Forbidden Weapon Techniques

Technique: Dual Mantis Sword Not Initiated—Daily Hundred Practice, Initiated in Three Hundred Days.

Promotion Condition: 1: Hold a greatsword for three days, 2: Ten doses of Mantis Secret Medicine.

Technique: Iron Hand Not Initiated—Ten practices daily, Initiated in ten days.

Promotion Condition: 1: Iron Wrapped Hand for one hour.

Technique: Iron Fist Not Initiated—Ten practices daily, Initiated in ten days.

Promotion Condition: 1: Iron Wrapped Hand for one hour.

He had gained three techniques in a single night, including forbidden techniques.

"I didn't get them from Chief Constable Shi, yet I stumbled into getting them from Zhao Wuji."

"Truly... interesting."

Chu Qing was delighted.

However, he had no way to cultivate any of these three techniques for the time being.

"Whether it's Iron Wrapped Hand or a two-handed greatsword, I need to make a trip to the Blacksmith Shop."

"But the blacksmith shops are closed right now."

Unable to rapidly promote his techniques, Chu Qing decided to work on the conditions for Eagle Claw Technique.

At Immortal Fate Tower, he had eaten countless chicken feet. The first condition for Eagle Claw Technique was nearly complete.

He was still far from completing the second condition.

He worked hard and cultivated.

His ten fingers stretched out, sometimes extending, sometimes curling into claws.

You have completed part of the second condition!

The Profession Slot flashed as the count slowly rose.

Ten minutes...

One hour...

Two hours...

You have completed the second condition for Eagle Claw Technique.

Late at night, Chu Qing fell into bed and slept.

Early the next morning, he went to the Martial Hall to mooch a meal.

As a result, the dining hall attendant called out to him.

"Master Qing, the hall master ordered you to eat in the back kitchen."

The Assault Class members dining with him were greatly surprised.

"Why is the hall master giving that madman special treatment?"

"I heard that yesterday, the Martial Hall's official disciples searched all over the streets for him."

"I heard it was because of him that the hall master was able to return."

Chu Qing ignored the Assault Class students and headed straight for the back kitchen.

A huge basin of chicken feet and heaps of greens sat on the table.

"Zhao Wuji... isn't simple."

He had taken the words spoken over wine to heart.

Considering that Zhao Wuji had given him Weapon Techniques, he knew Zhao Wuji must be seeking something more.

"Since he won't say it, I'll pretend I don't know."

Chu Qing did not stand on ceremony. He grabbed a chicken foot and began wolfing them down.

One...

Ten...

A hundred...

An hour later, his belly was round as a drum, and he could not eat another bite.

"Forget it. I'll go take a stroll and digest my food."

Shortly afterward, he went for a walk around the training grounds.

Shi Tiezhu was leading the Assault Class members through strenuous drills.

Chu Qing watched for a while and discovered that several had already been Initiated.

Among them, Shi Tiezhu's movements were the smoothest.

"In another ten days or half a month, his Mantis Fist might become proficient."

"This fellow is really putting in the effort. His progress is good."

At that moment, Shi Tiezhu saw him strolling about and secretly rejoiced.

"Chu Qing is nothing more than someone borrowing Chief Constable Shi's might."

"That kind of prestige is a castle in the air—one touch and it crumbles. But I move one step at a time, leaving one footprint after another."

"Now I have secret medicine and meat to support me. In ten days at most, my Mantis Fist will be proficient."

"And by then, he'll only have just been Initiated."

"He... is inferior to me."

After strolling around a few times, Chu Qing went looking for a Blacksmith Shop.

Stone Rock County had many people quarrying mountains and chiseling stone, so it also had many blacksmith shops.

He picked one at random and explained his requirements to the blacksmith.

The blacksmith said,

"Customer, I suggest you have a pair of steel gloves made."

Chu Qing's heart stirred. "You can forge those?"

The blacksmith smiled. "I can. Some people from the Martial Academy like wearing steel gloves."

"I've forged plenty of them."

Chu Qing asked curiously, "Why do people from the Martial Academy need steel gloves?"

