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Kingpin shook his head, his eyes hardening again, and said, "I no longer care about the mayor of New York City. With this manual, the mayor's position is practically mine."

Bai Ye said with satisfaction, "Very good, then we can try selling courses."

Kingpin asked in confusion, "Buy a course?"

“Of course, the Purple Cloud Divine Skill I showed you is the standard version. I actually have a weakened version and an upgraded version as well,” Bai Ye said.

“What are the differences between these three versions?” Kingpin asked.

Bai Ye explained, "Of course there is a difference. In the weakened version, the meridians through which the internal energy flows are reduced, and the internal energy cultivated is less than half as pure and powerful as the original version. However, in the upgraded version, one can directly and forcibly absorb the Purple Cloud True Qi from another person through physical contact."

During Baiye's practice period, the total training time for the Zixia Divine Skill did not exceed 100 hours.

However, with his spirit that is dozens of times stronger than that of ordinary people, and by constantly destroying his meridians with his internal energy, he was able to make some simple modifications to the Zixia Divine Skill.

The weakened version goes without saying, and the upgraded version looks similar to the descriptions of the Northern Darkness Divine Art and the Star Absorbing Technique, but it is actually much weaker in terms of universality and does not have the function of converting true qi.

In other words, the upgraded version of Zixia Divine Skill can only absorb the same internal energy as Zixia Divine Skill. If it absorbs other internal energy, it will cause the different types of internal energy to be unable to be converted and accumulate in the body, which is similar to the result of Linghu Chong in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.

Fortunately, in this world, the only martial arts manual in Jin Yong's style is the one he has. Unless someone comes up with something new, he can absorb it however he wants.

As for changing your cultivation method? It's possible but not recommended, because as more and more people learn the Zixia Divine Skill, the cost of switching to other cultivation methods will become increasingly higher.

With the Purple Cloud Divine Skill, one can buy true qi from someone else's dantian as long as they have money, while cultivating other modified versions of true qi requires practicing bit by bit, making it less efficient.

"Forcibly absorbing the Purple Cloud True Qi from someone else's body?" Upon hearing Bai Ye's words, Kingpin gasped, staring at Bai Ye in shock. The upgraded version actually had such an incredible effect.

Bai Ye smiled and said, "The weakened version will be published as my autobiography, while the regular version will be sold through pre-orders."

“But the books are not very secure, so even if we start a pre-sale, the profits won’t be very good,” Kingpin said.

"Money doesn't matter to me, I have no interest in money."

“As long as we sell books, a wave of qigong fever will definitely sweep the world. As long as we establish the reputation of the founder of qigong, won’t money flow in endlessly?” Bai Ye laughed.

Hearing Bai Ye's grand promises, Kingpin's breathing became increasingly rapid. He felt that coming to see Bai Ye today might be the best decision he had ever made in his life.

“Okay, I’ll fully cooperate with you. When do you plan to publish this manual? I’ll start by generating buzz through various media outlets,” Kingpin said.

"Let's do it a month from now. You can handle all the publicity and stuff; I'm too lazy to get involved," Bai Ye said.

"Mr. Bai trusts me that much?" Kingpin asked.

"Trust you? No, I only trust my own fists."

Bai Ye gently clenched his fist and said, "Tomorrow morning I need you to immediately send me a team of experts to serve me."

Kingpin nodded and asked, "What kind of expert team do you need?"

"The main team is a mechanical and electrical team that can modify and debug large machinery. I will request them again if needed in the future. Also, you must provide me with whatever equipment I need."

“No problem, it’s just a few application-oriented talents. I have several under my command, and I’ll assign them to you tomorrow,” Kingpin said generously. Compared to the value Bai Ye could bring him, these were insignificant.

If Bai Ye were to ask him to test his sincerity again now, he might even give him half of his fortune after some hesitation.

"But what do you need these talents for?" Kingpin asked.

"Practice your technique," Bai Ye said slowly.

"Train a block?" Kingpin looked surprised.

Only Bai Ye himself knew that in just over half a month since he acquired the panel, his strength had increased hundreds of times.

At this rate of improvement, in the next month after the release of the Zixia Divine Skill, he should be able to increase his physical strength by another 20 times, easily reaching the level of 400 tons.

