Having returned safely to the Purple Sun Sect, Xu Yang stored the rough ore that might be Spirit Iron and took out several Secret Manuals to study carefully.
An hour later, he had mastered Secret Transmission, allowing him to transmit his voice within a twenty-zhang radius.
He also learned the Breath Concealment Skill. Upon activating it, his Gang Qi became dormant, and his aura retracted until he seemed like an ordinary person.
As for the Celestial Demon Dissolving Technique, it was a last-resort, life-or-death art. It couldn't be cultivated in the usual sense; one simply had to memorize the energy circulation pathways and activate them directly when needed.
He focused his efforts on comprehending the Pure Essence Gold-Splitting Finger. After studying it meticulously five or six times, he relied on his formidable Comprehension to force his way to the Entry Level of the technique.
