Chapter 254 - 229: Sixteen Inner Strengths, Business Genius_1

After the young man asked his questions, Xiao Ye began to explain in detail.

Lu Yan listened very carefully.

The young man, who had obviously just started practicing Thunder Nine Sounds, asked questions that weren’t too complex. Xiao Ye’s answers were in-depth but easy to understand, digging deep into the subject. Some points were particularly enlightening for Lu Yan.

After Xiao Ye finished explaining, the young man posed two more questions. Xiao Ye answered each one, and the young man sat down thoughtfully.

The second person stood up to ask questions.

Soon, it was Lu Yan’s turn.

Lu Yan also brought up all the problems he had faced during his recent cultivation, and received satisfactory answers.

Truth be told, having a martial arts practitioner who had achieved the Unity of Man and Martial Arts as a teacher was extremely valuable for martial cultivators.

In a sense, the value was equivalent to the reward of martial food or martial pills.

With money, you could buy martial food and martial pills.

But getting a top expert who had cultivated their top martial arts skills to the Unity of Man and Martial Arts to teach you was difficult.

After the lesson, when Lu Yan went back to study Thunder Nine Sounds, he found it to be much smoother.

In this way, Lu Yan peacefully cultivated at the Hidden Dragon Camp, steadily progressing in his cultivation level.

As for Thunder Nine Sounds, it gradually advanced, and finally, in the fourth month, he made a breakthrough – he gained the Martial Arts Avatar. This was slightly slower than when he learned the Cold Magic Palm.

However, considering it’s a top martial arts skill, the speed was astoundingly fast.

"Go exchange for Immortal Bones."

Lu Yan arrived at the Merit Hall feeling quite excited.

The man from last time saw Lu Yan and asked, "What would you like to exchange?"

"I’d like to exchange for Immortal Bones. I wonder how they can be exchanged?" Lu Yan immediately said, meaning to ask about the process.

"Exchange for Immortal Bones?"

The middle-aged man looked rather surprised.

Exchanging for Immortal Bones wasn’t unheard of, but it was extremely rare.

That’s because most people didn’t know the use of Immortal Bones.

Even in the Mansion of King Ming, Immortal Bones were rarely used. They were mainly used to fuse with alien beasts and train them as powerful killing machines, used for battlefield operations.

Members of the Hidden Dragon Camp, however, sometimes exchanged for Immortal Bones, but this was mostly due to curiosity.

"Yes, how can they be exchanged?" Lu Yan nodded seriously and asked again.

"Immortal Bones are graded according to size and intensity of the contained immortal power, without uniform standards. Here, we have ones for 10 merit points each as well as 20, 30, or 40 merit points each, and so on. Which one do you want to exchange for?" explained the middle-aged man.

Lu Yan thought for a moment and said, "Let me take one each of the 10, 20, and 30 merit point ones."

"Alright, I’ll make a note and you can collect them tomorrow."

The middle-aged man takes out a notebook to mark it down.

Lu Yan returned to his quarters.

A day passed quickly, and the next day Lu Yan returned to the Merit Hall and successfully exchanged for three pieces of Immortal Bones.

His merit points total decreased by 60 points.

Back at his quarters, he took out the three pieces of Immortal Bone to examine them closely.

The three pieces were of different sizes.

The larger ones weren’t necessarily more expensive. In fact, the one that was 30 merit points was actually the smallest.

The value of the Immortal Bones is mainly determined by the amount of immortal power it contains.

Some extremely old Immortal Bones have lost too much immortal power and, despite their large size, aren’t very valuable.

Lu Yan first took out the Immortal Bone that cost 10 merit points, summoned the eager Dao Book from within him, and swallowed it whole.

Soon, energy flowed out of the Dao Book and Lu Yan first used it to enhance the Cold Magic Palm.

The Cold Magic Palm had already attained 50% Transcendence. Now, it advanced rapidly towards Unity of Man and Martial Arts.

Before long, the Cold Magic Palm officially broke through Unity of Man and Martial Arts.

Lu Yan’s mental focus intensified as he began practicing the palm technique one strike after another.

