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"Mr. Niu, please go upstairs."

Xu Hongyi also warmly invited Su Changqing to the VIP room on the second floor for a chat.

In the VIP room on the second floor, after inviting Su Changqing to sit down, Xu Hongyi said with admiration, "Mr. Niu, you killed Xue Wuyai and his villains with just one move. I admire you!"

After offering a compliment, Xu Hongyi said with a serious expression, "Mr. Niu, I invite you to become our Mingxin Tower's top ghostwriter!"

"A top-notch ghostwriter?"

Su Changqing remained noncommittal. It sounded like this "Gold Medal Ghostwriter" was the highest-ranking person in Mingxin Tower, but he had no interest in such empty titles and only cared about profits.

Xu Hongyi explained, "Becoming a top-tier ghostwriter at Mingxin Tower grants access to high-reward firsthand intelligence, along with a monthly stipend of 30 taels of silver. Furthermore, Mingxin Tower only takes 30% of the mission's reward!"

The treatment of a top-tier ghostwriter is indeed quite good. While Mingxin Tower takes 50% of the bounty earned by an ordinary ghostwriter, it only takes 30% of the bounty earned by a top-tier ghostwriter. This is a very substantial benefit.

The top ghostwriters are a rare breed in each of the Chasing Wind Pavilions, almost like their signature figures.

Su Changqing only went once and successfully completed the mission of killing Xue Wuyai and others. Xu Hongyi knew that if she wanted to win over such a master, she had to treat him with sincerity!

"Can."

Su Changqing would never refuse something that could benefit him, so he nodded slightly and agreed.

Xu Hongyi smiled broadly upon seeing this. There was also competition among the Listening Wind Pavilions. Once Su Changqing became a registered ghostwriter for the Mingxin Pavilion, he could no longer accept bounties from other Listening Wind Pavilions.

"And I'll trouble you, Lord Xu, with the secret medicine I requested to assist martial artists in their cultivation at the Divine Power Realm."

Su Changqing said to Xu Hongyi.

One of Su Changqing's main purposes in coming to Mingxin Tower was to obtain channels for acquiring resources!

Xu Hongyi readily agreed.

After a conversation with Xu Hongyi, and agreeing to meet again in two or three days, Su Changqing set off to leave.

A few days later, Su Changqing returned to Mingxin Tower and got what he wanted.

"Mr. Niu, this is your identity token. The reward for the previous mission, after deducting Mingxin Tower's share, totals 1120 taels. This bottle of Hundred-Supplement Strength Pills contains 10 pills. Each pill can support a Divine Strength Realm martial artist for more than half a month of cultivation. Each pill is priced at the most favorable cost price of 30 taels. I can only supply you with one bottle per month."

Upon seeing Su Changqing, Xu Hongyi handed over the prepared items to him.

First, there's the identity token of the knife handler, which is dark gold in color and engraved with the character "牛" (ox). Holding this token gives the knife handler a certain degree of influence, even when dealing with officials.

As for the bounty, after deducting his share, Su Changqing received 1120 taels of silver for killing nine Blood Cloud Bandits, including Xue Wuyai! This was undoubtedly a huge sum of money, a sum that a normal person could not earn in a lifetime!

But this was money Su Changqing deserved. With Xue Wuyai's strength, even ordinary Divine Power Realm warriors would die if they faced him. This was money earned by risking his life and enduring considerable danger.

What Su Changqing was most interested in was, of course, that bottle of "Hundred-Supplement Strength Pills".

Once the sealed bottle cap is opened, a rich medicinal aroma immediately fills the room, making one's blood rush faster just by smelling it!

As far as Su Changqing knew, the reason why the pills used by martial artists were called pills was because dan was the best, while wan was the second best. It could be seen as a youthful version of dan.

Even so, this Hundred-Supplement Strength Pill is extremely expensive. Even with the best price Xu Hongyi offered him, it was still 30 taels per pill, and it was also limited in supply with quota restrictions.

Of course, one bottle of the Hundred-Replenishing Strength Pill is theoretically enough for a Divine Strength Realm martial artist to consume for half a year, and it is more than enough for personal use!

Thank you.

After putting everything away, Su Changqing thanked them.

Afterwards, accompanied by Xu Hongyi, Su Changqing left Mingxin Tower.

"This Mr. Niu... seems to be a lone traveler. I really don't know who he is. It's like he appeared out of nowhere. Even the forces behind me can only find out that he was initially active in the Woniu Town area."

Xu Hongyi watched Su Changqing disappear into the crowd from the second-floor window, and couldn't help but wonder about his true identity.

This Mr. Niu is incredibly mysterious. Xu Hongyi has investigated the relevant information, but she can only find out that he used to operate in the Woniu Town area. She knows nothing else.

Su Changqing, meanwhile, kept an eye out for anyone following him and quietly took a detour back home.

"Then let's try the effects of this Hundred-Supplement Strength-Boosting Pill!"

After changing his clothes, Su Changqing licked his lips and poured out a Hundred-Boosting Strength Pill.

This Hundred-Supplement Strength Pill is about the size of a thumb tip, dark black in color, and emits a strong medicinal fragrance!

According to what Su Changqing learned from Xu Hongyi, the Hundred-Replenishing Strength Pill is made from a combination and refining of nearly a hundred kinds of medicinal materials. Its medicinal effects are extremely powerful. If ordinary martial artists take it, they will be unable to tolerate the benefits and it will be more harmful than beneficial. It is a secret medicine suitable for martial artists in the Divine Strength Realm to enhance their physique.

Even for a martial artist at the Divine Power Realm, it would take more than half a month to fully refine a single Hundred-Replenishing Power-Boosting Pill!

Su Changqing glanced at it a few times, then swallowed it in one gulp. Before long, the medicinal power began to take effect. Su Changqing felt a strong medicinal power spreading from his abdomen, making his whole body feel warm!

"This medicine...it's incredibly potent! You definitely get what you pay for!"

Su Changqing was also shaken by the medicine and immediately started punching to accelerate the refining process. Even when he slept at night, he maintained his breathing exercises to refine the medicinal power.

"Clang clang clang!"

In the weapon forging shop, Su Changqing was forging a long sword. With each strike of his hammer, a crisp metallic clang was heard. In reality, he was subtly using internal force, which was transmitted through his arm to remove impurities!

"This forging of weapons is like refining my internal energy; with each impact, my strength becomes even purer..."

Su Changqing stared at the flickering sparks, his eyes burning with what seemed like flames.

Su Changqing was willing to stay at the weapon forging shop mainly to take advantage of the environment to cultivate his Crimson Fire Technique and hone his strength!

When his internal energy was exhausted, Su Changqing began to breathe and refine it, as if a flame was burning fiercely in his dantian, making his strength increasingly pure!

[Breathing Technique Training Progress +1%!]

[Mastery of Breathing Technique Level 5 (99%): One practice per day, achievable in eighty years]

"My breathing technique is about to break through!"

Su Changqing felt a burning sensation coming from his internal organs, and he was secretly invigorated.

Breathing Technique is not a particularly profound skill, but its advantage lies in the fact that it hardly takes up any of Su Changqing's other time. He can practice it even while walking or sleeping. While practicing the Crimson Fire Technique and tempering his strength in the weapon forging shop, Su Changqing also maintained his practice of the Breathing Technique and was about to complete a breakthrough!