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Upon hearing these three words, Xingqiu immediately smiled and shook his head, saying, "I'm afraid my master wouldn't be willing to part with it."

Xu Ning smiled too.

The three secret techniques of the Ancient Hua Sect are: sword, spear, and the dual mastery of spear and sword.

One sword technique is "Rain-Cutting Technique," one spear technique is "Bright Thrust Technique," and there is also the "Generation and Restraint Technique" that combines both spear and sword skills.

Asking someone to use their most treasured secret technique to support Liyue's development—no leader of any generation would have the courage to do that, right?

Of course, if this generation's Guhua Sect leader truly has that kind of courage, I, Xu Ning, would also be willing to call him "the strongest".

"I didn't say you should ask your sect leader to reveal the secrets of your spear technique; I'm just using the name."

After Xu Ning finished speaking, he told Xing Qiu his thoughts. Xing Qiu slapped his thigh and laughed, "This is more fun! To be honest, although my fellow disciples in the sect are all very fun, doing this with you, Brother Xu, is still the most fun. I don't even want to go back to the sect."

Xu Ning poured another bowl of "sweet wine" for the mischievous little guy and asked, "How far have you progressed in your studies at the Guhua School?"

"Hey, I have mastered all of the hundred wonders of the Ancient Hua School, and I have even learned the Rain-Cutting Technique."

Xingqiu lifted a corner of his clothes, revealing a light blue Eye of God tied to a knotted silk sash around his waist. "Moreover, I discovered that the Rain-Cutting Technique can only unleash its full power when paired with the Eye of God. The founder of the Ancient Hua Sect must have also possessed the Eye of God."

Xu Ning laughed and said, "Of course, there is a divine eye. The three great secret techniques of the Ancient Hua Sect are to cut rain into water and to pierce fire to illuminate. Only by cultivating water and fire together can they achieve mutual generation and restraint. I think the founder of the Ancient Hua Sect may have possessed more than one divine eye, and may even have possessed two divine eyes at the same time, one for water and one for fire, in order to create the mutual generation and restraint method."

Xingqiu was stunned. He stroked his chin and said, "So, I'll stay for another two years and learn them all?"

Xu Ning tapped his forehead. "Is there any need to consider this? Of course you should learn them all. Even if your water-type Divine Eye can only unleash the power of the Rain-Cutting Sword, if you learn another spear technique, you can teach it to Xiang Ling, who has the fire-type Divine Eye. The two of you can cultivate both spear and sword and perhaps even replicate the last powerful elemental technique."

"But is Xiangling guaranteed to get the Fire-type Eye of God? What if..."

Xu Ning waved his hand, dispelling Xingqiu's doubts, "Don't you think about Xiangling's ambitions? Is it possible for her to obtain another Divine Eye?"

Xingqiu thought for a moment, "That's true."

After Xingqiu assured him that he would tell his master about Xu Ning's plan, Xu Ning turned his attention to Chongyun, who had just recovered.

"Chongyun, I heard that you belong to the Tianheng lineage of alchemists. Could you help me contact the leader of your lineage, or the most powerful alchemist among you?"

Chongyun looked up and asked, "Making contact shouldn't be a problem, but is there anything I need to say to them?"

Xu Ning tilted his head and thought for a moment, "Let me say that I have thought of a good way to drive away the demons of Guiliyuan once and for all, but I need the help of the Taoist priests of Tianheng."

No matter how curious Xingqiu tried to find out, Xu Ning never revealed what this brilliant idea was.

After the two boys finished their sweet wine, Xu Ning chased them all out and returned to Chenyin Cave to sleep with Beidou in his arms.

However, within just two days, a rumor suddenly spread in Liyue Harbor.

It is said that a martial arts novel enthusiast recently found an old piece of paper tucked inside a book while borrowing novels from Wanwen Bookstore. The paper had a few rough sketches of spear techniques on it.

