Lu Yang spent several months on the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion in order to devise his own method of cultivation, casting aside the "Encyclopedia of Crosstalk" he found an array of impressive cultivation methods and magic skills that widened his horizons.
For instance, a skill that once mastered, would allow one to track the location of another. It was developed by a couple who were both cultivators, intended for monitoring each other's whereabouts.
Then, the husband discovered that his wife frequently visited the brothel, and the wife found out that her husband often did the same.
Aside from this method, Lu Yang also saw a method for sleeping with open eyes, very useful during lectures.
There was a method that could make oneself extremely ugly, Lu Yang couldn't figure out the usefulness of this one.
A method for hibernation that emulates animals. Eat once, sleep for a quarter. Lu Yang also couldn't figure out the purpose of this one.