Logan Clark felt no guilt at all; he was not so kind-hearted as to sympathize with someone who wanted to harm him!

"This person's martial technique is actually quite good. I may not need to learn it, but using it as a reference isn't a bad idea!" Logan Clark's eyes lit up as he began looting the dead, searching the corpses of Zhu Dahai and the other two.

But the three of them together only had thirty-four taels of silver, and Logan Clark didn't find that sword technique manual. Instead, he obtained a cultivation method—"Frost Art."

Cultivation methods are divided into the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The Chiyang Art that Logan Clark practiced belonged to the fire element, and his true essence was as fierce as blazing flames. The Frost Art, on the other hand, was clearly water-elemental, completely incompatible with his current cultivation.

"A martial artist's energy is limited; it's already difficult to reach the peak by focusing on one method, let alone cultivating two elements at once!" Logan Clark casually tucked the "Frost Art" into his robe and quickly left the scene.

After returning to his own courtyard, Logan Clark couldn't help but take out the "Frost Art" to study it. The wisdom of others could be used to perfect his own skills, so using it as a reference for the Chiyang Art wasn't a bad idea.

Cultivation methods are essentially about transforming spiritual energy into true essence, but because of the five elements, the resulting true essence is divided into five types. The "Frost Art" was only about eight thousand words long, and with Logan Clark's intelligence, he had memorized it after reading it twice.

He tossed the "Frost Art" aside, picked up a seventh-grade demon core, and began refining it.

Huh?

Logan Clark was suddenly stunned. Inside his body, both the Chiyang Art and the Frost Art were operating at the same time, converting the demon core's essence into two different types of true essence: water and fire!

Chapter 8: Dual Cultivation of the Five Elements

"How can this be!"

Logan Clark was extremely shocked. He had never heard of anyone being able to operate two cultivation methods simultaneously! This completely overturned the golden rule of martial arts!

There were indeed people who cultivated two or even three elements, but they could only operate one method at a time—no one could do what he was doing!

What surprised Logan Clark even more was that, although he was converting both water and fire true essence at the same time, neither process slowed down! If the previous speed was one, now both were still at one, but combined, the speed reached two!

The fire-element true essence naturally resided in the original core, but the newly formed water-element true essence created a new core. The two cores, one large and one small, were clearly separated, like well water and river water, coexisting in harmony.

"Could this be the effect of the purple cauldron in my sea of consciousness?" Logan Clark was both surprised and delighted. Since water and fire could operate in parallel, didn't that mean he could cultivate all five elements at once and form five cores?

At the same postnatal sixth level, he would possess five times the true essence of an ordinary martial artist. Even without using martial techniques, a single punch would be five times as powerful!

A fivefold increase in strength is not the same as throwing five punches!

This is the difference between quality and quantity!

Of course, when quantity reaches a certain level, it can also cause a qualitative change, but five times the strength is definitely stronger than the Eight Shadows technique—that much is certain! Moreover, the two don't conflict at all; Logan Clark could unleash the Eight Shadows on top of fivefold strength—how terrifying would that be?

"Although this means I'll consume demon cores five times faster, who cares when I don't lack money now?" A smile appeared on Logan Clark's face. The purple cauldron in his sea of consciousness kept bringing him more and more surprises!

"Tomorrow, I'll go to the Martial Scripture Pavilion to get the earth, metal, and wood element cultivation methods and see if I can really cultivate all five elements in parallel!"

By the end of the night, Logan Clark's fire-element true essence hadn't increased much, but his water-element true essence had advanced by leaps and bounds, breaking through to the second postnatal level in one go!

This was mainly thanks to him reaching the sixth postnatal level; the speed of the Chaos Furnace's refining was many times faster than when he was at the second postnatal level. Incredibly, in just one night, his water-element true essence reached the second postnatal level!

Additionally, the continuous breakthroughs in water-element true essence allowed Logan Clark to activate two more acupoints, bringing his total to nine activated acupoints. Of course, this number was still pitifully low!

Early the next morning, Logan Clark went to the Martial Scripture Pavilion.

This was an important place for the Lin family. The first floor stored cultivation methods, while the second floor held martial techniques. In terms of value, cultivation methods were far less precious than martial techniques. As long as you were a member of the Lin family, you could freely browse the first-floor methods, as long as you didn't spread them outside.

But the second floor was forbidden territory. Unless you achieved great merit or were an extraordinary genius, even Lin family members could only learn one set of Battle Wolf Fist, and its limit was only the Two Shadows. Even so, this was enough to make ordinary martial artists green with envy!

"Logan Clark? What are you doing here?" As soon as Logan Clark entered the Martial Scripture Pavilion, he was spotted by a middle-aged man.

"Greetings, Uncle Grant!" Logan Clark first bowed, then said calmly, "I've made no progress with the Chiyang Art and want to try switching to another cultivation method!"

This man was Grant Clark. In terms of seniority, he was of Logan Clark's uncle's generation, but because his talent wasn't particularly good, he was still stuck at the Tiger Strength Realm in his thirties, so he could only hold a minor post in the Martial Scripture Pavilion.

Most people only cultivate one method—who would come here for no reason? Naturally, the Martial Scripture Pavilion was deserted, and the dust inside was almost piling up.