25: Chapter 25 Three Yellow-Rank Martial Arts Techniques

After slicing off a piece of exotic beast meat and swallowing it, Chen Hu began to activate the Longevity Technique.

As the energy from the exotic beast meat was released and drawn into his Meridians, it was guided by his Cultivation Technique, circulated once, and then settled into his Dantian, transforming into Qi energy.

"So refreshing!"

After feeling that the Qi energy within his Dantian had become slightly more robust.

Chen Hu felt the joy of cultivation.

Unlike before, where he could barely feel any improvement after a single cycle of cultivation.

Cultivating was truly too unbearable.

After cultivating for nearly two hours and feeling his Meridians becoming fatigued, Chen Hu took out another Meridian Protection Pill and swallowed it.

Then he continued to Cultivate.

But after the effects of the Meridian Protection Pill wore off, he switched to cultivating the Spirit Refining Art.

The next morning.

Chen Hu, who had slept for less than an hour, was still full of energy.

After a simple wash.

He took out three cards to open them.

10 taels of silver, one qi and blood pill, and 10 catties of ordinary cooked meat.

These were the results of today's card opening.

After having breakfast at a street stall, he arrived at the stronghold on Yuquan Street.

After staying at the stronghold for a while.

Chen Hu headed towards the General Hall of the Fierce Tiger Gang.

The headquarters of the Fierce Tiger Gang was also in Changshou Ward, situated in a fairly large manor.

After showing his identity token as a Chief.

He was allowed to enter.

Then he made his way to the Cultivation Technique Pavilion of the Fierce Tiger Gang.

The Cultivation Technique Pavilion had three floors.

The first floor contained unranked Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills.

The second floor contained ranked Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills; although they were called ranked, they were actually all Yellow Grade Cultivation Techniques.

As for the third floor, it was said to have Cultivation Techniques that surpassed the Yellow Grade, but they were all incomplete manuals.

Even though they were incomplete, it required five Great Merits to exchange for one.

After his identity token was checked again, he was finally allowed to enter the Cultivation Technique Pavilion.

Then he headed straight for the second floor.

Before coming, he had already decided what to exchange for.

He already had the Longevity Technique for a Cultivation Technique, so there was no need to exchange for another.

Therefore, what he wanted to exchange for were Martial Skills.

The two Martial Skills he was currently cultivating, Tiger Claw Technique and Three Talents Saber, were both unranked Martial Skills.

In the Flesh Refining Realm, they were barely enough.

But once he reached the Tendon Refining Realm, they would completely fail to bring out his full strength.

After arriving on the second floor.

Chen Hu headed straight for the bookshelf storing Martial Skills, took out the Martial Skills, and began flipping through them.

The Martial Skill Secret Manuals on the bookshelf only contained the first two pages.

The first page was an introduction to the Martial Skill, and the second page was the opening chapter.

To obtain the Complete Manual, one had to select it, then find the manager guarding the Cultivation Technique Pavilion to exchange for the Complete Manual, and copy it on the spot.

Spending half an hour.

Chen Hu selected three Martial Skills: the Yellow Grade Upper Tier Martial Skill "Five Elements Blade", the Yellow Grade Upper Tier footwork "Wind and Cloud Step", and the Yellow Grade Martial Skill "Heart-Destroying Claw".

After selecting the Secret Manuals.

Chen Hu came to the first floor and handed them to the manager.

"Identity token!"

The manager said in a cold tone.

Chen Hu immediately took out his identity token and handed it to the other party.

The other party glanced at the number on the identity token and continued to ask, "What are you exchanging for?"

Chen Hu took out the three Secret Manuals and placed them in front of the other party.

Seeing the covers of the three Secret Manuals, the other party frowned slightly and said in a lecturing tone, "Kid, don't bite off more than you can chew. Can you even handle cultivating three Yellow Grade Upper Tier Martial Skills?"

"I want to try!" Chen Hu said seriously.

Seeing that Chen Hu would not listen to advice, the other party couldn't be bothered to say anything more, "You happen to have three Great Merits, which is just enough to exchange for three Secret Manuals. Are you sure you want to exchange?"

Chen Hu said, "Sure!"

"Take them and copy them!"

