Fang Chen saw Hong Decheng's reaction,
Only then did he realize that breaking through to the Second Realm in just two months was rather astonishing.
Under Hong Decheng's suspicious and astonished gaze, Fang Chen nodded and said again, "That's right, two months."
Hearing Fang Chen's certain answer,
Hong Decheng finally sat back down in the wicker chair, his expression gradually calming,
He stroked his beard, seemingly deep in thought.
Fang Chen did not disturb him either, standing silently to one side.
At that moment, Hong Decheng was far from as calm inside as he appeared on the surface,
He had originally thought that even at his fastest, Fang Chen would need five months to break through!
That was why Hong Decheng had felt Fang Chen had no chance of joining the Demon Eradication Division.
After all, the Demon Eradication Division's selection would begin in four months.
However, Fang Chen had just said,
That he only needed two months to break through to the Sinew and Bone Realm!
Hong Decheng realized that he had still underestimated Fang Chen's comprehension. He thought:
If he can really break through in just two months, then this comprehension... even "astonishing" seems insufficient to describe it.
Hong Decheng raised his head and looked at Fang Chen. After pondering for a moment, he said, "If you haven't lied and can really break through to the Second Realm within two months, I'll personally give you an opportunity!"
An opportunity?!
Fang Chen seized upon the key phrase and asked in confusion, "An opportunity? I wonder what kind of opportunity Master Hong means?"
Hong Decheng smiled at Fang Chen and said:
"You'll know when the time comes."
Fang Chen muttered inwardly,
Why are you such a riddle-speaker?
In fact, what Hong Decheng intended to give him was the Dragon Subduing Fist technique,
He felt that with the comprehension Fang Chen had displayed,
Perhaps Fang Chen could truly fuse the Dragon Subduing Fist and Tiger Subduing Fist and deduce a new technique,
Reverse-engineering the superior Martial Arts technique Dragon Tiger Subduing Fist!
If Fang Chen could really accomplish that, it would count as fulfilling the wish of generations of inheritors to bring the superior Martial Arts technique back into the world.
Hong Decheng placed great hopes in Fang Chen,
He had originally thought that he would never see the superior Martial Arts technique restored in his lifetime, but now he had seen hope in Fang Chen.
Hong Decheng had already secretly begun treating Fang Chen as the next inheritor. No one was more suitable than him.
Of course, the prerequisite was that Fang Chen could truly break through within two months.
In fact, Hong Decheng's move could be considered a bet on a treasure.
One had to know that Fang Chen's Proficiency Panel had always displayed "None" in one column,
And that column was Source Energy!
This thing contained two functions,
One was synthesis and upgrading, while the other was repairing techniques.
Obtaining Source Energy required training a technique to perfection.
If Fang Chen could cultivate both the Tiger Subduing Fist and Dragon Subduing Fist to perfection and obtain their corresponding Source Energy,
Then the two could be directly synthesized and deduced through the panel, upgrading them into the Dragon Tiger Subduing Fist!
Thus, Hong Decheng's idea happened to correspond with the functions possessed by Fang Chen's panel. He had bet on the right person.
Of course, it was still too early to talk about all this now,
Fang Chen knew nothing of these things. He merely walked out of the rear courtyard with a blank look on his face,
After all that had been said, he had summed it up in one sentence:
In any case, breaking through sooner is the right move.
Under Song Ming's wary gaze, Fang Chen leisurely returned to his place.
As for Song Ming's hostility, he was utterly disdainful of it,
Because in four months, Fang Chen felt that he might already have reached the Viscera Realm,
By then, Song Ming might still be stuck in the Sinew and Bone Realm. There would be no comparison at all.
Unfortunately, Fang Chen was still only in the Skin and Muscle Realm. He had no way to deal with Song Ming,
Otherwise, he would have slapped him twice!
As soon as Fang Chen returned to his place, Zhou Hai immediately came over,
He asked with a gossipy expression:
"What did Master Hong say to you? Why were you gone so long? Did he really secretly give you special instruction?"
Fang Chen smiled and said, "Heh heh, Master Hong told me an astonishing secret about how to break through quickly... but I'm not telling you."
