Cultivation towards immortality, starting from being a fisherman

Chapter 75: Chapter 75: Fragment of Fist Technique

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The Spirit Grass, once harvested and packed, was carried by the White Crane Child and delivered into Su Ping’s hands.

Su Ping thought for a moment, folded a paper immortal crane, and performed a minor trick, making the crane fly slowly to Little Taoist Zhouxuan in the backyard.

In the capacity, and tone, of Yunlai Sword Immortal, he commended Zhouxuan for his decent performance over the recent period.

Simultaneously, strapped to the back of the immortal crane were a few light, thin silk books handed to him.

Among these books were a few immortal techniques and tricks that might be used in planting Spirit Rice.

There was also a volume named Mixed Yuan Qi Jue, a divine martial arts skill.

This martial arts directly aimed toward the Grandmaster Realm. If a mortal achieved great success, they could rival a first-layer Body Cultivation in vitality!

Even in the Immortal Cultivation World, this was a technique worthy of being kept in the ancestral libraries of the mortal families as a foundation of their heritage.

It was also one of the most valuable martial arts techniques Su Ping had on hand.

Su Ping planned to have Zhouxuan try it out first.

Compared to Body Cultivation, the threshold for these martial arts techniques was lower and easier for beginners.

Relying on the environment of the Second-Tier Mid-Grade Spirit Vein in the Pot Cave Heaven, he should be able to sustain the expenses of learning martial arts without the aid of medicines.

Martial arts could also allow Little Taoist Zhouxuan to feel the changes and benefits brought by Immortal Cultivation more quickly, thus maintaining his enthusiasm for farming and alchemy!

Zhouxuan was unaware of this, and upon receiving the Immortal Techniques and Divine Skill, he was overjoyed and immediately performed a grand salute in the direction from which the immortal crane had flown.

He resisted the temptation to read the books first and took good care of the Spirit Field, only then returning to the thatched hut to read slowly.

Su Ping’s days were spent farming, practicing his skills, and when the thought struck him, he’d return to his hometown to enjoy the benefits of the information age.

Such days were, indeed, comfortably spent.

Before long, another week passed by.

Su Ping once again completed the 120 fishing attempts he had for the week, but this time he didn’t catch any rare fish.

However, his fishing experience advanced to:

[Current Fishing Level: 3 (860/1000)]

If he was lucky, he could level up next week!

Although the fishing shop updated its items only at odd levels, having such a goal and seeing the progress were still satisfying for Su Ping.

How many have given up just before success because they could not see the progress bar?

As for finding new Fishing Points, in his hometown, Su Ping visited several famous historical sites to no avail.

In the Immortal Cultivation World, the area of Ancient Relics was now in chaos. Su Ping planned to wait until they finished fighting before taking a look.

After all, even without a Spirit Vein, the Mysterious Turtle Island could still serve as a Fishing Point, so Su Ping wasn’t too worried that he would miss out if he went later.

The appointed time with the Ten Thousand Treasure Tower had arrived, so Su Ping prepared and once again headed to the Nine Leaf Mountain Workshop.

Only a week apart, Su Ping noticed that the fog of the formation around Nine Leaf Mountain Workshop had thinned significantly, and at the foot of the mountain, there was no fog at all, but instead, a greater number of people had gathered.

Among them were mortals who had congregated and were building palisade walls and wooden houses around the mountain’s base.

Many of them were martial artists, and occasionally, loose cultivators could be seen supervising the construction.

These people, under the premise of not destroying the formation, were trying their best to clear space to build houses and cultivate farmland.

“Are they planning to turn Nine Leaf Mountain into a mountain city?”

“With the protection of the Nine Leaf Mountain Workshop’s formation, it is indeed safer for mortals to live in this vicinity than in other mortal cities.”

“Are these the mortal noble families who have finally caught on to the opportunity but don’t dare venture too far away, making preparations?”

Noticing the layout and the identifiers on the clothes of the martial artists from different noble families, Su Ping had some guesses in his mind.

Upon entering the foot of the mountain, martial artists who recognized Su Ping as a cultivator immediately called out to make way, clearing a path to the workshop.

Several loose cultivators, upon seeing Su Ping, quickly bowed their heads respectfully in salute.

The acts of these loose cultivators, who seemed like significant figures to others, also made the laborers realize something and suddenly fill with reverence.

For a moment, everyone fell silent.

Only after the silhouette of Su Ping disappeared quickly, did the area resume its activity as shouts once again filled the air.

Su Ping arrived at the Ten Thousand Treasure Tower and saw the mustachioed middle-aged scholarly Gu Mozi.

This scholar, upon seeing Su Ping arrive, hurriedly came forward to greet him.

The scholar then led Su Ping into a secret chamber.

After saying his farewells and leaving, Gu Mozi left Su Ping alone in the room.

In the chamber, there was a copper mirror.

