From breaking the limits of archery to achieving martial arts godhood

Chen Xun visited four medicine shops and bought medicine powders four times.

Because his medicinal powders are of high quality, the prices are quite good.

In the end, Chen Xun received a total of 1,300 taels of silver.

With his remaining savings and the silver he found in the bandits' den, he now had a total of over 1,600 taels of silver.

This is a huge sum of money.

After receiving the money, Chen Xun did not keep it on him like a miser, but instead spent it all at once.

First, Chen Xun went to the weapons shop.

We went to Bingfeng Pavilion, the most famous place in the county.

The Bingfeng Pavilion was established by the Forging Sect. Every June, it holds an auction to sell three Qi and Blood Divine Weapons.

At that time, not only will all the major forces in the county gather, but powerful forces from other counties will also come to compete for it.

It was this annual auction of divine weapons that made Bingfeng Pavilion's reputation unparalleled in Changfeng County.

What Chen Xun wanted to buy was a knife and a bow.

The weapon in his hand was just an ordinary fine iron longsword, the blade of which had been chipped in the previous battle.

Then there's the bow; the [Tiger Fang Bow] can no longer keep up with his progress.

With Chen Xun's current strength of over three thousand jin, he could easily break the bowstring of the Tiger Fang Bow with a slight effort.

Every time he shot an arrow, he was extremely careful, as if a strong man were embroidering, which was quite frustrating.

Therefore, at Bingfeng Pavilion, Chen Xun spent a thousand taels of silver to purchase a powerful bow with a weight of twenty shi (a unit of weight).

According to the craftsmen of Bingfeng Pavilion, this strength is the limit that an ordinary bow below the level of a divine weapon can achieve.

To achieve even greater strength, one would need to use the sinews of exotic beasts and spirit ore to forge the bow's body.

That bow was already a divine weapon.

Five years ago, Bingfeng Pavilion auctioned one of them, attracting countless sharpshooters to compete for it.

After all, compared to common weapons like swords, bows are more difficult to make and require rarer materials.

This powerful bow, weighing twenty shi (a unit of weight), is priced at eight hundred taels of silver.

Chen Xun haggled for a while before finally managing to lower the price by fifty taels.

There are few martial artists who use bows, and even fewer who can use such a powerful bow, which is why this bow has been sitting in the shop collecting dust for several years.

That's why Chen Xun was able to negotiate down the price to fifty taels.

If it's a weapon like a sword, don't expect to get even a penny less.

The bow is named "Dragon Hunter Bow," its creator hoping that someone would use it to hunt dragons.

Chen Xun could only say that you were overthinking it.

The dragon is a legendary creature; an arrow shot from such a broken bow probably wouldn't even be able to pierce its skin.

The Dragon Hunter Bow comes with three Dragon Hunter Arrows. The arrowheads are made of high-quality steel forged from 100-fold refined steel, and the shafts are made of high-quality steel forged from 50-fold refined steel.

It can perfectly withstand the powerful force of the [Dragon Hunter Bow].

Ordinary arrows are torn apart by the powerful force as soon as they are shot.

Therefore, Chen Xun spent another fifty taels to buy ten ordinary iron arrows made of fine iron.

These iron arrows are also consumables; they might be worn out after being fired about ten times.

With the new Dragon Hunter Bow, what should we do with the old Tiger Fang Bow?

Of course, they directly had Bingfeng Pavilion take back the money, and they recovered eighty taels of silver.

In addition to the Dragon Hunter Bow, Chen Xun also bought a curved sword made of refined steel, named the Willow Leaf Blade.

This type of sword has a fast swing speed, making it very suitable for using the "Whirlwind Blade" technique.

This knife costs 350 taels, not a penny less.

At this point, Chen Xun only had 608 taels of silver left.

With the silver in hand, Chen Xun turned and went into various pharmacies, spending 450 taels of silver to buy 50 portions of medicinal materials for making Boiling Blood Powder, each portion costing 5 taels of silver.

He also bought ten portions of medicinal materials for refining Bone Tempering Pills, each costing twenty taels of silver.

As a result, Chen Xun only had 158 taels of silver left.

Refining the Boiling Blood Powder was already a familiar task for Chen Xun.

