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Chapter 15 Raging Waves Blade Technique, Ape Arm Skill

After reflecting on his actions, Su Chen composed himself and went into Liu Tong's room.

After rummaging through boxes and cabinets for a while, they finally found what Liu Tong had hidden on the beam.

It's a package.

Upon opening it, they found two secret manuals, several letters, some medicinal herbs, and seventy taels of silver.

The two manuals are "Raging Waves Saber Technique" and "Ape Arm Skill".

Su Chen glanced at it and put it back. Like Liu Heishui's account book, these two manuals also had coded messages.

It's probably too early to figure out the secrets inside, so it's better to keep it safe and look at it later.

Immediately, Su Chen turned his gaze to other things.

The medicinal material wasn't anything special; it consisted of a few thin tendrils, like ginseng roots, but I didn't know how old they were.

Clamping the roots inside the manual, Su Chen picked up several letters and began to read.

The more I looked at his face, the uglier it became.

These letters are all records of Liu Tong's communication with Old Lin of Linjiabao.

However, it was usually Lao Lin who contacted Liu Tong, basically to inform Liu Tong in advance about those who had accepted the mission to assassinate him.

After reading all the letters, Su Chen suddenly realized why he had felt something was off before.

He was being very careful, but Liu Tong still managed to find out.

The other party even took precautions beforehand, taking an antidote to avoid being drugged and knocked unconscious.

It seems that Liu Tong may have experienced something like this several times already.

Unfortunately, this time he encountered Su Chen, who added limp bone powder to the sleeping potion.

As a result, Liu Tong ended up shooting himself in the foot, dying at the hands of Su Chen.

Of course, he deserved to die.

Judging from these envelopes, Lao Lin has cooperated with Liu Tong more than once.

He took advantage of the mission to have Liu Tong kill the unlucky guy who accepted the task.

Then, they extracted information about these people and secretly investigated their backgrounds with the help of the Misty Rain Pavilion.

If there is no powerful background, Liu Tong will take action to eliminate the threat completely, and the spoils will be split 50/50 afterwards.

Then they moved to another location and continued the nesting process. That's how Lao Lin found out Liu Tong's address.

"I was planning to change my identity and go to Linjiabao to take on the mission, but now it seems unnecessary. Let's just send Liu Tong's head directly to the government to collect the reward!"

Su Chen shook his head slightly, giving up the idea of ​​continuing the transaction at Linjiabao, and also deciding not to send Liu Tong's head to Linjiabao.

"Seventy taels of silver, plus the fifty-odd taels at home, is enough to upgrade my Iron Wire Fist technique. And there's also the fifty taels from the government, but..."

Su Chen's gaze fell on the two secret manuals.

If he hadn't found this sword technique manual, Su Chen would definitely have chosen the pay-to-win Iron Wire Fist without hesitation.

But after the battle just now, Su Chen preferred the Pay-to-Win Wild Blade Technique.

After all, at his level, weapons still play a significant role.

"Forget it, let's take the money first and make plans when we get back!"

After packing his things, Su Chen got up and left the room. He went to the courtyard, dealt with Liu Tong's head, and then left.

When they returned to Whitestone City, the sky was beginning to lighten, and a ray of sunlight was rising from the east.

The pale golden light shone on Su Chen, dispelling his fatigue and weariness from his journey.

"The entrance fee to the city has increased by another penny!"

After learning about the new fees from the guards, Su Chen paid the entrance fee, entered the city, and headed straight home.

After washing up, eating, and changing his clothes, Su Chen headed towards the yamen (government office).

"Stop, who are you?"

The constables guarding the gate stopped Su Chen, who was wearing a bamboo hat, and asked him questions. Su Chen didn't speak, but waved the wanted poster and the package in his hand. Upon seeing this, the constables' pupils contracted sharply.

His attitude immediately changed, and he said respectfully, "Please allow me to inform you."

A moment later, a person walked towards us. He was of medium build and appeared somewhat plump.

"May I ask, brave warrior, have you captured or killed Liu Tong?" the man asked.

Su Chen nodded, and seeing this, the man quickly invited, "Please come with me, brave warrior, the magistrate wishes to see you."

Following the man, the two arrived at the main hall, where County Magistrate Tao Wenxuan had been waiting for a long time.

Upon seeing Su Chen, Tao Wenxuan's gaze immediately fell on Su Chen's hands.

To be precise, it was on that package.

Without wasting any words, Su Chen threw the package out, and a constable immediately opened it, revealing Liu Tong's head.

"Sir, this is Liu Tong's head."

After verification, the yamen runner bowed and said.

Upon hearing this, the magistrate's gaze toward Su Chen changed slightly.

"Haha, you are truly remarkable, brave warrior. This Liu Tong has been on the list for a long time, but we have never heard from him. I never expected that you would kill him, brave warrior. May I ask your name?"

“Yang Guo!” Su Chen replied calmly.

"So it's you, Warrior Yang. Here's fifty taels of silver. Please accept it."

After offering some compliments, the magistrate clapped his hands, and immediately someone brought him a reward.

Su Chen glanced at the money, nodded, put it away, and left under the watchful eyes of the magistrate and others.

After Su Chen left, the magistrate ordered Liu Tong's head to be collected.

Then he looked at the clerk and asked, "Has such a person appeared in White Stone City recently?"

The clerk shook his head: "I've never heard of it, sir. Should I investigate?"

"No need. This man killed Liu Tong with just one hand, he is no ordinary person. The situation is tense right now, it's best not to provoke him."

The magistrate shook his head, stopping the clerk's actions.

He paused, then added, "However, if the opportunity arises, he could be put to use by the imperial court."

"Yes!"

Finding a secluded spot, Su Chen removed his disguise and changed his clothes.

Back home, Su Chen spent some time organizing the secret manual.

Liu Tong's method of hiding the secret manual was not as careful as Liu Heishui's, and it was easily cracked.

However, after Su Chen practiced it once, he did not see any new martial arts skills on the panel.

So he reread the manual, reading it five times from beginning to end, before noticing the two places where Liu Tong had reversed the order.

After rearranging the moves, Su Chen practiced them, and two martial arts techniques immediately appeared on the panel:
Martial Arts: Iron Wire Fist (Perfect 2%), Iron Sand Palm (Perfect 2%), Ape Arm Skill (Beginner 1%), Raging Wave Saber Technique (Beginner 1%)

【简单模式：铁线拳0次（10两黄金/次）铁砂掌0次（10两黄金/次）猿臂功0次（1两银子/次）狂浪刀法0次（1两银子/次）】

He calculated that he had received about 170 taels of silver.

Then he fell into deep thought:
"This amount of silver, if used for Iron Wire Fist or Iron Sand Palm, is only enough to activate the simple mode once."

"The entry fees for the Wild Waves Knife Technique and the Ape Arm Skill remain unchanged, but we don't know if the fees will change later."

"If there are no changes, then we can choose to improve our swordsmanship."

"Although Liu Tong's manual records that the Wild Wave Saber Technique has a strong explosive power, it needs to be assisted by the Ape Arm Skill. Otherwise, repeated use will ruin the arm. It also needs to be combined with medicinal herbs for post-practice treatment."

"But I have the panel, so I believe there shouldn't be any of these drawbacks."

"Well, even if it exists, I can spend more than ten taels of silver to upgrade my Ape Arm Technique."

"In that case, let's improve the Raging Waves Blade Technique first."

(End of this chapter)