I am a high-level martial arts master.

In the underground chamber of the Azure Dragon Gang, Ye Li pushed open the door to the secret room.

A complex smell, a mixture of dust, old paper, rusted metal, and a faint herbal scent, wafted towards me.

Ye Li stood at the door, his eyes blazing, eagerly peering inside.

The sight that came into view made him pause slightly.

The interior of the secret vault was far more expansive and profound than imagined.

In the dim light, countless items were piled up like mountains, almost filling every corner within sight.

The most eye-catching thing was the mountain of secret manuals.

Most of them are not beautifully bound books, but rather original templates engraved on cold iron plates.

These iron sheets, stacked one on top of another, are engraved with characters the size of mosquitoes and flies, forming a small mountain of metal.

The number of iron pieces far exceeded what Ye Li had seen in the underground armory; they were densely packed, numbering at least tens of thousands.

These iron pieces were piled up haphazardly, some even scattered on the ground, covering a large area in the center of the secret vault.

Beside the pile of secret manuals, there were a dozen or so large camphor wood chests, each about half a person's height.

The lid of the box was half open, revealing that it was packed full of bottles and jars.

Jade bottles, porcelain bottles, gourds... all sorts of shapes, with faded labels on the bottles, faintly exuding the fragrance of herbs and the exotic aroma of elixirs. These are various kinds of elixirs, such as Body Tempering Pills and Qi Gathering Pills, in an astonishingly large quantity.

In the corners and against the walls of the secret vault, other miscellaneous items looted from the Treasure Pavilion were piled up.

The talismans bound together, the armor shimmering with a ghostly light, the strangely shaped hidden weapons, the crystal bottles filled with unknown liquids, and other rare treasures whose uses were difficult to discern at a glance were all mixed in.

"Those people looted everything. They found all the pills, manuals, and weapons from more than a dozen aristocratic families, dozens of martial arts schools, and the city lord's mansion of the Canglong Gang and the Poison Wolf Gang."

Zheng Tongdao: "I have already had someone do a simple inventory. There are about 23,000 unique martial arts manuals, most of which are rudimentary manuals that do not involve the circulation of internal energy."

"One hundred thousand Body Tempering Pills, two thousand Qi Gathering Pills, and a dozen or so other precious pills similar to the Hundred-Year Ginseng Pill."

Hearing Zheng Tong's explanation, Ye Li was secretly surprised.

As expected of someone who has gathered the wealth of an entire city, all the secrets that the Guangming aristocratic families had been hiding have been exposed.

One Qi Gathering Pill costs a thousand taels of silver; that's enough to eat as a meal.

"Take a look at these. If there's anything you can use, take it first, and I'll return some of the rest."

Zheng Tong said, but after this ordeal, most of Guangming's acquired forces were wiped out, leaving no one to testify.

Even if you honestly return them one by one, at least half of them can be kept.

After hearing this, Ye Li nodded and strode forward, ignoring the pills beside him and burying himself in the pile of secret manuals to search for them.

In an instant, a whirlwind swirled around the small hill of piled-up iron sheets.

Faced with these secret manuals, Ye Li entered the [Swift] 2x time system and began searching through the pile of books.

He had browsed through an entire set of martial arts techniques in just a few seconds.

"You have watched the Five Elements Fist in its entirety, gaining +1 comprehension."

"You have watched the entire Mountain Splitting Palm demonstration and gained +1 comprehension."

"You have watched the entire 'Breaking the Sea and Splitting the Heavens Cudgel' video, and gained +1 comprehension."

"You have watched the entire Mahakala Palm video, gaining +1 comprehension."

Watching his disciple bustling about like a whirlwind, Zheng Tong nodded with satisfaction, then left the secret room to prepare a carriage for Ye Li to travel to the capital.

Ye Li spent the entire night searching for cultivation techniques in this secret room.

He learned one martial art after another.

Because there were too many cultivation techniques, he eventually skipped those that looked identical and were useless.

As the night passed, Ye Li clutched his throbbing head and slowly exhaled.

My gaze returned to the panel:

Name: Ye Li

Realm: Early Stage of Acquired (55/126 Bones)

Bone Aperture Bonus: 10% Internal Force! 11% Physical Fitness!

Cultivation techniques (techniques perfected to the point of perfection are omitted):

"Azure Dragon Crossing Calamity Technique Level 2 (0/500)" [Insufficient Cultivation Level]

"Nine Hells Demon-Slaying Sword (390/24000)"

"The Great Nirvana of the Mind (390/19000)"

"Heart-Piercing Gaze (390/5000)"

"Sea-Breaking Sky-Splitting Stick (390/2300)"

"Yanluo Halberd (324/500)"

In just one night.

The page showing Ye Li's cultivation techniques was so long that it took a long time to scroll to the end.

Based on his experience, among these techniques, there are about ten white-label techniques, about five green-label techniques, and as for blue-label techniques... two?

This is a conjecture based on previous experience.

After all, white entries are worth 1000 points, while green entries are worth 1001 to 9999 points.

That blue label should indicate 1 or more experience points.

There is a world of difference in the threshold between green and blue entries.

Most of the martial arts techniques that include diagrams of true qi circulation only have eight or nine thousand experience points, unable to break through the 1 mark.

Currently, Ye Li has only mastered two martial arts techniques with over 10,000 points.

One is the City Lord's Mansion's "Nine Hells Demon-Slaying Sword," and the other is the Gao family's "Great Annihilation Mindscape," a family that was wiped out.

The former is a sword technique, while the latter is an extreme method that attacks with the soul.

As for the different cultivation techniques with varying effects of true qi, Ye Li noted them down but found they were uncultivable.

Because a person's meridians can only maintain the operation of one type of exercise.

