Insufficient balance

  A month later, on the road to Yangzhou City.

  After a month of hard work, Wang Chen's variation of the Great Strength Technique finally reached the peak of the second layer. The red spiritual energy ball further condensed and contracted, only one step away from reaching the third layer of the Great Strength Technique.

  Wang Chen's body, after being strengthened again, reached a terrifying 1,500+ jin, a power that would make even top-notch experts tremble with fear. Coupled with his weapon comparable to refined steel and his swordsmanship at the Small Perfection level, Wang Chen's strength had already reached its limit in a short period of time.

  Seeking a romantic relationship becomes the top priority.

  It was mentioned in the previous chapter that there are cultivators present in many secular cities, but their cultivation is too low and their spiritual roots are not good, so they have lost the possibility of advancing further and can only enjoy the glory and wealth of the mortal world.

  On the road, Wang Chen spent a few taels of silver to buy a new set of clothes. Speaking of which, Wang Chen's worth was not low either. The box given by the Dragon and Tiger Gang contained silver notes, twenty 1,000-tael silver notes, totaling 20,000 taels of silver notes. Wang Chen couldn't help but sigh, money is indeed easily gained and lost!

  But now Wang Chen's mind is all on cultivating immortality, and he naturally has little interest in worldly wealth.

  As they approached Yangzhou City, Wang Chen suddenly felt that the number of warriors rushing to and fro had increased. At first, he didn't think much of it, but later on, after discovering several top-notch experts, he began to feel that something important might be about to happen.

  With doubts, Wang Chen entered Yangzhou City.

  Yangzhou City is indeed the second largest state capital of Xia Guo, second only to Shangjing City. The streets are bustling with people, everyone dressed in luxury, and the sound of voices is deafening. Wang Chen, who had been living in the mountains for over a month, was suddenly shocked and stood still on the street! Looking at the flow of people coming and going, he fell into a state of emptiness.

  In an instant, there was a deeper understanding of the universe, and as humans live in the universe, they are for the universe! The sudden realization made the sword's momentum even more perfect.

  A moment later, Wang Chen smiled and shook his head: "The fireworks in March are indeed prosperous, as expected. The eyes were not constrained or curious about Yangzhou, but rather calm and casual. After strolling for a while, he found an inn to sit down.

  "Recently, the martial arts world has been quite turbulent! The Dragon and Tiger List have formed an alliance with the Green Dragon Gang, while the Giant Whale Gang and the Giant Python Gang have also joined forces. They've been fighting for over a month now, and it's been a bloody mess!"

  "It's true, isn't it? I heard tens of thousands of people died, and their corpses could pile up into a small mountain!"

  "This time the Wulin Conference is convened, it may be that the four factions have laid down their arms and made peace."

  "It doesn't matter whether we fight or not, but the martial arts heroes' conference that takes place every five years is quite lively. I heard that recently a few new martial artists have emerged, including One Dragon, Two Swords and Three Phoenixes!"

  "Isn't it? This time's martial arts conference will be extraordinary again. Let's take advantage of this conference to get some good stuff."

  ………

  Wang Chen spent a few days in the wine tower and got to know the Heroic Conference inside out. The Heroic Conference was a grand martial arts gathering jointly organized by the two major factions of Yangzhou City, where martial artists from all over Xia Kingdom would gather, and basically, larger factions would send representatives to attend.

  On one hand, the intense competition among martial artists under 20 years old; on the other hand, this Martial Arts Conference is a great opportunity for martial artists to exchange and trade with each other within five years. Various rare internal strength-enhancing elixirs, injury-healing elixirs, and other items will be available. A variety of techniques and sword moves will also make an appearance, making it a dazzling display that leaves one's eyes wide with wonder.

  Wang Chen was originally prepared to search for a chance encounter with an immortal, and naturally he was also very interested in such a lively event.

  "But according to the rules, since I'm sixteen years old, I can participate in the martial arts competition too!"

  With a self-mocking smile, Wang Chen began to wander around, thinking that as someone who was also half a cultivator, how could he participate in such mundane martial competitions!

  Half a month later was the day when the Wulin Conference officially opened, but the transactions between the warriors had already begun early in the morning. Wang Chen's giant sword had fallen into the water, and he spent 2,000 taels of silver to forge another giant sword. This time, the giant sword was even bigger and heavier than before, giving people a very majestic feeling.

  But who made Wang Chen grow taller and stronger over the past two years, making it even more difficult for craftsmen to forge a giant sword of over 300 catties, which Wang Chen held in his hand without feeling any weight, as if he were holding an ordinary wooden stick.

  However, carrying such a huge sword also reduced a lot of trouble for Wang Chen. Such a huge sword obviously has no ordinary power, and the villains wouldn't dare to cause trouble just because of Wang Chen's young age.

  On the bustling street, people come and go, the roadside is filled with stalls, martial artists buy and sell from each other, a prosperous scene.

  "The Ghost Shadow Body Technique, worth 20,000 taels of silver, is the top body technique of the Giant Python Gang's assassination squad!" Wang Chen looked at this body technique and was slightly stunned. "The Giant Python Gang's assassin, isn't that the same body technique manual as the previous assassin?"

  Wang Chen couldn't forget that life-and-death battle, but he didn't harbor any hatred towards the assassin. It was just a matter of each doing their own thing! Moreover, if it weren't for that previous battle, would Wang Chen have achieved enlightenment and reached the Sword Intent realm? Of course, Wang Chen wouldn't thank him; breaking through to a new realm still depended on one's own accumulation over time, which would then give rise to a flash of insight in a life-or-death situation!

  Life and death have great danger, but also have great opportunity, great wisdom.

  However, Wang Chen also suspected that his rapid improvement in swordsmanship was related to the spiritual energy. After all, after merging with the spiritual energy, Wang Chen had already felt many changes within himself!

