Superior Root Bone!

Tonight's banquet was destined to stir undercurrents in secret.

Even if Mo Chen had not written that poem.

Yunxi personally coming out to receive him had already made countless people, both inside and outside the city, resent him bitterly.

That was simply how this world worked.

A nobody like you did not deserve precious things.

If you obtained something that we did not, then it was your fault!

There was no such thing as fairness.

Who the hell told you to be weak?

Third floor.

Mo Chen followed Yunxi into her private chamber.

The round table had long been laden with food and wine.

At some point, the white veil over Yunxi's face had fallen away, revealing a delicate, blushing face.

"Please, have a seat, Young Master..."

Mo Chen looked at Yunxi, smiled, nodded, and sat down beside the table.

Yunxi stood before Mo Chen and shyly poured him a cup of wine. Then, holding her own cup with both hands, she gave a salute.

"Yunxi thanks you once more for the poem you bestowed upon me, Young Master. If I am ever able to make a name for myself throughout Great Mystic, I will certainly remember your kindness!"

After saying that, she tilted back her head and drained the cup in one go, without leaving behind a single drop.

"Good!" Mo Chen played along and praised her.

Yunxi poured herself another cup, though her expression was somewhat solemn this time.

After setting down the wine jug, she opened the door and windows and looked outside several times before returning to Mo Chen's side.

Then, raising her cup under Mo Chen's puzzled gaze, she said apologetically, "Young Master Mo, this second cup is an apology."

Mo Chen was slightly taken aback. "An apology?"

He did not understand.

Why was she suddenly apologizing?

Yunxi bit her lower lip in shame and glanced at Mo Chen.

Then she leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Young Master Mo, tonight's banquet was actually arranged specifically for you."

Mo Chen frowned and looked at Yunxi. "Arranged for me?"

Yunxi pointed upward, then lowered her head guiltily, her fingers twisting the corner of her clothes.

"Young Master Mo wrote a poem for me. I truly cannot bear it in my heart, and I do not wish to continue deceiving you..."

Mo Chen's heart stirred, and he finally understood. He let out a deep sigh.

"So that's how it is... I was wondering why a lowly servant like me would suddenly receive an invitation from you. So someone was secretly ordering you around..."

A cold, mocking smile appeared at the corner of his lips as he stared at Yunxi. "Tell me, then. What exactly is going on? What are you trying to accomplish?"

Yunxi smiled bitterly and explained, "Young Master Mo, we truly mean you no harm. That person merely saw that you were absorbed in the food business rather than diligently practicing martial arts and preparing for the examinations, and feared that you would disgrace Miss Tantai."

"So he had me host a banquet and invite numerous geniuses, hoping to awaken your competitive spirit!"

As she spoke, she took a small white porcelain bottle from a nearby cabinet.

"Young Master Mo, these are three Astra-Nurturing Pills that Qin... that person prepared for you. These pills are immensely beneficial to Condensing Astra Realm martial artists. They can help you rapidly condense astral qi and break through bottlenecks."

Seeing the small white porcelain bottle in Yunxi's hand, Mo Chen raised his brows and accepted it.

"Astra-Nurturing Pills?"

This was his first time seeing medicinal pills.

Mo Chen's mouth twitched.

He seemed to have guessed who it was!

A Qin, and someone worried I would disgrace Senior Sister...

Who else could it fucking be but Qin Feng?

During his many days in the city, Mo Chen had heard some gossip about Tantai Xiasang.

It was said that Senior Sister Tantai Xiasang had two lickspittle-level suitors.

One was Liu Jun, the Grand Elder's grandson.

The other was Qin Feng, son of the City Lord Qin Cangying.

Good grief! I've only been in the city for nine days, and both these simps have already set their sights on me?

On his first night here, he had encountered Liu Jun, who praised his poetry and said they could have tea and discuss poems sometime.

Tonight, he had been set up by Qin Feng, the City Lord's son, and had offended numerous talented disciples.

And all of it was because of Tantai Xiasang.

Mo Chen had no temper left to lose. He could only smile bitterly in helplessness.

Damn it, if you want to pursue Senior Sister, then pursue her. Why the hell do you have to drag me into it?

