What a lucky world!

Chapter 156 It’s not over yet! It’s not over yet! It’s not over yet!

[Previous Story] Zhang Mu returned to Qianyuan Mountain with Ye Hanzhou and learned that Frost Moon Mountain, another major bandit group in the county, had defected to a powerful figure and was seeking to recruit the county's martial arts camps as their pawns. Frost Moon Mountain sent a group to infiltrate the mountain, hoping to weaken the Qianyuan Martial Arts Camp's reputation, but they were repelled by Zhang Mu, who then received 25 Luck Coins as compensation. Zhang Mu used 15 of these Luck Coins to refine the Tadge Sword Technique to the Spiritual Rhythm level. With the remaining 10 Luck Coins, he purchased a clue to the pseudo-unique skill "Canglang Jue" in the Tower of Chance...

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Nine hundred miles north of Qianyuan Mountain lies a towering, majestic mountain. While it lacks the harmonious blend of landscape and water as Qianyuan Mountain, it is the highest peak in Taiping County. Due to its height, the temperature inside is much lower than outside. Frost covers the pines and cypresses within the mountain year-round, especially under moonlight, making the entire mountain appear as if clad in a blanket of silver, a truly stunning sight.

The poem says: Qingnv and Su'e are both cold-resistant, competing with each other in the frost in the moon.

It is one of the eight scenic spots of Taiping, "Frost and Moon Confrontation".

This is how Mt. Shimotsuki got its name.

For scholars and literati, Frost Moon Mountain is a beautiful scenery in poetry and songs, but for many people living at the foot of Frost Moon Mountain, what Frost Moon Mountain is most famous for is not the scenery of "Frost Moon Fighting", but the unparalleled martial arts stronghold in the mountain - Frost Moon Martial Stronghold!
It is said that hundreds of years ago, there was a sect called "Qingbo Sect" on the shores of the East China Sea. There were only a thousand disciples in the sect. Relying on a supreme elder who was at the master level, it barely stepped into the threshold of a first-class sect.

Later, Dayun established the dynasty, and the founding emperor Taizu rode into the world. All the major sects were brutally dismembered and split into a number of mountain and water martial arts strongholds.

The Shuangyue Wuzhai was derived from the Qingbo Sect.

Now it is in the hands of the current village chief Sha Tonghai, who is the 24th village chief.

It can be said to have "a long history and orderly inheritance".

A breath of internal energy was exhaled from Sha Tonghai's mouth, and turned into white smoke as soon as it came out.

Although autumn has just begun, it is already very cold in the mountains during the Frost Moon Festival. It is no different from winter except that there is no snow.

However, in such a high temperature, Sha Tonghai was shirtless, revealing his toned muscles.

Because of the martial arts, Sha Tonghai's hair, eyebrows and beard had long since fallen out, leaving only a bald head. He did not look ferocious, but rather a bit funny.

At this time, he finished his practice for the day, but his brows were still furrowed.

Half a year ago, he received help from that great man and broke through to the Judan realm with external luck, but his practice made no progress after that.

In theory, luck can replenish one's physique and help one break through. After breaking through, although cultivation becomes more difficult due to limitations in talent, if one continues to practice diligently, one will eventually see improvement.

But he didn't gain any benefit at all.

This is not possible!

He barely made it to the Gallbladder Gathering Realm. Unless he was willing to break his gallbladder, a strong person at the Perfect Nourishing Fluid Realm could also fight him.

For example, the one from Qianyuan Wuzhai!
So what exactly was the problem with his practice?
Sha Tonghai knew this very well.

Kung Fu!

That’s right, the fundamental reason why Sha Tonghai made no progress despite his hard training was that the level of the martial arts he practiced was too low.

Sha Tonghai's martial arts were naturally inherited from the Qingbo Gong of the Qingbo Sect, which is considered a top-grade martial art.

If Sha Tonghai had broken through to the Judan realm on his own, the Qingbo Gong would still have been useful to him. However, he chose a different path and used external luck to break through, which resulted in his cultivation being like a castle in the air, and the Qingbo Gong was somewhat inadequate.

Of course there is a solution, and there is more than one.