To switch to other cultivation methods, one must completely transform the true energy of the "Azure Dragon Crossing Calamity Method".

In other words, unless one possesses a unique ability like Duheyi's "one soul, two bodies" or a special secret technique, it will be impossible to cultivate two different techniques simultaneously.

Under these circumstances, Ye Li had no choice but to comply.

After browsing through all the cultivation techniques in the secret chamber, Ye Li turned his gaze to the panel.

[White Chalcedony]: Root Bone Aptitude +5%

[Bai Yuling]: Skill experience gain speed +5%

After a brief silence, Ye Li chose [White Jade Spirit]!

After all, there are so many cultivation techniques, and with the will of Heaven by our side, it will be difficult to fight beyond our level in the future. So it's better to increase the speed of cultivation. As the effects of the inscription began to appear, a stream of white light flowed upwards.

Ye Li immediately felt his mind clear, and the fatigue from the whole night dissipated considerably.

Feeling the effects of the new term, Ye Li turned around and went to the pile of pills.

He took several porcelain bottles of "Gathering Spirit Pills," and then took seven other precious pills similar to "Centennial Ginseng Pills."

Knowing when to stop, Ye Li silently took the pills and left the secret chamber.

Pushing open the heavy stone door, the cool morning air rushed into my lungs.

Feng Yue remained faithfully guarding the door. Upon seeing Ye Li emerge, he immediately bowed and greeted him, "Young Master!"

Ye Li looked at the instructor who had taught him the Azure Dragon Force and smiled, "Instructor Feng, thank you for your hard work."

He casually pulled a porcelain bottle from his pocket and handed it to Feng Yue:

"Take this and cultivate diligently. Thank you for your guidance in the past."

Feng Yue subconsciously took the bottle, and was immediately flattered when he saw that it contained ten Spirit Gathering Pills.

This was ten thousand taels of silver! How could he possibly put it in his hands? His hands were trembling slightly.

"Young Master! This is far too valuable! Your subordinate..."

Thinking of the care he had given the other person before, and seeing their frightened expression, Ye Li sighed softly and gently patted their shoulder, saying:

"Dude, don't be shy. If you ever get a chance to break through to the Acquired Realm, you'll never have to worry about food and drink again."

Watching Ye Li turn and leave, Feng Yue suddenly remembered what Ye Li had said on the day he became a Body Temperor:

"I hope Ye Li won't forget his roots. It would be good enough if he were willing to accept my gifts after he becomes an elder."

Who would have thought that not only would they not accept any gifts, but they would also casually stuff ten Spirit Gathering Pills into his hand.

Close the courtyard gate to shut out the noise from the outside world.

Ye Li sat cross-legged on a stone in the courtyard, but did not immediately begin practicing those techniques.

Instead, he took out a Spirit Gathering Pill and put it in his mouth.

The pill melted instantly upon entering the mouth, and a gentle, continuous torrent of spiritual energy exploded within the body!

Ye Li immediately activated the Azure Dragon Crossing Calamity Technique, guiding the spiritual energy to cleanse his limbs and bones, nourishing his unopened bone orifices.

The so-called Spirit Gathering Pill is similar to the spirit stone in the cultivation world, containing a huge amount of medicinal power and spiritual energy.

After a martial artist consumes it, it will continuously release internal energy, helping them to open up their bone acupoints, roughly equivalent to gaining the cultivation speed of an extra martial artist. After swallowing one, Ye Li felt his internal energy flowing continuously.

The result was that the speed at which he opened his bone orifices increased by less than 10%...

"That seems to be true... My cultivation speed and innate talent are now more than ten times that of other martial artists."

Ye Li was speechless.

He is now completely different from before, thanks to the changes made to "The Marrow Cleansing Classic: Perfection".

With the [Yang Furnace] and [Swiftness] combined, if one were to cultivate at full strength, without eating, drinking, or sleeping, it would take a little over a day to open one acupoint. This speed is 30 times that of an ordinary acquired martial artist!

If this gets out, it will scare people to death.

Whether it's the speed of absorbing spiritual energy or the purity of blood energy conversion, it's unparalleled.

The effect of this Spirit Gathering Pill, costing a thousand taels each, would double the cultivation speed for an ordinary martial artist, but it was practically useless to him. Half a day later, Ye Li slowly digested the Spirit Gathering Pill within his body, feeling that he had wasted it; it was better than nothing.

With a slightly bored expression, Ye Li then focused all his attention on martial arts.

Indeed, nowadays, keywords are the foundation, and everything else is just a secondary trick.

The sooner you master several green cultivation techniques, the better you'll be able to ride the [Swiftness] skill; it's more effective than any elixir.

Thinking this, Ye Li's true energy surged, and he "boomed" the small tree next to him out of the soil.

With the infusion of his true energy, he twisted the tree trunk, which was as thick as a bowl, into a straight stick that reached his eyebrows.

The next moment, the "Sea-Breaking and Sky-Splitting Staff" was unleashed in his hands, creating a dazzling display of staff-like flourishes.

With the blessing of [Swiftness], [Spiritual Bone], and other enhancements, Ye Li's cultivation speed is extremely fast.

As the morning light of the second day bathed the courtyard once more, Ye Li slowly finished his practice.

The invisible force of the staff that surrounded him quietly dissipated.

On the panel, the progress bar for "Breaking the Sea and Dividing the Heavens" had clearly reached the end, with the word "Perfect" clearly marked behind it!

[Green - Swift] +5: When focused, speed increases by 131.3%.

Feeling the speed increase once again, an indescribable sense of exhilaration surged through my entire body.

"That's how it should be!"

A sense of satisfaction flashed in Ye Li's eyes; this direct multiplication effect was better than any other messy methods.