My Apprentice Is Too Diligent

Chapter 29 [029] Surprise!!

"Umm!!"

"Heh~"

Wang Shipan's gasping breaths intensified, his eyes bulging, his half-dead body trembling, and he hoarsely shouted, "Who are you... who are you!"

"It doesn't matter who I am."

Chen Wuji circled around the box and finally focused his gaze on the lock.

"To open the box, you need a key, right?"

Turning back, Chen Wuji walked to Wang Shipan's side and searched around, but he couldn't find the key.

As expected.

The box is hidden in this room, and the key might be in another place.

Wang Shipan himself may not even know where it is.

"It doesn't matter."

Withdrawing his hand, Chen Wuji looked at Wang Shipan and said calmly, "You are loyal to the family. Now that the box is found, you don't have to suffer anymore. Farewell!"

Crack~

A punch shattered Wang Shipan's throat, killing him on the spot.

Chen Wuji stood up, picked up the iron box from the ground, and set it aside.

He threw the cracked long sword used for digging into the pit and covered it with soil.

The pit returned to being flat ground.

Chen Wuji picked up the box and walked out of the thatched cottage, heading towards the Chen Family courtyard.

...

When he returned to the Chen Family, it was almost dawn.

He had been busy all night, and the harvest was decent.

However, the biggest gain was what was inside the box.

Chen Wuji found a needle, bent it, and pressed it against the lock on the box, focusing his mind and listening to the sound of the lock. He slowly unlocked it.

After a moment, accompanied by a "clank" sound, the lock was successfully opened.

He took a few steps back, poked it with the tip of his spear, and opened the box.

Several manuals caught his eye first.

Chen Wuji held his breath and waited for a while before approaching the box.

He picked up the manuals and checked them one by one.

"Throwing Knife Technique"

"The Illusory True Qi Method of Three Souls and Nine Spirits"

"Gold Jade Art"

"Finally got it!"

The Wang Family's ultimate skill, "Throwing Knife Technique," is a martial art that doesn't require holding the hilt of a knife but instead throws long knives, curved knives, short knives, etc., like boomerangs, killing enemies from afar.

To master it, one needs to have precise control over their own strength, reaching a high level of requirement.

Once successful, its destructive power is extremely terrifying.

It is said that the farthest distance one can throw and kill is up to forty zhang.

But now, after reading the manual, it was discovered that it could reach up to fifty zhang!

However, comprehending the intent of the knife is required beyond forty zhang.

Controlling the knife with one's intent!

This doesn't affect Chen Wuji.

However, "Throwing Knife Technique" is the Wang Family's ultimate skill, and now that the Wang Family has been exterminated, it's better to put this martial art aside and hide it for a while.

Learning from the lesson of the "Stormy Sword Technique," Chen Wuji temporarily didn't plan to teach the "Throwing Knife Technique" to his disciples.

He set the first manual aside.

The second one, "Gold Jade Art," is the foundation technique of the Wang Family, the core cultivation method.

As he flipped through the contents, his smile grew wider.

"The Twelve Layers of 'Gold Jade Art,' the first nine layers correspond to the Ninth Layer of the Body Refining Realm."

"The last three layers unexpectedly correspond to the Third Layer of the True Qi Realm!"

That's right.

"Gold Jade Art" is indeed a True Qi Realm cultivation method.

Above the Body Refining Realm is the True Qi Realm.

The opening of the Qi Sea in the Ninth Layer of the Body Refining Realm is prepared to store and contain True Qi.

The Wang Family's "Gold Jade Art" has a great reputation.

The original body had speculated a long time ago that this cultivation method could directly reach the True Qi Realm.

Not only the original body, but many others have also speculated.

After all, the Wang Family's heritage spans over a hundred years, so ordinary cultivation methods wouldn't catch their attention.

Now that he had obtained the manual, it turned out to be true.

"In the Body Refining section, it's unexpectedly similar to the 'Fish Swallowing Technique'."

As Chen Wuji flipped through the manual, he was slightly surprised.

This indicates that there is a certain chance of compatibility between the two techniques.

Breaking through the True Qi Realm, Chen Wuji doesn't need to switch to another cultivation technique!

"First, I'll get the hang of it and learn it while AFK."

After thinking for a moment, Chen Wuji temporarily put it aside.

Then, he picked up the last manual, "Illusory Soul Nine Spirits Technique".

Rustle~

As he flipped through the yellowed pages, Chen Wuji's eyes grew brighter and his joy increased.

"Good, good, this is great!"

"Hahaha..."

Unable to contain himself, he burst into laughter, a look of joy on his face.

"A mental cultivation technique!"

"This 'Illusory Soul Nine Spirits Technique' is actually a mental cultivation method!"

What a pleasant surprise!

Mental martial arts are extremely rare.

At least in White Water County, Chen Wuji had never heard of anyone practicing this type of technique.

No wonder it's the Wang family, even having mental martial arts!

"The Li family and the Zhang family might have them too?"

These families with over a hundred years of heritage have profound foundations that ordinary people can't imagine.

"Phew—"

Taking a deep breath to stabilize his mind.

Chen Wuji refocused his thoughts on the "Illusory Soul Nine Spirits Technique".

This mental martial art is mainly divided into three parts.

Confusion, Annihilation, and Implantation of the soul.

All of them target the mental consciousness of others.

Confusion, as the name suggests, confuses and hallucinates people, similar to hypnosis but several times stronger.

As long as their mental power doesn't exceed 30% of Chen Wuji's own, they won't be able to resist.

With this ability, he can avoid low-level torture methods such as dislocating bones and twisting tendons.

He can also save on using the confusion incense.

However!

The requirements for cultivating the "Illusory Soul Nine Spirits Technique" are also extremely high.

One's mental power must be extremely strong!

The starting point is the mental power intensity at the True Qi Realm.

In other words, if one doesn't have naturally strong mental power or an extraordinary opportunity to take spirit-enhancing treasures,

Then if they want to cultivate the "Illusory Soul Nine Spirits Technique", they must first break through the True Qi Realm...

"No wonder no one in the Wang family practices it."

Putting down the manual, Chen Wuji sighed.

His mental power is not strong enough.

Even if Chen Wuji has an AFK cheat, he still can't get started and learn it with assistance.

"So, I still need the confusion incense."

After sighing for a moment, Chen Wuji picked up the remaining items in the box.

A stack of silver bills.

Most likely from the Four Seas Bank, totaling two hundred thousand taels!

"Tsk, so much money. It seems like it's been accumulated for many years to prevent the family from falling and to prepare for a comeback on Dongshan."

The Four Seas Bank is a multinational force and the Four Seas Trading Company they established has branches in several countries.

"Now it's cheap for me."

With a face full of joy, he put away the silver bills.

Chen Wuji looked at the second item, an incomplete map.

Judging from the geography, it seems to be a certain area in White Water County.

However, because it's not fully depicted, it's impossible to accurately pinpoint it in reality.

The third and final item.

A prescription.

"Seven Treasures Tiger Heart Soup?"

Thanks to the reader "Tang Dason" for the 400 coins reward, becoming the first apprentice of this book!

(End of this chapter)