Exchange and Advancement

After putting away the weird head, Zhou Yi walked over to the three people lying on the table. Seeing that their bodies were still rising and falling, Zhou Yi used a Blood-Stopping Talisman on all three of them. Then, Zhou Yi walked out of the courtyard and sent a Signal Talisman into the sky.

Immediately after, Du Wei rushed into the courtyard. Seeing that it was Zhou Yi who sent the Signal Talisman, Du Wei sized Zhou Yi up and found that Zhou Yi wasn't injured at all. Only then did Du Wei's heart calm down, and he asked Zhou Yi what had happened.

Zhou Yi told Du Wei what he had seen, while omitting the details of the fight.

Du Wei didn't probe further, only patted Zhou Yi on the shoulder and said, "You continue patrolling, I'll handle things here."

Zhou Yi nodded, then carried the weird head out of the courtyard.

After finishing the last round of patrols, the sky was already starting to brighten. Zhou Yi didn't rush home. Instead, he took the items dropped by the weird creature to the Provincial Governor's Office and exchanged them at the exchange counter outside the Scripture Repository. Only then did Zhou Yi return home. Exhausted from the two battles, Zhou Yi fell onto the bed and began to sleep soundly.

He slept until noon. Waking up, Zhou Yi picked up the Talisman Spells on his desk and headed towards the Treasure Pavilion.

Upon arriving at the Treasure Pavilion, Zhou Yi went directly to the fifth floor and headed straight for the Talisman Spell section.

After stating his purpose to the clerk behind the counter, Zhou Yi was led into a small room. In the middle of the room was a wooden partition with only a window exposed. However, even the window had a curtain, resembling the setup of a pawnshop.

A hoarse voice came from behind the wooden partition.

"What would the customer like to exchange?"

Zhou Yi didn't answer the question but retorted, "Is this wooden partition for privacy?"

The voice continued, "It seems this is the customer's first time exchanging at the Treasure Pavilion. However, as the customer said, it is indeed for the customer's privacy. You know, many customers don't like others to see their faces."

Zhou Yi understood instantly. He then passed the Talisman Spells he had on him through the curtain and said, "How much silver can I get for these?"

The person behind the wooden partition took the Talisman Spells from Zhou Yi's hand and then fell silent for a moment, likely appraising them.

Then, the voice from behind the wooden partition spoke again.

"Your Talisman Spells are worth four hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver. Is the customer willing to exchange them?"

Upon hearing the quoted price for the Talisman Spells, Zhou Yi agreed immediately. For him, it was equivalent to earning a profit of four hundred and forty thousand taels of silver with a cost of ten thousand taels of silver.

While drawing Talisman Spells was difficult for others, it was incredibly simple for him, and he didn't have to worry about the success rate.

After receiving the silver notes, Zhou Yi walked outside and went to the fourth floor, the Spiritual Skill area. After exchanging for the incomplete Seven Great Limits, Zhou Yi still needed a sword, a good sword.

Then, Zhou Yi went to the fifth-floor weapon section, specifically to the area that sold swords. Zhou Yi looked at the various swords on the weapon racks.

Finally, he chose a sword that looked similar to a Tang dao, but with a slightly longer blade.

The blade gleamed with a snow-white light, and the handle was wrapped in black silk. The sword looked unremarkable, but its blade was extremely tough.

Looking at the remaining three hundred thousand taels of silver in his hand, Zhou Yi decided to buy more Spiritual Skills. As the saying goes, having more skills never hurts. As for cultivation methods, Zhou Yi planned to exchange for them from the Scripture Repository. The two weird creatures from last night had provided him with a full thousand points of Weirdness.

Upon reaching the fourth floor, Zhou Yi began to slowly browse the Spiritual Skills. Zhou Yi's greatest reliance at the moment was still his physical strength, so he was currently lacking a movement technique and a fist technique.

