We're practicing all martial arts, so why did you switch to easy mode?

Chapter 117 Third Level Sword Drawing Technique: Profound Origin Technique, Fiery Cloud Transformation

After spending an hour browsing the black market, here are my haul:
Qi and Blood Pill: None.

Swordsmanship manuals: thirteen books (all incomplete, varying in degree).
Liver Tempering Secrets: None (Not even a partial list!)

Spleen Tempering Secrets: None (Same as above!)

There were some gains, but not many.

Su Chen was filled with helplessness. In the black market, not only luck was needed, but also insight.

Some of these "secret recipes" are simply a sham.

For example, Su Chen almost bought two sword technique manuals with the exact same content. One vendor used one cover and one title, while the other vendor used a different cover and title.

If Su Chen hadn't checked the contents every time he bought something, he would have almost been scammed.

If buying a sword technique manual relies on a discerning eye, then buying a martial arts manual relies on luck.

Anyway, Su Chen knew that he didn't have the luck today, and there was nowhere in the entire black market that sold such secret manuals.

He was being too naive. Such a secret manual that could specifically temper internal organs, even if incomplete, would not be easily put out for sale.

Moreover, some secret manuals, if you haven't practiced them yourself and have some understanding of them, you have no idea which internal organs they are ultimately tempering.

Su Chen wanted to find a secret manual related to the relevant attributes, but even a cultivation technique at the power level might not be able to find one.

Even if they were found, after being examined by Su Chen's panel, very few of them were actually cultivable; almost all of them were useless techniques.

Such a result clearly could not satisfy Su Chen.

After browsing around, Su Chen simply rented a small stall and wrote down his needs on a sign:
Buying Qi and Blood Pills, 400 taels each, available for immediate transaction.

We are looking to acquire any number of sword technique manuals. Price is negotiable.

We are looking to purchase any level of cultivation techniques, including those at the Lianli level and above. There is no limit to the quantity. Price is negotiable.

After writing down the three requirements, Su Chen sat down at the stall and waited.

Among the stalls that mostly sell things, Su Chen's stall, which buys and sells goods, stands out from the crowd. Even though its location is relatively remote, it still attracts frequent attention from passersby.

Before long, a customer arrived and said in a low voice, "I have half of a sword technique manual. I'll sell it to you for a thousand taels of silver. How about it?"

"I need to take a look first," Su Chen said calmly.

The man hesitated for a moment, his eyes darting around. He pursed his lips, took out a small stack of papers from his sleeve, and handed a few of them to Su Chen.

After looking at it for a while, Su Chen nodded: "If it's half a book, seven hundred taels!"

"No, even half a book is extremely precious, nine hundred taels."

"make a deal!"

Su Chen pretended to hesitate for a moment, then acted like a shrewd businessman.

This manual was clearly never sold, otherwise pirated copies would have been everywhere long ago.

Moreover, the other party's asking price was not high. Su Chen was just trying to lower the price out of habit, and when he saw that the other party had lowered it by one hundred taels, he simply agreed.

After all, none of the manuals he had bought before cost less than a thousand taels, so the price of this manual was relatively low.

After exchanging money for goods, and with the transaction settled, Su Chen looked at the newly purchased manual while waiting for the customer.

Over the next few days, people came to inquire about the price, but not many people actually sold them. It wasn't until the black market ended that Su Chen finally acquired four incomplete sword technique manuals.

What surprised Su Chen was not the acquisition of the sword technique manual, but the acquisition of the Qi and Blood Pill.

During the time he was setting up his stall, someone actually sold him Qi and Blood Pills. Although each person sold a small number, he still managed to collect seven Qi and Blood Pills.

If he set up a stall when the black market opened, he could probably collect ten Qi and Blood Pills in just one night. This amount is not too small for Su Chen.

"What a pleasant surprise!"

Su Chen sighed. Only someone with money could do this.

They're buying Qi and Blood Pills at almost double the price. For those who don't need Qi and Blood Pills, it's a rare find to encounter such a sucker. How could they refuse to sell?

On his way back, Su Chen naturally noticed the prying eyes in the shadows. His blatant acquisition of secret manuals and Qi and Blood Pills was practically a case of 'easy prey' written all over his face, which had long attracted the attention of those with ulterior motives.

However, these people only secretly watched him for a while and then stopped paying attention to him. This puzzled Su Chen, who was eager to try. He had already prepared his belt, so why didn't anyone make a move?
Returning calmly to Dafeng City, Su Chen blended into the crowd, went home, and then took out his haul from the night.

