I Cheated While Cultivating - Chapter 78 - - Chapter 78: Chapter 78 Continuous Rewards
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Chapter 78: Chapter 78 Continuous Rewards
āHe Yang?ā Zhou Hengās brows furrowed as he turned to look at Wu Zongshan, āIs there only the name He Yang?ā
āYes, what about it?ā Wu Zongshan looked at Zhou Heng with a hint of surprise, wondering, āCould it be that Young Master Zhou has obtained other clues in Yuyang County?ā
āThat ghostly entity I vanquished referred to itself as Xuan Yang,ā Zhou Heng said. This time, he did not hide the fact that he had the means to slay ghostly entities.
Because the situation was different now.
At present, he was essentially an outer disciple of Pure Yang Palace.
Though he hadnāt officially passed the assessment, he wasnāt at risk of attracting calamity because others coveted a Taoist formula of not very high rank.
That was the difference between having backing or not.
āXuan Yang?ā Wu Zongshan chewed over the name, nodding as he spoke, āI will pay attention to the investigation, and I will also notify the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer to see if there is any information on āXuan Yangā.ā
āMaster Wu goes to great trouble,ā Zhou Heng gave a slight nod and added, āThereās also the matter of the Plague Emperor Sect; please take the trouble to look into that as well.ā
āRest assured, Young Master, itās a minor matter,ā Wu Zongshan said with a smile.
He always spared no kindness to talents and disciples of Martial Dao Sects, for having more friends meant having more avenues to explore.
āThankyou,ā Zhou Heng bowed in farewell.
Then Wu Zongshan was left alone in the study again.
āXuan Yangā¦ā Wu Zongshan murmured the name, once more opening the hidden compartment, and with a cinnabar pen, he wrote these two characters on yellowed paper, then added a few more sentences, awaiting a reply from the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer.
But after waiting for a long time, there was no movement on the yellowed paper.
Wu Zongshan knew that this must mean the people from Zhou Tian Boundary Officer were out and no one was responding to the signal from the talisman paper.
Their numbers were too few indeed.
But recently, contact with them seemed increasingly difficult; had something happened in the West Wasteland forbidden lands, or were there anomalies in various places in Pingzhou?
Wu Zongshan was somewhat puzzled.
Zhou Heng returned to his rented room.
If all went as expected,
It would be his last night staying there.
āHe Yang, why would the ghostly entity sealed in Yuyang County be from He Yang?ā Zhou Heng was very curious in his mind. Could there be a mistake in Zhou Tian Boundary Officerās investigation?
Or was it that there wasnāt just a Xuan Yang sealed there, but other ghostly entities as well?
Well, Wu Zongshan should have already notified the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer about this, so letting them investigate would be enough.
Zhou Heng steadied his mind.
Ready to open the Fortune Bags he had acquired in the past two days.
Xuan Yang contributed two Silver Fortune Bags.
Chen Song and Chen Feihong contributed two Copper Fortune Bags.
It really was a bountiful harvest.
āOpen the two Silver Fortune Bags and two Copper Fortune Bags!ā
āCongratulations! You have obtained a special skill card: Fooling Card [Copper].ā
āCongratulations! You have acquired a basic attribute: Constitution +1.ā
āCongratulations! Your luck has exploded, you have obtained the martial arts āLone Nine Swordsā [Seventh Rank]!ā
āCongratulations! Your luck has exploded, you have obtained a special skill card: Peak Card!ā
Zhou Heng was all smiles.
The sensation of continuously hearing ācongratulations,ā continuously receiving rewards, was really pleasing, truly exhilarating.
Importantly, the items acquired this time seemed quite good.
Especially the two skill cards.
āFooling Card [Copper]: Can reduce a āpersonāsā intelligence, halt a āpersonāsā thoughts, and obliterate a āpersonāsā rationality.ā
āPeak Card: Allows for one attack using the peak proficiency of a martial art or a Taoist formula.ā
Hiss hiss!
Zhou Heng couldnāt help but suck in a breath of cold air.
āThe āpeopleā mentioned in the Fooling Card effect description refers to all sentient beings in a broad sense, whether they are living people or ghosts, or any other sentient entities.
With these two skill cards combined, he even had the confidence to take down ghosts of the Fifth Rank or even the Fourth Rank!
So strong!
The Fooling Card could dumb down an enemy, causing them to stand there dazed and even forget to counterattack.
