2: Chapter 2: Further Advancement in Realm, Acquiring Profound Techniques

Li Yuan thought that having ended up with his current status, his life would remain this way forever.

As a lowly servant, how could there be any Opportunity for cultivation and improvement?

Wanting revenge or a life of wealth was simply impossible.

But at this very moment, Li Yuan saw an Opportunity.

The martial Internal Energy of Qin Fengzhan and Xie Zhou had caused Li Yuan's foundation to soar instantly.

Evaluating based on the martial experience he had gained, Li Yuan judged that his martial Internal Energy had already reached the Sixth-Grade level!

What he needed now was to find a way to increase his physical strength.

In martial cultivation, the state of mind is also a major hurdle.

But with the Corpse Looting Technique and the martial experience of two powerhouses, Li Yuan's state of mind had leaped halfway up the mountain in a single step.

To raise his martial Realm, Li Yuan's only obstacle now was his physical body.

Li Yuan had heard before that among the younger generation under thirty, even the top talents were only at Fourth-Grade Perfection.

Among the children of the Yingyang Pass City Lord, that Young Master Liu was only at Third-Grade Perfection.

What was needed now was to improve his physical strength.

The most direct and effective method was medicinal and dietary supplements.

It seemed simple, but Li Yuan was just a servant.

Medicinal and dietary supplements were truly no easy matter.

Regardless, he had finally found a path upward!

Coming back to his senses, Li Yuan moved the bodies of the two Seniors onto a wooden cart.

There was a deep-seated hatred between them, but for him, they had both provided help.

He wouldn't delve into who was right or wrong.

Out of gratitude for the Opportunity they had given him, Li Yuan bowed to them both.

Pushing the wooden cart, he delivered the two bodies to the Changsheng Shop.

The so-called Changsheng Shop was actually a paper effigy shop, selling coffins, spirit money, and incense candles.

Behind the Changsheng Shop, there were over ten empty rooms used for storing bodies.

Yingyang Pass was located on the border of the Da Shun Dynasty; deaths were all too common there.

The reason commoners still lived here was because of the low taxes.

The border was dangerous, and to stabilize the hearts of the border people, the Da Shun Dynasty set taxes at only ten percent of those in inland cities.

After placing the bodies of the two Seniors into coffins, Li Yuan returned to report his mission.

Learning that Li Yuan had handled the matter so quickly, the City Lord even allowed him to rest for three days.

Collecting bodies was common, but collecting the bodies of two Ninth-Grade Mortal Immortals was no easy feat.

Who knew if these powerhouses at the pinnacle of the world still had some tricks up their sleeves after death.

This time, Li Yuan had gone at the risk of his life.

Getting some days off was only right.

Returning to his quarters, the other servants seemed a bit afraid.

Seeing Li Yuan arrive, they all moved to other empty rooms.

The City Lord's Manor was spacious, and a few empty servant rooms were no loss.

For Li Yuan, living in a room by himself was actually more convenient.

Calming his mind, Li Yuan meticulously examined his gains.

Besides martial experience, Internal Energy, and two Cultivation Techniques.

Li Yuan had also obtained Senior Qin Fengzhan's memories regarding hidden treasures.

Reading these memories, he learned the whole story's sequence of events.

To put it bluntly, it was a struggle for profit.

The reason for attacking Qin Fengzhan was just a fabrication, an excuse.

In these memories, Li Yuan obtained the location where Qin Fengzhan had hidden his things.

The treasure map he carried had been hidden away during his flight.

The hiding spot was ten miles away, not too far.

He had three days of rest, which was plenty of time to go get it.

Li Yuan made his plan, preparing to go retrieve the items tomorrow.

Tonight, Li Yuan planned to study the Heavenly Thunder Blade thoroughly.

He had part of Senior Qin Tianzhan's memories in his mind, so he wasn't starting from scratch.

He could use his understanding to further cultivate this method.

[Tiangang is the ultimate Yang Qi. Draw the power of the stars to temper the sinews and bones, turning qi and blood into rushing thunder. With one strike, the blade's edge reveals the shadow of mountains; its power erupts like a subterranean dragon turning over, splitting gold and stone, shaking the eight directions. Its force is like a dragon's roar, its momentum crushing mountains...]

The Heavenly Thunder Blade was an absolutely fierce and matchless move.

This set of Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills directly touched the essence of fierce saber techniques; simple at first glance, but extremely profound upon closer reflection.

From the Senior's memories, Li Yuan saw his evaluation of this Martial Skill.

It was the Martial Skill he recognized most in his life, accompanying him through countless battles, never retreating even against the ninth grade.

But as Li Yuan read through it, he didn't find it too difficult.

Perhaps his experiences and background were different from Senior Qin Fengzhan's; with so much seen and heard, the Senior's thoughts would naturally become more complex.

With no one else in the room, Li Yuan recalled the cultivation of the Heavenly Thunder Blade in his Sea of Consciousness.

After a moment of quiet reflection, Li Yuan felt a distinct change in his body.

It was as if a thin veil had been removed from before him; his eyes became clearer.

The surrounding sounds also instantly became bright and clear.

Even more noticeable was that he had gained strength, and his control over his body had become more natural and effortless.

First-Grade Martial Realm, entered!

This was the effect of tempering the physical body through martial arts.

Li Yuan was excited; with so much martial Internal Energy gained from looting corpses, his own martial strength was rapidly increasing with just a little cultivation.

Thinking carefully, the only snag was that the consumption from cultivation was quite high.

As a servant in the City Lord's Manor, he couldn't just eat whenever he was hungry.

Feeling quite a bit of physical exhaustion, Li Yuan stopped calculating the Heavenly Thunder Blade in his mind.

In his mind, he continued to organize the martial experience of the two Seniors.

From their experience, Li Yuan saw some threats that might affect him.

The Da Shun Dynasty had a technique called the Blood Qi Tracking Great Method.

By using the blood qi of relatives, the tracking could be activated to find someone's trail.

Using the Blood Qi Tracking Great Method, many fugitives had been caught.

Furthermore, the stronger the physical body of the person being tracked, the easier they were to discover.

In other words, after Li Yuan set foot on the path of martial cultivation, the improvement of his physical body would also bring him danger.

Studying carefully with the experience of the two Seniors, Li Yuan wasn't worried for the time being.

This Blood Qi Tracking Great Method could only search within a twenty-mile radius at most.

The territory of the Da Shun Dynasty was too vast.

The enemies who caused his family to fall to their current state would find it hard to locate him accurately here.

Moreover, compared to Senior Qin Tianzhan, his blood qi intensity was far lower, making him not so easy to find.

Keeping these in mind was just a slight warning.

After resting for a night and eating something in the morning, Li Yuan left the City Lord's Manor directly.

He headed straight for the place where Senior Qin Tianzhan had hidden his things.

Ten miles, and Li Yuan took less than an hour.

After starting his martial arts training, this kind of improvement could truly be felt clearly.

These ten miles were no smooth path; it was all mountain roads.

Reaching the designated location, Li Yuan soon found the hidden bundle in a crevice between rocks.

The hiding spot wasn't particularly secret, but in such a desolate wilderness, no one would pass by.

Opening the bundle, there was a bottle of high-grade qi and blood pills, a bottle of Nourishing Pills, and a map.

It seemed the two bottles of pills had been tossed in casually.

The real treasure was likely the map.

But for Li Yuan, these two bottles of pills were actually more useful to him at the moment.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan directly swallowed a qi and blood pill.

His martial Internal Energy was already at Sixth-Grade intensity, and with the help of the pill, it improved immediately.

Second-Grade Martial Realm, entered!