Top-grade Cultivation Technique

"The system will fuse the Gengjin Breathing Technique and Tidal Breathing Technique into the Gengjin Ren Water Nourishing Wood Marrow Cleansing Art."

With a thought, the panel began to flicker, and the Gengjin Ren Water Nourishing Wood Marrow Cleansing Art vanished.

Balance -20000!

A moment later,

Cultivation Technique: Gengjin Ren Water Nourishing Wood Marrow Cleansing Art (Mastery 0/16000)

The top-grade Gengjin Ren Water Nourishing Wood Marrow Cleansing Art!

Its name had changed slightly, while its proficiency had directly returned to the point where it had just broken through to Mastery.

Gengjin Ren Water Nourishing Wood Marrow Cleansing Art detected. Spend 100,000 taels of silver to simplify the cultivation technique?

One hundred thousand taels of silver!!!

Simplifying a top-grade cultivation technique actually required one hundred thousand. Ye Xiaofan's brow twitched, then he glanced at his balance of 379,000 taels.

A mere hundred thousand—just a sprinkle of water.

Having money meant doing whatever he wanted!

"Simplify!"

Balance -100000!

Gengjin Ren Water Nourishing Wood Marrow Cleansing Art... simplifying... Basic Breathing Technique... simplification successful... breathe!

Ye Xiaofan drew a deep breath.

It smelled like money.

Each breath increased proficiency by +8!

That was fully twice that of a high-grade cultivation technique.

What delighted Ye Xiaofan even more was that the refined vital blood within his body had changed from seven hair-thin strands to eight thicker strands.

His physical strength and vital blood power would be further strengthened, his force steadily approaching the strength of one elephant and two tigers.

"Now I have metal, wood, and water attributes. Only fire- and earth-attribute cultivation techniques remain unfused. Tomorrow, I'll go to the Cultivation Technique Repository and make up for that."

"By then, my cultivation speed will become even faster, and my vital blood will grow even thicker."

Ye Xiaofan nodded in satisfaction, then shifted his gaze to the Sword Drawing Technique.

"System, fuse the Lightning Sword Art into the Sword Drawing Technique."

Balance -10000!

Sword Drawing Technique detected. Spend 10,000 taels of silver to simplify the cultivation technique?

"Simplify!"

There was nothing to hesitate over. With so much money, he could be as willful as he pleased.

Balance -10000!

Simplifying Sword Drawing Technique... simplification successful... draw the character 'one'!

The cultivation of the high-grade Sword Drawing Technique remained so plain and unadorned.

The Sword Drawing Technique's proficiency dropped from Minor Success back to Mastery (2000/8000).

The longsword swept through the air without a sound, stirring only faint ripples in the air.

"Not bad. Although the proficiency fell, its power has increased by thirty percent. Even if I don't continue fusing other sword arts, I can still cultivate it to Major Success."

Keep going, keep going.

Balance -10000!

The Phantom Steps fused in.

The Wind God Steps leaped in a single bound into the high-grade movement technique, Wind God Phantom Steps.

Upon reaching Major Success, it could produce three phantoms and ride the wind through the air for twelve zhang.

That was three zhang farther than the Wind God Steps.

Terrifyingly powerful—truly indispensable for fleeing and preserving one's life.

Simplify!

Balance -10000!

Wind God Phantom Steps... simplifying... Wind God Steps... simplification successful... walk!

Cultivation Technique: Wind God Phantom Steps (Subtlety 6000/24000)

Ye Xiaofan closed the panel and took a step forward. In an instant, he became two identical figures, one moving left and the other right.

The figure on the left had slightly blurred features and dissipated after taking three steps.

"Not bad. Wind God Phantom Steps at the Subtlety level can last for one breath. If I suddenly pull this out in the middle of a fight, heh heh..."

The Sun Family.

Sun Wude had yet to rise when Ying Yi knocked on his door.

"Patriarch, the Black Tiger Gang has been wiped out. Zhang Dahu's corpse was discovered not far from the Ye Household. At the same time, the bodies of the Xiong Family Brothers, notorious in the black market, were found as well. This is the portrait of the culprit provided by the surviving Black Tiger Gang members."

Ying Yi finished in one breath, then unfurled a portrait before Sun Wude.

Sun Wude accepted the portrait and stared at it without saying a word.

When he first heard that Zhang Dahu's corpse had been found near the Ye Household, he had suspected Xiao Qiaofeng.

But now, looking at the portrait, he rejected that guess. An even more alarming thought rose in his heart.

The person in the portrait was Ye Xiaofan!

"Is there anything else?"

At the request of our many readers, we now offer VIP membership with ad-free functionality.

Click to view.

A moment later, Sun Wude put away the portrait, drew a deep breath, and asked in a low voice.

"The Black Tiger Gang's 400,000 taels of silver and all its medicinal pills are gone. Some medicinal herbs are missing as well."

"Four hundred thousand taels?"

Sun Wude raised a brow.

For one person to take away so much silver at once, he must possess a storage treasure used by people of the Immortal Sect.

"Send people to keep watch at the black market. See whether anyone goes there to sell a large quantity of medicinal herbs and pills."

After pondering for a moment, he said this to Ying Yi.

Ying Yi left. Sun Wude rose, opened the window, and gazed at the gray sky outside, falling into deep thought for a time.

