Partnering with the Slaughter Shops

Thirty years was far too long; Feng Wu believed in settling grudges as soon as they arose. Even if he could not kill Ge Ye, disgusting him a little would cost nothing.

At this moment, everyone standing in the courtyard was from the Xiao Clan. Humiliating Xiao Yan was the same as slapping the entire Xiao Clan across the face.

Brothers could fight among themselves, but when facing outsiders, they were absolutely one family.

With a fake smile, Feng Wu saw Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran off. Just as Nalan Yanran was about to board the carriage, Feng Wu lowered his voice and said, "Miss Nalan, the journey is long. Be careful on dark, windy nights. Hahaha. The Xiao Clan bids Miss Nalan farewell. Have a safe journey."

"You!" Nalan Yanran drew her sword and tried to stab him, but Feng Wu could not be bothered with her. Laughing loudly, he turned and left.

Lying cost nothing. Hopefully, Nalan Yanran would sleep well on the road.

Ge Ye glanced at the Xiao Clan, then hurriedly grabbed Nalan Yanran and said solemnly, "Young Sect Master, we should return to the Yun Lan Sect as soon as possible. This place is remote, and the Xiao Clan has been humiliated. There is no telling what impulsive thing they might do."

"Hmph!" Only then did Nalan Yanran climb into the carriage with a belly full of anger. Ge Ye, meanwhile, remained alert as he sat outside the carriage, constantly scanning their surroundings...

"After being humiliated over the broken engagement, next should come the part where Yao Lao reveals himself and Xiao Yan takes him as his master."

Lying on his bed, Feng Wu sorted through the memories in his mind, wondering whether there was any advantage he could take.

With a casual flick of his hand, he drew an apple from the fruit tray and took a bite. "This Absorption Palm battle skill is not as worthless as the system made it sound. Xiao Yan could only pull a vase when he first learned it because he was only at the fourth stage of Dou Qi back then."

A difference of two stages meant a considerable difference in the amount of Dou Qi one could use.

Otherwise, Feng Wu would not have been able to leave Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran so disheveled with a single move.

"There is no experience to raise the proficiency of Absorption Palm for now, but trading it to Xiao Yan for a favor was not a loss. If Xiao Yan owes me a favor, then Yao Lao owes me one too. That is worth quite a lot, but good steel must be used on the blade. I need to think about what benefit I should ask Xiao Yan for... Pills, cultivation methods... battle skills, the Burning Flame Mantra? Forget it, forget it. If I go asking Xiao Yan and Yao Chen for benefits now, I have no way to explain how I know Yao Chen's identity. Besides, Yao Chen would definitely beat me to death. Better wait a while."

Feng Wu tossed and turned in bed for a while, already forming a rough plan in his mind.

The Burning Flame Mantra was absolutely off-limits. It was Yao Chen's lifeblood, and no one outside his direct disciples could obtain it. Then he would ask for the most important thing Yao Chen had besides the Burning Flame Mantra!

Still, it was too early to think about such things. There was no rush. At the very least, he had to wait until rumors spread that Xiao Yan had taken a mysterious master.

For now, the urgent matter was increasing his own strength.

Feng Wu had to reach the seventh stage of Dou Qi within a year. Only Xiao Clan disciples who reached the seventh stage of Dou Qi before the Coming of Age Ceremony were qualified to choose a cultivation method at the Xiao Family Dou Qi Pavilion.

Moreover, the higher one's cultivation, the easier it would be to choose a cultivation method.

Not to mention that his Absorption Palm battle skill was a bottomless pit crying out to be fed.

"Sigh... I still have to work hard. Time to go out and get to work!"

After resting at home for a while, Feng Wu left the Xiao Family Compound again and headed straight for the largest Slaughter Shop in Wu Tan City.

When he had returned to the Xiao Clan that morning, Feng Wu had already made arrangements with the people at the Slaughter Shop along the way. They would let him slaughter all their fresh livestock every day. Not only did Feng Wu not want wages, he would even pay the butchers himself.

