Chapter 148 - 146: Ninth Grade Wind Dragon Divine Saber Technique
"That’s how war is, if you can avoid leaving the County City in the future, it’s best not to." Song Changming said.
He was not surprised by the situation outside the city.
Even though he had not seen it with his own eyes, Liang Zhao Long had already mentioned in his letters what he had seen and heard, including these displaced refugee civilians.
In times of war, the people are like grass, the most worthless...
That afternoon.
Gu Wenhui, being a significant figure ruling an area, kept his promise and sent Song Changming his deserved reward.
A precious martial technique!
And a five-hundred-year-old mountain ginseng!
Mountain ginseng is not Flowing Gold Ginseng; it is regular wild mountain ginseng. In terms of pure value, it might not be as noble as Flowing Gold Ginseng, but the years it has endured are evident.
A mountain ginseng nurtured for five hundred years is indeed a top-grade medicinal material, with extraordinary medicinal power.
In all his years of practicing martial arts, Song Changming had never seen such ancient wild ginseng.
It grows in the northern mountains and has lived through half the history of the Da Han Dynasty!
It is entirely a product of several eras ago.
Just by opening the medicine box to look at it, Song Changming could almost feel the traces of time left upon it.
At the same time, a fragrance of medicine seeped from the surface of the ginseng into Song Changming’s body, purifying his internal organs.
"This is indeed a treasure!" Song Changming said satisfied.
"Naturally, this five-hundred-year mountain ginseng has been treasured by Lord Gu for a long time, reluctant to take it out, but now handing it over to Younger Brother Song, it shows how much Lord Gu values you."
Liu Fengnian said from aside, his eyes showing some envy.
He was the one sent by Gu Wenhui to deliver the reward to Song Changming this time.
Such a precious ginseng, even if other martial artists lack wild ginseng among the medicinal materials required for body refinement, they can still rely on the potent medicinal power of this five-hundred-year mountain ginseng to enhance body refinement cultivation and strengthen personal power.
Song Changming nodded and thanked Lord Gu again.
It seemed that only someone of Gu Wenhui’s level could have such a precious item.
Even Liu Dingsheng could not find ginseng of this age.
Putting away the medicine box, Song Changming’s gaze fell on another book.
The book was not thick, appearing to contain only a few pages.
Several large gold-embossed characters were printed on the black cover.
Ninth Grade Wind Dragon Divine Saber Technique!
Martial Technique!
Yes, this is the legendary martial technique!
But what’s with the name of this martial technique?
Why does it feel so ostentatious and lengthy...
"What do you think, doesn’t this saber technique name sound domineering!" Liu Fengnian laughed.
"Is this really a saber technique?" Song Changming didn’t know what to say for a moment and couldn’t help but want to confirm again.
Upon hearing this, Liu Fengnian showed an unhappy expression, "Younger Brother Song, this was specially selected by Lord Gu after hearing you are skilled with sabers, how could it be untrue?"
"Please don’t misunderstand, it’s not suspicion, just my first time seeing a martial technique, so inevitably feeling excited." Song Changming cupped his hands.
Listening to Song Changming’s explanation, Liu Fengnian’s face finally softened.
"It’s understandable, martial techniques are scarce under the heavens, it’s normal for Younger Brother Song to have never seen one. Even Lord Gu had to go to great lengths to collect these martial techniques."
Song Changming nodded, realizing that Gu Wenhui’s treasury contained more than one martial technique.
Though he didn’t know how Gu Wenhui obtained them, just the depth was extraordinary.
With these martial techniques alone, he could attract many martial tao experts from Jianghu to serve him!
Even training personnel, as long as they had enough talent and potential, would not worry about lacking martial arts to practice in the future.
"Younger Brother Song, you are currently only at the Level Eight body refining cultivation, it is still a bit early to practice this martial technique.
Don’t blame me for being talkative, just a word of caution, this martial technique needs to be well hidden, don’t let it be discovered by those with intentions, otherwise, it will attract endless contention in the Jianghu.
You should understand how many powerful martial artists desire this martial technique..." Liu Fengnian kindly reminded him.
"Thank you, Brother Liu, for the reminder, I will remember it." Song Changming nodded.
In fact, he certainly knew the allure of the martial technique.
Back then, just the treasure map suspected to be related to the martial technique had stirred up bloody storms in Donglai Prefecture’s Jianghu.
Countless martial artists lost their lives because of it.
Therefore, even if Liu Fengnian hadn’t mentioned it, he would never flaunt this martial technique, inviting unnecessary trouble.
"By the way, there is another matter that Lord Gu instructed." Liu Fengnian suddenly said before leaving.
Song Changming looked over.
"Comparing Martial Techniques to Martial Arts, the difficulty of cultivation is not on the same level. Usually, the cultivation of Martial Techniques requires guidance from predecessors; otherwise, you might spend years training without grasping the essentials, making it difficult to reach the basic level.