The first method is for him to hand over Frost Moon Village to that big shot and become a part of the other party's power. In this way, the other party's power and fortune will not be external fortune to him, and everything will go smoothly, and the Qingbo Gong will naturally restore its effect.

But Sha Tonghai was unwilling to adopt this method.

The other side has many masters under his command, and he is no less capable than a man in the Judan realm; and Shuangyue Martial Arts Village is his only support, how could he hand it over easily!
Fortunately, the big shot was unwilling to be exposed too early and just controlled the situation from behind the scenes, which was equivalent to condoning Sha Tonghai's behavior.

Since you don't want to take this path, there is a second path.

Find a more advanced martial arts book.

For example, unique skills!
Although unique skills are only one level higher than martial arts, the gap between them is as huge as the difference between heaven and earth.

What martial arts cannot do, unique skills can do! What martial arts cannot solve, unique skills can solve!

In short: unique skills are awesome!
But as the saying goes: Expensive things have no disadvantages except being expensive.

It's a unique skill, except that it's too precious and hard to get, it really has no other disadvantages.

Even in the era of sects before the founding of Dayun, unique skills were the core of the core, not to mention the Dayun Dynasty's control over unique skills.

Even though the imperial court is now impoverished and weak, and its control cannot be restored to its peak, it has been extremely difficult for someone of Sha Tonghai's status to acquire unique skills over the past few hundred years.

"This is difficult..." Sha Tonghai touched his bald head and sighed softly.

The only way now is to seek help from that great man to obtain the unique skills.

But he has already helped me break through the realm, why should I still teach him my unique skills?

It can only be exchanged for merit!

The achievement that the other party valued was naturally his integration of the many martial arts villages in the entire Taiping County.

But to achieve this goal, you have to pass Qianyuan Mountain.

But in his current state, he was not sure if he could fight against that old madman in Qianyuan Mountain!

You must first have unique skills.

So, the question comes back again.

"Damn it, why does that old guy never die..." Sha Tonghai cursed.

At this moment, Sha Tonghai saw a figure approaching him quickly.

In just a few breaths, the figure appeared in front of Sha Tonghai.

"Boss!" The man who came was a thin man with a black mole the size of a soybean at the corner of his mouth. A black hair grew on the mole, which was very conspicuous.

This man was none other than the third in command of Frost Moon Mountain. His real name was no longer traceable, so he gave himself the nickname Yun Zhonghe.

"Boss, great news." Yun Zhonghe said excitedly with a delighted look on his face. "What's the matter?" Sha Tonghai suppressed his irritation and asked.

Seeing Sha Tonghai's expression, Yun Zhonghe quickly explained, "Brother, there's news about a unique skill!"

"Unique skills?" Sha Tonghai was stunned at first, then frowned and said, "What unique skills? Is this just another trick?"

"It's different, it's different!" Yun Zhonghe waved his hands quickly, then took out a booklet from his arms and handed it to Sha Tonghai.

Sha Tonghai took the booklet with a puzzled look on his face and began to flip through it. After reading only two pages, a glimmer of light suddenly flashed in his eyes and he immediately turned the pages intently.

Yun Zhonghe was not in a hurry either, but sat aside and waited with a smile.

About an hour later, Sha Tonghai turned to the last page of the booklet. His expression froze for a moment, and he looked at Yun Zhonghe: "What's next?"

"No more!" Yun Zhonghe waved his hand.

"Gone? How can it be gone?" Sha Tonghai said sternly.

"Brother, don't be anxious. Listen to me." Yun Zhonghe said quickly, "First, make sure this is a unique skill, right?"

Sha Tonghai was stunned for a moment, then looked down at the booklet in his hand and thought for a moment: "It should be!"

Martial arts are subdivided into mental skills, fighting skills, and physical skills.

As for the unique skills, they are usually three-in-one, that is, training, fighting and body training are all integrated.

For example, the Heaven-Stepping Sword Technique practiced by Zhang Mu included sword techniques, mental techniques, and body techniques.

Normally, this kind of unique skill is difficult to describe clearly in words, just like the descriptions such as "appropriate amount", "a little", and "heat" in Chinese recipes. Even if you learn it, you may not be able to master it, so it requires a higher-level martial arts inheritance.

