Chapter 10: Pirated Books Are Harmful
People have five virtues: “warmth, kindness, respect, thrift, and humility,” as well as five virtues: “wisdom, trustworthiness, benevolence, courage, and strictness.”
Dynasties also have virtues and morals. The dynasties interact and replace each other, which means that each dynasty represents a virtue, and they cycle in the order of the five elements’ mutual restraint or mutual growth.
Therefore, this palm technique can be said to be a representative move of Destiny Academy.
The five colors represent the five virtues, rotating and intertwining, just like the rise and fall of dynasties. A beam of five-colored rotating light struck Monk Fubao fiercely.
Monk Fubao also knew that this palm technique was no small matter. The Amitabha Buddha transformed by his golden light dharma idol turned its head, revealing a pitch-black face.
It was Mahakala, the wrathful dharma idol of the Buddha in subduing demons.
Monk Fubao flipped his hand and formed a demon-subduing mudra. The six arms of the Mahakala dharma idol held tridents and thrust towards the palm!
Standing far away, Shi Feizhe only saw the two figures clash. “Boom!” A bright light flashed before his eyes, followed by a wave of energy that made him stagger!
The lake also surged with a giant wave due to their clash, drenching those who were standing close by.
Then the two clashed again and again, making it almost impossible for anyone to stand on the lakeshore!
Is this the power of a Qi Sea expert in the Transcendence Realm?
It’s truly awe-inspiring!
Seeing the two figures clashing on the lake, almost indistinguishable, only the collision of five colors and golden light, Shi Feizhe couldn’t help but feel yearning in his heart.
He wondered when he would be able to reach such a realm!
“Both of you are guests from afar, why not give us, the Three Talents Manor, some face?” A deep voice came from the manor, and a middle-aged man in a green robe flew out.
Strangely, as he flew in the sky, one side of his body emitted crimson flames while the other emitted blue cold air.
“Manor Lord Zhan!”
“It’s actually Manor Lord Zhan!”
The onlookers immediately recognized the dignified middle-aged man and shouted.
“I’ll give Manor Lord Zhan face today! Otherwise, after three moves, I will definitely break your turtle shell, you bald donkey! If you have the guts, why not fight again another day!” Seeing Manor Lord Zhan with half ice and half fire, Bu Cunren withdrew his stance and landed gently on the lake.
“Amitabha! It’s precisely because Manor Lord Zhan stepped in today that Destiny Academy didn’t lose a person!” Monk Fubao said sarcastically, also landing on the lake.
“Gentlemen!” Manor Lord Zhan came to them and said, “Both of you are dragons among men, having entered the Qi Sea Realm at such a young age. You will surely become True Realm experts in the future! Why ruin your harmony over a small matter?”
“As the saying goes, ‘No fight, no acquaintance.’ Why not come to my manor for a chat?”
Although both Monk Fubao and Bu Cunren wanted to kill each other, they knew that they couldn’t fight now.
“The True Realm is so difficult to reach. We don’t know when we will encounter it! But Manor Lord Zhan, with your Yin and Yang converging, you are probably close to the True Realm!” Bu Cunren bowed to Manor Lord Zhan and said.
“In this humble monk’s opinion, Manor Lord Zhan is probably only half a step away from the True Realm!” Monk Fubao also said.
Manor Lord Zhan praised them in front of so many people, and they weren’t new to the Jianghu. They understood these unspoken rules!
As for Manor Lord Zhan’s cultivation level, they naturally couldn’t understand it. But their masters had said:
“Far from it! Still far from it!” Manor Lord Zhan said humbly, walking ahead and cupping his fists. “Please come to the manor for a chat, gentlemen!”
“Thank you for your hospitality, Manor Lord!” The two returned the courtesy and entered the Three Talents Manor with Manor Lord Zhan, leaving behind a tale of the Jianghu.
Shi Feizhe stood among the crowd, as insignificant as an ant, watching the three of them enter the manor.
Now, as the sky gradually darkened, Shi Feizhe couldn’t afford to dwell on his emotions. He had more important things to do, which was to find a place to stay!
He had arrived at Three Talents Town in the morning, and now it was getting dark, and he had no place to stay.
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So, he hurried to Three Talents Town and inquired about the price of accommodation at the inns.
The prices of the inns in town were indeed extraordinary. Ten wen for a shared room and a hundred wen for a single room, three times the price of inns on the road!
It was no wonder, after all, it was a tourist attraction. The prices in a tourist attraction were definitely different from regular prices.
Fortunately, the residents of this town were quite resourceful. They tidied up their spare rooms and rented them out to Jianghu people to supplement their income. It only cost one tael of silver a month!
Outside of Three Talents Town, one tael of silver could also rent an inn for a month, but who let this be Three Talents Town?
“This room has a homely feel!”
Shi Feizhe searched for a long time and found a family to rent a spare room. Looking at this bare room with only a bed, a table, two chairs, and nothing else, Shi Feizhe made a humorous remark.
He lit the oil lamp and took out a copy of 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》 from his bosom.
This 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》 was not his previous one but one he had bought earlier while looking for a room. He had passed by a bookstore called Orchid Grass Studio and went in to buy yellow paper to use at Three Talents Manor the next day. He had sharp eyes and saw the shopkeeper using this book as a footrest under the table, so he bought it for five wen.
“You’ve got a great deal, sir! Even toilet paper isn’t that cheap!” The shopkeeper was overjoyed when he heard that Shi Feizhe was actually buying the book. He took the book from the corner of the table and stuffed it into Shi Feizhe’s hands.
He was afraid that Shi Feizhe wouldn’t take it!
The previous 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》 could only be read halfway. It only talked about condensing True Qi and emitting True Qi to transform into Sword Qi. The latter part was completely illegible. This one was the complete 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》.
Under the oil lamp, Shi Feizhe began to read the second copy of 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》. He needed to know what the latter part of this secret manual contained.
But after reading a few pages, Shi Feizhe frowned. After reading a few more pages, his frown deepened!
He couldn’t help but take out the previous 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》 and compare them side by side. He found many discrepancies.
Some were simply copying errors, while others were simply wrong in meaning, completely nonsensical!
This… how could this be?
How could what others sold be different from what he had picked up?
Was it the others’ fault? Or was his copy wrong?
Or were both wrong?
In an instant, many thoughts flashed through Shi Feizhe’s mind, and cold sweat dripped from his forehead!
This shouldn’t be!
He refused to give up and compared the two books word by word under the dim oil lamp. He found that in the first part of the two books, there were dozens of errors in just a few thousand words!
Shi Feizhe also glanced through the latter part, and it was also confusing and contradictory to the previous part!
Damn it!
Shi Feizhe cursed in his heart!
No wonder it only cost five wen. It was probably copied by some bored person. Although the handwriting was legible, the errors were outrageous.
It would be strange if one could successfully cultivate with this!
Pirated books are deadly!
After figuring this out, Shi Feizhe wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He had been so afraid that he had practiced 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》 incorrectly and would become a madman someday.
Although everyone who practiced martial arts was a bit crazy, going crazy because of a pirated book would be too stupid!
Actually, it was very simple to prove that the second 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》 was pirated.
He needed a third copy of 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》!
Shi Feizhe: Pirated books are deadly!
