Chapter 18 - Choosing a Martial Art

　　After resting for the night, early the next morning, Ye Chuan once again came to the Martial Skill Pavilion. 　　The pavilion guarding elder knew most of the inner disciples and all the core disciples, but the outer disciples only knew a few people, such as Zhang Haoran and Wu Zongming, but strangely enough, he recognized the other party as soon as Ye Chuan entered the Martial Arts Pavilion and gave him a smile. 　　Ye Chuan felt strange, but still had the courtesy to say, "Good day Elder." 　　The elder guarding the pavilion nodded and said as an elder, "Too many martial skills is not a good thing, as the saying goes, you can't chew too much, you should understand what I mean." 　　Where Ye Chen did not know what the other party was thinking, he revealed a bitter smile, "Elder, I am going to the second floor, this is the token." After saying that, he handed the token to the other party. 　　"Token? What? You won third place by breaking through Woodman Alley?" The pavilion guarding elder was filled with surprise and couldn't help but speak out of turn. 　　"Yes." 　　The Pavilion Guard Elder hesitantly said, "You really practiced the Lone Peak Thirteen Swords?" 　　Seeing Ye Chuan nodding his head in acknowledgement, the Pavilion Guard Elder was still a bit unconvinced, but had to believe it, it was just that it was not too simple to win the third place with just a crippled Lone Peak Thirteen Swords, after all, the other party's cultivation was only at the middle of the sixth level of the Qi Practicing Realm. 　　Although as a pavilion guarding elder, he was not in a position to ask too many questions, and reminded: "Those who can go up to the second floor are all inner disciples as well as core disciples, they will show their arrogance in the face of you as an outer disciple to a greater or lesser extent, remember not to mess with them, and also, you are not officially an inner disciple, and you have to come down in a quarter of an hour, so you have to choose the secret book quickly. " 　　"I know." 　　Ye Chuan understood the reasoning, although inner disciples and outer disciples were both disciples, their statuses were very different, a conflict with an inner disciple would only result in a loss for himself. As for choosing a good secret book within a quarter of an hour, it was to prevent outer disciples from secretly memorizing other secrets. 　　The stairway entrance was deep on the left side, and Ye Chuan walked over with a calm demeanor. 　　As soon as he went up the stairs, Ye Chuan felt the invisible pressure coming on his face, looking into the eyes, the entire second floor there are about a dozen people, some are carefully flipping through the secret books, some chatting in low voices, some holding a few secret books are making a choice, the oldest of these people is not more than twenty years old, the youngest is about the same as Ye Chuan, all of them exuding the inscrutable temperament, they are --- the inner disciples! -Inner Sect Disciples! 　　The inner disciple closest to Ye Chuan habitually turned his head sideways, a faint suspicion surfaced on his face, then he seemed to think of something and muttered, "I forgot, yesterday was the Breaking through Wooden Man Alley Competition, and this person should be in the top ten!" 　　After muttering, his attention returned to the secret book, no longer paying attention to Ye Chen. 　　Walking a few steps forward, Ye Chuan looked around and found that the layout was similar to the first floor, but it was more classical and atmospheric, the rows and rows of bookshelves were not made of ordinary wood, but sandalwood worth thousands of dollars, these sandalwood emitted a mellow aroma, which did not last long and had the effect of reassuring the mind and fixing the soul. 　　The bookshelves are divided into five layers, the bottom three layers are human level high grade secret books, the top two layers are human level top grade secret books, three to five books per layer, no more than seven books at most, and on the side of each row of bookshelves there are labels, such as 'Cultivation Technique Category', 'Auxiliary Technique Category ', 'Stance Martial Technique Category', 'Attack Martial Technique Category', 'Defense Martial Technique Category' and so on. 　　Without delay, Ye Chuan only had a quarter of an hour to choose. 　　First came to the martial arts secret book that area, Ye dust casually pick up a book to look at the title page, then put down, then immediately pick up another book, put down,...... 　　