I can't be a demon.

Chapter 24 Warrior Promotion [Sharp-toothed Warrior]

at the same time.

The ghost market was in a mess.

The remains of the ransom ghost were scattered all over the ground, and the resentment in the air disappeared.

"Ah~"

The cries echoed.

The starling stood at the top of the path, with countless smoke and dust pouring out of its slightly opened beak, and vaguely visible ghost faces.

pat.

The starling's claws loosened, and the more than two-meter-long broken arm of the ransom ghost fell to the ground.

From the copper coins inlaid on the surface of the broken arm, it can be seen that they are from the hundred-year-old ghost who attacked and killed Shen Lian. Now the broken arm has no resentment at all.

The starling was unable to penetrate the ghost market, so it wreaked havoc to vent its anger until it was satisfied.

Wings flap.

The starling disappeared into the night.

.........

Shen Lian was extremely cautious. After all, he was just a martial artist. Even though there were few rivals at the same level, he still had to keep a low profile.

Seeing blood was not a bad thing before, and my understanding of the Tide-Strike Fist became clearer.

He summoned up the profession panel and took a look at [Tide-Strike Fist (Minor Success)]. As expected, it was better to level up by killing monsters outside than to practice hard in vain.

Shen Lian took a long detour along Xicheng District and returned to the pawn shop when the sky was just getting light.

"Why do I feel like something big has happened in Yanliang Town recently?"

He noticed that the government had deployed runners throughout the town, as if to step up vigilance, but it seemed like a lot of thunder but little rain.

From the perspective of the government.

A thousand-year-old demon with unknown intentions is lurking in Yanliang Town.

With the current staffing of the government, there is really nothing that can be done. Even for the soul-calling case, the court has to dispatch more Jinwu Guards.

We can only hope that the thousand-year-old demon came for the Ghost Market.

However, the facts seem to be so. When the ghost market was temporarily closed that night, the warriors who had witnessed the nine-eared demon all looked very secretive and dared not talk about the strange disasters they had experienced.

No one would doubt that the culprit was the young master of the Shen family pawnshop.

As soon as Shen Lian got home, he went straight to the birdcage in the corner of the room.

"You kid..."

The wooden birdcage was intact and the starling was still inside, but it was lying flat with its wings spread, its eyes closed and its head tilted.

The level of pretending to sleep is really not good enough.

Shen Lian couldn't help but feel relieved, fearing that the starling would have an accident in the ghost market.

Myna is the fundamental object bound to Jiu'er Chaofeng. Once the myna dies, it is likely to affect the subsequent promotion of the profession, so it must be taken seriously.

"Hey, try to bring it with you next time. Mynah birds are so damn troublesome."

Shen Lian was slightly annoyed. He picked up the starling and threw it out of the window. The starling quickly adjusted its posture and flew back to the cage, closing the cage door skillfully.

"Ah~ Master Ba, I have to be both a father and a son, it's so difficult~"

The mynah bird cackled in a nasty way.

"Don't ask someone to identify it for no reason. Think about it yourself."

Shen Lian resisted the urge to beat up the starling and sat at the wooden table, flipping through three secret books.

The herbs continuously transformed into nutrients, replenishing the energy and spirit after a sleepless night, while also helping to form a large-scale wave-chasing force.

Even when Shen Lian was reading, his flesh and blood were still at the frequency of Zhulang Posture.

He spent a long time reading through the general contents of the three martial arts and realized a very crucial point: the conflict of martial arts.

"The fighting method is fine, and practicing both horizontal and vertical training is not a big problem, but the pile method..."

Although horizontal training has a lot of life-threatening minor flaws, they can coexist with each other. Even if the acupoints involved are repeated, it will at most affect the power of the two horizontal trainings.

Only the pile method, alas.

Shen Lian pinched his nose bridge with a headache. The synthesis required two complete martial arts. No matter what, it was necessary to try Yang Yuan Zhuang once or twice.

"Let's practice horizontally first, and then slowly figure out the tricks of the pole method."

After Shen Lian had thoroughly read the secret book, he started practicing martial arts that afternoon.

