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Wu Feng first looked at the stack of books.

Eighteen books.

He casually picked up the top book, the three characters "Iron Finger Technique" on the cover were written in a steady, solid style. When he opened the title page, he saw the martial arts mark of Shaolin Temple.

Second-rate fingering.

He put it aside and picked up the next book.

"Heart-Shattering Palm" is a technique used by the Qingcheng School.

Next one.

"The Wind Brushes the Willow Sword"

"Like a Shadow Legs"

"Breaking Jade Fist"

The Great Finger.

The fragment of "The Finger's Finger" - he remembered that the Yipintang Armory also had this book, priced at two thousand contribution points, and requiring centurion-level access.

He flipped through the books quickly, one after another, only looking at the cover and title page to see the source and grade of each book.

Shaolin, Qingcheng, Five Tigers Sect, Haisha Gang... all are second-rate martial arts from various sects that have a name. Some are complete, some are slightly incomplete, but they are enough to master.

Eighteen books, neatly arranged, all of them second-rate goods that could be exchanged in the Yipintang Armory.

His lips twitched.

This Li Qiushui, who is said to be the Empress of Western Xia and the mastermind behind Yipintang, has no secret martial arts manual in her collection.

Those truly treasured secrets, she either kept to herself or hid them elsewhere.

He pushed the stack of books toward the side of the table, his gaze falling on a much thinner book next to it.

The cover was blank; the inner pages were only visible when the cover was opened.

Fragments of the Lesser Formless Skill.

The handwriting is delicate yet the strokes are sharp, and the margins are densely packed with tiny characters—these are notes and comments added by later generations.

Below the words "Formlessness," a line of smaller characters reads: "When falsehood is taken for truth, even truth becomes falsehood; when nothingness is taken for existence, even existence becomes nothingness. Borrowing from its power, one is not bound by form."

In another place, the ink is slightly fresher, and the inscription reads: "The Murong clan has changed like the shifting stars, but they are all show and no substance. They do not understand the way of leveraging power; the key is to borrow its spirit, not its form."

Wu Feng read a few lines.

The annotator should be Li Qiushui himself.

The arrogance between the lines was impossible to suppress.

He closed the booklet and put it aside. He had already learned the Lesser Formless Skill, but he had only seen the diagrams of its movement and had not read the manual.

You can keep this for reference.

Looking at the other things on the table, there were three palm-sized jade bottles, sealed with red silk.

He pulled out the first stopper and brought it close to his nose to smell it.

The herbal aroma is slightly bitter, with a hint of ginseng.

Lesser Rejuvenating Pill.

System annotation: [Purple Healing Elixir: Instantly restores 50% of health upon consumption, and continues to restore 30% over the next ten breaths. Can be used to revive someone severely injured.]

The second bottle.

Black Jade Broken Heart Ointment.

[Purple - A miraculous bone-setting product, specially formulated for comminuted fractures and ruptured meridians; external application can achieve healing in seven days.]

This thing is extremely famous in the martial arts world. It is said to be a secret Shaolin technique, and it can even bring back a cripple like Yu Daiyan in the original story.

The third bottle.

Ten-Fragrance Softening Powder.

[Purple Poison, colorless and odorless. When mixed with food and drink, it causes the poisoned person's internal energy to dissipate and their limbs to become weak and sore for twelve hours. For use only by Yipintang.]

He looked at them for a moment, then put the stopper back in and put all three bottles into his backpack.

Come again.

The two zithers and the flute.

The zither is of the Zhongni style, with fine crack patterns like a snake's belly, and two lines of small seal script are engraved between the dragon pool and the phoenix pond.

He can't recognize them all, but the system's identification won't lie.

【Qingjiao Yiyin (Purple - Guqin): When used as a musical instrument, tone purity +35%, and the power of sonic martial arts increases by 20%; when used as a weapon, arm strength +18, agility +12. Includes the special effect "Circling the Beam," which has a chance to slightly disorient the enemy upon attack, causing a 0.3-second delay in their attack.】

The flute is made of jade, its entire surface is warm and smooth, and it feels slightly cool to the touch.

【Azure Stream (Purple, Jade Flute): In musical instrument form, reduces internal energy consumption of musical martial arts by 15% and increases crowd control duration by 25%; when used as a weapon, increases agility by 22 and internal energy by 10. Includes the special effect "Whispering," which has a chance to interrupt enemy casting spells upon attack.】

Wu Feng held the flute and weighed it in his hand.

It is lightweight yet easy to handle, and made with solid materials.

Unfortunately, he doesn't know any sonic martial arts.

