"Zhou Shen? What did he come looking for me about?" Su Xian furrowed his brows.
He had never had much dealings with Zhou Shen, so he had no idea why the man had come looking for him.
Su Xian opened the door. Zhou Shen looked at him and asked, "Have you gone to the Blazing Sun Martial Arts School to train?"
At that, Su Xian looked at Zhou Shen, his expression calm. "What is it? What are you trying to do?"
Zhou Shen revealed a bitter smile. Then, staring straight at Su Xian, he said word by word:
"Do you want to obtain a cultivation manual for after the Skin Grinding Realm?"
"You? You have a Muscle Forging Realm manual?"
Su Xian sized Zhou Shen up, then shook his head, clearly unconvinced.
"Eighty taels of silver. My parents left behind a family-inherited cultivation manual!"
"Although it only contains the first half, it's enough to cultivate to Perfection of Marrow Forging Realm!"
"As long as you gather eighty taels of silver, I'll give you that manual!"
Zhou Shen gritted his teeth as he spoke. It wasn't that he had never thought of selling the manual at the Black Market,
but the Black Market was far too dangerous. With his strength, going there would only mean getting robbed by the robbers.
"Eighty taels?"
Su Xian furrowed his brows and looked at Zhou Shen. After thinking carefully, he recalled that Zhou Shen's parents seemed to have been martial artists as well, though he had no idea what their specific cultivation levels were.
"You're certain it can be cultivated to Perfection of Marrow Forging Realm?"
Su Xian asked again. Given Zhou Shen's identity as a gambling addict, Su Xian found it difficult to believe what he said.
"Of course! My father told me so!" Zhou Shen hurriedly replied.
"I definitely don't have eighty taels."
"But I have seven taels of silver here. They can serve as a deposit. Let me look through that manual once!"
"If it's real, I can give you the rest of the money afterward."
Su Xian looked at Zhou Shen before him and made the proposal.
At the same time, Su Xian made up his mind. If Zhou Shen dared to cheat him,
he would beat him up and take the seven taels back.
After all, Zhou Shen before him wasn't even a martial artist. Taking the silver back would be easy.
"This..."
Hearing Su Xian's proposal, Zhou Shen hesitated for a while. Then he gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement.
"Fine! Give me seven taels of silver, and I'll let you look through it once!"
"That manual is absolutely genuine! I simply couldn't cultivate it! Otherwise, I wouldn't have thought of selling it to you!"
Su Xian took seven taels of silver from his robes and tossed them to Zhou Shen. "Lead the way."
Seeing the seven taels of silver, Zhou Shen's face lit up. He hurriedly caught them and tucked them into his robes.
"Fine, fine, fine. Follow me!"
Zhou Shen nodded frantically, then led Su Xian to his home.
When they arrived at Zhou Shen's home, Su Xian stood in the courtyard and looked around.
Zhou Shen's home did indeed look considerably better than Su Xian's house. His family must have once had some spare money.
"What a pity. Zhou Shen is a gambling addict!" Su Xian looked at Zhou Shen before him and shook his head inwardly.
Gambling addicts like him were not worthy of sympathy.
"Wait here. I'll go get it for you right away!"
After saying that, Zhou Shen turned and entered the room, closing the door behind him.
Naturally, Su Xian did not wait where he was. Instead, he circulated his qi and blood, heightening his hearing as he listened to every movement inside the room.
What if Zhou Shen intended to take the money and run? Su Xian had to guard against that.
If Zhou Shen really tried to escape, Su Xian would naturally catch him as quickly as possible.
Fortunately, Zhou Shen did not run. After making some commotion inside the room, he pushed open the door and came out not long afterward.
"Here! You can only look through it once!" Zhou Shen handed the manual to Su Xian reluctantly.
Su Xian took it and looked at it. On the manual were eight large characters: Dragon Tiger Marrow Forging Tendon Refining Secret Manual!
Su Xian rapidly flipped through it once, then checked the Demon Strategy.
