White Dew Farm

"The Crane Form Fist's defining traits are using stillness to overcome movement and waiting at ease for an exhausted opponent. If the enemy doesn't move, I don't move; once the enemy moves, I move first..."

As Zhang Xuezhou headed to White Dew Farm, Zhang Manqian did her best to explain the Crane Form Fist to him.

"Out with it. What's missing from this combat technique of yours, and how much will the second investment cost?"

In no industry could one investment pay off for a lifetime. The first outlay of money would inevitably be followed by a second.

Listening to Zhang Manqian's endless explanation, Zhang Xuezhou knew perfectly well that there was more to come.

"Let me tell you, this... all right, aside from the need for nutritional supplements, the Crane Form Fist also has a companion volume, the Tiger Form Fist. As long as the two fist techniques are combined, they can reach the standard of a Four-Star Combat Technique!"

"Another twenty-five thousand?"

"Yes!"

Zhang Manqian nodded repeatedly.

If possible, she hoped Zhang Xuezhou wouldn't buy a thousand chickens all at once, but would buy them as he ate them.

Besides avoiding a huge pileup of free-range chickens, that would mean Zhang Xuezhou still had a substantial balance on hand.

With funding from Zhang Weimeng and Song Fengying as well, Zhang Manqian felt the goal of a Four-Star Combat Technique wasn't far away.

A volume on the Crane Form Fist cost twenty-five thousand, and a volume on the Tiger Form Fist cost another twenty-five thousand.

Both books contained Five-Star Combat Techniques, but combined, they could reach the level of a Four-Star Combat Technique, which would otherwise cost 250,000. Zhang Manqian couldn't help being tempted.

Five-Star Combat Techniques were one threshold; Four-Star Combat Techniques were another.

Zhang Manqian lacked the