Chapter 256: The Ninth Terrace in the Library
After seeing the jade scroll’s introduction, Yi Yun could not help but feel some anticipation.
An Aspect Totem not only increased a warrior’s Yuan Qi, it could also be used for attacking enemies.
For example a swordsman’s Aspect Totem would also be in the shape of a sword. When he conjured his Aspect Totem, he could kill an opponent that was three hundred meters away in a split second!
Many swordsmen wished their Aspect Totem was in the shape of a sword. To them, that was the best kind of Aspect Totem.
Unfortunately, not every swordsman could condense a Aspect Totem in the shape of a sword.
“I wonder what my Aspect Totem will look like when I condense it.” Yi Yun was looking forward to the moment he condensed his Aspect Totem.
He browsed through the totem mystic techniques within the jade scroll.
“Divine Martial Aspect, exchange price: 50,000 dragon scale runes. To master ‘Divine Martial Aspect’, strength-based desolate beasts have to be hunted, for example; Strength Omega Ape, Heavenly Armored Rhinoceros, Thousand Mountain Bear…”
“To master the ‘Divine Martial Aspect’, the requirements on a warrior’s blood and Qi foundation are extremely high. It requires them to be thick and strong. Only people with strong bodies can endure the Power of Desolates surging through their bodies. Once the ‘Divine Martial Aspect’ is mastered, they can condense a beast-like Aspect Totem. With the Aspect Totem, the body’s strength will increase several times, to the point of being able to lift a mountain!”
After Yi Yun saw the first introduction to the totem mystic technique, he immediately felt that this was a mystic technique most suitable for Qiuniu.
Once Qiuniu condensed an Aspect Totem similar to the ‘Thousand Mountain Bear’, he could become a humanoid primordial desolate beast. That could only be described by the word ‘violence’.
But, this did not suit Yi Yun. It was too restrictive to just battle using strength.
Yi Yun carried on looking through it. “Heavenly Fire Secret”, priced at 60,000 dragon scale runes.
This was a technique that condensed a fire-elemental Aspect Totem by hunting fire-elemental desolate beasts. It was most suitable for warriors with extreme affinity with fire-elemental Yuan Qi.
“Mist Venom Secret Tome”, priced 35,000 dragon scale runes.
It was a mystic technique that cultivated venomous worms. By hunting highly toxic desolate beasts and gathering their toxins, one could condense a toxic Aspect Totem. Once it was conjured, it would spread a toxic mist, reducing all living things in a five kilometer radius to bone.
Yi Yun searched through the catalogue. He realized that a large number of totem mystic techniques focused on a specific element, for example, ice, fire, earth or pure strength or speed.
But Yi Yun found that none of these suited him.
Many warriors had a natural affinity to a particular elemental law. For example, Chu Xiaoran was naturally able to control frost ice Yuan Qi, so the Aspect Totem she conjured was naturally that of ice.
But Yi Yun was not good at controlling any type of Yuan Qi.
Rather, with the Purple Crystal, Yi Yun did not have any energy that he was not good at controlling.
Whether it was Heaven Earth Yuan Qi or Power of Desolates, as long it was a form of energy, he was good at controlling it…
What sort of totem mystic technique was most suitable for him?
Yi Yun flipped through the catalogue again and again, and after looking through all the mystic techniques in the jade scroll, he still could not find a suitable one for himself.
“Oh? None of them are suitable?”
Seeing Yi Yun frown, Cang Yan also frowned. The totem mystic techniques contained in that jade scroll of his were mystic techniques most suitable for warriors in the early stages of the Yuan foundation realm. They were high in quality, but they weren’t too difficult to learn. It was most suitable for Yi Yun if he wanted to condense an Aspect Before Yuan.
But it was clear that Yi Yun was not satisfied.
“What are you not satisfied with?” Cang Yan asked.
“Uh…These mystic techniques are not bad, but…they are kind of limited…” Yi Yun said in a roundabout and tactful manner. But it was clear that he meant that the mystic techniques were too narrow in scope.
Yi Yun felt it was not suitable for himself to condense just any ordinary Aspect Totem that focused on a single law’s power.
For a powerful dragon that could swim the seas and summon the storms, it could not do anything in a shallow bay.
And the Purple Crystal was a powerful dragon.
Jian Ge and Cang Yan thought for a while before understanding the situation.
In other words, none of the mystic techniques had caught Yi Yun’s eye.
This damned fellow! Others would be full of trepidation about being able to form an Aspect Before Yuan. They would just attempt, without much hope of condensing one. Once they condensed one, it was a delightful surprise. In fact, It was normal to not be able to conde