35: Literature brings peace and tranquility to the world.

"Little Brother Chen, if this were half a year ago, Goulan Street would have been a piece of fat meat that everyone coveted."

On the way back, Qi Longhu took out a map of Qiyang City and pointed to a location in the west of the city.

"A single night there could equal five or six days of income from other districts."

"But it's not possible now. It's a real shame."

"What's going on?" Chen Heng asked, looking up.

"It's all because of an Anomaly." Qi Longhu slapped the table hard.

"Half a year ago, people started dying in Goulan Street for no apparent reason."

"Every dead person was covered in black curly hair, even in their throats, hearts, livers, spleens, lungs, and kidneys."

"Curly hair..." Chen Heng's mind immediately recalled that thing he once found in his takeout.

"Is it the curly hair I'm thinking of?"

"Yes, that exact thing." Qi Longhu nodded.

"..." Chen Heng suddenly regretted taking over this street.

"If you aren't in a hurry for money, then there's no rush." Qi Longhu put away the map.

"If you are in a hurry for money, then you'll have to deal with the situation in Goulan Street first."

"It's fine, I'm not in a hurry." Chen Heng was indeed not short on money; what he lacked now was martial arts.

Among all the martial arts, he only knew one saber technique.

It was very necessary to learn an unarmed martial art and a movement technique.

"Big Brother Qi, shall we start learning Dragon Tiger Strength tomorrow?" The thing Chen Heng was looking forward to most now was getting his hands on Dragon Tiger Strength.

Then, he would use the System to optimize Dragon Tiger Strength.

"Of course. Come to the hall tomorrow at noon to find me, and I'll take you through it."

Qi Longhu nodded.

"However, this Dragon Tiger Strength is just a way of exerting force; to use it, you still need to learn a fist technique or a palm technique."

"See which one you want to learn, a fist technique or a palm technique?"

"Fist technique or palm technique..." Chen Heng was hesitant.

Relatively speaking, fist techniques are easier to learn than palm techniques.

Moreover, after learning a fist technique, it would be of great benefit to the force-exerting methods of learning palm techniques in the future.

"I'll learn a fist technique." Chen Heng finally chose a fist technique.

However, exactly which fist technique to learn hadn't been decided yet.

"I knew it." Qi Longhu chuckled and pulled a book out of his inner pocket.

"Take this; it's the fist technique I learned when I first started practicing martial arts."

Chen Heng took the book, and the words "Five-Step Fist" caught his eye.

"Big Brother Qi, tell me the truth, how old were you when you used this fist technique?"

Chen Heng's mouth twitched, his face full of speechlessness.

Of course he knew about this Five-Step Fist; it included three patterns: fist, palm, and hook, which could be said to be the foundation of foundations.

With Chen Heng's current Realm of Transformation Strength, he estimated he could reach Major Achievement in just an hour or two.

"Don't look down on it just because it's simple; it contains a large number of basic movements. After learning the Five-Step Fist, learning other fist techniques will be twice the result with half the effort."

Qi Longhu advised him earnestly.

"Of course, this fist technique is what I used when I was four years old; it's just right for you now."

"Fine then..." Chen Heng sighed, not intending to actually learn this Five-Step Fist.

He would just wait for the optimization count to refresh tonight and optimize it directly.

"Right, you also have thirty saber-wielders under your command, most of whom are martial artists of External Strength."

Qi Longhu took out a list with thirty names written on it.

"From now on, they are your core team; meet them all tomorrow."

"Alright." Chen Heng took the list and put it away.

The Five Spirits Gang Headquarters was located in the city center, some distance from his home.

It was already late when Chen Heng returned to the White Tiger Hall, and after messing around at the Headquarters for two hours, it was deep into the night.

After another hour or so passed, the carriage stopped in front of the Chen Family Courtyard.

"Rest early, and come to the hall tomorrow."

Qi Longhu greeted him and instructed the coachman to drive away.

"Young Master, you're back~" Just as Chen Heng pushed open the gate, he saw Xiao He sitting at the entrance waiting for him, her face full of drowsiness.