Then, the time it took for the book to generate public opinion and attract attention from all sides should have been enough for him to increase his strength and have room for direct negotiations with the human government.

Feeling the slight coolness of the evening breeze in the convertible, Bai Ye calmly turned his head and said, "Kingpin, take me back."

"Send it back? Mr. Bai isn't coming to my place for dinner anymore?" Kingpin asked hurriedly, thinking that Bai Ye had refused to cooperate with him again for some reason.

"No need, we've already finished discussing what needed to be done in the car. I have a lot to do tonight, and I'm tired. Just take me to the Mainz Club."

"Is that so? Then let's take Mr. Bai home first," Jin instructed the driver, adding as he spoke:

"Everything you need will be delivered to the playground near your house tomorrow morning. I will buy that playground for you to exercise on."

"Okay, thank you for your help," Bai Ye said casually.

Chapter 53 Kingpin's Attempt

At night, Bai Ye got out of Kingpin's convertible and looked at the gates of the Mainz Gym, already looking forward to tomorrow.

Full of anticipation, Bai Ye and Camilla slowly walked towards the club's gate.

With a soft click as the door closed, Bai Ye placed his right hand on Camilla's shoulder.

"What are you doing..." Camilla, who was beside her, seemed to realize something and awkwardly placed her right hand on her left wrist.

"I'm very satisfied with your performance today because you didn't take the opportunity to run away."

As Bai Ye spoke, he pressed Camilla against the wall, gently lifted her chin, and said with a calm expression, "So I hope you can satisfy me even more next time."

“You…” Camilla placed her right hand on Bai Ye’s firm chest and struggled gently.

But with her extraordinary physical abilities, the strength she was using at that moment was so great that she couldn't even push an ordinary person away.

“You can refuse, just like last night. The choice is yours,” Bai Ye asked, holding her fair, lotus-root-like right arm.

As soon as he finished speaking, Camilla's struggling movements gradually disappeared. Bai Ye, understanding the implication, chuckled and picked Camilla up by the waist, heading towards Camilla's makeshift bed.

"Wait! I have something I'd like to ask you." Camilla suddenly said halfway through the walk.

"Hmm? What can't be said later?" Bai Ye asked, puzzled.

"Well..." Camilla's face suddenly flushed, and she buried her head in Bai Ye's chest, asking, "Can I suck your blood while we're doing it later?"

Bai Ye: '...Isn't this a bit too twisted?'

"Is it okay?" Camilla, who usually exudes a mature and sophisticated aura, suddenly asked pitifully, the contrast between her demeanor and tone being extremely alluring.

But what awaited her was Bai Ye's calm refusal: "I refuse. The risk is too great. I don't want to accidentally become a vampire."

As soon as he finished speaking, amidst Camilla's disappointed gaze, Bai Ye flicked his right finger, unleashing a surge of internal energy that turned off the switch in the room.

It was already late at night, but for Bai Ye and Camilla, the night had only just begun as the lights went out.

……

Outside, after sending Bai Ye back to the club to fulfill his wish, Kim immediately had his driver take the convertible back to his villa.

On the way, with his exceptional execution skills, he took out his phone and made call after call, repeating all the requests Bai Ye had made, demanding that they be completed by 8 a.m. the next morning.

Upon returning to his residence, he found Tombstone, Bullseye, Scorpion, and several Level 3 mutants hired with money standing before him. These were the core members who maintained his forces.

"Boss, what do you want with us?" Tombstone asked first.

"I have a qigong manual here that I acquired from someone else. After you have thoroughly studied it, try practicing it. It will greatly benefit your strength. The first person to develop internal energy will be rewarded with 50."

King said, then took out the cultivation manual he had just copied from Bai Ye's phone.

"Qigong?" The subordinates looked at each other, wondering if such a thing really existed.

Although they were puzzled, they did not show it. Instead, they immediately agreed, took the photocopy of the Zixia Divine Skill from Jin Bing, and began to study it under the lamplight late at night.

Kingpin remained expressionless as he watched them learn. After all, as a powerful figure, he couldn't risk his life; he should let his subordinates try the good stuff first.

But the more the group looked at the tombstone, the more mysterious it seemed. If things like meridians and dantian really existed, they should have been discovered long ago. Why was it only discovered now? It didn't make sense.