  The most obvious thing is that at the age of sixteen, he already looks like a eighteen or nineteen-year-old!

  Walking up to the stall, Wang Chen picked up the introduction of Guiying Shenfa, "Guiying Shenfa, a top-notch martial art created by Yinhai, has nine levels in total. Only the first three levels are available here, priced at 8,000 taels. This martial art..."

  He glanced at Wang Chen and put down the introduction. If it were before, he might have been interested, but after his body had undergone another strengthening, his toughness and flexibility had increased greatly, and the speed of his Qiang Bu was even faster than that of Gui Ying Shen Fa's previous few layers. Moreover, he had already mastered Qiang Bu, so learning other footwork would be unaccustomed to him, and if he were to make a mistake, it would be even worse.

  Strolling slowly on the streets, one by one, the secret manuals and kung fu methods, Wang Chen didn't stay for too long, just took a glance at the introduction, worldly kung fu methods really didn't catch Wang Chen's eye!

  Occasionally, I would see some top-grade healing medicine and spend a few thousand taels of silver to buy a few bottles. Originally, I also wanted to buy some aged medicinal herbs, but no matter how hard I looked, I couldn't find any, so I could only slowly stroll around and rely on luck.

  "Three hundred taels, not one cent less will be sold."

  "A broken box, what a family heirloom, you also said that the Golden Body Skill is useless, no one but your ancestors can practice it, it's worthless"

  "Not for sale, not even one cent less"

  "Isn't it for sale? Your father's illness won't last forever, just keep waiting!"

  The noise of two people quarreling came from the crowd in front, Wang Chen was originally going to bypass the crowd, but when he walked more than a meter away from the crowd, he stopped his footsteps, his eyes wide with surprise, and his face revealed a shocked expression, only to recover instantly, then quickly walked into the crowd.

  Wang Chen squeezed his way to the front of the crowd, and the people beside him who had been pushed away were about to show their anger, but when they saw the giant sword behind Wang Chen, they didn't dare say anything anymore, and could only smile awkwardly.

  Among the crowd was a young man and a youth. The young man had clear eyebrows and bright eyes, not very old, about fifteen or sixteen years old, only his clothes were slightly wrinkled, obviously the result of recently having been wind-swept and rain-soaked, while the youth opposite him grasped a long sword, wore a green tunic, and behind him followed attendants who looked like bodyguards, clearly someone with a notable background.

  But Wang Chen's eyes were fixed on the box in the young man's hand.

  "Little brother, may I take a look at this box?" Wang Chen asked the young man, watching as the two stuck together.

  The young man looked at Wang Chen with a pure gaze and thought for a moment before saying, "Okay, but don't look at the contents of the book." Then he handed the box over to Wang Chen.

  "This is natural." Wang Chen gently opened the box, and a warm yellow color entered his eyes. An ancient book with four large characters "Condensed Golden Body" was written on it. Wang Chen stared motionlessly at the box, to outsiders it seemed like he was staring at the book, but in fact, Wang Chen was looking at the left half of the box.

  The inside of the box was adorned with intricate patterns, and the purple sandalwood box looked very luxurious. However, most of the damaged patterns didn't feel particularly attractive, and the patterns were quite strange. A tiger's mouth held a pearl, which appeared to be carved with the same pattern as the exterior. Wang Chen took a look at the pearl and secretly let out a sigh of relief.

  Wang Chen An closed the box, "Three hundred taels, I'll take it." The young man's face lit up with joy, but after a moment he lowered his head and fell silent. Wang Chen was puzzled in his heart, but didn't speak either. The people around them, however, had mocking expressions on their faces.

  After a moment, the young man lifted his head and told Wang Chen the inside story in a hesitant tone. It turned out that the young man was worried about Wang Chen practicing the martial arts in the box. The Golden Body Skill was actually created by the young man's ancestors, and his ancestors had used this skill to defeat a top-notch master, making them famous for a time!

  But the twists and turns in this process are not enough to be told to outsiders! At that time, the ancestor of the young man's Dantian was broken by the enemy family, and he could no longer practice martial arts. However, he accidentally ate a strange grass, which made his internal energy different from ordinary people, allowing him to strengthen his body and repair his meridians. Therefore, he had an extraordinary idea to gather his internal energy in the acupoints, creating this technique.

  However, his later generations could not find the same strange encounter. No matter what kind of inner power was produced by practicing internal skills and heart methods, it could not meet the requirements of this method. If they were forced to practice acupuncture points, they would collapse, their meridians would be broken, and they would die.

  After listening to the young man's words, the surroundings couldn't help but sigh and lament the ever-changing nature of the world. Generally, the descendants of extraordinary masters can rely on their ancestors' leftover skills to prosper for at least a few generations, but who would have thought that these skills couldn't be cultivated?

  After listening to the young man's explanation, Wang Chen was excited and couldn't help but feel a sense of epiphany, "Could this be the opportunity I've been waiting for? Just when I couldn't find a way to utilize the variation in internal energy, such a technique appears."

  The onlookers who had gathered around lost interest in the explanation, for they knew that wealth was also important to warriors. The saying "the poor are literate while the rich are martial" is precisely this principle. Three hundred taels of silver were not a negligible sum even for a second-rate master. In the face of the crowd's mocking gazes, Wang Chen calmly pulled out a silver note from his bosom - one thousand taels.

  Everyone's eyes lit up, and casually taking out 1,000 taels isn't just anyone! Some people's faces revealed a greedy color, which was then quickly hidden.

  The young man excitedly accepted the silver ticket, bowed his head in thanks, and said he wanted Wang to accompany him to fetch medicine, after which he would return the money. Wang Chen smiled slightly and refused, advising the young man to be filial to his parents before flashing away.