Immediately, the temperature in the Practice Room plummeted, as energy from the world began to gather towards Lu Yan.

The Acquired Martial Body received a gift from Heaven and Earth.

He had missed this feeling tremendously.

The transformation this time was extremely rapid.

A tingling sensation emanated from Lu Yan’s robust body as an invisible force permeated deep into his muscles and bones, constantly honing them. It was as if he was being refined by countless hammers, removing impurities from his body and making him stronger.

The energy swirling into Lu Yan’s body from the world split into two parts. One part entered his physical body, while the other part entered his Liver Origin Spring and Heart Origin Spring.

A while later...

New Inner Strength began to flow out of the two Springs.

One strand, two strands, three strands...

In the end, a total of five strands of Inner Strength surged out, bringing Lu Yan’s total Inner Strength to a staggering sixteen strands.

"Upon reaching the Master Level, cultivating an Acquired Martial Body actually directly increases the number of Inner Strength strands."

Lu Yan was initially surprised, but soon became overjoyed.

It should be known that at the Martial Marquis level, cultivating an Acquired Martial Body doesn’t directly increase the Bone Strength count; it must first increase Qi-blood capacity, and then eat martial food to convert it to Bone Strength in order to increase the count.

Although the final result was the same, one step has now been eliminated.

It must be due to the two Springs.

This gift from Heaven and Earth lasted for almost half a day before it ended.

Lu Yan began carefully to feel the changes in his body.

His body became stronger, with muscles as strong as metal.

His organs and skeleton had also been refined and had become stronger.

This was without the use of Body Refining Martial Arts, it was an overall upgrade of his base attributes.

The base strength of a body was the foundation for practicing Body Refining Martial Arts.

That is to say, the stronger the base strength of the body, the more potent it would be when performing Body Refining Martial Arts.

His cultivation level also naturally increased, making a significant step towards the Second-rank Master Peak.

The five extra strands of Inner Strength were quite firm and dense, not something that a fresh Master Level Cultivator would have. Although they still couldn’t match the other eleven strands of Inner Strength, with a little more time, they would quickly catch up.

"Top Martial Arts truly deserve their name; this seems to be about a 50% increase."

Lu Yan expressed his amazement.

Originally, there were eleven strands of inner strength, which increased by five in one breath, close to 50%.

So, if another top martial arts attainment can reach the unity of man and martial arts, is it possible to touch the threshold of twenty kinds of inner strength and have the potential to cultivate a king’s true body?

The prospect was quite exciting to think about.

"Thunder Nine Sounds has reached a slight achievement. The energy of the immortal bone is exhausted."

Lu Yan further observed the avatar of Thunder Nine Sounds.

At the same time Lu Yan received the gifts from heaven and earth, the Dao Book did not stop. Lu Yan drew upon the energy of the Immortal Bone to improve Thunder Nine Sounds.

"An Immortal Bone worth ten merit points contains about half the energy of the Immortal Bone I got from Kunwu Mountain before."

Lu Yan surmised in his mind.

In other words, an Immortal Bone from Kunwu Mountain is worth twenty merit points, and the wooden stake he bought last time was about the same value.

Worth six hundred thousand taels of silver.

Purchasing the wooden stake last time only cost him fifty thousand taels, he indeed made a big profit.

Lu Yan plans to visit the business association more often in the future to see if he can continue to strike bargains.

"Let’s continue."

Lu Yan took out the Immortal Bone worth twenty merit points and fed it to the Dao Book.

The enhancement, it continues.

Thunder Nine Sounds broke through all constraints, barely reaching none other than its peak, and then ran out of energy.

Lu Yan did not let the Dao Book continue to absorb the Immortal Bone worth thirty merit points.

He had just experienced a gift from heaven and earth. The five newly added strands of inner strength had not yet reached their peak. It was not suitable to continue training his Acquired Martial Body now, as his foundation was unstable.

Lu Yan took out Martial Food to enhance the five new strands of inner strength.

Time flew by, and it was soon the time of the fifth monthly teaching.

