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

Chapter 126: He gained undetermined merit, recovered from his injuries, and became famous.
"Chief Cai, what's going on?"

"Young friend Ding, I have no way to repay this kindness. This is a martial arts technique that I practice regularly. I am giving it to you. With your talent, you will surely be able to carry it forward!"

On the official road, Cai Liuhe pulled Su Chen aside, took out a secret manual from his pocket, and said sincerely.

Thanks to Su Chen's help, his family was able to escape Dafeng City safely. He would never forget this kindness.

He learned from Zhu Yan that Su Chen was touching the corpse to obtain cultivation resources.

If he were still the leader of the Six Harmonies Gang, he would surely be able to help Su Chen obtain various cultivation resources to repay his kindness.

But right now, besides giving him some Qi and Blood Pills, he really has nothing to repay Su Chen with.

After careful consideration, he decided to give his cultivation technique to Su Chen.

On one hand, he noticed that Su Chen was injured in the battle with Hong Qi two days ago, and perhaps the Wuding Gong could help him recover from his injuries quickly.

On one hand, he believed in Su Chen's talent and did not want the Wuding Gong to be buried, and on the other hand, he hoped to form a good relationship with Su Chen.

Upon hearing Cai Liuhe's words, Su Chen turned his gaze to the cultivation technique.

"May I ask, Chief Cai, which organ does this technique temper?"

He knew that Cai Liuhe practiced the Wuding Gong, but there was no detailed introduction to this technique in the numerous materials available, hence his question.

Cai Liuhe laughed and said, "It's the liver that's being tempered!"

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Su Chen was slightly startled, and his mind suddenly became clear.

The four cultivation techniques he is currently practicing have tempered his heart, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, but he is missing his liver.

Originally, I was thinking of looking for other ways to find a method to temper the liver, but unexpectedly, I obtained it from Cai Liuhe.

After a moment of silence, Su Chen nodded and accepted the manual: "Thank you very much, Chief Cai."

Seeing Su Chen accept the manual, Cai Liuhe couldn't help but smile. He then gave some instructions, explaining the key points and variations of cultivating the Wuding Gong.

"Young friend Ding, please wait!" Cai Liuhe said an hour later.

"Take care of yourself!"

Su Chen looked at the three of them, clasped his hands in greeting, and said.

After bidding farewell to Su Chen, the three of them boarded a carriage and slowly drove away.

After seeing Zhu Yan and the other two off, Su Chen began his journey home. The return trip was uneventful.

……

City Lord's Mansion.

"My lord, the Hong family's plan to hunt down Cai Liuhe has failed. A mysterious expert named Ding Peng came to the rescue, not only saving Cai Liuhe and his group but also killing Hong Qi!"

A refined-looking man was handling official business; this man was none other than Qiao Renzhou, the lord of Dafeng City.

Xin Yue, an aide, walked over with slightly hurried steps and a solemn expression.

This expression rarely appeared on his face, but every time it did, it meant that things were not simple.

Qiao Renzhou knew it was Xin Yue, but made no move and continued to hold his pen with his head down.

However, this elegant posture did not last long. As Xin Yue recounted the events, Qiao Renzhou abruptly stopped writing.

After Xin Yue finished speaking, Qiao Renzhou paused for half a second, then put down his wolf-hair brush, relaxed slightly, and sighed softly:
"Cai Liuhe's life is not meant to end!"

Xin Yue nodded, a hint of melancholy and surprise in the depths of his eyes.

Back then, the Hong family pressured them, forcing them to abandon Cai Liuhe. Both Qiao Renzhou and he thought the Cai family was doomed this time.

Unexpectedly, with the help of a benefactor, they actually managed to escape from the Hong family's encirclement.

Who is Ding Peng?

After a moment of reflection, Qiao Renzhou turned his attention to the mysterious expert who had saved Cai Liuhe.

He had never heard of Ding Peng, but he knew of Hong Qi.

Hong Qi can be considered the leader among the second generation of the Hong family. He has been exceptionally talented since childhood and has cultivated to the point of perfect bone forging in less than thirty years. If nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely become an elder of the Hong family in the future.

This man, who had never even heard of him, was killed by someone he had never heard of before, which made him feel both relieved and terrified.

When did such a powerful figure appear in Dafeng City?
Xin Yue was prepared and said, "Ding Peng is a friend of Zhu Yan, Cai Xiaoyue's love interest. He lives in Ruyi Lane and rarely interacts with outsiders. He is very reclusive and his background is very mysterious. No one has been able to find out about his background yet."

