Giant Bear True Intent

"Taking people to level the Fierce Tiger Gang—this should make quite a stir, right?"

Wei Fan did not place all his hopes on Ning Xuan and Su Xuerong. Leveling the Fierce Tiger Gang was the first step in making a name for himself and drawing the Demon Suppressing Division's attention.

Martial Arts:

Golden Bell Shield (Ninth Level)

Iron Body Skill (Ninth Level)

Roaring Tiger Golden Bell Shield (Perfected)

Current cultivation: 213 years

"Not a small haul!"

Wei Fan opened the panel. His accumulated cultivation had already exceeded two hundred years; leveling the Fierce Tiger Gang had earned him more than seventy years' worth.

He had not killed many people, only higher-ups like Zhang Huaiyu. If he did not kill such people, then even if they were thrown into the great prison, they probably would not die.

"Right, those two bags."

Wei Fan recalled the bags he had seized when he killed Zhang Huaiyu and immediately began searching through them.

From Zhang Huaiyu and his men's actions at the time, it was obvious they had been preparing to flee. They should have brought plenty of good things with them. Afterward, Wei Fan had not turned them in, and Luo Wen had not come looking for them either.

The other constables had also gained quite a bit from this operation, so in the end, Wei Fan had brought the two bags back with him.

He opened the first bag and found a pile of gold, jewelry, and jade. Wei Fan could not estimate how much they were worth.

The second bag likewise contained a pile of gold, jewelry, and jade at first glance, but those were not Wei Fan's target.

He pushed aside the gold and jewels, and several yellowed books came into view.

When he had first picked up the two bags, he had noticed that they contained books of some sort. That was why he had bent down to pick them up.

When a gang leader was fleeing, aside from martial arts manuals, he certainly would not bring useless things like ordinary books.

They really were martial arts manuals.

Wei Fan picked them up and found there were three in total. One was a true qi cultivation method called the Returning Origin Skill. Since he already had the Golden Bell Shield, a true qi cultivation method was useless to him, so he immediately set the Returning Origin Skill aside.

The second was a body-tempering martial art called the Giant Bear Skill.

"Giant Bear Skill?"

Wei Fan's eyes lit up. He could not cultivate true qi methods, but he could continue stacking body-tempering martial arts onto his body.

He continued reading and discovered that the third book was a palm technique called Giant Bear Palm. It was actually the accompanying palm technique for the body-tempering martial art Giant Bear Skill, a martial skill belonging to the body-tempering category.

This was the first body-tempering martial skill he had ever seen. Even Luo Wen did not possess such a martial skill.

Half an hour later, both the Giant Bear Skill and Giant Bear Palm appeared on the panel. Wei Fan began adding cultivation to the two martial arts.

"Use ten years of cultivation on the Giant Bear Skill!"

As usual, he would first test the waters with ten years of cultivation.

Ten years of cultivation deducted

You possessed two perfected body-tempering martial arts, yet continued diligently cultivating other body-tempering martial arts. With one year of cultivation, you raised the Giant Bear Skill to the Fourth Level, slightly increasing your strength.

With two years of cultivation, the Giant Bear Skill reached the Fifth Level. You discovered that cultivating body-tempering martial arts too quickly was not good for the body, so you began slowing your progress.

With ten years of cultivation, although you had slowed down, your Giant Bear Skill still broke through to the Ninth Level. The strength of one arm reached eighteen thousand jin. Once the Giant Bear Skill was activated, you stood two meters tall, like a human bear.

As though transforming, Wei Fan's body began to grow taller and swell. A savage aura like that of a giant bear emanated from him, and his thick arms nearly burst through his clothes.

Vigorous blood and qi steamed from his body, making him look like a furnace.

"Only three thousand jin of strength?"

Wei Fan frowned slightly, dissatisfied with the result. Last time, when the Glazed Treasure Body reached the Ninth Level, it had increased his strength by five thousand jin.

He knew it was not that the Giant Bear Skill was less profound than the Glazed Treasure Body. Rather, after stacking multiple body-tempering martial arts at the body-tempering realm, the increase in strength became smaller and smaller.

He estimated that after cultivating at most one or two more body-tempering martial arts, his strength would no longer increase.

If he wanted to continue improving, he would have to break through the body-tempering realm and enter the next body-refining realm.

