[Detected cultivation technique: Minor Circulation Breathing Method. You can spend 30 taels of silver to simplify it! Simplify?]

Lin Chang'sheng saw the red prompt flashing on the edge of his panel.

"Simplify."

Lin Chang'sheng immediately reached out and clicked the 'Yes' button.

[Great Dao is Simple: Minor Circulation Breathing Method is being simplified.......Simplification complete......Minor Circulation Breathing Method == Breathing!]

Lin Chang'sheng hit confirm, and less than ten breaths later, another red prompt popped up on his panel.

"Huh?"

"Minor Circulation Breathing Method simplified into just breathing?"

Seeing that prompt, Lin Chang'sheng's eyes lit up; if this was for real, then this was way too easy.

Breathing—anytime, anywhere; sleeping, walking, eating, all could boost your experience!

Exhale~~

Inhale~~

Exhale~~

Inhale~~

With every single breath in and out, he gained one experience point.

[Minor Circulation Breathing Method (Entry Level 13/1000)]

"Hell yeah!"

Lin Chang'sheng looked at his panel display, feeling completely satisfied. He set his Dawn Blade down beside his bed, ready to finally get a good night's sleep. Coming all the way from Cyan Yang City, he'd been traveling non-stop and hadn't slept well.

........

Mad Blade Martial Arts Hall.

Located in the north end of town, with a massive compound.

Inside the cultivation field.

A tall, broad-shouldered middle-aged man wearing a blue robe, his eyes shining like electric sparks, swept his long saber around; Blazing Blade Qi surged everywhere. Over ten zhang away, a handsome youth with a saber on his back and clad in a profound robe stood quietly.

Suddenly, the middle-aged man slashed. A fiery blade aura, three zhang long, blasted out ferociously.

"Boom—!"

A deafening bang rang out; the blade qi lashed down, exploding open a trench over a zhang deep and more than three zhang long. The green stone tiles of the plaza were sent flying into the air, rubble scattering in all directions!

Smoke and dust billowed!

The air was thick with searing heat!

"Fiery Flame Slash is finally perfected! All my days and nights of grueling training weren't wasted!!"

Qian Wantong's eyes flashed with electricity as he muttered under his breath.

"Congratulations, Master! Your cultivation's grown so much. Destroying the Tiger Roar Martial Arts Hall is just a matter of time!"

At that moment, the youth in the profound robe stepped forward, bowing respectfully with fists cupped.

"Mm. My cultivation is already at the peak of First-class Realm, and Fiery Flame Slash is perfected. Time to deal with Li Tianhu from Tiger Roar Martial Arts Hall!"

Qian Wantong leaned on his long saber, staring toward the direction of Tiger Roar Martial Arts Hall. Then he suddenly turned, looked at the youth, and asked, "Buping, as the saying goes, 'Two tigers can't share one mountain.' Do you have any good ideas for taking out Tiger Roar Martial Arts Hall?"

Even though Qian Wantong was confident he could defeat Li Tianhu, it'd be even better to win with wits instead of force.

The youth before him was Qian Wantong's eldest disciple, Zhuge Buping, famed for his cunning schemes.

"Master, I have a plan! Send someone to pose as an old enemy of Tiger Roar Martial Arts Hall and assassinate their disciples in secret, leaving marks that point to Li Tianhu's nemesis. Once word spreads, everyone in Tiger Roar Martial Arts Hall will be on edge. Over time, nobody in Min Nan City will dare join them!"

"If people want to learn martial arts, they'll have no choice but to join our Mad Blade Martial Arts Hall!"

"As they decline and we grow, it's inevitable that our Mad Blade Martial Arts Hall will thrive!"

"At the same time, we can set up a hidden web. If Li Tianhu sends people out or investigates personally, we can hunt them down one by one!"

"By then, everyone will know—Li Tianhu's enemy destroyed Tiger Roar Martial Arts Hall, and we'll conveniently take over the martial arts business in Min Nan City!"

Zhuge Buping bowed deeply as he explained his plan.

"Mm?!"

Upon hearing Zhuge Buping's idea, Qian Wantong's eyes lit up and he nodded. "Buping, this plan is brilliant! Once Tiger Roar Martial Arts Hall is gone, the credit is yours!"