If Younger Brother Song encounters difficulties in cultivating this Martial Technique in the future, you can always seek out Lord Gu," Liu Fengnian said with a smile before taking his leave.
Song Changming was momentarily dazed. Looking at the precious Martial Technique Secret Manual in his hand, he faintly sensed that Gu Wenhui intended it as a reward for this assassination mission for a particular reason.
First, he used the Martial Technique as bait, inviting several talented individuals from the Jianghu he valued.
This included Song Changming.
He let them obtain the Martial Technique Secret Manual through the assassination of the Young Prince.
However, he knew very well that a single transcribed Martial Technique Secret Manual was not enough to be practiced on its own.
Training blindly would lead to unknown detours, wasting several years, or even decades, of precious time. No martial artist would want to squander themselves like that.
Thus, they would eventually have no choice but to take the Martial Technique Manual and seek assistance from Gu Wenhui.
Gu Wenhui could then take advantage of the situation to recruit all these talented Jianghu individuals under his command.
If it was really as Song Changming imagined, it must be said that Gu Wenhui had devised an excellent plan, keeping these martial artists firmly in his grasp.
To pursue higher achievements in the Martial Tao, probably most martial artists would not reject Gu Wenhui’s recruitment and give up practicing the Martial Technique they’ve obtained.
If Song Changming were an ordinary martial artist, he might have been moved by Gu Wenhui, and directly pledged allegiance.
But Song Changming was not an ordinary martial artist.
He had the panel to grind experience. As long as the experience bar for the Martial Technique appeared, he could grind it quickly.
Guidance from masters was merely the cherry on top, speeding up his accumulation of experience value, but without it, his martial arts practice wouldn’t come to a halt.
Therefore, if Gu Wenhui had such intentions, it wouldn’t work on Song Changming.
Based on his past martial arts training experience, such a Martial Technique Secret Manual was already sufficient for him.
Back in his room, Song Changming, with some curiosity, started browsing through this Martial Technique Secret Manual.
The opening was a page of ancient Da Han Dynasty texts, which were obscure and difficult to comprehend.
The text was not long, totaling just a few hundred words.
Then came some annotations regarding the text, which occupied most of the remaining pages of the manual.
It must be said, solely from the content of the manual, the Martial Technique was indeed more difficult than all the Martial Arts he had previously learned.
In fact, the core content of the entire Martial Technique was that ancient text, covering all the essence of the Martial Technique.
The remaining annotations were left to analyze this Martial Technique text.
Each word of the text, under the annotations, seemed to have multiple layers of meaning, leaving Song Changming baffled.
He flipped through it repeatedly, still very confused, not even reaching a half-understanding.
Song Changming was mentally prepared, knowing that mastering the Martial Technique would not be easy, so he wasn’t discouraged.
Moreover, his current Body Refining Cultivation was not yet sufficient to practice the Martial Technique; he still needed time to further improve himself.
Now was not the time to practice the Martial Technique.
However, in the future, aside from cultivation, he had another thing to do.
Although he couldn’t practice the Martial Technique yet, he could observe it repeatedly in advance, slowly comprehending it.
It was like previewing lessons. After previewing, attending the actual class would undoubtedly be much easier.
After repeatedly browsing through the Martial Technique Secret Manual until he memorized that ancient text, Song Changming finally put the manual away.
He thought that memorizing the content would prevent an outright loss even if this Martial Technique Secret Manual accidentally got damaged or lost in the future.
Additionally, he had also tried to practice it during this time, but as expected, the lengthy Martial Technique option did not easily appear on the panel.
This confirmed that his so-called practice attempt was simply blind experimentation, not legitimate practice of the Martial Technique.
Afterward, he gave up on the idea of achieving instant success, focusing instead on improving his existing skills.
Thus, after putting away the Martial Technique, his attention quickly shifted to the box of medicinal materials nearby.
The Great Strength Bull Demon Skill he primarily practiced required 800 experience points to break through from level eight to nine.
As it got harder and harder to practice, at the past rate of gaining Body Refining experience, it would take at least four to five years to fully max out the experience value of this skill and break through to the Ninth Realm.
Obviously, exceptions always existed.
For instance, the medicinal power of a top grade ginseng could greatly shorten this practice schedule.
Practicing a realm in four to five years might seem extraordinarily fast to others.
Many of them had long stopped progressing in their cultivation, not to mention other things.
But for the current Song Changming, four to five years of practice time felt too long, especially during such chaotic times of warfare everywhere.
He wanted to quickly first train the Bull Demon Skill to Perfection, becoming a truly recognized Extreme Realm Martial Artist.
Then continue practicing the other three realms of Body Refining Skill, further strengthening himself.
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