A Pillow Just When You Need One

"You mean you want to ask whether there's a way to increase the power of Absorption Palm?"

"Yes. You gave me this combat skill, so you must have a better way to use it." Xiao Yan said. At present, this was indeed the only combat skill he had, making it the most suitable one to study.

He did not yet meet the basic requirements to learn the Profound Rank High Grade Eight Extremes Collapse, and Yao Chen refused to give him any other combat skills, unwilling to let Xiao Yan waste his energy on such "trash" combat skills.

Absorption Palm, meanwhile, was something Xiao Yan already possessed, a compromise between him and Yao Chen.

"Sure, I have a way. But you aren't planning to get the solution from me with just that mouth of yours, are you?"

Feng Wu took a sip of water from his cup and looked at Xiao Yan as he spoke calmly.

Another rich fool stood right in front of him. It would be a waste not to fleece him!

Feng Wu felt no guilt whatsoever.

Without outside pressure, Feng Wu and Xiao Yan were not on the same side.

When facing outsiders, when the entire Xiao Clan had been humiliated, Feng Wu could stand up for Xiao Yan and strike back at Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye. That had been for everyone, a choice made when the entire clan shared honor and disgrace.

But beneath the greater family were smaller families. The Xiao Clan had its own factions and branches.

"Well? Aren't you going to show some sincerity first?" Feng Wu pressed, looking at the Xiao Yan he had caught completely off guard.

Xiao Yan was indeed stunned by Feng Wu's words. Suppressing the urge to slap his butt and leave, he considered his goal of building a good relationship and still asked, "What do you want?"

"Well, let me think about it." Feng Wu had only thought of this on the spur of the moment and had not yet decided.

After pondering for a moment, he said, "Got it!"

Feng Wu snapped his fingers, then used his other hand to lift the kettle and refill Xiao Yan's cup. Glancing at him, he said, "How about this? Let's make a deal. I'll teach you the trick to increasing Absorption Palm's power, and after the Coming of Age Ceremony, I want the cultivation method you bring out of the Dou Qi Pavilion."

"You!" Hearing this, Xiao Yan shot to his feet and slammed his palm on the table.

"Feng Wu, before you say something like that, you should understand what choosing a cultivation method from the Dou Qi Pavilion represents!"

Xiao Yan could not help being furious. After reaching the peak of Dou Qi, a cultivation method was undoubtedly the most precious thing. In Xiao Yan's eyes, this was outright extortion!

"Xiao Yan, trust me. You definitely won't lose out on this deal." Feng Wu did not care about Xiao Yan's attitude. He reached out and brushed away the water Xiao Yan had splashed across the table.

Then he pointed back at the apricot tree for Xiao Yan to see before saying, "See that? A Mysterious Rank Low Grade Absorption Palm, with the power of a Profound Rank High Grade combat skill!

The best fire-attributed cultivation method in the Xiao Clan is only Yellow Rank High Grade. You won't lose out by trading with me."

"That was Absorption Palm's power?" More than half of Xiao Yan's anger finally dissipated. He simply could not believe that the apricot tree broken in half had been caused by Absorption Palm, a Soul Technique.

If it had been Xiao Yan himself, he could only have shaken some of its smaller branches.

If that's the case, then I'm the one getting the better deal. Xiao Yan thought, yet he still hesitated.

Just as he had said, for a Dou Qi cultivator, a good cultivation method was far too important.

Trading it to Feng Wu felt like sacrificing the foundation for the branches.

"Little Yanzi, trade with him!" Yao Lao's voice rang out in Xiao Yan's mind at that moment, scolding, "What the hell is a Yellow Rank cultivation method? Are you looking down on your master?"

With Yao Chen's pride, if Feng Wu had truly been making an outrageous demand, Yao Chen would never have spoken. He might even have used this opportunity to test Xiao Yan's character and judgment.

But Yao Chen's reminder calmed Xiao Yan down as well. That was right—how had he forgotten his real backer?

"Fine, I'll trade!" With no more worries, Xiao Yan answered much more readily.

"Then watch carefully." Having received a definite answer, Feng Wu did not waste time and immediately made his move.

He thrust his palm to one side, and a fierce gale suddenly arose. A heavy water bucket in the distance was pulled over by Feng Wu's Absorption Palm.

"This power!" Xiao Yan shielded himself from the dust. Compared to Feng Wu's Absorption Palm, his was nothing more than a gentle breeze brushing willow branches.

This power was enough to yank a person off their feet.

"Don't rush, it's not over yet. I'll only demonstrate it once, so watch carefully!" As Feng Wu spoke, the movement of his hand abruptly changed. With a flick, he turned his grasp into a push.

"Cloud Dispelling Palm, release!"

Feng Wu thrust out his palm, unleashing a violent burst of palm-force wind pressure even fiercer than Absorption Palm!

"Bang—crack—splash!"

The bamboo bucket that had been pulled over from beside the well caved inward, then finally burst apart under the pressure. Bamboo shards and water sprayed in every direction!

"So that's how it works! How did I not think of that?" Seeing Feng Wu's movements, Xiao Yan suddenly understood!

The clash between pulling and pushing forces was inherently simple. Whether one could do it depended only on whether one thought of it.

In the original story, Xiao Yan had come up with this method himself. Feng Wu had merely taken advantage of the fact that the moment in time for it had not yet arrived.

Xiao Yan somehow still felt he had suffered a loss, but Feng Wu had indeed taught him something, so he could not say anything more.

"All right, you can leave now. As for the cultivation method from the Dou Qi Pavilion, I'll come collect it from you after the Coming of Age Ceremony ends."

The deal complete, Feng Wu had no desire for further conversation. Nor did he want to become too entangled with Xiao Yan, lest he be sacrificed in the future to boost someone else's strength. He directly showed him out.

It was like dumping a bucket of cold water over Xiao Yan's enthusiasm for building a relationship.

"Good things really do come in pairs, and they come knocking on their own!" After Xiao Yan left, Feng Wu hummed as he cooked, his mood bright.

It really was like receiving a pillow just when he needed one. He wanted a combat skill, and Xiao Xun'er brought him Cloud Dispelling Palm.

He had already reached Dou Qi Level Eight and was only one step away from the Dou Zhe realm. Just as he was trying to find a good cultivation method, Xiao Yan came along to deliver one.

Feng Wu had already realized over the past few days that it was time for him to find a good cultivation method.

But the cultivation methods sold on the market were, at best, Yellow Rank Low Grade or Yellow Rank Mid Grade. There was not even a single Yellow Rank High Grade one.

Setting aside their poor attributes and potential, the most important thing was that cultivation methods of different ranks required different amounts of experience to advance cultivation in the system.

For example, the difference between the two cultivation methods Feng Wu had bought on the market was obvious at a glance on the system panel.

Kindling Fire Art: Yellow Rank Mid Grade cultivation method, usable in the Dou Zhe realm, estimated experience required for Dou Zhe 0 Star—Dou Zhe 1 Star (400)

The other Yellow Rank Low Grade cultivation method was even worse.

Fire Scroll Art: Yellow Rank Low Grade cultivation method, usable in the Dou Zhe realm, estimated experience required for Dou Zhe 0 Star—Dou Zhe 1 Star (500)

There was no need to look at any other attributes. The gap was obvious. No matter what, Feng Wu would never choose either of these cultivation methods.

They were both gluttons, and he could not afford to feed them.

It was foreseeable that the higher the rank of the cultivation method, the less experience Feng Wu would need to increase his cultivation in the future!

Choosing a good cultivation method was extremely important! At the same cultivation level, it might require less than half the experience needed by a low-grade cultivation method.