Apocalypse: Grinding EXP through Hunting

Chapter 242: Chapter 223: I’m Not Targeting Anyone, I Mean Everyone Present (2)

Shui Yun’s eyes were clear, showing no sign of anything unusual.

Tang Wen naively believed her.

The moment he let go, Shui Yun visibly breathed a sigh of relief, turned, and slipped away.

Tang Wen froze, then gnashed his teeth at her retreating figure. ’Heh! Woman, you think you can run? You promised me fiery red lips, deep mountain valleys, and so many other benefits. You won’t get out of a single one!’

His gaze, fixed on the departing Shui Yun, was not friendly.

Turning his head, he found his master staring at him suspiciously and immediately panicked.

"Uh, Master, I’ll go down with Vice Gang Leader Liu."

"Go on."

Tang Wen quickly scurried away.

The Armory was located directly beneath the Council Hall.

It housed many Visualization Martial Arts and was open to gang members at the Martial Artist rank or above.

Ordinary Martial Artists could come to learn the [Night Divine Fist].

Extraordinaries could exchange their contributions to the gang for time to study various Visualization Martial Arts.

As for Tang Wen, he was not bound by this condition.

For at least the next six months, he could freely study any of the Martial Arts in the Armory.

"Vice Gang Leader Liu, who is this?" At the entrance to the Armory, an old man with a full head of white hair and a white beard lay in a rocking chair.

"Elder Zhang! This is our Seventh Young Master."

"Oh. The Seventh Young Master." The old man looked Tang Wen over. "Good looks, good foundation."

"Elder Zhang, the gang has granted him free access to the Armory," Vice Gang Leader Liu said with a respectful bow.

Tang Wen didn’t dare probe the old man with his Spiritual Power.

To his eyes, this old man was no different from an ordinary person.

But he knew without thinking...

...the Black Water Gang would have to be insane to have an ordinary old man guard its Armory.

The old man took out a Steel Token, engraved with the character for "Martial" on the front.

The old man flipped the Steel Token over, raised an index finger that seemed unable to fully straighten, and pressed it onto the back.

Steel powder trickled down, and soon the character for "Seven" took shape.

"Thank you, Elder Zhang!" Tang Wen bowed and accepted it with both hands.

This was a feat he could perhaps replicate, but certainly not with such casual ease.

The Treasure Vault was before him, and Shui Yun had escaped. Tang Wen was growing impatient.

Vice Gang Leader Liu showed him to the door of his exclusive Cultivation Secret Chamber, then left him to it and headed back up from the underground area.

Tang Wen entered the Armory and saw hundreds of Stone Gates of all kinds.

The Visualization Martial Arts were recorded not on murals, but on specially made stone slab paintings or beast skins.

To comprehend and learn them, one naturally needed a private room.

Tang Wen resisted the urge to browse through them one by one.

He turned and walked into a Library Pavilion that didn’t even have a door.

Here, two massive bookshelves were piled high with scrolls containing various Basic Techniques.

There were two main categories:

[Body] [Weapon]

This method of classification was quite crude.

It was clear that these Basic Techniques, like Body Refining, Light Body skills, and Fist, Foot, and Palm Techniques, were not highly regarded.

[Weapon] referred to weaponry.

Basic stances for blades, spears, swords, halberds, and the like.

For example, the Eight Breaking Blades that Tang Wen had practiced was among them.

He casually flipped one open and saw that the depicted stances were identical to the ones he had practiced.

He turned back to the [Body] bookshelf and began to browse and select scrolls one by one.

He had fought against many people recently.

An Extraordinary from the Wind Division, a Sixth Grade from the Bai Family, and several of the gang’s talented Martial Artists today.

Looking back, he had gained quite a bit from the experience.

The Sword Qi casually unleashed by Bai Shuo of the Bai Family had sliced a gash over ten feet deep into the ground.

He had been utterly shocked.

This also overturned his previous theory that Swordsmanship was useless.

Furthermore, after encountering Zhao Xiong and Rock Vajra today and seeing their strength and defense...

Tang Wen suddenly realized that if he were still just a Martial Artist...

...he would have absolutely no chance against the three of them combined.

’My Basic Attributes are insufficient!’

Whether it was his Constitution or his Spiritual Power...

...both had been refined to a certain degree, comparable to a Weak Sixth Grade.

Achieving further rapid growth was something that even a Curiosity like the Azure Stone Slab couldn’t accomplish.

But what Curiosities couldn’t do, Basic Techniques could.

Basic Techniques and Health Cultivation Techniques, as long as they advanced a level...

...would bring growth in his Spiritual Power and Constitution.

Although the gains weren’t large, they were consistent.

Besides, if he cultivated dozens of them at once, who would dare say the growth wasn’t significant?

Back at the Flame Camp, there had been quite a few Health Cultivation Techniques he could use to train.

Didn’t the Black Water Gang have even more Basic Techniques?

Not long ago, at his request, Shui Yun had brought him basic internal techniques like the [Thick Earth Technique], [Barbaric Bull Force], and [Qi Concealing Technique].

The bookshelves in the Armory before him held an even more complete collection.

He browsed along the shelves and, as he had hoped, found about a dozen Health Cultivation Techniques.

[Changchun Technique], [Eighteen Methods of Qi Cultivation], [Thirty-Six Bed Forms], [Hanging Toad Force], [One Yang Technique]...

