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Chapter 42, Feedback

The feedback from Zhuang Jin's breakthrough to the second level was immediate. That night, Xiang Qichen caused a disturbance out of jealousy, but Qian Wende also came up to him.

The next day, he received more and more intuitive feedback.

After breakfast, Chang Hetong, a junior manager of the General Affairs Department and a martial artist of the Third Scriptures, actually came in person, asked Bi Kai a few questions, and asked the others to leave first, leaving Zhuang Jin behind.

It was obvious that the other party came to see Bi Kai this time just as a coincidence, or to say, they used Bi Kai as an excuse to do so, mainly for Zhuang Jin.

"Good boy, you have already broken through to the Second Sutra Realm? If it weren't for Old Tang, I probably wouldn't know it now!"

Chang Hetong patted Zhuang Jin's shoulder. He had long been optimistic about Zhuang Jin's qualifications and character and wanted to increase his investment. He didn't expect that before a month had passed, Zhuang Jin had already reached the second level. My goodness, in two or three months, I'm afraid you will reach the third level, like me, right?
Although this talented and beautiful jade is still a hidden dragon in the abyss, it has gradually shown the potential to soar into the sky. If he does not invest all in it at this time, then he will have lived in vain for the past sixty years!
So, didn't you come here early this morning?

"I just had a lucky breakthrough yesterday afternoon. I was thinking of visiting Uncle Chang in the next two days to ask for some more advice. I'm just worried that Uncle Chang is busy and I don't want to bother him."

Zhuang Jin felt Chang Hetong's more cordial attitude today, truly like a real uncle. He secretly sighed in his heart: "There is no good in this world without a reason. As expected, your strength and value are the foundation of everything."

"It's true that things are busy, but you can always find time to go."

Chang Hetong stopped beating around the bush and got down to business. "The background check on you has been completed. As per your wishes, it was conducted secretly, without alerting your uncles. Furthermore, I reported your information and made an access control adjustment, so the servant level cannot be accessed."

He is well aware of the ways of the world. He needs to let others know what he has done and how much he has paid, so that others will remember his favor!

Zhuang Jin understood and immediately bowed in gratitude, saying, "Thank you, Uncle Chang. I'm sorry for taking the trouble!"

He knew very well that the reason he could practice peacefully now was because the enemy was in the open while he was in the dark. His predecessor's uncle and younger uncle did not know his situation. Otherwise, they would never have been able to endure it and wait for death. Even if they could not do it openly, they would have been constantly plotting and scheming... It can be said that covert investigations and confidential information saved him a lot of trouble.

"I've also been keeping an eye on the news about Zhuang Yutang and Zhuang Yuyong. What you said before was a bit outdated. Your uncle broke through the Three Sutras two months ago and is now at the same level as me, becoming an elite member of the Medicine King Gang. That's fine, but the month before last, your uncle went from a third-class clerk to a second-class clerk, entering the ninth rank. This step is a huge difference!"

Chang Hetong was clearly feeling the pinch as he spoke, sighing, "A few months ago, our Shen family went to war with the Medicine King Gang. While that chaos was certainly a disaster for ordinary people in the city, it also created a lot of opportunities. From what I know, the two of them were able to get to this point because they occupied your house and land, and then sold them off to make some money..."

"Three classics realm, elite gang members? And second-class clerks in the government office?" Zhuang Jin murmured with a serious expression.

He had long thought that the chaos would create many opportunities. Sure enough, Zhuang Yutang and Zhuang Yuyong actually took a step forward by eating the blood of their predecessor's family!
"However, there is no need to worry too much. You are not exposed to them now. Besides, you are now a second-level servant of my Shen family. You don't have to worry about them taking action openly. But if you go out on errands in the future, you must be careful."

Chang Hetong said, offering advice: "This month, you will break through the Second Sutra. You will then have the opportunity to choose your own mission in April. You might as well choose some safe tasks and strive to break through the Third Sutra realm during this time. That way, even if you go out on errands, you will have the power to protect yourself."

"As I said before, just be patient for a while. Once you break through the Four Sutras realm, those two won't be anything to fear anymore. They'll be afraid of you instead."

"Thank you, Uncle Chang, for your guidance." Zhuang Jin nodded slightly, thinking to himself, "In that case, the reward for choosing a mission is even more important." Chang Hetong then told Zhuang Jin to stop improving his realm for a few days and focus on the Black Evil Palm technique. He hoped to master it before the end-of-month assessment, which would give him another two months of self-selected missions. He also reminded him to visit him after the assessment, but before selecting a mission on the first day of the next month, before leaving.

After Chang Hetong left, Zhuang Jin thought that since Chang Hetong already knew about it, Ping Yongfeng would probably know about his breakthrough soon. If he didn't tell him, it would make him feel disappointed, so he took the initiative to tell him the good news.

Sure enough, Ping Yongfeng was very happy to see Zhuang Jin, and his attitude was different from before.

——When they spoke before, it felt more like giving advice to a younger generation. Today, perhaps because they were at the same level, the other party subconsciously treated Zhuang Jin as a peer and interacted with him as an equal.

This made Zhuang Jin sigh in his heart again that strength is the foundation of everything.

Just like usual, Ping Yongfeng told him to concentrate on martial arts in the next few days and to find him before choosing the mission on the first day of next month.

Obviously, they all wanted to give Zhuang Jin some advice and then do him a favor later. The reason they didn't say it now was probably because it was difficult to explain it in a few words, which would delay Zhuang Jin's practice time, and they didn't want him to be distracted by it.

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At the same time, Zhuang Jin met Guo Jun at lunch that day. He wanted to greet him as usual, but unexpectedly, Guo Jun smiled and took the initiative to greet him. It was obvious that he also knew about Zhuang Jin's breakthrough.

All I can say is that in the outer courtyard of the Shen family, as long as you don't deliberately conceal anything, well-informed elders like Guo Jun and Ping Yongfeng who pay attention to you can easily get news about you.

"Last month, I learned that Zhuang Jin had broken through to the level of a regular warrior in just seventeen days. I knew he had extraordinary potential, but I didn't expect I'd underestimated him!"

Guo Jun sighed inwardly, and suddenly thought of Hou Yong: the other party was worried that Zhuang Jin would still retaliate privately after accepting the money and agreeing to a settlement, so he had been running to him for no reason recently, and it was even said that he hadn't even left the house with the door half-closed.

In his opinion, this was ridiculous. If Zhuang Jin really wanted to take action, Hou Yong could just wash his neck clean and wait for death. Why bother with this?
Zhuang Jin also felt that it was indeed a mountain to climb after each sutra. Every breakthrough in a sutra not only brought about a huge improvement in strength, but also brought about earth-shaking changes in status!
The broadening of his horizons naturally corresponded to an improvement in his state of mind, which made him no longer care about the children's playful commotion in the dormitory and began to focus on martial arts.

Because every night this month, he would lie in bed and ponder the Black Evil Palm, and he also asked Tang Wentao many questions, so he got the hang of it very quickly.

"From the experience of Bi Kai and Lin Hong, I know that martial arts also have bottlenecks. I wonder if my golden finger is only for realm cultivation, or can it be used for martial arts? If it is universal, then I will start to learn the Black Evil Palm this month. Maybe I will have a chance!"

Zhuang Jin secretly calculated that he would temporarily put the energy he had put into improving his cultivation level in the past few days into the Black Evil Palm. He practiced it for five or six hours every day, and with great effort, he made rapid progress.

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(End of this chapter)