Lord of Demons: Su Xian Cultivation Manuals: First-grade · Pure Yang Art perfected, third-grade · Dragon Tiger Marrow Forging Tendon Refining Secret Manual incomplete (can only be cultivated to Perfection of Marrow Forging Realm!) Not yet initiated.
The Dragon Tiger Marrow Forging Tendon Refining Secret Manual had been recorded within it!
"It's actually genuine!"
Su Xian was secretly astonished. He had not expected Zhou Shen's family to truly possess such a cultivation manual!
Then, Su Xian returned the manual in his hand to Zhou Shen.
Watching Su Xian rapidly flip through it once, Zhou Shen couldn't help staring blankly.
He had thought that when Su Xian said he would look through it once, he meant carefully going through it once.
Who would have expected him to flip through it so quickly? Could he really have seen anything?
Zhou Shen took the manual and asked doubtfully, "Are you sure that was all you needed to look through it?"
"Mm. That's enough. This manual really is a rare treasure. Do you know where the second half is?"
Su Xian asked. If he could complete the second half of the manual, he would not need to worry about cultivation manuals for the time being.
"I don't know! When my father passed it on to me, there was only half. I asked him about it before, but I couldn't get any clues from him either." Zhou Shen shook his head.
"By the way, how much silver do you owe that fellow Zhang Zuo? What do you want eighty taels of silver for?" Su Xian suddenly asked.
Zhou Shen's face froze when he heard that, then he revealed a bitter smile.
"I don't owe him that much, but I owe the gambling den a great deal. Added together, it's more than a hundred taels of silver."
Su Xian furrowed his brows at that. More than a hundred taels was no small amount. He looked at Zhou Shen.
"I advise you not to gamble anymore in the future! Otherwise, you'll only sink deeper and deeper!"
After saying that, Su Xian turned and left.
Watching Su Xian leave, Zhou Shen froze. He did not call out to Su Xian to discuss the remaining seventy-three taels.
For flipping through it so quickly and giving him seven taels of silver, he had still made a profit!
"Ugh!"
Zhou Shen sighed, clenched both fists, and filled his eyes with fury!
If the gambling den had not rigged the game, he would never have lost so much!
Zhou Shen glanced at the houses around him, then looked at the manual in his hand.
He planned to use the seven taels Su Xian had given him to buy some paper, ink, brush, and inkstone, then copy the manual in his hands.
If he had no other choice, he would head to the Black Market and sell the copied manual!
Su Xian returned home with a smile. Seven taels of silver had gotten him a cultivation manual capable of reaching Perfection of Marrow Forging Realm. He had made an absolute killing!
Su Xian examined the information on the Dragon Tiger Marrow Forging Tendon Refining Secret Manual. As expected, it was a third-grade cultivation manual. Although it only contained the Fierce Tiger Marrow Forging Chapter, it was profound enough!
"Demon Strategy, let me see your limit!" Su Xian thought inwardly.
Then, Su Xian began injecting his lifespan into the Dragon Tiger Marrow Forging Tendon Refining Secret Manual.
[You begin cultivating the Dragon Tiger Marrow Forging Tendon Refining Secret Manual! Although it is an incomplete cultivation manual, the various principles contained within allow you to benefit immensely!]
[You circulate your qi and blood according to its Fierce Tiger Marrow Forging Chapter, tempering the flesh throughout your body day and night!]
[In the tenth year, you have finished tempering the flesh of both your hands and feet!]
[In the twentieth year, you have finished tempering the flesh of your torso!]
[In the twenty-fifth year, you have finished tempering every part of your body except your head!]
[In the thirtieth year! You have finished tempering every part of your body except your brain! At last, you have touched that sliver of a bottleneck!]
[Finally, in the thirty-seventh year! You break through the bottleneck! Your cultivation breaks through to the early stage of the Muscle Forging Realm! Your lifespan increases by ten years!]
In an instant, Su Xian's aura changed!
With a boom, the qi and blood throughout his body boiled!
His cultivation had reached the early stage of the Muscle Forging Realm!
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