The muffled sound of hardwood sticks hitting each other could be heard again in the courtyard of the pawnshop. After the two pawnbrokers received Shen Lian's promise to give them some pointers, they immediately became more motivated and hit Shen Lian's back with more force and power.

As for the Iron Arm Skill, the training conditions are different from those for the Iron Shirt.

The Iron Arm Kung Fu requires the arms to be continuously subjected to the baptism of boiling iron sand, stimulating the acupoints through high temperature until the tempering is complete.

Soon, a large pot filled with iron sand appeared next to the medicinal food.

At first, Shen Lian was not used to the burning of iron sand and only practiced it once every two hours. But as he mastered it more, he found that the difficulty of practicing Iron Arm Kung Fu was far less than that of Iron Shirt.

Mainly because the fire can be controlled to adjust the temperature of the iron sand.

Shen Lian buried his arm in the iron sand, and during this time he continued to take medicinal food. The tempering of the acupoints was continuous all the time, unlike the iron shirt which had to be interrupted occasionally.

In just five days, the Iron Arm Kung Fu had achieved some success.

"drink."

Shen Lian used his recently improved Iron Arm Skill. The muscles in his arms bulged, and due to the rapid blood flow, his skin and flesh turned slightly purple.

"Yes, the power of the Tide-Strike Fist has increased by at least 50%."

Shen Lian was in a good mood and asked Dang Ding to take a rest while he started to perform the Tide-Strike Fist. The whirring sound seemed to have the force of a thousand pounds.

Sweat streaked across.

Shen Lian used his fists to catch the sweat, leaving the water drops suspended in the air. The wave-chasing force made the water drops gather without dispersing, showing the mysterious nature of the tidal storage characteristics.

boom.

The water droplets exploded and turned into white mist.

Shen Lian restrained his strength and was very satisfied with the effect of Iron Arm Kung Fu.

"Okay, continue polishing your body."

.........

Ma Yi delivered the third batch of pickled fish to the pawn shop before the New Year. He inadvertently noticed the movement in the courtyard and suddenly felt uneasy.

No, why does it feel like lynching?

Ma Yi turned pale with fright.

I was originally thinking of raising the price of pickled fish, but now I don’t dare to say anything.

Old Wang was afraid that something bad might happen to the old man, so he took the pickled fish and reminded him, "It's the young master practicing martial arts in the courtyard, please forgive me."

"understand."

Ma Yi put away the silver and money with a wry smile.

"It's true that I'm practicing martial arts. My father-in-law hasn't been to the pawnshop for some time."

Shen Lian sensed the throbbing of the bone blade and came to the lobby.

"hiss."

Ma Yi took a breath of cold air.

Old Wang and others saw Shen Lian every day, but they had no intuitive feeling about the latter's changes. In fact, it could be described as a complete transformation.

Shen Lian was about 1.8 meters tall, with smooth body lines. Just standing there, he exuded a terrifying aura that threatened his life.

Old Wang suddenly thought of the tiger coming down the mountain that he had seen once before. Every move he made showed the tiger's power and its aura was extremely strong.

"Young... Young Master, I asked several people in the village to catch fish and pickle fish together. Look, we brought more pickled fish today than before."

“The price can go up another 10%.”

Ma Yi was overjoyed, "Master, we found a few big fish in the tributary. We will be able to catch them by weaving a fishing net in the spring."

"If you want it, I'll find a way to send it to the pawn shop. But the fish is a little strange. It can actually crawl onto the shore..."

An amphibious fish?
Shen Lian’s first reaction was the mudskipper from his previous life.

"It's okay. We'll take any bluefish, no matter how big or small it is."

"Row!"

Ma Yi had no intention of staying long and left the pawnshop excitedly.

Shen Lian's appetite had been whetted for a long time. Since the pawnshop wouldn't open until after the New Year anyway, he simply ate the pickled fish in the lobby.

[Martial artist reaches 100.1%, martial arts points +1]

[Whether to promote to the professional sharp-toothed warrior]

(End of this chapter)