Five Gold Coins per animal!

Though the butcher had no idea what Feng Wu was up to, free money was free money! That morning, he had agreed readily enough.

Feng Wu made his way to the Slaughter Shop. The butcher was busy with work, but when he saw his benefactor arrive, he quickly came over to greet him. "Little brother, you finally came. I saved several animals for you that haven't been slaughtered yet. What do you think?"

As he spoke, the butcher pinched two fingers together and rubbed them.

"Take me to the Livestock Pen." Feng Wu did not waste words. He casually tossed the butcher a money pouch and said, "There are five hundred Gold Coins inside. Come ask me for more once I have slaughtered a hundred animals."

The moment he entered the butcher's livestock pen, he saw three pigs and two sheep eating and wandering about inside.

The butcher introduced them, saying, "Young master, when you came today, these were the only animals left unbutchered. I saved them all for you. In our line of work, we believe in slaughtering early so the meat can be sold during the day and people know it was freshly butchered. Come earlier tomorrow, and I guarantee there will be twice as many!"

"Mm, fine." Feng Wu agreed, then leaped into the livestock pen. Power gathered in his hand as Dou Qi circulated through his body.

Mountain Splitting Palm!

With a sideways chop, Feng Wu's Mountain Splitting Palm struck horizontally across the sheep's neck.

With a crack, its neck bone snapped, and the sheep collapsed weakly to its knees.

System Prompt: Killed one sheep. Obtained 0.4 experience.

System Prompt: Killed one sheep using the Mountain Splitting Palm battle skill. Mountain Splitting Palm proficiency increased by 0.2.

Hm?

Killing living creatures with a battle skill also increased the skill's proficiency!

If that was true, Feng Wu could greatly ease his shortage of experience, his current state of spending more than he earned!

Raising his hand, Feng Wu locked onto another startled domestic pig in the pen and repeated the experiment!

With a miserable squeal, the pig fell to the ground. Feng Wu followed up with another Mountain Splitting Palm, beating the unconscious pig to death.

System Prompt: Killed one pig. Obtained 0.5 experience.

System Prompt: Killed one domestic pig using the Mountain Splitting Palm battle skill. Mountain Splitting Palm proficiency increased by 0.25.

It worked! Killing living creatures with battle skills could increase the battle skill's proficiency at the same time!

Feng Wu's Mountain Splitting Palm required a total of twelve experience points to advance from Minor Completion to the Major Completion Realm. He had now completed 0.46!

Of that, 0.45 experience had just been gained, while the remaining 0.01 was proficiency Feng Wu had earned through hard practice.

This one pig and one sheep were equivalent to a month and a half of Feng Wu practicing Mountain Splitting Palm on his own!

What was there to hesitate over? Feng Wu immediately threw the idea of pulling out a knife to butcher them straight to the back of his mind.

One palm for each sheep, two palms for each pig.

He cleanly and efficiently killed the remaining two pigs and one sheep as well.

Including the two animals Feng Wu had killed earlier, he gained a total of 2.3 cultivation experience points and 1.15 battle skill experience points.

Amid the owner's flattering praise, Feng Wu left this Slaughter Shop and went to the other two in the city.

He had already discussed this with them that morning.

From the two shops, he gained another 4.2 experience points and 2.1 battle skill experience points.

Feng Wu's experience panel was now (6.55/15). Ever since his two souls had merged, Feng Wu's rate of gaining experience through cultivation had not been slow either.

His Mountain Splitting Palm battle skill proficiency was now (3.16/12).

If the Slaughter Shop owners were right and there were more livestock in the morning, then Feng Wu would likely break through in cultivation again within a few days!

Unfortunately, there were only three butcher shops in all of Wu Tan City. The amount of livestock slaughtered by those three shops each day had already nearly saturated the entire city's demand.