As he spoke, he took out a portrait, displayed it on the table, and pointed to Su Chen's portrait, saying, "This is a portrait of this person."

"Hmm?" Upon seeing Su Chen's portrait, a slight ripple stirred in Qiao Renzhou's calm eyes.

Xin Yue, aware of Qiao Renzhou's shock, said, "It is said that this person is under thirty years old!"

A martial artist who has reached the peak of Bone Forging at less than thirty years old, his talent surpasses that of Hong Qi, and even exceeds that of the most talented young member of the Hong Clan.

It's terrifying!
After all, no matter how high one's talent is, it's all in vain until one's strength reaches the level of bone forging.

In contrast, Su Chen, at such a young age, had already reached the Bone Forging stage. Such talent and strength even moved Qiao Renzhou.

"Have Qi Liang investigate his background," Qiao Renzhou said after a moment's thought.

Xin Yue nodded, knowing that Qiao Renzhou had developed feelings for Su Chen.

Without Cai Liuhe, the Liuhe Gang would have been largely crippled.

In particular, with one of the two deputy leaders missing and the other killed, the Six Harmonies Gang now exists in name only.

The government had no choice but to take the opportunity to support a new force to deal with the Xuan Shui Gang.

Otherwise, the vast city of Dafeng would truly become a place where the Hong family could dictate terms.

The martial artist in front of them, named Ding Peng, was quite good. He was young, talented, and strong, making him the perfect candidate in their eyes to fight against the Hong family.

Most importantly, he has completely offended the Hong family.

Hong Qi's identity was very complicated, involving many interests. Now that he has been killed by Ding Peng, the Hong family will definitely not let him go.

Moreover, the Hong family is known for its vengeful nature; if they kill one person, they will wipe out your entire family. The two sides are now locked in a life-or-death struggle.

"How is the situation with the Hong family?" Qiao Renzhou suddenly asked, changing the subject.

Upon hearing this, Xin Yue's face showed a strange expression, and then he said, "It's an uproar. After the news of Hong Qi's death reached the Hong family, the Hong family mobilized all its forces to search for Ding Peng's whereabouts. They even issued a 100,000 tael wanted notice in the Shadow Killing organization, vowing not to rest until Ding Peng is killed!"

Shadow Assassins are an assassin organization that spreads throughout the various prefectures of Donglin Prefecture, mainly located in the prefectural city, but also has branches in the state cities.

The Hong family's offer of a 100,000 tael bounty caused a sensation throughout the Shadow Assassins organization almost overnight. Some Golden Eagle assassins even rushed to Dafeng City from other cities, all for the sake of the 100,000 tael bounty.

The Golden Eagle Assassins are terrifying martial artists capable of assassinating Bone Forging Warriors. They are not only strong, but also have a high success rate in assassinations.

If they were to discover Ding Peng's whereabouts, he felt that Ding Peng might not be able to escape their assassination.

"What about Cai Liuhe?" Qiao Renzhou asked again.

“The Hong family hasn’t been dealt with yet; they’re all focused on Ding Peng right now. But once they’ve calmed down, they might send people to hunt down Cai Liuhe,” Xin Yue replied.

"Tell the Hong family that this matter concerning Cai Liuhe ends here," Qiao Renzhou said calmly.

"Yes!" Xin Yue nodded.

Seeing that Qiao Renzhou had no intention of speaking, Xin Yue respectfully withdrew.

As Xin Yue said, the death of Hong Qi not only shocked the Hong family, but also the entire city of Dafeng.

Now, any power with even a little connection or background knows that a ruthless person has appeared in Dafeng City, who single-handedly killed Hong Qi.

Ding Peng's name resounded throughout the entire city of Dafeng.

Su Chen knew he would become famous, but he never expected that one day he would become the talk of the town.

He could hear people talking about Ding Peng killing Hong Qi in restaurants, teahouses, inns, and even on the streets.

Even Ding Peng's portrait appeared on the government's wanted posters.

If it weren't for his disguise, he probably would have been discovered by some people with ulterior motives before he even entered the city.

"Oh well, I guess I'll have to change my name and move again!"

After arriving in Dafeng City, the thing he did most was go to the black market, but he seemed to go to the black market less often than he moved.

We move about once every two weeks!

But he didn't care, since there wasn't much stuff and he still had money.