"Alas! Ye Xiaofan, was it really you?"

No one knew how long passed. The sky had fully brightened by then, and Sun Wude let out a long sigh.

"I can't wait any longer. I must report this to the Venerable One as soon as possible."

A trace of terror flashed through Sun Wude's eyes. He seemed deeply afraid of the Venerable One he spoke of and did not wish to see him unless absolutely necessary.

Just after daybreak, in the western part of the city.

Some early risers discovered that the Black Tiger Gang headquarters had been surrounded and sealed off by a group of County Yamen constables. Not knowing why, they began to gather and watch the excitement.

More and more people gathered, forcing the constables to assign some men to maintain order.

A piece of news began to spread among the onlookers.

Zhang Dahu, leader of the Black Tiger Gang, had been beheaded, and his corpse had been found by the night watchman in the central district.

A while later, corpse after corpse that had died miserable deaths was carried out from inside by the constables.

This sight directly blew up the crowd of onlookers.

"That's Liu Dadao, the Black Tiger Gang Internal Affairs Hall master. I know him—he often went to my tavern to eat and drink without paying."

"That one's the Battle Hall master. I know him. He liked men and often preyed on innocent men."

"Holy shit, that's my neighbor. He only joined the Black Tiger Gang this year. He died horribly—died well, damn it! Who told you to try and forcibly marry my wife?"

"..."

The news of the Black Tiger Gang's destruction swept through all of Qingyang County like a tornado. This was far more explosive than the destruction of the Black Tiger Gang External Affairs Hall a few days ago.

Every street and alley was abuzz with discussion of the Black Tiger Gang's annihilation.

The people of the western district were even more jubilant. The resentment built up from long suffering under the Black Tiger Gang's oppression was released at this moment.

There were far more people on the streets than usual, and every tavern was packed to the brim.

Everyone drank wine and denounced the Black Tiger Gang's crimes.

Ye Xiaofan had heard about it, but he paid it no mind.

He arrived early at the Demon Suppression Division to check in, then rushed without stopping into the Cultivation Technique Repository.

Ye Xiaofan began with the low-grade cultivation techniques on the first floor.

As long as they were breathing techniques, sword arts, or movement techniques with Five Elements attributes, he recorded them all onto the panel.

Having money meant doing whatever he wanted.

This took an entire day.

He recorded seventeen breathing techniques in total: one mid-grade wood-element breathing technique and three low-grade wood-element breathing techniques.

Two mid-grade fire-element breathing techniques and three low-grade fire-element breathing techniques.

Two mid-grade earth-element breathing techniques and six low-grade fire-element breathing techniques.

He recorded eleven movement techniques, including nine low-grade and two mid-grade techniques.

He recorded twenty-seven sword arts, including nine mid-grade and eighteen low-grade arts.

"Hmm, someone is watching me."

After leaving the Demon Suppression Division, Ye Xiaofan had just returned to the Ye Household when he noticed someone glancing at him from time to time.

"The Sun Family? Hmph. Give me a few days, and I'll scatter even your ancestors' graves to the wind."

Ye Xiaofan did not pause, instead returning home as though nothing had happened.

"System, fuse and simplify them all for me."

With a thought, the panel began flashing madly, and his balance plummeted at a rapid pace.

One breathing technique after another fused into the top-grade Gengjin Ren Water Nourishing Wood Marrow Cleansing Art. The high-grade Sword Drawing Technique and high-grade Wind God Phantom Steps were no less eager, madly devouring the various sword arts and movement techniques recorded on the panel.

After fusing all the breathing techniques, the top-grade Gengjin Ren Water Nourishing Wood Marrow Cleansing Art became the Five Elements Marrow Cleansing Tendon Changing Art, its proficiency directly returning to Beginner (4000/8000).

At the same time, a message surfaced in his mind: the Five Elements Marrow Cleansing Tendon Changing Art had reached its limit and could no longer fuse new cultivation techniques to improve.

Immediately after that,

The Wind God Phantom Steps completed their fusion and transformed into a top-grade movement technique. At Major Success, it could ride the wind through the void for eighteen zhang while creating six phantom bodies that lasted one breath.

Like the breathing technique, the top-grade Wind God Phantom Steps had reached their limit and could no longer fuse new movement techniques to improve.

The next moment, the Sword Drawing Technique completed its fusion and transformed into a top-grade sword art, but there was no prompt saying it had reached its limit.

"Choosing the Sword Drawing Technique back then really was the right decision. I just wonder whether it can transform into a sword art of the Qi Condensation stage."

Sword Drawing Technique detected. Spend 100,000 taels of silver to simplify the cultivation technique?

Wind Shadow Steps detected. Spend 100,000 taels of silver to simplify the cultivation technique?

"Simplify."

Simplifying Sword Drawing Technique... simplification successful... draw the character 'one'!

Wind Shadow Steps... simplifying... Wind God Steps... simplification successful... walk!

"Ah, cultivation really is this plain and unadorned. Live, practice calligraphy, take a stroll, and just like that, I grow stronger. How boring."

Ye Xiaofan grinned so widely that the corners of his mouth nearly reached his ears.

If you think this book is good, remember to add it to your bookshelf so you don't lose it next time.