Urban Seduction: Housewives Club

Chapter 1691 - 0021: The Eight-Level Gale 2

The floater glided along the streets of Jinling, and Wang Yue gazed at the towering skyscrapers around him, feeling a sense of disconnection from the world. For the rest of the Wang family, it had only been a month since their last outing. But for Wang Yue, it felt like an eternity—so long that he had almost forgotten the layout of Jinling.

Fortunately, the car had a navigation system. He just had to follow the directions to get to the Lingyun Pavilion without worrying about getting lost.

Amidst the pedestrians and traffic giving way, Wang Yue soon arrived at the street where the Lingyun Pavilion was located. To his surprise, everyone on the street was standing on the sides of the road, their expressions filled with awe.

Wang Yue was puzzled when he heard the sound of orderly footsteps coming from ahead. Then, a group of soldiers in military uniforms appeared in his line of sight.

Even as a member of the privileged class, Wang Yue quickly drove to the side of the road to let the soldiers pass.

In the battle against the beast tribes, cultivators were the sharp blades, and thermal weapons were the conventional means. But the real backbone was the military.

The soldiers didnʼt practice the cultivation methods and techniques of cultivators. Instead, they practiced a special cultivation method that humans had found in a unique secret realm when the spiritual energy first began to resuscitation.

An individual who practiced this method was only slightly stronger than an ordinary person. Even if they trained well, they couldnʼt compare to a cultivator at the first level of the Body Refining stage.

But the special thing about this method was that it could connect individuals together to form battle formations. The strength of everyone was combined and greatly amplified through the formation.

A single soldier couldnʼt even defeat a cultivator who had just entered the Body Refining stage. But ten soldiers in a battle formation could match a cultivator at the Qi Refining stage. A hundred soldiers in a formation could contend with a cultivator at the Soul Condensation stage.

A thousand soldiers in a formation could hold their own against a cultivator at the early (levels one to three) or even middle (levels four to six) stages of the Tianyuan stage. And once a ten-thousand-strong formation was formed, even a cultivator at the Guizhen stage would have to step back.

The reason humans could stand toe-to-toe with the powerful beast tribes and carve out a stable human territory was fundamentally because of the iron wall formed by the millions of soldiers.

So, even the most arrogant cultivators would genuinely respect the soldiers.

Of course, there were always exceptions. Some people in the human world enjoyed the protection of the military but looked down on soldiers in their hearts, or had ulterior motives.

The group of several hundred soldiers quickly passed by, and the street returned to its normal order. People went back to their business.

But Wang Yue kept this in mind. Although there were garrisons in major cities to defend against the beast tribes on the human territoryʼs borders, these garrisons usually didnʼt mobilize. The fact that several hundred soldiers had been deployed now clearly meant something had happened.

But Wang Yue thought it probably wasnʼt a big deal. Even if it was, it wouldnʼt affect him. He hadnʼt heard of anything happening during the same period in his previous life.

If it hadnʼt been for a whim that brought him to this street today, he probably wouldnʼt have known about the military deployment in this life.

Quickly putting this matter aside, Wang Yue drove to the building where the Lingyun Pavilion was located. After showing his identification, he drove the floater into the underground parking lot.

The Lingyun Pavilion, named as a ”pavilion,” wasnʼt very large. It only occupied one floor in a commercial building over a hundred stories tall. After all, it only sold things for cultivators, and in a city, there were not many cultivators—most were ordinary people.

After parking the car, Wang Yue directly entered the elevator from the underground parking lot and pressed the button for the top floor.

After all, it was called the ”Lingyun” Pavilion. Naturally, it was located at the highest place. That was where its class came from.

There was a rule in this building. Once the button for the top floor was pressed, no matter how many people were waiting at intermediate floors, the elevator would not stop at any floor and would directly take people to the top floor. It was a cultivatorʼs privilege, manifested in every aspect.

If a non-cultivator pressed the button for the top floor, the consequences would be very serious.

With the help of this privilege, Wang Yue quickly arrived at the top floor.

At this moment, there were quite a few people in the Lingyun Pavilion, including cultivators and ordinary people.

Although the Lingyun Pavilion did not sell things for cultivators to ordinary people, it did buy things for cultivators from ordinary people.

There were many people in the world. Even ordinary people could obtain some things for cultivators if they were lucky. These things were not only useless in their hands but could also cause them trouble. So they were very willing to bring them to the Lingyun Pavilion to exchange for some money.

”Hey, Young Master Wang, what brings you here today?” As soon as Wang Yue entered the door, a clerk immediately came forward with a smile.

Although the Lingyun Pavilionʼs power was huge and far exceeded first-class forces like the Jinling Three Families, they never bullied customers because of their size. Not to mention Wang Yue, even if an ordinary person came, they would be warmly received, truly understanding the essence of ”the customer is God.”

Naturally, Wang Yue wouldnʼt put on any airs either. He got straight to the point and said, ”I want a copy of that martial technique.”

Since that martial technique had no name, everyone referred to it as ”that martial technique,” and over time, it became customary.

”Which one?” Because it had been so long since anyone had inquired about that martial technique, the clerk was momentarily confused.

However, anyone working at a place like the Lingyun Pavilion had to be quick-witted. The clerk just paused for a moment, then slapped his forehead and laughed, ”Look at my memory. Young Master Wang is talking about that martial technique, right? Itʼs true, Young Master Wang is a genius. Maybe you really are the destined person for that martial technique. Iʼll get it for you right away.”

