"Of course! Just look at whose wife I am!"
With a smug look on her pretty face, Ling Ling asked, "Honey, when's your practical assessment?"
"In a month."
Jiang Li smacked his lips and wolfed down his food. "Don't worry, the practical assessment isn't dangerous. Your husband's a Warrior Level martial artist now. Hmm? You know what Warrior Level means, right?"
"I do. Wait—Warrior Level?"
Ling Ling answered at first, then froze in shock.
How was that possible?
In just one month, he'd gone from an ordinary person straight to Warrior Level?
How... could that be?
"So, how about that? Your husband's pretty impressive, huh?"
Jiang Li raised an eyebrow at Ling Ling's astonished expression.
What Jiang Li didn't know was that, in that instant, countless thoughts had already sprung up in Ling Ling's mind.
Even after dinner, she still couldn't believe it.
How had her little man suddenly become so insanely powerful?
Late that night.
Jiang Li sat cross-legged on the bed.
"Now that I have the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Cultivation Method, I should be able to create a better cultivation method by combining it with martial arts techniques."
An idea struck Jiang Li, and he began cultivating.
[You study the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Cultivation Method and sense energy from the universe. You realize that, like martial arts manuals for absorbing the moon's essence and the sun's energy, this method has given you some new ideas...]
[You combine the Tai Chi Body Tempering Breathing Method with the principles of yin and yang, one yin and one yang, one drink and one peck, and create the Yin-Yang Chaos Taiji Art.]
Yin-Yang Chaos Taiji Art: Using yin and yang energy as its foundation, it absorbs the chaotic energy drifting through heaven and earth to temper the body. It can be cultivated all the way to the Chaos Indestructible Body.
In an instant, wisps of chaotic energy drifting through the universe seeped through the void and entered Jiang Li's body.
Jiang Li immediately felt a mysterious sensation coursing through him. It was more than a hundred times stronger than when the yin, lunar, and solar energies had entered his body before.
The cultivation method, which had once run sluggishly, now worked more than a hundred times faster.
"Advanced techniques really are on another level!"
Jiang Li was delighted and opened the chat group.
He tapped the upload technique button.
[Yin-Yang Chaos Taiji Art, immortal cultivation technique, worth 500,000 points. Confirm upload?]
Holy crap!
500,000 points!
Jiang Li was overjoyed.
And it was an immortal cultivation technique, too. The Yin-Yang Chaos Taiji Art was far more valuable than he'd imagined.
After all, none of the techniques uploaded by the other group members had been worth even 10,000 points.
"Upload!"
Jiang Li held back his excitement and immediately confirmed.
[Devourer Lord: Hey, everyone eaten yet?]
When Jiang Li spoke, the older members of the group were about to reply when the system suddenly chimed:
[Devourer Lord has uploaded a new technique. Members who are interested can check it out in the mall!]
[Peach Blossom Island Little Chef: @Devourer Lord, the big shot's uploaded another technique! He's even more diligent than Zhang Sanfeng!]
[Zixia Gentleman Sword: Last time, it was a sword technique worth 13,000 points. I wonder what it is this time?]
[Wudang Centenarian: I'll go take a look.]
[I Am Spider-Man: ???]
[Heaven and Earth Infinite Borrowing Method: I bow to the big shot. I'll go take a look too, though there's no way I can afford it.]
[...]
Zhang Sanfeng soon returned and sent a message.
[Wudang Centenarian: @Devourer Lord, you're incredible, big shot. This time, you've uploaded an immortal cultivation technique worth 500,000 points. This old Taoist is impressed.]
What?! This Devourer Lord's uploaded technique was actually worth that much?
500,000 points!
What did that even mean?
The most expensive technique among them wasn't worth even 10,000 points.
Last time, the Devourer Lord had already uploaded a sword technique worth 13,000 points. Now this Yin-Yang Chaos Taiji Art seemed to be an inner cultivation method.
Wouldn't someone who cultivated both become invincible?
Immortality through cultivation!
That was the great path every martial artist dreamed of.
