Ordinary Bone

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Another day passed.

“Screech!...”

While cultivating, Xu Taiping suddenly heard the cry of a spiritual bird at the entrance of his courtyard.

“It must be Uncle Eagle bringing me the money.”

Xu Taiping leaped off the bed and hurried to the courtyard gate.

Sure enough, he saw the white-headed eagle from the day before.

“Thud!”

Without a word, the eagle tossed a bag of coins to Xu Taiping and said in a cold tone:

“The total sale was ninety-seven merit coins. After deducting my three coins, you have ninety-four left. Count them.”

“No need to count. Thank you, Uncle Eagle.”

Xu Taiping clasped his hands in gratitude.

The spiritual birds of Yunlu Mountain had formed blood contracts with the Qingxuan Sect and would never engage in petty theft.

This gesture of trust softened the eagle’s gaze toward Xu Taiping.

“If you need anything, just blow the flute. I’m in charge of this area now.”

The eagle spoke indifferently.

“Then I’ll be troubling you in the future, Uncle Eagle.”

Xu Taiping nodded.

“Hmm? Why is there a demonic aura in your courtyard?”

Just as the eagle was about to leave, it suddenly turned its head, its eyes filled with suspicion as it looked toward the courtyard behind Xu Taiping.

“This eagle can actually sense the demon wolf’s presence in my courtyard?”

Xu Taiping was surprised.

However, he saw no reason to hide the truth, so he recounted the events of the previous day to the spiritual bird.

“How could there be a demon wolf in Yanglu Mountain?”

After hearing Xu Taiping’s story, the white-headed eagle was equally puzzled.

“You’re quite lucky, kid. But you’d better avoid Yanglu Mountain for now. I’ll also inform the West Wind Pavilion about this.”

The eagle didn’t seem inclined to investigate further.

“That would be great.”

Xu Taiping nodded gratefully.

It would be helpful if someone from the sect could look into the matter, as his current cultivation level was no match for demonic creatures.

“By the way, do you plan to sell the demon wolf’s corpse?”

The eagle asked.

“Sell it? Of course!”

Xu Taiping nodded without hesitation.

“Then sell it to me. My little one is preparing to break through, and although that demon wolf isn’t of high grade, it’s more than enough to nourish our spiritual birds.”

The eagle said.

“Uncle Eagle, you can take it if you want.”

Xu Taiping replied generously.

He didn’t mind using the demon wolf’s corpse to build a friendship with the eagle.

“I can’t just take something from a young boy, especially something you risked your life for.”

The eagle gave Xu Taiping a look, but its fondness for the boy grew.

“How about this? If you sold the demon wolf’s corpse yourself, you’d probably get around ten merit coins. But I’m willing to offer twenty. What do you think?”

The eagle inquired.

Hearing this, Xu Taiping immediately ran back into the courtyard and dragged out the demon wolf’s corpse.

“Uncle Eagle, take it.”

He placed the corpse in front of the eagle.

“Here you go, kid.”

The eagle laughed heartily, then flapped its wings, accurately tossing twenty merit coins to Xu Taiping.

“Also, the former sect leader gave me the name Baihong. You can call me Uncle Bai.”

The eagle said as it grabbed the demon wolf’s corpse and took off into the sky.

“It was even named by the sect leader himself.”

Xu Taiping murmured as he watched the eagle fly away.

“With these extra twenty merit coins, I can finally afford a decent martial technique and a proper weapon.”

Looking at the bag of coins in his left hand and the twenty merit coins in his right, Xu Taiping couldn’t help but act like a child, skipping joyfully back into his courtyard.

Back in his room, Xu Taiping immediately inserted a merit coin into the bronze mirror.

“Xu Taiping of Qingzhu Residence, what do you seek from me today?”

The voice of the mirror spirit rang out.

“Honorable Mirror Spirit, I’d like to choose a few martial techniques and weapons. Do you have any recommendations?”

Although he knew the mirror spirit was just an emotionless artifact, Xu Taiping still addressed it with respect.

“As an outer sect disciple, you may only purchase martial techniques and weapons from the West Wind Pavilion’s armory. The mirror now displays the available techniques and weapons. You may make your selection.”

The mirror spirit’s voice remained devoid of emotion.

“Thank you, Honorable Mirror Spirit.”

Xu Taiping expressed his gratitude and began examining the options displayed on the mirror.

“I remember Elder Ziyang mentioning during his lecture that fist and palm techniques are the most suitable for the Canxia Technique. They maximize the advantage of the abundant qi cultivated through the Canxia Technique, allowing each punch or palm strike to rival the full-force strike of an ordinary person wielding a weapon.”

Recalling Elder Ziyang’s teachings, Xu Taiping immediately focused on the fist and palm techniques displayed on the mirror.

In the end, he chose a fist technique called Green Ox Fist.

According to the manual’s description, practicing the Green Ox Fist and using it in conjunction with qi would allow each punch to shatter boulders.

Additionally, the Green Ox Fist had two ultimate moves.

The first, “Ox Horn Shatters the Mountain,” when executed at full power, delivered a force equivalent to eight times that of a regular Green Ox Fist strike, akin to an ox crashing into a mountain.

The second, “Stampeding Ox Charge,” unleashed a flurry of punches, each stronger than the last, continuing until the user was completely exhausted.

Overall, the Green Ox Fist was well-suited to Xu Taiping’s current level and complemented the Canxia Technique’s ability to quickly replenish qi.

Of course, the West Wind Pavilion’s armory contained better and more suitable fist techniques, but most of them cost over a hundred merit coins. The Green Ox Fist, however, was priced at just thirty merit coins.

As a transitional martial technique for self-defense, the Green Ox Fist was perfect.

In addition to the Green Ox Fist, Xu Taiping spent ten merit coins on an archery technique called Piercing Willow Arrow.

This technique was relatively simple, teaching the practitioner how to use qi to enhance eyesight and focus, as well as how to infuse arrows with qi to increase their power.

In essence, it elevated ordinary archery to the level of a cultivator.

For Xu Taiping, spending ten merit coins on such a technique was a great deal.

For example, if he had known how to infuse arrows with qi during his encounter with the demon wolf, he might not have needed to rely on the forest traps to kill it.

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