Seven Injuries Fist, Minor Completion

Chen Xia had no qualms about using an Evil Technique. As long as it worked, that was all that mattered.

At that moment, as he looked at the knife wound in Yu Banshou's chest, Chen Xia also casually glanced around at the surroundings and the marks on the ground.

It had been dark when he and Yu Banshou fought the previous night, so Chen Xia hadn't seen things clearly. But he remembered what Yu Banshou had looked like just before he died, and the way he was lying now was clearly different.

It seemed someone had moved Yu Banshou's corpse long ago!

"...There are Yuangu Pills worth more than six hundred thousand on Yu Banshou! If the people from the Righteous Brotherhood don't know about them, I can put this behind me. But if they do, they'll definitely investigate."

Chen Xia considered this in silence.

Fortunately, after they finished dealing with the matter, Chen Xia spent the day at the Patrol Inspection Office without encountering anything unusual. No one came to ask him about what had happened, either.

That let Chen Xia relax a little.

He still had to buy pills and quickly raise his strength. Otherwise, if something really went wrong, he wouldn't have the strength to handle it, and the Yuangu Pills would become a hot potato that could even bring disaster down on him.

With that in mind, Chen Xia waited until he got off work that evening, then rode to the nearby Hongguang Pharmacy. He planned to buy some more Qianyang Pills.

The last time he bought them, they had cost six thousand each. Now, including the money he had left over from before, he had a total of forty-four thousand.

Since he was buying in bulk, Chen Xia negotiated the price with the shop. The staff hadn't expected him to buy so many Short-lived Medicines at once, so they discussed it with the manager and eventually gave him a ten-percent discount.

A pill that cost six thousand came to five thousand four hundred after the discount. Chen Xia bought eight, spending forty-three thousand two hundred and leaving himself with eight hundred.

Although the sales clerk repeatedly warned him about the risks of these pills and told him not to take too many, Chen Xia still bought them without hesitation.

To others, what he was doing looked like suicide. But Chen Xia knew that, for him, these pills were cheap treasures with decent effects. He couldn't have been happier.

"Take care, sir..."

With eight Qianyang Pills in hand, Chen Xia was in a great mood as he rode home.

Once he was home, he shut the door and immediately reversed all eight Qianyang Pills.

After reversing them, he only needed to take one a day, with seven consecutive days making up a course of treatment.

Ten days passed in a flash...

With pills to replenish him, Chen Xia's progress in the Seven Injuries Fist was indeed faster. The Primal Qi in his dantian had increased by at least twenty percent compared to before.

In the past, training had barely improved his body, which seemed to have reached its limit. But with his dantian and the Seven Injuries Fist driving him forward, Chen Xia's strength had grown again. The effect was unmistakable.

At the same time, the panel in his mind displayed new information.

[Seven Injuries Fist: (Minor Completion)]

With the help of medicine and hard training, Chen Xia had brought the Seven Injuries Fist to Minor Completion.

Boom!

Chen Xia threw a punch, circulating his Primal Qi according to the Inner Method of the Seven Injuries Fist and channeling the energy in his body into his right fist.

Before, he could channel it as far as his shoulder. Now, he could carry it down to his wrist.

That was a major improvement. If he kept practicing, one day he would be able to extend the power of the Seven Injuries Fist into his palm and throughout his entire fist.

The defining trait of the Seven Injuries Fist was its Seven Injuries Force. On contact with someone's body, it damaged their internal organs without a sound, yet could inflict fatal injuries.

If Chen Xia mastered this Fist Force, its destructive power would nearly double compared to before.

Another five days passed, and all the medicinal effects had run their course.

At that point, he took off his clothes, soaked through with sweat, and went to the bathroom to shower.

The next day, he got up early, called goodbye to his mom, and left home to test his training results at a nearby Martial Arts Hall.

Chen Xia had barely entered the Martial Arts Hall before coming back out.

Unlike before, he emerged looking excited and full of anticipation.