Just by hearing the names, he knew they weren’t very difficult.

He looked around; the underground area was deserted.

Plus, these were all rudimentary techniques being stored here.

It was unlikely anyone would come by for a month or two.

So Tang Wen didn’t bother leaving.

He directly opened the Changchun Technique and began to study it right there in the relatively spacious scripture room.

He had only practiced the previous [Thick Earth Technique], [Barbaric Bull Force], and [Qi Concealing Technique] to the Beginner level, without a single upgrade, so he hadn’t received any Attribute boosts.

First, he would practice the Changchun Technique.

The Changchun Technique had thirteen movements and a unique Breathing Technique.

He had extensive experience in cultivating Health Cultivation Techniques, and with the help of his Experience Panel...

...he reached the Beginner level in the Changchun Technique in less than half an hour.

He didn’t waste any time.

A quarter of an hour later, he opened his eyes.

[Changchun Technique, Beginner (39/500)]

Tang Wen frowned. ’The experience gain is a bit slow.’

Or rather, he was being impatient and wanted to go even faster.

Compared to his efficiency when learning the [Thick Earth Technique] before his Spiritual Power had reached Great Success...

...his current progress was godlike in speed, yet he was still not satisfied.

He thought for a moment, recalling the lessons learned from his past experience grinding.

He first began to meditate.

Once he entered a stable state of meditation, he resumed his training of the Changchun Technique.

Another quarter of an hour passed.

[Changchun Technique, Beginner (39→101/500)]

His star-like eyes flickered slightly.

The effectiveness of his cultivation had soared.

The technique was so simple that practicing it gave him the thrill of crushing noobs.

Tang Wen was reminded of the gaming experience of logging into his Bronze-rank smurf account during the elementary school holidays, before middle school and university let out, and going on a wild killing spree!

Crushing noobs is fun for a moment; always crushing noobs is always fun.

Unfortunately, the good times didn’t last.

Later, those elementary schoolers stopped playing fair and learned how to report him.

Sigh!

He chuckled and pushed the thoughts aside.

He continued his training.

"Young Master? What are you doing here?" Liang Yu’s voice sounded.

"Lost in your cultivation again? If the Young Mistress hadn’t sent us to look after you, you’d be practicing on an empty stomach again."

Tang Wen turned to see two pretty, reproachful faces.

The female housekeeper and Liang Yu had arrived.

"I really am hungry."

He had eaten at the banquet.

But just now...

...the Changchun Technique had broken through.

[Changchun Technique, Beginner→Master (113/1000)]

Body +0.1

Essence +0.08

His two main attributes had increased slightly.

An increase in the Physical Attribute required a large amount of food.

Tang Wen devoured all the food the two women had brought and drank a pot of tea.

Then he turned and began practicing the Thick Earth Technique.

Liang Yu and the female housekeeper exchanged a helpless glance.

What could they do, saddled with such a cultivation maniac for a master?

Neither of them tried to persuade him, knowing it would be useless.

Liang Yu suggested in a low voice, "I’ll stay here and watch over the Young Master. You go back and prepare more food and medicinal drinks."

"Why shouldn’t I be the one to stay?" the female housekeeper frowned.

Liang Yu spread her hands. "I come to the Armory often, so I’m more familiar with this place. Have you ever been here?"

The female housekeeper was taken aback.

As the housekeeper for the Seven Kills Hall, her daily training time was limited, so she rarely had the chance to come here.

The female housekeeper left, and Liang Yu stood guard at the door to ensure no one disturbed Tang Wen.

[Thick Earth Technique, Beginner→Master (1/1000)]

Body +0.13

Essence +0.05

It wasn’t much, but every little bit counted.

A smile in his eyes, Tang Wen called up his Experience Panel.

The column for Basic Techniques was densely packed with dozens of different techniques.

Some of the techniques were so similar they seemed to originate from the same source.

They had already merged into one.

He ignored this, preparing to grind through them one by one.

In truth, whether it was Basic Techniques or Health Cultivation Techniques...

...when practiced to a profound level, many of their principles were interconnected.

In the end, these dozens of techniques would probably merge together on a massive scale.

Therefore, he paid special attention to one thing during this cultivation session—training them one by one.

That is, after leveling up the Changchun Technique once, he would move on to the next technique, practice it to the Master Level, and then immediately switch to another.

This way, he could level them up as many times as possible and avoid having the various techniques merge in large numbers on his Experience Panel.

This would maximize the number of times he could boost his attributes.

[Eighteen Methods of Qi Cultivation, Beginner→Master (0/1000)]

Body +0.09

Essence +0.11

This kind of cultivation, with its immediate results, was a hundred times more addictive than any video game.

In the blink of an eye, three days and three nights passed.

Tang Wen worked without sleep, grinding dozens of Basic Techniques one by one to the "Master Level".

Taking careful stock of his gains:

Body +0.57

Essence +0.49

"If only I could increase them this much every three days!"

Tang Wen said greedily.

He stood up, stretched his limbs, and looked outside.

Footsteps approached, followed by the female housekeeper’s voice. "Young Master, the Young Mistress is here to see you."

Hm?

’My senior sister is delivering herself to my doorstep?!’

A delighted and predatory glint appeared in Tang Wen’s eyes.

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