Top-Grade Cultivation Technique

"The System has merged the Gengjin Breathing Technique and Tidal Breathing Technique into the Golden Water Nurturing Wood Marrow Cleansing Technique."

With a thought, the panel began to flash, and the Golden Water Nurturing Wood Marrow Cleansing Technique disappeared.

Balance -20,000!

A moment later,

[Technique: Gengjin Ren Water Nurturing Wood Marrow Cleansing Art (Proficient 0/16000)]

A top-grade technique, the Gengjin Ren Water Nurturing Wood Marrow Cleansing Art!

The name had changed slightly, and the proficiency had reset to just after breaking through to Proficient.

[Discovered Gengjin Ren Water Nurturing Wood Marrow Cleansing Art, do you wish to spend one hundred thousand taels of silver to refine the technique?]

One hundred thousand taels of silver!!!

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

A mere hundred thousand, pocket change.

Rich and willful!

"Refine!"

Balance -100,000!

[Gengjin Ren Water Nurturing Wood Marrow Cleansing Art... refining... Basic Breathing Technique... refined into technique... Breathe!]

Ye Xiaofan took a deep breath.

It was the smell of money.

One breath increased proficiency by 8!

It was double that of a high-grade technique.

Even more surprisingly to Ye Xiaofan, the Qi and Blood refined within his body had gone from the thickness of seven strands of hair to eight.

His physical strength and Qi and Blood power would be further strengthened, his strength slowly approaching the Strength of Two Tigers.

"I have the Golden, Wood, and Water attributes. I just need to fuse the Fire and Earth attribute techniques. I'll go to the Scripture Pavilion tomorrow to complete them."

"At that time, my cultivation speed will be even faster, and my Qi and Blood will be even more robust."

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

"System, merge the Lightning Sword Technique into the Sword Drawing Technique."

Balance -10,000!

[Discovered Sword Drawing Technique, do you wish to spend ten thousand taels of silver to refine the technique?]

"Refine!"

There was no need to hesitate; he was rich and willful.

Balance -10,000!

[Refining Sword Drawing Technique... refined into technique... Draw the character 'One'!]

The cultivation of the high-grade Sword Drawing Technique was still as simple and unadorned as ever.

The proficiency of the Sword Drawing Technique dropped from Accomplished back to Proficient (2000/8000).

The long sword cut through the air silently, only stirring faint ripples in the air.

"Not bad. Although the proficiency has decreased, the power has increased by thirty percent. Even without merging other sword techniques, I can cultivate it to Great Accomplishment."

Continue, continue.

Balance -10,000!

The Phantom Steps merged, The Wind God Steps leaped to become the high-grade movement technique, Wind God Phantom Steps.

Upon reaching Great Accomplishment, three phantom images could appear, allowing one to traverse twelve feet in the air by borrowing the wind.

Three feet more than the Wind God Steps.

Terrifyingly powerful, truly an essential for running away and saving one's life.

Refine!

Balance -10,000!

[Wind God Phantom Steps... refining... Wind God Steps... refined into technique... Walk!]

[Technique: Wind God Phantom Steps (Nascent 6000/24000)]

Ye Xiaofan closed the panel, took a step forward, and instantly transformed into two identical figures, one moving left and the other right.

The facial features of the figure on the left were slightly blurred, and it disappeared after taking three more steps.

"Not bad, the Nascent stage Wind God Phantom Steps can exist for the duration of one breath. If I suddenly use this during a fight, hehe..."

The Sun Family.

Sun Wude hadn't woken up yet when Ying Yi knocked on his door.

"Patriarch, the Black Tiger Gang has been wiped out. Zhang Dahu's corpse was found not far from the Ye family's residence, along with the bodies of the infamous Xiong Family Brothers. This is a portrait of the killer provided by the surviving members of the Black Tiger Gang."

Ying Yi finished speaking in one breath and then unfurled a portrait in front of Sun Wude.

Sun Wude took the portrait and stared at it in silence.

When he first heard that Zhang Dahu's corpse was found near the Ye family, he suspected Xiao Qiaofeng was responsible.

Now, looking at the portrait, he dismissed that guess, and a more shocking thought emerged in his mind.

The person in the portrait was Ye Xiaofan!

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

"The Black Tiger Gang's 400,000 taels of silver and all their medicinal herbs are missing. Some of the medicinal ingredients are also gone."

"400,000 taels?"

Sun Wude's eyebrows shot up.

For one person to carry away so much silver at once, they must possess a storage treasure used by people from Immortal Sects.

"Send people to keep an eye on the Black City. See if anyone goes to sell a large quantity of medicinal herbs and ingredients there."

He said to Ying Yi after a moment of thought.

