Zhang Ruochen didn’t have any emotional fluctuations and said lightly, “Then congratulations cousin, in the future we’ll be considered close relatives.”
After saying this, Zhang Ruochen turned around and left.
Meeting for the first time, Zhang Ruochen didn’t have any favourable feelings towards this beautiful and moving cousin, and the words didn’t go well together, so he left somewhat tastelessly.
Seeing that Zhang Ruochen didn’t even react at all, all those young martial artists from the Lin Family were greatly disappointed.
How could this be?
Seeing Zhang Ruochen’s indifference, Lin Mishan’s heart was also a little lost, staring at Zhang Ruochen’s back as he turned to leave, and said somewhat unwillingly, “Don’t you want to know the reason?”
Zhang Ruochen really had no interest at all in who Lin Mishan was engaged to, but since she looked like she had to tell him, he naturally reluctantly stopped and gently nodded, “I will definitely be there to congratulate you when you get engaged. If there’s nothing else, I’ll go find Mother.”
Just after saying this, Zhang Ruochen saw Concubine Lin walk out from the Lin Mansion’s inner courtyard.
Concubine Lin’s eyes were a little red, obviously she had just cried, and although she had already wiped her tears dry, how could she hide them from Zhang Ruochen?
Zhang Ruochen immediately greeted her and asked with concern, “Mother, what’s wrong with you? Who bullied you?”
Concubine Lin shook her head and said, “Nothing, let’s go back!”
Looking at Consort Lin’s appearance, how could she be fine?
After meeting Lin Mushan, Zhang Ruochen didn’t have any good feelings towards the Lin family.
Seeing Princess Lin’s appearance at the moment, Zhang Ruochen had even less good feelings towards the Lin family.
“Slow down!”
Lin Fengxian carried his hands behind his back and walked out from the inner courtyard, glancing indifferently towards Zhang Ruochen as he took out an ancient volume of animal skin from his sleeves and said, “This is a set of Human Grade Lower Grade Cultivation Technique ‘Tai’ah Determination’, which can open up seven meridians, take it and cultivate it! Although it’s not considered a profound cultivation technique, it can at least complete the cleansing of the marrow and flushing of the veins, which should be enough for you.”
Subsequently, Lin Fengxian ordered someone to fetch two more copies of the Marrow Cleansing Liquid, and said coldly, “After all, you also have our Lin Family’s bloodline in your body, so take these two copies of the Marrow Cleansing Liquid as well!”
Concubine Lin stared Avray at Lin Fengxian, revealing a grateful look, and immediately pulled Zhang Ruochen’s hand, saying, “Dusty, why don’t you thank uncle.”
When Zhang Ruochen looked at Lin Fengxian’s look of charity, his heart became very unhappy, no wonder his mother’s eyes were red, it was estimated that she hadn’t suffered a lot of humiliation in front of him just now in order to beg a volume of Cultivation Technique from him.
“No need for them Lin family members to give alms, Mother let’s go!”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t even look at the Cultivation Technique and Marrow Cleansing Liquid that Lin Fengxian had taken out, and pulled Concubine Lin before leaving the Lin Mansion.
“Giving face, you really consider yourself a prince.” All those young martial artists of the Lin Family poofed their noses and laughed coldly.
Lin Mishan stared at that one teenager who resolutely walked out of the Lin Mansion, her heart even more astonished, always feeling that that one cousin who had grown up weak seemed to have become a little different.
“Having opened the Divine Martial Seal, he will naturally become a bit tougher. However, he doesn’t know that opening the Divine Martial Seal only at the age of sixteen has actually long passed the golden age of cultivating martial arts. What’s the point of thinking so much, in the future, we are destined to be people of two worlds.”
Lin Mishan sighed and returned to the martial arts arena, continuing to cultivate.
After leaving the Lin Mansion, Concubine Lin said, “Dusty, you’re too impulsive. As long as you can become a martial artist and be able to use the martial arts to strengthen your body, there’s no harm even if Mother suffers more.”
