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Chapter 34: Chapter 34 Intelligence Update

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[Today’s intel has updated (Level 1)]

[1. Today, you studied Grand Ancestor Long Fist and obtained intel: Grand Ancestor Long Fist was created by Ancestor Song; it’s a basic form, considered the mother of all boxing. It can be trained to the peak of Ming Jin. With your talent, you could enter the entry-level in two days, master it in a month, reach Small Success in a year, achieve Great Success in five years, and attain Perfection in ten years.]

[2. Today, you learned from Wu Hong about the classification of Martial Arts Realms and obtained intel: Martial Arts is the art of nurturing qi and blood. Advancing in the Martial Arts Realm can supplement moves, while Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and elixir pills can accelerate realm advancement.]

[3. Today, you were pressured by Ma Liu to pay off a debt and obtained intel: Ma Liu has reported to Yu Sanliu your intention to repay twenty-five taels, but Yu Sanliu is not planning to let you off and has ordered Ma Liu to press you for payment in three days!]

[4. Today, you met Uncle Erba and obtained intel: Uncle Erba went home to ask Aunt Erba for silver. Although reluctant, she still took out two silver taels, and Hu Zi will deliver it to you tomorrow.]

[5. Today, as you passed by the foothills of the back mountain, you obtained intel: At five o’clock this morning, a thirty-year-old Red-eyed Golden Chicken, injured, will fall into Wild Wolf Gully.]

In the evening, Chen Jie awoke from his sleep, today’s intel had updated.

Chen Jie read through everything from start to finish and then began to analyze.

First was today’s study of Grand Ancestor Long Fist; the intel indicated that while it’s a basic boxing method, it’s excellent for laying the foundation, and once perfected, it can reach the peak of Ming Jin.

The peak of Ming Jin, wasn’t that the realm Wu Zhong and Yu Biao were chasing after?

Ming Jin has two barriers, the Skin Barrier and the meat barrier. Looking at it this way, one should reach the Skin Buff Realm upon reaching the Small Success stage of Grand Ancestor Long Fist, considered a Martial Artist. Five years to achieve Great Success could break the meat barrier and enter the late stage of Ming Jin. Once reaching Perfection, one would probably be nearing the level of Dark Force, right?

Chen Jie thought to himself, quite satisfied since, after all, Wu Zhong and Yu Biao were both forty and were still at the Skin Barrier, especially Yu Biao, who was recently not focused on capturing Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, preparing to break through the meat barrier and enter the late stage of the Ming Jin Realm.

Yet with such training, it would only take five years to catch up to them. By that time, he would only be twenty-three. From this, it could be seen that his talent must be good.

At least much better than Wu Zhong and Yu Biao.

He must have some minor talent after all.

However, talent is just a part of it; this world seems to value resources more, as can be seen from the second piece of intel. Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, elixir pills can accelerate realm advancement.

In other words, hard training definitely can’t keep up with the speed of consuming pills.

That’s understandable, after all, medicines can aid cultivation; this is common knowledge.

The third and fourth items were about Ma Liu coming to press for debt today, and Uncle Erba thinking of ways to raise money for him, a kindness which Chen Jie remembered.

As for Ma Liu not planning to let him go, Chen Jie’s lips curved into a cold smile. He wasn’t planning to let him go either!

If it weren’t for not wanting to involve Yunjin, Chen Jie wouldn’t let Ma Liu live past tonight.

Lastly, the fifth piece of intel was what Chen Jie paid most attention to: the Red-eyed Golden Chicken. Chen Jie hadn’t heard of it, but one detail caught his attention—the thirty-year-old Red-eyed Golden Chicken.

That indicated many things, as birds don’t typically live long, generally only seven or eight years. A normal Golden Chicken would probably also die of old age after seven or eight years.

But a Red-eyed Golden Chicken living for thirty years must mean something.

Ordinary chickens can’t live that long.

Meaning, this chicken might very well be a unique Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure of this world.

Thinking of this, Chen Jie was no longer sleepy.

He got up, circulated the Yang Chun Skill, and given he already slept for about five hours, felt he had enough sleep.

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Tiptoeing out of bed and seeing no movement from Su Yunjin’s room, Chen Jie quietly made his way outside the courtyard.

Time was pressing and he couldn’t afford the slightest slack. It was still too dark to head to the mountains, so he decided to practice boxing for a few rounds.

If he wanted to stand his ground in this world and protect the people he wished to protect, it was essential to possess martial power.

Grand Ancestor Long Fist, starting posture, Sea Sand Scooping, Charging Step Palm Insertion…

In the darkness, Chen Jie devotedly practiced the Grand Ancestor Long Fist. After going through the routine twice, he was soaked with sweat. He took off his clothes and continued shirtless. By about the eighth round, Chen Jie’s body had reached its limit.

Breathing heavily and feeling increasingly tired, he simply couldn’t continue. But just then, he suddenly remembered how he had felt this same way when carrying Doctor Bai up the mountain. He had been unable to continue, but after adjusting his breathing according to the Yang Chun Skill, he managed to persevere.

With that in mind, Chen Jie adjusted his breathing and gritted his teeth to endure.

Although the Yang Chun Skill was potent, it wasn’t instantly effective. After adjusting his breathing with the Yang Chun Skill, Chen Jie realized, once he had finished the routine, that he could hold on.

He continued to persist, and the longer he went, the endless rounds of boxing seemed to stretch on, whether it was the twentieth or thirtieth round, he couldn’t tell.

Suddenly, Chen Jie felt a lightness in his body, and when he performed the Grand Ancestor Long Fist again, it felt effortless.

Even more incredibly, when Chen Jie combined the breathing method from the Yang Chun Skill with the Grand Ancestor Long Fist, he found that the power of his boxing had increased considerably.

This filled Chen Jie with joy.

Sensing the change, Chen Jie thought of his progress panel and summoned it.

Panel:

[Chen Jie]

[Realm: Not yet admitted]

[Cultivation Technique: Yang Chun Skill (entry-level), Grand Ancestor Long Fist (entry-level)]

[Evaluation: You have a talent for martial arts and you have discovered that the Yang Chun Skill combined with the Grand Ancestor Long Fist is highly effective, resulting in a rapid increase in strength!]@@novelbin@@

Looking at the information on the panel.

The realm was still Not yet admitted, which didn’t surprise Chen Jie; he had guessed that the lowest realm recorded on the panel would be of a Martial Artist, and he was evidently not yet one, having not broken through the Skin Buff Realm.

However, the recorded cultivation techniques gave him a pleasant surprise. These days, using the Yang Chun Skill whether while sleeping or practicing had deepened his understanding of it, leading to his entry-level proficiency, which was not surprising to him.

What was surprising, though, was that his Grand Ancestor Long Fist had also reached entry-level. The intelligence had clearly stated that it would take him two days to reach entry-level, yet he had managed it in just one night?

How?

Chen Jie was puzzled, but then it slowly dawned on him that the key lay in the Yang Chun Skill. According to his original training, he would have been unable to continue past the eighth round.

Normally at this point, he would have rested and not known when he could practice again.

But he had used the Yang Chun Skill in between, adjusting his breathing and allowing himself to persist. In one go, he had practiced twenty or perhaps thirty rounds, completing in one day what should have taken two.

So it wasn’t so unthinkable to reach entry-level overnight.

Considering this, it seemed the credit still belonged to the Yang Chun Skill.

Thinking about it, Chen Jie became interested in this cultivation technique. The Health Cultivation Method that his grandfather had passed down to him, was it really just for health?