The blacksmith scratched his head and grinned foolishly. "During Martial Academy competitions, some people know Weapon Techniques while others don't. Those who don't use steel gloves as weapons."

Chu Qing understood.

"Fine, make me a pair."

More than ten minutes later:

The blacksmith measured his hands and had him press handprints into a kind of soft clay.

Finally, he said,

"Customer, pay a five-tael deposit, and you can come collect them at dusk."

Chu Qing paid the deposit.

He had originally wanted the blacksmith to forge a two-handed greatsword.

But after thinking about it, he decided to wait.

"As a street thug, no one will care if I carry a cleaver."

"But if I shoulder a two-handed greatsword, people will definitely become suspicious."

"This greatsword absolutely cannot be forged in Stone Rock County."

Half an hour later:

He arrived at Jin Family Manor.

Madam Jin had somehow acquired some copybooks and had him trace them.

"You only lack handwriting now."

"To a scholar, handwriting is his face. If you write well, everyone will look upon you more highly."

"I'll grind the ink, and you trace the characters."

Chu Qing smiled. "No problem."

He began with horizontal, flat, vertical, and straight strokes, then moved on to left-falling and right-falling strokes.

Chu Qing practiced martial arts and had just learned Eagle Claw Technique, so his hands were steady.

When he traced the copybook, his work already looked quite decent.

Madam Jin said happily, "Qing'er, your aptitude for studying is truly excellent!"

"Why not give up the Martial Academy and study seriously? In the future, you can pass the provincial examination and become a high-ranking official."

"Then you'll bring glory to your ancestors."

Chu Qing merely smiled and said nothing.

Being an official—high status and great power—but when danger came, one could only rely on external things.

Moreover, one's official rank could be stripped away. Once the rank was gone, one was good for nothing.

The martial path—great power belonged to oneself; life and death were decided by me, not Heaven, and I needed rely on no one else.

Seeing that he remained silent, Madam Jin began telling him about the benefits of becoming an official.

Chu Qing asked in surprise,

"Godmother, how do you know so much?"

Madam Jin's gaze turned flustered, and she refused to say more.

Chu Qing did not press her further and instead continued tracing the characters seriously.

At noon, Madam Jin prepared another lavish meal, including many chicken feet.

Madam Jin's slender little hands removed the bones and gave him boneless chicken feet.

Eagle Claw Technique was about to advance, and Chu Qing ate faster and faster.

By the end, Madam Jin was feeding him directly.

But after feeding him only twice, she realized it was inappropriate and said in panic, "Eat first. I'll go check on the kitchen."

With that, she fled in a fluster.

Chu Qing...

Spring drowsiness, autumn fatigue:

After lunch, Madam Jin lay in a rocking chair basking in the sun, secretly massaging her little belly to speed digestion.

She had eaten a little too much just now.

Xiao Taohong slipped into the room to nap for a while.

Chu Qing was brimming with energy and not sleepy at all.

Sometimes he rocked the chair, sometimes he massaged Madam Jin's shoulders.

Before long, Madam Jin secretly stretched and muttered, "I'll take a short nap!"

After saying that, she drifted off groggily.

Fortunately, Xiao Taohong had long prepared a small fox-fur blanket to cover her, so there was no fear of catching a chill from the wind.

As he massaged her shoulders, Chu Qing pondered several matters.

Because after eating the boneless chicken feet Madam Jin had prepared, Eagle Claw Technique had advanced.

Technique: Eagle Claw Technique Proficient—Daily Hundred Practice, Great Accomplishment in a Thousand Days.

Promotion Condition—1: Rotate fist-sized stone balls ten thousand times with both hands, 2: One dose of Eagle Claw secret medicine.

"Stone balls are easy to find. Stone Rock County has stoneworkers everywhere, so finding two stone balls will be easy."

"But Eagle Claw secret medicine... will be hard to get."

"None of the Thirty-Six Martial Arts Halls teach Eagle Claw Technique."

"Only Chief Constable Shi has this secret medicine."

"Looks like I should pay Chief Constable Shi a visit."

But it was noon right now, so it was not a good time to go.

"Then I'll go at dusk!"

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