Zhang Ruochen’s body stood straight as he turned around and stared at the golden plaque bearing the ‘Lin Mansion’ as he said with a firm resolve, “Mother, don’t worry! Even without the Lin Family’s charity, I’ll still be able to become a martial artist, and I’ll also be the strongest among martial artists.”
Concubine Lin sighed softly and did not continue, then suddenly, as if she had thought of something, she said, “Dusty, you already know about the fact that Muddy Shan and the Seventh Prince are about to be engaged, don’t you? You must not be too sad!”
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “Mother, don’t worry! There are plenty of good women in the world, and there are always better women than Lin Mishan.”
“If you can think this way, Mother is truly relieved.” Concubine Lin smiled in relief.
Returning to the Yunwu Royal Palace, Zhang Ruochen took the last Blood Pill and entered the inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone, once again starting to cultivate the Dragon Elephant Prajna Fist.
Only after refining until he was exhausted did he sit down for a short rest.
“The humiliation my mother suffered in the Lin Family, sooner or later, I will make the Lin Family double it back. Three years ago, what exactly happened? It seems like I have to find a chance to ask Sister Yun’er about it, but of course my primary goal right now is to impact the middle stage of the Yellow Extreme Realm as soon as possible.”
If one wanted to impact the middle stage of the Yellow Extreme Realm, one would have to take the Marrow Cleansing Liquid.
A single serving of Marrow Cleansing Liquid would cost at least two hundred silver coins to buy.
Two hundred silver coins was not a small amount for Zhang Ruochen.
Moreover, he was cultivating the Nine Heavenly Bright Emperor Scripture, and if he wanted to break through to the middle stage of the Yellow Extreme Realm, one Marrow Cleansing Liquid was obviously not enough.
“There!”
Zhang Ruochen slapped his forehead and cursed himself for being so stupid that he was still bothering about earning silver coins all day long when he clearly had a huge treasure trove.
One must know that in his previous life, he was the son of Emperor Ming, and had gone through many high grade techniques and martial arts, all of which he had memorised in his mind, and casually taking out a cultivation technique and cultivation martial arts could be sold for an astronomical price.
The Nine Heavens Ming Emperor Scripture and the Dragon Elephant Prajna Fist were at the level of Divine Feats and Treasures in the entire Kunlun Realm, so naturally, it was impossible to take them out and sell them.
In his memories, there were other low-grade gongfu and martial arts techniques, and taking out any one of them could cause quite a stir in the Yunwu County Kingdom.
Zhang Ruochen immediately found paper and ink and wrote down a set of Spirit Grade Martial Skills, the “Heavenly Heart Sword Technique”.
The Heavenly Heart Sword Technique was already the lowest grade martial art in Zhang Ruochen’s memory.
It was a Spirit Grade Lower Grade.
“A Spirit Grade Lower Grade martial skill should be considered a top martial skill in the Yunwu County Kingdom, even for a big family like the Lin Family, the most powerful martial skill is probably just a Spirit Grade Lower Grade and there are only one or two sets of them at most, as the clan-supporting Jedi.”
One must know that in the Yunwu County Kingdom, many martial artists did not have the opportunity to cultivate martial arts. Even if it was a human grade lower grade martial skill, it would be a remarkable treasure for them.
The lowest priced Human Grade Lower Grade martial skill would sell for at least three hundred silver coins, and some of these powerful Human Grade Lower Grade martial skills would even be able to sell for more than a thousand silver coins, which ordinary casual martial arts practitioners simply couldn’t afford. Some martial artists would even fight for their lives in order to compete for a Human Grade Lower Grade Martial Skill.
As for Spirit Grade Lower Grade martial skills, once they were put out for sale, even the heads of those big families would be so moved that they would buy them back at any cost.
With one more Spirit Grade Martial Skill, the family’s reserves would increase by a large margin.
