"I just underestimated Ghost Head Stronghold's thirst for vengeance**," he said,** "who would have thought they would go so crazy?
Fortunately, Li Family's eldest, Li Qing, was handling affairs in the county city, and the third eldest, Li Xun, was out prepping for the provincial exam, otherwise the Li Family would have truly faced extinction."
The person earlier didn't speak, but another person picked up the thread and continued.
"The real pity is Li Family's second eldest, Li Xu. I heard he had already run to a place only three hundred meters from the Government Office, yet he was still caught up and killed."
...
"In the end, Li Xu still died."
*Bai Ziyue lowered his head silently, not knowing whether to feel relieved or sorrowful.*
*He knew that he owed him a debt of gratitude.*
*Regardless of whether it was intentional or accidental, but with Wu Liang beheaded, and the mountain bandit from Ghost Head Stronghold killed by him in the morning, along with the 'Purple Qi Divine Observation Technique' and 'Hundred Talisman Atlas' in his hands, were all related to him, and he reaped benefits.*
*He silently jotted this down in his heart, and then, with a call from someone, Ziyue was once again plunged into busyness.*
The next period seemed to be calm and peaceful; the government didn't organize an attack on Ghost Head Stronghold because of the massacre of an entire family, they just posted numerous wanted posters of Ghost Head Stronghold's Second Village Chief, Liu Zhiping, and Third Village Chief, Wu Yong, in corners and alleys.
Naturally, Bai Ziyue saw these portraits. The rough drawing skills, even if the person was standing genuinely in front of him, it would be hard to recognize them from the portrait, almost entirely useless.
As for the bounty of eight hundred taels and five hundred taels respectively, no matter how tempting, few dared to take action.
The previous lessons of the Li Family were still vivid.
Not to mention, besides the Second Village Chief and Third Village Chief, Ghost Head Stronghold also had a mysterious Great Village Chief.
During this period, Li Family's eldest, Li Qing, returned from the county city, hastily arranged the aftermath, and sold all the Li Family's assets in Qinghe Town, seemingly without any intention of revenge, moved the whole family to the county city.
Regarding this, people who were paying attention certainly stirred up a lot of discussion, Bai Ziyue also gained some understanding through this gossip.
...
Unknowingly, half a month had passed since the initial Li Family incident.
In half a month's time, after Bai Ziyue spent another one hundred and fifty coins, his literacy plan had progressed rather smoothly.
Now he could fluently read through an article without feeling obscure.
He could also integrate some philosophical ideas with the learning from his previous life, understand them thoroughly, thus considering the literacy issue initially resolved.
Moreover, the Zen Meditation Posture he practiced had finally advanced to the Perfection Level after he accumulated eight hundred Soul Energy points.
Name: Bai Ziyue
Power: 1.83 (cannot be improved)
Speed: 1.75 (cannot be improved)
Physique: 1.92 (cannot be improved)
Martial Arts: Zen Meditation Perfection Level (cannot be improved)
Soul Energy: 337
The Perfection Level of Zen Meditation Posture not only greatly enhanced his attributes but, most importantly, caused a transformation in the power within his body.
Bai Ziyue pinched a piece of paper vertically in his hand, the other hand stretched smoothly, ten centimeters away from the paper, unmoving, the power inside him suddenly activated.
Splatter!
The paper shattered, the broken edges directly scattered to the ground.
"Power departing the body! Able to shatter paper!"
This was the characteristic of Zen Meditation Perfection; the power refined could strike out from the body, forming a charging force.
This charging force was like the steam rising when boiling water lifts the lid, only more solid, forming a stream, capable of causing harm.
This was actually the realm of the trainers from Sunburst Gang; they practiced martial arts for many years, and even without deliberately cultivating Zen Meditation Posture, they could push it to the Perfection Level.
