Chapter 235: Back to the Black Market
Chapter 235: Back to the Black Market
The next day, Jiang Cheng quickly advanced his Flower Fist to the Perfect Realm, greedily absorbing Primordial Force into every cell of his body. This process, however, didn't last long; it was over in the blink of an eye.
Jiang Cheng slowly opened his eyes, carefully sensing the changes in his body. He roughly estimated that his strength had increased by about a hundred kilograms. At the same time, the number of Acupoints capable of absorbing Primordial Force had increased by over a thousand, a slight improvement compared to the previous total of over 40,000.
This was partly due to the lower limit of the Flower Fist. Jiang Cheng had anticipated this, so he wasn't disappointed. He turned his attention to the other two Secret Martial Arts.
Seven Star Palm.
Sunset Fist.
This time, he didn't plan to start from easy and work his way up; he decided to tackle the most challenging one first.
The Seven Star Palm technique itself was naturally easy to learn; practicing the Seven Star Art would suffice.
By opening a single Acupoint, one could enter the Novice level and become a First Rank Primordial Force Warrior.
Opening four Acupoints would grant the Second Rank, and ten Acupoints would lead to the Third Rank with mastery.
Twenty Acupoints would result in the Fourth Rank, and with all thirty Acupoints opened, the Seven Star Art would be perfected, making one a Fifth Rank Primordial Force Warrior, not a newcomer but rather of a middle-to-low rank.
Jiang Cheng was eager to see the level of improvement this Secret Art, with a slightly higher limit than the Crystal Shattering Technique, would bring.
Closing his eyes, he silently began to practice the Seven Star Art.
After a few minutes, Jiang Cheng opened his eyes and looked at the panel.
The Seven Star Art, below the Novice level, refined Primordial Force at the same rate as the Crystal Shattering Technique, four per minute, but with a difference: the experience gained was three times higher, earning 0.3 points per second.
Compared to the tenfold increase from the Flower Fist, this was significantly less, but it was within expectations.
After all, the Seven Star Art had three more Acupoints than the Crystal Shattering Technique.
The experience required for the Novice level was also twice that of the Crystal Shattering Technique, at 10,000 points.
At 0.3 points per second, it would take over nine hours to fill the experience bar.
The Primordial Force consumption, however, would be minimal, at just over 2,000 points.
"It seems that perfecting the Seven Star Art will take several days," Jiang Cheng thought to himself.
But this could also be good news.
Because it meant the improvement from the Seven Star Art wouldn't be minor.
In just three days, Jiang Cheng had taken the Seven Star Art from Novice to Mastery.
With each breakthrough, his physique strengthened, and the degree of improvement was increasing.
So far, he felt his strength had increased by at least ten percent.
This filled him with anticipation for the next two levels, as he believed that perfecting the Seven Star Art would increase his strength by at least thirty percent, and his speed would also see a significant boost.
He looked at the panel.
[Seven Star Art: Mastery (0/150,000)]
The Seven Star Art refined Primordial Force at the same rate as the Crystal Shattering Technique.
But with a threefold increase in experience, he earned 0.8 points per second.
At 150,000 points, it would take just over two days to fill the experience bar.
In about ten days, he could perfect this Secret Art.
Of course, the improvement from the remaining Sunset Fist would likely be smaller, as it had fewer Acupoints to open, only twenty.
"Before, I thought perfecting these Secret Arts could bring me to the Sixth or even Seventh Rank. Now, Sixth Rank seems possible, but Seventh Rank was overly optimistic.
Jiang Cheng let out a wry smile.
Cultivating the Seven Star Art to perfection would only bring about a three to four-fold increase in strength.
As for the Sunset Fist, optimistically speaking, it might provide a twenty percent boost. Pessimistically, it could be as low as ten percent.
His original strength was three tons, and with a sixty percent increase, it would reach 4.8 tons, almost reaching the standard of a Sixth-Level Primordial Energy Warrior with a punch force of five tons. Just a little short.
If he had another Human Martial Art that could open up over twenty acupoints, whether it was physique, strength, or speed, he should be able to meet the Sixth-Level standards.
"It's a good thing tomorrow is the middle of the month."
Jiang Cheng looked towards the door behind him, where a calendar was hanging.
He planned to visit the Black Market again, using the Human Martial Arts he had to exchange them with others for different Human Martial Arts, even if it meant taking a slight loss.
After all, he was just a little short of reaching the Sixth-Level threshold.
If possible, he also wanted to exchange the Heavenly Martial Art he had just obtained for one or two Heavenly Martial Arts or lower-ranked Earth Martial Arts.
Secret Arts were like money; the more, the better.
However, he didn't dare to have high hopes for this.
That brother wearing the Ox Head Mask had some reputation in the Black Market, but so far, he had only sold a few beginner chapters.
It was well-known that these beginner chapters could help one cultivate to the Master realm, and they only cost 100,000 yuan! It was a steal.
But many people knew it was genuine and were still willing to spend several hundred thousand yuan to buy Earth Martial Arts from the Black Market. Was it because they had too much money? Or was it because the beginner chapters were too difficult?
It was like writing web novels. If it was a 'Five Whites' level, people would say, "Just tell a story, and you can earn millions, or even tens of millions annually." Many newcomers followed this advice, but they couldn't even get a contract.
So, many newcomers turned to learning simpler techniques, like the 'Golden Chapter', with three reversals and three shocks, and they could earn over ten thousand yuan monthly.
And when they reached three thousand or five thousand yuan monthly, they would have a deeper understanding of what the 'Five Whites' said, and they could take it to the next level.
So, was what the 'Five Whites' said unreasonable? It was just that they hadn't reached that level yet.
Many people had to start from the very basics to understand more advanced concepts.
Of course, there were also those with natural talent who could directly cultivate a Heavenly Martial Art.
Jiang Cheng wasn't a genius, but with the 'Panel', he didn't have this worry. This time, he was going to the Black Market to try his luck.
Exchanging a Heavenly Martial Art would be great, but getting one or two Earth Martial Arts would also be good.
Apart from exchanging for Earth Martial Arts, he also wanted to buy a weapon to practice the Shadowless Blade Technique.
After all, for Secret Weapon Arts, even without the corresponding Secret Pills, one still needed a weapon.
It didn't have to be too expensive; a C-Class Alloy Weapon would do.
The other day, Nightingale had mentioned that there were many types of A-Class Alloy Weapons, each capable of inflicting damage on Primordial Energy Warriors from the Seventh to Tenth Levels.
B-Class Alloy Weapons could easily slice through Sixth-Level Primordial Energy Warriors. For those below the Sixth Level, it was even more effective. Thus, if two Sixth-Level warriors fought, one with a B-Class Alloy Weapon, the outcome would be almost certain.
The price for these weapons usually ranged from thirty thousand to one million yuan.
C-Class Alloy Weapons were suitable for Fifth-Level and below, with prices typically ranging from one hundred thousand to three hundred thousand yuan.
D-Class Alloy Weapons were for Fourth-Level and below, with prices below one hundred thousand yuan.
Below D-Class, there were no weapons, as even a Third-Level Primordial Energy Warrior only had a few times the strength of a normal person, and their bodies hadn't undergone qualitative changes. Even a kitchen knife could injure them.
Thanks to haggling and saving 300,000 yuan, Jiang Cheng still had over 200,000 yuan on him. After selling some gold jewelry, buying a slightly better C-Class weapon shouldn't be a problem.
Of course, this was assuming that such an item would be up for auction in the Black Market this time. He remembered seeing one during the auction at the beginning of the month.
(End of Chapter)
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