Repeating the cycle, tempered and refined!
An hour later...
He climbed out of the wooden tub and wiped the dicinal water from his body. After getting dressed, he sat at his desk and opened *The Record of Strange Tales of Qing Province*, which he had borrowed from the Library Pavilion.
The book recounted strange tales from all over Qing Province, but it was hard to tell fact from fiction.
Still, the information gave Chu Fan a much better understanding of this world.
[Literacy Experience Points 1]
The night was silent as ti trickled by.
Half an hour later, two notifications appeared in Chu Fan’s mind...
[You gained a total of 21 Experience Points in Literacy from this reading session]
[Your Literacy skill has reached its limit. Breaking the Limit will cost 20 Spiritual Essence. Proceed?]
Chu Fan willed it so.
As his Spiritual Essence depleted, the panel for the Map of Mountains and Rivers changed.
[Skill: Literacy (Second Limit Break (2/4500) (Traits: Generalize, Gradual Progress; Generalize, Stunning Comprehension))]
[Generalize, Stunning Comprehension: Your mind is clear and your wisdom innate. By observing the smallest details, you can deduce the great principles of the universe; by reading fragnted texts, you can complete supre Profound Skills.]
[You can infer ten things from a single example. Your Comprehension is transcendent, far beyond the reach of mortals. With a single thought, you can build invisible bridges between different fields of knowledge, adapting the strengths of others for your own use. Your cultivation will progress as naturally as water flowing into a channel.]
It was another boost to his Comprehension.
But the improvent from the Second Limit Break was clearly far greater than the first!
’Deducing the great principles of the universe from the smallest details, completing supre Profound Skills from fragnted texts... isn’t this exactly what I wanted?’
A few days ago, he had been trying to analyze the Twelve Forms Fist and the Extre Night Cold Prison Hand, hoping to rge the two Martial Arts.
Unfortunately, it was too difficult and ti-consuming, almost like creating an entirely new martial art from scratch.
That was why he had planned to try again after he achieved a Limit Break with the Extre Night Cold Prison Hand.
After all, a Limit Break was a breakthrough beyond the limits of Perfection. Even a first Limit Break signified that his mastery of the martial art had reached an unimaginable level.
Trying to analyze and rge them then would be far more effective.
He never expected that the Second Limit Break for Literacy would increase his Comprehension by such a huge margin!
’Completing supre Profound Skills from fragnted texts...’
Even if such a talent wasn’t the absolute best, it could still be called astonishingly brilliant!
Suppressing his excitent, Chu Fan strode into his courtyard and began trying to rge the Twelve Forms Fist and the Extre Night Cold Prison Hand.
As the wind from his fists whistled, various insights blood in his mind.
The two Martial Arts, once so difficult to combine, no longer seed to repel each other.
Concepts he couldn’t grasp before were now perfectly clear!
...
「The next morning.」
Having slept for only two hours, Chu Fan made his way to the Martial Arts Arena and began practicing his Running Technique with a series of sprints.
Although he had made so progress with the Twelve Forms Fist and the Extre Night Cold Prison Hand, he still needed to practice his other Martial Arts systematically.
Dozens of figures were already on the Martial Arts Arena, practicing their forms with sweat pouring down like rain.
Many others, like Chu Fan, were running laps around the edge of the arena.
The whistle of punches and kicks slicing through the air, sharp cries, and the sporadic clash of weapons scattered the last of the night’s chill.
Chu Fan’s mind was clear and empty. The surrounding noise seed to fade into the distance as his focus sharpened.
His movents weren’t fast, but they possessed a strange rhythm. His feet touched the ground without a sound, and with every rise and fall of his body, he looked like a young leopard skimming over the tips of the grass.
Each breath was deep, long, and steady.
Suddenly, the noise at the edge of the Martial Arts Arena died down, as if choked by an invisible hand.
The sound of deliberately heavy footsteps approached, growing louder as they ca from straight ahead.
Chu Fan looked up. It was Sun Zixuan, and he’d brought two n with him.
The usual arrogance on Sun Zixuan’s face was completely gone.
In its place was a poorly concealed caution, mixed with a hint of dread.
Many people were practicing on the Martial Arts Arena, most of them auxiliaries.
Their movents slowed unconsciously, their gazes drifting furtively in this direction.
"C-Chu Fan..."
Sun Zixuan’s Adam’s apple bobbed, and his voice ca out raspy. "Master Zhou wants to see you. It’s important."
"Alright." Chu Fan didn’t waste words, simply giving a slight nod.
Sun Zixuan looked like he wanted to say sothing more, but though he opened his mouth, no sound ca out.
’This brat is getting more and more audacious! I ca to find him personally, and he didn’t even greet . He just said that one word!’
He turned and left in a huff, the two n trailing behind him.
Chu Fan picked up his pace and ran two more laps before heading back to his quarters.
After wiping the sweat from his face, he grabbed a Moon Soul Rhinoceros Fruit from Master Cao and a freshly roasted chicken leg from Mrs. Zhang, then headed for Cyan Wood Hall.
He took a huge bite out of the chicken leg as he walked.
anwhile, he casually tossed the fruit up and down in his other hand.
The Moon Soul Rhinoceros Fruit was shaped like a crescent moon, its skin shimring with a cool, silvery light.
It was a fruit he had never seen before, and it was quite expensive.
While it didn’t count as a Treasure Plant and couldn’t compare to the wild mountain ginseng he and Tianxing had bought at the Hundred Herbs Hall, a single one still cost over thirty silver.
Far beyond what an ordinary Martial Artist could afford.
Master Cao had sent them over. Both he and Zhao Tianxing received five fruits, which could be used for Yijing Marrow Opening and Condensing Qi and Blood.
"Fan!"
Just as he was passing the entrance to the Deacon Hall, a familiar voice called out.
Chu Fan turned to see the short, chubby young man he used to chop wood with in the courtyard. He was coming out of the Deacon Hall with Jiang Yuanfan.
Both of their faces were beaming with unrestrained excitent.
Chu Fan stopped and smiled. "Fatty, what’s the good news?"
Fatty’s round face was wreathed in smiles. He puffed out his chest proudly. "Fan, I broke through to the Blood Nourishing Realm this morning! I just finished registering at the Deacon Hall!"
Chu Fan’s eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Whoa, not bad, Fatty!"
He was genuinely surprised.
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