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Chapter 56 Croak! Breakthrough in an Unknown Technique

Fang Yuan took a deep breath and focused his mind on the line of martial arts on the system panel: [Unknown Martial Arts - (Fragment)] [Beginner].

"Add some points!"

With a thought, a familiar warmth spread throughout his body. But this time, Fang Yuan clearly felt an unusual change.

The warmth didn't flow to my limbs or fill my dantian, but rushed straight into the depths of my mind!

boom--!

Something seemed to explode in Fang Yuan's mind. Countless obscure and incomprehensible pieces of information flooded into his consciousness like a tidal wave. The information was abstract and bizarre, and could not be described in words at all. It was like fragments of some kind of rule that far exceeded common sense.

[Unknown Martial Arts Skill (Fragment)] [First Floor of Kindergarten]

Fang Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, panting heavily. Then he looked at the Daoist Rhyme Value in the upper right corner of the panel.

[Taoist Rhyme: 1.90]

What?!

Fang Yuan was stunned. Breaking through from the very beginning to the first level of the kindergarten level had actually consumed 0.08 units of Dao essence!?

It should be noted that the martial arts he had previously practiced, such as "Frog Roar Thunder Sound" and "Mountain Shaking Force," had never reached the first level of junior high school and only consumed 0.04 points at most. The point consumption of ordinary martial arts was only 0.01 points at the first level, and some special ones were 0.02 points.

This unknown cultivation technique consumes eight times the energy of an ordinary technique!?

Besides, this is only the first floor of a kindergarten!?

Fang Yuan's heart sank. At this rate of consumption, the Daoist points he had left wouldn't be enough to support a few more breakthroughs. Who knew how many levels the kindergarten even had!

After all, primary schools have grades, so having six levels is reasonable, but kindergartens have three classes: large, medium, and small.

Could it be that kindergarten alone requires three floors, then primary school six floors, junior high school three floors, making a total of nine floors? That would reduce one's Daoist aura by 0.72, and one's own Daoist aura would drop by half.

This doesn't even take into account the wear and tear on the mats!

But since we've already added points, let's continue!

Anyway, didn't that child say that these ghost soldiers outside use Blood Jade as currency? As long as I escape, I'll definitely have tons of Blood Jade Dao Essence!

Fang Yuan gritted his teeth and chose to add points again.

[Unknown Martial Arts Skill (Fragment)] [Second Floor of Kindergarten]

[Taoist Rhyme: 1.82]

0.08 again!

Fang Yuan took a deep breath, and without hesitation, continued!

As a large amount of Daoist energy was poured into him, Fang Yuan felt another booming sound in his mind.

[Unknown Martial Arts Skill (Fragment)] [Kindergarten Level 3, Senior Class: Half-Step to Perfection!]

[Note: You have reached the theoretical limit of your current body in cultivating [Unknown Martial Arts - Fragment], and cannot break through further. You need to choose a cultivation technique at least at the beginner level as your focus for future breakthroughs!]

really!

Fang Yuan looked at the system notification, feeling both shocked and relieved.

What's shocking is that this technique is incredibly demanding and requires an unprecedented level of skill. Not only does it have an extra kindergarten level, but even breaking through from kindergarten level requires a junior high level technique as a foundation!

Note that this requires the first level of junior high school, meaning that your own "Mountain-Shaking Strength" cannot be used as a foundation for this technique to break through.

The moment he completed the breakthrough, Fang Yuan suddenly realized the effect of this technique.

It was an extremely subtle perception.

He could see a faint, grayish-white mist surrounding the prisoners in the cages around him. The mist coiled around their heads like a spiderweb, deeply penetrating their consciousness. The mist around Chen Tieshan was the thickest, almost solidifying.

This is……

【idea】

The names of these mists subconsciously came to Fang Yuan's mind.

By simply touching upon these points and inserting your own thoughts, the other person's perception will be altered...

Is this the principle behind Liang Wang's cognitive manipulation?!

No wonder the energy consumption is so high, no wonder it requires a foundation of junior high school level techniques. This can no longer be considered martial arts; it can be described as some kind of superpower.

Fang Yuan tried to circulate this technique.

In an instant, he felt his consciousness transform into invisible tentacles, able to "touch" the surrounding grayish-white mist. He cautiously extended a wisp of his consciousness toward Chen Tieshan.

Fang Yuan also quickly sensed the gray-white mist that was swirling around Chen Tieshan.

This cloud of mist represents a most basic thought: sin.

As long as he has this thought of "sin", he will feel guilty.

Feeling guilty leads to feelings of inferiority, making one afraid to resist and losing the ability to attack the other party.

As consciousness pierced through the fog, it could see the more subtle thoughts in Chen Tieshan's mind.

For example: [What should we eat today?] [How do we escape?] [Today is so absurd!]

Why can a toad move mountains with such force?

Am I really that bad? I'm not even as good as a toad.

And so on and so forth, there are so many thoughts, so many complicated thoughts, new ones are being generated rapidly every second.

However, it is still faintly visible that there is still a large amount of "sin" in the other person's mind, occupying most of the space in their mind, and at this moment it is being rapidly squeezed out of the mind by a constant stream of new thoughts.

Fang Yuan took a deep breath and looked at the ghost soldiers again.

The ghost soldiers outside were all three meters tall, their bodies almost entirely shrouded in two or three layers of mist. Going deeper in, one would find [patrolling], [recording], and [alive]...

Thoughts like these.

Their minds were almost completely different from those of living people; they seemed to be empty, like zombies, without a single thought.

Their actions seem to depend solely on external ideas for survival!

Fang Yuan took a deep breath.

So, next, I should choose a junior high level cultivation technique as a stepping stone to break through.

Currently, my Daoist cultivation is still sufficient, and I can definitely add a few more junior-level cultivation techniques. However, I shouldn't try to do too much at once, and if I want to break through this cage, I must go all out.

This is probably the last safe zone!

Moreover, now that he has confirmed the source of the Blood Jade, he will use up all his Daoist essence in one go and then fully cultivate it into a technique!

but……

Considering the potential hunger that might occur after adding points... Fang Yuan felt that he should not choose physical cultivation techniques as a stepping stone for his breakthrough.

Otherwise, in this godforsaken place, it would be difficult to even find a bite to eat.

Fang Yuan glanced at his panel. Currently, his first-level junior high school cultivation technique is [Frog Roar Thunder Sound], which is the core technique of his internal energy.

【Frog Talk】This is the core technique for teaching him to speak.

The "Moon Palace Step" is a technique for concealing one's voice and going out when one is of large size.

Based on my experience with the "Toad Palace Step" technique, the breakthrough method chosen here is very likely to affect the effectiveness of subsequent techniques...

Then, I've decided it's you!

[Thunderous croaking of frogs!]