Although I didn't believe it, I couldn't refuse the boss's request, so I just treated it as a paid favor to fool the boss.

As elites under Kingpin, these individuals naturally possessed excellent memories. Two hours later, as the first person to thoroughly read the content emerged, the others gradually began their practice as well.

As each of them harbored their own doubts, 30 minutes slowly passed. One of the bald mutants felt a strange flow of energy appearing within his body and was shocked to discover that the thing the boss had given him was actually real!

Soon, after calming his mind and slowly channeling his inner energy into his dantian, the mutant immediately stood up and proudly said, "Boss, I've succeeded! A trace of inner energy has now successfully appeared in my dantian."

"Oh, very good." Kingpin, who was sitting on the sofa waiting, had his eyes light up. Only thirty minutes had passed, and his talent was quite impressive.

Meanwhile, Tombstone stood up abruptly, looking at the bald mutant in shock and exclaiming, "You've really mastered internal energy!"

"Why would I lie to you?" The bald mutant nodded and said, "The secret manual the boss gave me really can help you cultivate internal energy."

After saying this, the men, including Tombstone, couldn't help but regret their actions. They hadn't actually planned to cultivate at all; they had just been spacing out and going through the motions. They never expected that this hothead would actually produce results and they would get $50 for nothing.

Soon, inspired by the first person to succeed, the others also became serious, and within a total of four hours, everyone successfully cultivated a trace of internal energy.

Furthermore, Kingpin discovered that mutants seem to have a higher level of talent than human experts like Bullseye, and can develop a trace of internal energy in an average of 40 minutes, possibly due to some kind of physical advantage.

Seeing that everyone had developed internal energy, Kingpin said with a smirk, "You've all done very well. Tombstone, now transfer the internal energy within you to Is."

"Huh? Boss, why? I've only managed to cultivate two strands of internal energy, while Is has five strands." Tombstone said reluctantly.

The Is mentioned in the tombstone is the mutant who first cultivated his first trace of internal energy.

Kingpin smiled slightly and told the group about Bai Ye's theory of internal energy flow. Soon, everyone present became excited.

If that were truly possible, then with enough money, who would bother painstakingly cultivating internal energy? Each of them would have hundreds or even thousands of underlings under their command, who could easily be allowed to cultivate, and they could harvest their earnings regularly each month. They could even buy it with money without any problem.

Once Tombstone understood this, he quickly stopped being reluctant and urged Is: "Sit down quickly, I'm going to transfer my inner energy to you, don't just stand there."

Soon, following the power transfer procedure, Tombstone transferred all two strands of internal energy within his body to Is, and then asked expectantly, "How was it? Did it work? You should have 1.6 strands of internal energy now, right?"

"It is indeed useful, but the internal energy I converted and stored in my dantian is only a tiny trace."

Is frowned and said, "It seems that the smallest unit of internal force is a thread. If it's any smaller, it won't stay and will be wasted in the meridians."

Chapter 54 Hurry up and serve it.

Kingpin was unconcerned about what Is said about the smallest unit of internal force: "It doesn't matter, as long as it can be proven that internal force can be transferred between different human bodies, that's enough."

"Boss, what's our next step?" Bullseye asked. "Should we distribute the cultivation technique to our subordinates?"

“Not for now. Bai Ye said not to let the news leak out for a month. Just tell the public that this is his training method,” Kingpin said.

He knew perfectly well what kind of people his underworld gangsters were. The day after he showed them the cultivation method, the whole world would probably be practicing the Purple Cloud Divine Skill.

"Bai Ye? Is he the one who gave the boss the cultivation method? And boss, are you planning to publish such a good cultivation method?" the group asked doubtfully.

"That's right, the one who killed all the vampires in New York tonight."

Kingpin lowered his eyes slightly and said, "What can we do if we don't make it public? If we want to maximize our profits, we need as many people as possible to practice this technique. Besides, there's no such thing as a strict way to keep knowledge secret. Eventually, the whole world will find out. Why don't we take the initiative to release it first and use our good reputation to get the mayor's position?"

'Moreover…' Kingpin thought of Bai Ye's uninhibited personality, and he would definitely not generously pass on his cultivation technique. Therefore, Bai Ye was hiding more than just this one secret. If he had his eye on it, there would be no way to escape.