Pasture City's Four Great Experts

Lin Changsheng bolted the door from within, took out the Moonlight Breathing Method, and began reading it.

"Need to absorb moonlight, and cultivation works best on nights with moonlight?"

Lin Changsheng finished reading the booklet of the Moonlight Breathing Method. It contained a little over three thousand words, along with illustrations of simple cultivation postures.

This was a cultivation method that could draw upon the radiance of moonlight to strengthen and temper the body, while also cultivating inner energy!

When cultivated to the extreme, one's aura would surge like a raging tide, powerful beyond measure!

At the same time.

This was also one of the cultivation methods of the Gao Family in Azure Sun City.

"I'll put the Reflecting Sun Breathing Method aside for now. I'll first cultivate this Moonlight Breathing Method to the Entry Stage!"

Lin Changsheng looked at the booklet in his hand and thought to himself.

With that in mind.

He held the breathing method and studied it, copying the illustrated postures as he prepared to give it a try at night.

Time flowed on.

In the blink of an eye, it was the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month.

"Moonlight Breathing Method detected. 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 gotten from Gao Yang, he still had over 5 taels left from pawning the jewelry. Simplification required 2 taels, so he had enough.

A notification popped up on the panel.

"Hmm? Bathing in Moonlight?"

"Does that mean bathing in the moonlight?"

Seeing the result of the simplification, Lin Changsheng's eyes immediately lit up. At that moment, he noticed changes appearing on the panel.

[Great Dao Made Simple: Level 1]

[Lin Changsheng: 16/55]

[Cultivation: Third-Rate Realm (439/500)]

[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 whether it'll still work?"

With the attitude of giving it a try, Lin Changsheng opened the door and walked outside, looking up at the sky while keeping his attention on the panel in the corner of his vision.

"Huh? Even though I can't see the moon, I can still gain experience points!"

Lin Changsheng looked at his panel and saw [Method: Moonlight Breathing Method (Entry Stage 3/100)]. He estimated that he gained one experience point every sixty breaths or so!

"I won't sleep tonight. I'll grind this Moonlight Breathing Method like mad!"

"I wonder, once my Moonlight Breathing Method reaches Grand Perfection, will I be able to advance into the Second-Rate Expert Realm?"

Expectation filled 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 out. Lin Changsheng turned his head and saw a slender woman of about twenty-three or twenty-four slowly approaching.

"Sister Zhen, why are you here?"

Lin Changsheng looked at the approaching woman, somewhat surprised.

During this time, the noodle shop had not opened for business. After Sister Zhen had buried her mother-in-law, Lin Changsheng had also gone over several times to help.

"Changsheng, tomorrow is New Year's Eve. You... come to my home for the New Year's meal!"

Yan Zhen looked at Lin Changsheng and spoke sincerely.

"This... all right!"

After thinking about it, Lin Changsheng agreed.

Her mother-in-law had previously spoken with barbed words hidden behind every phrase, but now that she was gone, he could go once.

"Then don't forget tomorrow. Come early."

Yan Zhen nodded, reminded him once more, then left.

The following day.

Early morning.

The eastern sky revealed a pale fish-belly white.

[Cultivation: Third-Rate Realm (471/500)]

[Method: Moonlight Breathing Method (Mastery 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 method had changed.

Moreover.

He could feel a mass of air the size of a pigeon's egg surging within his dantian!

This was inner force!

His mind was also filled with numerous insights and techniques concerning the Moonlight Breathing Method!

These insights had merged with his consciousness, as though he had cultivated the Moonlight Breathing Method for seven or eight years. It was incomparably miraculous!

"True to its name, it really needs moonlight to bathe in!"

As dawn broke.

Lin Changsheng discovered.

The increase in experience points had become agonizingly slow. Not even one point was gained in a quarter of an hour.

East Street.

Inside Ma Zhankui's manor.

Ma Zhankui, dressed in a brocade robe, held a cup of fragrant tea and gently blew away the tea froth, with two pretty maidservants standing 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 found by fishermen at a bend in the river. Both had shattered crowns, and it seems... they died at the hands of an Iron Sand Palm at Major Accomplishment!"

Old Li spoke in a grim tone.

"Iron Sand Palm at Major Accomplishment! Could people from the Iron Hand Martial School have done it?"

Ma Zhankui narrowed his eyes, his expression turning ugly.

As far as he knew.

Aside from the Iron Hand Martial School's master He Tieshou, whose Iron Sand Palm had reached Grand Perfection, there were several others whose Iron Sand Palm had reached Major Accomplishment!

"Master, it has yet to be confirmed. 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 over this matter! Is there anything else?"

Seeing that Old Li seemed to have more to say, Ma Zhankui asked again.

"Master, you told me to keep an eye on Yan Zhen. After burying her mother-in-law, she did not associate with anyone. However, her noodle shop apprentice, Lin Changsheng, went to her home for the New Year's Eve dinner on the thirtieth night and left after the meal."

"Also, this old servant told Yan Zhen about all you had done for her and asked how she intended to repay you. She said she would earn money and slowly pay you back."

Old Li said with a bow.

"Mm, understood. Continue watching her."

Ma Zhankui nodded.

"Yes, Master!"

Old Li respectfully cupped his fists, slowly backed away several steps, then turned and left.

"Relying on that noodle shop to earn money and repay me? Until the year of the monkey, the month of the horse?"

"You've already buried your mother-in-law. I'll wait another half a 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 flicker 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)]

[Method: Moonlight Breathing Method (Major Accomplishment 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 was outside, he could gain experience points. When there was moonlight, they increased quickly; without moonlight, they increased slowly.

During the day, they crawled as slowly as snails.

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 letting his experience points rise. At the same time, his strength had continuously increased, and accordingly, his appetite had grown greatly as well!

Although the Yin Energy Invasion status was still displayed, he felt that his body could no longer be mentioned in the same breath as before.

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