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"Good afternoon, Senior."

The one who spoke was the gray-robed elder stationed on the fifth floor of the Scripture Pavilion.

"Junior wishes to purchase a Dharma Method or Secret Technique that can control the Qi Blood in my body." Zhao Zuo first bowed in greeting before stating the technique he needed.

"A disciple of the Earth Fire Hall?" the gray-robed elder asked casually, sizing up Zhao Zuo.

"That’s right."

"The bookshelf for Secret Techniques, Fourth Layer."

"There’s a Cultivation Technique called the Sutra of Calming the Mind that meets your requirements. Moreover, it can be used for Cultivating Heart and helps one better align with the state of Unity of Heaven and Man," the gray-robed elder said almost instantly, as if he had memorized the locations of all the Cultivation Techniques on the fifth floor.

"Thank you for your guidance, Sen—" Before Zhao Zuo could finish, his vision blurred. The gray-robed elder was already back in his rattan chair, cracking nuts with his right hand and waving a cattail fan with his left.

Such speed with a Body Technique was definitely not something a cultivator in the Qi Cultivation Stage could possess.

Zhao Zuo put down the manual in his hands, went to the spot the gray-robed elder had mentioned, and easily found the Sutra of Calming the Mind.

It was a Secret Technique that could be cultivated without Mana. It could slightly enhance a Cultivator’s Divine Thought and reduce the probability of developing a Heart Demon. It was a Secret Technique focused on pursuing one’s Heart Realm.

Zhao Zuo opened it to the first page and began to read.

The Sutra of Calming the Mind was roughly divided into three realms: Meditation, Constant Calm, and Pure Quiet.

The Meditation realm allowed one to put the Qi Blood in their body into a dormant state. It worked by using one’s own Soul to influence the body’s Qi Blood.

Cultivating to the Constant Calm state allowed one to resist Heart Demons and greatly improve their Calm Heart. As for the final Pure Quiet, it was a theoretical realm, extremely difficult to achieve... Reaching the state of Pure Quiet meant one no longer needed to worry about the influence of Heart Demons, achieving a level where external evils could not invade.

After briefly skimming the first two pages, Zhao Zuo confirmed this was exactly the technique he needed. It would allow him to perfectly control his Qi Blood, and the ability to resist Heart Demons was an unexpected bonus.

On the book’s cover, the price was specially marked in red ink: 700 Contribution Points.

This was a price he couldn’t afford at the moment. He was no longer considered a newly initiated disciple, so he couldn’t enjoy the same discount he’d received when purchasing the Golden Fire Refining World Manual.

Zhao Zuo placed the book back on the shelf, thanked the gray-robed elder again, and then headed down the stairs to the third floor, where he found a miscellany book and began to read.

’Since I’ve already paid the entrance fee for the Scripture Pavilion, I have to get my money’s worth and not take a loss.’

"The Three Great Forbidden Lands and Five Great Secret Lands of the Cultivation Realm."

The words in the table of contents immediately piqued Zhao Zuo’s interest. ’After all, I’ll definitely be traveling the Cultivation Realm in the future. If I memorize these places now, I won’t have to worry about accidentally wandering into a forbidden land.’

The Land of the Forsaken, a forbidden land, 1,300 kilometers in size. Origin unknown.

Inside, there is no Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power. Once a Cultivator enters, all their Mana will be depleted in a very short time. Even a Great Divinity Transformation Power cannot resist that Power of Rules, and even Magical Treasures will gradually lose their spirituality over time.

Worse still, unless a Cultivator gives up their Cultivation and cripples their own Dantian, they will go mad within a few days.

Therefore, the Land of the Forsaken is an absolute restricted zone for all Cultivators. It... is occupied by a large number of scoundrels from the Cultivation Realm and Martial Arts Influences hostile to Cultivators.

After many years of development, a power that rejects Cultivators has emerged. Due to the protection of the forbidden land, they still haven’t been exterminated after several hundred years...

The Ancient Battlefield.

A plain where a great war in the Cultivation Realm once took place, it is filled with all kinds of evil beings. Combined with the year-round, unextinguished Bone-Transforming Gang Wind, entry means certain death for anyone below the Golden Core Realm. Additionally... this place also holds many inheritances left by previous generations, along with various Magical Treasures, making it equivalent to a massive ruin.

Next was the location of the Ancient Battlefield.

Zhao Zuo compared it to the map of the Great Yue Country in his mind and found that the Ancient Battlefield was located southeast of the Great Yue Country, about 8,000 kilometers away. Due to its special nature... the Ancient Battlefield doesn’t belong to any country, so the area is extremely chaotic.

Fighting to the death over resources is a common occurrence.

Every death sends shockwaves through the surrounding countries; after all, those who fall are Golden Core True Men.

The following content detailed the divisions within the Ancient Battlefield, but the author of the book had never entered it themselves. This information came from the accounts of their clan elders and might contain inaccuracies.

Zhao Zuo read with great interest, his fingers gently turning the pages.

Following that was the third forbidden land...

The Five Great Secret Lands were even more wondrous. They didn’t have fixed locations, appearing randomly throughout the Cultivation Realm. They included the Yellow Springs Valley, the Eternal Tree, Flame Mountain, the Secret Path of Time, and the Ancient Space Path.

Each of these Secret Lands had its own marvels, but the author’s records mostly glossed over the details.

Apparently, the author’s elders had never managed to enter any of the Five Great Secret Lands either, and had only found a few scant records about them in ancient texts.

Among them, the Eternal Tree could grant eternal life.

Within Yellow Springs Valley flows a river called the River of Oblivion, which can resurrect the dead and resolve all regrets.

The record for the Secret Path of Time was just a single phrase: "A thought, three autumns."

Zhao Zuo didn’t put down the book until the sun had set, reluctantly leaving the Scripture Pavilion. ’Next, I need to earn Contribution Points as quickly as possible to buy the Sutra of Calming the Mind... and in turn, advance my study of the Melt Casting Technique.’

In addition, while he was on the fifth floor of the Scripture Pavilion, Zhao Zuo had also looked at several Melt Casting Techniques. The one that he liked the most cost one thousand Contribution Points.

Its main characteristic was its extremely high cultivation difficulty, but it was also effective on the materials used for refining Magical Treasures. And for one thousand Contribution Points, one could only purchase the first layer, which was for the refining of Middle Grade Magical Artifacts.