Mysterious Armor
Three days later.
Jiang Yue put her arm around Fang Yu's waist, helped him fasten his belt, and then took a cloak and draped it over him, saying:
"You haven't been to the black market in a long time, be careful, don't get caught off guard."
Fang Yu laughed and said, "Don't worry, I'm already at the Seventh Grade of martial arts, I won't capsize."
"You still have to be careful!" Jiang Yue said, then added, "Go and come back quickly!"
"Okay!" Fang Yu nodded, pulled up his hood, and walked outside.
The black market in the Bei'an Prefecture City; almost every Bei'an Prefecture City resident had been there.
It was a market that only opened at night, and it sold everything.
Initially, it was just some poor people who couldn't make a living selling contraband there. Later, various criminals began to hide there, making the place increasingly chaotic. At the same time, all kinds of businesses emerged, from selling contraband to hiring murderers.
As a local rogue, Xu Fang was naturally a regular there, so Fang Yu quickly found his way to an entrance to the black market and crawled into a dark underground cave.
The city is located west of a mountain with natural caves. The roads are extremely complex, and it's easy to get lost in the maze of winding paths. As a result, it's very difficult to apprehend people here, which has repeatedly prevented the government from shutting down the black market.
However, Fang Yu knew that the major sellers in this black market were backed by powerful Lineage in the city. These Lineage needed a lawless place to conduct their illicit business, which is why this place had always been in a state of being suppressed but never completely eradicated.
Fang Yu wandered through the cave for a while, turning and twisting, when glowing fluorescent grass appeared on the cave wall ahead. He followed the light from the grass and walked out of a cave, where the view suddenly opened up.
Along the banks of an underground river about three zhang wide, there were stalls selling all sorts of goods, some legitimate and some illegal, with prices varying widely. However, legitimate items were generally much cheaper than outside, and there were quite a few people browsing the black market. Although it wasn't exactly shoulder-to-shoulder, it wasn't far off.
Some of these people, like Fang Yu, wore cloaks to cover their bodies and faces, while others made no attempt to conceal themselves. Fang Yu only walked for a short while before seeing many familiar old stall owners.
Suddenly, he moved to the side, dodging a figure that was rushing towards him, and then grabbed the other person's wrist as it reached for his waist.
"You stole it from me!" Fang Yu sneered, his hand suddenly exerting force, and a scream rang out, "Ahhh..."
The thief screamed and fell to the ground, his wrist completely broken, revealing bloody bone fragments.
The surrounding crowd dispersed, passing by on both sides. They might glance at him a few more times, but then no one paid him any more attention, leaving the thief wailing on the ground.
Fang Yu had already walked far away and blended into the crowd ahead.
Following the location he remembered, Fang Yu arrived at a shop with a pile of books in front of the door. His gaze swept over the books, then he looked at an old man reclining on a chair reading a book. "Do you have the follow-up Cultivation Method for the Leopard Fist?"
The old man glanced at him sideways, then continued reading, saying, "Inside, the third shelf from the left."
Fang Yu bypassed the old man, entered the cave, scanned the bookshelves along the wall, and came to the third shelf, where he quickly found a manual called "Mysterious Armor Prison-Suppressing Art).
He picked it up and carefully turned the pages one by one. After turning one page, he had a clear understanding of the subsequent Cultivation Method.
Then, his gaze fell on a secret manual next to him, "Dragon-Tiger Mountain-Shaking Instruction," which he picked up and continued to read.
He quickly finished reading the manual, and then he picked up another manual to examine.
As time passed, several more people entered the shop, browsed through different Cultivation Method Secret Manual, and then left.
In the blink of an eye, more than an hour had passed.
What kind of Cultivation Method are you looking for?
The old man appeared at the doorway, looking at Fang Yu.
"Find the strongest Cultivation Method!"