Now, he has become rich through hard work, possessing a huge sum of 200,000 taels of silver, comparable to the income of a medium-sized shop in Dafeng City for several months.

Naturally, they wouldn't care about the moving costs of a few dozen taels.

During Su Chen's preparations for moving.

The Tan residence was eerily quiet at this moment.

"Second brother, is this Ding Peng the person you and Xu'er mentioned during your trade trip?"

Tan Zhao, the head of the Tan family, looked at Tan Run with a solemn expression. Ever since he learned that Tan Run and Tan Xu had met Ding Peng once, his brows had not relaxed.

In Dafeng City, Ding Peng is wanted both openly and covertly. If anyone finds out that the Tan family's caravan has had dealings with Ding Peng, the Tan family will likely be attacked by the masses before long.

Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Tan Run pondered for a moment before saying, "It is indeed the same person, but..."

"but what?"

A look of suspicion flashed in Tan Run's eyes: "But the Ding Peng we know doesn't have such strength."

"Is it possible that he's hiding something?" Tan Zhao thought for a moment and said.

"That's possible." Tan Run remained noncommittal; he only suspected it, not certain. "And this matter?"

Upon hearing this, Tan Zhao looked solemnly at Tan Run and Tan Xu and said seriously, "This matter must not be known to outsiders under any circumstances. You must keep this matter to yourselves. My Tan family does not have the ability to be an enemy of the Hong family."

"Brother, why not take this opportunity to help the Hong family capture this person? If we can get in touch with the Hong family, our Tan family caravan will surely soar to new heights," the third brother, Tan Pei, interjected.

"Absolutely not!" Before Tan Zhao could even speak, Tan Run shook his head and rejected the suggestion.

After listening, Tan Zhao nodded in agreement: "This person can kill Hong Qi and also destroy our Tan family. The best way is to keep this matter to ourselves and not mention it to anyone. Even if we meet Ding Peng in the future, we should pretend to be strangers."

He paused, then looked at his third brother, Tan Pei: "This matter concerns the life and death of the Tan family. Even if you die, you must not utter a single word!"

The third brother, Tan Pei, gave an awkward smile and nodded, saying, "Yes, I understand."

……

in the afternoon.

Su Chen moved to a new house.

"Leaving aside the money, the most important things from this harvest are the Qi and Blood Pill, the Wuding Technique, and the Xuan Yuan Technique."

Inside the room, on the table, there was a porcelain plate containing Qi and Blood Pills, with Wuding Gong and Xuan Yuan Jue next to it.

There are a total of forty-two Qi and Blood Pills.

"According to Cai Liuhe, Wudinggong is divided into positive and negative techniques. Positive techniques have healing effects and may be able to heal my injuries."

That being said, Su Chen did not intend to cultivate separately.

"Then let's improve the Wuding Technique first." Su Chen made his decision after a moment's thought.

The most important thing right now is to recover from the injuries. Only with strength can we have confidence.

His current enemy is the powerful Hong family, so he can't afford to be careless.

"Spend money to unlock easy mode."

Su Chen silently thought to himself, "The panel says, 'I'm just doing my job for the money.'"

[Easy Mode Activated: Ten minutes of meditation is all it takes to reach the beginner level of the Wujing Gong (无定功).]

"Entering a meditative state?"

Su Chen paused, somewhat uncertain.

After he sat down to meditate and saw his experience points increase rapidly, he understood what it meant to enter a meditative state.

Ten minutes later, Su Chen spent money again, and the interface responded promptly:

[Easy Mode Activated: Enter a meditative state for twenty minutes to reach the first level of the Wuding Gong (无定功).]

Twenty minutes later, Su Chen finished his meditation and felt a tingling sensation in his bones, as if something was moving.

"It takes twenty Qi and Blood Pills to advance to the second level?"

When Su Chen saw the requirement for the Wuding Gong, he was stunned for a moment. The previous four cultivation techniques only required ten Qi and Blood Pills to go from the first level to the second level.

"Could it be because of the positive and negative effects that it doubles?"

After thinking it over, Su Chen finally attributed the doubling of the Qi and Blood Pill to the cultivation technique.

Although I felt helpless, I had already cultivated to this level, so I could only continue to use the in-game medicine.

[Easy Mode Activated: Enter a meditative state for 30 minutes to reach the second level of the Wuding Gong (无定功).]

Begin meditating.

Continue meditating.

Meditation complete.