*Calmly easing his breath, Bai Ziyue withdrew the power.*
*Even though Zen Meditation Posture had reached Perfection, he would still spare time each day to practice, not for progress since the Perfection Level of Zen Meditation Posture was beyond advancing.*
*Everything was because, in truth, he had no other Martial Arts to practice.*
*But today, ultimately, there was something different.*
Bai Ziyue scanned around, made sure there was no one before pulling out a cloth bag from underneath his bed.
Upon opening the cloth bag, the "Purple Qi Divine Observation Technique" and the "Hundred Talisman Atlas," two books appeared before his eyes.
He had previously known that the "Purple Qi Divine Observation Technique" was an Immortal Cultivation Technique, while the "Hundred Talisman Atlas" explained the method of symbol creation, talisman crafting.
Both could be practiced simultaneously, however, considering comprehensively, Bai Ziyue only took out the "Purple Qi Divine Observation Technique," and put the "Hundred Talisman Atlas" back again.
Talisman crafting required materials, a talisman pen, though it didn't demand cultivation level, ordinary people could make them.
But, he was poor.
Neither making talisman paper nor buying a talisman pen was affordable with his total worth of only dozens of coins.
Thus, naturally, the "Purple Qi Divine Observation Technique" was more suitable.
Flipping open the "Purple Qi Divine Observation Technique," Bai Ziyue began his first thorough read.
This time, even with one or two unfamiliar words occasionally, he was able to integrate context to understand the philosophy.
"Immortal Cultivation is achieved through Qi Collection, dew dieting, spirit nourishing, to reach a state of body purity and transparency, Divine Sufficient Qi and Harmony, thus the first wisp of Spiritual Qi can be born within.
With Spiritual Qi present, the path of cultivation is considered to have started!"
The opening philosophy made Bai Ziyue feel a chill in his heart.
Following that, the book began to introduce how to collect Qi, diet on dew, nourish the spirit, how to achieve body purity and transparency, Divine Sufficient Qi and Harmony...
Step by step, complex and tedious.
However, just as Bai Ziyue began considering how to follow the steps for cultivation, the book made a sharp turn: "Above is the method of the Ancient Immortal.
Modern cultivation, predecessors have cut off most of the tedious and useless cultivation methods, focusing primarily on the technique of Qi Collection, Qi enough, spirit full, naturally body purity and transparency, Divine Sufficient Qi and Harmony, can also be born Spiritual Qi."
*Bai Ziyue blinked, feeling amused, while also letting out a big breath of relief.*
*For if he were to follow the book's Qi Collection, dew dieting, and spirit nourishing methods, given his current identity and conditions, it would indeed be difficult to execute.*
Next, the book entirely introduced the authentic cultivation technique of the "Purple Qi Divine Observation Technique."
*After reading the entire text, Bai Ziyue exhaled deeply and then once immersed himself in the book again.*
*Only after three thorough readings, ensuring no omissions, did he close the book.*
The cultivation of "Purple Qi Divine Observation Technique" mainly involved collecting Sunrise Purple Qi, nourishing the entire body with Sunrise Purple Qi, until a certain degree, the body gets thoroughly nurtured, and the first wisp of Spiritual Qi can be born within, simple, yet complex.
*The primary difficulty was during the absorption of Sunrise Purple Qi, not to be overly ambitious, needing to grasp a limit; if mishandled, there would be the danger of Yang Fire harming the body.*
"However, no matter how difficult, it must be tried."
*Bai Ziyue had already made up his mind.*
Name: Bai Ziyue
Power: 1.83 (cannot be improved)
Speed: 1.75 (cannot be improved)
Physique: 1.92 (cannot be improved)
Martial Arts: Zen Meditation Perfection Level (cannot be improved)
Immortal Technique: Purple Qi Divine Observation Technique (Uninitiated cannot be improved)
Soul Energy: 337
*Seeing the "Purple Qi Divine Observation Technique" indeed recorded on the Attribute Panel, Bai Ziyue's determination intensified.*