A Great Haul! Five Viscera Guidance Technique = Rubbing Your Belly? [Please Keep Reading!]

"Who are you? We have no grievances or enmity—why did you attack me?!"

Qian Wantong failed to grab his saber, only to feel as though he had sunk into a quagmire. Then came a crack, followed by excruciating pain in his shoulder. His whole body spasmed from the agony, cold sweat pouring down his forehead.

At that moment, Qian Wantong was horrified.

The man in black had closed in on him without him sensing a thing. That meant this man's strength surpassed his own. To achieve that—

Either his Lightness Skill was exceptional.

Or his strength vastly exceeded the peak of the First-Class Realm. He was a Martial Grandmaster Realm expert!

But Qian Wantong had always been cautious, serving his dishes according to the faces at the table. How could he have provoked a Martial Grandmaster Realm expert?

As far as he knew, only the imperial family and great sects such as the Flowing Cloud Sect and the Golden Saber Sect possessed Martial Grandmaster Realm experts!

"Qian Wantong, you sent disciples to kill me, and you still ask who I am?"

Lin Changsheng's voice carried a chill.

"Ah..."

Qian Wantong instantly understood, saying in horror, "Senior, this is a misunderstanding, absolutely a misunderstanding! Those two disciples had no eyes—they deserved to die! This junior originally only intended to suppress the Tiger Roar Martial Academy!"

"This junior is willing to make amends! To compensate Senior for your losses!"

Hearing Lin Changsheng's words, Qian Wantong's eyes shifted as he immediately adopted a pleading tone.

He knew it.

When facing such an expert, if he wanted to live, he could only lower his head first, then pay an enormous price!

The fact that Senior had not immediately dealt a killing blow meant there was hope.

"Show me your sincerity!"

"My patience is limited! Otherwise, die!"

Lin Changsheng's tone was icy as his aura enveloped Qian Wantong.

"Alright... alright!"

Enduring the terrible pain, Qian Wantong went to the corner, moved away a cabinet, opened a hidden compartment, and took out three manuals along with a stack of banknotes. He respectfully offered them to Lin Changsheng. "Senior, this is the more than twenty-five thousand taels of silver this junior has accumulated over the years, along with three secret manuals. I offer them all up, asking only that Senior spare my life!"

Qian Wantong knelt on the ground and repeatedly kowtowed. Seemingly by accident, he knocked over a porcelain bottle on the cabinet. It shattered upon the floor, and some liquid spilled out!

"Qian Wantong, you're courting death!"

Killing intent surged from Lin Changsheng as his inner force erupted. At the same time, he slammed a palm onto Qian Wantong's head. Crack!

"Ah..."

Qian Wantong's skull instantly split apart. His eyes bulged wide, and he died with them still open!

A peak First-Class Realm expert, the master of a martial academy, had perished just like that.

"Hmph!"

Lin Changsheng snorted and retreated, swiftly snatching up the banknotes and secret manuals before leaving the room!

He had just noticed that although Qian Wantong was kowtowing and begging for mercy, the liquid from the overturned bottle had rapidly evaporated!

With Lin Changsheng's Martial Grandmaster Realm perception, even the movements of the surrounding air and mist could not escape him.

He set Qian Wantong's bed ablaze with a single fire.

Lin Changsheng turned into a black shadow and vanished into the night.

South City.

Lin Changsheng sat in his rented loft.

Three secret manuals lay before him.

They were [Five Viscera Guidance Technique], [Treading Snow Without Trace], and [Gale Saber Technique], along with a stack of banknotes.

"This time, I truly struck it rich!"

Lin Changsheng looked at the items, deeply satisfied.

The trip had not been in vain.

The cultivation technique, saber technique, and Lightness Skill could all be fused together.

Lin Changsheng first picked up the Five Viscera Guidance Technique.

It was a cultivation method that regulated the five viscera and six bowels, adjusted inner breath, and formed inner force to nourish the meridians. It contained more than five thousand characters in total, along with quite a few annotations.