Eighteen sword technique manuals and seven Qi and Blood Pills.

"The sword technique manual alone cost me nearly 20,000 taels of silver. This method is effective, but it's very expensive!"

Shaking his head to put those thoughts aside, Su Chen began to organize these sword technique manuals.

Incomplete sword techniques cannot be entered into the panel; Su Chen has already verified this.

Incomplete techniques have a certain chance of being entered into the panel, but they must have a complete system. For example, the Xuan Yuan Jue has a complete first level, so even if only the first level is present, it can still be entered into the panel.

Therefore, when purchasing incomplete sword techniques, Su Chen mostly relied on his own experience to judge and select different moves to buy.

His idea was simple: to break down these incomplete sword techniques into individual moves, and then use the panel to create alternative 'techniques'.

Once these scattered moves can be combined into a complete technique, Su Chen can practice them and then input them into the panel, at which point he can spend money on them.

This method is very time-consuming, but if successful, it will open up a new path for Su Chen. He might even be able to create many low-level sword techniques, and then use these low-level sword techniques to continuously merge into high-level sword techniques, thereby making money.

This was obviously an extremely time-consuming, energy-intensive, and luck-dependent task, but Su Chen had plenty of patience!

It took an hour to organize these incomplete sword techniques. Then I found some white paper and redraw the moves, resulting in a total of fifty different moves.

Then it's all about permutations and combinations!
This kind of permutation and combination examines completeness, not quantity.

Su Chen needs to assemble numerous moves into a complete sword technique through continuous trial and error.

"Let's take it apart today and start putting it back together tomorrow."

After tidying everything up, I washed up and went to bed.

Three days passed, and Su Chen had gained nothing; the combination was more difficult than he had imagined.

On the fourth day, Su Chen still hadn't succeeded.

However, two other pieces of good news arrived: both the Xuan Yuan Technique and the Fire Cloud Transformation could now be played in easy mode.

[Easy Mode Activated: Swallow 400 times to reach the third level of the Profound Origin Technique.]

[Easy Mode Activated: After warming yourself by the fire for forty minutes, you can train the Fiery Cloud Transformation to the third transformation.]

Su Chen quickly completed the simple mode, and the Xuan Yuan Jin and Huo Yun Jin in his body officially began to temper his internal organs.

The two forces, one cool and one warm, were distinct and surprisingly did not cause Su Chen any sense of conflict. Instead, they each tempered his kidneys and heart.

After testing the power of both weapons, Su Chen had a general idea of ​​their strengths and stopped paying attention to them, instead focusing on his research into sword techniques.

Finally, on the seventh day, the panel gave Su Chen feedback:

Martial Arts: ...Nameless Blade Technique (Beginner 1%)

Su Chen had lost count of how many combinations he had made before he finally obtained this sword technique, but he was overjoyed.

They're too lazy to even change their names, they just spend money directly.

An hour later, Su Chen had mastered the nameless sword technique to its limit.

He was not disappointed; the sword-drawing technique was indeed able to integrate with the nameless sword technique.
[Easy Mode Activated: Swing your sword 300 times to reach the third level of the sword-drawing technique.]

Instantly, the courtyard was filled with flashing swords. Su Chen was not just wielding his sword, but venting his emotions. After a series of sword swings, he finally stopped, having released all the pent-up feelings from the past few days.

The sword-drawing technique has also advanced to the third level.

"My sword-drawing technique has become even stronger!"
Whether I could kill a Bone Forging Realm martial artist in one move is unclear, but if I had this level of sword-drawing technique when I fought Ge An last time, Ge An wouldn't have died so ignominiously; I would have ended his life cleanly and decisively!

After conducting some tests in the courtyard, Su Chen muttered to himself.

"It's been so long since the beginning of the month, it's time to visit the Cai residence."

After testing continued until the afternoon, Su Chen put away his steel knife, had lunch at a restaurant, and then headed to the Cai residence.

"What are you doing? No one is allowed in or out of here. Get out!"

The guards recognized Su Chen, so they did not stop him. However, just as Su Chen was about to head to the courtyard where Zhu Yan was, a guard suddenly stopped him.

"Young Master Ding, this way."

Just as Su Chen was wondering what was going on, Cai Xiaoyue's maid came over, called out a name, and took him away.

