Nine Years of Compulsory Education, Isn't This Coming in Handy!

The mountains were white and the peaks were green for over ten thousand miles, the boat sailed smoothly on the level waters below the sky.

In the middle of a great river.

A small boat was drifting downstream, unhurriedly.

At the stern of the boat, a boatman, who looked somewhat aged, was rowing the oars.

And at the bow of the boat, a youth with long hair casually draped and a free and unrestrained demeanor was leaning back.

At this moment, Fang Hong was leaning back, using a fire starter to light a martial arts manual.

"This trip to the county town has wasted so many of my days..."

"Fortunately, I got over a dozen secret manuals, and also found a lot of money and precious medicines, otherwise I would have really lost out big time!"

The flames grew larger, and as Fang Hong watched the manual, "Chasing Wind Swordplay," gradually turn to ash, he said with some frustration.

It had been half a month since he had killed that disciple from the Crimson Spirit Sect and the Liu family brothers.

But he estimated he still had two-thirds of the journey left to the Star River Sect.

This was all because he had made an extra trip to the county town along the way.

Originally, after killing the Liu family brothers, he had planned to continue his journey to the Star River Sect.

If that were the case, he would probably have already reached the territory of the Star River Sect by now.

But who could blame him for his principle of being ruthless and thorough, needing to cut the grass by the roots to eliminate future trouble?

He had shown mercy to the other members of the Liu family this time.

With his golden finger, he was quite confident that the remaining remnants of the Liu family would not be able to catch up to him in terms of strength.

But what if someone among the remaining Liu family members had heaven-defying luck and obtained some fortuitous encounter, achieving great success?

The Liu family dared to collude with others to intercept him now.

Wouldn't that lead to even greater danger in the future?

Even if they still couldn't kill him at that time.

But what if they did other things to annoy him?

Dealing with them would waste his time.

Ignoring them would mean they would constantly annoy and bother him.

So, to avoid future trouble for himself.

Fang Hong eventually went to the county town and silenced all the members of the Liu family there.

There was no other way; he just had to endure the hardship now for future benefits.

You wouldn't believe it, but after going to the county town and silencing all the Liu family members.

Fang Hong truly felt his mind become clear.

His thoughts were unhindered, and he felt refreshed and invigorated.

A life without enemies plotting against you was truly comfortable.

Fortunately, although the trip to the county town directly caused him to waste seven or eight days.

It was not entirely without reward.

Not to mention the money.

He had collected a lot of precious medicinal ingredients that replenished qi and blood and aided cultivation.

At the same time, he also found many martial arts manuals among the Liu family.

Excluding some common techniques he had already learned, there were still over a dozen, nearly twenty, martial arts manuals for him to cultivate.

However, although the quantity was large, the quality did not improve much.

The highest-level manual, "Thunderclap Divine Sword," could only allow the cultivator to reach the great completion of Bone Refinement, nearing perfection.

Small places were still small places after all.

Even the larger families or factions in these places mostly possessed ordinary techniques that were widely circulated among the masses.

Truly powerful and profound techniques were probably only found in the imperial palace and the major sects.

This made Fang Hong even more eager to join the Star River Sect quickly.

At this moment, Fang Hong's strength had reached the great completion of Bone Refinement.

However, regarding the subsequent Marrow Refinement realm, he did not have much clarity due to the lack of suitable manuals.

Instead, after obtaining these dozen or so manuals.

He now had enough techniques to learn.

Although most of them were relatively basic.

It was precisely because of this that he also gained a better understanding of the more basic cultivation content.

The two realms of Skin Refining and Marrow Refining.

With a sufficiently detailed and comprehensive understanding, it seemed, or rather, he felt, that he could probably start creating the cultivation techniques he needed and wanted.

"I can't create the entire technique at once, but I can definitely start by creating the more basic Muscle Refining and Skin Refining sections."

Fang Hong thought, his eyes gleaming slightly.

"With dozens of cultivation techniques as a foundation, plus all the wild ideas from novels in my past life."

"Perhaps, I can create a very powerful basic cultivation technique."

Fang Hong's expression grew a little excited. "With the golden finger, even if the cultivation difficulty of the technique I create is outrageously high."

"As long as it's theoretically sound and can be successfully recorded by the golden finger, I can continuously cultivate it."

"What's more, even if I can't create the powerful technique I imagine this time, it's no big deal."

"Creating techniques isn't something extremely urgent for me at my current level."

"There's still quite a distance to the Star River Sect."

"It would be great if I could create a technique during this time, but it's okay if I can't. I'll just consider it laying the groundwork for the future."

With that thought, Fang Hong immediately shook the ash off his hands, ready to embark on his technique-creation journey.

However, as soon as he sat up straight, he immediately felt the hard object in his chest.

Fang Hong raised an eyebrow. "I almost forgot about this thing."

Muttering to himself, Fang Hong took out a dusty, half turtle shell from his embrace.

The turtle shell only had a lid, with some lines carved on it.

It looked like a damaged map.

But the terrain lines were messy, and Fang Hong was not familiar with terrain at all.

So, he couldn't identify whose terrain was depicted on this half turtle shell.

This half turtle shell was something Fang Hong had found on the body of that Crimson Spirit Sect disciple.

Based on Fang Hong's experience from reading novels and watching various TV shows in his past life.

This turtle shell must be connected to a treasure or a hoard of some kind.

And even though this turtle shell looked dusty and unremarkable.

With Fang Hong's current strength, he couldn't break it at all.

Clearly, the turtle shell itself seemed to be a treasure.

So, Fang Hong naturally kept the turtle shell.

His current strength was not yet strong enough.

This thing might be related to some treasure or hoard, and the associated danger would definitely be very great.

So, it wasn't something he could covet right now.

He would wait for an opportunity in the future.

If I get it, I'm lucky; if I lose it, it's fate.

What's mine won't run away, and even if it's gone, I won't feel heartbroken.

Anyway, he had the golden finger, so treasures wouldn't affect him much.

Thus, after fiddling with the turtle shell for a while, Fang Hong put it away again.

Then, he began to brainstorm continuously.

What was the fundamental essence of the known realms for martial artists, such as Muscle Refining, Skin Refining, and later Bone Refining and Marrow Refining?

It was summed up in eight characters.

Strengthening Qi and Blood, Tempering the Physical Body!

And looking solely at the Muscle Refining and Skin Refining realms.

They were nothing more than tempering and strengthening the skin and muscles of the entire body.

So, where should he start when creating his own cultivation technique?

Naturally, it should start from the functions of the skin and muscles!

Tsk, at this point, his nine years of compulsory education from his past life would come in handy, wouldn't it?

Skin refers to the covering on the surface of the body that directly contacts the external environment