Why is this happening?

Why are these new Divine Textures so weak? They seem to have little power!

Xiao Mu paused, starting to ponder why the new Divine Textures were so weak.

But before long, he resumed.

There's too little information; I have no basis to judge why the new Divine Textures are so weak.

Forget it, continue!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Xiao Mu continued to cultivate the Yama Hammer, infusing it with the might of the City God's Authority to form Divine Textures.

The Divine Textures appeared and disappeared on the Yama Hammer momentarily.

The seventh time, the eighth time... the fifteenth time... the eighteenth time... the nineteenth time... the nineteenth time... the nineteenth time...

The first eighteen times were extremely smooth, but upon reaching the nineteenth attempt, he suddenly stopped, unable to infuse the City God's Authority into the Yama Hammer no matter how he tried.

There was a strong force of rejection within the Yama Hammer, repelling the City God's Authority from Xiao Mu.

I know now, I've reached the peak of my cultivation.

With my talent and strength, I can only cultivate to this extent for now, unable to continue further.

But how many times have I cultivated this?

Xiao Mu fell into brief confusion.

His Battle Technique cultivation was different from others – others did it in one go, while he continued it three times consecutively, and each time was different.

If the number of times for each of the three cultivation attempts is added together, that is 36 times + 36 times + 72 times + 18 times (the two sets of 36 are counted as one), totaling 162 times.

Far surpassing the normal limit of 108 times.

But in terms of the number of Divine Textures, there aren't so many.

At this moment, Xiao Mu had a total of 72 grand Divine Textures plus 18 ordinary Divine Textures.

Together, that's ninety Divine Textures in total.

Perhaps, my cultivation attempts should be counted as ninety times.

It's just that, due to the Mutation Technique, my Yama Hammer is different from the regular ones, hence it displayed a unique cultivation process.

But the result is actually the same, except that due to Mutation, the power of the Divine Textures I have cultivated differs from those of others.

With this thought, Xiao Mu felt at ease.

Ninety times, I've cultivated a total of ninety times, it's just that my ninety times differ from the typical ninety times, especially the first seventy-two times, which might, in fact, be equivalent to one hundred forty-four times or even more of others' attempts.

Senior Zun... Senior Zun is still cultivating.

Xiao Mu looked up, just in time to see the spectacle unfolding high in the sky as a result of Senior Zun's casting.

A gigantic Illusion of the Annihilation Sword emerged in the sky, and each bang from Senior Zun's seclusion place brought a horizontal stripe on the Annihilation Sword.

Horizontal stripes.

The Divine Textures produced through refining and casting are different, refining results in vertical stripes, casting in horizontal. One horizontal and one vertical, these two types of Divine Textures enable Battle Techniques to wield greater power.

Xiao Mu didn't wait for Senior Zun to finish cultivating and stood up after a moment, choosing to emerge from his seclusion.

Creak!

As the door opened, Xiao Mu saw Zhou Xuanmen and others standing in the open area outside.

"Xiao Xiao is out!"

"Xiao Xiao, congratulations on emerging from seclusion!"

"It looks like you've mastered your secret technique, congratulations!"

"Good fortune, thank you! Thank you!" Xiao Mu thanked everyone with a bow.

"Xiao Xiao, come here for a moment."

Zhou Xuanmen beckoned to Xiao Mu.

"Senior Zhou, it so happens I have something I'd like to ask you about," Xiao Mu said as he walked towards Zhou Xuanmen.

"No rush!"

Zhou Xuanmen smiled appreciatively, "Xiao Xiao, don't you want to tell us why the secret technique you've cultivated is different from others'?"

"This..."

Xiao Mu was taken aback, caught off guard by Zhou Xuanmen, and at a glance, he noticed everyone's attention was on him.

Obviously, the commotion he made while cultivating the secret Battle Technique had attracted everyone's attention.

Fortunately, he was quick-witted and after a moment pretending to ponder, he said, "Senior Zhou, I'm not quite sure why it's different. My guess is, maybe it's related to my Emperor's Might."

Since he couldn't disclose the truth, he might as well attribute it to the Emperor's Might, disbelieving they would dare to replicate Emperor's Might for experiments.

For things without evidence, Xiao Mu was not afraid to lie.

"Emperor's Might?"

Zhou Xuanmen repeated the words, then fell silent.

The others all showed an expression of envy mixed with resignation.

If it's related to Emperor's Might, then it makes sense, but the key is, they wouldn't have the chance to learn it.

Originally, everyone thought if Xiao Mu could popularize his method of cultivating secret Battle Techniques, everyone would be able to enhance their strength through it.

But if it's associated with Emperor's Might, then that opportunity is lost.

The crowd felt frustrated, yet couldn't help thinking: No wonder Emperor Taija is so eager for the Emperor's Might, so there are such benefits to possessing it.

Creak!

The sound of a door opening was heard again; Senior Zun emerged.

"Cough cough! My friends, no formalities are needed!"

Senior Zun walked out from the courtyard, nodding and smiling at everyone, quite satisfied with his own performance, thinking, I've shown 95 times, not bad, right?

"He's out!"

"Glad you've made it!"

The crowd greeted him but showed none of the enthusiasm they had for Xiao Mu.

They had no choice; Xiao Mu had overshadowed them. Ninety-five times wasn't low, but since it didn't surpass Meng Xuantong, it wasn't anything to boast about.

I cultivated one hundred and three times plus cast thirty-nine times, alright!

Zun Yi was full of dissatisfaction. If he had known, he wouldn't have concealed the results of his one hundred and three refining attempts. With Xiao Xiao there, why would he be afraid of standing out?

He regretted it deeply.

Zun Yi was unwilling to accept this.

"Senior Zhou,"

At this time, Xiao Mu posed a question to Zhou Xuanmen alone, "I once witnessed you utilizing the Cursed Divine Cannon; during that time, you used it in a great battle against the Lord of the Nether River, firing several rounds at once."

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