At the Martial Training Ground, it was currently break time, and the martial warriors watched as everyone gathered to chat without interruption.

Xia Chen's gaze fell on a seemingly aloof twelve or thirteen-year-old boy on the outskirts. The boy's name was Xia Yichen, and they had exchanged greetings earlier, so Xia Chen knew him.

He was a branch line descendant of the Xia family, destined to become a legendary general who would shake the world and command the Great Wu cavalry, dominating the Eastern Wasteland Battlefield in the future Unification era.

But for now, this future god of war still had a youthful face.

Xia Chen's eyes then turned to another boy, Xia Haoyu!

The legitimate grandson of Xia Chen's sixth granduncle, his future achievements would be equally astonishing.

"Brother Chen, you're going out for training!"

Xia Wen, standing nearby, said with a face full of excitement. Xia Chen truthfully mentioned his plan to visit the Skill Repository Pavilion and then head out, sharing this with Xia Wen.

"I'm about to break through to the eighth rank soon, and when I do, I'll come find you, Brother Chen!"

Xia Wen had no ill intentions. With the straightforwardness of youth, he spoke his mind without much other thought.

Xia Chen was surprised. Xia Wen was still a few months shy of turning twelve, yet he was about to break through to the eighth rank. Indeed, the talent of one of the Xia family's brightest future stars in the Unification era was well-deserved.

"Whether it's the Xia family or the Great Wu Dynasty, the young generation of geniuses is emerging like bamboo shoots after the rain. The golden era is about to arrive."

Xia Chen murmured to himself, his heart stirred. The golden generation had yet to fully mature, and the Xia family's 600 years of accumulated fortune would soon be entirely unleashed, propelling the Xia family to another peak.

He must seize the opportunity in advance.

***

Skill Repository Pavilion!

The building had a total of seven floors.

Xia Chen had only been here once before, back when he was learning basic saber techniques.

This time, due to his significant contributions, he was granted special permission to freely access the first six floors.

Xia Chen was not in a hurry and headed straight to the fifth floor. He entered the first floor and went to the bookshelf on the right, picking up a book to start reading.

"Whirlwind Sword Technique!"

Xia Chen quickly skimmed through it, but his mind was not focused on the sword technique.

"Record the technique!"

Xia Chen calmly said to himself.

[Recording technique!]

[1%]

[25%]

***

[100%]

A virtual panel appeared in Xia Chen's eyes. Although he had entered this world in advance and was no longer in a player role, this auxiliary system had been retained and all permissions were opened to him.

For example, assisting in comprehending advanced saber techniques, and now the recording function!

The initial player only had the most basic proficiency increase function.

Simple and crude, but his auxiliary system had long evolved to the Spiritual Energy Revival version.

So even when players from the Empress era descended, Xia Chen could easily outmatch them with his features several versions ahead.

***

Xia Chen browsed through the first floor of the Skill Repository Pavilion, quickly recording the entire floor's techniques.

However, the 600-year accumulation of the Marquis Manor was vast, and even after filtering, ordinary techniques were not included in the Skill Repository Pavilion. The techniques on the first floor were still as vast as a sea.

Xia Chen focused on recording some of the techniques that were specially marked, then left the first floor and proceeded to the second floor.

The techniques on the second floor were mainly for the eighth rank Refining Essence level of practice, including sword techniques, saber techniques, spear techniques, halberd techniques, and body strengthening and energy circulation techniques.

There were also various military formation techniques, and Xia Chen even saw some arcanist practice methods.

The Xia family was founded on martial prowess, but their 600-year accumulation was profound. Historically, they had led armies to eradicate some rebellious arcanist sects, incorporating their inherited techniques.

Xia Chen focused on recording those military formation techniques. In this world, martial warriors and arcanists were terrifying, but soldiers forming military formations, condensing unparalleled murderous aura, were enough to slay martial warriors and arcanists.

However, Xia Chen noticed that these formations were mostly basic, with most being small formations of three or five people, and only a small portion could form a seven-person formation.

Xia Chen was not too disappointed, as such military formation techniques were closely guarded secrets, the foundation of military families.

Those formations involving ten thousand or even a hundred thousand soldiers, where the commander could gather the power of the entire army, enhancing themselves to fight across ranks, were peerless formations. Even within the Xia family, they were incredibly precious and not accessible to everyone.

Xia Chen estimated that techniques of this level were stored at least on the fifth floor or higher of the Skill Repository Pavilion.

And throughout the Great Wu, military families possessing techniques for formations of over ten thousand soldiers numbered no more than ten.

***

Deep within the Skill Repository Pavilion.

Xia Huang and Xia Hong exchanged glances, having long noticed Xia Chen's peculiar actions on the second floor.

They were Xia Chen's fourth and sixth granduncles, and earlier, Xia Chen had seen Xia Haoyu, Xia Hong's legitimate grandson, at the Martial Training Ground.

Their usual duty was to guard the Skill Repository Pavilion. Earlier, they had been called to the Merit Hall, where they learned that Xia Chen had improved the basic saber techniques, leaving a deep impression on them.

"What is he doing, just browsing?"

Xia Hong asked in confusion, unable to understand what Xia Chen was doing despite his seventy years of experience.

"If you're asking me, who should I ask?"

Xia Huang replied grumpily, stroking his beard, also unable to comprehend.

"His comprehension is good, but his mind is too unstable. Although he improved the basic saber techniques and made a great contribution to the family, it might be all he achieves in this lifetime. It's hard to expect great accomplishments from him."

Xia Hong observed for a while, shaking his head as he evaluated Xia Chen.

For a martial artist, it's important to set a goal and pursue it without hesitation, like a bamboo splitting through the air.

But Xia Chen's mind was unstable, picking up and quickly putting down each technique. With such a mindset, it's difficult to achieve great things.

"Alas, it's no wonder Xia Yuan ignores this child, focusing all his attention on his younger son, Xia Hao!"

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Xia Hong sighed, withdrawing his gaze, no longer paying much attention.

***

Xia Chen was completely unaware that his every move was being watched and evaluated.

But even if he knew, he wouldn't care at all.

Outwardly calm, his heart was filled with joy, and seeing the 100% completion on the system panel brought a smile to his lips.

This time, he intended to empty the vast Skill Repository Pavilion of the Marquis Manor.

Xia Chen endured the passage of time, and after an hour, he quickly recorded some special techniques on the second floor, then left the rest and headed to the third floor.

The techniques on the third floor were fewer than those on the first and second floors, but the quality was noticeably higher. Xia Chen even saw some Daoist and Buddhist techniques, with Buddhist scriptures and Daoist true meanings specially placed in one area.

Xia Chen hadn't expected to find such techniques in the Marquis Manor. As the Buddhists and Daoists shone brightly in the Spiritual Energy Revival version, their techniques were not simple. Some seemingly ordinary scriptures now would reveal brilliant true meanings in that era.

Some people would comprehend the Arhat Breathing Technique from the Arhat Scripture, while others would visualize the Celestial Palace Taiping Diagram from the Taiping Scripture, stepping into the Transcendent realm...

Xia Chen placed great importance on the scriptures of these two schools and prioritized recording them.

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