Mystic Rank Technique

While Wang Wei was more focused on the event related to the Misty Sword Sect, the other youths from the Wang Family were thinking about the following day, when the annual test would be held.

There were hundreds of youths who were between the ages of 15 and 19 within the Wang Family, and even though a large portion of them did not participate due to lack of skill, there were still a hundred youths who would fight the next day.

"This is the last year you can participate in the annual test, you must at least be able to place in the top 20!" A stern man said to his son, who followed right behind him.

The young man didn't seem to have a confident look, but he still said "Okay, I'll do my best"

In the shared training area, a few dozen young people were gathered, some seemed focused on their training, but most were chatting about tomorrow's event.

"Wang Kai will definitely be ranked first this year as well, and I highly doubt that Wang Dong Fan and Wang Liu will make a breakthrough, so second place is yours!" A weak-looking youth said, as he stared at a shaved-headed youth.

His hairless head almost served as a spotlight "That was obvious from the start." He said with his eyes closed and his hands behind his back "If Wang Kai wasn't a genius, I would be the one taking first place this year"

A forced laugh sounded, coming towards them, which made the bald youth slightly open his left eye.

When the laughter died down, a female voice took its place, "If it weren't for our age difference, I would definitely come in second, perhaps I could even beat Wang Kai!" Her arrogant tone didn't match her short stature.

The girl, who was barely 1.50 meters tall, looked like a child in front of the bald young man, who was almost 1.90 meters tall and had a defined body.

The weak-looking youth stepped forward and said "Brother Wang Jian would beat you even if you were born together!"

The girl snorted with a disdainful smile "You're such a big ass-kisser, but do you have any confidence in fighting? I'm a year younger than you, and yet I'm the strongest!"

The weak youth was about to retort those words, but the bald youth, Wang Jian, stopped him, placing his open hand in front of him.

Looking at the short girl, he said in a calm tone "You put yourself on a very high pedestal, be careful not to end up falling off it"

Around them, some other young people were commenting on them "Wang Meiying is a genius just like Wang Kai, but she is unfortunately too young, so she won't even have the chance to participate in the Misty Sword Sect's disciple recruitment, while Wang Kai and Wang Jian will probably be accepted, which will leave her far behind…"

Another youth shook his head "Nothing is guaranteed, the Misty Sword Sect may choose to pick those with greater talent, if so, it is more likely that Wang Meiying will go instead of Wang Jian"

In a corner not too far away, Wang Dong Fan stood with his arms crossed, looking at the scene "With the Qi Gathering Pill I will be able to make a breakthrough, then I will also be considered a top talent of Fenghuan City and will have a chance to enter the Misty Sword Sect…" He muttered.

"Amazing plans, but I doubt you'll be able to pull it off" Suddenly these words sounded beside Wang Dong Fan, causing him to turn around with a slight fright.

Seeing who had said that, his expression softened and slowly turned mocking "Wang Wei, do you really have so much confidence in your girlfriend's victory? If she's that strong, I don't think I can go easy on her, even if she's a girl" There was a clear tone of threat in his words.

Wang Wei's smile turned cold and he placed his right hand on Wang Dong Fan's left shoulder. The touch became a grip and his voice sounded cold "If you are lucky enough to face her tomorrow, you will only lose the match, but if you end up facing me, wait at least a month to recover before you can walk again"

The robust young man was ready to scoff at those words, but he noticed that his shoulder was aching from the grip and as he tried to free himself from it, he felt that he was unable to.

A look of shock appeared on his face "You!?" He couldn't believe it, after all, Wang Wei was just an ordinary Mortal three weeks ago, but now he had the strength to hurt him.

Unlike Wang Fei, who could easily see through Wang Wei's cultivation, Wang Dong Fan had no idea what level he was at, he only knew that it was enough to beat him.

"Judging by your reaction, that Wang Meng didn't say a word to the others, I think it was too humiliating to have run away with his tail between his legs, so he preferred to keep it to himself" Wang Wei said with a light laugh and finally letting go of the other young man's shoulder.

Looking deep into Wang Dong Fan's eyes, he said "You're just a beginner martial disciple, so I have no interest in facing you, but if I hear you talking any more shit about Liu Liu, I swear I'll break both of your legs"

At this moment, Wang Dong Fan felt a cold energy invade his body, it was as if the icy hand of death had grabbed his heart. Fear, this was the first time he felt it so intensely.

Most of the youths were focused on Wang Jian and Wang Meiying, so they did not hear that conversation nor did they see Wang Dong Fan's trembling.

Not caring whether anyone was seeing this or not, Wang Wei turned to leave that place, after all his objective was never to stay in the training field, he was just going to a place very close by and ended up passing by there.

Seeing Wang Wei walk away, Wang Dong Fan finally stopped trembling and was finally able to think back to 'He became a Fourth Grade Martial Disciple, but how is that possible!?'

Even though he couldn't see through Wang Wei's cultivation, he was still certain of his level, after all he had noticed the glaring difference in their strengths, and in his mind it was impossible for Wang Wei to be a Fifth Grade Martial Disciple or higher at his age, that would be too far out of his reality.