Arriving at the Spiritual Skill area, Zhou Yi didn't rush to choose. Instead, he planned to first thoroughly explore the entire Spiritual Skill section. Last time, he had only looked at sword techniques because he didn't have money. This time, he would start by looking at fist techniques.

"Hmm?"

Beside the fist techniques, Zhou Yi discovered a new section. The sign read "Body Refining." However, there was no one next to the Body Refining Techniques. Zhou Yi walked over in confusion. He had always thought that only the Strength Channeling Realm had Body Refining Techniques, but he didn't expect the Vitality Realm to have them as well.

He approached the counter and asked the clerk inside, "Why are there so few people in the Body Refining section?"

To his surprise, the clerk replied with a wry smile, "Body refining takes too much time. The Strength Channeling Realm needs to cultivate to improve the quality of Vital Energy."

"But in the Vitality Realm, the Vital Energy gained from Body Refining Techniques is insignificant compared to cultivation methods. Moreover, a Vitality Realm Body Refining Technique takes twenty years to practice. Although the physical body becomes strong in the end, the Vital Energy can't keep up. Others can break through to the mid-stage Vitality Realm in just ten years, while those practicing body refining are still tempering their physical bodies."

After hearing the clerk's words, Zhou Yi countered, "Can't you cultivate both simultaneously?"

The clerk replied, "With the time spent cultivating Body Refining Techniques, others would have already broken through to higher realms, so they are unwilling to cultivate them."

After hearing the clerk's words, Zhou Yi nodded. This was indeed a difficult problem for others, as cultivating Body Refining Techniques took too much time. Therefore, most people, even if they wanted to break through to the Vitality Realm, would only practice one or two Body Refining Techniques in the Strength Channeling Realm, and this already consumed too much of their time. That's why they were unwilling to learn Body Refining Techniques in the Vitality Realm.

Zhou Yi's gaze fell upon the counter. There were only a few Body Refining Techniques inside, and their prices were pitifully low compared to other Spiritual Skills.

With a wave of his hand, Zhou Yi bought all five Body Refining Techniques from the counter. This only cost him fifty thousand taels of silver.

The clerk was confused. Why would Zhou Yi buy Body Refining Techniques when he knew how arduous they were to cultivate? However, he was just a clerk, and if a customer wanted to buy, he would naturally sell.

After receiving the cultivation methods, Zhou Yi walked towards the fist technique section. For fist techniques, Zhou Yi chose a Spiritual Skill called Azure Wave Fist. Next was the movement technique. Zhou Yi was surprised to find that movement technique Spiritual Skills were almost twice as expensive as other types of Spiritual Skills. Zhou Yi looked at the silver notes in his hand. Well, he still had two hundred thousand taels, which should be enough.

Finally, Zhou Yi spent all his silver and exchanged for a movement technique called Thousand Mechanisms Steps, which was extremely suitable for maneuvering in small spaces.

After buying everything he needed, Zhou Yi didn't go home. Instead, he returned to the Scripture Repository to exchange for the most important cultivation method for him.

Entering the Scripture Repository, Zhou Yi went straight to the cultivation method section. Compared to other secret manuals, the number of cultivation methods was significantly smaller. There were twenty boxes on the bookshelf.

Each cultivation method had its own characteristics: some could quickly restore Vital Energy, some could increase speed, and some could enhance physical strength...

Finally, Zhou Yi chose a cultivation method that could increase physical strength, named Hundred Refinements. When covering the physical body with Vital Energy, it could increase physical strength by nearly 30%.

It seemed he was heading further down the path of a berserker.

This cultivation method cost Zhou Yi a full five hundred points of Weirdness.

Seeing that he had prepared everything he needed, Zhou Yi returned home directly.

Sitting on the bed, he flipped through all the exchanged secret manuals one by one. Zhou Yi's panel immediately became crowded. Zhou Yi decided to fuse similar types of cultivation methods first, starting with body refining. After integrating the five Vitality Realm Body Refining Techniques into his Indestructible Golden Body, the realm of Indestructible Golden Body instantly became Beginner, and his Yin Energy also decreased by 250 points.

