Fantasy: Starting with a bowl, you can exchange it for endless cultivation.

Gu Chen took out the secret manual he had obtained that day.

Place it in a copper bowl.

This secret manual is a combination of lightness skill, footwork, and body movement, belonging to the second rank of the innate level.

This is exactly what he lacks right now; he can exchange his insights to cultivate it.

Small golden characters appeared in the bronze bowl:

[For twenty taels of silver, you can exchange for introductory insights into "The Gecko's Wall-Climbing Skills".]

"As expected of a second-grade innate martial art, it costs twenty taels of silver just to get started." Gu Chen put twenty taels of silver into the copper bowl and chose to exchange it.

The silver disappeared.

Gu Chen gained some initial insights into this unique lightness skill.

[For fifty taels of silver, you can exchange for a minor understanding of "The Gecko's Wall-Climbing Skills".]

The copper bowl serves as a reminder.

Gu Chen took out fifty taels of silver to continue exchanging.

An even greater realization entered Gu Chen's mind.

"Let's add it all at once until it's perfect," Gu Chen continued.

The copper bowl indicates that a high level of enlightenment requires one hundred taels of silver.

Gu Chen directly put in a silver note worth one hundred taels.

The silver note disappeared, and the footwork was perfected.

And the moment the silver note disappeared.

One hundred taels of silver also disappeared from the money shop corresponding to this banknote.

The completion required two hundred taels of silver, and Gu Chen added two more bills.

Instantly, he mastered the perfect gecko wall-climbing technique.

It was as if he had practiced this footwork for decades.

With his footwork in hand, Gu Chen moved with the ease of a gecko, darting and leaping between the beams of the house, scaling walls and rooftops.

After landing, he ran several times faster in the courtyard than he usually did.

He made up for his weakness in body movement and footwork.

The next day.

Gu Chen thought for a moment and decided not to go directly to the Baoyao Pavilion in Cangshan County to buy Qi and Blood Pills.

He planned to entrust Li Linfeng to transfer the goods from Baoyaoge, and he would buy them directly from Baoyaotang in Qingping Town so that he could buy them at a discounted price.

It's much more cost-effective.

Although he could get a discount by purchasing from Baoyaoge in Cangshan County, he didn't have as much power there as he did at Baoyaotang in Qingping Town.

"One hundred and fifty Qi and Blood Pills, so many." Li Linfeng was somewhat shocked. What was the background of the customer behind Gu Chen?

The 1,000 servings of the Blood-Strengthening Soup ordered last time weren't enough, and now they need another 150 Blood-Strengthening Pills.

"The customers were very satisfied with the Blood-Strengthening Soup last time, saying that the quality was very good, so this time they want to buy Blood-Strengthening Pills directly from us." Gu Chen took out fifty taels of silver and handed it to Li Linfeng.

"Old Li, is this a tip for your trouble? It's still the same 12% discount as before. Can you get it?" Gu Chen asked Li Linfeng.

After thinking for a moment, Li Linfeng accepted the fifty taels of silver from Gu Chen and said, "No problem."

"When do you need the goods?" Li Linfeng asked.

"The sooner the better," Gu Chen said.

"Okay, I'll try my best to get the goods to you within three days," Li Linfeng said.

Qi Xue Wan (a traditional Chinese medicine) is also sold at Bao Yao Tang in Qingping Town.

However, each one costs ten taels of silver, and very few cultivators can afford them.

After all, someone like Gu Chen, who serves as a guard at the Precious Medicine Hall, only earns fifteen taels of silver a month, so naturally no one would be willing to spend ten taels to buy Qi and Blood Pills for cultivation.

Using Qi and Blood Pills for cultivation can only accelerate the rate at which one's cultivation level increases.

For normal spiritual practice, using the Blood-Strengthening Soup is sufficient.

Therefore, the Qi and Blood Pills in Qingping Town Baoyaotang are not in stock, only a few dozen, and need to be transferred from Baoyaoge in Cangshan County.

One hundred and fifty pieces—this is a big order. Gu Chen will earn him fifty taels, and he'll spend twenty taels to bribe the Baoyao Pavilion in Cangshan County.

Getting Gu Chen an 82% discount is no problem.

One hundred and fifty pieces, totaling one thousand five hundred taels, with an 88% discount, that's one thousand three hundred and twenty taels.

Gu Chen paid him the full amount upfront.

This will put his mind at ease when he goes to arrange the goods.

The exchange of the gecko's ability to swim along the wall and achieve enlightenment from beginner to mastery cost Gu Chen a total of 370 taels. This is in addition to the 1,320 taels he spent on Qi and Blood Pills and the 50 taels he gave to Li Linfeng.

His newly acquired fortune vanished in an instant.

This money really doesn't last long!

However, Gu Chen did not regret it, as all of these could be converted into his strength.

If he didn't have the strength, those two ruthless bandits he encountered today would have been killed.

Money is an external thing; it comes quickly and goes quickly. The key is to transform it into your own strength.

