Wind Shadow Steps, Brute Ox Fist

The next day, early morning.

The rising sun cast its morning glow upon the land, illuminating the Cangwu County Demon Suppression Division's stationed grounds.

At this moment, in courtyard number 799 of the Demon Suppression Division's residential zone number 19, Lin Baichuan, who had been sitting cross-legged on his bed, suddenly opened his eyes. Two beams of sharp light shot out from his pupils, dazzling like a flowing ribbon, his eyes like lightning, full of spirit.

Suddenly, his mind stirred, and a stream of light flashed within his sea of consciousness, evolving into a status panel.

[Name: Lin Baichuan]

[Identity: Demon Suppression Division Junior Demon Slayer]

[Cultivation: Ninth Rank]

[Cultivation Technique: Golden Bell Shield (Seventh Layer, 1%)]

[Martial Skills: Seven Kill Saber Art (Mastered), Wind Shadow Steps (Not Started), Brute Ox Fist (Not Started)]

[Intent: Saber Intent (23%)]

[Merit: 0]

Looking at the two new martial skills in the Martial Skills section, Lin Baichuan's eyes immediately gleamed. These Wind Shadow Steps and Brute Ox Fist were the two martial skills he had exchanged from the Scripture Pavilion after leaving the Ten Thousand Treasures Hall yesterday.

It wasn't that Lin Baichuan didn't want to exchange for more martial skills; it was just that the Demon Suppression Division's martial skills were too precious.

His meager contribution points were truly insufficient. Selling the Demon Cores had earned him a total of 750 contribution points. However, purchasing medicinal ingredients cost him 530 points, leaving him with only 220 contribution points, which was just enough to buy two martial skills.

Wind Shadow Steps cost 110 contribution points, and Brute Ox Fist cost 90 contribution points.

He now had 20 contribution points left, not even enough to purchase the lowest-grade martial skill. As for cultivation techniques, that was even more impossible. However, Lin Baichuan hadn't intended to exchange for a cultivation technique from the beginning.

This was because he had the Golden Bell Shield. Although the Golden Bell Shield was initially just an ordinary common-grade low-tier cultivation technique with only three layers, allowing cultivation to at most the peak of Ninth Rank Skin Refinement.

But now, with the use of Merit, he had forcefully deduced and upgraded this Golden Bell Shield to the seventh layer. Its grade had likely surpassed common-grade high-tier, and it could continue to be deduced and improved with Merit in the future.

Therefore, Lin Baichuan had no intention of changing his cultivation technique, at least not in the short term.

"It's just, why can this cultivation technique be deduced and improved continuously as long as there are enough contribution points, but martial skills cannot?"

Lin Baichuan suddenly frowned slightly and muttered, "This doesn't make sense! Could it be that the system treats cultivation techniques and martial skills differently? Or is it that the Seven Kill Saber Art has already reached the 'Mastered' realm, and the Merit required for further deduction and improvement is too high, and the Merit I accumulated before was insufficient, which is why I can't deduce and improve it?"

Lin Baichuan had thought about this question long ago, but unfortunately, he hadn't found an answer until now.

He had no Merit at all right now, so there was no way to test it. He could only wait until he accumulated enough Merit in the future to verify it.

"Forget it, I'll deal with this problem later. The priority now is to get the Mysterious Sun Fruit." Lin Baichuan shook his head, deciding to stop thinking about it. He muttered to himself as he leaped off the bed, opened the door, and walked out.

The Return Origin Body Tempering Soup still needed one last auxiliary ingredient, the Mysterious Sun Fruit. He planned to try his luck at the market in Cangwu County City. Although the Mysterious Sun Fruit was an auxiliary ingredient, its grade was not low, surpassing the category of ordinary medicine.

Like weapons, medicinal ingredients also had many grades.

