106: Choi Mo-young wants to trade

One minute... ten minutes... Chu Qing finished this Cultivation.

Then, he saw the Dean staring intently at him.

His face was withered, and his eye sockets were sunken.

It was a little creepy.

Chu Qing stepped back and smiled, "Dean, is there anything else?"

The Dean... "You understood it?"

Chu Qing didn't understand it.

But, the profession column understood it.

So... he counted it as him understanding it.

He nodded.

The Dean's eyes sparkled as he excitedly said, "When you were Cultivating just now, how many Golden Tendons did you activate?"

"Fifty!"

"What?"

Even the Dean was extremely shocked at this moment.

Fifty Golden Tendons?

What kind of joke was this?

You only studied the Secret Inheritance for a few minutes?

How did you get the hang of it so quickly?

"Was it really fifty?"

"Yes!"

Hoo!

The Dean excitedly said, "You are a Genius!"

"You are a Genius perfectly suited for the Black Water Bone Forging Method!"

"I have high hopes for you!"

"Originally, I wanted you to just kill someone, and that would be one condition!"

"But, your performance exceeded my expectations too much."

"So, I've decided to give you a slightly more difficult task."

Chu Qing... was speechless.

He should have said fewer.

The Dean excitedly said:

"In a few years, when the Empire is about to collapse, help me snatch a woman back."

Chu Qing... "Dean, you're so old, what do you need a woman for?"

The Dean... "I may be old, but my heart is not!"

Chu Qing didn't believe him.

After a short while, the Dean said seriously:

"If you become capable in the future, go to the Imperial Capital, to the Imperial Palace, and capture a woman named Ying Hongzhuang."

"She is an Imperial Concubine, and she has..."

Chu Qing cupped his fists and said, "Dean, excuse me."

"Is there anything that can make me forget the Black Water Bone Forging Method?"

"I want to forget it!"

Are you kidding me?

Go to the Imperial Capital and capture an Imperial Concubine?

Is this old man crazy?

Although he feared nothing under heaven or on earth.

But, he didn't want to be like an idiot and go to the Imperial Palace to die.

The Dean looked at him deeply.

Chu Qing looked at the Dean seriously.

After a long time, the Dean said:

"You will forget this Cultivation Technique when you die!"

Chu Qing... The Dean sighed and continued:

"I'm asking you to snatch Imperial Concubine Ying Hongzhuang because she also wants to escape the Imperial Palace."

"Moreover, she has a complete Acupoint Diagram."

"That thing will be useful to you!"

Chu Qing coughed and said, "What is an Acupoint Diagram?"

The Dean was silent for a moment and said:

"A Martial Artist first Cultivates Golden Bone, then Flesh, Five Viscera and Six Bowels; finally, Skin and Hair."

"After breaking through Skin and Hair, the next stage is to open Acupoints."

"However, opening Acupoints is still far away for you."

"At the earliest, you won't have a chance for more than ten years."

"By then, the Empire will definitely be in turmoil."

"It will naturally be much easier for you to snatch her."

Chu Qing suddenly felt it was a very distant goal.

Not to mention Acupoints, he hadn't even finished Cultivating his tendons and bones.

Wait ten years?

Perhaps, by then the Empire would have long since fallen, and that Imperial Concubine would be dead.

So... Chu Qing agreed directly.

The Dean was even happier.

He mumbled some incoherent words.

Chu Qing didn't understand, but he kept them all in mind.

After a long time, the Dean said, "Unfortunately, I also have to abide by the rules of the Martial Arts Academy."

"Otherwise, I would definitely give you massive additional resources to help you grow as quickly as possible."

Chu Qing smiled and said, "The resources I want, I'll get myself!"

The Dean praised him, and finally said, "If you have any problems, you can always find me."

Chu Qing's heart stirred, and he said, "Can I learn the overlord spear?"

The Dean chuckled, "The overlord spear is my lifeblood."

"What do you think?"

Chu Qing cupped his fists: "Farewell!"

"See you out!"

... Chu Qing returned to the Stone Tower dormitory.

As soon as he entered the dormitory, he saw Cui Moyang.

