Lin Changsheng bolted the door from the inside, took out the Moonlight Breathing Method, and began reading it.
"It requires absorbing moonlight, and cultivation is most effective on nights with moonlight?"
After finishing the Moonlight Breathing Method, Lin Changsheng found it to be a little over three thousand words long, with accompanying diagrams showing simple cultivation postures.
This was a cultivation method that could draw upon the radiance of moonlight to strengthen and temper the body, and could also cultivate inner energy!
Once cultivated to the extreme, one's aura would surge forth, powerful beyond compare!
This was also one of the Gao Family's cultivation methods in Azure Sun City.
"Then I'll put the Reflecting Sun Breathing Method aside for now. I'll first cultivate the Moonlight Breathing Method to the Entry Stage!"
Lin Changsheng looked at the booklet in his hands and thought to himself.
With that in mind,
he held the Breathing Method and studied it, copying the postures in the diagrams as he prepared to try it that night.
Time flowed by.
In the blink of an eye, it was already the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month.
"Moonlight Breathing Method detected. Would you like to spend 2 taels of silver to simplify it?"
Lin Changsheng sat on the bed, looking at the panel in the corner of his vision, where a red prompt had appeared.
"Simplify!"
Lin Changsheng reached out and tapped the "Yes" button.
Not counting the 32 taels of silver he had obtained from Gao Yang, he still had more than 5 taels left from pawning the jewelry. Simplification required 2 taels, so he had enough.
A notification popped up on the panel.
"Hm? Bathing in Moonlight?"
"Does that mean bathing in moonlight?"
Seeing the simplification result, Lin Changsheng's eyes immediately lit up. At that moment, he noticed a change on the panel.
[Great Dao Made Simple: Level 1] [Lin Changsheng: 16/55] [Cultivation: Third-Rate Realm (439/500)] [Cultivation Method: Moonlight Breathing Method (Entry Stage 0/100)] [Martial Arts: Arrow Technique (Grand Perfection), Iron Sand Palm (Grand Perfection)] [Spend a certain amount of silver to simplify cultivation methods, martial skills, and more.] [Status: Yin Energy Invasion]
"There's no moon in the sky. I wonder if it'll still work?"
With a try-it-and-see attitude, Lin Changsheng opened the door and walked outside, looking up at the sky while keeping an eye on the panel in the corner of his vision.
"Huh? Even though I can't see the moon, experience points are still increasing!"
Lin Changsheng looked at his panel and saw [Cultivation Method: Moonlight Breathing Method (Entry Stage 3/100)]. After estimating it, he found that it gained one experience point roughly every sixty breaths.
"I won't sleep tonight. I'll grind the Moonlight Breathing Method hard!"
"I wonder, once my Moonlight Breathing Method reaches Grand Perfection, can I advance into the Second-Rate Expert Realm?"
Expectation shone in Lin Changsheng's eyes.
As far as he knew,
He Tieshou, the master of the Iron Hand Martial School, was a Second-Rate Expert Realm martial artist!
He Tieshou of the Iron Hand Martial School, Liao Jinzhong of the Golden Bell Martial School, Ji Liuyun of the Flowing Cloud Martial School, and the Green Snake Gang's leader were all experts of the same level.
Rustle, rustle, rustle!
Suddenly, a set of footsteps sounded. Lin Changsheng turned his head and saw a graceful woman of around twenty-three or twenty-four approaching slowly.
"Sister Zhen, why are you here?"
Lin Changsheng looked at the woman approaching him, somewhat surprised.
During this period, the noodle shop had not opened for business. Sister Zhen had buried her mother-in-law, and Lin Changsheng had gone over several times to help.
"Changsheng, tomorrow is New Year's Eve. You... come to my house for the New Year's meal!"
Yan Zhen looked at Lin Changsheng and spoke sincerely.
"This... all right!"
After thinking it over, Lin Changsheng still agreed.
Her mother-in-law had always spoken with hidden barbs, but now that she was gone, he could go once.
"Then don't forget tomorrow. Come early."
Yan Zhen nodded, gave him the reminder, and left.
The next day.
Early morning.
The horizon showed a pale fish-belly white.
[Cultivation: Third-Rate Realm (471/500)] [Cultivation Method: Moonlight Breathing Method (Proficient 137/2500)]
"Wonderful! After a night of hard cultivation, I've cultivated some inner force!"
Lin Changsheng looked spiritedly at the panel before him. Both his cultivation and cultivation method had changed.
