Elemental Palm

It was just another lively morning, and the sect disciples carried out their business like usual. Disciples who want to change their fate cultivate as hard as usual, hoping to breakthrough faster, while the disciples who just returned to the sect bragging about their experience to their junior brother, garnering their awe.

Some senior disciples who were just in their teens were sometimes lazy and just wanted to show off in front of their junior sister by giving cultivation tips and insight.

Meanwhile, in a remote courtyard, someone opened his eyes after a long time. This day was destined to be an extraordinary day for him.

"I broke through!" Wei Fang inspected his cultivation, and he was satisfied with the improvement. His injury in the stomach also healed already.

Growl!

Suddenly, his stomach sounded its protest; he was so hungry that he felt he could eat an entire cow.

He took a deep breath to calm himself down, but instead of calming down, he noticed that his body was emitting a sour smell instead.

Without another choice, he could only take a shower before coming out. He didn't want to become air pollution in the sect.

***

Wei Fang was now in one of the most important places in the outer sect—the outer hall.

He came here to receive his reward—the chance to enter the sect's martial library.

"Hello, junior brother, what can I do for you?" The senior brother who was tasked with the reception asked him politely.

It was because he recognized Wei Fang. After all who in the outer sect didn't know that he slapped a person until black and blue and also cracked someone balls.

"Senior brother!" Wei Fang saluted, "I want to receive the rewards for breaking through to the middle stage Qi condensation."

"Let me call the elder, then" the senior brother said, he didn't have the authority to do it, so he could only call the elder.

After a while, the senior brother emerged and said:

"You're lucky, junior brother. Elder Jun is still in the hall. Wait for a bit for him to come out."

"Thank you, senior brother."

True to the senior word, Elder Jun came out not long after.

His face looked kind and always smiling; his long white beard and deep eyes told you that he was someone who had already experienced extraordinary things, giving him the image of a wise old man.

He was the outer sect elder. His favorite thing was to teach disciples, so he usually walking around the outer sect, giving some advice to someone who he thought had potential.

"Oh, so you are the disciples who had just breakthrough."

Elder Jun said as he looked at Wei Fang carefully.

If it were other people doing something like this, it would be a blessing if they were not get beaten. But for Elder Jun to do it, it was a blessing for the disciples that he was looking at them carefully. It's because he was about to give advice.

"Did you master the raging fist already?" Elder Jun asked after finishing looking at Wei Fang.

"Not yet, Elder!" Wei Fang answered truthfully.

"I noticed that you practiced palm technique; I advise you to master the raging fist first. It didn't have strong offensive power because it was designed to be so.

"The objective of the technique is to let the disciples have greater control over their own force. That was why it was advised for low-level disciples to train it.

"It's a pity that not many people train it anymore after they break through to the middle stage.

If you master the raging fist technique, you can exert greater control to your palm technique."

Elder Jun said as he looked at Wei Fang. It was not the first time he advised disciples to train the raging fist, but how many actually heeded it? He didn't know; maybe it was less than ten people.

May disciples received his guidance and advice and were grateful for it, but only this one advice was ignored by many disciples he had advised.

"Thank you, elder, for your advice!" Wei Fang thanked Elder Jun sincerely. He still remembers the advice from the system: 'The best technique is one that fullfiled its purpose'.

Elder Jun was satisfied with Wei Fang's response: "This was the token to enter the martial library; it will give you access to the first floor of the martial library for ten hours. I hope you can get the technique that suits you the most."

Elder Jun said as he gave Wei Fang a wooden token with the character 'library' carved on it.

"Then this disciple thank elder for his auspicious word."

"Go! You don't need to pay anymore heed to this old man." Elder Jun said as he waved his hand.

"Then excuse this disciple! Goodbye, senior brother!" Wei Fang also didn't forget to say goodbye to the receptionist senior brother.

Wei Fang came out of the outer hall in a cheerful mood.

He forgot all of the unpleasant memories before he broke through. After all, who wants to think about a bad thing if they can forget it?

***

The Martial Library was the most guarded place in every sect, beside the treasure room. After all, the library of a sect is where its heritage is placed. If it was breached, then there was a chance that an outsider could learn their technique.

The outsiders can then use it to fake identities or even do bad things while throwing the problem at the sect. So, it was normal for the martial library in a sect to receive highest protection.

The protective formation defending the martial library gives off seven colored lights, making it one of the most noticeable and beautiful buildings in the sect.

As soon as Wei Fang entered the building, what greeted him was a clod voice: "Token!"

He saw an old man stretching his hand toward him.

He took out the token and gave it to the old man obediently.

"Okay, you have ten hours on the first floor. Don't try to ascend the stairs or bear the consequences yourself."

The old man said coldly as he gave the token back.

Wei Fang cupped his fist at the old man before he went to select his technique.

For someone to be assigned to protect something as precious as the sect's heritage, that old man must be very powerful.

Sei Fang thought as he began to search for a technique that suited him. But he didn't know what was right for him. Should I ask the system?

I don't think the system would even answer. He shook his head. It seems I can only rely on myself.

After hours of searching, he finally found something that piqued his interest.

It was not a sword technique or saber technique like what he wanted, but a palm technique instead.

He interested in the palm technique because the palm technique is also a universal technique, like the fly swatting palm.

The name of the technique was Elemental Palm Technique.

If one used the technique, their palm's strike could carry elemental attributes.

The elements of the attack vary from one person to another depending on the person qi or their comprehension.

After he hesitated for a bit, he finally chose it.

He had a feeling that this technique was very suited for him.

Ugh, it seems I can only give up cool techniques for suitable ones, Wei Fang lamented.

He then brought the technique to the old man at the library entrance.

Every technique in the library was sealed, and only the first section of it was opened for the disciples to browse.

To unlock the rest of the section, disciples must bring the technique and their token to the elder at the library entrance.

"This is the technique I chose, elder."

Wei Fang said as he gave the Elemental Palm Technique book and his token to the old man at the entrance.

After the old man took the book, it flashed before becoming normal again.

"Take this!" The old man gave back the book, but not the token.

"Thank you, elder!" Wei Fang said before he left the library.