"Why are you sitting at the entrance?" Chen Heng picked Xiao He up from the ground and patted the dust off her.

"If Young Master doesn't come back, Xiao He can't sleep." Xiao He looked at Chen Heng longingly.

"Hurry and go rest; I need to go out tomorrow."

Messing up Xiao He's neat hair, Chen Heng took her back to his small courtyard.

"Young Master, Xiao He is going to sleep." Xiao He stood in front of her small room and blinked her eyes.

"If Young Master is hungry, call Xiao He; Xiao He learned how to cook from Aunt Cai today!"

"Alright, if I'm hungry, I'll call you." Chen Heng nodded and returned to his room.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Chen Heng began to circulate the Nine Revolutions Longevity Art.

Although the Qi of the Nine Revolutions Longevity Art had no offensive power and could even be said to be harmless to humans and animals.

But its effect of prolonging life was something other Internal Skills could not compare with.

Therefore, Chen Heng would rather practice martial arts a few fewer times than fall behind on the Nine Revolutions Longevity Art.

As for the lack of offensive power in his Qi, he could just learn another skill with strong offensive power.

Chen Heng was different from other martial artists; ordinary martial artists could only practice one Internal Skill in their lifetime.

But Chen Heng could optimize those Internal Skills and learn them directly; this point alone crushed all other martial artists.

Moreover, the optimized Internal Skills were countless times stronger than those secular Internal Skills.

Time passed slowly, and midnight arrived.

Chen Heng opened his eyes on time and tapped on the System panel.

He couldn't be late even if he wanted to; that refresh notification was louder than a firecracker.

Currently, the only thing Chen Heng had on hand to optimize was that Five-Step Fist, unless his brain malfunctioned and he optimized his chair.

Of course, Chen Heng's brain hadn't malfunctioned, so he decisively chose to optimize the Five-Step Fist.

[Optimization complete, please Host, claim it in the System inventory.]

He skillfully opened the System inventory and took out the optimized "Five-Step Fist."

[Eight Extremes Fist: A short-range fist technique, one of the most fierce and powerful fist techniques, with extremely strong explosive power.]

Chen Heng had absolutely not expected that after the Five-Step Fist was optimized, it would actually be the Eight Extremes Fist.

Chen Heng was all too familiar with this Eight Extremes Fist.

In the world of his past life, Eight Extremes Fist was a world-renowned fist technique.

Although he had heard of it in his past life, he had never practiced it at all.

He didn't expect that in this life, he would actually have the chance to practice this famous Eight Extremes Fist!

[Directly learn Eight Extremes Fist?]

[Yes / No]

Suppressing his excitement, Chen Heng clicked "Yes" without any hesitation.

The next moment, all the techniques and patterns of the Eight Extremes Fist flooded into his brain.

"Shake the shoulders to topple the heavens! Stomp the feet to shake the nine provinces!"

"Hah!"

As Chen Heng exerted force, the entire Chen Family Courtyard shook three times!

Prop Hammer!

Subduing Dragon!

Taming Tiger!

Mountain Splitting Palm!

Crane Step Push!

...

After finishing the entire set of Eight Vajra Forms, Chen Heng's whole body's Qi and blood surged, and wisps of heat rose from the top of his head.

"This Eight Extremes Fist actually has the effect of enhancing Qi and blood?"

Chen Heng looked at his Qi and blood, which had increased by six points, and was very pleasantly surprised.

His Realm in Eight Extremes Fist was still at the Entry Level; he had only mastered the Eight Vajra Forms, which was the basic "opening the door" practice method.

With his current strength, combined with the fierce Moves of the Eight Vajra Forms, he could kill anyone below the Transformation Strength Realm with a single punch!

Not only that, Eight Extremes Fist was not just a fist technique; it also included spear techniques, saber techniques, sword techniques, and staff techniques—everything!

Eight Extremes Fist perfectly made up for the weakness of Chen Heng's single means of attack!