"I can go and advance to a Martial Warrior!"

After all this training, Chen Xia's cultivation had reached the ninth stage of Ningyuan. He could go to the Martial Warrior Alliance for the assessment and earn the Federation's Grade 1 Martial Warrior title.

Becoming a Grade 1 Martial Warrior had been his predecessor's obsession, and also his regret.

Unfortunately, despite years of hard training, his predecessor had never managed to break through, let alone become a Martial Warrior. His body had reached its limits, and without resources, his cultivation wouldn't improve.

But Chen Xia had practiced the reversed Seven Injuries Fist and supplemented it with pills, so he had reached the required level quickly.

Before going to the Martial Warrior Alliance, though, Chen Xia called Captain Jiang to ask for a day off.

Captain Jiang was somewhat surprised to get Chen Xia's call. Chen Xia rarely asked for leave, so he approved it almost instantly. "Xiaoxia, that's more like it. People need to rest now and then. Your leave is approved."

"Okay, thank you, Captain Jiang!"

After hanging up, Chen Xia smiled faintly.

Captain Jiang Bing had treated him well. It was Captain Jiang who had put in a good word with the Chief Captain when Chen Xia was nominated for deputy captain.

Later, when Chen Xia's younger cousin on his second aunt's side had trouble, Captain Jiang had also asked the Chief Captain to help resolve it.

However, Chen Xia hadn't told anyone about going to the Martial Warrior Alliance for the assessment today.

After all, he wasn't completely certain he would pass.

Chen Xia opened his phone and checked the map. The Martial Warrior Alliance was dozens of kilometers away, too far to ride his bike.

He left his bike in front of the Martial Arts Hall and took a taxi to the Martial Warrior Alliance.

When Chen Xia arrived, he saw a massive circular building in the distance, much like a bird's nest. Its surface was made of shimmering silver glass, giving it the look of an ancient tent, except equipped with far more advanced modern technology.

The words "Yijiang City Martial Dao Alliance" were displayed above it.

In front of the Martial Warrior Alliance building was a huge plaza. Vendors had set up stalls all over the ground, and people streamed back and forth, making it lively.

This was part of the Federation's open-stall policy, intended to encourage more frequent and efficient exchanges among Martial Warriors and to cultivate more powerful figures for the Federation.

Only when more and more powerful members of the Human Race emerged could the Federation become safer.

Watching the people come and go, Chen Xia thought of his Yuangu Pills, but quickly dismissed the idea.

The place was crowded, with eyes everywhere. Selling something worth hundreds of thousands here would be risky.

Besides, most of the goods at the stalls were medicinal herbs, Exotic Beast pelts, and the like. Finished pills were rare.

Looking at the Martial Warrior Alliance before him, Chen Xia could barely contain his joy. He didn't dare waste time and immediately entered the main office hall.

The Martial Warrior Alliance's office hall covered several thousand square meters and had numerous service counters.

All the services Martial Warriors needed were handled here, including advancement assessments, Martial Warrior pensions, benefits, taxes, and more.

"Hello, I'd like to take the Martial Warrior assessment!"

Chen Xia walked up to the counter for Martial Warrior assessments and spoke to the staff member inside.

"Certainly, please wait! ...Here's a form. Please fill it out." The female staff member handed him a form.

Chen Xia filled in his name, sex, age, Identity Card number, place of origin, current address, workplace... After completing a whole list of details, he also had to undergo facial recognition through the camera above the counter and verification by the staff member.

Once they confirmed there were no problems, the staff member stamped the form and registered Chen Xia's information.

"All set. The assessment hall is on your left!"

Following the staff member's directions, Chen Xia thanked her, then got up and headed to the assessment hall.

There weren't many people taking the assessment with him, but there were still eight others. Most were young, though there were also a few middle-aged men.

"Chen Xia, please enter Test Room 08 for your assessment..."

After waiting for about ten minutes, Chen Xia heard an electronic voice call his name, and immediately went inside.