Please be my partner.

A round of applause rang out. Melun stood up and looked in the direction of the sound. He saw a heroic young man slowly walking towards him. He smiled and said, "Junior Brother Melun is truly a genius. He has mastered three aspects of the Cloud Flipping Hand in just a few days. It's truly amazing."

Melen nodded and greeted, "Senior Brother Wei."

The man's name was Wei Zichun, also from the Holy City Federation, but unlike Mellen, the former was from the Wei family, one of the aristocratic families in the federation.

Aristocratic families have existed since ancient times, and there is even a saying that "a dynasty lasts a hundred years, and a family lasts a thousand years." Even in the current era of the Holy City Federation, they still exist, but have retreated from the front stage to behind the scenes. However, they still firmly grasp power in all aspects, but ordinary people simply cannot reach this level, including Mellen before.

This was not the first time that Mellen had met Senior Brother Wei after climbing up the Black Dragon Peak. It was not difficult to guess what the latter wanted, which was nothing more than to win over and make friends. Mellen was neither unfamiliar with this nor opposed it. In his opinion, there was nothing wrong in making more friends as long as they did not disturb him.

After a brief greeting, the two said goodbye to each other.

Wei Zichun didn't care as he watched Mellen leave. Establishing a friendship requires not only the binding of interests, but also long-term maintenance. Wei Zichun, who had received elite education from an aristocratic family since childhood, was naturally familiar with these.

In Wei Zichun's opinion, it will take some time for Mellen to become successful. Now it is enough to just make friends with him slowly. There is no need to rush to promise benefits, otherwise it will only put you at a disadvantage.

Mellen could guess a little about Wei Zichun's thoughts, but he didn't care.

Practicing [Observing Delusion] is a very mentally exhausting thing, so after achieving the state of distinguishing delusion, Melen temporarily ended his retreat and practiced some other martial arts to change his mood.

Well, it's probably similar to those top students who do a few sets of exercises to relax themselves after getting tired of studying.

Now that I'm almost relaxed, I naturally have to go back to the 'main story'.

[Observing Delusion] The most difficult level of this state of mind training is undoubtedly the third level of Observing Delusion. Throughout the history of this world, few people can achieve this.

Counting down, the second most difficult thing is not to break the state of delusion, but to get started in discerning delusion. To achieve the ability to discern delusion, you don’t need talent or aptitude. Even vague things like thinking and understanding can only play a certain auxiliary role. What you really need is an occasional flash of inspiration.

The second level of breaking delusion is not easy, it is just easy to learn but difficult to master.

After all, it's easy to get rid of one thought, ten isn't difficult either, but what about a hundred? A thousand? Ten thousand? Not to mention the prerequisite of constantly doing it.

In the meditation room, Mellen absorbed Spike's practice experience during this period and had a clear understanding of breaking delusion.

One thought of silence, no waves.

Mellen watched the endless stream of thoughts that arose within his mind, feeling the impact they had on him, whether light or heavy. When he focused his attention on a specific thought, he could easily read the information within it...

"Yeah, I'm invincible! I want rivers of blood to flow, I want to kill people indiscriminately, I'm responsible for the killing, dogs, kill as much as you want!"

"I'm a little monster, la la la! This world is great! Aaaah! It tastes great, la la la!"

"How can a domestic dog smell as good as a wild dog! Wow wow wow! So cute! So cute!"

"Streaking! I'm going to streak naked today! Even the gods can't stop me! That's what I say!"

"I just want to be an ordinary person, enjoying the mountains and rivers, and getting drunk in front of the window. But what can I do? I have both beauty and wisdom, but my strength won't allow it!"

"Call me daddy! I told you to call me daddy!!"

"This senior sister is very beautiful, mine! This junior sister is very gentle, mine! This old man is very funny, mine!!"

"How dare you, nun, snatch the bald donkey from this poor Taoist?!"

"..."

"..."

Looking at these chaotic thoughts, a question mark slowly floated out of Mellen's spirit body.

Among the countless complicated thoughts, not all of them are strange. There are also some "serious" thoughts such as thinking about martial arts or planning for the future. It's just that they are drowned in them, just like sand washed away by the waves, and are not easy to find.

After getting rid of some weird thoughts generated by his 'self', Mellen returned to his calm state and began to try to break the delusion.

With Spike's experience, it was not difficult for Mellen to do this.

After a period of preparation, under the influence of the 'self', the thought generated by the 'other self' quickly melts away like snow under the scorching sun.

