The four Grandmaster martial artists—three men and one woman—discussed the direction with Meng Zhao, then headed toward the Weak Water. They did not hurry along the way, instead stopping and starting as they searched for hidden opportunities within the Bone Forest.
Sure enough, after traveling for several hours, they discovered three opportunities along the way.
The first was naturally the vicious creatures known as Bone Beasts. Meng Zhao casually slaughtered six of them, and the Bone Pills within their bodies naturally fell into his hands, to be saved for meritorious subordinates in the future.
The second was a piece of beast hide, upon which was drawn a fist technique from Ancient Times. It was rather crude, and its moves were truly too unsightly to behold. In this day and age, even the exquisite fist arts of certain small sects would likely surpass it.
After all, the times were advancing, and martial arts had always continued moving forward. The refinement of combat techniques was inevitable.
However, the fist technique also came with a Demon-Drawing Art, which possessed quite a few subtleties. Through cultivation of the mind and self-hypnosis, one could stir mysterious power while performing the fist technique, enhancing its might and accelerating one's cultivation speed. It could even temper the body, making it worth a look.
Of course, this applied only to ordinary martial artists. For a powerhouse like Meng Zhao, any martial art he created on a whim would surpass this fist technique. Calling it an opportunity merely meant studying the martial aura and bearing of Ancient Times.
The third was a spirit pearl with one corner chipped away. It contained extraordinary alien power. After Meng Zhao infused it with true qi, it generated a gust of wind that sent sand flying and stones rolling.
The wind itself was