After returning home, the man tried practicing with a bamboo spear and actually made some progress. So he specially ordered an iron spear from Old Zhang of Hanfeng Ironware and went to Guili Plain to make his own way in the world.

Within a few days, news came from the Thousand Rock Army that a young hero was sweeping away demons in Guili Plain with a spear, and his spear technique was very similar to the ancient Hua Sect's unique skill, "Piercing Brightness Technique".

The crowd in Liyue Harbor was immediately in an uproar; no one had expected that reading a novel would lead to such an extraordinary encounter.

The Wanwen Bookstore was packed with people, and martial arts novels sold out every day as soon as they were put on the shelves, with people still urging for more stock.

But no one found any secret manual in the hidden compartment.

A few days later, a yellowed page was suddenly posted on the bulletin board of Feiyunpo, showing several shooting techniques.

The inscription at the end reads, "It is not a gift from heaven to me, but rather a gift from heaven to Liyue. I open this page here, wishing to realize the thousand-year dream of returning home with the people of Liyue."

After the paper was discovered, it was immediately guarded by experts assigned by the Qianyan Army. Anyone could look at it, but absolutely no one was allowed to touch it.

Many people who wanted to learn martial arts would gather at Scarlet Cloud Slope every day to watch and practice spear techniques, and learning spear techniques became very popular in Liyue Harbor.

Hanfeng Ironware Shop's business of forging iron spears is booked straight through to after the New Year.

Naturally, some so-called martial arts masters, after seeing it, said that the secret techniques on the Feiyunpo notice board were nothing more than rudimentary spear techniques.

However, the appearance of the Guhua Sect leader immediately proved them wrong.

It is said that the current leader of the Guhua Sect actually stood at Feiyun Slope for nearly an hour, just watching those few spear techniques and stroking his beard without saying a word.

The next day, everyone discovered a new piece of paper next to the yellowed pages. It contained several new marksmanship techniques, and the signature was just four bold characters that exuded a strong sense of integrity: "How shameful!"

From then on, no one dared to question the origin of these spear techniques.

Xu Ning sat at the dining table in Wanmintang, listening to Tian Tiezui recounting on the street corner how Lord Yan used a long spear to skewer the hearts of several demons and make them into barbecue.

The surrounding audience listened with great enthusiasm, cheering continuously. Some children even started gesturing with unsharpened bamboo guns on the roadside.

"Old Tian has really let himself go. Now he dares to say and make up anything, without even fear of being blamed by Prince Yan."

Ningguang, sitting opposite, laughed and said, "Isn't this all thanks to your excellent teaching? You even dared to tell such a colossal lie as the Assassination of Mingfa to the entire population of Liyue, so what are his few minor changes?"

Xu Ning said bitterly, "It makes me so angry just thinking about it. I took such a big risk to spread rumors, wasn't it all for the sake of Liyue becoming stronger? And all I got was for that old bastard from the Guhua Sect to give a shout-out, and he actually dared to ask me for money!"

"They said they'd only charge 800,000 Mora for standing there for 15 minutes, which I thought wasn't expensive. Who knew that old geezer would stand there for a full hour!"

"How did he manage to stare at just a few moves of the Thousand Rock Spear Technique for a whole hour without his eyes getting dry?"

Ningguang picked up a piece of pork from the forest and stuffed it into Xu Ning's mouth, telling him to say less so that no one with ulterior motives could overhear.

"Didn't you hear what the sect leader said? Back then, the Ancient Hua Clan and the Thousand Rock Clan fought side by side, helping each other and teaching each other combat skills. Many of the spear techniques of the Liyue Thousand Rock Army are derived from the Pi Ming Fa, only they are simpler and more practical. Actually, what you are doing is not exactly lying."

"With this foundation laid, who knows, in a few years, Liyue might produce several martial arts masters!"

Xu Ning chewed on meat and drank wine, nodding and saying, "No matter what the future holds, the seed has been planted. Tomorrow we'll go see that leader of the alchemists. If this succeeds, then our return to Guili Plain will truly be a reality."