Then, by using the Peak Card, he could perform the āFive Thunder Righteous Methodā with peak proficiency, which was a Fifth Rank Taoist Formula. Coupled with its restraining attribute that was especially effective against Yin spirits, it was practically a ghostās bane.
In that instant, Zhou Heng even felt the impulse to rush to Yuyang County City and directly take out Xuan Yang. After all, with these two skill cards stacked together, he was highly likely to already possess that capability.
However, an impulse is just that, impulsive. As soon as his mind cleared up a bit, he abandoned that idea. These two skill cards were definitely epic-level trump cards!
Use them as little as possible.
Only if he truly was in a desperate situation, with no other options, would he consider it.
Beyond these two special skill cards, Zhou Heng also received two other rewards, which were actually quite remarkable.
The effect of a basic attribute boost to Constitution +1 was simple, as it just enhanced oneās physical fitness by improving resilience and resistance to hits, commonly referred to as āadding HP and defense.ā
As for Lone Nine Swords, Zhou Heng chose to comprehend and learn it directly.
This time it wasnāt just a single move, but the complete set of Lone Nine Swords.
Seventh Rank Martial Arts!
āCongratulations! Since the proficiency of your martial arts āLone Nine Swords: Breaking the Sword Techniqueā [Eighth Rank] has reached Advanced, the proficiency of the martial arts āLone Nine Swordsā [Seventh Rank] has increased by 1000.ā
āCongratulations! Since the proficiency of your martial arts āLone Nine Swords: Breaking the Qi Techniqueā [Eighth Rank] has reached Intermediate, the proficiency of the martial arts āLone Nine Swordsā [Seventh Rank] has increased by 600.ā
āCongratulations! Since the proficiency of your martial arts āSix Routes Plum Breaking Handā [Seventh Rank] has reached Beginner, the proficiency of the martial arts āLone Nine Swordsā [Seventh Rank] has increased by 500.ā
āCongratulations! Since the proficiency of your martial arts āLone Nine Swordsā [Seventh Rank] has reached Intermediate, the proficiency of the martial arts āSix Routes Plum Breaking Handā has increased by 500.ā
After this series of notifications.
The two individual Lone Nine Swords techniques that Zhou Heng originally mastered were formally included in the overall formula, and because of the presence of the āBreaking Palm Techniqueā, they even added proficiency to each other and to the Six Routes Plum Breaking Hand.
[Seventh Rank] Lone Nine Swords: Intermediate (1450/2000)
[Seventh Rank] Six Routes Plum Breaking Hand: Beginner (869/1000)
This once again gave Zhou Heng an exponential boost to his strength, with the clearest indication being that when facing enemies, he no longer had a weakness in the weapons department.
Although the proficiency of Lone Nine Swords was only Intermediate now, the strength he could display surpassed its previous level and became more comprehensive.
Even if Zhou Heng had not learned other martial arts such as āspear arts,ā āwhip arts,ā or ārope arts,ā the entire set of Lone Nine Swords provided him with the philosophy to decode various moves.
To put it simply, it was āsword theory.ā
Even just using sword theory to break moves, Lone Nine Swords was already one of the best. Coupled with the Six Routes Plum Breaking Hand which was naturally good at grappling, it could incorporate other martial arts.
This enabled Zhou Heng to have a high probability of completely breaking through his opponentsā moves after a short exchange.
In such a case, unless the opponent had reached the Seventh Rank of the Martial Path, with their True Qi incredibly dense and beginning to undergo a metamorphosis, it was nearly impossible for them to be Zhou Hengās match.
Which means, theoretically, he was invincible below the Seventh Rank.
āHowever, the martial skills at hand are just that, skills,ā Zhou Heng moved his fingers and chuckled lightly, āTo truly assess oneās strength, it still needs to be verified through actual combat.ā
Next, he took out the items he had obtained from the two people he had killed on his way to Yuyang County and spilled them onto the table, ready for examination.
To see if there was anything of value.
Could he sell them for some more money?
The silver from those two men had been collected by Zhou Heng long ago; now he needed to inspect some other items.
Two copper tokens, a letter, a list, two medicine packets with a fishy smell, and some darts emitting a green glow that were obviously poisoned.
Zhou Heng, wearing gloves fit for handling sharp instruments, first picked up the letter, which read, āTo Young Master Wei Gaopeng of Shocking Thunder Manorā¦ā Shocking Thunder Manor, wasnāt that Chen Feihongās sect?
He then opened the envelope to look at the contents, but after just one glance, he was stunned and puzzled.
āThis, this isā¦ā