Ordinary medicines were divided into three grades: high, medium, and low. Above high-grade ordinary medicine was Spiritual Medicine. Unlike ordinary medicines, Spiritual Medicine was divided into four grades: Heaven, Earth, Mysterious, and Yellow, each with three sub-grades. Although the Mysterious Sun Fruit was only the lowest grade, Yellow-Grade Low-Tier Spiritual Medicine, it was still worth a fortune and very rare.

Even the Demon Suppression Division did not have it in stock. As for the market in the city, Lin Baichuan did not hold much hope, because he knew the value of Spiritual Medicine. Even if someone obtained it, they would generally treat it as their foundation and not easily put it up for sale.

But Lin Baichuan had no other choice now. Since the Demon Suppression Division didn't have it, he could only try his luck at the market.

At this time, his humble background and lack of foundation became a disadvantage.

Without connections or channels, even with money, he might not be able to buy the resources he wanted, relying entirely on luck.

Unlike some noble family disciples, who had the support of their families, obtaining resources would certainly be much easier for them than for a commoner like Lin Baichuan.

"One step at a time! With the system by my side, a weak foundation is not a problem. At worst, I'll spend some time in the early stages, and the gap will gradually be closed later."

Lin Baichuan thought to himself, not feeling discouraged or resentful because of his background. His background was not something he could decide. What he could do was seize the present and strive to make his future better.

With many thoughts flashing through his mind, Lin Baichuan had already left the Demon Suppression Division's stationed grounds and headed straight for the market in Cangwu County City.

However, Lin Baichuan did not notice that just as he was leaving the Demon Suppression Division's stationed grounds, behind an ancient tree, a pair of cold eyes were staring at his receding back, filled with malice and ruthlessness.

The next moment, a man walked out from behind the ancient tree with a gloomy expression.

It was Li Da.

At this moment, Li Da's expression was gloomy, with a hint of ferocity on his lips. Looking at Lin Baichuan's back as he gradually disappeared into the distance, he gritted his teeth and sneered, "Lin Baichuan, you ruined me, caused me to damage my fundamental origin, and cut off my martial arts future. You won't have it easy either. I can't kill you, but the Lu family can..."

Li Da gritted his teeth, full of resentment. Song Gang had only asked him to keep an eye on Lin Baichuan, but he couldn't swallow his anger. Seeing Lin Baichuan jumping around in front of him, his heart was filled with rage.

Gritting his teeth, Li Da also left the Demon Suppression Division's stationed grounds and headed straight for the Lu family mansion.

Since Song Gang was unwilling to act, he would have to borrow the power of the Lu family.

He naturally didn't have the qualifications to meet the Lu family patriarch, but he did have the qualifications to meet Lu Changkong of the Lu family. Moreover, Li Da knew very well that Lu Changkong's resentment towards Lin Baichuan was probably even greater than his own.

Most importantly, Lu Changkong was a good-for-nothing. If he employed a little trickery and sowed discord, he wasn't afraid that Lu Changkong wouldn't be used by him.

At this time, Lin Baichuan did not know that because of Qin Qing, he had deliberately let Li Da off the hook, but it had left him with a hidden danger. After leaving the Demon Suppression Division's stationed grounds, Lin Baichuan headed straight for the market in Cangwu County City.

The two were not far apart. Lin Baichuan walked at a normal pace all the way, and in the time it took for an incense stick to burn, he had arrived outside the market.

The market in Cangwu County City was very large and divided into different areas.

Food, clothing, housing, medicine, weapons, etc. Whatever you needed, the market had it.

Although it was Lin Baichuan's first time here, because there were signposts everywhere, he found his way to the medicinal ingredients area without much difficulty. Here, you could buy everything related to medicine.

All kinds of medicinal ingredients, elixirs, and even medicinal powders and baths for martial artists' cultivation were sold.

Of course, provided you could afford the price.

Lin Baichuan had obtained millions of taels of gold and silver from Liang Youtian's underground palace, so he was full of confidence. As soon as he entered this area, he headed straight for the largest shop.