Hearing that there was an astonishing secret, Zhou Hai's ears nearly stood straight up, but Fang Chen actually said he would not tell him!
The gossipy Zhou Hai immediately grew anxious. He lowered his voice and said, "Senior Disciple Fang, I definitely won't tell anyone. Hurry up and tell me!"
"Senior Disciple Fang, don't you trust my character?"
"Senior Disciple Fang, we're good brothers!"
"How can you break through quickly, Senior Disciple Fang?"
Zhou Hai buzzed beside Fang Chen's ear without stopping, seemingly unwilling to give up until he heard the secret.
Fang Chen helplessly sighed and said:
"Ah, you've helped me so much. Although Master Hong told me not to tell anyone, after thinking it over, I'll tell you anyway."
Fang Chen waved his hand, and Zhou Hai happily leaned his ear closer,
"How to break through quickly? It's actually very simple..."
"What is it? What is it?"
"Of course... stop going to Yihong Courtesan House so often, you fool!"
Fang Chen burst out laughing as he looked at Zhou Hai.
For a moment, Zhou Hai did not know what to say,
If he said Senior Disciple Fang had deceived him, that did not seem entirely true either.
After all... he had recently failed to hold himself back... and gone to find Miss Shishi again.
Miss Shishi was too fierce, leaving him frequently unable to sleep the entire night. Naturally, he had no energy to practice Martial Arts the next day.
Zhou Hai sighed and said, "Thank you for your instruction, Senior Disciple!"
Then he said firmly:
"I, Zhou Hai, will begin abstaining from women from today onward!"
Luo Shuiling, who was standing nearby, leaned over curiously and asked, "Senior Disciple Zhou, what are you abstaining from?"
Zhou Hai coughed twice,
"It's nothing, nothing! Junior Disciple Luo, practice your fist properly. Don't eavesdrop on Senior Disciple Fang and me."
Fang Chen could no longer hold it in,
"Hahaha!"
Time passed quickly,
Over the course of the afternoon, Fang Chen practiced the Tiger Subduing Fist five more times,
Tiger Subduing Fist proficiency +2! Tiger Subduing Fist proficiency +2!
With the effects of the great medicine, the five rounds of Tiger Subduing Fist had increased his proficiency by ten points. The speed could be called astonishingly fast!
Today,
Fang Chen planned to leave early,
Because he had to go to Shiping Alley and look for that gambling den,
Fang Chen planned to investigate the cause of his predecessor's death, so as not to leave behind any hidden trouble.
After bidding farewell to Zhou Hai and Luo Shuiling, Fang Chen immediately set off for Shiping Alley.
After some time,
Fang Chen passed through several narrow alleys and finally arrived at the place.
According to his memories, his predecessor had visited this gambling den several times,
So without too many twists and turns, Fang Chen arrived near that gambling den.
The gambling den was huge and appeared to have many customers.
Various chaotic sounds came from inside,
"Big! Big! Big!"
"Open!"
"Please, let me gamble one more round!"
"Damn it, you actually dared to cheat!"
"Take his silver, then arrest him and beat him!"
"I didn't cheat! That was obviously all money I won! You bunch of bastard dogs, you actually refuse to honor the bet!"
Following the voices, Fang Chen looked over and saw that they were beating someone,
The man being beaten cried out that he had been wronged, seemingly having truly not cheated.
But the gambling den's enforcers simply continued beating him until he stopped cursing and admitted his wrongdoing before they finally stopped.
Fang Chen did not meddle in other people's business. He did not plan to enter today.
After all, it was already late, and he had only come to get a rough sense of the situation this time.
Moreover, he still had one hundred taels' worth of silver notes in his robe, which could easily invite trouble.
Fang Chen thought it over and decided to bring some small money tomorrow before coming again,
He leaped away and turned into a remote little alley,
However,
When he reached a certain corner, Fang Chen suddenly collided with someone,
He had just wanted to apologize,
But the other person suddenly cried out in shock:
"How are you still alive?!"
Hearing this, Fang Chen's heart jolted.
The person opposite him did not hesitate. He immediately swung a hand blade viciously down at Fang Chen's skull!
He had attacked with the intent of putting Fang Chen to death!
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