After resting for a while, he continued adding cultivation to the Giant Bear Palm.

To his surprise, the cultivation required to perfect this body-tempering palm technique was unexpectedly great!

With one year of cultivation, you initiated the Giant Bear Palm and reached minor accomplishment. Your palm force became increasingly terrifying!

With two years of cultivation, the Giant Bear Palm reached mastery. Your palm force was fierce and unmatched!

With three years of cultivation, your Giant Bear Palm did not break through!

With five years of cultivation, you comprehended the essence of the Giant Bear Palm and discovered that it was a True Meaning Martial Art. The palm technique reached major accomplishment, its power capable of splitting mountains and shattering stone.

With ten years of cultivation, you still failed to comprehend the Giant Bear True Intent. The Giant Bear Palm did not break through.

With thirty years of cultivation, you finally understood the Giant Bear True Intent. The Giant Bear Palm reached perfection in one stroke.

Giant Bear Palm (Perfected)

Current cultivation: 173 years

A berserk giant bear appeared in Wei Fan's mind. It stood upright, roared at the heavens, then stretched out two bear paws as broad as cattail fans and slammed them down. Whatever lay before it was smashed to pieces.

"So it's actually a True Meaning Martial Art. It used even more cultivation than the Dragon's Roar Sky Shattering Finger!"

With a thought from Wei Fan, he felt as though he had turned into a berserk giant bear. His mind was filled with savagery; no matter what stood before him, he dared to fight it.

Moreover, under the influence of the true intent, his eighteen thousand jin of strength seemed capable of unleashing a terrifying force of thirty or forty thousand jin. The more frenzied his mind became, the more terrifying the power he could unleash.

Thirty years of cultivation had absolutely been worth it.

Now, even the Dragon's Roar Sky Shattering Finger probably could not compare to the Giant Bear Palm's terrifying power. He had never imagined the Fierce Tiger Gang would possess something like this.

Early in the morning, the sound of firecrackers rang out without end in Cloud City's eastern district.

The news had just spread: yesterday afternoon, the Fierce Tiger Gang, which had committed evil in the eastern district for years, had been wiped out in one fell swoop. Gang Leader Zhang Huaiyu had resisted and been killed on the spot by the constables.

As the news spread, everyone clapped and cheered.

"What the hell is wrong with them? Setting off firecrackers so early—I can't even sleep in."

Strapping on his waist saber, Wei Fan cursed as he left the house.

As he walked down the street, he noticed that the way people looked at him in this uniform had changed from their former disgust to admiration.

"Lord Wei, three large meat buns as usual? Your yamen has done us eastern district folk a good deed. Today, no constable has to pay."

As usual, Wei Fan went to buy three large meat buns. He intended to pay, but the shopkeeper refused no matter what.

In the shopkeeper's words, with the Fierce Tiger Gang wiped out, he no longer had to pay them tribute every month and would earn an extra third of his income. He would not mind giving Wei Fan free buns every day.

Seeing this, Wei Fan did not insist. He took the buns, gnawing on them as he headed toward the yamen.

"This house was left to me by Grandpa! Get out of my home..."

"You worthless little burden! If it weren't for you, how could you have gotten Eldest Uncle killed? Now that Eldest Uncle is dead, I'm the Zhang family's only descendant. Only I'm qualified to inherit this house. Keep making trouble and I'll break your legs."

The eastern district was celebrating, but not everyone could be happy.

In front of the Zhang residence, a crowd had gathered early in the morning to watch the spectacle.

Old Man Zhang had been killed by the Fierce Tiger Gang several days ago, and his only granddaughter had not dared to return.

Today, after hearing that the Fierce Tiger Gang had been eradicated, she had thought to return home and live there. But her house had already been occupied by one of her uncles.

Not only had this uncle seized the house, he wanted to drive his niece out as well, without caring whether she would end up homeless.

"Zhang Erlang has gone too far!"

"This Zhang girl is truly miserable. If she doesn't hurry and leave, Zhang Erlang really will break her legs. He won't be afraid of a little girl."

"Stop talking. That girl is a jinx. If it weren't for her, Old Man Zhang wouldn't have been killed by the Fierce Tiger Gang."

There were many onlookers, yet few stepped forward to lend the little girl a hand. Some even felt it was only right for the house to be taken from her.