Found Out?

It was perfectly normal for high-level techniques to come with combat techniques, but Feng Wu had not expected it to come with three at once!

Feng Wu guessed that when this technique had first been created, its cultivation efficiency had likely been rather poor compared to others of the same rank. Its creator had probably added these skills just to raise the technique's value and make it look more impressive.

There was no description of the effects of Earth Spring Impact or Flame Fire Body, so it was hard to say.

But Feng Wu did not believe the first explosive move could theoretically reach high-tier Earth Rank power. It was only theoretical. Perhaps one had to accumulate power through cultivation for ten years or more just to unleash it once?

Otherwise, the technique's rank would have long surpassed low-tier Earth Rank. High-tier Earth Rank power? He would not take that too seriously.

This low-tier Earth Rank technique required a total of 700 experience points to upgrade to mid-tier Earth Rank, and Feng Wu did not have enough yet.

"I originally thought having a few hundred spare experience points made me rich. Who knew another experience-guzzling monster would show up!"

Feng Wu fiddled with the Volcano Skill scroll for a while and spoke helplessly.

"Looks like I'll have to head out again."

He needed to make some preparations to accumulate experience points.

That afternoon, at the Mittel Auction House.

It was the same familiar VIP Room. Ya Fei was still the one receiving Feng Wu, though this time Gu Ni had been invited to sit beside her.

"Sir, this is your second visit to the Mittel Auction House today. May I ask what brings you here?" Ya Fei gently set down a cup of tea before Feng Wu and asked in a soft, charming voice.

"It's nothing much. Prepare two Storage Rings for me. It's easiest to buy such things from you."

Feng Wu spoke. After turning down the work at the Slaughter Shop, he was preparing to leave town and hunt magical beasts!

At the peak of Dou Qi Level Nine, plus three combat techniques, his strength was already sufficient.

Storage Rings could greatly reduce the burden and inconvenience of carrying personal belongings.

He had lacked money before and had not traveled far, so it had not mattered. Now, they were necessary.

Even the smallest Storage Rings cost forty or fifty thousand Gold Coins, and they were scarce. However, considering Feng Wu's identity, Ya Fei naturally had to satisfy his request.

Before long, Ya Fei returned carrying a tray with two black Storage Rings atop it.

"Here you are, sir. If there is anything else you need, please do not hesitate to tell us." Ya Fei held the Storage Rings in her hands and respectfully offered them to Feng Wu.

"Yes. Also, if you get the chance, find me a slightly higher-grade beast flame. Bring it to me when you do; I have a use for it. Don't worry, I won't let you suffer any losses on the price."

Feng Wu tossed two cards, each containing fifty thousand Gold Coins, onto the table, then reached for the Storage Rings in Ya Fei's hands.

He took the two Storage Rings from her delicate, lustrous hands, smooth as porcelain jade. But the moment he raised his head, Feng Wu's heart skipped a beat!

Damn it, I fell for it!

When Feng Wu looked up, he saw the faint smile at the corner of Ya Fei's lips and the flash of sharp light in her eyes.

Sure enough, beautiful women were trouble. Smart women were even worse to touch!

Ya Fei's bright eyes were as gentle as water. She said nothing, merely rubbing the hand that had just touched Feng Wu behind her back. That feeling—she had been right.

No wonder the body beneath the cloak had felt so young when she pressed against it that morning.

"Cough—" Feng Wu coughed lightly to conceal his embarrassment. "Since everything has been settled, I'll be taking my leave."

Without caring about Ya Fei and Gu Ni's reactions, he hurriedly fled the Mittel Auction House. That woman was too terrifying!

"Ya Fei, what you did was somewhat impulsive." After Feng Wu left, Gu Ni complained to Ya Fei. "It is true that the aura of cultivation on him was too weak to match, but weren't you afraid of bringing trouble upon us by testing him personally?"

Gu Ni lectured, "In this situation, either he has concealed his cultivation, or he sent some junior stand-in to visit us.

Who doesn't have a few juniors or disciples? For all you know, while you were testing that junior, his true self was watching from some unknown place."

Gu Ni sighed. "We cannot afford to provoke an Alchemist of such great standing. It is better to conduct our business properly."

"Yes, Uncle Gu Ni's lesson is correct. Ya Fei will keep it in mind." Ya Fei answered sweetly. Sitting in her chair, she stroked her slender waist with one hand as she recalled:

I want to see whose junior has the nerve to be so lecherous!

An advanced Alchemist would rarely appear in a remote, impoverished little city like Wu Tan City. If one did appear, they should merely be passing through, as fleeting as a flower's bloom.

Yet Feng Wu had clearly remained in Wu Tan City for nearly two full months since his appearance.

What did that mean?

For the strong, aside from family and one's homeland, only a master-disciple relationship could bind them.

Ya Fei concluded that Feng Wu was the disciple of that mysterious Alchemist, walking through Wu Tan City in the Alchemist's place while concealing his identity.

Although her guess was still inaccurate, Ya Fei had already determined that Feng Wu, beneath those black robes, was a junior. The next time she saw him, she would only be more composed.

Early the next morning, in the wilderness outside Wu Tan City.

Feng Wu wore a pair of steel gauntlets with hollowed-out palms. With one punch, he forced an Exploding Porcupine to stop. Then came another punch and a knee strike, sending the porcupine flying straight into the air!

"Absorption Palm!" With no foothold in the air, the Exploding Porcupine flailed its limbs comically, squealing as Feng Wu's Absorption Palm dragged it down from the air toward his palm once more!

But just as the Exploding Porcupine came within a meter of his hand—

The pulling force abruptly transformed into an even stronger gust of outward-blasting wind!

"Cloud Dispelling Palm!" A violent gale burst from Feng Wu's palm.

"Crack, crack—boom!"

Visible to the naked eye, the Exploding Porcupine's body caved inward in midair, and who knew how many of its ribs had shattered.

It finally fell five meters away with a miserable shriek!

It was not dead yet, but it had lost even the slightest ability to resist.

After another combined strike of Cloud Dispelling Palm and Absorption Palm, the Exploding Porcupine finally died unwillingly.

System Prompt: Killed one Exploding Porcupine (unranked). Reward: 2 experience points.

System Prompt: Because the Exploding Porcupine was killed through the combined effects of Absorption Palm and Cloud Dispelling Palm, proficiency experience was split equally. Each gained 0.5 experience.

"Phew, another one dead. Unfortunately, these cannot be considered magical beasts. At most, they are merely Fierce Beasts."

He walked over, kicked the Exploding Porcupine's corpse, cut off several pieces of meat, and left to continue exploring outside the city.

As for whether it had a Magic Crystal, Feng Wu did not even check. An unranked magical beast could not possibly produce a Magic Crystal.

This was already the third prey Feng Wu had hunted outside the city that morning. Unfortunately, none of them were ranked.

Feng Wu roughly divided the animals he had seen into four categories: livestock raised at home, ordinary wild beasts, Fierce Beasts that had begun to become magical beasts but remained unranked, and true magical beasts.

Having abandoned his leisurely life at the Slaughter Shop to come into the wilderness, Feng Wu first wanted to see what true magical beasts looked like.

The other reason was to raise the proficiency levels of Absorption Palm and Cloud Dispelling Palm!