Four days later, at dusk.
By a small stream outside Three Rivers County.
"Whew..."
Like an eagle spreading its wings, Shen Han ran, leaped, and darted back and forth through the forest.
Martial Art: Wind-Thunder Steps (Mastery)
Over these four days, aside from the hour his duplicate spent cultivating the Ancient Sun Technique after taking Marrow-Cleansing and Tendon-Forging Water, all its remaining time had gone into practicing the Wind-Thunder Steps.
The results were remarkably apparent—the Wind-Thunder Steps had been trained all the way to the Mastery realm.
"I never thought a person could move this fast!"
Shen Han muttered to himself.
Now, he could effortlessly leap from one tree straight to another five zhang away. As for ordinary rivers, he could cross them in a single step without the slightest difficulty.
"No wonder this secret manual was so valuable..."
He recalled the frantic scramble for the Wind-Thunder Steps manual at the auction.
Fortunately, he had gone to Stone Snake Town for that auction.
Come to think of it, the Ancient Sun Technique, Sky-Splitting Blade Technique, and Wind-Thunder Steps had all been closely tied to that auction.
"Soon. Once I train the Wind-Thunder Steps to perfection, my strength will rise to a whole new level!"
He walked to the stream and lifted a three-thousand-jin boulder.
The next moment, he hurled the boulder into the air.
Boom!
Then he struck directly, unleashing the perfected Angry Dragon Divine Fist and meeting it with his bare flesh-and-blood fist.
In an instant, shattered stone fragments flew through the air.
The pebbles splashed into the stream, crackling as they kicked up dense sprays of mist like rolling waves.
"Beautiful! My strength has increased too!"
Though he had not found any new cultivation techniques, the Marrow-Cleansing and Tendon-Forging Water had continued to temper him, slowly