Gaining Martial Arts Again

Chu Jiang remained silent in his heart.

The subordinates under the original body were used to preying on the common people all day long; it was good for them to be disciplined.

"There's no rush for this matter. Where can we find martial arts techniques in our Baishi County?" Chu Jiang said.

"Huh?" Zhang Liancai thought he had misheard. Normally, after hearing this news, shouldn't he immediately go and deal with the person who provoked them? Had he changed his ways today?

Ever since Lord Chu had gotten involved with demons, he basically hadn't paid much attention to the path of martial arts. He either ate, harassed respectable women, or gambled heavily.

"My lord, from what this subordinate knows, the Meteor Saber of the Zhao family in the east of the city and the Great Strength Fist of the Greedy Wolf Martial Arts School in the west of the city have some merit."

"They're only slightly better than cheap street goods, not on the same level as the techniques in our Demon Hunting Office," Zhang Liancai muttered to himself, answering honestly. He really couldn't understand why this Lord Chu was acting so unusually today.

Perhaps this Lord Chu was just acting on a whim.

After all, similar situations had occurred before. Usually, within three days, his lord would lose interest, and everything would return to the same lazy state as before.

Chu Jiang was also helpless about this. After all, techniques were scarce resources no matter where they were placed. Especially high-level techniques, which were basically secret transmissions.

And the Demon Hunting Office only had two techniques left – the Demon Suppressing Saber Technique and the Sun Gathering Art. Since there was no other way, he had to find another path.

If he wanted to obtain more advanced techniques, there was actually another way: become the person in charge of the Demon Hunting Office, become the decision-maker.

However, this was somewhat difficult. Unless the current decision-maker was transferred away or died, he would have a chance to take over.

"Alright, you may withdraw!" Chu Jiang said.

"My lord, what about that kid Liu Guangwu? Are we just going to let it go?" Zhang Liancai noticed that Chu Jiang didn't seem to want to stand up for them and was a bit anxious. That kid had beaten him so badly that his eyes were swollen. A scholar could endure, but this was unbearable.

"Scram, we'll talk about it later!"

This kid was pushing his luck. Chu Jiang ignored him and got up from his desk, preparing to leave the Demon Hunting Office.

Hearing this, Zhang Liancai felt helpless. It seemed he could only swallow this great loss this time. Wait, no, wait...

As a sycophant who was always trying to guess his superior's intentions, he immediately understood the meaning.

"This subordinate will scram now, hehe!"

Zhang Liancai left the Demon Hunting Office with a fawning smile, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

There was no need to elaborate on such an obvious hint. His lord was still the same lord, truly unchanged.

"This time, I'll make you pay!" Zhang Liancai cursed inwardly.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

Chu Jiang arrived at the Zhao family's residence.

"Lord Chu, you want to learn our Zhao family's Meteor Saber?" a surprised voice exclaimed from within the Zhao family's mansion, filled with disbelief.

Chu Jiang: "Yes."

The Zhao family head heard this news, feeling both shocked and angry.

Although their Zhao family's Meteor Saber was not a high-level technique, it was only passed down to direct descendants and never to outsiders. Now, this jinx had come to their door demanding it. If they refused, they feared it would cause more trouble.

"What, does the Zhao family head have difficulties?" Chu Jiang sneered and continued, "Don't worry, I won't take it for free. I'll buy it with money!"

"We wouldn't dare, we wouldn't dare. Since Lord Chu wishes to learn, I will pass on the Meteor Saber to you. As for the money, consider it a contribution to Baishi County's demon-slaying endeavors!" the Zhao family head quickly responded.

This was the only path left for him.

Otherwise, with Lord Chu's methods, if he were to stuff a demon into his bed at night, he would truly have no one to complain to.

Soon, Chu Jiang obtained the complete saber manual for the Meteor Saber from the Zhao family head.

Chu Jiang was beaming after receiving the saber manual. His ability to obtain it so easily was partly related to the formidable reputation the original body had built up before.

After all, if others hadn't provoked him, it wouldn't have been easy for him to make a move.

Leaving the Zhao family, Chu Jiang went directly to the Greedy Wolf Martial Arts School.

