Chapter 555: Dark Energy (Please Subscribe)

Taize Prefecture City.

With the chaos of war, no one dared to step outside.

Fortunately, the cousin of Si Niangzi had long since stocked up; not only was the rice jar full, but there was also a vegetable cellar...

During the day, the local street chief would bring a few Yellow Ant Thieves to patrol house by house.

Fortunately, Si Niang had already established a rapport with the street chief, and by stepping forward to handle things—and claiming Fang Yu was a distant relative—they managed to muddle through.

Aside from lamenting that the bandits were only after money and lives, the street chief didn't say much else; he had likely seen such things too often, and he even pointed out to Fang Yu where coffins were cheap.

"This Dark Energy and Bright Energy are, as it turns out, two different types of force... but Dark Energy can be attached to Bright Energy to be unleashed."

Aaron found a water vat and began to practice 'Listening Force'.

As for the rest, he truly lacked the strength to do it and couldn't hire anyone, so he had to set it aside for now.

Nearby, Xiaonannan watched him with curiosity.

At the very least, he could just leave more gold leaves when he left.

Aaron kept slapping the large vat, feeling the vibrations and echoes, striving to find the 'resonance' of his body...

Aaron sat before the table and began to organize the spoils from entering the city.

Although a Martial Master can refine Qi and Blood, it is not necessarily safe, so one could apply a double dose.

Aaron was particularly interested in the few prescriptions above that consumed Essence Qi and shortened one's lifespan to make illnesses recover rapidly.

A trace of worry appeared between Si Niangzi's brows: "I have saved up a little over these years... but if I buy a house, without a man to stand as the head of the household, I fear I would be bullied to death by neighbors and local thugs!"

After all, hearing someone sweetly call him 'Uncle Yu' every day made him feel a bit embarrassed.

"This... is too valuable."

Aaron estimated this to be at least two or three hundred taels of silver.

As for the burial and the funeral rites?

After coaxing Nannan to sleep, Si Niangzi played some fun games with Aaron again, and by now, she was exhausted and asleep.

Finally, Aaron took out the Secret manual of the "Black Sand Palm" obtained from Xue Qingshan.

Aaron waved his hand, looked at the house again, and sighed: "It is a time of chaos now; when things are more stable in the future, I will go buy you another courtyard to live in..."

The next day.

He didn't mind being a temporary couple for a while, but anything more was out of the question.

"It feels like finding a certain special frequency through echoes and vibrations to shake one's own bone marrow..."

"Even if a new dynasty is established, as long as the Land Deed is kept well, it will basically be recognized..."

Si Niangzi was startled; she certainly recognized the value of this object.

"I'm too lazy to prepare Medicinal Sand; if it shortens my life, so be it... I still have to drink it with the 'Qinglong Life-Snatching Decoction'! That would be double the life-shortening!"

First were the notes obtained from Jin Rusong, which recorded some Tracking Techniques; the Disguise Technique and Bone Shrinking Technique within them were listed by Aaron as backups, to be practiced when he had leisure time.

Aaron sifted through the box of jewelry and picked out a lotus-shaped pendant made of Ziyu, intending to give it to Nannan tomorrow.

"This..."

"It's nothing..."

Right now, no one had the heart to quibble with her, and it didn't matter if she lived there for a while, but her cousin's clan was still around. To be honest, even if her cousin were alive, she might not be able to keep this house; it might be seized by some husband's nephew or elder who popped up from nowhere... not to mention Si Niangzi, who was an outsider.

An hour later, he came to the courtyard and began to formally practice the Black Sand Palm Method.

"The property prices in this prefecture city are definitely at rock bottom right now. As long as I buy and hold onto them... wait a few decades or a hundred years, I'll definitely make a fortune!"

"Sigh... I have no use for so much money anyway."

Besides that, there was also Ge Lao's box of gold and silver jewelry, which was worth even more than the gold leaves—at least a thousand taels!

She knew deeply the hardships of a widow in ancient times.

Aaron flipped to the back and found that the six levels of the "Black Sand Palm" were complete, with only the secret recipe for preparing the Medicinal Sand torn out.

Hmm, besides that, there was also a 'Quzi Prescription' that could ensure one would not conceive after a hundred battles; Aaron scanned it carefully and secretly memorized it.

"The so-called Dark Energy is actually a type of Penetrating Force that can injure people from a distance... but nine inches is the limit! Being able to unleash Dark Energy three inches through the air counts as Small Success, six inches counts as Great Success... and at the peak of Dark Energy, one can strike nine inches!"

How long is nine inches? Not even a foot!

"Because human bone marrow is certainly less than skin and flesh, the refined Dark Energy is also relatively scarce. Even a prime-aged Martial Master of Dark Energy cannot have every move and style accompanied by Dark Energy; at most, it serves as a trump card!"

Aaron felt that she was just looking at Fang Yu because he was young and had martial strength, and she wanted to find someone to rely on.

A single Lamp flickered like a bean.

Aaron rubbed his nose; giving money was not a problem, but he just didn't want to give a title.

"So... is this how I embark on the path of an unscrupulous real estate developer?"

"Uncle Yu..."

Fortunately, Fang Yu had money and didn't care about this.

This was a small trick recorded in the fourth level of the Black Sand Palm.

"The more profound the realm, the more one must take it slowly, otherwise it is easy to damage the body."

Therefore, he would have to move out sooner or later.

Then, he began to carefully read the last three levels.

"How about... buying some land?"

After tidying up, he solemnly took out the few books.

"I told you to tear out the prescription, and you really only tore out the prescription... That Senior Brother Zhang is an honest man!"

Then there was Ge Lao's "Qingnang Jing Supplement," which recorded in detail Ge Lao's entire medical knowledge, the difficult and complicated cases he had encountered, and several precious Secret prescriptions; the 'Qinglong Life-Snatching Decoction' was prominently listed among them!

"This body will still get sick, I must learn medicine!"

"Hmm... after using Bright Energy to refine the skin and flesh of the whole body, the next step is Bone Tempering! Use various sound waves to stimulate the marrow to become active, hammer and refine the bones, and subsequently give birth to 'Dark Energy'!"

"Be good, Nannan."

After practicing for two consecutive hours, Aaron finally stopped his workout and took the towel handed over by Si Niangzi to wipe off his sweat.

Aaron had nothing much to say; he went to buy two coffins and placed Si Niangzi's cousin and her cousin's husband inside.

"I'll go outside and take a look, and find someone as soon as possible to haul the coffins out and bury them, otherwise what kind of situation would this be?"

Aaron sighed silently to himself and began to memorize the Secret manual.

Hmm, at this time, the only male in the household, which was Fang Yu, became the one to hold up the family...

"Wait, I came here to become strong, not to get rich... but these two things don't seem to conflict. Life is long, spending a little effort to manage things is nothing... perhaps it will be useful in the future!"

Aaron took out that string of Ziyu lotus pendants and hung it around Nannan's neck.

Nighttime.

And the long swords used by ordinary martial artists are all claimed to be two-foot, or even three-foot green blades!

"Alright... actually, in the boundaries of martial arts, one inch of height can determine life or death; nine inches is already enough."

Although this courtyard is quite nice, it does not belong to Si Niang; it belongs to her cousin's husband.

First is the gold and silver; I obtained ten gold leaves from Jin Rusong. The common saying is one tael of gold to ten taels of silver, and now the price of gold is even rising.

He first flipped through it from beginning to end, comparing the first three levels with what he had learned to confirm there were no errors or omissions.

He immediately found an excuse and walked out.

He only heard a faint sigh from behind...

(End of this chapter)