Demon Strategy's Entry Standards

"Junior disciple, don't be discouraged even if your talent is poor. Diligence can make up for lack of skill, and hard practice will eventually yield results!"

Cui Hao looked at Su Xian and encouraged him.

Su Xian nodded, then asked:

"Senior disciple, I wonder what the conditions are to have the Pavilion Master pass down the Muscle Forging Realm cultivation method?"

Currently, Su Xian had no other way to obtain the next stage of cultivation, so he could only ask his senior disciple.

"Well..." Cui Hao hesitated upon hearing this and said in a low voice:

"The Skin Grinding Realm cultivation method is easier to talk about; you can learn it outside by spending some silver."

"But the Muscle Forging Realm is different. To have the Master pass down the Muscle Forging Realm cultivation method, you must at least be accepted as a disciple by the Master!"

"However!"

Cui Hao's tone shifted:

"Outside of Blackwater City, there is a Black Market where Muscle Forging Realm cultivation methods, and even Tendon Refining Realm ones, are often circulated!"

"For a hundred taels of silver! You can get a Muscle Forging Realm cultivation method!"

"But the cultivation methods circulated in the Black Market are basically copied by others secretly, not the original versions!"

"There might be omissions, and practicing rashly could harm your body! It's not recommended."

Cui Hao explained.

"If junior disciple wants to obtain a Muscle Forging Realm cultivation method, then work hard and practice within a month!"

"Cultivate the Pure Yang Stance to perfection and break through to the early stage of the Skin Grinding Realm! This way, the Master will accept you as a disciple!"

Cui Hao looked at Su Xian and encouraged him.

Su Xian nodded slightly upon hearing this. Afterward, Cui Hao chatted with Su Xian for a while longer before leaving.

"A month's time?"

Su Xian thought to himself. A month was too long; he couldn't wait that long!

Su Xian planned to search for about half a month. If he still hadn't obtained the cultivation method for the next realm by then, he would reveal his early Skin Grinding Realm cultivation and become a disciple of the Blazing Sun Pavilion Master.

As for investing the remaining 50 years of lifespan into the Pure Yang Art, to see if he could advance it to the second grade.

Su Xian did not plan to do so. He already knew how terrible his talent for cultivation was.

He wouldn't waste these 50 years of lifespan.

These 50 years of lifespan were enough for Su Xian to deduce several first-grade martial arts

Zhang Zuo let out a cold laugh, a mocking expression on his face. The two lackeys accompanying him shared the same look, watching Su Xian with amusement.

"You don't actually think you can achieve anything in two months, do you?"

"With your talent, having only reached Minor Accomplishment in external martial arts after four years?"

Zhang Zuo scoffed. He had been wondering what Su Xian wanted the silver for, and now he knew – to practice martial arts?

It was enough to make him die laughing!

He had known about Su Xian's talent for a long time: Minor Accomplishment in external martial arts after four years.

With such talent, even if given forty years, it would be a question whether he could reach Major Accomplishment in external martial arts!

It seemed a sure thing that Su Xian wouldn't be able to repay his debt!

He could contact that person from the Li Family tonight!

Zhang Zuo looked at Su Xian and couldn't help but laugh.

"Remember, two months! Thirteen taels of silver!"

Zhang Zuo, in a great mood, reminded him before leaving with his two lackeys, laughing heartily.

Su Xian watched the departing trio, wondering if he should follow them and finish them off?

Just then, the door beside him opened, and a person walked out, staring at Su Xian.

"Is that Zhou Shen?"

Su Xian glanced at Zhou Shen, who had just opened the door, but ignored him and went straight back into his own home.

Back home, Su Xian began to ponder his next course of action.

The immediate priority, of course, was to obtain cultivation techniques for the Muscle Forging Realm and even the Tendon Refining Realm.

The Black Market would require over a hundred taels of silver, and there was no guarantee of the techniques' authenticity. Su Xian immediately ruled this option out.

He currently couldn't identify if purchased techniques had any hidden traps.

Buying from the Black Market was too risky, and a hundred taels of silver was no small sum.

Su Xian's entire fortune currently amounted to only about seven taels.

"Right! I need to test the criteria for the Demon Strategy to record cultivation techniques and martial arts."

Su Xian suddenly had an idea! He rummaged under his bed and pulled out a wooden box. Inside were two manuals.

These were left by his father. The two manuals were for the Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber and the Grand Ancestor Long Fist.

They were common, low-tier techniques, not worth much.

Back then, Su Xian had only practiced the Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber. He hadn't even glanced at the Grand Ancestor Long Fist.

He could use the Grand Ancestor Long Fist to test the criteria for the Demon Strategy to record cultivation techniques and martial arts.

Su Xian picked up the Grand Ancestor Long Fist manual and quickly flipped through it, not even pausing to think.

Afterward, he glanced at the Demon Strategy. The Grand Ancestor Long Fist had been recorded in the Demon Strategy!

"Is the criteria for the Demon Strategy to record cultivation techniques and martial arts this lenient? It only requires a single glance!"

Looking at the Grand Ancestor Long Fist in the Demon Strategy, Su Xian was inwardly astonished!

"I wonder if fake or flawed martial arts techniques can also be recorded?"

A thought flickered through Su Xian's mind, filled with curiosity.

If he could use the Demon Strategy to identify flaws or even fakes in martial arts techniques, then a trip to the Black Market wouldn't be entirely out of the question!

Knock, knock, knock!

Just then, there was a knock on Su Xian's door.

"Who is it?"

Su Xian asked with a hint of confusion. No one should be looking for him at this hour.

"It's me, Zhou Shen!"