However, if you only choose one of them, especially the one that describes the mental method of how martial energy flows through the meridians, as long as there are no special requirements, then the text can still be barely explained clearly, it's just a matter of having a few more words.

In Sha Tonghai's opinion, the booklet in his hand should contain the secrets of a unique martial art.

For him, although this does not have a matching fighting style and body skills and cannot be used in actual combat, it is enough for daily practice.

But the problem is that the records in this booklet are not complete, only about half!

"Stop keeping us in suspense. What's going on?" Sha Tonghai urged.

Yun Zhonghe nodded and said, "Someone wants to auction this incomplete martial art, and has released half of it in advance. Now, not to mention me, anyone with some status in Taiping County should have got it!"

"Auction?" Sha Tonghai's expression grew serious. "Can you find out who the auctioneer is?"

"I don't know!" Yun Zhonghe shook his head. "That person didn't contact any of the major chambers of commerce. He just released the news!"

"Take it!" Sha Tonghai stood up, a fierce look flashing in his eyes. "No matter the cost, no matter the means!"

Upon hearing this, Yun Zhonghe reached out and twirled the black hair on his mole: "I've been waiting for you to say this, big brother!"

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At the same time, Qianyuan Mountain.

"This Canglang Jue has been passed down since the founding of the country." Zhang Mu took a sip of tea and said to Shisan Niang and Wei Wuyou who were sitting in front of him, "I guess the Grand Commander knew he was deceived and kept silent to save face."

"So there's a high probability that it can be deceived."

Shisanniang's eyes sparkled with stars: "Brother Mu, don't worry, it's fake anyway, it doesn't matter even if the plan fails."

"That's not what I meant." Wei Wuyou stroked his mustache. "If we can really trick them, it will definitely be beneficial to us at Qianyuan Mountain."

"Whether the auction generates profits is secondary; the key is timing," Zhang Mu agreed. "Frost Descent is still two months away!"

"After the auction, there will definitely be a fierce battle."

"Even if I don't get one from Frost Moon Mountain by then, I will find a way to send one to them!"

"It will take at least three months for Sha Tonghai to discover it's fake after practicing."

"It took half a year in total!"

"In the next six months, Shimotsuki Mountain should remain relatively restrained and not be so aggressive."

"With the speed of cultivation that Ye Hanzhou and I have, let alone breaking through the Gallbladder Condensation Realm, we should be able to reach the late stage of the Liquid Condensation Realm or even reach perfection."

When they heard Zhang Mu's words, Shisan Niang and Wei Wuyou's eyes flickered, and they managed to suppress the shock in their hearts.

In just half a year, he could advance from the early stage of condensation to the late stage of condensation?

And not just one, but two!
Shisanniang naturally thought of the village chief's great luck, so she accepted Zhang Mu to go up the mountain. However, in Wei Wuyou's mind, another sentence popped up -

There are many geniuses in prosperous times, and evildoers in troubled times!
The ancients never deceived me!

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Although the following words are free, they may exceed the paid word count and take up some paid words, which will be supplemented later.

Mainly to explain the recent situation to everyone.

Let me say sorry first.

Some time ago, Lao Ba's wife fell ill. She thought it was a minor illness, but later it was found that she had a mental illness, which was bipolar and had already somatized. She had to be hospitalized for intervention and treatment. Because Lao Ba had to take care of the patient, he not only stopped updating, but also terminated the contract for the script he was working on.

The reason I didn't write a separate chapter explaining this is because my parents would read it. They don't read my stories, but if there were a separate chapter, they would click on it. On the one hand, my parents' generation didn't understand this disease, and hearing about the hospitalization was devastating. On the other hand, my grandfather passed away last month, so my wife and I didn't want them to know.

Well, that's about right. I'm sorry.

Currently, Ba Wan's wife's condition has stabilized and is gradually improving. Ba Wan will also slowly resume work. The setting of the book Qiyun is actually quite complete, and I feel that the subsequent story is also quite interesting, so even if the current results are not satisfactory, I will still slowly finish it.

Anyway, thank you all for your understanding...

(End of this chapter)