"Eh? Master, you cannot do that! That is not right!"

"Look how wonderful this place is. It is full of treasures everywhere, and you can also awaken bloodline divine abilities here! You should stay a little longer!"

Yao Heng immediately became anxious and flew in front of Xiao Shou. It trying hard to persuade him to stay longer, at least until it awakened its bloodline divine ability before leaving.

Even though it always said it was delicate, it actually wanted to become stronger very much.

Seeing that the little black hearted flower had stopped acting cute, Xiao Shou smiled proudly.

"Since our cute Yaoyao has said so, I will make an effort. After all, I have a very strong sense of responsibility as a master."

"Master!"

Yao Heng happily circled around him. "How long do you plan to stay? Three months?"

Xiao Shou shook his head.

Yao Heng’s flapping wings paused for a moment. "Then two months?"

Seeing Xiao Shou still shake his head, it said with a lifeless expression, "Then one month at least? If it is less than one month, this ordinary blood energy will not be enough to awaken a bloodline divine ability."

"The time for me to leave is already determined by the rules of this secret realm. I cannot do anything about it."

After saying that, Xiao Shou glanced at the dejected little fellow that did not even want to fly anymore, the corner of his lips curling up.

"However, it is not like there are no other methods."

Hearing this, Yao Heng’s beautiful glass like eyes instantly lit up like two hundred watt bulbs.

It asked expectantly, "What method does Master have?"

"I have been using ordinary sword energy attacks all this time. Although sword energy is powerful, it has many limitations and shortcomings. Moreover, I am not a sword cultivator, so I cannot fully unleash the true power of a sword."

"I am a spell cultivator. The cultivation technique I practice is somewhat special. Apart from the ordinary three-element spiritual root spells, I also have one secret technique for each major realm."

Xiao Shou calmly summarized his current abilities.

"Qi Refining stage has the Minor Vitality Restoration Art, Foundation Establishment stage has the Minor Earth Shatter Art, and Golden Core stage has the Minor Spiritual Purification Art. I have already mastered the Minor Vitality Restoration Art, but it is very impractical in the cultivation world, so I have never used it. As for the other two, due to time constraints, I have not learned them yet. That is why the number of blood shadows I have killed is far below my actual capability."

"Therefore..."

"Therefore what?"

Yao Heng flew in front of Xiao Shou while crossed its little arms and asked seriously.

Xiao Shou could not help but poke it lightly with his finger before continuing.

"I need to master both the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core secret techniques in the shortest time possible, greatly increase my strength, and compress what should take over a month into just two days. That way, I will need your flower space again."

"Ah! But what about the side effects of the flower space?"

Yao Heng looked at Xiao Shou worriedly, then sighed.

"Actually, not awakening a bloodline divine ability is not a big deal. Maybe in the future we will encounter other treasures that can awaken it."

"But I do not like this color of spiritual energy."

The little fellow was indeed a somewhat black hearted flower, but its concern for its master exceeded even its own instincts.

That was not bad.

It deserved a reward later.

This thought flashed through Xiao Shou’s mind and his mood improved a little.

"Do not worry. This time I will master both secret techniques in the shortest time possible. Once I finish, I will come out. It will not take long, at most one hour. I am not so weak that I cannot handle even this amount of time."

"Have you decided?" Yao Heng asked seriously.

Seeing Xiao Shou nod, it immediately said nothing more and directly pulled him inside.

It adjusted the time flow to the maximum.

Time was tight, not a single moment could be wasted.

Xiao Shou did not expect the little fellow to be so decisive.

After a brief moment of surprise, he quickly regained his composure.

Looking at this familiar space, he could not help but smile.

It seems the little one is really anxious.

He was the same.

A rare opportunity to awaken a bloodline divine ability.

Only a fool would miss it.

This time, no matter what, he had to give it his all.

Xiao Shou sat down in his usual cross legged position.

For the sake of practicing secret techniques, he even took out several top grade spirit stones to increase the spiritual energy in the space, then began cultivating.

In fact, the secret techniques in his cultivation method already existed before Fu Young’s deductions.

Only the variant spiritual root techniques were moved or derived by Fu Young from his own cultivation method.

After all, his technique allowed the formation of a different spiritual root at each major realm, making its supporting secret techniques far more comprehensive.

He himself had water, earth, and wood spiritual roots.

All common techniques of these three attributes could be learned and used by him.

As for secret techniques, they were all exclusive methods that could only be mastered through special inheritances or unique cultivation methods.

The defining trait of secret techniques was that they consumed the least amount of spiritual energy while their power was several times stronger than ordinary techniques.

They were often the hidden methods of sects and aristocratic families, never passed on to outsiders.

Moreover, they usually required a specific cultivation method to learn.

This was how the system was designed.

However, in Xiao Shou’s view, these secret techniques were not complicated.

In fact, their principles were extremely simple.

The Qi Refining stage Minor Vitality Restoration Art worked by condensing the vitality within wood and earth spiritual energy and merging it into water spiritual energy and enhancing its healing effect.