In the following days, the entire Qingshan County was like a bottomless pool. It seemed calm on the surface, but there was an undercurrent surging underneath.
Outstanding disciples from all the major forces have been practicing hard behind closed doors. The business of the weapons shops and medicine shops in the city has been several times better than usual, and the prices of elixirs and secrets on the black market have also increased by 30%.
After tea and dinner in the streets, people are no longer talking about food prices and weather, but the Qingshan Martial Arts Festival at the East Campus of the city on the sixth day of June.
Jiang Fa turns a deaf ear to the noise of the outside world and is immersed in boring but fulfilling cultivation every day.
Time flies, more than two months have passed in the blink of an eye, and there are still more than ten days before the Qingshan Martial Arts Association will be officially held.
Qingshan County's spring comes and goes quickly.
In March, the city was still covered with raindrops, but in late May, the sun became fierce.
For more than two months, Jiang Fa almost nailed himself to the martial arts gym.
During this period, he went to the black market twice more.
The first trip was in early April. He took the last three hundred taels of silver he had saved and wanted to buy some elixirs to assist his cultivation.
The price of elixirs on the black market is 20% cheaper than Precious Ganoderma Hall, but the quality varies, and you can buy adulterated products if you are not careful.
He wandered around for more than half an hour, and finally bought some body-tempering elixirs and strength-increasing elixirs from the middle-aged stall owner last time, spending two hundred and eighty taels.
Seeing that he was a repeat customer, the stall owner gave him an extra small packet of "Tongmai Powder".
It is said that it can be used in conjunction with other elixirs to speed up the absorption of the medicine.
Jiang Fa took it back and tried it, and it was indeed effective, but the medicine was too weak, better than nothing.
The second trip was in early May. He was originally going to buy some herbs to warm and nourish the internal organs, but on the way, he met the old man selling "Dynamite Vajra Secret" in the black market.
The old man pulled him to a corner mysteriously and said that he had received another batch of "good goods", all of which came from Fucheng.
Jiang Fa didn't want to pay attention at first, but the old man said, "There is news about the fourth and fifth levels of "The Powerful Diamond Art", and he couldn't walk anymore.
"I'm not going to hide it from you, someone has indeed seen the last two levels of the "Powerful Diamond Art"." The old man lowered his voice, "It is in the hands of Qingyang Prefecture, a martial artist named He. This man is an abandoned disciple of Tiandao Valley in Fucheng. Now he has opened a martial arts gym in the south of the city, specializing in teaching some wild Kung Fu."
"Is the news true?" Jiang Fa frowned.
"The little old man has been in this business for decades, and the news is 70% true and 70% false, but this thing is 70% true." The old man grinned, showing his yellow teeth, "The man named He secretly learned several hard skills in Tiandao Valley in his early years, including the last two levels of the "Powerful Diamond Art". The little old man also heard what the merchant from Fucheng said. Whether it is accurate or not, you can decide for yourself."
Jiang Fa took note of this information and spent fifty taels to buy a few packs of good-quality trauma medicine from the old man before leaving the black market.
On the way back, he turned into a dark alley and activated the Guiyuan Breath Condensing Technique to the extreme, condensing the aura around his body.
Sure enough, in less than half a cup of tea, two sneaky men came in from the alley entrance.
Both of them have the cultivation level of Peak Ming Jin. They specialize in robbing and killing strangers near the black market. This time, they have hit the wall.
Jiang Fa did not kill anyone, one of them lost an arm, and then he threw the two of them out of the alley.
[Talent: Heaven Rewards Diligence, Learning Inevitably Bears Fruit]
[Realm: Middle An Jin]
[Exercise method: Mountain-Breaking Stance (Mid Yellow Grade)·Third level (889/1000)]
[Seven-Colored Glazed Glass Art(Heaven Rank, Upper Grade)·Second level (602/3000)]
[Defense Vajra Kung Fu (Low Grade Xuan Level)·Third Level: Refining the Internal Organs
(1121/2000)]
[Guiyuan Condensation Technique (Middle Grade Xuan Level)·Second Level: Hidden Form (721/1200)]
[Martial Arts: Mountain-Breaking Fist(Mid Yellow Grade)·Perfection(1401/1500)]
[Cloak Saber(Mid Yellow Grade)·Perfection(123/1500)]
[Wind-Chasing Steps(Yellow Rank Upper Grade)·Major Accomplishment(421/1200)]
"After two months of hard training, not only has the realm broken through to Late Dark Force, but Cloak Saber has also broken through to the realm of Perfection. The most important thing is that after focusing on training during this period, Mountain-Breaking Fist is only a little over a hundred points away from breaking through to the Transformation Realm."
Mountain-Breaking Fist Transformation Realm!
Even if Master Zhao Zhong has not yet mastered it, if he can break through before the martial arts meeting, he will be able to be more calm when facing the enemy, thereby reducing the risk of exposing his own trump card.
Jiang Fa slowly stopped the exercise and opened his eyes.
He stood up and stretched his muscles, and the joints all over his body made a series of crisp sounds.
Late Dark Force.
This level is already considered outstanding among the younger generation of Qingshan County.
Two months have passed and the Blood Wolf Gang has made no move.
The more this happens, the clearer it becomes to Jiang Fa.
The calm before the storm is often more terrifying than the violent storm.
He opened the door and walked into the courtyard.
The moonlight was like water, covering the entire martial arts arena.
He drew out the Ghost Head Saber and slowly opened his hand.
The light of the sword surged under the moonlight, like a silver dragon soaring into the sky, or like a stormy wave crashing on the shore.
Cloak Saber Technique Perfection After that, this sword technique in his hands was no longer limited to routines. Every sword seemed to come at his fingertips, but it also coincided with the principles of heaven and earth.
The ten forms Cloak Saber were dismantled, reassembled, and disassembled again by him over and over again under the moonlight.
The force of the sword is like a violent storm at times, continuous and continuous.
Sometimes it's like a breeze blowing on your face, silently.
Perfection level swordsmanship has touched the threshold of "intention".
Jiang Fa can feel that his knife skills have improved slightly compared to two months ago.
On May 27th, Qingshan County ushered in the annual Green Lantern Festival.
This festival has a long history. It is said that on the day when the city of Qingshan County was built a hundred years ago, thousands of green lanterns suddenly floated up from the mountains outside the city and persisted for a long time. The villagers thought that the mountain god appeared and protected the land and water. Since then, this day has been designated as the Green Lantern Festival, and lanterns are burned every year to pray for good weather.
Nowadays, the Green Lantern Festival has become Qingshan County The most grand day of the year.
The city was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, vendors were hawking along the streets, and juggling troupes were arranged from the south to the north of the city. Even the usually deserted East Street was crowded with people.
The martial arts school took a break early, and the disciples went out in twos and threes to look at the lights on the street.
Jiang Fa didn't want to go, but he couldn't stand it. Xu Feng and Zhao Chuan took turns to fight.
He also used the fallacy that "it's good to relax for a day before the martial arts competition, which is good for breaking the situation" and forcefully dragged him out of the side room.
Of course, before going out, Xu Feng also called Tang Jiner "on the way".