"Miss knew you were coming, so she sent me to fetch you," the maid said. Su Chen nodded, glancing back at the guards. Their attire was clearly different from that of the Cai family's guards.

Led by the maid, after a series of turns, the two finally arrived at Zhu Yan's courtyard.

Upon seeing Su Chen, Zhu Yan immediately stood up: "My benefactor."

Cai Xiaoyue, who was standing nearby, also greeted them.

"So much time has passed, and you haven't shown up, my benefactor. I almost thought something had happened," Zhu Yan said with a sigh of relief and a smile.

Su Chen smiled and didn't say much.

Cai Xiaoyue walked over and said, "My benefactor, these are the Xuan Yuan Pills that Mr. Tong Bo wanted. Mr. Tong Bo said before that he would just give them to you. There are five in total. Please take a look."

Su Chen took the pill, glanced at it, and thanked him, saying, "I thank you on behalf of Tong Bo."

Cai Xiaoyue said it was the right thing to do.

At this moment, Zhu Yan couldn't help but start discussing medical books with Su Chen.

Ever since learning that Su Chen was studying medicine, Zhu Yan felt as if he had found a kindred spirit and wanted to discuss medical techniques with Su Chen.

However, Su Chen was never around, so he had no choice but to tinker with it himself.

Now that Su Chen has appeared, he immediately has someone to discuss things with, so he took out his medical manual and began to communicate with Su Chen.

Su Chen was happy with what he had been given.

Seeing this, Cai Xiaoyue stood quietly to the side, occasionally having her maid bring some fruits and tea for the two of them to eat and drink.

Zhu Yan truly lives up to his family's reputation as a family of physicians; his understanding of medical secrets is profound, far surpassing that of Su Chen.

Even though Su Chen had been cramming on relevant medical knowledge, he was still some distance from Zhu Yan.

However, some of Su Chen's ideas greatly shocked Zhu Yan, who marveled at them.

In particular, Su Chen's imaginative ideas about poisons left even Zhu Yan in awe, as if a new world had been opened up for him.

One of them was highly accomplished in orthodox medicine, while the other had considerable expertise in the field of poisons. The more they exchanged ideas, the more they benefited.

They continued their conversation until evening before Su Chen got up to leave.

Zhu Yan was still somewhat reluctant to leave, so he invited Su Chen to have dinner before he left. Cai Xiaoyue had already prepared the meal.

Unfortunately, as long as Su Chen stayed, the two of them would continue to eat and chat.

"I never expected that my benefactor would have such profound insights after studying medicine for such a short time. I am truly humbled!" Zhu Yan exclaimed with deep emotion. When he gave him the medical manual, he never thought that Su Chen would learn it so quickly. It was truly a twist of fate that indirectly created a medical genius.

Su Chen chuckled softly upon hearing this, shaking his head slightly at Zhu Yan's flattery.

Suddenly, he changed the subject and asked, "By the way, when I came here at noon, I saw some strangers in the Cai residence. Who are they?"

Zhu Yan looked at Cai Xiaoyue.

Cai Xiaoyue explained the reason: "They are from the Chu family!"

Su Chen suddenly realized that Cai Liuhe had ultimately failed to prevent the Chu family members from joining the Liuhe Gang.

"How come they're staying at the Cai residence?"

"I don't know either, it was my father's arrangement." Cai Xiaoyue shook her head, her face slightly pale.

"Oh, my benefactor, let's not mention them, lest it spoil the mood!" Zhu Yan interjected from the side.

"what happened?"

Noticing the strange expressions on their faces, Su Chen couldn't help but ask a question.

Zhu Yan said angrily, "As soon as these two women arrived at the Cai residence, they acted as if it were their own home, not letting them in here or there, and even sending hundreds of people to serve them, like they were ancestral matriarchs!"

"Two women?" Su Chen caught the key phrase and asked in confusion.

Cai Xiaoyue nodded: "Mm."

"That's not even the most infuriating thing!" Zhu Yan's voice suddenly rose, sounding very dissatisfied.

Su Chen looked at him, waiting for Zhu Yan to continue. Zhu Yan lowered his voice and said, "My benefactor, you don't know, ever since these two women moved into the Cai residence, many martial artists in the vicinity have gone missing..."

"You mean?" Su Chen raised an eyebrow and looked at Zhu Yan.

"I suspect it was them!" Zhu Yan exclaimed, nodding excitedly. "Otherwise, how could so many martial artists have disappeared as soon as they arrived?"

Tapping.