Half an hour later, Su Chen felt a wisp of energy emerging from his body. This wisp of energy had two different colors, one green and one gray.

After testing it out, he learned the difference between the two colors.

Green represents treatment, and gray represents death.

Two completely different effects appeared at this moment in the same force, which can be described as mysterious.

"It's just a little too weak."

Even if a wisp of energy has a healing effect, it cannot help Su Chen recover from his injuries unless he continues to improve his Wuding Gong.

The problem is that he only has twenty-two Qi and Blood Pills left, which is not enough to improve his Wuding Technique.

"That's right, we can enhance the Thick Earth Gate and use the assimilation function of the Thick Earth Force to nourish the Unstable Force!"

Suddenly, Su Chen had a flash of inspiration and came up with a solution: to upgrade the Thick Earth Tower.

Thick earth energy has an assimilation function, but it can also be assimilated, which can be used to increase the concentration and quantity of energy for indeterminate energy.

Thinking it over and acting on it, Su Chen began to upgrade the Thick Earth Tower, activating the simple mode:
[Easy Mode Activated: Stand for 40 minutes to reach the third level of the Thick Earth Gate.]

Su Chen stood up and stood for forty minutes, completing his cultivation of the Thick Earth Pavilion.

"The power has begun to formally temper the spleen. A heavy feeling surged into my heart. Combined with the power assimilated before, the speed is so fast, no less than the Xuan Yuan Technique."

But the appearance of the five forces seems to have restored my physical condition to what it was before. There's a faint tendency for these forces to clash, which I can currently control, but it certainly can't continue like this.

Even now, Su Chen still feels lingering fear when he thinks about the harm caused by the clash of forces.

Fortunately, there is a way. With the Hunyuan Gong in hand, as long as there are enough Qi and Blood Pills, we can continue to integrate the power, so there is no need to worry too much.

"My Qi and Blood Pills are all used up. Now let's try my method!"

Su Chen began to conduct the experiment according to his plan. First, he sent a wisp of Thick Earth Force to Wuding Force. After Wuding Force absorbed it, he began to repeat this operation.

Su Chen finally stopped the next morning.

With most of his internal strength depleted, and his Wuding Jin reaching the level expected of a fully-fledged martial artist, Su Chen began to slowly repair his injuries using Wuding Gong.

After the energy seeps into the bones, it first uses gray energy to completely 'smooth out' the necrotic parts of the bones, and then uses green energy to 'glue' them back together, thus achieving an incredible repair effect.

After three days, Su Chen finally repaired his injuries and regained his full strength.

During this time, Su Chen also went out to inquire about the situation. The Hong family was still investigating the whereabouts of his disguise, but had not implicated him.

In addition, while gathering information, he also learned about the changes in the Six Harmonies Gang, which no longer had its former glory.

Cai Liuhe's departure and the deaths of two deputy gang leaders directly turned the Liuhe Gang into easy prey for various forces, giving the impression of a whale falling and all things flourishing.

In the days that followed, Su Chen focused on improving the Bewitching Powder.

The effects of the third-generation mind-control powder were no longer sufficient for Su Chen's daily needs. During his last encounter with Hong Qi, he discovered that the mind-control powder had negligible effect on martial artists who had reached the peak of Bone Forging. Even after he had poisoned Hong Qi, the other party still did not feel anything.

In the end, only blood transmission could barely make Hong Qi freeze for a moment, and this was partly due to his deliberate trickery.

This shows that the third-generation Bewitching Powder is no longer effective against martial artists who have reached the peak of Bone Forging.

Taking advantage of this free time, Su Chen planned to make some improvements. He had read quite a few medical books and had a new understanding of poisons. It was not impossible for him to use his medical skills to make improvements.

Just as Su Chen was engrossed in improving the Bewitching Powder...

The Xuan Shui Sect was located several miles away.

He Qiu put together a lot of information, including information on all the missing members of the Hong family recently, information on Ding Peng who has been making headlines recently, and information on Su Chen that he recently obtained from Baishi City.

There seems to be an invisible thread in my mind connecting these seemingly unrelated events, yet they always feel like coincidences.

He Qiu stared intently, his mind racing with thoughts. Suddenly, a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

"Hahaha, I see, I see! Ding Peng is Su Chen, and Su Chen is Ding Peng!"

As He Qiu muttered to himself, a burst of cheering laughter gradually filled the room, as if they had discovered something extraordinary.

(End of this chapter)