Although it was just a trivial thought that was dispelled, at that moment, Mellen felt that his spiritual realm had been sublimated.

This represents more than just the elimination of a trivial thought, but the beginning of the 'self' controlling the 'other self'!

Control is the core throughout the entire process of breaking the delusion realm. As for observing the delusion realm, what is needed is... transcendence.

When Mellen opened his eyes, a satisfied smile naturally appeared on his face.

Although he has not tried it yet, Melen now has a strong feeling that he can now perform four [Soul Synchronizations]. Of course, this does not include the existence of temporary supermodels like Xiao Honglian.

Mellen didn't know whether the thoughts came from his 'self' or his 'other self', but he had already begun to imagine a bright future...

"This punch has the power of a hundred dogs, can you block it?!"

Putting away all these trivial things, Melen left the quiet room and went to the special canteen for the disciples of Black Dragon Peak to have a hearty meal. Then he leisurely went to the Transmission Hall to look for Elder Liu.

Elder Liu was a little surprised when he saw Melen. When he heard Melen tell him that he had entered the realm of breaking delusion, his eyes almost popped out.

Although he felt that Mellen couldn't possibly lie to him about this, Elder Liu couldn't help but ask, "Really?!"

Melen smiled slightly and said, "Elder, do you have a way to test it? If so, we can tell by just trying it."

Without hesitation, his eyes suddenly flashed, and Melen suddenly felt that some messy thoughts inexplicably emerged in his "other-self" thinking.

This feeling is very strange. If I were to describe it, it would be a bit like... hypnosis.

Melen mobilized the power to break delusions and destroyed these thoughts one by one.

"Hahahaha!" Elder Liu laughed heartily and said, "Not bad, not bad! You kid, you really gave me a big surprise!"

Under Elder Liu's questioning, Melen briefly recounted his experience of practicing [Observation of Delusion].

Actually, there is not much to say. After all, when it comes to something as intangible as spiritual realm, everyone’s way of achieving it is different.

Elder Liu now understood Mellen's intentions and said with a smile, "Since you have already achieved the state of breaking delusion, today I will teach you the fundamental skills of Black Dragon Peak: [Black Dragon Soaring Dance] and [Heaven-Slaying Sword]!"

"[Black Dragon Soaring Dance] is a method of strengthening the body, including strengthening the qi, moving the blood, refining the flesh, strengthening the bones, tempering the internal organs, and concentrating the mind."

"You don't need to worry about the Qi Strengthening Technique. It's just some methods that allow ordinary people to achieve Qi and Blood replenishment more efficiently. However, you need to practice Blood Moving and Flesh Refining again. This is because the Red Dragon Body Refining Technique passed down by my Shenglong Sect is a simplified version. Even so, it is better than the secret teachings of many martial arts schools, but there are still some key points that cannot be cultivated. Without these key points, not only will there be almost no possibility of breaking through to the Grandmaster level, but you will also be hindered when encountering our Shenglong Sect's orthodox exercises."

Melen nodded in understanding. He felt that the Shenglong Sect was too generous. They actually allowed the advanced skills such as the Red Dragon Body Tempering Technique to be spread among the Holy Guards at will. It turned out that they were waiting here.

Others practiced the "female" one, but only the disciples of Shenglong Sect practiced the "male" one. Naturally, the "female" one would not be effective when seeing the "male" one.

Elder Liu continued, "After you've made up for the flaws in your technique, you can then proceed with forging your bones and tempering your internal organs. You just need to proceed step by step. When your flesh, bones, and internal organs have all reached the peak of human strength, you can begin to concentrate your spirit."

"Essence, Qi, and Spirit are the three treasures of human beings. To break through the limits and become a master, none of them can be missing."

"Essence and Qi are easy to cultivate, but the Spirit is hard to achieve. Ordinary martial arts schools don't have methods for preserving the Spirit. Even if they train their bodies to the limits of human strength, they can't break through to the Grandmaster level. By the time they have, through years of hard work, refined their Spirit to the required level, their Qi and blood will often be depleted due to old age, and the chances of achieving Grandmaster status become slim to none."

"Practicing the method of preserving the spirit can save at least thirty to fifty years of hard work. There's no need to waste time. When striving for Grandmaster status with a fully developed spirit and sufficient energy, the probability of success is naturally much higher and safer."

"[Black Dragon Soaring Dance] can also accelerate the speed of cultivation by using murderous aura and evil spirit, and grant oneself some additional characteristics and abilities."

"The [Slaying Heaven Sword] is a killing sword technique. It can gather murderous energy and use it for its own benefit. The stronger the killing intent, the stronger the sword technique."

