Cultivation System: Stronger with Age

This person hasn't even managed to hunt a thousand jin?

He shook his head slightly, thinking to himself. A Tier One Marsh Python can produce two hundred jin of flesh, and a Tier Two Marsh Python can yield three to four hundred jin. However, these demons possess incredibly strong life force and live in groups. Even several Tier Three Martial Cultivators working together would risk their lives to hunt them!

If one wants to obtain a thousand jin of Tier Two Marsh Python Flesh, they would need to team up and kill ten or so Tier Two Marsh Pythons. How could that possibly be easy!

Thinking of this, Ye Kai looked coldly at Lin Xuankong and said, "If the Demon Flesh on hand isn't enough right now..."

At this moment, Lin Xuankong lifted his long robe. He removed a Ghost Frog Pouch hanging from his belt, rummaged inside it for a moment, and then took out a pile of Tier Two Marsh Python Flesh, placing it on the ground. "This should be about a thousand jin!"

Ye Kai, who had just been giving Lin Xuankong a cold look, froze on the spot.

Ye Kai wasn't startled by the thousand jin of Tier Two Marsh Python Flesh. He was a mid-grade Tier Four Martial Cultivator of considerable strength who ran the Ye Family Trading Firm. Every day, he dealt with seven to eight thousand jin of Demon Flesh. A thousand jin of Tier Two Demon Flesh wouldn't surprise him that much!

The reason he was shocked was what lay beneath Lin Xuankong's robe, around his belt: five or six fresh-looking Ghost Frog Pouches! These were Ghost Frog Pouches, almost as valuable as Battle Armor, formed only within the bodies of late-stage Tier Three Ghost Frog Kings!

Six Ghost Frog Pouches? That's not just six ordinary wine bags!

Five of those Ghost Frog Pouches were vibrant in color, clearly taken recently from Ghost Frogs... This meant the man before him had killed five late-stage Tier Three Ghost Frog Kings?

Ghost Frog Kings are proficient in Demon Techniques like Invisibility, Long Tongue, Devour, and Venom, possessing unparalleled combat strength. Even he himself would need to team up with three or four people to kill just one in the Demon-Suppressing Valley. Yet this guy killed five?

This guy's strength must be exceedingly formidable! He's probably strong enough to be in the top ten of the Hero List!

The top ten of the Hero List... compared to someone like me, ranked seventy-second... Thinking back to how he had just coldly treated Lin Xuankong, Ye Kai's heart suddenly clenched.

No wonder Big-faced Yan said he was an important figure!

Lin Xuankong glanced at the silent Ye Kai. "If you're worried it's not enough, you can weigh it."

Ye Kai, having witnessed his share of grand scenes, quickly composed himself.

He immediately beamed, his expression becoming extremely amiable. "Since Brother Lin and Feiyan are close, you're like my own elder brother! Why would we need to worry about the weight!"

He quickly stood up and retrieved a Secret Manual from the cabinet.

"Brother Lin is a straightforward man, and I won't beat around the bush. Here, I've transcribed the Blood-Burning Secret Manual!"

Lin Xuankong opened it and scanned it for a moment, a delighted expression appearing on his face. He then stood up and said, "Feiyan, Boss Ye, I won't disturb you any longer."

「A moment later,」

Han Feiyan escorted Lin Xuankong out of the building.

After Lin Xuankong left, she quickly returned to the second floor, her expression somewhat sour as she looked at Ye Kai.

Seeing her come upstairs, Ye Kai couldn't help but smile. "This Brother Lin you brought is quite generous! That Marsh Python Flesh actually weighed in at about eleven hundred jin!"

Han Feiyan's face turned bitter. "You actually weighed it?"

"Do you realize that building a good relationship with him is more important than any amount of silver taels you could earn? And yet, you were still there haggling over every jin, over a measly eleven hundred jin!"

"He is indeed generous and seems powerful, but surely not as exaggeratedly so as you claim!" Ye Kai glanced sideways at Han Feiyan.

Han Feiyan frowned. "You idiot! One day, you'll understand just what kind of major figure he truly is!"

Being addressed like that by his good friend, Ye Kai, who had been in a perfectly good mood, suddenly looked a bit sheepish.

"No matter how 'major' a figure he is, can he possibly compare to the young masters from the Guo Family, Huang Family, or Feng Family of the Great Marsh Prefecture, or those from the Black Tiger Gang and Spirit Snake Gang? Could he even be on par with the top few on the Hero List? Am I supposed to take a financial loss just to curry favor with him?"

"Does transcribing a Secret Manual cost you any money? You're utterly obsessed with money! There will come a day when you regret this!" If she weren't incapable of beating him, Han Feiyan would have wanted to slap this friend of hers flying.

"Regret my ass! Only a fool wouldn't take money when it's offered!" Ye Kai also grew angry, snapping his fan open with a cold smirk.

***

Back in his stone tower, Lin Xuankong carefully examined the Secret Manual.

Once he had committed its many contents, Heart Methods, and key points to memory, a line of large text suddenly appeared in his mind.

[Blood-Burning Secret Technique: Uninitiated 1/900]

The four words 'Vigorous in Old Age' flashed with a purple-gold light. The next moment:

[Blood-Burning Secret Technique: Uninitiated 1/15]

Just as Han Feiyan had said, this Cultivation Technique indeed had a massive consumption.

The Blood-Burning Secret Manual clearly stated that once activated, the technique would immediately consume an amount of Qi Blood equivalent to what twelve portions of Qi Replenishing Soup could replenish—approximately sixty points of Perfection Level Qi Blood.

This level of Qi Blood consumption to unleash combat power meant that any Martial Cultivator below Tier Four simply couldn't use it. A Tier Three Martial Cultivator, for instance, would have their Qi Blood instantly depleted upon activation. How could they possibly continue fighting—with what, their Jill?

For ordinary Martial Cultivators, such a high-consumption Secret Technique could only be used for escaping or launching a surprise attack. It was entirely unsuitable for prolonged combat.

Of course, I'm an exception! This Cultivation Technique is perfect for me!

Without hesitation, Lin Xuankong immediately began to cultivate the Heart Method, footwork, and Body Technique of the Blood-Burning Secret Technique.

As time gradually passed, numerous new insights regarding the Blood-Burning Secret Technique continuously flooded his mind.

「More than two hours later,」

the line of large text in Lin Xuankong's mind flickered slightly.

[Blood-Burning Secret Technique: Uninitiated 2/15]