infodatos Chapter 44 Great Success
Chapter 44 Great Success
As dawn broke through the darkness, the number of worshippers at Zhengde Temple began to increase.
Most of the pilgrims who come here are young women from wealthy families in the neighborhood.
A casual donation could amount to tens of taels of silver.
This made Chen Ran's eyes light up.
Unfortunately, for now, we can only look at it.
It's not because Chen Ran is some kind of virtuous person.
Rather, he knew what it meant to open such a temple in this dangerous wilderness.
There is a famous Guanyin statue in Zhengde Temple that grants children.
Most people who come here hope to have a son or daughter to continue their family line.
Looking at the endless stream of worshippers, Chen Ran thought of some movies about Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy who grants children, that he had seen in his previous life.
Yeah, the kind that isn't exactly a positive image.
After wandering around the temple, I saw a disciple of the Canal Gang rushing over.
"Chief Chen, the elders have informed us that we should leave."
"Okay, let's go."
The journey back was smooth sailing.
They neither encountered bandits nor the three-blooded warrior again.
Upon returning to the city gate, the group parted ways.
Chen Ran couldn't wait to get back home.
The door was locked, and he took out a large bag of spoils from his pocket.
Upon opening the package, there was nothing else but silver and gold notes.
That adds up to a full thousand taels of silver.
The majority of the loot was taken from that three-blood warrior.
An eighty-tael gold note appeared brightly in front of Chen Ran.
This is the largest sum of money Chen Ran has received in recent times.
"Thank you for the kind gift."
After saying that, Chen Ran put it away.
Seeing that it was still early, Chen Ran took out a large pot from the room.
We arrived in the courtyard.
Remove the pot from the heat, start the fire, and add water.
Next, I threw in the crystal horned deer that I had received a few days ago and started boiling it.
During this time, Chen Ran focused his energy and blood on his legs and began running around the courtyard.
As blood and energy flowed into his legs, Chen Ran's speed increased.
Afterimages kept appearing in the courtyard.
When his legs gave him a warning, Chen Ran's speed began to decrease slowly.
Half an hour later, Chen Ran stood in place, recalling some of the key points from before.
At the same time, he took out the manual of the Divine Form Step and began to read it.
He now understood why these people had carried the secret manual with them.
The first reason is for safety.
Secondly, it's so that I can take it out often and look at the annotations.
After all, practicing martial arts and doing splits is a very normal thing.
Now that I have broken through to the second level of the Bloodline, I should naturally cultivate this technique to its full potential.
This technique is only an auxiliary technique.
But for Chen Ran, the effect of this technique was simply too great.
Speed plus power is definitely a synergistic effect where one plus one equals more than two.
Even if you're at your worst and can't beat the other side.
It can also be used to escape directly.
It's practically a murder and robbery technique, an essential skill for any household.
The aroma of meat filled the entire courtyard, and a hand took out a piece of crystal venison that had shrunk by more than half from the boiling water.
Chen Ran didn't care about the temperature at all and started eating heartily.
Before long, all the crystal antler venison was gone and into Chen Ran's stomach.
After consuming five or six pounds of crystal antler venison, the increase in his qi and blood was negligible, which left Chen Ran somewhat helpless.
"No wonder the youngest among those three-blood warriors looks like an old man."
Consuming so much demonic beast meat only generates less than one percent of the vital energy needed to break through to the third level of cultivation. Adding in the absorbed and lost energy, accumulating the vital energy required for such a breakthrough is absolutely impossible without immense wealth and a vast amount of time.
"Even for a blue-seal badge, you need at least twenty points. At one point per month, it would take almost two years?"
Chen Ran frowned, then relaxed.
Others need to gradually cultivate their qi and blood.
All he needs is enough monster meat to use the blue seal to break through.
What more could you ask for?
Thinking of this, Chen Ran immediately felt relieved.
The next morning, the canal gang delivered the agreed-upon payment.
Chen Ran didn't ask for money; he replaced it all with snake meat called silver-snout snake.
The snake meat contained less qi and blood than the crystal-horned deer, but the substantial meat quality, enough for three meals in one sitting, truly saved Chen Ran some expenses.
Every ten days, he would go to Yonghe Restaurant to stand guard, where he practiced Tongbei Quan (a style of Chinese martial arts).
Complete one task assigned by the canal gang once a month.
In his spare time, he practices the Divine Form Step.
And so, in this highly disciplined life...
Three months passed quietly.
"Swish, swish, swish~"
Inside the house in Plum Blossom Lane, a figure moved with incredible speed, constantly shifting and turning in the courtyard.
Inside the courtyard, various tall obstacles stood in rows, and objects would occasionally fall down.
Despite these challenges, Chen Ran was able to perfectly dodge them while maintaining high-speed movement.
Compared to before, his skills are now much faster.
Suddenly, a strange feeling arose in his heart.
With a thought, Chen Ran unleashed his inner energy, which transformed into a blur and appeared in the corner of the wall.
"panel."
[Skill: Divine Form Step (Mastery)]
[Blue Seal: 2]
After three months, Chen Ran finally mastered the Divine Form Step technique, reaching the second level of cultivation.
He felt a surge of joy.
Arriving at the water vat, Chen Ran filled a basin with clean water and began to wipe his body.
"Knock knock knock".
"Junior Brother Chen, are you done yet? If you're late, the old man will start nagging again."
A knock came at the door, and Meng Sheng's voice came from the doorway.
Get dressed and open the door.
Chen Ran then saw Meng Sheng wearing a flamboyant purple brocade long-sleeved shirt. His originally unruly hair had been neatly combed by the maid, and the well-dressed Meng Sheng looked quite like a handsome young gentleman.
"Senior brother, are you preparing for a marriage?"
Chen Ran said somewhat jokingly.
"I don't have the mind for those things right now."
He broke through the limit in fifteen days and gained blood in four months. This cultivation speed far surpasses that of Ke Sheng back then.
If nothing unexpected happens, once our junior brother breaks through to the third level of bloodline, the entire boxing gym will probably belong to the other side.
I dressed up today, naturally, to make a good impression on the future owner of the museum.
He uttered flattering words, but Meng Sheng's reluctant expression clearly showed that this was definitely not his true intention.
"Alright, let's go."
Chen Ran didn't prepare any clothes, and simply wore a light blue short-sleeved shirt as he walked towards the door.
Upon hearing this, Meng Sheng didn't say anything more.
Walking on the streets of the northern district, you can see constables coming and going, patrolling the entire outer city.
As for why these constables, who are usually rarely seen except when collecting taxes, are so proactive.
This is naturally because during this period, the people in the outer city are disappearing at a visible rate.
At first, they were just some refugees.
Now, even some local residents of Qinghe County are starting to disappear.
Such a big thing can't be kept secret.
And so, the semi-paralyzed government actually started to function again.
After passing through the North District and arriving at the entrance of Tongbei Boxing Gym, I could hear sounds coming from inside the gym.