The Cultivation Technique manager took out three Complete Manuals, as well as pen, ink, and three blank booklets, and handed them to Chen Hu.

At the same time, he did not forget to warn, "The Secret Manuals can only be cultivated by yourself and cannot be passed on to others. If you violate this, according to the gang rules, your cultivation will be directly crippled!"

"Thank you for the reminder, Manager. I understand!"

Next, Chen Hu found a spot on the first floor and honestly began copying the three Secret Manuals.

After finishing the copying and returning the originals.

Chen Hu prepared to leave, but suddenly, his heart stirred, and he locked his gaze onto the manager guarding the Cultivation Technique Pavilion.

Seeing the revealed information, he smiled to himself; he had overthought it.

This manager was only at the Meat Refining Stage, not some hidden master.

Afterwards, Chen Hu went to the Internal Affairs Hall and exchanged his Medium Merits and Small Merits for Medicinal Pills.

As for the Ordinary Merits, he didn't keep them either and exchanged them all for silver.

Although he was now wealthy, every little bit counted.

After returning to the stronghold.

Chen Hu began to Cultivate the "Five Elements Blade".

This blade technique was much more powerful than the Three Talents Saber, and its cultivation difficulty was also higher.

However, Chen Hu was no longer the person he used to be.

Not only had his talent reached the Profound Grade Upper Tier, but his Divine Soul was also far superior to before.

Although having a strong Divine Soul did not give him Heaven-Defying Comprehension Ability, his Comprehension Ability had still increased to a certain extent.

Therefore, as it approached noon.

He had cultivated the "Five Elements Blade" to the entry level.

The Realms of Martial Skills were divided into six levels: Entry, Proficiency, Mastery, Minor Achievement, Major Achievement, and Perfection.

After experiencing the convenience brought by his talent.

After quickly eating lunch at a restaurant, Chen Hu focused his energy on the cultivation of the "Heart-Destroying Claw" and "Wind and Cloud Step".

As expected, before getting off work.

He had also cultivated these two Martial Skills to the entry level.

He hadn't been to Widow Wang's house for several days.

Therefore.

Chen Hu bought some wine and food, and headed straight to Widow Wang's house.

Widow Wang was as considerate as ever; not only did she not complain that he hadn't come to see her all these days, but she was also concerned about whether he had been injured.

She also lived on Yuquan Street, so she naturally knew that the Fierce Tiger Gang's stronghold had been attacked a few days ago.

To be honest, she was really worried about Chen Hu.

Although her purpose for hooking up with Chen Hu was not pure.

But after getting along for a few years, plus the fact that Chen Hu treated her quite well, she had developed feelings for him in her heart.

After a warm dinner.

Widow Wang quickly and efficiently cleaned up, brought hot water to Chen Hu, and helped him wash his face and feet.

Chen Hu had long been accustomed to this.

He enjoyed it very calmly.

After washing for him, Widow Wang also went to wash up.

Then the two of them tacitly entered the room.

An hour later.

Widow Wang leaned in Chen Hu's arms.

Chen Hu asked, "How many characters do you know now?"

Widow Wang said with some excitement, "I already know more than a thousand characters now?"

"It seems your self-study is quite impressive!" Chen Hu was somewhat surprised.

"It's not!"

Widow Wang said modestly, "I was asking for guidance from the wife of Scholar Yu next door."

Chen Hu also knew about Scholar Yu next door.

A pedantic scholar who had taken the exam many times but had never passed the Juren examination.

The other party had passed the Xiucai examination at the age of eighteen, which could be considered early success.

But now he was twenty-eight years old and was still just a Xiucai.

In this world, martial arts were supreme.

The Great Yong Kingdom was founded on martial arts.

Therefore, the status of scholars was not higher than that of martial artists.

Furthermore, scholars had the civil service examinations, and martial artists had the martial examinations.

Those military officials were not rough brutes either, because the martial examinations also required testing cultural knowledge, just not as exaggeratedly as the civil service examinations.

Back to the topic.

Scholar Yu had passed the Xiucai examination at eighteen, and Juren Yuan felt he had considerable potential, so he betrothed his daughter to him.

All these years, Scholar Yu had been able to study for the examinations with peace of mind, all thanks to the support of his wife.

Otherwise, his family's meager assets would have long since gone bankrupt.