Strongest Replication

On this floor, there weren't many movement techniques available — only a total of five. Three of them were Intermediate-rank Martial Skills while the other two were Advanced-rank ones.    

Chu Zhongtian knew full well that it would be useless for him to learn all the Martial Skills at the same time. Thus, he did not pay much attention to the two Advanced-rank ones for the time being and instead focused on learning the Intermediate-rank ones.    

With plenty of time available to him, he opened the three Intermediate-rank Martial Skills and looked carefully through them one after another. Compared to his personal hobbies, he intended to choose the movement technique most suitable for him. At last, he decided on the "Wind Breaking Technique"!    

The reason why he chose the Intermediate-rank Movement Technique, Wind Breaker, was that the Low-rank Movement Technique that he previously cultivated was very similar to Wind Breaker. Moreover, he had already cultivated that Low-rank Movement Technique to the Minor Realm.    

If he continued cultivating at his current pace, he should be able to advance it to the Major Realm and be not too far away from the peak. Furthermore, Chu Zhongtian had a feeling that this Low-level Movement Technique would reach the Peak Realm during his experience in the Endless Forest. This was also the reason why had prepared an Intermediate-rank Movement Technique in advance.    

After memorizing the manual of Wind Breaker, he planned to leave the library. But when he turned around and was just about to take his leave, a particular book located under a bookshelf caught his eye.    

Slightly darker in color to the other cultivation manuals, that book with a tattered cover had obviously been discarded nonchalantly. However, for some reason, Chu Zhongtian's eyes were fixed on it.    

Bending over and taking the old book out, he gently brushed away the layer of dust on the cover before opening it and taking a few glances. To his surprise, those few glances made him burst into excitement.    

This particular book was neither a secret record of some sort nor was it a kind of profound Martial Skill. Rather, it seemed to be a type of secret technique. While this technique may not seem very useless to most ordinary cultivators, it could be considered to be extremely powerful for other cultivators as it was a technique used to conceal one's cultivation realm.    

If one sought to become famous in the Eternal Continent, they would naturally have to display their full strength before everyone's eyes. That was also what Chu Zhongtian did during the Hunting Contest.    

While showing one's full strength may bring about influence and prestige, it would, on the other hand, expose all the tricks up one's sleeve. By knowing this information, their enemies would be more prepared to go against them.    

Chu Zhongtian was currently facing this exact kind of predicament. What he was most concerned about now was finding a way to keep his trump cards hidden. At this moment, he just so happened to come across a secret technique that would do just that for him.    

Unfortunately, it was a pity that the secret technique was missing a few of its most crucial pages. Thus, he could only make his cultivation realm go down by a single minor realm for now.    

In other words, with Chu Zhongtian being in the Peak Sixth Layer of the Qi Refining Realm, he would be seen as a Peak Fifth Layer Qi Refining Realm Cultivator in front of anyone who analyzed his cultivation after cultivating the secret technique.    

In spite of that, it nevertheless served as a great help to Chu Zhongtian since he would be breaking through to the Seventh Layer of the Qi Refining Realm soon. When he heads over to the Endless Forest for training, under the guise of the secret technique, he would trick others into thinking that he was still in the Sixth Layer of the Qi Refining Realm. In that case, the experts sending people to assassinate him would end up looking down on him, which would inevitably benefit him if he were to be snuck up on.    

According to the rules of the library, secret techniques were not allowed to be taken out. As such, Chu Zhongtian did his best to memorize each and every word contained within the manual, not letting even the symbols escape from his mind.    

Time flew by gradually, and five days passed in the blink of an eye. With the arrival of New Year's Eve, the Chu Family residence was brimming with all kinds of colorful decorations as laughter filled the entire place.    

The entire residence bustled with excitement. Whether it was the experts of the Chu Family who went out to train or the servants who were doing business outside, each and every one of them rushed back to participate in the annual ceremony to offer sacrifices to their ancestors.    

Within the Tranquil Elegant Pavilion.    

Chu Zhongba, Chu Yuping, and nearly twenty other elite disciples of the Chu Family gathered up together in the meeting room and chatted with each other.    

"Zhongtian, today's the first time you've participated in the ceremony of offering sacrifices to your ancestors after returning to the family. When the time comes, you have to perform well and let those family members who have been away all year long witness the demeanor of the strongest person amongst the younger generation of the Chu Family," Chu Zhongba said in a relaxed tone as he leaned back on his chair.    

As the former strongest cultivator amongst the younger generation, Chu Zhongba was now sitting on the seat to the left of the main seat after being dethroned.    

In spite of that, Chu Zhongba had already calmed back down to his usual mental state and was now enjoying his current life.    

After all, as Chu Tianyun's only son, he possessed more information than the others.    

The ceremony of offering sacrifices to the ancestors was probably the grandest and most influential ceremony in the Chu Family that would take place over the next few decades. However, this particular ceremony was not only to offer sacrifices to the ancestors, but also to announce the next successor."    

"That's right, Brother Tian, you'd better put on a show today and let those so-called strongest individuals of the younger generation witness the true strength of a genius!" one of Chu Yuping's subordinates said with a bright expression.    

This disciple was called Chu Mingming, an elite disciple who had followed Chu Yuping during the Hunting Contest and was now at the Initial Sixth Layer of the Qi Refining Realm. Back then, he was also one of the people who witnessed Chu Zhongtian defeat Yan Yongjin with a single strike.    

The reason for his great excitement was that he had also been provoked by his half-brother. Due to the issues regarding their status, the relationship between the individuals of the younger generation and the adolescent generation was often filled with conflicts.    

Naturally, upon reaching the age of an adolescent, one would quickly merge into the various cliques formed amongst the adolescent generation.    

In fact, this was not special to the Chu Family as such things would also happen in the other families within the state of Qi. With the adolescent generation being older than them, their strength would naturally be much greater than theirs too. Being outclassed in all aspects, the younger generation was essentially at a great disadvantage.    

But with a monstrous genius like Chu Zhongtian appearing amongst the younger generation of the Chu Family, it was the best time for their generation to rise, so how could they not be excited?    

"That's right! We should let the adolescent generation see your true strength! Other than being slightly older than us, they really are nothing special."    

"Hell yeah! Let's take this opportunity to deal a heavy blow to them and teach them how there are many other individuals in this world who are more powerful than them!"    

Chu Mingming's words just now immediately resonated with the other disciples. Surging with righteous indignation, they all agreed with him.    

"Quiet!" Chu Yuping frowned and shouted when he saw all the disciples in the hall discussing amongst themselves.    

With the help of the dense Spiritual Qi in Hidden Dragon Pavilion, Chu Yuping had successfully broken through to the Seventh Layer of the Qi Refining Realm and become the second strongest Seventh Layer of the Qi Refining Realm Cultivator amongst the younger generation of the Chu Family.    

Moreover, he had a good relationship with many people and held a high prestige amongst the disciples of the younger generation of the Chu Family. Thus, with a single word uttered from his mouth, he had silenced the entire hall of disciples as they sat there obediently.