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88: Chengqinghuo Copper Furnace Skill PerfectionLong Daosheng was stunned by the words, and it took him two seconds to react, bursting into laughter: ”Haha, of course not! Cultivating advanced Secret Martial arts has extremely strict requirements for a Martial Artist.

It’s not just about the strength of the Physical Body; more importantly, it’s about controlling Origin power. Only after cultivating ordinary Secret Martial arts to Major Achievement will you have the ability to refine Origin power and imprint your exclusive spiritual mark on your own Origin power.

To some extent, you can view ordinary Secret Martial arts as a necessary prerequisite for Cultivating advanced Secret Martial arts.

Of course, in addition to these self-requirements, there’s another point: Cultivating advanced True Martial arts requires a quota, and there’s only one every five years.

I’ll try to secure one for you this year, but it’s not guaranteed to be approved.”

Qin Jiang frowned slightly, ”Cultivating advanced True Martial arts still requires an application?”

”Of course, only people from the Longevity Sect can replenish the Golden Light Origin power within the Golden Light Subduing Demon Fist’s Secret Martial Origin Artifact. Even I don’t have that ability,” Long Daosheng said.

However, if one could take that step and condense a Martial Destiny, perhaps it would be possible.

He knew that the current Fourth Elder, Wang Ziming, had successfully practiced the Golden Light Subduing Demon Fist with the help of the current Wang Family patriarch, without consuming a Golden Light Subduing Demon Bell quota.

Qin Jiang nodded in slight disappointment, not expecting that Cultivating Martial arts would also require applying for a quota.

However, thinking about it, it was normal. Without some fundamental control methods, relying solely on martial might for governance would not last long.

”Alright, let’s go down the mountain. After you go back, familiarize yourself with the power of Azure Fire. At your current pace, you’ll probably fully control it within five days.”

Long Daosheng spoke, with a hint of sigh in his voice.

When ordinary True Disciples absorbed Azure Fire Origin power, let alone chatting with him, simply maintaining a clear mind was rare.

They would usually fall asleep on the spot after absorbing Azure Fire Origin power, and might not wake up for three to five days.

Even if they did wake up, it would take at least three months to adapt to and control the power of Azure Fire.

And Qin Jiang... Hiss~ He wasn’t even wearing a fire-resistant robe!

Fire-resistant robe? That’s right! Long Ye, that brainless fellow!

It was fortunate that Qin Jiang’s strength was formidable. If it were an ordinary person, they would probably be at least severely injured, if not half-dead, by now!

”Let’s go, we’re going down the mountain!” he said fiercely.

Qin Jiang was a bit bewildered by his sudden change, but he quickly followed.

Soon, the two arrived at the foot of the mountain, where Long Ye was pacing back and forth anxiously, like an ant on a hot pan.

The moment he saw Qin Jiang, he first showed joy, then quickly walked closer, craning his neck to examine him up and down, inside and out.

”Are you alright! It’s all my fault! I haven’t been here in too long, I actually forgot about this!” Long Ye said bitterly, wishing he could slap himself twice.

Qin Jiang smiled at his words, ”Third Senior Brother, have you forgotten? I am not an ordinary True Martial Artist. This Azure Fire cannot harm me.”

”Hmph! You don’t need to make excuses for him! Don’t let him off so easily! This fellow is always idle and only knows how to frequent brothels. He absolutely must learn his lesson!” Long Daosheng said with a frown.

His gaze turned to Long Ye, who shrank his head, ”Big Brother, I know I was wrong, isn’t that enough? At worst, I won’t go to Fengyi Pavilion for three years, half a year, one month! One month!

Besides that, I’ll give Fourth Brother ten thousand taels of silver as compensation, how about it?”

Long Daosheng’s eyes narrowed, ”Ten thousand taels? One hundred thousand taels! I know how much money you have. One hundred thousand taels should be enough. Don’t try to play tricks on me!”

”One... one hundred thousand taels?!” Long Ye’s eyes widened.

”Hmm? Do you have an objection? Do you think that just because I’ve comprehended the heavens and earth, I’ve truly become a muddle-headed old man?” Long Daosheng’s eyes slightly narrowed, releasing a faint golden light.

This time, he was truly angry.

If Long Ye still didn’t realize the seriousness of his mistake, he wouldn’t mind giving his Third Senior Brother a deeply memorable lesson from his Eldest Brother.

Long Ye straightened his body, his arms hanging straight at his sides, his head slightly lowered, ”No, no objection.”

Long Daosheng flicked his sleeve, ”No objection is best! If this happens again, I’ll break your legs!”

With that, he walked straight out of the Bronze Bell Sect, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Long Ye let out a long breath, glancing fearfully in the direction Long Daosheng had departed.

Although he and Long Daosheng were biological brothers, there was actually nearly a sixty-year age difference between them, so it was impossible not to be afraid.

He looked at Qin Jiang, and just as he was about to say something, Long Daosheng’s figure abruptly reappeared beside him.

!!!

He jolted, directly leaping back over ten meters, ”Big Brother! Are my legs really destined to be broken today?!”

Long Daosheng glanced at him without speaking, then turned to Qin Jiang and smiled, ”Junior Brother, I was so angry with this fellow earlier that I forgot to mention it.