This time, Lu Yan did not plan to go.

Because it was unnecessary.

But not going made him feel uncomfortable, as if he was at a great loss.

Because, this was something that the Mansion of King Ming provided for free to the newly joined talents of the Hidden Dragon Camp, and everyone had it.

But going would be a waste of time.

"Can I sell this opportunity to the elders who have been there for more than three years?"

Lu Yan’s eyes lit up, he slapped his palm and exclaimed, "Lu Yan, you really are a business genius. If you had gone into business instead of writing novels in your previous life, you would have been rich already."

Thinking of this, he immediately found Feng Yuanyi to ask.

"You want to sell the opportunity?" Feng Yuanyi stared in surprise.

"Yes, I’m extremely quick of comprehension and cultivate top martial arts at a phenomenal speed. I no longer need a tutor’s guidance, but it’s a waste if I don’t use this opportunity, so why not sell it? Have there been any previous cases in the Hidden Dragon Camp?"

Lu Yan inquired.

"Such excellent comprehension, making rapid progress in a day?"

Feng Yuanyi’s expression clearly showed disbelief.

"Brother Yi, could you tell us if there has been any precedence?"

Lu Yan asked further.

"Um...."

Feng Yuanyi contemplated for a long while and finally said, "No."

There has been no such incident before. It was a rare opportunity to be taught by someone who had achieved unity between man and martial arts. It was priceless, and no one would sell it.

"Just because it hasn’t happened doesn’t mean it can’t. I’ll give it a try. Brother Yi, do you know among the elders who practices the Thunder Nine Sounds?"

Lu Yan asked.

"There are quite a few who practice Thunder Nine Sounds, Lu Yan, are you sure you’ve considered this?"

Feng Yuanyi said, he still wanted to persuade Lu Yan again.

"Brother Yi, could you introduce me? Lu Yan will always remember your kindness."

Lu Yan said.

Seeing the determined look on Lu Yan’s face, Feng Yuanyi didn’t say anything more and took Lu Yan to meet a man in his thirties named Wei Yunfeng.

"You want to sell your opportunity to request martial arts?"

Wei Yunfeng looked at Lu Yan as if he were an idiot.

"Hey, what kind of look is that? If you don’t want to buy, I’ll find someone else."

Lu Yan said a bit annoyed.

"Wait, I’ll buy. If you sell it, I’ll buy it. How do you plan to sell it?"

Wei Yunfeng said in a hurry.

"Five tier-three martial pills."

Lu Yan set his price.

This price, in fact, wasn’t too high.

The opportunity to request martial arts once a month and the martial pills provided free of charge every month were actually considered equivalent, at least to other martial cultivators.

It should be known that for those who had been there for more than three years, they only got one opportunity every six months.

"Five martial pills, the price is fair, but I don’t have so many martial pills on me. I need to go to the Merit Hall to exchange them. Can you come back tomorrow?"

Wei Yunfeng asked.

"Of course."

Lu Yan nodded.

After Lu Yan left, Wei Yunfeng immediately went to the Merit Hall to exchange merit points for martial pills.

The next day, when Lu Yan saw Wei Yunfeng again, they reached an agreement. He sold this month’s opportunity to request martial arts to Wei Yunfeng for the price of five martial pills.

Holding the five martial pills, Lu Yan happily returned to the manor.

Very soon, it was time for the teachings of Thunder Nine Sounds.

Xiao Ye sat at the top, and when he saw Wei Yunfeng sitting below him, he frowned and said, "Wei Yunfeng, why are you here? It’s not your turn yet."

"Sir."

Wei Yunfeng stood up and said respectfully, "Lu Yan sold his opportunity for this month’s martial arts request to me. Here is the written proof he made, please have a look."

Wei Yunfeng handed the written document to Xiao Ye.

After Xiao Ye looked at it, his face darkened slightly, showing a hint of displeasure.

This had never happened before.

There was no rule in the Mansion of King Ming against it, so Xiao Ye didn’t say much. He let Wei Yunfeng sit down, and the question-and-answer session began.