Fusion of Martial Arts, All Nine Apertures Open!

Leaving the building, Chen Xu followed Ah Da to collect a set of specially tailored close-guard clothing, said to be effective at blocking the weakest concealed weapons.

Of course, that was just something to listen to. Other than being more comfortable than coarse cloth, it was no different.

After receiving the key to an Outer Academy room from Steward Yu, Chen Xu locked the door and sat cross-legged on the bamboo mat.

Close guards received much better treatment than Outer Academy thugs. They had their own private rooms and did not have to squeeze into communal bunkhouses with more than a dozen others.

[Exploding Bone Art], [Seven Cultivation Finger], [Ten Thousand Cuts Art]...

Chen Xu's gaze swept over the martial arts on the panel before lingering on [Exploding Bone Art] for several seconds.

First layer, second layer, third layer...

As its levels rose rapidly, Chen Xu's bones let out crisp crackling sounds like popping beans.

Feeling his physical strength increase considerably once more,

Chen Xu did not pause in the slightest and fixed his gaze on [Seven Cultivation Finger].

Cultivating the poisonous art [Seven Cultivation Finger] required a highly venomous snake known as the Seven Cultivation Snake. This snake did not inhabit the surrounding region and could only be purchased from outside the town, so few people in town cultivated this martial art.

However, problems that gave others such headaches were completely irrelevant in Chen Xu's eyes.

After all, geniuses like him were always different from ordinary people.

In less than a few seconds, [Seven Cultivation Finger] rose to the tenth layer. Chen Xu lowered his head slightly and looked at his slender hands. The instant he activated it, an ink-green color spread visibly to his fingertips, sinister and deadly.

With just two techniques raised to their maximum levels, Chen