In half a month, a Disciple Acceptance Ceremony will be held. Some prominent Families from Ningan County will come. You can get to know them then. If there are any conflicts in the future, you’ll know who to retaliate against.”

Qin Jiang raised an eyebrow. Are the Families in the County City so direct?

It felt quite good.

”Understood, Senior Brother.”

In the evening, in a courtyard near the Eastern Market, Qin Jiang sat in the yard.

This was a property of the Long Family, but it had already been transferred to Qin Jiang’s name, along with some other businesses.

He looked at the food platter on the table, which had fruits and pastries, but the most special item was a plate of dried meat.

To be precise, it was a plate of dried demon beast meat.

This made him sigh with emotion. Demon beasts, which could lord it over small villages and even smaller county towns, were now on a plate in the County City.

Looking at the size and specifications of the dried meat, it seemed to have already formed a certain scale of industrialization.

It seemed that besides internal human conflicts, there was also a struggle between humans and demon beasts.

He picked up a piece of dried meat and put it in his mouth. It was salty with a hint of sweetness; the taste was quite good.

However, it seemed to be just a demon beast comparable to a True Martial Artist. The Origin Qi contained in the dried meat was far inferior to that of the Great Demon.

He picked up another piece and ate it, then brought up his potential panel.

[Current Martial arts]

Black Fiend Demon Statue Skill (Perfection) [95%]

Innate One Qi Art (Perfection) [78%]

Azure Fire Bronze Furnace Skill (First Layer) (120 / 2500) [76%]

[Potential Points: 663.6]

The Azure Fire Secret Martial Origin power he had absorbed earlier directly pushed him to the First Layer.

And, as expected, the subsequent experience points required were greatly reduced.

It seemed that the main reason the Azure Fire Bronze Furnace Skill required over seventy thousand experience points to get started was the lack of Azure Fire Secret Martial Origin power.

He just didn’t know if there was a difference between the Origin Diagram deduced by the potential panel and Secret Martial Origin power.

Initially, he thought the Origin Diagram was Secret Martial Origin power.

But after hearing Long Ye’s explanation, he then felt that the Origin Diagram might be a more fundamental Origin Law than Secret Martial Origin power.

Shaking his head, he stopped thinking about it. He would know once it was deduced.

He picked up another piece of dried meat and chewed it.

Just from these past few days of understanding, he knew that Secret Martial arts were a very scarce resource. Even among the three prominent Families and nine noble Clans, only a few still possessed other Secret Martial arts.

Hmm... ordinary Secret Martial arts.

In the entire Ningan County, only the Bronze Bell Sect’s Golden Light Subduing Demon Fist was an advanced True Martial art.

Not only that, the ordinary Secret Martial arts possessed by the prominent Families and noble Clans were not as powerful as the Azure Fire Bronze Furnace Skill; they were merely regarded as foundational assets.

After all, if an ordinary Secret Martial-level Origin Artifact self-destructed, its power would be enough to threaten existences above Seventh-stage Secret Martial Artists.

Therefore, for now, it seemed he would find it very difficult to obtain other Secret Martial arts besides the Azure Fire Bronze Furnace Skill.

The most reliable method was still to deduce advanced True Martial arts to the Secret Martial level.

Thinking of this, he nodded slightly. It seemed he needed to start collecting potential points as soon as possible; the potential points brought from Black Mountain City were somewhat insufficient.

’Potential, add points, Azure Fire Bronze Furnace Skill.’

[Azure Fire Bronze Furnace Skill (First Layer) (120 / 2500), Experience points + 22380]

[Azure Fire Bronze Furnace Skill First Layer... Second Layer... Sixth Layer...]

[Azure Fire Bronze Furnace Skill (Perfection) [76%]]

[Potential Points: 439.8]

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PS: It will be available tomorrow, I hope everyone will support it.

Just rambling a bit, I suddenly realized that you all seem to prefer short and fast-paced plots, and then I reflected on it.

That is, some parts of the logic are not smooth.

And, how should I put it, the protagonist’s ending is actually already determined, so when I was writing, I had a feeling that the protagonist would succeed, so I could just mess around.

It’s like that classic question, if you had a hundred million now, would you continue studying?

The answer is, of course, yes. Math, physics, chemistry, English, even paper cutting, iron flower blacksmithing, traditional Martial arts.

You can learn whatever you want, you can learn without any scruples, and there’s no problem even if you want to learn how to play games!

So, when I write novels, I have this mentality, a bit of letting myself go, a feeling of enjoying the protagonist getting stronger little by little.

Seriously, when I write, I really enjoy the feeling of the protagonist getting stronger little by little, because I know very well that the protagonist will become someone who dominates the world with his powerful fists.

Wow, super cool!

Hmm... Of course, I think the greater possibility is that my writing skills are not good enough to convey that feeling.

Like when I completed the Black Fiend Demon Statue Skill, I originally wanted the eerie to close in step by step, and then at the critical moment, the protagonist would achieve a super Breakthrough, then laugh wildly and crush everything.

But, well, it ended up being written like that. Although there was a bit of that feeling, it was too different from what I envisioned.

Hmm, I’ll improve it later.

Thank you all for your continuous companionship.