Then, he proceeded with a series of fusions. He integrated the cultivation methods that had reached perfection in the Strength Channeling Realm into the Vitality Realm Spiritual Skills. Zhou Yi's Azure Wave Fist and Thousand Mechanisms Steps instantly became Beginner.

Next was the fusion of cultivation methods. After the fusion of cultivation methods, Hundred Refinements was raised to the Beginner level.

After all the fusions, Zhou Yi had only 1,949 points of Yin Energy left.

Zhou Yi then began to upgrade his cultivation method, raising the Hundred Refinements cultivation method to Minor Accomplishment. Upgrading the cultivation method to Minor Accomplishment only increased physical strength by ten percent and added twenty points of Vital Energy to Zhou Yi. However, Zhou Yi's Vital Energy had undergone a transformation, its color becoming somewhat lighter as it evolved towards Origin Qi, as his master had mentioned.

After upgrading the cultivation method to Minor Accomplishment, Zhou Yi did not continue further. To upgrade the cultivation method to Major Accomplishment, one's Vital Energy must first reach the current upper limit, and then materials are needed for the breakthrough.

Because he had left in a hurry today, Zhou Yi only discovered after returning and reviewing Hundred Refinements that a substance called Pure Spirit Bone was needed to aid his breakthrough.

Zhou Yi decided to check the Scripture Repository tomorrow to see if it was there. If not, he would have to go to the Treasure Pavilion.

Next, Zhou Yi began to upgrade his Spiritual Skills. First, he raised Thousand Mechanisms Steps and Azure Wave Fist to Perfection. Then, Zhou Yi started upgrading two of the seven stances in his blade techniques. One blade technique was named Mountain, and the other was named Sea.

After upgrading these two blade techniques, Zhou Yi's Yin Energy decreased by another two hundred points.

Finally, Zhou Yi began to upgrade the Indestructible Golden Body. After fusion, the realm of the Indestructible Golden Body directly dropped to Novice, but his Vital Energy surprisingly increased by one point.

Looking at the remaining one thousand two hundred and ninety-nine points of Yin Energy on the Panel, Zhou Yi focused his consciousness and clicked the "+" on the Indestructible Golden Body. The realm instantly became Minor Accomplishment, simultaneously providing Zhou Yi with five points of Vital Energy. Seeing that the "+" was still there, Zhou Yi knew he had enough Yin Energy to continue upgrading, so he clicked it again.

After some upgrades, the realm of the Indestructible Golden Body reached Perfection once more. At the same time, Zhou Yi's muscles became even more solid, as if forged from bronze and iron.

Zhou Yi opened his Panel.

Name: Zhou Yi

Race: Human (10%)

Vital Energy: 100 (Cannot be increased)

Spirit: 50

Cultivation Method: Hundred Refinements (Minor Accomplishment) (Pure Spirit Bone)

Techniques: Body Refining Blade Technique, Fist Technique, Footwork, Other

Divine Ability: Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill (First Layer)

Yin Energy: 399

Exotic Qi: Qi (25)

Seeing that the perfected Indestructible Golden Body had only increased his Vital Energy by forty points, Zhou Yi couldn't help but sigh. He knew that even the Minor Accomplishment of the Hundred Refinements cultivation method had provided him with twenty points of Vital Energy, and this Indestructible Golden Body was the result of fusing five Body Refining Techniques.

However, fortunately, these forty points of Vital Energy had just reached his limit. He only needed to find the Pure Spirit Bone tomorrow to break through to the Mid-stage of Vitality.

Zhou Yi got out of bed, and all the bones in his body immediately made cracking sounds as he felt his current physical strength.

Now, without using the Indestructible Golden Body, Zhou Yi could rival the strength he had when he used his Divine Ability before.

Simply put, Zhou Yi felt he was at least five times stronger than before, and this was without even using the Indestructible Golden Body.

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