Once the door was closed by the scholar, ripples appeared on the mirror, and soon a woman who looked to be in her thirties, with a classical air, not particularly beautiful but emanating an inner contentment and attractiveness, appeared in the mirror.

Upon seeing the figure, Su Ping’s heart stirred slightly, but he wasn’t surprised.

Spirit Roots made no distinction between genders, and the techniques of the Chi Yuan Immortal Sect were not gender-specific.

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There were quite a few female cultivators even among the true inheritors of the Inner Sect.

This female cultivator appeared to be in her thirties, but cultivators tend to look younger.

Su Ping was respectful.

Fortunately, the other party wasn’t someone who looked down on others because of her status.

After a brief introduction, both sides began to set the terms of the trade.

Su Ping also learned that this Inner Sect sister shared his surname, but she came from the renowned Su Family of Water Cloud Mountain.

One of the leading forces among the many Immortal Cultivation Families of the Immortal Sect.

She offered three Body Cultivation Secret Techniques for Su Ping to choose from.

Su Ping really wanted to say that only children make choices, he wanted all of them!

In the end, Su Ping did not dare to do so, and after weighing his options, he chose what seemed like the most practical—one, the fragment of the Big Dipper Fist Technique.

This fragment of the Body Cultivation Secret Technique was called the North Dipper Greedy Wolf Fist.

When Greedy Wolf is unleashed, I alone am exalted between heaven and earth!

Although Su Ping wasn’t too convinced by the hyperbolic opening phrases of this Body Tempering secret technique, after reading the introduction, he felt it was the most suitable Body Cultivation Secret Skill for him at present.

Because the North Dipper Greedy Wolf Fist Secret Skill allowed the practitioner to squeeze out their body’s potential, even to the point of overexertion resulting in difficult to recover injuries, enhancing the punch involving Fist Intent that followed.

To others, this would be a life-or-death Forbidden Technique that essentially traded life for power even if mastered!

But for Su Ping, who had Life Potions and Purification Potions, wasn’t this just a means of consuming life value to continuously increase attack power?

He was quite familiar with this kind of skill!

After reading the introduction, Su Ping’s mind began to envision himself charging up while continuously drinking medicine.

Combined with the added bonuses from the Ten Directions Annihilation Body.

As long as the charge-up wasn’t interrupted.

He could keep stacking the power of his punch, exponentially increasing it to surpass his original strength by tenfold, or even a hundredfold!

And while someone else might be ruined after throwing such a punch.

He, on the other hand, could rely on his potions to follow up one punch after another, catching his opponent completely off guard!

“Big Dipper Fist Technique fragment?”

“This fragment of the Body Cultivation Secret Technique comes from the Ancient Sect Supreme Self-Respect Sect!”

“It is one of the fist techniques of the Greedy Wolf, Breaking Army, and Seven Killings chapters from its Supreme Secret Scripture, the North Dipper Death Injection Scripture!”

“However, the corresponding Northern Dipper Body Refining Chapter has long been lost, and if you force yourself to practice it, barely entering the doorway is already the limit, and no one has achieved even minor success in the last thousand years.”

As an Inner Sect Disciple, the female cultivator reminded Su Ping with a few words and said no more.

This for her was already going above and beyond.

Su Ping nodded his thanks and continued,

“Sister is right in her reminder, but I don’t have the luxury of learning Ancient Secret Techniques perfectly suited for me. What I’m really interested in is that life-or-death move of the Big Dipper Fist Technique.”

“These days, the Immortal Sect is far from peaceful, and with my modest abilities, if I can’t have one or two life-or-death fall backs…”

“Wouldn’t I just be at the mercy of others?”

“In that case, I can understand.”

The female cultivator took a closer look at Su Ping after hearing this.

Even through the copper mirror, she could tell that Su Ping seemed to have achieved minor success in Body Refining.

The Big Dipper Fist Technique fragment might indeed present him an opportunity to learn the basics, and then, with that desperate secret skill.

As long as the opponent isn’t much stronger, knowing that he has such a trump card, there’s a high likelihood that they would weigh whether it’s worth the exchange.

These days in the Immortal Sect, there aren’t many low-tier cultivators willing to take actions and bear the consequences like him!

She couldn’t help feeling tempted to recruit him, but considering the pile of troubles she would have to handle afterward, she repressed the urge for the time being.

Once the trade agreement was reached and Su Ping swore an oath on his Heart Demon that he would not disclose the content of the day’s trade,

a stone platform rose in the secret chamber with a click.

In the fist-sized wooden box on the platform lay the Skill Transmission Jade Scroll of the North Dipper Fist Technique, the Greedy Wolf chapter.

Su Ping thanked his senior sister, picked up the Jade Scroll, and placed it against his forehead.

He soon saw the difficult-to-remember but repeatedly reviewable Immortal Texts within the Jade Scroll.

After confirming that the content of the secret skill matched what he had surmised,

Suppressing the excitement and joy surging through his heart, Su Ping thanked the female cultivator in the copper mirror once more and quickly left the secret chamber.