Chapter 10: Bronze Secret Manual

Chapter 10: Bronze Secret Manual

"Brother, don't worry. I'm fine. You know my background. My grandfather is the third elder of the Elder Council, and my uncle is the current chief of the Blood Seal Tribe. If I pass the *Blood Flame Ten Directions Battle Energy* to you, no one will dare to comment. Besides, this is only the first half of the full manual. However, I haven't started learning the *Minotaur Twelve Totem Battle Energy* yet. I just stole it from Father's study. You should memorize it as soon as possible. If Father finds out, it will be trouble."

Drue kept urging, and Ye Han quickly memorized the manual.

"Haha, Drue, do you really think I'm someone who lacks manuals? Although I haven't learned the supreme legacy of the chief's lineage due to the concerns of the Elder Council, the number of martial arts manuals in the Ironhoof Tribe, including the high-level combat manuals seized and looted from humans over the years, is considerable. Do you know why I've been practicing the mediocre *Earth Combat Strength* all these years?"

Ye Han smiled and pushed the stone box towards Drue.

"I don't know! Why?" Drue scratched his head hard, asking in confusion.

"Do you remember what I told you before?" Ye Han didn't answer his question directly but instead said,

"The more something is promoted by everyone, the more valuable it is. Just like the *Earth Combat Strength* that everyone practices, it seems ordinary, but it's the most suitable technique for all clan members. Though simple, it can be accepted by everyone. Even those with low aptitude can cultivate combat strength. As long as you steadily take one step at a time, it will inevitably become more profound, allowing you to break through one realm after another. This is the essence distilled from countless practitioners' experiences and naturally has its merits. If you can master such an ordinary manual, you will gain deeper insights when practicing other supreme combat manuals."

After a brief pause, seeing that Drue seemed to have grasped something, Ye Han continued,

"Moreover, over the years, most of my energy has been focused on shaping my body, with less attention on combat strength. You need to understand that the body is the foundation of everything. Only when the body is utilized well will the potential be enormous, and cultivating combat strength will become a matter of drawing inferences from one example. The key is building up strength for a powerful breakthrough, so Drue, the movements I taught you on Evergreen Mountains must be practiced diligently and not neglected."

The movements Ye Han referred to were actually Xingyiquan. Over the years, he had secretly taught Drue the internal martial arts, and also promoted some more easily accepted essentials and movements of the martial arts within the tribe. However, perhaps due to the minotaur's lack of aptitude or other reasons, no one had truly mastered it.

Ye Han guessed that this might be related to his experience of two lifetimes. The internal martial arts and the cultivation system of this world were entirely different spheres. It was only by a stroke of fate, with the experience of two lifetimes, that he had been able to reach this point.

Moreover, Xingyiquan is easy to learn but difficult to master. It's easy to learn, but even in ancient China, few could be called true masters among countless people.

Therefore, Ye Han didn't expect much achievement from Drue in Xingyiquan and had no interest in promoting internal martial arts in this world. However, this training would indeed benefit Drue's future combat strength cultivation, which was the main reason Ye Han urged him.

"Sure, brother, I'll pay attention. I'll review the set of movements you taught me whenever I have time." Drue nodded.

"But I've brought both manuals here, brother. At least take a look!"

Drue was still a bit reluctant.

"Alright, I'll take one. But the *Blood Flame Ten Directions Battle Energy* belongs to the Blood Seal Tribe's secret legacy, so you should take it back and keep it confidential. Don't leak it easily."

Ye Han said, taking out one of the manuals from the stone box in front of him.

It was the *Minotaur Twelve Totem Battle Energy*!

"Okay, brother, you can keep this book. I'll sneak it back into Father's study tomorrow morning. No one will ever find out?"

Once his brother accepted the manual, Drue no longer cared whether it belonged to the Ironhoof Tribe or the Blood Seal Tribe.

Feeling accomplished, he scratched his head happily and went back to sleep.

Ye Han sat cross-legged on the stone bed, watching Drue leave the stone house, and couldn't help but sigh, then shook his head.

He turned his gaze to the window of the stone house, looking directly at the highest point of the Stone Fortress, where Chief Reilly of the Ironhoof Tribe resided.

Ye Han muttered to himself, "Is this an attempt to give me the *Minotaur Twelve Totem Battle Energy* through Drue?"

He wasn't as easily fooled as Drue. Not to mention how heavily guarded the Stone Fortress is, the *Minotaur Twelve Totem Battle Energy* was the tribe's highest combat strength legacy. How could it be so easily acquired? Even Drue, Reilly's own son, wasn't allowed to cultivate this technique due to his age, let alone obtain it.

Moreover, how could a manual like the *Minotaur Twelve Totem Battle Energy* be so casually left in the study? The only person in the entire Ironhoof Tribe who could arrange this was Chief Reilly himself. Reilly must have tacitly approved of Drue taking the manual, intending to use Drue to pass it to Ye Han.

Understanding this, Ye Han accepted Drue's *Minotaur Twelve Totem Battle Energy*. But unexpectedly, Drue was so straightforward that he even brought over his maternal clan's secret legacy, the *Blood Flame Ten Directions Battle Energy*, which Ye Han couldn't accept.

Despite this, he still felt a touch of gratitude for his brother Drue's gesture.

To be honest, although he said so, Ye Han was still curious about the supreme martial art of the tribe.

Ye Han opened this copy of *Minotaur Twelve Totem Martial Technique*!

"Eh! What’s this?..."

As soon as he opened the first page, a line of small text in the upper right corner of the book caught his eye.

Ye Han read it aloud involuntarily, "Bronze Secret Canon..."

Then he furrowed his brow and said, "What does this mean? Does it indicate the level of the martial technique..."

He knew that being a level nine warrior was not the end of a martial artist’s journey, and that the martial techniques from levels one to nine were not the ultimate limit of martial arts. There must be more detailed classifications beyond these levels. Does this Bronze Secret Canon indicate the level of this *Minotaur Totem Martial Technique*? Could it be a martial technique that surpasses level nine?

Ye Han thought to himself, but for now, he couldn’t quite understand it, so he continued to flip through.

The entire *Minotaur Twelve Totem Martial Technique* was very thick, and as he browsed through it, he was instantly drawn to its contents. Besides the general outline of the martial technique, there were many diagrams of the Minotaur’s skeletal system. In various stances, golden lines illustrated the meridian pathways and attack routes, which were extremely complex. This involved the functioning of various parts, as well as the coordination between bones and muscles, along with the adjustment of martial technique.

A martial technique this complex can only be mastered by those with exceptional talent.

As Ye Han had mentioned to Dru earlier, *Earth Battle Energy* was a technique suitable for all Minotaurs, a simplified energy pathway map refined over millennia. However, the more advanced the technique, though incredibly powerful, demands the practitioner to have outstanding talent and physical attributes. Otherwise, not only would they fail to master it, but they might also suffer as a result.

Before long, Ye Han became so engrossed that time slipped by unnoticed.

His entire mind was absorbed in the martial technique.