Moreover,
he could feel a stream of energy the size of a pigeon's egg surging in his dantian!
This was inner force!
Many insights and techniques concerning the Moonlight Breathing Method had also appeared in his mind!
Those insights had fused with his consciousness, as though he had cultivated the Moonlight Breathing Method for seven or eight years. It was incredibly miraculous!
Just as its name implied, it truly required bathing in moonlight!
As day broke,
Lin Changsheng discovered that
the increase in experience points had become incomparably slow. Even after a quarter of an hour, it had not risen by a single point.
East Street.
Inside Ma Zhankui's manor.
Ma Zhankui, dressed in brocade robes, held a cup of fragrant tea in his hand and gently blew away the foam, while two pretty maidservants stood beside him.
"Master!"
At that moment, an old man dressed in black entered and respectfully cupped his fists toward Ma Zhankui.
Ma Zhankui lightly waved his hand, and the two maidservants bowed and withdrew.
"What is it?"
Ma Zhankui looked at Old Li and asked.
"Master, Tie Yang and Li San are dead. Their bodies were thrown into the Grand Canal and discovered by fishermen at a bend in the river. Both of their skullcaps were shattered. It seems... they died to an Iron Sand Palm at the Great Accomplishment Stage!"
Old Li spoke in a gloomy tone.
"An Iron Sand Palm at the Great Accomplishment Stage! Could it have been someone from the Iron Hand Martial School?"
Ma Zhankui narrowed his eyes, his expression turning somewhat ugly.
As far as he knew,
aside from He Tieshou, whose Iron Sand Palm had reached Grand Perfection, the Iron Hand Martial School also had several practitioners whose Iron Sand Palm had reached the Great Accomplishment Stage!
"Master, nothing is certain yet. However, it is also possible that Tie Yang provoked someone from the Iron Hand Martial School!"
Old Li's eyes showed a thoughtful look as he spoke.
"I'll find time to visit the Iron Hand Martial School regarding this matter. Is there anything else?"
Seeing that Old Li seemed to have more to say, Ma Zhankui asked again.
"Master, you instructed me to keep watch on Yan Zhen. After burying her mother-in-law, she had no dealings with anyone. However, her noodle shop apprentice, Lin Changsheng, went to her home on the night of New Year's Eve for the New Year's dinner, then returned after eating."
"Also, this old servant informed Yan Zhen of what you had done for her and asked how she intended to repay you. She said she would earn money and slowly pay it back."
Old Li bowed as he reported.
"Mm, understood. Continue watching her."
Ma Zhankui nodded.
"Yes, Master!"
Old Li respectfully cupped his fists, slowly backed away several steps, then turned and departed.
"Pay me back by earning money with that noodle shop? Until the year of the monkey, month of the horse?"
"You've already buried your mother-in-law. I'll wait another half month. If you still don't know what's good for you, then I won't have much patience left."
Ma Zhankui raised the teacup before his eyes and examined it as he muttered.
A trace of anticipation flashed through his eyes.
The ninth day of the first lunar month.
Late at night.
East Street.
Lin Changsheng sat in the courtyard. With a thought, the panel appeared in the corner of his vision.
[Great Dao Made Simple: Level 1] [Lin Changsheng: 16/55] [Cultivation: Third-Rate Realm (499/500)] [Cultivation Method: Moonlight Breathing Method (Great Accomplishment Stage 7809/12500)] [Martial Arts: Arrow Technique (Grand Perfection), Iron Sand Palm (Grand Perfection)] [Spend a certain amount of silver to simplify cultivation methods, martial skills, and more.] [Status: Yin Energy Invasion]
"My cultivation is stuck at the peak of the Third-Rate Realm. I wonder whether I can break through into the Second-Rate Realm once the Moonlight Breathing Method reaches Grand Perfection?"
Lin Changsheng looked at his panel and thought to himself.
The Moonlight Breathing Method truly lived up to its name.
As long as it was nighttime and he remained outdoors, he could gain experience points. When there was moonlight, they rose quickly; when there was no moonlight, they rose slowly.
During the day, however, they crawled as slowly as a snail.
From the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month until the ninth day of the first lunar month, he had sat outside, bathing in moonlight and allowing his experience points to grow. At the same time, his strength had continuously increased, and accordingly, his appetite had also greatly grown!
Although the Yin Energy Invasion status was still displayed, he felt that his body was no longer what it had once been.
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