Fine, fine. So this is how you want to play it? You just have to force my hand?

Then fine! I'll show you who the fucking final victor will be.

In seven days, the restaurant's total revenue had reached a staggering nine hundred taels.

Adding Mo Chen's own two hundred and forty-nine taels.

That amounted to ninety-five years of cultivation time.

With that thought.

Mo Chen got up and left, intending to return to the back courtyard of Tantai Jewelry to cultivate.

"Young Master, where are you going?"

Yunxi asked anxiously.

Mo Chen gave her a cold, mocking glance. "Of course I'm going back to sleep. What, did you think I was going to sleep with you?"

Yunxi's face reddened, and she lowered her head. "If Young Master wishes to stay the night, I will naturally serve you well."

"No." Mo Chen shook his head and said calmly, "I don't like forcing people."

Yunxi's face turned pale. She looked up at Mo Chen, only to see him open the window and vanish in the blink of an eye.

At that instant, Yunxi did not know what was happening.

She actually felt as though she had lost something especially important.

"Others laugh at me for being too mad; I laugh at others for failing to see through."

With a mocking smile, Mo Chen left Drunken Moon Tower.

After returning to the back courtyard of Tantai Jewelry.

He immediately summoned the system and entered the martial arts arena.

"Exchange! Superior-grade, incomplete Great Power Bear Demon Fist—cultivate for ninety years!"

[ Ding, exchange successful! ]

As the system's voice fell.

Mo Chen's consciousness instantly shifted, arriving at an octagonal martial arts arena guarded by eight divine beast statues.

[ Year One: You mobilized the sinews, bones, qi, and blood throughout your body, continuing to temper and refine the Great Power Bear Demon Fist! ]

[ Year Three: Every day, you exerted your full strength and drained your stamina, repeatedly pushing your body to its limits. To your surprise, you discovered that your skin, flesh, sinews, bones, and blood had changed once more. ]

[ Year Seven: You entered the mountains and forests, found black bears, observed their habits, mimicked their movements, beat up their cubs, provoked their rage, and used your battles with the bears to continuously develop the Great Power Bear Demon Fist. ]

[ Year Fifteen: Through extreme body tempering, your body's endurance grew ever stronger! After years of fighting bears, you developed two new moves and perfectly incorporated them into the Great Power Bear Demon Fist. At this point, the Great Power Bear Demon Fist had a total of twenty forms. ]

[ Year Twenty-Eight: Through your constant research, the Great Power Bear Demon Fist finally evolved four more moves that were incorporated into the fist art. The eighteen forms of the Great Power Bear Demon Fist advanced to twenty-four forms! ]

[ Year Thirty-Two: As you continuously practiced the twenty-four forms of the Great Power Bear Demon Fist, an unbearable itch arose in your bones once more. This time, the itch penetrated deep into your marrow, making you scream and roll about in agony, yet you were still unable to stop it.

You used iron sand, stones, clubs, cold pools, fire-roasting, and other methods to relieve the itch. Though they provided some relief, it remained difficult to endure. ]

[ Year Thirty-Seven: You had adapted to the pain of the bone itch. Every day, you gritted your teeth and practiced your fist art, refusing to stop until your entire body was a bloody mess.

One day, the bone itch suddenly vanished, and an unprecedented cool sensation flowed through every bone in your body. You gained an understanding in your heart. After thirty-seven years of cultivation, your root bone had finally been transformed and advanced! ]

[ Superior-grade, incomplete Great Power Bear Demon Fist, twenty-four forms (Mastery) ]

[ Root bone transformed, upgraded to superior root bone! ]

"Phew!"

Mo Chen opened his eyes, his heart filled with excitement. "Just as I thought, the Great Power Bear Demon Fist can transform root bone!"

For all these days, he had opened a restaurant and sold fast food for this very moment.

The transformation of his root bone brought by the Great Power Bear Demon Fist would be a qualitative change.

Not only would it increase his cultivation speed.

It would also raise his chances of becoming a true disciple.

It was killing two birds with one stone!

One of the fist arts with the highest return on investment!

"Continue!"

Mo Chen pressed on while the iron was hot, and his consciousness returned to the martial arts arena once more.

To develop the Great Power Bear Demon Fist.