After writing down the cultivation method of the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique, Zhang Ruochen drew small diagrams of each sword move on top of the paper.
Zhang Ruochen condensed all the few true qi in his body into the tip of his brush, condensing the true qi and martial intent into the diagrams of the sword moves.
Even after exhausting the true qi in his body, he had only finished drawing one diagram.
Zhang Ruochen immediately sat up, revolving the Nine Heavenly Bright Emperor Sutra, cultivating the true qi in the qi pool to its fullest, and then began to draw the second diagram.
It took half a day to finish drawing all twelve moves of the “Heavenly Heart Sword Technique”.
Although his cultivation was no longer there, his eyesight was still there, and his understanding of martial arts was still there, and every sword move he drew was very subtle, not much different from the sword moves drawn on the original book of the “Heavenly Heart Sword Technique”.
“With my current understanding of martial arts, drawing a Spirit Grade lower grade martial art is already the limit. If I were to draw a Spirit Grade Intermediate Grade martial art catalogue, I would probably only be able to draw a third of the intent of a Spirit Grade Intermediate Grade martial art.”
A secret martial skill catalogue was not something that could be topographed and copied casually.
Even if an ordinary person were to write down the “Heavenly Heart Sword Technique”‘s mnemonic and sword stance diagrams, it would only be in vain, and even if they were to successfully cultivate the sword technique, they would not be able to achieve the power of a Spirit Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique at all.
In his previous life, Zhang Ruochen was a powerful person of the Heavenly Extremity Realm Grand Circle, but he was only able to draw the charisma of a Spirit Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique, and he would not be able to draw all the charisma of a higher level martial art.
“A Spirit Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique should be able to fetch a good price.”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t take the “Heavenly Heart Sword Technique” to the Martial Market right away, but waited until it was dark before travelling in the direction of the Palace Gate.
“Your Highness the Ninth Prince, you’re still going out of the palace at this late hour?” The two forbidden guards guarding the palace gate said.
The two forbidden guards also knew that the Ninth Prince and Consort Lin had been driven to live in the side hall, which meant that they had lost their power inside the palace. Therefore, there was no respectful look on their faces and they didn’t even salute Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen was not the cowardly Zhang Ruochen he once was, his eyes sharply stared at the two forbidden guards, slightly puffed out his chest, and said, “This prince is going to the Lin Mansion to look for Cousin Muddy Shan, why don’t you open the palace gates immediately?”
Zhang Ruochen was, after all, a king’s grandson and nobleman, so the two forbidden guards naturally wouldn’t really offend him as they opened the palace gate and watched Zhang Ruochen leave.
“What’s with the toughness? If he wasn’t the son of Yunwu County King, he would have already died an unknown number of times.” One of the forbidden guards spat coldly.
“It is rumoured that that one genius woman from the Lin Family, Lin Mishan, is about to get engaged to the Seventh Prince, and he actually still doesn’t die, how stupid he is.” Another forbidden guard said with disdain.
Zhang Ruochen naturally wasn’t really going to look for Lin Mishan, he was just looking for such an excuse to leave the palace without being suspected.
Walking out of the royal palace, Zhang Ruochen then took out a wide black cloak suit from inside the Space-Time Crystal Stone, wrapped his entire body inside the cloak suit, and walked into the brightly lit royal city.
In the darkness, no one could see his face at all.
Before long, Zhang Ruochen walked through a busy street and entered the Martial City.
The other places in the King City could only be considered as “common markets”. The area occupied by the “Martial Market” was only a tenth of the size of the entire King City, but it was the most prosperous place in Yunwu County.
The Martial City was divided into five areas: Dan City, Weapon City, Beast City, Slave City, and the Central Auction House.
To a certain extent, the martial arts market determines the rise and fall of the entire Yunwu County, so the county’s management of the martial arts market is very strict.
Every entrance into the Martial Market had a sergeant on the handle, and only martial artists, or people of noble status, were qualified to enter the Martial Market.
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