Yue Buqun really wanted to slap himself across the face.
Why had he run his mouth and doubted the big shot?
He hoped the big shot was magnanimous and hadn't taken his words to heart.
The other group members soon returned after taking a look, too!
[Zombie Taoist: Tsk, would you look at that—500,000 points! Even if I sold off the entire Maoshan Sect, it probably wouldn't be worth that much. Utterly terrifying.]
[I Am Spider-Man: I'm so jealous. Sect Leader Yue, you questioned the newcomer earlier. What do you think now?]
[Zixia Gentleman Sword: Don't mess with me. I knew I was wrong the moment Devourer Lord uploaded the Tai Chi Longevity Sword Art. Don't try to drive a wedge between me and the big shot.]
[Peach Blossom Island Little Chef: Oh my, already sucking up to him?]
[Zixia Gentleman Sword: What do you mean, sucking up? This is Yue's admiration for the strong!]
[Devourer Lord: No need to stand on ceremony, everyone. We're all group members. Just call me Jiang Li.]
[Peach Blossom Island Little Chef: The big shot finally showed up!]
[Zixia Gentleman Sword: I bow to the big shot.]
[Zombie Taoist: Big shot Jiang Li, do you have any cheaper techniques? We can't afford the expensive ones.]
[Heaven and Earth Infinite Borrowing Method: Agreed! 500,000 points is way beyond our means. I can't even afford the Tai Chi Longevity Sword Art!]
[Little Li Flying Dagger: +1]
Devouring World.
Jiang Li rubbed his chin. If Zhang Sanfeng hadn't given him a meditation technique last time, he wouldn't have become a martial artist. He owed Zhang Sanfeng a favor, and he had to repay it.
"Zhang Zhenren follows the Way of Taiji, so the Yin-Yang Chaos Taiji Art should suit him perfectly."
Jiang Li didn't want to make things difficult, but he had already uploaded all his techniques to the group mall and couldn't trade them privately.
[You study the Yin-Yang Chaos Taiji Art and begin analyzing and simplifying it. You comprehend a simplified version of the technique—the Taiji Chaos Art.]
"Even though it's simplified, it still barely enters the realm of immortal cultivation."
Jiang Li thought to himself.
Then he casually uploaded the Taiji Chaos Art.
[Taiji Chaos Art, immortal cultivation technique, worth 20,000 points. Confirm upload?]
"No!"
Jiang Li selected no, then opened the chat and sent Zhang Zhenren a red envelope.
[Devourer Lord sent Wudang Centenarian an exclusive red envelope!]
[Devourer Lord: @Wudang Centenarian, Zhang Zhenren, I owe you thanks for the technique you gave me last time! This is just a small token of my appreciation.]
[Wudang Centenarian received your exclusive red envelope.]
[Wudang Centenarian: Thank you for the red envelope, big shot. What I did last time was just a small favor. You're too kind.]
Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber World.
Wudang Mountain.
Zhang Zhenren sat cross-legged on a boulder, with a forest of strange boulders behind him and a bottomless cliff before him.
He didn't think much of it when he saw Jiang Li's red envelope.
But after claiming it and casually having the Points Mall appraise it, he froze.
"An immortal cultivation technique? 20,000 points?"
Even Zhang Zhenfeng's composure wavered.
Th-this wasn't too valuable, was it?
[Wudang Centenarian: @Devourer Lord, big shot, isn't this thank-you gift too valuable? The meditation technique I gave you was only the most basic of martial arts techniques, yet you've given me an immortal cultivation technique worth 20,000 points...]
[Peach Blossom Island Little Chef: What? What? An immortal cultivation technique worth 20,000 points?]
[Zombie Taoist: Zhang Zhenren, Big Shot Jiang Li gave you an immortal cultivation technique worth 20,000 points?]
[Wudang Centenarian: That's right. Big Shot Jiang Li is far too kind. I'm not worthy of such a gift, but since it concerns immortal cultivation, I... sigh, I can only accept it shamelessly.]
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