Practice begins with immortality

Night fell, and all was silent. But somewhere in Qingcheng, there was unrest. A short man, shrouded in black cloth, darted into an alley with the agility of a ghost. He glanced around warily, as if searching for a target. Suddenly, a flash of a knife appeared in the darkness, and a head fell to the ground. Blood splattered on the ground, forming a pool.

"Night Rat Huang Shun, a martial artist with minor accomplishments in external forging, short in stature and skilled in escape. Yeah, that's right, it's finally over. To catch you, I've practically scoured the entirety of Qingcheng these past few days." Wang Bai muttered to himself, surveying the corpse on the ground. After confirming it was the real deal, he carefully collected Huang Shun's head and prepared to take it to the City Lord's Mansion to claim the reward.

Wang Bai went to the City Lord's Mansion and found the official surnamed Li who was in charge of the matter. When the official surnamed Li saw the head in his hand, he smiled with satisfaction.

"You are worthy of being Young Master Wang. He beheaded Huang Shun, a night rat who had only achieved a small level of external training, with just one sword. It was so neat. I'm afraid he is about to break through to the great level of external training. He is really a promising young man! If he joins our City Lord's Mansion, he may be able to break through to a level above internal training in the future." The official named Li exclaimed.

Wang Bai smiled modestly and said, "Lord Li, you are too kind. I am still far from being as good as you."

After the two men exchanged compliments, the official surnamed Li ordered someone to give Wang Bo the three hundred taels of silver reward and told him that he could always ask for his help if he had any problems in the future. Wang Bo thanked him and left the city lord's mansion.

After completing the task, Wang Bai quickly returned to his courtyard in the city.

"Including this reward, I now have a total of 800 taels of silver. If I want to buy the internal cultivation method at the gathering in the county city, it will cost at least 1,000 taels of silver. Sigh, there is a long way to go!"

Since that gathering, Wang Bai participated in several more gatherings, but unfortunately there was nothing like the Blood Release Secret Technique that could help him improve his strength. So when Wang Bai participated in the gatherings afterwards, he focused on collecting various information, especially information about internal refining methods.

Wang Bai had already broken through to perfection in external forging three months ago, and he had also perfected the mountain-splitting knife, the spirit ape stick, and the iron arm fist taught by the martial arts school.

"At my current cultivation speed of using blood elixirs four times a day, I'll be able to break through from the external to the internal cultivation and become an internal cultivation warrior in about a year. However, from what I've heard, passively tempering the internal organs through this external-inward method can only achieve a small level of internal cultivation. If I want to improve my cultivation level, I must practice internal cultivation."

Currently, there are three ways for Wang Bai to obtain the internal refining method. One is to obtain it from the court. Many old men in the martial arts school choose to join the City Lord's Mansion. Many people have persuaded him to join the City Lord's Mansion before, but the City Lord's Mansion has too many rules, and Wang Bai does not want to be bound by them. In addition, Wang Bai is worried that his secret will be discovered by someone with ulterior motives after joining, so he does not consider it.

The second is to wait, wait for the owner and the eldest senior brother to return. The owner He Ren and the eldest senior brother Chu He are both internal cultivation martial artists. With the combined strength of the two, obtaining the internal cultivation technique is not a problem. A letter came last month, saying that the master and disciple were quite appreciated by a noble person, and as long as they made a few more contributions, they would be given the internal cultivation technique. After that, the letter urged the martial arts school disciples to practice diligently. However, this internal cultivation technique may not be so easy to obtain. The risk is too great. If you are involved in it, I am afraid that martial artists who have achieved perfection in internal cultivation or even a higher level may end up torn to pieces.

The last thing was to buy. Wang Bai learned from the old people at the gathering that there would also be a gathering in the county city, which would be held in two months. Compared with the gathering in the county city, the warrior gathering in Qingcheng was more like children playing house. At the gathering, some people would sell fragments of internal cultivation methods or even complete internal cultivation methods, as well as elixirs for internal cultivation warriors. For Wang Bai, even if there were only fragments, as long as he could temper his internal organs, Wang Bai could rely on his ability to cultivate to perfection in internal cultivation.

"The complete internal refining method is too valuable. It rarely appears and every time it appears it is accompanied by blood and gore. However, the fragments are easier to obtain. With my ability, I should be able to handle it." Wang Bai thought to himself.