The next two days.

Besides receiving two doses of herbal medicine each day, Gu Chen would spar with the four guards of Baoyaotang and occasionally have a spar with Li Linfeng.

Of course, when Gu Chen sparred with them, he kept his strength at the same level as theirs.

Otherwise, they would be no match for them at all.

After fighting those two ruthless bandits, Gu Chen felt that he lacked practical combat experience.

The hook-nosed man's swordsmanship was ruthless and fierce; if he hadn't overwhelmed him with his knife skills and cultivation level...

If he were at the same level as the hook-nosed man, and the hook-nosed man also possessed superb swordsmanship, sword energy would be generated.

He might not be his match then.

Therefore, Gu Chen prepared to brush up on his combat experience.

The martial arts training ground in the backyard of Baoyaotang.

Gu Chen, like a nimble gecko, dodged and weaved, avoiding the attacks of guards Wei Zhong and Cui Jie, and then easily kicked them in the buttocks.

He kicked the two of them so hard they fell face-first to the ground in front of him.

"We're not fighting anymore, we're not fighting anymore." The two waved their hands.

"Old Master, your lightness skill is too amazing! We can't even touch you. How are we supposed to fight?" The two were extremely frustrated.

Although Gu Chen only used the strength of a third-rate expert to fight them.

But Gu Chen's lightness skill and footwork are too amazing.

Gu Chen could easily dodge all their moves, but they couldn't dodge his attacks.

"Haha, you two still have a lot of practice to do." Gu Chen waved his hand, looking at the two of them.

At the same time, he exclaimed that the Gecko Wall-Walking Step truly lived up to its reputation as a second-grade innate martial art.

He used only a slight movement, and when he controlled his speed to match that of the two of them, they couldn't even touch the hem of his clothes.

At this time.

Li Linfeng came in and said to Gu Chen, "Brother Gu, the goods you ordered have arrived. Come with me to check them."

"The goods have arrived." Gu Chen was overjoyed.

Li Linfeng had said it would take about three days, but it arrived in just two days.

The efficiency is quite fast.

They followed Li Linfeng into the main hall of Baoyaotang.

Li Linfeng took out fifteen small bottles, each containing ten Qi and Blood Pills.

Let Gu Chen count them one by one.

Gu Chen only opened one or two of the small bottles, glanced at them, and then put them all away.

He trusted Li Linfeng to get things done.

If you pay to transfer goods, the other party won't tamper with the process.

Gu Chen picked up the Qi and Blood Pills and left the Treasure Medicine Hall, heading straight to his residence.

That evening, after confirming that no one was around the courtyard.

Gu Chen took out eight bottles of Qi and Blood Pills, a total of eighty pills, and placed them directly into the copper bowl:

Eighty ordinary Qi and Blood Pills can be exchanged for one hundred and sixty days of pure cultivation.

The copper bowl serves as a reminder.

Gu Chen chose to exchange.

All the Qi and Blood Pills in the copper bowl disappeared.

Instantly, a massive amount of cultivation power was poured into his body.

Then, Gu Chen used the Earth and Thunder Flesh Refining Technique to temper his own flesh and blood, and brown earth and thunder light immediately appeared on his body.

A moment later, the cultivation transfer ended.

A powerful aura emanated from Gu Chen, enhancing his physical defense, strength, and speed.

He broke through to the late stage of the Flesh Refining Realm.

"Continue!" Gu Chen put the remaining eighty Qi and Blood Pills into the copper bowl.

The copper bowl indicates that eighty Qi and Blood Pills can now only be exchanged for eighty days of cultivation.

Just as he had guessed, the effect was halved.

Gu Chen then placed ten more Qi and Blood Pills into the bowl. The copper bowl indicated that each of the ten pills could still be exchanged for ten days of cultivation, and the effect remained unchanged.

This Qi and Blood Pill truly lives up to its reputation as an exclusive cultivation pill for those in the Blood Refining Realm; its effects are indeed remarkable.

Ten coins can be exchanged for a total of one hundred days of cultivation.

Gu Chen directly exchanged all eighty Qi and Blood Pills and ten Qi and Blood Elixirs for cultivation points.

It lasts for a total of 180 days.

A vast amount of cultivation power poured into his body.

The power of earth and thunder was rapidly circulating to temper his flesh and blood, spreading throughout his limbs and bones, cleansing his body, and causing constant booming sounds within him.

When all his cultivation was fully infused, his flesh and blood underwent extreme tempering, his body became as hard as a rock, and earth thunder surrounded his body.

He broke through to the Perfect Flesh Refining Realm!

With his current physical strength, even attacks from ordinary top-tier experts cannot harm him.

Ordinary swords and similar weapons would probably get stuck in his flesh and blood as soon as they pierced his body, unable to penetrate further.

The Flesh Refining Realm at its peak is terrifying.

Having reached the pinnacle of the Flesh Refining Realm, the next step is to prepare for breaking through to the second stage of the Innate Realm, the Skin Tempering Realm!