Multi-Version Techniques

These four sword techniques were each no worse than Chen Fei's Green Mountain Sword, and some even edged it out slightly.

"Fusion!"

The Green Mountain Sword and Gale Wind Sword vanished, and a set of Fierce Mountain Sword appeared.

"Simplification!"

"Fierce Mountain Sword simplifying... Simplification successful... Fierce Mountain Sword → Green Mountain Sword!"

Just as Chen Fei had expected, after simplification, practicing the Green Mountain Sword would increase its proficiency. Next came the time to grind experience.

As for the Light Spirit Pill recipe, Chen Fei thought it over and decided to ask the stall vendors in the Black Market.

During the day, Chen Fei went to the North City Medical Center as usual. Now that something had happened to Sun Shu, Chen Fei had instead become the person with the greatest authority in the North City Medical Center. If it had been someone else with a stronger desire for power, they would probably be gathering people's hearts and building an inner circle right now.

But Chen Fei had no interest in that at all, because he knew that inner circle or not, as long as the Zhang Family said one word, everything could be turned upside down.

At the end of the day, the medical center belonged to the Zhang Family. What happened here was entirely up to the Zhang Family.

Liu Jun came forward and greeted Chen Fei eagerly. Chen Fei thought for a moment, then transferred Liu Jun to a different position. It counted as a small promotion, an easy job with high pay.

Chen Fei still had this bit of authority.

"Thank you, Manager Chen!"

Liu Jun's face flushed red with excitement. He bowed to Chen Fei, and envious gazes came from the people around them. In their eyes, Liu Jun, as the earliest person to follow Chen Fei, was probably going to rise high and prosper from now on.

Chen Fei patted Liu Jun on the shoulder in encouragement, then returned to the Pill Room to continue refining Qi Blood Pills.

The proficiency of Grass Return Pill was already close to Great Perfection. Chen Fei planned to raise it today, and after that, he could use his free time to grind other techniques.

Refining at full strength, by dusk, a faint smile finally appeared on Chen Fei's face.

Pill Refining Art: Grass Return Pill (Great Perfection)

He had the medical center sell all the Qi Blood Pills he had refined. After this recent period of accumulation, Chen Fei had already deliberately displayed Great Perfection-level Qi Blood Pills.

One reason was to show talent. The other was that the current Qi Blood Pills were already useless to Chen Fei. As for deliberately taking them to the Black Market to sell...

The value of Qi Blood Pills was not very high. If Chen Fei casually sold a single Grass Return Pill, it would be worth many Qi Blood Pills.

Night fell. After disguising himself, Chen Fei came to the Black Market.

This time, Chen Fei asked around seriously. Since he had already learned quite a few of the Black Market's ins and outs, he actually managed to inquire about quite a bit this time.

He had always thought that the Black Market only sold basic pill recipes. This time, he discovered that high-grade pill recipes were in fact sold, but very rarely, and they did not simply accept silver taels. Other things had to be added in exchange.

Only, each condition was rather harsh. Even the easiest among them required two thousand silver taels, plus one hundred Light Spirit Pills at half price.

Chen Fei inwardly cried out, Good grief. These people clearly had no intention of selling. No matter how he looked at that price, something was off. It felt a little like fishing.

Chen Fei had originally wanted to change into his usual medicine-selling appearance and go ask at the medicine stall. From the looks of it now, there was nothing to ask. Every one of them guarded their pill recipes like they were guarding their precious possessions.

"With my current pill-refining level, I wonder if I can reverse engineer the Light Spirit Pill recipe."

Chen Fei stood in the Black Market, his brows tightly furrowed.

Chen Fei had eaten Light Spirit Pills before. Some of the herbs inside were actually the same as those in Grass Return Pills. Only, some had been replaced, and the refining technique was also somewhat different.

Chen Fei's Grass Return Pill was now at Great Perfection. At this moment, after slightly deducing the Light Spirit Pill, quite a bit of inspiration surfaced in his mind. But to think of refining the Light Spirit Pill with just this inspiration was inevitably a little wishful thinking.

"I'll go take a look at the book stall."

Chen Fei walked into a dark corner. When he came out again, his face and build had already changed slightly. He passed through a small street and arrived before Chi Defeng's stall.

"Oh? How come you have time to come today? The herbs aren't ready that quickly yet." Chi Defeng leaned sideways against a long chair, looking at Chen Fei as he spoke in some surprise.

The two sides had cooperated for so long that they could be considered acquaintances, and their speech had become much more casual.

"Do you have the Light Spirit Pill recipe?" Chen Fei asked.

"Yes. I'll look for it."

Chi Defeng rummaged around his stall, and finally pulled it out from an insert page in a book in the corner. Probably no one would buy pill recipes here; this recipe looked rather old at the moment.

"There's also an Ever Floating Pill recipe. Want it?"

Who knew where Chi Defeng found another pill recipe from, but he handed it to Chen Fei together with the first.

"That Thunderclap Sword Force from last time was pretty good, but there were too many errors and omissions. Do you have a more complete version?" Chen Fei glanced at the pill recipes without looking closely, instead asking about the manual from last time.

"You actually saw something in it?"

Chi Defeng looked at Chen Fei in surprise. This person couldn't have really practiced it, could he? One knew one's own family affairs best. All the manuals on his stall had been wholesaled from elsewhere, and calling the contents inside nonsense was already flattering them.

Most people only bought basic manuals here. As for higher-level techniques, they all looked at them for amusement, treating them as a distraction when bored. Chi Defeng usually did the same, occasionally flipping through these manuals.

Actually taking them to practice—did they think their lives were too long?

"I just felt that some of the words inside were quite reasonable," Chen Fei said with a smile.

"Take it easy."

As Chi Defeng spoke, he began searching through the stall. Afterward, he took out a technique and gave it to Chen Fei.

Chen Fei lowered his head and looked. Thunderclap Sword Force Annotation.

The corners of Chen Fei's mouth couldn't help spreading. Who was bored enough to actually make an annotated version?

"Are there other versions?" Chen Fei asked curiously.

"Of course. Thunderclap Sword Force, the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect's top-tier introductory cultivation art—countless people yearn for it with all their hearts. Other versions? You still want more?"

Chi Defeng looked at Chen Fei strangely. This fellow couldn't really have cultivated it, could he? And now his mind was already muddled, so he planned to piece together the complete Thunderclap Sword Force himself?

"Give me every version you have," Chen Fei said with a nod.

Although it was impossible for every Secret Manual to simplify into specific content, with enough of them, perhaps there would be an unexpected gain.

Chi Defeng did not refuse. He searched all around the Book Stall, even returned inside the house for another round, then came back holding more than a dozen Secret Manuals and placed them in front of Chen Fei.

"That's basically all of them. If you want them, I'll sell them to you cheap."

Not earning money when it was there to be earned was not Chi Defeng's style. Since Chen Fei wanted them, Chi Defeng naturally handed them all over.

"All right, thanks!"

Chen Fei stuffed the Secret Manuals into his bundle, haggled a little, then put down a few taels of silver.

"You can read them, but don't actually cultivate them." Looking at Chen Fei, Chi Defeng couldn't help saying this.

Chen Fei smiled and waved his hand, then turned and left the Black Market.

A moment later, Chen Fei appeared in his own courtyard, looking at the gains inside his bundle. There were rather a lot of things to do. Chen Fei realized that his time seemed a little insufficient.

The Sword Techniques needed Fusion and cultivation, the Startling Suspension Force also had to reach Great Perfection, and then he had to integrate all those different kinds of Thunderclap Sword Force. There was also the matter of recreating the Light Spirit Pill; that could not be neglected either.