Dozens of books into the hand, really look at the eyes of only nine books, respectively- 　　"Fiery Fist, Attack Martial Skill!" 　　"Inch Swimming Step, body martial skill!" 　　"Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada, body martial art!" 　　"Yuan Qi Power, defense martial art!" 　　"Phase-less Counterattack, defense and attack martial art!" 　　"Golden Goose Kung Fu, body martial art!" 　　"Split Fist, attacking martial art!" 　　"Sword Drawing, attacking martial art!" 　　"Withered Wood Seal, attacking martial art!" 　　These nine martial arts might not be the best human grade high level martial arts, but they were definitely the most suitable for Ye Chuan, so he was a bit moved by all of them. 　　Fire Fist is Wu Zongming's main cultivation of martial arts, the power of needless to say, when the big success can be born out of the fire strength, to give the enemy a fatal blow; inch tour step is Zhang Haoran cultivated footwork, in and out as if the ground into an inch, very scary and practical; eight steps to catch the cicadas is the eight steps within the explosive power, enough to raise the speed of fifty percent or more, any enemy speed, are not able to escape from the palms of their hands, is to chase the enemy to kill the enemy's preferred choice! Yuanqi power is a bit mysterious, need to use internal qi as an auxiliary, cultivate a unique Yuanqi, this Yuanqi and internal qi, usually stored in the body, against the enemy automatically manifested, to protect themselves, but with a point less a point, need to be replenished at any time. 　　The first four were already excellent, if there was no other choice, Ye Chuan would definitely choose one of them, but with the next five, Ye Chuan had to give them up. 　　No phase counterattack is said to be a defense martial arts, in fact, it is also an attack martial arts, is concerned about the first after the first, anticipate the enemy first, passive to overcome the enemy, defense to counterattack, the enemy is strong, the enemy is weak, the enemy is weak, the enemy does not move I do not move, very difficult to deal with, cultivation of the successful person to rely on it alone is enough to get a foothold. 　　Subsequently, the Golden Goose is a light work, learn to become a water and walk in no time, up to the great can be more than a hundred meters in the air, body as light as a swallow flying on the grass. 　　When seeing the introduction of the split fist, Ye Chuan could not help but wonder, this martial art is so fierce and overbearing, there is no such thing as softness in rigidity, a punch in the past, the target is bound to be split in half, can be said to have reached the extreme of rigidity, quite extreme. 　　"Rigor cannot last long, Tai Chi is all about one yin and one yang, one rigidity and one softness, not to mention martial arts, I'm afraid that once I can't defeat the enemy I will be defeated by the enemy, it's too extreme." Ye Chuan shook his head and gave up on the martial art of Quartering Fist. 　　As for the Sword Drawing Technique, it emphasized on the explosive force generated at the moment of drawing the sword, and its force and speed was greater than swinging the sword directly, thus hitting the enemy in the first move preemptively and striving for a fatal move. 　　Ye Chuan practiced the Lone Peak Thirteen Swords, and if he could match it with the Sword Drawing Technique, then from the moment he drew his sword to the moment he withdrew it, there would be no breakage to speak of, unless the opponent's strength or martial arts skills exceeded his by a lot. 　　However, many things are not viewed in this way, sword drawing art is certainly good, just for the cultivation of swordsmanship is not a smart choice, it is the same as the four points of the fist, too extreme, the first up to hurt people, if you can't hurt people, the sharpness of the will certainly be depleted. 　　So the sword drawing technique was not suitable for swordsmen, it was suitable for killers. 　　The last martial art is withered wood seal, this martial art is good at hiding the breath, when attacking noiselessly, often the enemy has not yet noticed, was killed directly, in addition to this, withered wood seal's name seems to be dead, in fact contains unlimited vitality, in the attack before hitting the target, the essence of the air locked, only in the split second of hitting, such as the old tree in the spring, glowing with terrifying vitality and explosive power.