Ruler]:

A weapon from the world of "Battle Through the Heavens," used by the protagonist Xiao Yan, forged from Flame Meteorite Iron. It is extremely hard, as heavy as a thousand pounds, and possesses a magical effect that suppresses enemies.

Price: One hundred pretentiousness points.

The Xuan Heavy Ruler is quite similar to the Xuan Iron Heavy Sword, but it is much larger in size. On the surface of the pitch-black giant ruler, there are somewhat blurred, strange patterns drawn. These patterns extend to the handle, almost covering every part of the ruler's body. Combined with its ancient and pitch-black color, it looks rather mysterious!

"Bought it!"

Xu Que immediately waved his hand and without hesitation bought the Xuan Heavy Ruler, which was priced comparable to a mid-level Heaven-grade technique.

After all, it's the same style as Xiao Yan's, it must be awesome!

"Ding, congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for obtaining the Xuan Heavy Ruler."

"Ding, it has been detected that the host is practicing 'Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler' and 'Six Harmonies Wandering Body Ruler', triggering a hidden reward: a black robe identical to Xiao Yan's is gifted."

Damn!

What's going on? Buying something can actually trigger a hidden reward?

But what's the deal with the Xiao Yan-style black robe?

Does that black robe have any special attributes or effects?

Xu Que looked bewildered and quickly opened the system package to check.

[Xiao Yan's Black Robe]:

Not for sale, worn by Emperor Xiao Yan in his youth, it holds extremely high value. Wearing this item can conceal one's appearance, making it undetectable below the Infant Transformation stage, and wherever one goes, it can exert a sense of pressure on enemies.

"Damn, is this what they call naturally cool?"

Xu Que was very excited about this unexpected surprise.

Concealing one's appearance is nothing significant, but possessing an attribute that can exert pressure on the enemy is not simple.

Just think about it, as long as you put it on and take a walk down the street, releasing your aura, you'll definitely become the center of attention, instantly triggering the "invisible show-off" reward.

"Hahahahaha, when someone gets lucky, nothing can stop it."

Xu Que was overjoyed. With a thought, he immediately took out the black robe and the Xuan Heavy Ruler.

As soon as the black robe was donned, the person's entire demeanor immediately changed, exuding a cold and profound aura.

Carrying the Xuan Heavy Ruler on his back, Xu Que instantly transformed into a replica of Xiao Yan.

"Well, it feels pretty good. When I have time, I'll dress like this and stroll around the entrances of those sects to earn some pretentiousness points."

Xu Que nodded with satisfaction, then retrieved the black robe and the heavy ruler back into the system package.

He definitely didn't want to return to Panshan Village dressed like this, otherwise, just the aura of intimidation that came with the black robe would probably scare the villagers into kneeling and worshiping him as a deity.

At this moment, the villagers of Panshan Village were already dumbfounded.

When Xu Que was battling with the group of cultivators on the mountain, the villagers were watching from below.

When the four mythical beasts appeared together, they were already scared out of their wits.

It was not until they saw those few "old immortals" with an ethereal demeanor being driven into the formation by Xu Que and ultimately falling to the ground inexplicably dead, that the villagers finally came to their senses.

Looking back at the sky, the Vermilion Bird and the Azure Dragon had already vanished.

The sky is still so blue, the mountains are still those same mountains!

Xu Que, dressed in coarse linen, with a bright and innocent smile on his face, rode the lightning, his clothes fluttering as he returned from the mountain.

Xiao Rou stood in the crowd, somewhat dazed. Her little face was flushed, her eyes bright and lively, so adorable that one couldn't help but want to take a bite.