Keep it for now.

The four items—brush, ink, paper, and inkstone—were packaged separately in a brocade box.

The ink is pine soot ink, heavy and substantial; the paper is Chengxintang paper, as smooth as jade to the touch; the inkstone is an old pit Duan inkstone, its surface shimmering with a bluish hue.

[Purple - Four Treasures of the Study (Set): Extremely valuable as a collectible. Gifting it to NPCs who appreciate elegance, calligraphy, painting, and collecting will significantly increase their favorability. If gifted as a set, the effect is increased by an additional 30%.]

Six volumes of calligraphy and paintings.

He opened the first volume.

"Returning Home by Boat on a Snowy River"

The signature is the name of an ancient person I've never heard of, but the seals are densely packed, with each collector from different eras stamping their mark.

System Appraisal: [Purple - Rare Calligraphy and Painting. Gifting this to an NPC who enjoys rare and antique items will increase their affinity with the character.]

The remaining five volumes contain landscapes, figures, and birds and animals.

All of them are purple grade.

He rolled up the calligraphy and painting and put them back in the brocade box.

Then there was the pile of gold, silver, and valuables.

Gold leaves, gold ingots, silver ingots, strings of copper coins, and several ingots of official silver.

He gave a rough count.

One hundred and thirteen taels of gold.

More than 10,400 taels of silver.

The box was full of jewelry, including pearls, jade, cat's eye, rubies and sapphires, some set in hairpins and rings, and some still loose stones.

The system did not assign specific values ​​to these jewels, only displaying them as "precious jewels".

He tried to take out a cat's eye stone, and the system popped up a description that read "worth about 350 taels of silver".

A whole box.

He was too lazy to count them all.

I did the math.

The gold was converted into 1,130 taels of silver, and with the original 14,000 taels, the cash amounted to more than 11,500 taels.

At the current gold price of 1,400, that's a whopping 16 million.

Wu Feng leaned back in his chair, looking at the pile of various items on the table. The light from the oil lamp cast flickering shadows on his face.

He tugged at the corners of his mouth upwards.

It's not a laugh.

I'm a little unsure what to say.

Previously, I spent an entire afternoon farming monsters for meat chunks, but the copper coins I earned, plus the proceeds from selling materials, amounted to less than twenty taels.

He had painstakingly saved up for so long, and his backpack contained a total of six hundred taels of gold and silver, but he was still hesitant and reluctant to sell it.

What now?

Half an hour.

11,500 taels.

And that doesn't even include the jewelry, calligraphy, paintings, musical instruments, elixirs, and secret manuals.

He reached out and ruffled the pile of silver ingots on the table; the ingots clashed together, making a dull thud.

Saving a little money on rent before was a complete waste.

He sat up straight and stopped looking at the pile of silver.

Let's get down to business first.

He stacked eighteen second-rate secret manuals in front of him, and opened the top one, "Iron Finger Manual".

Should I learn the "Iron Finger Techniques" (second-rate finger technique)?

Yes.

The book transformed into a stream of light that flowed into the space between my eyebrows.

The techniques of finger movements, the key points of energy application, and the pathways of meridians are like a basin of warm water poured into the brain, quickly settling down.

You have learned the "Iron Finger Technique" (a second-rate finger technique).

Under the "Finger Techniques" category in the Skills tab, an extra line of gray text appears.

【Iron Finger Techniques (Beginner 0/8000)】

He put down the book and picked up "Heart-Shattering Palm".

Learn.

You have learned the "Heart-Shattering Palm" (a second-rate palm technique).

Put it down, and pick up "The Wind Brushes the Willow Sword".

Learn.

You have learned the "Wind and Willow Sword" (a second-rate sword technique).

lay down.

"Like a Shadow Legs"

Learn.

"Breaking Jade Fist"

Learn.

The Great Finger.

Learn.

Fragments of "Picking Flowers with Fingers".

Learn.

You have mastered the "Finger Technique" (a second-rate, incomplete technique).

The incomplete version has a lower proficiency cap than the full version, but it's sufficient.

He read one book after another, his hands almost never stopping.

System notifications flashed across the edge of the field of view one after another, like rain.

You have mastered the "Five Tigers Severing the Gate Saber" (a second-rate saber technique).

You have learned the "Sea Sand Gang Palm Technique" (a second-rate palm technique).

You've learned it...

Eighteen books, from beginning to end.

Each book transformed into specks of light that flowed into the space between the eyebrows, and each book added a line of text to the skill bar.

[Beginner 0/8000]

[Beginner 0/8000]

[Beginner 0/8000]

……