Chapter 40: Saber Technique Entry! Proud Daughter! Refreshing Play!

Moonlight like water, spilling into this silent mountain forest.

Jiang Ye sat cross-legged on a blue stone, borrowing the cold moonlight to carefully open the two manuals that still held body heat.

He first scanned them roughly, and in his aged eyes, the look of surprise grew more intense.

"These two are both graded manuals!"

Martial arts in the world are as numerous as ox hair, and most are ungraded.

For instance, the Transformation of Force martial artists who founded martial arts halls in Anxi County, including Liu Qingshi, all learned and taught fist techniques that were ungraded.

It wasn't that they didn't want to learn better ones, but they lacked the path.

Graded martial arts have always been firmly controlled by the imperial family and sect clans, kept secret from others.

The law is not easily passed on; that is how it is.

"Still, these martial artists who engage in evil ways have their own paths!"

Jiang Ye flipped through the manuals in his hands, his eyes growing brighter the more he read.

No wonder so many martial artists would willingly degenerate and join the Demon Sect; perhaps the temptation of these graded martial arts is one of the reasons.

He casually opened "Blood Moon Saber" and studied it carefully.

That saber technique was exquisite and unparalleled; every move and every stance was a technique for killing, incomparable to any saber technique he had seen before.

As he watched, he silently deduced it in his heart, as if the saber light had already flashed through his mind a thousand times.

A moment later, he closed the manual and subconsciously drew the cold, gleaming curved saber from behind the waist of the ugly man's corpse.

The blade was curved like the moon, the edge as thin as a cicada's wing. Held in his hand, it had a strange sense of "fitting," as if he had practiced with the saber for many years and was already an old acquaintance with it.

He stood up, took a deep breath, and turned his wrist.

Swish!

A slash! The saber light was like a ribbon, cutting through the night!

"Blood Moon Saber proficiency +3!"

The system panel appeared.

Host: Jiang Ye

Lifespan: 70/95

Strength: Transformation of Force (Early-Realm)

Fate: Ladder to Divinity 【Effect 1: Superb Comprehension!】

Mastered Wu Gong: Five Birds Fist 【Consummation】 Blood Moon Saber 【Entry, 3/500】

Mastered Intent: Tiger Walk Like Sickness, Spirit Ape Thousand Changes, Startled Deer No Trace

Jiang Ye was stunned for a moment.

He had once heard Liu Qingshi say that graded martial arts were extremely profound, and ordinary martial artists might struggle for a year without reaching entry level.

As a result, he reached entry level after watching for a while.

Hiss!!!

Superb comprehension is like this.

Jiang Ye became interested and immediately began to wield the saber.

Chop! Hack! Lift! Hang!

These most basic moves in saber technique, in the hands of a beginner like him, were performed like flowing clouds and water, as if he had been immersed in this path for decades.

About a cup of tea's time later.

Whoosh!

Accompanied by an extremely sharp sound of breaking air, Jiang Ye's wrist turned suddenly!

The curved saber in his hand was like real moonlight pouring down, carrying an irresistible sharpness, slashing horizontally toward the headless corpse on the ground that had long since died.

Puchi.

A soft sound.

Where the saber light passed, the corpse was neatly cut into two halves!

At the cut, blood slowly seeped out, soaking the withered leaves red.

"Good saber technique!"

Jiang Ye stood with his saber, looking at the curved saber that still gleamed with cold light, unable to help but praise softly.

One inch longer, one inch stronger.

His own Five Birds Fist was also exceptionally clever, but it was ultimately a technique for unarmed combat.

Learning another saber technique meant one more means of dealing with enemies in the future.

In this chaotic world, nothing is more reassuring than having an extra trump card.

He slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, sheathed the curved saber, and tucked it away close to his body.

Immediately, he began to flip through the other manual, "Jin Gang Body Refining Technique," to see if he could also reach entry level with this martial art.

Soon, Jiang Ye's brows furrowed.

This "Jin Gang Body Refining Technique" was an extremely profound hard-body technique, and its requirements for the practitioner were shockingly harsh—if the body strength was insufficient, one couldn't even reach entry level.

Moreover, every time one practiced, one had to apply a specially made secret medicine to the whole body to temper the tendons, bones, skin, and flesh; otherwise, it was self-mutilation.

Jiang Ye continued to flip through, his brows furrowing even tighter.

The manual recorded in detail the method for refining that secret medicine.

But the main ingredients required—Snow Sun Flower, Heavenly Sunflower Grass, Green Water Luo—were all rare items, not to be seen on the market at all, and could only be purchased from large pharmacies or the black market.

And each ingredient would easily cost thousands of taels of silver.

In short, this was a hard-body manual with an extremely high entry difficulty.

"I can only wait until I reach the prefecture city to find a way to practice it."

Jiang Ye shook his head slightly and tucked "Jin Gang Body Refining Technique" into his bosom as well.

The future is long; there is no need to rush.

He bent down again and began to search carefully on the corpse that had been cut into two halves.

This time, he pulled out a thick stack of silver notes, the smallest denomination of which was 1,000 taels.

"So much?!"

Although he knew this person should have accumulated a lot of ill-gotten wealth, looking at the thick stack of silver notes in his hand, a look of shock still flashed in Jiang Ye's eyes.

He counted them, and these silver notes totaled a full 200,000 taels.

One can imagine how many people this beast had killed.

Jiang Ye was silent for a moment, then tucked the heavy stack of silver notes into his bosom as well.

He stood up, took one last look at the unrecognizable corpse on the ground, turned around, and strode off in the direction the Su family's team had gone.

His figure soon merged into the vast night, as if he had never appeared.

"Hmm?! There's movement over there."

Not long after Jiang Ye left the small woods, his keen senses heard faint sounds of fighting coming from the right rear.

He was not interested in the disputes of outsiders and had no intention of turning back, just about to leave.

Suddenly—

"Black Fifth! You beast, surrender now!"

A crisp, heroic-sounding shout came.

"Hahahaha!!! Little girl, I advise you not to meddle in other people's business. If you keep pestering me, don't blame me for capturing you, a true disciple of the Profound Heaven Sect, and playing with you for three days and three nights!"

An insidious voice rang out.

Jiang Ye, who had intended to leave, paused slightly, and a cold glint flashed in his aged eyes.

Black Fifth?

He had heard the ugly man from the Qisha Sect mention this person while talking to himself earlier.

This person must also be a demon of the Qisha Sect.

If this person discovered the disappearance of the ugly man, it would be a considerable threat to Liu Qingshi and the others.

Jiang Ye pondered for a moment and quietly approached.

He would see if there was a suitable opportunity to send this Black Fifth to reunite with his brother in hell.