With Elder Liu's explanation, Melen gained a clearer understanding of martial arts.

Elder Liu took out two ancient and heavy metal books and placed them in front of Mellen, saying, "These are the original copies of the Black Dragon Soaring Dance and the Sky-Slaying Sword, the fundamental skills of my Black Dragon Peak lineage. You can come to my place to view them at any time, but you cannot take them out of the Transmission Hall."

"Hehe, if it were any other Black Dragon Peak disciple, they would at least have to cultivate a heart that is not afraid of killing before they are qualified to practice these two fundamental methods. The Peak Master specifically instructed you to practice directly, so don't let him down."

"Peak Master?" This was something Melen had not expected. So far, the highest level he had seen in Shenglong Sect was only the elder, and he had never seen a Peak Master. It was said that the Peak Masters of the three peaks of Shenglong Sect were all Grandmaster-level figures.

Elder Liu smiled slightly without explaining.

Melen didn't think about it anymore and concentrated on reading the two martial arts books. Elder Liu also explained some of the key points from time to time.

After Melen wrote down the contents of the exercises, he couldn't wait to practice them.

Elder Liu naturally saw what Mellen was thinking and said with a smile, "Alright, Mellen, if you want to leave, go ahead. But remember, don't rush into anything, especially martial arts. If you have any questions later, feel free to ask me."

After bidding farewell to Elder Liu, Melen returned to his own meditation room. He had calmed down by now and first carefully recalled the [Black Dragon Soaring Dance] before he began to re-cultivate the content of the Blood Moving Realm.

As Melen guided the Qi and blood in his body according to the method of [Black Dragon Soaring Dance], a previously imperceptible force began to stir. It was the murderous aura hidden in the endless Qi and blood of Little Red Lotus.

As this power was guided out, some thoughts related to killing began to emerge in Mellen's heart, and they tended to become more and more intense.

According to Elder Liu, Mellen should practice carefully at this time and focus on getting rid of those murderous thoughts to avoid being affected.

However, Melen did not do so. Instead, he immersed himself in cultivation, which gave rise to more distracting thoughts.

Wisps of black aura appeared around Mellen, and as time went on, they became more and more numerous, gradually forming a looming black dragon that completely submerged him.

A few hours later, as Melen slowly withdrew his strength, the black dragon vision gradually disappeared. At this time, his eyes were a little red, but extremely clear, and it was obvious that he was not affected by the murderous intent.

A smile appeared on Mellen's lips. The current situation was exactly as he had guessed.

A major feature of the Wolf Tamer is that any mental damage can be shared by all the contracted dogs.

Spike's murderous will is actually a kind of mental state of his own, so even with the mental anchor of the contract to help share the burden, Spike himself still needs to bear the impact at all times. It can even be said that if there is no mental anchor, even with Spike's willpower, he will not be able to maintain his own sanity all the time. He may have gone crazy long ago and turned into a dog that only knows how to kill.

Mellen was affected differently by the murderous intent. With his mental anchor, he could completely ignore these influences. In other words, even without [Observing Delusion], he could still practice [Black Dragon Soaring Dance] normally. Of course, he was more relaxed now that he had reached the realm of breaking delusion.

After verifying this, Mellen no longer had to practice cautiously and tread carefully. He could move forward in great strides, reach the limits of human beings in the shortest possible time, and then plan to become a master.

Chapter 351 Progress

It was still Yanwu Cliff, but this time there was not only no magnificent scenery of rolling sea of clouds, but instead a scene of rolling dark clouds and heavy demonic shadows. In the dark clouds in the sky, a pitch-black evil dragon roared ferociously, baring its fangs and waving its claws, with strong murderous and evil spirits overflowing, as if it wanted to slaughter the world. Wisps of gray-black electric light flowed in the dark clouds, adding a bit of demonic power.

The disciples and servants of Black Dragon Peak stared at the scene in a daze. They didn't dare to approach the Martial Arts Cliff at this moment, because the murderous and evil spirits that were almost tangible were as poisonous to normal life. Even if a person with strong blood and qi was contaminated by a little bit, he would get seriously ill. In serious cases, the murderous and evil spirits would penetrate into the bone marrow, and the person would become a sickly person for the rest of his life.

The senior members of Shenglong Sect who were elders and above also looked at it with awe. After all, those who had killed people knew that to condense this level of murderous and evil spirit, it was not something that could be achieved by simply killing a thousand or eight hundred people. It required mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Elder Liu clapped his hands on the table and laughed, appearing to be extremely happy.