Just then, a maid rushed over and cried out, "Miss, something terrible has happened! They've started fighting again!"

Upon hearing this, Cai Xiaoyue suddenly stood up, her face somewhat pale. She asked, "What happened?"

"They wanted to bathe in the morning dew, so they had people collect it. They summoned over a hundred people from our household to collect it, but because they didn't finish collecting it on time, they're throwing a tantrum now!"

The maid said indignantly, "Two people need such a big bath tub. Even if there were hundreds or thousands of people, it would be difficult to collect enough tubs. In her opinion, these two women are deliberately making things difficult and being pretentious!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yan slammed his fist on the table in anger: "This is outrageous! These guys have gone too far!"

Then something rang out, and he looked at Su Chen beside him, explaining, "My benefactor, please don't misunderstand. I just thought they were being too outrageous."

What did I misunderstand?
Su Chen pursed his lips and remained silent.

"My benefactor, Brother Zhu, I'll go take a look first," Cai Xiaoyue said apologetically.

Zhu Yan quickly stood up: "I'll go too."

The two walked over one after the other. Su Chen was also a little curious, so he stood up and followed behind them.

"Cai Xiaoyue, you've finally shown up. Is this how your Six Harmonies Gang treats its guests? You can't even afford a few lackeys, and you're so slow and dawdling when you do things. You even dare to talk back after being scolded, and you still call yourself the second-largest gang in Dafeng City. You're a disgrace!"

As soon as Cai Xiaoyue appeared, the people of the Cai family found their pillar of support, and the people of the Chu family also found their target. The person who spoke was an old nanny. After seeing Cai Xiaoyue, she did not hesitate to question her.

Upon hearing this, Cai Xiaoyue's face flushed slightly, but she didn't even look at her. Instead, she looked at the servants who had been beaten, a hint of anger flashing in her eyes, and asked in a deep voice, "What happened?"

The old nanny was immediately enraged.

Su Chen and Zhu Yan, who were standing not far away, did not go forward, but watched from a distance.

“My benefactor, those are the two Chu beauties. The taller one in yellow is called Chu Xiaoxiao, and the one in green is called Chu Yingying.”

A short while later, two heavily made-up women walked out of the courtyard. As soon as the Chu family saw them, they stopped their commotion and bowed respectfully. The two women didn't even look at them and went straight to Cai Xiaoyue to negotiate.

In the end, Cai Xiaoyue was clearly angered again, but she ultimately chose to compromise.

"Damn it!" Zhu Yan cursed under his breath upon seeing this.

"Miss Cai, we won't stay at the Cai residence for nothing. We'll teach you what hospitality is all about," Chu Yingying said calmly, a hint of disdain in her eyes.

"Thank you very much then," Cai Xiaoyue replied with a cold smile, then turned and left without even looking at the two of them.

Watching Cai Xiaoyue's departing figure, Chu Xiaoxiao and Chu Yingying exchanged a glance, a mocking smile playing on their lips.

Suddenly, Chu Yingying's gaze sharpened as she spotted Zhu Yan and Su Chen not far away. She exclaimed in surprise, "Sister, look, those two people..."

Chu Xiaoxiao looked in the direction of the sound, and the moment she saw Su Chen and Zhu Yan, her pupils contracted slightly, and the power within her body increased a bit.

At this moment, Chu Yingying lowered her voice and said, "Sister, my feeling is right, it's the pulsation of the cultivation technique!"

"Don't make a fuss yet! It's top-quality stuff!" Chu Xiaoxiao suppressed her inner excitement and said in a deep voice.

"Hmm." Chu Yingying nodded, then couldn't help but ask, "Sister, which one of them are you referring to? Or both?"

Chu Xiaoxiao did not answer, but the throbbing in her heart grew stronger as she gazed at him for a longer period of time.

Even someone as worldly-wise as her couldn't help but feel an irrepressible longing at this moment.

"Xiao Cui, go and check the identities of those two people." Chu Xiaoxiao withdrew her gaze and called over a maid, saying this.

"Yes!"

After a stick of incense has burned, a refined room is revealed.

Chu Xiaoxiao and Chu Yingying stared at the information about Su Chen and Zhu Yan on the table, lost in thought.

"Sister, why don't we arrest them both?"

Judging from this alone, Chu Yingying couldn't figure anything out, so she simply suggested that they arrest both of them and then they would know who had caused the fluctuations in their internal energy.

(End of this chapter)