Battle Through the Heavens: Inward Cultivation, Crying Xiao Yan

After greeting the Xiao family guards, he went straight inside.

Neat shops lined both sides of the market.

There are many people here, but it doesn't feel crowded.

It's somewhat like a modern pedestrian street.

However, some vendors set up their stalls in fixed locations not far away.

As Xiao Yang walked toward a weapons sales point controlled by the Xiao family, he suddenly noticed something strange at a nearby stall.

Chapter 17 The Strange Scroll

He noticed a scroll at a nearby stall that gave him a strange feeling.

He went over to take a look and saw a middle-aged man with a cloth spread out in front of him.

There were many odds and ends on the cloth.

There were several scrolls, some jewelry, and a few herbs.

The other party didn't seem to have any cultivation level; he should be an ordinary person from Wutan City.

He walked up and squatted down in front of the stall, pretending to casually pick out items.

"Young man, take a look, is there anything you need?"

Upon seeing Xiao Yang squat down, the other party immediately smiled and greeted him warmly.

Xiao Yang casually flipped through a few scrolls.

The middle-aged man immediately began to explain.

"This young man has some strange tales and anecdotes from mainland China. You can take a scroll for just one gold coin."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yang immediately picked up all the dozen or so scrolls from the stall.

"I want them all."

As he spoke, he took out a dozen or so gold coins and handed them to the other party.

Although it was a rip-off that each scroll cost a gold coin, Xiao Yang didn't really care.

All he wanted to know was why one of the scrolls inside gave him that strange feeling.

"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!"

The middle-aged man accepted the gold coins with some excitement.

These dozen or so gold coins could feed him well for a year!

Xiao Yang put the scroll that he found somewhat strange into his storage ring.

Then, it was stored in the system space along with the storage ring.

The system space can only hold items that are system rewards.

However, Xiao Yang also discovered a small bug.

That means first putting the items into the system reward storage ring, and then you can put the storage ring and its contents into the system space.

As for the other dozen or so scrolls, he simply held them in his hands.

Next, he went to a weapons shop owned by the Xiao family.

Upon entering, the other party instantly recognized Xiao Yang.

Although Xiao Yang did not have deep relationships with other people in his family, quite a few people still knew him.

Because he was quite talented and good-looking, many people in the Xiao family knew of his existence.

"Young Master Xiao Yang, what brings you here?"

The shopkeeper is also from the Xiao family, but because he didn't reach the seventh level of Dou Qi during his coming-of-age ceremony, he came to be in charge of these Xiao family businesses.

Knowing that Xiao Yang had reached the seventh level of Dou Qi, a status far beyond his own, the other party was extremely enthusiastic.

"Please let me know if you need anything."

"Or I can customize any kind of weapon you want to make."

Xiao Yang said gently.

"I need a sturdier target or sandbag."

"Or a wooden dummy made of better material would also work."

Upon hearing this, the steward spoke directly.

“Young Master Xiao Yang, you’ve come at the perfect time. We recently had a great sandbag made in the shop.”

As he spoke, he led Xiao Yang to the warehouse in the backyard.

There were many weapons displayed inside.

In the center of the warehouse, there were also several sandbags and wooden dummy stakes.

The other party led Xiao Yang to a brown sandbag.

The sandbags are made of hard black mountain rock.

The surface of this sandbag looks somewhat unusual, like some kind of monster hide.

“Young Master Xiao Yang, this sandbag is made from the steel hide of a first-tier magical beast, the Steelhide Bull.”

"The base is made of hard and heavy black mountain rock."

"This sandbag can fully withstand the fighter's combat attacks."

Xiao Yang looked at the sandbag in front of him and stepped forward to try it out.

The sandbag was very sturdy, and the base was heavy enough, making it seem suitable for him to practice Bajiquan.

"How much is this sandbag? I'll take it."

A slight smile appeared on the manager's face.

"Since you want it, Young Master Xiao Yang, I'll just give you a cost price."

"You only need to give me 230 gold coins."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yang did not hesitate and immediately took out his accumulated gold coins and began counting them.

This sandbag is definitely worth the price.

After all, the cost of the black mountain rock and the steel sheet of the steel-skinned fierce bull alone is very high.

Black Mountain Rock is an extremely hard rock, so hard that even a fighter would have difficulty breaking it, making it very troublesome to mine.

Needless to say, the steel-skinned bull is another story.

The opponent's defense is extremely strong; it would take several fighters working together to kill him.

The steel hide on the steel-skinned bull is also the most precious material besides the magic core.

This price is practically at cost.

Soon, Xiao Yang counted out 230 gold coins, and his money bag was much lighter.

After counting them, the manager said with a smile.

"Perfect timing."

"Young Master Xiao Yang, I'll have someone deliver this to your courtyard in a moment."

Xiao Yang nodded upon hearing this, thinking it would save him the trouble of taking it back himself.

The sandbag was quite heavy, and he couldn't easily carry it back.

After buying the sandbags, Xiao Yang returned to his courtyard.

He planned to go back and see what was so strange about the scroll he had obtained earlier.

Back in the courtyard, he casually placed the other dozen or so useless scrolls aside.

Next, he created a task.

[Mission: Obtain a sandbag; Reward: A set of specially made arm guards]

After setting up the mission, he took out the storage ring from the system space.

With a little bit of fighting spirit inputted into him, Xiao Yang's mind moved, and a scroll immediately appeared in his hand.

When he held the scroll in his hand, he could sense something was wrong.

However, I don't know what's wrong with this scroll.

He opened the scroll and saw several large characters written on it.

The Mystery of the Disappearance of Hyogoro Hodo

The Love-Hate Relationship Between the Former Sect Master of Yunlan Sect and Queen Medusa

……

These are all strange tales and anecdotes from the martial arts world.

However, Xiao Yang could tell at a glance that there were basically no real ones in there.

I don't know who wrote this.

If Yunshan, Haibodong, and Queen Medusa discover this, they might kill the author and then desecrate his corpse.

The entire scroll is very long, and the material is somewhat unusual.

However, the content above has no value.

Xiao Yang tried dripping some water on it, but nothing changed.

He even picked it up and baked it on a candle.

However, nothing changed.

Xiao Yang didn't know what to do at that moment.

You can't exactly burn it, can you?

What if I guess wrong and the scroll burns out?

Just then, Xiao Yang suddenly thought of a solution.

Try creating a task using the system!

He had discovered it long before.

When he created the proficiency task before, he didn't set a specific number, but rather a close number.

At the same time, he himself was thinking the same thing.

Then, the system created the task.

He might be able to try this method, albeit on the fringes.

He first tried to obtain a combat skill quest.

They established fighting techniques from the Yellow Rank to the Heaven Rank, but unfortunately, none of them were successful.

Next, he began setting up a quest to obtain the recipe.

After all, he was able to detect the unusual nature of the scroll, probably because of his relatively strong spiritual power.

If that's the case, this scroll is very likely related to alchemists!

He began to try them one by one.

Obtained the recipe for a first-grade elixir...

Obtained the second rank...

Chapter 18: Fourth-Grade Alchemy Manual!

Soon, he tried all the pill formulas from grade one to grade nine, but unfortunately, they all failed.

He then began trying other things: martial arts techniques, secret methods...