Riding the Wind Dragon Classic!

Although Breathing Techniques were said to be similar to Second-Tier Martial Skills, they were not only useful to Second-Tier Martial Artists.

Before a Martial Artist reached the Fourth Tier and opened the hidden treasures of the human body, Breathing Techniques could play an important role in combat, cultivation... and many other aspects.

As for high-level Breathing Techniques, even after a Martial Artist reached the Fourth Tier, they could still provide considerable help in all areas through their various mystical properties.

"S-Grade Breathing Technique, Crimson Gang Flame Martial, latest transaction price: 8 million Hanxia Coins."

"S-Grade Breathing Technique, Everlasting Life, latest transaction price: 8.5 million Hanxia Coins."

Sitting on the wooden chair, Ye Li looked at the prices displayed on his phone, the corner of his eye twitching slightly.

Clearly, before this, he had known far too little about the price of S-Grade Breathing Techniques.

He had thought they would cost no more than five million Hanxia Coins, yet the search results were actually this expensive...

It could only be said that poverty had limited Ye Li's imagination.

But when he considered how a single Breathing Technique could benefit an aristocratic family or sect for generations, making it more likely for them to nurture outstanding younger generations—

The price did seem reasonable.

Fortunately, he had agreed in advance.

Otherwise, if someone else had taken this bargain, it would have felt worse than killing me...

Ye Li closed his phone and raised his eyes toward Jiang Qingzhu, who was closing the door. He asked softly:

"What do you want to learn?"

"Spear techniques."

Jiang Qingzhu turned around, her little lips moving. "My spear technique is terrible."

"Actually, it's only moderately terrible."

Thinking of the help she could provide him, Ye Li's tone was unusually tactful.

In truth, during the battle that afternoon, Jiang Qingzhu had tried several times to unleash Martial Skills, only for him to spot their flaws at a glance and directly interrupt her casting.

While this was partly thanks to having maxed out the Cloud-Breaking Spear Technique, no matter how impressive it sounded, the Cloud-Breaking Spear Technique was merely a below-average Second-Tier Martial Skill. Even maxed out, it was only that much.

The greater reason lay in Ye Li's [Spear Martial Saint Body]—

[Greatly enhanced proficiency with spear- and staff-type weapons. Training speed for spear- and staff-type Martial Skills increased by 500%!]

The description alone was somewhat frightening.

Its actual performance was even more frightening.

At this very moment, even across all of Ying Province, among those of the same tier, Ye Li's spear technique was unquestionably the strongest!

After all.

Thinking of the two great figures from the myths of his previous life who possessed Indestructible Golden Souls—

One was the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, who could still "flaunt his might and show off his spirit" while surrounded by the twenty-four Orthodox Gods of the Thunder Department.

The other was Erlang Shen, the Heavenly Court's God of War, who split a mountain to save his mother—his credentials were more than solid—and who "obeyed orders but not proclamations."

Both were masters who had reached the pinnacle with this type of weapon.

Since Ye Li possessed the same Golden Soul as them, awakening an Innate Divine Ability of this level was only natural.

"Show me the spear Martial Skill you use most often first."

Ye Li extended his hand toward Jiang Qingzhu and said flatly, "Let me see how I should teach you."

Now that they had settled the conditions, there was no need for any lingering reservations in his heart.

"Alright."

Hearing that, Jiang Qingzhu did not find anything improper about it. She obediently nodded. "This Riding the Wind Dragon Classic is the spear technique I use most often right now."

"It's just that I've only recently gotten started with it, so I'm still clumsy when using it. Like this afternoon, I couldn't use it at all..."

As she spoke, she took a manual from the ring on her hand and obediently passed it to Ye Li.

"Should I go back first and come find you tomorrow?"

Jiang Qingzhu blinked. Looking at the Martial Skill that had taken her more than half a year to merely get started in, she said considerately, "There's still some time before the Martial Exam. I'm not... not in that much of a hurry."

"There's still a month before the Martial Exam, but isn't the Exchange Competition only a few days away?"

Ye Li casually flipped through the manual in his hand. "Stay here for a bit. I'll just take a look first. No rush."

As he spoke, the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

Seeing the words that appeared on the panel, his mood also brightened.

[Third-Tier Martial Skill: Riding the Wind Dragon Classic (Rare)]

As expected of the Jiang Family's eldest daughter. The Martial Skill she used most often was actually—

"This Martial Skill is really hard to learn."

Jiang Qingzhu's expression was somewhat complicated as she tactfully tried to dissuade him. "It took me a long time back then. Even if your talent is much stronger than mine, it'll be hard for you to figure it out in a short time."

"Among the opponents in this Exchange Competition, aside from Tang Yao from Sword Pavilion, none of the others are very strong. Even if my Martial Skills don't improve for now, I can still beat them."

"Cultivation is the work of grinding water through stone. Martial Skills aren't something you can rush." Jiang Qingzhu brought out a famous saying her father had once used, trying to make the young man change his mind.

But all she received was Ye Li's frown.

"You have two choices."

He looked up at Jiang Qingzhu and said calmly, "Go outside and wait, or shut up and stay here for a while."

"Which will you choose?"

"The second one." Jiang Qingzhu lowered her head and sensibly stopped talking.

For a moment, the room fell silent.

After withdrawing her gaze from the young man's focused profile, Jiang Qingzhu began to inspect her surroundings.

The facilities in every room were standardized. The difference lay in the equipment each person had added themselves.

For instance, Jiang Qingzhu's room had a Spirit Gathering Array completely unlike those of ordinary School Team members, and its cost was quite staggering.

Not only could it significantly speed up the refinement of one's qi and blood and the cleansing of marrow and meridians, it could also reduce the risk of Qi Deviation and even adjust the ambient temperature to suit the user.

Ye Li's room, on the other hand, was rather simple in design.

The only thing she could tell was that the young man used that Punch Power Tester quite often, since it had... Huh?

When her gaze landed on the Punch Power Tester, Jiang Qingzhu froze, her pupils even contracting slightly.

What caught her attention was not only the testing sandbag with a huge hole punched through it.

It was also the blood-red number that had reappeared on the large screen after previously vanishing due to the malfunction:

"Punch power: 6,800 kilograms!"