Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, several months had passed.
Wu Ming had also spent several months under the Night Patrol Division of the Cautious Punishment Division. During those months, they had only happened upon night thieves twice while patrolling at night. Everyone gave chase and surrounded them; in the end, they caught one while the other escaped.
Other than that, no further trouble had arisen over the past few months, and Wu Ming had basically immersed himself in cultivation.
The martial arts manuals collected by the Cautious Punishment Division far outnumbered those of the Seven Martial Alliance Outer Hall academy. There were over twenty spear techniques below the Unity Realm alone, and Wu Ming had even seen several spear arts that required one to enter the Unity Realm before they could be cultivated.
With the Falling Leaf Spear Technique at the Mastery level as his foundation, coupled with his powerful Perceptive Insight, Wu Ming would take out other spear techniques to practice and study whenever he had time. One after another, he mastered seven more spear techniques, all of them thoroughly integrated.
He could feel that he had vaguely touched the threshold of the Unity Realm of Skill and Art. However, the Unity Realm required one's body, mind, and skill to draw inward and become one, forming an unparalleled explosive force. A First Blood Forging physique could not bear such explosive power; one had to at least reach Second Blood Forging and strengthen the skin and flesh across the body. Thus, Second Blood Forging was the foundation of Unity of Skill and Art.
Cautious Punishment Division.
Inside a room roughly three zhang square, Wu Ming sat cross-legged in the center. Other than the Crimson Serpent Spear laid before him, the room was completely empty. This was