In Mr. Jin Yong’s novels, whether it’s the earliest “Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils” or the later “Condor Trilogy,” the strongest characters to appear positively in the books are probably the Sweeping Monk hidden in Shaolin Temple, Xiaoyaozi (the master of the Three Elders of the Carefree Sect: Wuyazi, Li Qiuushui, and Tong Ma), Huang Shang who created the “Nine Yin Manual,” the eunuch who created the “Sunflower Manual,” and the Sword Demon Dugu Qiubai.
If we were to roughly categorize the strength of these individuals, they probably reached the Innate Realm. However, their subsequent cultivation levels and whether they achieved the realm of “Shattering the Void” are not explicitly mentioned in the books.
Except for Xiaoyaozi and the Sweeping Monk, it’s estimated that the others did not.
However, based on Jiang Fei’s personal understanding, there is actually another incredibly powerful martial art in Mr. Jin Yong’s novels that most people overlook. That is the “Tai Xuan Jing” from “Ode to Gallantry.”
This martial art definitely deserves to be ranked as the number one divine skill in Mr. Jin Yong’s novels. When Shi Potian went to Xiake Island and first mastered this skill, he could directly destroy a small island and defeat numerous top experts. It was incredibly overpowered, far surpassing even the “Northern Dark Divine Art” in terms of rapid mastery. It could almost be considered a cultivation technique for immortality!
But even the Tai Xuan Jing was not explicitly stated by Jin Yong to allow one to Shatter the Void and reach a new realm.
Compared to Mr. Jin Yong’s many novels, in Mr. Huang’s novels, Shattering the Void is not an unmentioned concept.
First, among the Four Great Marvelous Books, the “Martial Saint’s Record” was mastered by Guang Chengzi and Chuan Ying. Both of them were explicitly described as eventually ascending and shattering the void. In “The Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty,” Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, the twin dragons, only mastered one illustration and became Innate masters.
As for the “Way of the Demon,” which cultivates the “Dao Xin Zhong Mo,” the Evil Emperor Xiang Yutian lived for over 200 years even without fully mastering it. Meanwhile, the “Sword Manual” is formless and traceless, transcending all phenomena, and no one throughout history has ever mastered it.
It can be said that these four books are the most magical martial arts manuals in Mr. Huang’s novels. Each one holds the potential for Shattering the Void. If Shattering the Void were truly possible, these four books would undoubtedly be the most likely paths.
Unfortunately, Jiang Fei had already checked the system store. All four books were displayed there, but the requirements for purchasing each one were terrifyingly high, almost impossible to fulfill.
For instance, the gold coins needed to buy these martial arts manuals often exceeded 400,000 to 500,000. In the past, Jiang Fei thought this was unattainable. But now, it wasn’t entirely impossible. With enough time, it could still be achievable.
Even 500,000 gold coins, based on the exchange rate of 1:500 with RMB, would amount to 250 million RMB.
This number isn’t small. Even wealthy businessmen couldn’t easily come up with that much money. But compared to true tycoons, two or three hundred million isn’t that huge. After all, the net worth of domestic tycoons on the rich lists these days is measured in tens of billions, isn’t it?
Jiang Fei’s Jiang’s Pharmaceutical Company would undoubtedly become the top pharmaceutical company in the country. Going public wouldn’t be a problem. Even if Jiang Fei couldn’t become a billionaire with hundreds of billions in assets, he believed that after many years, having tens of billions in net worth wouldn’t be too difficult.
By then, buying all four books with money alone would be easy for Jiang Fei.
But the issue was that purchasing these martial arts manuals didn’t just require gold coins. There was another unavoidable condition: level requirements!
Jiang Fei carefully browsed through and discovered that these top-tier, renowned martial arts manuals all required the player’s character level to be no lower than level 40!
Character level 40.
Hearing this requirement left Jiang Fei feeling helpless. He had just reached level 6, and leveling up those first few levels had already taken him over half a year. The higher he went, the longer it would take to level up—maybe even a year or more per level. Reaching level 40 would take who knows how long.
Perhaps, once he expanded Jiang’s Medical Clinic nationwide or even worldwide, his experience points would skyrocket, leveling up might become faster, and he might have a chance to meet the level requirements.
Thinking about this, Jiang Fei couldn’t help but rub his chin and ponder: “Running hospitals to gain experience points—while there are plenty of patients worldwide every day, there’s still a limit. What if I expanded into other ventures? Something I personally run, tied to my life skills, like culinary arts or bartending?”
“Culinary arts and brewing are both my life skills. If I open restaurants and bars, welcoming every guest should give me experience points, just like the clinic, right?”
“This is definitely worth a try! Open one as a test run. If it doesn’t work, then forget it. If it does work, I’ll expand globally! With my culinary and brewing skills, I can train some talents. Even if they don’t have 100% of my skill, having 30-40% would still make them outstanding, and there’ll be no shortage of customers.”
Jiang Fei’s eyes lit up as he thought about this.
However, even if these plans were feasible and promising, they were matters for the future—at least next year. For now, Jiang Fei had to focus on opening his level-up gift pack and see if luck was on his side, hopefully yielding something extraordinary.
If he hit the jackpot and directly got one of the Four Great Marvelous Books, or something like “Tai Xuan Jing,” without level restrictions, wouldn’t that be amazing?
A lewd grin appeared on Jiang Fei’s face, and it took him a while to calm down.
The chances of that happening were far too slim.
Slim enough to compare to winning the lottery—basically nonexistent.
Taking a deep breath, Jiang Fei summoned the colorful level-up gift pack in his mind, devoutly pressed his palms together as if praying, and then abruptly opened it.
Bang!
Colorful streamers rose in his mind as the gift pack opened. Inside lay a solitary, thin booklet. Jiang Fei quickly focused his attention and saw four large characters and a few smaller ones written on it.
The four large characters were the legendary “Nine Yin Manual,” which made Jiang Fei’s heart tremble upon seeing it!
Even if the Nine Yin Manual can’t compare to the Four Great Classical Novels, it is still an unparalleled martial arts manual. Wasn’t the reason for the Five Greats’ Mount Hua Sword Tournament in The Legend of the Condor Heroes to obtain this divine manual?
But the smaller characters that followed left Jiang Fei speechless: “The Hypnotic Skill of the Nine Yin Manual.”
What on earth is this?
Does Jin Yong’s “Nine Yin Manual” even contain a Hypnotic Skill?
Is this system not a fan of the original novels but instead a fan of some far-fetched TV drama adaptation?
Jiang Fei was utterly exasperated.
