Cultivation Kill

After saying goodbye to Qin Jing and Shi Yuan, Shen Zige returned to the inn.

He planned to learn Shi Yuan's kung fu. Although he was lucky enough to win against Shi Yuan, it didn't mean that Shi Yuan wasn't powerful. If he hadn't kept his distance from Shi Yuan at the beginning of the fight, he might not have been able to win!

Shen Zige decided to cancel his current stay at the inn and rent a house closer to the Immortal Cultivation Killing Shop, so that Zhao Shi could find him quickly if anything happened.

Houses in small cities are relatively cheap. Most homeowners have to pay property taxes to the city government every year. If they don't pay, the city guards will turn a blind eye to burglaries. What's even more terrifying is that the city guards themselves will also rob people!

Because of a lack of security, most people move to the top 100 cities. Shen Zige has now rented a fairly nice two-story wooden house. The second floor leaks a bit when it rains, so he needs to use basins or buckets to catch the water. However, these are minor issues. He can live on the first floor by himself. The main thing is that the price is cheap, with a rent of only three taels of silver per month.

"Illustrated Guide to Ultimate Human Combat Attacks?"

Shen Zige opened the book that Shi Yuan had thrown to him. The book explained that this fighting technique was the best attack method calculated by the Zheyun-1 of the technology company during its internal testing, based on the limits and angles that human joint structure and limb movement can reach. The book contained explanations of power bursts and angles, as well as mechanical formulas.

"So this is how you can attack when the opponent is defending." Shen Zige was completely absorbed in learning the fighting techniques developed by the AI ​​software. "When the opponent performs a spinning kick, their vision will be momentarily lost. At that moment, you can move like this and then counterattack like this..."

Shen Zige memorized all the fighting techniques in the book in just half a day. In the following days, he planned to set up a wooden dummy on the second floor to practice and turn the fighting knowledge he learned into a habitual reaction of his body.

Several households living near Shen Zige heard faint sounds of hitting from morning till night. They believed that Shen Zige was doing something bad at night and reported it to the local city guard team. Unfortunately, nothing came of it, and the city guard team did not send anyone to investigate, and the hitting did not stop.

One week later.

"almost."

Shen Zige wiped the sweat from his face with a towel. His body was still warm from exercise and couldn't rest immediately, so he decided to go for a walk outside.

When practicing combat, he would disperse his spiritual energy. He found that this helped him train his body better. His body was more robust than it had been a week ago. It had only been a week, so the changes weren't immediately apparent, but they would become more noticeable over time. Men should have some muscle, but not the kind of muscle that grows after taking drugs on Earth. While that might make you stronger and more powerful, it doesn't make you healthy. Muscles need to be developed through natural training.

Shen Zige opened the door and saw Zhao Shi standing anxiously outside. A light rain was falling outside, and Zhao Shi's disheveled hair was covered with raindrops, like grapes hanging on a vine.

"Boss, the Wuding Business Alliance branch has been completed," Zhao Shi said. "Wright has been appointed as the acting store manager of the Wuding Immortal Cultivation Killing Center, and it's open for business today. He's already sent many employees out on the street to hand out flyers!"

"Call back the flyer distributors who are outside," Shen Zige instructed. "Have them get some ingredients and cook food in the shop's break room. We'll serve it to the customers in the shop for free today."

"In addition, our store has decided to launch a membership system. A one-time top-up of 100 taels of silver will make you a Silver member; 500 taels will make you a Gold member; and 1,000 taels will make you a Diamond member," Shen Zige added. "Silver members get a 10% discount, Gold members get a 20% discount, and Diamond members get a 30% discount. You can take the money you receive to the Star Realm Bank to open an account and deposit it there. You don't need to bring it to me every day; I'll collect it once every seven days or once a month!"

Zhao Shi was an honest and loyal man, so Shen Zige wasn't worried that he would take the money and run away. Besides, Qin Feng was watching over him, and he wouldn't just stand by and watch Zhao Shi run away with his spirit stones.

Shen Zige was already prepared for the Wuding Business Alliance to get involved in his business. He lowered his income expectations to ten spirit stones a day, since he had already broken even.

Thinking of the monkey demon in West Wind Valley, Shen Zige felt that she had the strength to fight back and could give it a try. First, she needed to prepare a weapon.

Shen Zige spent one spirit stone for teleportation to go to Arena City No. 99.

Arena City No. 99 is the fourth largest city in Bamboo Kingdom, and its laws are relatively sound. Theft and fraud, which are permitted elsewhere, are not allowed here and will result in confiscation of property and detention for several days.

Looking at the bustling crowds on the street, the smiling vendors and the dazzling array of goods on both sides, Shen Zige sighed that stricter laws are not necessarily better. You can tell from the level of prosperity that merchants prefer to stay in places with more freedom and flexibility.

“Ninety-Nine Arena City is equivalent to dozens of other cities,” Shen Zige thought. “I heard that the headquarters of the Wuding Business Alliance is also in this city.”

"Hey bro, need a tour guide?" a young man who was good at reading people asked Shen Zige.

The boy was about the same age as Shen Zige, but he was pale and thin, and looked like he had been malnourished for a long time.

"Are you familiar with this place?" Shen Zige stopped.

“My name is Meng Bao. I’ve lived in this city all my life and never left,” the boy said. “When my mother gave birth to me, my father had a dream that one day he would be able to eat his fill, so he named me Meng Bao.”

"And what about your father?" Shen Zige asked.

“I starved to death when I was five years old,” Meng Bao said. “That year, my mother abandoned me and went to work as a servant in a wealthy family. My daily tour guide fee was only twenty copper coins.”

Shen Zige knew that Meng Bao might be saying this on purpose to gain sympathy and increase the hiring rate.

Using the micro-expression observation method taught by Shi Yuan, along with his own spiritual observation, he did not see Meng Bao's shifty eyes, his skin not contracting and sweating, or his heartbeat accelerating.

Shen Zige was convinced that Meng Bao was not lying, unless an ordinary person could perfectly disguise himself? There was only one possibility that could deceive Shen Zige's divine sense observation—Meng Bao deceived himself, even believing himself, which was the only way to perfectly disguise himself.

"Take me to the weapons shop." Shen Zige said, feeling that he was being too cautious. It was his first time in a strange big city, who would send a professional conman to bump into him?

"plz follow me."

Young Meng Bao led Shen Zige through the streets and alleys, turning left and right, until they arrived at a shop with the sign "Zhenqi Pavilion". The shop had three floors, and two people were walking out of it.

"You wait outside first," Shen Zige said to Meng Bao, and then walked straight into the True Artifact Pavilion.

"What do you need, sir?" a waiter from Zhenqi Pavilion greeted him.

"Just browsing." Shen Zige frowned as she looked at the various weapons on the shelves around her.

"Are you not satisfied with the weapons here, sir?" The waiter was good at reading people. "You can go to the second floor to take a look. The second floor has magic weapons for cultivators, and the third floor has high-level magic weapons, as well as some low-level spiritual weapons."

Shen Zige knew that cultivators generally used magic tools for Spirit Condensation and Foundation Establishment, and spiritual tools for Core Formation.

"Okay, I'll go check on the second floor."

As Shen Zige spoke, she walked up the stairs in the middle of the True Artifact Pavilion.