"I don't dare claim credit! This is all thanks to your guidance, Master. Without you, I wouldn't be where I am today!"

Zhuge Buping quickly bowed again, respectfully.

"Mm!"

Qian Wantong nodded, "Buping, who do you think is best for handling this?"

"Master, let me take care of it for now. In a few days, when Li Tianhu personally investigates, you'll bring the experts and set the trap!"

Zhuge Buping replied in a low voice.

"Excellent. If you wipe out Tiger Roar Martial Arts Hall, I'll teach you Fiery Flame Slash!"

Qian Wantong nodded in approval.

"Thank you, Master! I'll get to it right away!"

Zhuge Buping beamed, stepped back a few paces, then turned and left.

......

The next morning.

Lin Chang'sheng checked his panel.

[Minor Circulation Breathing Method (Proficient 6507/25000)]

"Nice, nice! In just one night, my Minor Circulation Breathing Method reached proficiency!"

"There's surging inner strength in my dantian."

"At this rate, it won't take ten days for my Minor Circulation Breathing Method to reach perfection. Who knows, maybe I'll break through and become a Martial Arts Grandmaster?"

Lin Chang'sheng's eyes shone with anticipation.

Lin Chang'sheng arrived at Tiger Roar Martial Arts Hall.

Even though his Minor Circulation Breathing Method was already at the proficient level, he'd paid 12 taels of silver; there was no way he was skipping out on learning Tiger Roar Fist. He had to at least master it first.

"Who did this? Eight of our disciples were killed at the hall in one night!"

"There are words left at the scene, looks like it was the Poisonous Hand Young Master, the hall master's old nemesis. Says he'll wipe out the hall... Hall Master has already sent people to investigate... "

"We're screwed, aren't we all in danger now?"

"......"

Lin Chang'sheng entered the cultivation field at Tiger Roar Martial Arts Hall and immediately overheard a bunch of young guys whispering, all buzzing with rumors.

"No way? The hall master's old nemesis is here for revenge?"

Listening to the chatter around him, Lin Chang'sheng frowned, but he didn't care much. After all, his cultivation was already at the peak of First-class Realm!

Unless a Martial Arts Grandmaster showed up!

For now, the main thing was to learn Tiger Roar Fist—get it to entry level, then bounce.

"What? You haven't even reached entry level in Minor Circulation Breathing Method, and you want to learn Tiger Roar Fist?"

"You have to walk before you can run! Inner strength comes from persistence!"

Instructor Lin Zhibao heard Lin Chang'sheng's request and immediately frowned, looking helpless.

"Instructor Lin, let me get familiar with it first!"

Lin Chang'sheng cupped his fists.

Secretly, he was laughing—what 'learning'? Just eating breakfast this morning boosted his Minor Circulation Breathing Method's experience points by several thousand.

"Sigh, go ahead."

Instructor Lin shook his head, too lazy to bother. Kids like Lin Chang'sheng always aimed too high and achieved nothing, just dumping their silver on the school for nothing.

With Instructor Lin's lead, Lin Chang'sheng made his way to the Tiger Roar Fist training area, joining over a hundred other youths practicing Tiger Roar Fist.

"Tiger Roar Fist is a form of Mimic Boxing."

"Focuses on the tiger's claw movements—grabbing, seizing, hooking, locking, chopping, pounding, sweeping, blocking. When executing, imitate the tiger's roar—shouting 'Hu' or 'Ho' to channel your strength."

"That's why, when demonstrating Tiger Roar Fist, emphasize the intimidating power—shock and retreat, kneel and leap. The main attack moves include tiger pounce, tiger jump, side fall, front dive, as well as rabbit roll, eagle flip, dragon twist, carp jump, and more."

"There are a total of fifty-six moves..."

The one teaching Tiger Roar Fist was a burly, bald man about fifty years old named Zhang, who coached the group on the techniques and key points, while slowly demonstrating the whole routine.

He wasn't surprised to see Lin Chang'sheng joining in.

Lin Chang'sheng followed Instructor Zhang, move by move, practicing Tiger Roar Fist.

[Detected fist technique: Tiger Roar Fist. Spend 15 taels of silver to simplify it?]

As he performed his eighteenth repetition, a red prompt flashed at the corner of his panel.

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