Wang Yue sneered inwardly: I donʼt believe you for a second. You businesspeople are all the same. Youʼve probably said the same thing to everyone who came to buy that martial technique!

Soon, the clerk took out a piece of paper from a sealed cabinet—it was an ordinary A4 sheet, with the text printed on it.

Wang Yue was quite speechless. He thought they should at least use a piece of parchment and make it look old to give it some class.

Instead, they handed him this thing, which gave off a very cheap vibe, making him feel like he didnʼt want to buy it.

Then, upon asking the price, it was indeed extremely cheap—only 100,000 credit points.

This couldnʼt even be described as a bargain price; it was more like the price of the discarded outer leaves of a cabbage!

After all, things for cultivators, especially cultivation methods and martial techniques, were usually sky-high in price. Even the lowest level ones started at hundreds of millions of credit points.

But then again, Wang Yue calmed down. After all, this thing had already been mass-produced and had no secrecy value left. It was a case of selling as much as possible.

Moreover, although its power was decent, even a cultivator with the lowest purity of true energy could exert the power equivalent to a top-tier Yellow-grade martial technique after perfecting it. However, it only had one move, and it was a very simple and brutal downward chop. Except for ambushes, it was basically impossible to hit anyone.

So, apart from the lowest-level small families that only had low-grade Yellow-level cultivation methods and martial techniques, no one would bother to practice it.

Wang Yue transferred the credit points using his communicator, then took the A4 paper and glanced at it.

The paper featured a diagram of the flow of true energy within the body, with some textual annotations on the side, indicating how to exert force and guide the true energy within the body.

This martial technique could be described as very simple, but the way of exerting force and the flow of true energy were quite unique. If one hadnʼt seen the annotations and diagrams, they would never have thought it could be done this way.

But that was all there was to it. Without trying it out, Wang Yue really didnʼt know how powerful it was.

After just one read, Wang Yue committed this martial technique to memory, then casually folded the paper and put it in his pocket.

The clerk immediately asked, ”Does Young Master Wang need anything else, such as a weapon? This move needs to be used with a weapon to exert its maximum power.”

Weapons, the Wang familyʼs armory had quite a few. However, since the familyʼs strongest martial technique was a palm technique, the armory mostly collected powerful thermal weapons. There werenʼt many good cold weapons.

Wang Yue thought for a moment and said, ”Take me to see the long knives.”

As the saying goes, ”A month with a staff, a year with a knife, a decade with a sword, a lifetime to master a spear like a dragon.” Wang Yue had never used a weapon before, so naturally, he needed to find one that was easy to learn.

As for why he didnʼt choose the easiest one, the staff, the reason was simple—it wasnʼt cool. Wielding a staff would make him look like a monkey, right?

Although a knife wasnʼt as cool as a sword, nor did it have the regal aura of a spear, it was at least imposing. So, that was his choice.

”Sure thing, Young Master Wang, this way, please,” the clerk said cheerfully. After all, the clerks got a commission when the customers they received made a purchase.

If Wang Yue had only bought that martial technique, there wouldnʼt have been much profit for him. But weapons were different. Each piece was high-priced, not to mention that this was Young Master Wang from the Wang family. Naturally, he wouldnʼt go for the cheapest one.

Led by the clerk, Wang Yue soon arrived at the weapons room.

In this weapons room, there were all kinds of knives on display, including long knives, short knives, and double knives.

”Young Master Wang, how about this one? This is a work by the weapon master Ou Sheng from Tianhai City. Needless to say, it is very sharp and can withstand the true energy infusion of a cultivator at the Earth Abyss stage. It is now on sale for 50 million credit points. What do you think, Young Master Wang?” The clerk picked up a sheathed long knife and introduced it.

Although he really wanted to overcharge Wang Yue, considering that the latter probably just wanted to try out a knife on a whim, he only introduced a medium-quality long knife to him.

However, Wang Yue shook his head. Only being able to withstand the true energy infusion of a cultivator at the Earth Abyss stage was a joke, right? He, Wang Yue, was already at the Earth Abyss stage now, and with his rapid upgrading speed, he believed it wouldnʼt be long before he reached the Tianyuan stage. At that time, wouldnʼt the weapon be destroyed as soon as he channeled his true energy into it?

Seeing Wang Yue shaking his head, the clerk thought he felt the knife was too good and didnʼt want to buy it. He was about to introduce a worse one when Wang Yue said, ”Show me the best long knife you have here. Money is not a problem.”

The clerk was overjoyed and immediately took down a long knife from a separate weapon rack, saying, ”This knife is named ʼCold Moon.ʼ It was found by our Lingyun Pavilion expedition team in a secret realm and has been personally tested by a cultivator at the Transcendental stage in our pavilion. This knife can withstand the full-force true energy infusion of a cultivator at the Transcendental stage. It is a rare and exquisite treasure.”

Wang Yue took the long knife and drew a bit of it out of the sheath. He immediately felt a cold gleam shoot out from the blade, and it seemed as if the temperature in the entire weapons room dropped a few degrees.

”Although the name is a bit common, it is indeed a precious knife. How much does it cost?” Wang Yue nodded and asked.