"Good! So Elder Jiang already had a plan."
Huang Gang nodded excitedly. "But this forging job is no small matter. I estimate it will take at least a month."
"Sorry for the trouble, Master Huang. Here are banknotes worth a hundred thousand taels, half the payment as a deposit. Once the work is finished, I'll reward you handsomely."
Jiang Ye unhurriedly took out the banknotes and handed them to Huang Gang.
Huang Gang gladly accepted them, already itching to get started.
Jiang Ye discussed a few more details of the forging with him, stressing that he should not rush for results and must proceed carefully. Then he took his leave.
After returning to the Upper Sect's mountain gates.
Jiang Ye first went to the Scripture Pavilion to redeem the Five Elements Organ Refining Technique he had long yearned for.
Back in his courtyard, Jiang Ye sat cross-legged beside the Green Flame Grass medicinal field, spread the copied manual before his knees, and carefully studied it page by page.
About an hour later.
Jiang Ye slowly lowered the copied manual, nodded slightly, and murmured to himself:
"This secret technique isn't actually that difficult to cultivate. The key is how many types of gang qi the martial artist possesses."
"The more complete the five elements of their gang qi, the smoother cultivation will be."
"But why are the descriptions of the last two stages incomplete?"
The Five Elements Organ Refining Technique had four stages in total.
At initiation, one slowly permeated the organs with innate gang qi of the corresponding element, nourishing them and expelling accumulated impurities and hidden injuries.
This stage involved "nourishing," not "refining."
Once initiation was achieved, the five viscera became like verdant trees, thriving ceaselessly with strength and vigor.
Underhanded methods such as poisoning were essentially ineffective