Lin Changsheng lowered his head and began studying it.

[Detected the cultivation technique Five Viscera Guidance Technique. Consume 20 taels of silver to simplify it?]

Just as Lin Changsheng was reading through the Five Viscera Guidance Technique for the third time, a red prompt appeared on the panel.

"Simplify!"

Lin Changsheng immediately selected confirm.

The instant Lin Changsheng selected confirm, another prompt appeared on the panel.

"Hm? Rubbing my belly?"

Seeing the prompt, Lin Changsheng's gaze flickered.

Rubbing his belly could increase the Five Viscera Guidance Technique's proficiency. This was good—he could rub it anytime, anywhere, without spending silver on other auxiliary tools!

He tried reaching out and rubbing his belly.

Then he looked at the panel again.

[Five Viscera Guidance Technique (Entry Stage 2/1000)]

"Mm, not bad. Once this Five Viscera Guidance Technique and the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Breathing Method reach the Perfect Stage, I can fuse them with the Sun-Moon Breathing Method. I wonder what kind of good cultivation technique that will produce?"

"If I gather more martial cultivation techniques, can I eventually fuse them into an immortal cultivation technique?"

Thinking of this, Lin Changsheng's eyes filled with deep anticipation.

While rubbing his belly, Lin Changsheng flipped through the manuals for Treading Snow Without Trace and the Gale Saber Technique. Three hours later, he had simplified both manuals.

"Treading Snow Without Trace, stepping on snow? It's still autumn. Unless I travel to the far north, there won't be snow. I can't go to the far north for now, so I'll have to wait until winter snowfall!"

"Blowing in gale winds? That one's feasible. I can find a mountaintop and sit there in the wind, then watch the proficiency shoot up like crazy!"

Lin Changsheng looked at the three simplified manuals and mused inwardly.

He planned to head near Jade Tablet Mountain tomorrow. There were many high mountains and sheer cliffs there. If he sat atop one for a few days, he should be able to bring the Gale Saber Technique to the Perfect Stage.

By then, the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Breathing Method = breathing.

Gale Saber Technique = blowing in gale winds.

Five Viscera Guidance Technique = rubbing his belly.

He could breathe, rub his belly, and catch the wind all at once—killing three birds with one stone.

The next day.

South City.

Drunken Delicacy Restaurant.

The establishment was packed with guests.

"Have you heard? The Mad Blade Martial Academy caught fire last night. Its master, Qian Wantong, burned to death, and several deputy masters took their disciples and set up on their own! When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter!"

"I heard he ran into an enemy? Qian Wantong was a peak First-Class Realm expert—how could he have burned to death in a fire?"

"That makes sense. I just wonder who made the move!"

"..."

Lin Changsheng sat by the window, eating a lavish breakfast and listening to the restaurant's chatter. He smiled freely and was about to rise when he sensed a gaze that had just been watching him.

With his current Martial Grandmaster Realm strength, no one's gaze could escape his notice.

"Hmph!"

Lin Changsheng swept his gaze in that direction, then stood, picked up his bundle and some packed food, left the restaurant, and headed toward Jade Tablet Mountain.

Jade Tablet Mountain.

It stretched for hundreds of li.

It had a main peak surrounded by dozens of mountain peaks, sheer cliffs, and dense forests. The mountains were high and the woods deep.

With Dawnblade and the Iron-Tire Bow on his back, Lin Changsheng spread his movement technique and headed toward a cliff peak a hundred li from Jade Tablet Mountain.

The winds atop this mountain were fierce—true gale winds.

Before long.

Lin Changsheng arrived beneath the cliff. He set down the things in his hands, slowly turned around, and looked back along the path. Calmly, he said, "Come out, all of you! This place has clear mountains and beautiful waters—it shall be your final resting place!"

"Whoosh! Whoosh, whoosh!"

The moment Lin Changsheng finished speaking, three pitch-black beads shot out from five zhang away, flying toward where Lin Changsheng stood!