A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 19 Devouring Method
Duan Rong stood there for nearly an hour.

An hour later, Duan Rong opened his eyes and dispersed his energy.

He let out a long breath, stood up straight, and there was a hint of dejection in his eyes.

"It seems that the cultivation of this inner strength method consumes more energy! It's only been an hour, but I feel a little exhausted!"

Duan Rong actually felt hungry, and even a little panicked.

"If I keep practicing like this for a long time, my body will definitely be depleted!"

"I've been eating a lot of oily food recently, but you're still like this?"

Duan Rong digested Zhao Mu's several years of experience in internal energy in one go. He worked like a veteran, not even sparing the most minute meridians.

It is not only extremely efficient, but also extremely precise. Most martial artists, when they first come into contact with the inner power techniques, even if they have learned them, can only practice them intermittently and gropingly. But Duan Rong, who started practicing intensely right from the start, has no time to adapt to the techniques, so naturally he suffers from weaknesses.

But no matter what, the internal power techniques have been mastered after all, and I can just practice them slowly in the future.

Xiao Zongting's three-day deadline was no pressure for him.

But right now, he has a more important issue that he needs to sort out first.

That is the ability to devour the spirit of the weapon that came with his soul.

Before, he was busy dealing with the assessment and had no time to study it in detail. Now that the assessment is finally over, he wants to study this issue carefully.

After all, this ability to devour weapon spirits is the foundation of his existence in this world!

It's just that this issue is important but not urgent, so he put it aside before.

Now that the assessment has passed, the most important thing for him now is to study the ability to devour weapon spirits.

Duan Rong took a quick look and found that the martial arts arena was very spacious, with a large arena in the middle and four weapon racks on the four sides of the arena.

This is a security agency after all, and everyone here makes a living as a gangster. Martial arts are a skill that they must rely on, so it is inevitable that they will learn a few skills from time to time.

Moreover, there are often competition programs during festivals.

The shopkeeper and the chief leader would give some extra money as a reward to the winner.

Every year, there will be a competition item in the assessment for trainee escorts to become regular employees.

However, the person in charge was naturally the chief instructor Xiao Zongting.

There are all kinds of weapons on the weapon rack, including axes, hooks, forks, swords, spears, swords and halberds.

Although the Yuanshun Escort Agency teaches the menial disciples the Five Tigers and Sheep Sword, not all of the escort masters in the agency were promoted from menial disciples, and many were recruited from outside.

Duan Rong walked to the weapon rack closest to him and pulled out a machete from it.

This machete is 1.5 meters long, with the blade being nearly half of the total length, and weighs about 6 to 7 kilograms in hand.

"Read the spirit of the instrument!"

Duan Rong muttered to himself, and saw a set of data appearing before his eyes.

Equipment: long-handled machete.

Weapon spirit level: Level three.

Devouring requirements: Host's mental strength level 3 (not met).

Devouring effect: Mastery of Rakshasa swordsmanship, mastery of Shura swordsmanship, mastery of Huangquan swordsmanship, and introduction to Bagua swordsmanship.

Duan Rong looked at the swallowing effect and smacked his lips slightly. "Mastery of three skills?"

Duan Rong didn't think that anyone had the time to master all three sword techniques and master the Bagua sword technique.

It seems that this broadsword has passed through many people's hands. It is really a good broadsword that can be used by anyone.

Duan Rong told himself a dirty joke and then put the machete in his hand back into the shelf.

"A third-level weapon spirit requires a third-level spiritual power!"

Duan Rong noticed the devouring requirement in the data. "So what level of mental power am I at now?"

Duan Rong flipped his hand and pulled out a red-tasseled plum blossom spear from the weapon rack.

"Read data!"

Object: Plum Blossom Spear.

Spirit Level: Level 1. Devouring Requirements: Host's Spiritual Power Level (satisfied).

Devouring effect: Introduction to Arhat Spear, Introduction to Ice and Fire Dual Spear, Introduction to Soul-stealing Spear.

Duan Rong looked at the data in front of him and thought for a moment. He had tried many weapon spirits before, both second- and third-level ones, but none of them could be devoured.

"It seems that my mental strength level is level 1."

"Level 1, sounds like it's very weak!" Duan Rong's eyes flashed with contemplation.

Today, the word mental power has entered his mind several times.

He still remembers what Xiao Zongting said.

"Martial arts, with martial arts as the method of attack, internal strength as the foundation, and mental strength as the core!"

"With mental power as the core..." Duan Rong murmured this sentence again.

He still couldn't understand how martial arts were centered around mental strength.

However, he already understood that his ability to devour weapon spirits was centered on mental strength.

The higher the host's mental power level, the higher the level of the weapon spirit that can be devoured.

His current mental power level is only level 1, and he can only devour level 1 and lower level weapon spirits.

Duan Rong did not devour the spirit of the plum blossom spear in his hand, but put the spear back on the weapon rack.

He had no interest in these three-gun, miscellaneous-brand gun techniques that looked like those sold in a grocery store!

Duan Rong placed the four weapons on the weapon rack and touched them one by one.

There are many kinds of martial arts, and the highest level of devouring effect has reached perfection. Of course, this level of weapon spirit is not something that Duan Rong can devour now.

There are several weapons whose spirits are of the first level, which meets Duan Rong's devouring standards.

But he put them all back.

He is now in the escort agency, and has only learned the Five Tigers and Sheep Swords. If he absorbs other martial arts and accidentally reveals it to Xiao Zongting, he will definitely not be able to escape the crime of secretly learning martial arts.

He had experienced how sharp the old man's vision was.

Kong Bin was looking through the secret manual of the Five Tigers and Sheep Swords on the stone table in the corner of the martial arts arena.

He had carefully studied the inner strength method. He tried several times but failed. Just as he was at a loss, he suddenly looked up and saw Duan Rong touching this and that on the weapon rack. Kong Bin's eyes showed disgust and he said, "Pretending."

Duan Rong put a sword back on the weapon rack. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He didn't find the spirit of the mastery-level Five Tigers and Sheep Sword.

A voice suddenly came from behind Duan Rong.

"Look, they say this ginkgo tree is more than 300 years old. It's an ancient tree!"

Upon hearing this, Duan Rong turned his head and saw two young men dressed as servants whispering in the corner.

The servants in the middle and back yards were usually relatives of the escorts and needed to act as guarantors. If something went wrong, the person who recommended them would be jointly liable.

The two servants were only about twelve or thirteen years old. When they noticed Duan Rong looking at them, they ran away shyly.

Duan Rong stood there, looking deeply at the ancient ginkgo tree not far away.

The afternoon sun shines on the tender green leaves of the ginkgo trees, like countless blinking eyes.

Duan Rong looked at the leaves glittering in the sunlight, as if he had some feeling in his heart. Suddenly, he walked over, put his palm on the smooth trunk of the ginkgo tree, and said silently: "Read the spirit of the instrument."

Duan Rong looked at the data appearing before him and was surprised.

Artifact: Ancient Ginkgo tree (361 years old).

Weapon spirit level: ninth level.

Devouring requirements: Host's mental strength level 9 (not met).

Devouring effect: Go through the years (can increase the host's mental strength).

"After so many years..." Duan Rong murmured to himself. He raised his head and the sunlight shone through the gaps between the ginkgo leaves and fell into his eyes.

At this moment, he seemed to hear the whisper of the ginkgo tree under his palm.

(End of this chapter)