Elder Sun watched this scene silently, muttering to himself, "He truly is a natural-born killer. Such a concentrated murderous aura is enough to propel the Black Dragon lineage's legacy to an unimaginable degree. Once he ascends to Grandmaster status, I'm afraid he'll be hard to beat among his peers. By then, I'll have defeated the Dragon Clan..."

Elder Li...

Elder Nalan...

On the Zushi Peak, the Tiansha Knife, one of the five magical weapons of Shenglong Sect, made a buzzing sound, and it seemed that it was about to break through the air and plunge into the dark clouds condensed by the murderous aura.

An old man in gray appeared here at some point and chuckled softly, "Be quiet. That little guy can't control you yet. Give him some more time."

Following the words of the gray-robed old man, the Heavenly Killing Blade indeed slowly quieted down.

The old man in gray looked towards the direction of Black Dragon Peak with deep eyes, wondering what he was thinking.

The strange phenomenon on Yanwu Cliff lasted for three days and three nights.

"Roar!~"

The black dragon roared, then swooped down with dark clouds in the sky and returned to Melen's body.

The sky was clear and the golden sunlight shone down on Mellen, making him look as majestic as a god.

Wei Zichun watched this scene from afar, with jealousy and envy in his eyes, but soon all of these disappeared and turned into awe.

As a veteran disciple of Black Dragon Peak and born into a noble family, Wei Zichun can naturally see a lot from the details.

Wei Zichun saw the [Black Dragon Soaring Dance] that Melen practiced. It was impossible for a normal disciple to obtain this level of fundamental inheritance just after joining the Shenglong Sect. He would definitely have to go through all kinds of tests, both overt and covert.

But Melen was able to receive the inheritance directly, what does this mean?

On a smaller scale, this signifies the favor of the sect's higher-ups; on a larger scale, isn't this a clear signal that Mellen might inherit the position of Black Dragon Peak's Peak Master in the future?!

With the talent Mellen has shown so far, this is by no means impossible!

In fact, there are many talented brothers and sisters in the current Black Dragon lineage who are strong contenders for the next Peak Master. They are also expanding their influence in their own ways. Wei Zichun had been optimistic about one of the brothers before, and although he did not express his opinion, he was quite close to him.

Now it seems that with the extraordinary talent of this Junior Brother Melen, it may not take long for him to catch up with those Senior Brothers and Sisters. By then...

Seeing that Melen had finished his contemplation and turned to walk down the Yanwu Cliff, Wei Zichun immediately went over to him. There were many people who did the same thing as him. Most of them were disciples of the Black Dragon Peak, and some were from the other two peaks who wanted to make friends with Melen's disciples.

Melen calmly accepted everyone's compliments. After becoming familiar with them, most of the disciples left contentedly.

Melun looked at Wei Zichun, the last one left, and said with a smile, "Brother Wei, is there anything else?"

Wei Zichun smiled broadly and said with a touch of flattery, "Junior Brother Melun, I knew you would make a big splash sooner or later, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon. It seems your talent is far beyond my imagination."

Mellen smiled slightly and naturally accepted the compliment.

Without delay, Wei Zichun took out a box from his bosom and said, "[Observation of Delusion] is a very special secret technique of Black Dragon Peak. Only a few people have ever been able to master it, and all of them are people with great opportunities and great luck. Junior brother, you have been able to master [Observation of Delusion], which is a cause for celebration. I have prepared a small gift for you, which may be of some help to you. Please accept it."

Mellen took a look at the box, which was carved with exquisite patterns. When he got closer, he could smell a light and elegant fragrance. It could be said that this box alone might be worth tens or even millions of dollars in the Holy City Federation. The preciousness of the items inside it can naturally be imagined.

Mellen retracted his gaze and chuckled, "Brother Wei, as the saying goes, no merit, no reward. Your congratulations are enough. As for the gift, please accept it."

Wei Zichun showed a distressed look, smiled bitterly, and said, "Actually, I have a request that I would like you to agree to."

Melen said, "Brother Wei, please speak."

Wei Zichun said, "Since you've mastered the Black Dragon Soaring Dance, the next step should be to go down the mountain and gain experience, right?"

Mellen remained noncommittal.

Wei Zichun said sincerely, "Actually, I also want to go down the mountain to gain some experience, but I feel that my skills are not good enough and I am afraid of encountering danger. So I hope that you can take me with you when you go down the mountain to gain experience. I hope you will not refuse."