Mortals cultivate immortality, and their IQ is playing with their heartbeats

#266 - Secret Method of Forgetting Regrets

The old goat was as skinny as a rake, slovenly, with messy hair. He chuckled, casually tossing the jade slip aside.

His yellow eyes glared at Li Chengfeng as he said, "Who told you I had incomplete cultivation methods and secret techniques here?

Was it that Guo Yi, the manager of the Treasure Pavilion? I knew that guy wasn't reliable, with his eyes only for money.

How many benefits did you give him for him to betray me?"

Li Chengfeng's heart skipped a beat. Although this old fellow wasn't strong, his experience in the world was extensive.

As soon as he opened his mouth, the old goat guessed where he came from.

However, Li Chengfeng wasn't a greenhorn fresh out of the nest. He chuckled and sat down, saying, "I can't afford to go to places like the Treasure Pavilion. It's too expensive there, not a place for us rogue cultivators.

As a rogue cultivator who just advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage, I only try my luck at small trade fairs and markets.

I happened to hear at the market that a remarkable person was crafting magical artifacts that were both high-quality and affordable, depending on fate, so I wanted to try my luck.

Seeing the incomplete cultivation method jade slips all over the ground, I thought of taking a look at them."

The old goat's eyes flashed with a hint of appreciation upon hearing this. He re-evaluated Li Chengfeng and said, "You're an honest kid.

However, the jade slips and cultivation methods here were all bought by me randomly, and they're all incomplete and useless. I didn't plan to sell them.

If you're interested, you can take a look, but whether you can gain anything depends on your luck."

Li Chengfeng smiled with a simple and honest expression, "Friend, how can I do that? Since you said so, then I won't be polite."

The old goat waved his hand dismissively, "It's okay, meeting is fate.

Since we're destined to meet, why bother about a few spirit stones?"

Li Chengfeng chuckled. He scanned the jade slips on the ground with his divine sense and found that the old goat's collection covered a wide range, but most of them were incomplete, and some of the records had deviated from the scope of cultivation methods.

Some were so severely damaged that cultivating them could lead to Qi deviation and cultivation madness.

Li Chengfeng ignored the jade slips that were of no help to him. He picked and chose until he came to a room at the back.

There were hundreds of jade slips on the ground, all incomplete.

The old goat said with a smile, "See? These are all broken things, worthless.

I picked these up from the garbage heap, some I bought for half a spirit stone. They're just useless trash.

Like chicken ribs, a pity to throw away, but useless to use."

Li Chengfeng smiled and said, "Friend, if you don't mind, I can rummage through them.

If there are any jade slips I need, I will definitely pay you with spirit stones as a reward."

The old goat stroked his goatee and chuckled, "That would be great, feel free to search.

I even took these things to the Treasure Pavilion, but they were returned. If you like them, take your time to find what you want."

With that, the old goat went to tinker with the sword he had only half-forged, as if entering some mysterious realm.

Li Chengfeng ignored him and began to search.

Soon, he selected three jade slips from the hundreds that were relatively satisfactory and suitable for him.

The first jade slip recorded the "Fire Nurturing Art". Although it was very incomplete, with only a few words and phrases, it was extremely profound.

It described the idea of how to forge ordinary flames into supreme heavenly flames. Although it was just an idea and had never been successful, it was extremely valuable in the eyes of those who were interested.

Li Chengfeng liked flames very much. He believed that flames were the greatest driving force for explosions, just like the principle of gunpowder explosions he knew from Earth, which required high temperature and heat.

So, he put away this jade slip.

The second jade slip recorded the "Ice Flame Technique", which described how to create flames with icy cold energy, or how to use small spells such as freezing thousands of miles to deal with enemies.

Although the technique's operational route was incomplete, Li Chengfeng still put it away.

The third jade slip made Li Chengfeng cheer with excitement. The content it recorded was extremely rare and precious, a cultivation method or secret technique he had never seen before.

The secret technique in Li Chengfeng's hand was called "Regretless", and it was indeed shocking.

Similar to Lou Xueyun's "Light Reversal Retrospection", but even more powerful, because it allowed him to return to the past within a short two breaths, and he could go to any moment within those two breaths.

The complexity and profound operational route of this secret technique made even a master like Li Chengfeng feel a little overwhelmed.

However, for Li Chengfeng, this was the most perfect secret technique.

He had wandered between life and death three times, returned three times. Nine days ago, he had a deep understanding of the fragility and preciousness of life.

This "Regretless" not only gave him the opportunity to change the past and save lives, but more importantly, it involved the laws of time, which was an area he had always wanted to explore.

Although this secret technique was incomplete, the operational route recorded on it greatly moved him.

He discovered that this secret technique had something in common with the Nine Profound Dragon Formation, both using extremely short periods of time to go back to the past or future, and using the laws of time.

And its power source was lifespan, which meant that each use would consume his own lifespan.

However, Li Chengfeng was not afraid of this consumption. He had the Sword of Mad Demon Lifespan, which could cut off other people's lifespans.

He began to think, if he could recover the scattered lifespans and create a formation to store lifespans, then he could use it as a power source when using "Regretless".

This was like the storage and utilization relationship on Earth, connected in some way to form a perfect cycle.

This idea made Li Chengfeng's heart burn. He realized that this was a huge opportunity.

Although he couldn't do it now, when his cultivation reached the late Nascent Soul stage or even the Core Formation stage, as long as he obtained the Nine Revolutions Dragon Formation, it would not be impossible to create a formation to store lifespans.

The more he thought about it, the happier and more excited he became. He collected all three jade slips in his hand, ready to study them carefully.

Li Chengfeng's heart was filled with joy and emotion. He recalled the famous saying on Earth: "Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles."

This sentence had been deeply confirmed on his path of cultivation.

He found that although the culture on Earth was completely different from the cultivation world, the philosophy and wisdom contained within gave him many inspirations.

On Earth, although people did not cultivate, and their bodies were relatively weak, they used the power of wisdom and technology to invent gunpowder, electricity, and a series of epoch-making inventions, greatly improving productivity and strength.

This unique civilization shocked Li Chengfeng and made him realize that the cultivation world was not the only way to exist.

He thought of the most famous saying on Earth: "Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles," which meant that only through practice and experience can one truly understand and grow.

He realized that he had obtained these three jade slips, and the last one was the real opportunity, which was precisely because he kept walking and exploring that he finally obtained this opportunity.

He looked at the old goat who was in deep thought. The old goat seemed to have entered a special state, holding a hammer in his left hand and a sword in his right, as if thinking about something.

Li Chengfeng smiled slightly. He knew that it was not appropriate to disturb the old goat at this time, so he quietly left.

He took out three low-grade spirit stones and placed them next to the recliner. This was the greatest help he could give the old goat.

He understood the principle that a common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime. Although he had obtained an opportunity, if he took out spirit stones that did not match his status to reward the old goat,

it would inevitably cause unnecessary trouble and might even bring danger to the old goat.

Therefore, he chose to silently support the old goat in this way.