Several hypotheses appeared in the young man's mind, most of them were about General Fei having done something to help his son, but still, it was very unbelievable, Wang Wei had jumped from being useless to a genius so suddenly.

...

A few minutes after passing through the training ground, Wang Wei had arrived at his destination and with an elegant stride, he entered a three-story building.

Right at the entrance there was an elderly person behind a small counter, his white hair and wrinkles showed how close he was to the end of his life.

With a glance, the old man recognized Wang Wei and said "Young Wang Wei, it's been a while since you came here, I thought you had lost interest in books"

Giving a slight nod, he replied "I had important things to do... But it wouldn't be wrong to say that I lost interest. Today I came to take a walk on the second floor"

Hearing those words, the old man made an incredulous expression and gave the youth an intense look. With his Sixth-Grade Martial Disciple strength, the old man, with some difficulty, saw through Wang Wei's cultivation.

"Young Wang Wei!!" His expression turned shocked "You really are Wang Fei's son! A complete genius!"

With a faint smile on his face, Wang Wei said "No need to praise me so much, I was just lucky. As I said, I'm here to look at some books on the second floor, could you please grant me access?"

To enter the second floor of the library, you just had to climb a ladder, but if you did so without permission, you could be punished. For normal young people, you were only allowed to access the first floor, where there were normal books, the second floor contained dozens of martial techniques acquired by the Wang Family, and the third floor contained the best techniques, but only the elders were allowed to access this floor.

Wang Wei only wanted two or three martial techniques, to slightly increase his strength for the annual test, he knew that even the techniques on the third floor would be useless in a short time, so he didn't even try to ask his father for help with this.

'If I were to use techniques that are on the third floor, there would probably be a lot of useless old men complaining about it and those who lost to me would feel wronged'

The old man nodded vigorously and quickly moved to the side, taking out a small wooden badge and handing it to the young man "Here you go, young Wang Wei! You can take a book and keep it for two weeks"

Wang Wei nodded, he didn't even need to take the book anyway, just by touching the book he could already acquire its basic mastery.

Tying the small badge around his waist, he made his way towards the second floor.

For the other youngsters of the Wang Family, it was already too late to want to learn a new technique, after all, they would need to practice for days to acquire the slightest control over even the simplest techniques.

Because of this, there was no one who would participate in the annual test in the library. On the first floor there were normal books, so there were mortals who would come here, and only a small number of cultivators would stay here.

Going up to the second floor, Wang Wei could see how much fewer books there were here, looking more like a personal collection than a library.

There were quite a few people on this floor, one person was younger than Wang Wei, probably just starting to cultivate, while the rest seemed to be in their middle ages.

Paying no attention to these people, Wang Wei walked along touching some books, which caused the System screens to appear before his eyes.

It was no surprise that most of the techniques were at the Low Mortal Rank, only a small number were Mid-Mortal Rank techniques.

Despite being focused on their own matters, the people around began to notice Wang Wei's strange behavior, as he only touched the books without even picking them up.

They began to wonder if he was some kind of crazy person or something.

Ding!~

[ The host has acquired the Mid-Mortal Rank Martial Technique, "Ferocious Cheetah Step"! ]

Ding!~

[ Host has acquired the Mid-Mortal Rank Martial Technique, "Scarlet Slash"! ]

Wang Wei had chosen those two techniques, one was a movement technique, which would increase his speed, the other was a sword technique, which would increase his attack potential.

Now he only had one more technique he wanted to obtain, a body refinement technique, which would increase both his strength and defense, but this type of technique was rarer than the other types, so the Wang family only had a few of poorer quality.

'Maybe I should ask my father, he should have at least one Mid-Mortal Rank technique...' Wang Wei thought as he went through the last few books on the floor.

Ding!~

[Do you wish to learn the Mid-Mystic Rank Martial Technique, "Indestructible Mystic Body"?]

Wang Wei's eyes widened 'Mid-Mystic Rank?! Such a top technique is gathering dust in the Wang Library!?' He had obviously agreed to learn that skill.

This time he didn't just touch it, he actually grabbed the book that looked quite worn. A technique of this level wasn't something the Wang Family or Fenghuan City were worthy of having.

Staring at the small book in his hands, a mix of feelings appeared on Wang Wei's face 'If they find out that such a technique is here, I believe that all the surrounding cities will attack our family to steal it...'

When he finally verbalized in his mind that he wished to learn the skill, suddenly, his entire body glowed with a faint golden color, as every muscle in his body, and even his skin and bones, underwent a metamorphosis.

It was only a few seconds, but his glowing body caught the attention of everyone on the second floor.

"What's going on?!" One of them asked in confusion.

"That crazy kid from before... Is that an enlightenment?" A woman wondered.

Even though I had never seen an illumination happening, everyone there had an idea of what it was and it seemed to make sense that it would be that, but they were wrong.

What Wang Wei was experiencing was merely the effect of having acquired the Lower Mastery of the Indestructible Mystical Body technique.

After those few seconds, the golden glow disappeared. His thin body had changed and a layer of toned muscles appeared.

His height had changed slightly, making him grow a few inches taller. He could feel how much his body had changed, and his appearance was only a small part of it; his strength had taken a huge leap, he could easily tell that his power had doubled.