This aloof girl sat quietly in the living room, eyes closed, Cultivating by herself.

When she saw Chu Qing return, a golden light flashed in her eyes.

"Qing Ge..."

Chu Qing said in surprise, "Is something wrong?"

Cui Moyang said, "How many Golden Tendons have you Cultivated?"

When he killed Qin Ming, Chu Qing's performance was too Heaven-Defying.

It exceeded her imagination.

She felt that Chu Qing's progress was far ahead of hers.

More than two hundred?

Or... more than three hundred?

"365, Perfection."

Cui Moyang... She had tried her best to overestimate Chu Qing's progress.

But, she didn't expect him to have achieved Perfection.

How much time had passed!

"How is your progress... so fast?"

Chu Qing smiled and said, "I ate more of the top-grade Secretly Made Pearls."

Cui Moyang understood.

She hesitated and said, "Qing Ge... if I pay some price, can you help me get some top-grade Secretly Made Pearls?"

Chu Qing was silent.

Currently, only Madam Shi could mass-produce the top-grade Secretly Made Pearls.

The senior sister and Lan Lan could only Secretly Make one occasionally.

The output was too low.

"What price can you pay?"

Cui Moyang pondered for a moment and said:

"I have a Secret Inheritance for bone forging!"

"That was part of my mother's dowry, and I have the right to dispose of it."

Chu Qing shook his head and said, "I can get Secret Inheritances at the Martial Arts Academy."

Cui Moyang said coldly, "But, the Secret Inheritances at the Martial Arts Academy are just ordinary Secret Inheritances."

"My Secret Inheritance is a top-tier Secret Inheritance."

"There's no difference in quality for tendon-Cultivating Secret Inheritances."

"But, subsequent Secret Inheritances do have differences in quality."

"A top-tier Secret Inheritance is much more powerful than an ordinary Secret Inheritance."

Chu Qing was silent.

Cui Moyang thought he was tempted and quickly said:

"This Secret Inheritance of mine is called—Ice Soul Bone Forging Method."

"The efficiency of forging Golden Bone is higher, and it can forge Ice Soul Golden Bone."

"Ice Soul Golden Bone can imbue all attacks with a chill."

"If fully Cultivated, a single chill can freeze a barrel of clear water."

Chu Qing coughed and said, "The Dean just gave me a top-tier bone forging Secret Inheritance!"

"So..."

Cui Moyang was stunned.

She thought that Chu Qing would at most get an ordinary Secret Inheritance, or even just an ordinary Advanced bone forging method.

But, she didn't expect him to have gotten a top-tier Secret Inheritance.

This luck... was unbelievable.

Could it be that Chu Qing wasn't actually a Mud Leg from a humble background?

Was his true identity the illegitimate son of some Big Shot in the main city, or even the Imperial Capital?

Otherwise... why would the Dean give him a top-tier Secret Inheritance?

No, how could a Martial Arts Academy Dean have a top-tier Secret Inheritance?

Cui Moyang was bewildered.

Her only bargaining chip was gone.

She was disappointed.

Chu Qing comforted her, "Don't worry, I don't need your pearls now."

"It won't be long before you can also achieve Perfection in Golden Tendons."

Cui Moyang smiled bitterly, "The rebels are becoming more and more active."

"In a few days, can Shiji County still be defended?"

"Can Shiji Mountain still be defended?"

"Will the pearls... last until I Cultivate Golden Tendons?"

Chu Qing's heart stirred, and he smiled, "Instead of worrying about these things, why don't you mobilize your Family's forces to help eliminate the rebels!"

Cui Moyang was silent, deep in thought.

Chu Qing continued, "The rebels can cause chaos, and can even destroy the Empire."

"But, they cannot affect the pearl production!"

"Not getting pearls, not fully Cultivating Golden Tendons, this is a matter of life and death!"

Cui Moyang said coldly, "I know what to do."

With that, she got up and left.

Chu Qing smiled and said to the maidservants, "Grind the ink!"

The maidservants ground the ink.

Chu Qing also had them prepare clear water.

Then, he dripped ink into it.

The ink swirled, and Chu Qing took a sip.

[Black Water +1]

Chu Qing... The maidservants...