The head of the Greedy Wolf Martial Arts School was even more straightforward. Upon hearing that Chu Jiang wanted to learn the Great Strength Fist, he taught it to him without a second word. Fearing that Chu Jiang might not understand it, he even personally demonstrated the force-generating techniques of the Great Strength Fist on the spot.

Chu Jiang left satisfied, now possessing two new martial arts.

Of course, he paid for both.

Even if they hadn't accepted the money, Chu Jiang would have forced it upon them.

He lacked everything now, except money.

Although the original body was extravagant, he had still left behind nearly a thousand taels of silver.

In this world, the purchasing power of silver was very strong.

One tael of silver was enough for a common person's expenses for a year.

It was enough for him to squander.

Chu Jiang arrived at his home, a two-courtyard siheyuan with a total of seven rooms. It was decorated quite exquisitely, but strangely, the original body had not hired any maids.

He was alone in the entire house.

However, he quickly understood. Due to the original body's special identity and his dealings with demons, if anyone were to leak this information, it would bring him trouble.

His dealings with demons were conducted in secret.

He could only hide underwater, unable to see the light.

Because of his caution, he had never been caught with any solid evidence over the years; it was all speculation, and no one had ever actually seen him plotting with demons.

Chu Jiang looked at the panel, where two more martial arts had been added.

Houtian martial arts, once trained to great success, could basically inflict damage on weaker demons.

Of course, if it was a demon like the pig demon Chu Jiang killed yesterday, even if the Houtian martial arts were trained to perfection, it would only serve as a meal for the demon.

As for the level of the goat demon, among the demons near Baishi County, it was considered one of the top tier. Only Xiantian experts could easily slay them.

Anyone else who went would also just be adding to the demon's meal.

[You began cultivating the Great Strength Fist. You recalled the power-generating techniques taught by the martial arts hall master and trained diligently. You achieved entry in the third year.]

[You felt as if you had divine assistance, and achieved minor success in the Great Strength Fist in the fifth year.]

[Just as you thought the Great Strength Fist would soon reach great success, an accident occurred. There was one point of force generation you couldn't quite grasp, and you were unable to break through. You pondered endlessly but found no solution, so you could only persevere, reaching the thirteenth year.]

[In the fifteenth year, whether it was divine pity or a sudden enlightenment, you finally grasped the knack and entered the stage of great success.]

[In the twenty-second year, you entered the perfect realm.]

[In the thirtieth year, your Great Strength Fist reached a force of a thousand jin, entering the transformation realm.]

Chu Jiang couldn't help but clench his fist, feeling it filled with explosive power.

He went into the courtyard and punched a large tree.

"Bang!"

The fierce fist wind crackled, leaving a fist print the size of a bowl on the tree.

Looking at the depth, it was more than an inch.

He had only given it a cursory try, and it already had such power. The killing power of the Great Strength Fist in the transformation realm was truly formidable.

Chu Jiang calmed his mind and continued to inject lifespan, beginning to deduce the next martial art.

[You began cultivating the Meteor Saber. The transformation realm Demon Suppressing Saber Technique gave you decent saber skill attainments, and you entered the minor success realm in just one year.]

[In the third year, the Meteor Saber reached great success.]

[In the fifth year, you had mastered every move and every style of the Meteor Saber, and you entered the perfect realm.]

[In the seventh year, the Meteor Saber, honed by you, broke through once more. The original nine complex stances were simplified to three, advancing to the transformation realm.]

[Demon Lifespan: Eighty-three years]

Chu Jiang opened his eyes again, finding that his physical strength had further increased, but he was still a little short of the perfect realm of the Tenth Level of Body Refinement.

The Tenth Level of Body Refinement, the growth from Houtian martial arts was negligible, especially for techniques that had just reached the Houtian level; the improvement was very small.

Although his realm had not broken through, his combat power had increased by at least thirty percent compared to before.

When a Houtian fought against a Xiantian expert, ten perfect-level body refiners attacking together would still allow the Xiantian martial artist to handle them with ease, and even kill most of them without difficulty.

Unless they resorted to attrition and waited for the Xiantian expert's true qi to be depleted, there was still a chance.

And Chu Jiang...

With four martial arts in the transformation realm, his level in the physical body realm was almost unmatched.

At his current physical body realm, he could already be considered a dominant force, capable of fighting against Xiantian experts.

"Awesome!"

Chu Jiang felt exhilarated. In the short term, no one could threaten him.