"Hehe!" The old man chuckled upon hearing this. "In this world, there are only the strongest martial artists, not the strongest Cultivation Method. Besides, even if you found them, you couldn't master them without the corresponding Demon Beast meat!"
"Of course I know that!" Fang Yu continued looking at the manual and asked, "Do you have any demon Demon Beast meat for sale here?"
The old man shook his head and said, "I only sell Cultivation Method here, not Demon Beast meat. If you want Demon Beast meat, go ask Zheng Tu."
Fang Yu looked up at the old man, waved the manual in his hand, and asked, "Do you have any venison corresponding to this ' Mysterious Nether Divine Palm ' technique for sale?"
The old man chuckled, "This Mysterious Nether Divine Palm is a unique Cultivation Method of the Lu Household, a thousand-year- Aristocratic Clan. Only their own disciples can obtain the demon deer meat required. If Zheng Tu really had it, he would have been wiped out long ago."
Fang Yu wasn't surprised to hear this, and then asked, "Then, where can Zheng Tu sell the meat of those Demon Beast that produce those Cultivation Method?"
The old man thought for a moment and said, "There's definitely no meat that's a perfect match, but there are some Demon Beast meats that can be used as substitutes. For example, the military's Cultivation Method, ' Mysterious Armor Prison-Suppressing Art,' doesn't have a corresponding Xuanjia Demon Beast meat, but it does have Demon Beast meat with similar Qi and Blood. It's impossible for you to reach the Master level, but there's still hope that you can reach the Fifth Grade."
"Fifth Grade!" Fang Yu laughed, "That's quite a distance off!"
The old man chuckled, "There's no other way. The Demon Beast meat required for these high-level martial arts techniques is exclusively owned by the major Aristocratic Clan. It's extremely difficult for outsiders to obtain it, so we can only settle for using other Demon Beast meat as a substitute."
If you truly aspire to be Master, you can only become a retainer of those Aristocratic Clan.
"Then I'll have to take a good look!" Fang Yu said, taking out a tael of silver from his pocket and tossing it to the old man. "If there's nothing else, don't bother me."
The old man reached out and squeezed the silver in his hand. With a slight squeeze, a clear fingerprint appeared. He chuckled as he put the silver away and walked outside. "Look at it as long as you want. This old man won't disturb you any longer."
Fang Yu's gaze returned to the manual in his hand, but the corners of his mouth twitched slightly outwards.
The Aristocratic Clan in this world do not keep their Cultivation Method secret at all. In fact, many Aristocratic Clan publish their own techniques and distribute them all over the world for people to receive for free.
The core reason is that in order to master these Cultivation Method, one needs the flesh of a corresponding Demon Beast to provide the necessary Qi and Blood to temper the body and transform the flesh and blood, so that it is possible to unleash the various ultimate moves described in these Cultivation Method.
Therefore, the core lies in the Demon Beast meat. As long as the Demon Beast meat is controlled, there is no need to worry about others being able to master it. Moreover, the secret manual can be used to attract and recruit martial artists who are compatible with the Cultivation Method.
Take the Leopard Fist for example. It is actually the first three levels of the "Mysterious Armor Prison-Suppressing Art". You can cultivate it by eating the meat of any kind of Demon Beast to solidify your body's foundation. However, you can only cultivate to the third level. If you want to continue cultivating, you must eat the meat of the corresponding Demon Beast. Otherwise, the advancement of the Cultivation Method will be extremely slow, or you may even Qi Deviation.
This was also an important way for the imperial court to recruit soldiers from the common people. The other Cultivation Method were basically similar in function. They would give you a trial version first. If you felt that you had practiced it well and wanted to continue to improve, you would have to work as a slave for the other side in exchange for the corresponding Demon Beast meat.
However, these fairies only work on the local natives. As for Fang Yu, he has the Mirror-Breaking Pearl, which contains Primordial Qi that can be transformed into any power. Therefore, theoretically, he can cultivate any Cultivation Method no matter what kind of Demon Beast meat he eats.