Ying Yi left. Sun Wude stood up and opened the window, looking at the hazy sky outside. He fell into a deep contemplation for a while.

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

After an unknown amount of time, the sky had completely brightened. Sun Wude sighed.

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

A flicker of fear flashed in Sun Wude's eyes. He seemed to be very afraid of the Venerable One he mentioned, and would not want to see him unless it was absolutely necessary.

Just as dawn broke, in the west of the city.

Some early risers discovered that the Black Tiger Gang's headquarters was surrounded and sealed off by county yamen constables. Those who didn't know what was happening started to gather and watch.

More and more people gathered, and the constables had to dispatch some of their men to maintain order.

A piece of news began to spread among the onlookers.

The Black Tiger Gang's leader, Zhang Dahu, had been beheaded, and his body was found in the central urban area by a night watchman.

A while later, the constables carried out one corpse after another from inside.

This scene directly caused an uproar among the onlookers.

"That's Liu Da Dao, the head of the Black Tiger Gang's Internal Affairs Hall. I know him. He often ate and drank at my hotel without paying."

"That one is the head of the Combat Hall. I know him, he's gay and often harms innocent men."

"Holy crap, that's my neighbor! He just joined the Black Tiger Gang this year. He died so miserably, and he deserved it! Damn it, you wanted to force my wife to marry you!"

"..."

The news of the Black Tiger Gang's destruction swept through Qingyang County like a tornado. It was much more explosive than the destruction of the Black Tiger Gang's Foreign Affairs Hall a few days prior.

Streets and alleys were all abuzz with discussions about the Black Tiger Gang's demise.

The people in the west of the city were even more elated. The long-term oppression by the Black Tiger Gang was released at this moment.

There were more people on the streets than usual, and all the hotels were packed.

Everyone drank and denounced the crimes of the Black Tiger Gang.

Ye Xiaofan heard about this but paid it no mind.

He arrived at the Demon Suppression Division early to clock in, and then rushed into the Scripture Repository without delay.

Ye Xiaofan started from the low-grade cultivation techniques on the first floor.

As long as they were breathing techniques, sword techniques, or movement techniques with the five-element attribute, he recorded them all onto his panel.

He was rich and willful.

This took him a full day.

He recorded a total of seventeen breathing techniques, including 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 earth-element breathing techniques.

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

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

"Hmm, someone is monitoring me."

After leaving the Demon Suppression Division, Ye Xiaofan returned to the Ye family and noticed people glancing at him from time to time.

"The Sun family, huh? Just wait a few days, and I'll scatter your ancestors' ashes."

Ye Xiaofan didn't pause, pretending nothing was amiss as he returned home.

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

As the thought crossed his mind, the interface flashed wildly, and his balance rapidly decreased.

Breathing techniques were integrated into the top-grade Gengjin Ren Water Nurturing Wood Marrow Cleansing Technique. The high-grade Sword Drawing Technique and the high-grade Wind God Phantom Steps also aggressively devoured the various sword and movement techniques recorded on the interface.

After fusing all the breathing techniques, the top-grade Gengjin Ren Water Nurturing Wood Marrow Cleansing Technique transformed into the Five Elements Marrow Cleansing Tendon Changing Art, with its proficiency directly resetting to Beginner (4000/8000).

Simultaneously, a message appeared in his mind: the Five Elements Marrow Cleansing Tendon Changing Art had reached its limit and could no longer be improved by fusing new techniques.

Immediately after, The Wind God Phantom Steps finished fusing and transformed into a top-grade movement technique. At Great Accomplishment, it could allow one to traverse eighteen feet by borrowing the wind, and it could also create six phantom bodies that lasted for one breath.

Like the breathing techniques, the top-grade Wind God Phantom Steps had also reached its limit and could not be further improved by fusing new movement techniques.

The next moment, the Sword Drawing Technique finished fusing and transformed into a top-grade sword technique, but there was no notification that it had reached its limit.

"Choosing the Sword Drawing Technique back then was indeed the right decision. I just don't know if it can evolve into a Qi Condensation stage sword technique."

[Detected Sword Drawing Technique. Do you wish to spend 100,000 taels of silver to simplify the technique?]

[Detected Wind Shadow Steps. Do you wish to spend 100,000 taels of silver to simplify the technique?]

"Simplify."

[Simplifying Sword Drawing Technique... Simplification successful... Draw 'One'!]

[Wind Shadow Steps... Simplifying... Wind God Steps... Simplification successful... Walk!]

"Sigh, cultivation is just this simple and unpretentious. Living, practicing calligraphy, taking a stroll, and getting stronger like this is truly boring."

Ye Xiaofan grinned so wide his mouth nearly reached his ears.