He borrowed a stove and a medicine pot from the inn, bought a medicine grinder outside, and began to make Boiling Blood Powder.

Five days later, all fifty portions of the ingredients for Boiling Blood Powder were successfully processed into Boiling Blood Powder.

Chen Xun suddenly had 150 bottles of Boiling Blood Powder in his hand.

If they were all sold, they would be worth over a thousand taels of silver.

At the same time, his drug production progress has also been greatly improved.

Pharmaceutical manufacturing (minor product 35%)

During these five days, in addition to making medicine, Chen Xun also worked hard to cultivate the "Raging Wind Blade" and the "Tiger Galloping Step".

【Swift Wind Blade (Proficiency 63%)】, 【Swift Wind Stance Skill (Minor Success 5%), 【Swift Wind Breathing Method (Minor Success 2%), 【Tiger Gallop Step (Proficiency 76%)】

Because of the excellent foundation laid by the previous stance training and breathing techniques, the progress in the [Whirlwind Stance Training] and [Whirlwind Breathing Technique] was extremely rapid.

Everything is progressing steadily.

On the seventh day after his departure, Chen Xun checked out of his hotel room, left Changfeng County, and headed towards the Medicine Gang.

While traveling, Chen Xun practiced the Tiger Gallop Step.

The experience points for the "Tiger Gallop" skill can only be increased by walking.

For every fifty meters you walk using the [Tiger Run] technique, you gain one experience point.

Therefore, traveling is also the best time to improve the progress of [Tiger Gallop].

Soon, Chen Xun returned to Changfeng Post Station.

The place was still the same as before, with little change. Chen Xun didn't stop and walked straight past.

Then he arrived at the Baisha River.

Looking at the clear river water, he took off the water bag from his waist, squatted down by the river, and began to fill the water bag with water.

Halfway through drinking, a gust of wind swept towards the back of Chen Xun's head.

As if he had eyes in the back of his head, Chen Xun ducked down, and the blade swept past his head, allowing him to dodge the attack.

At the same time, Chen Xun dropped the water pouch in his hand, drew the willow-leaf scimitar from his waist, and in the blink of an eye, turned around and slashed behind him.

A scream rang out as the man who attacked Chen Xun had his skin slashed open and his iron bones severed by the sharp blade. His entire body was cut in two, and his internal organs spilled out onto the ground, a disgusting and bloody sight.

"Third brother."

A roar.

Chen Xun looked in the direction of the sound and saw a man and a woman not far away.

Clearly, these three are in cahoots.

A murderous glint flashed in Chen Xun's eyes. He pushed off with his feet and charged at the two men without saying a word, wielding his curved blade.

"I'm going to kill you."

The man among the two, with bloodshot eyes, swung an iron rod at Chen Xun.

Chen Xun nimbly dodged, and in an instant, he slashed out twice with his curved blade.

The opponent only had time to block one blow before the next one swept across his head, instantly ripping it off.

In shock, the man died with a face full of resentment.

In the end, only that woman remained.

"Ah, don't kill me!"

Seeing that both men had been killed by Chen Xun in an instant, the woman screamed and knelt down to beg for mercy as Chen Xun approached step by step.

Seeing this, Chen Xun did not lower his guard and still slashed down with his sword.

As expected, his vigilance was justified.

The woman suddenly looked up and threw the lime powder she was holding at Chen Xun, along with several darts.

"Clang clang clang," the hidden weapons were knocked away by Chen Xun's curved blade, and the lime was scattered by Chen Xun's palm wind.

Upon seeing this, the woman's expression changed drastically.

Before she could make another move, Chen Xun's knife had already slashed down.

"Ah!" A scream rang out as the woman was knocked unconscious by the back of Chen Xun's knife, her head bleeding profusely.

Afterwards, Chen Xun broke the woman's limbs, and the woman woke up in pain.

"Spare me, sir, spare me! I meant no harm. I was kidnapped by them, I'm not one of them."

After regaining consciousness, the woman hurriedly distanced herself from the two men Chen Xun had killed.

Chen Xun ignored him completely and asked directly, "Who are you people?"

"I don't know them."

"yes."

Chen Xun smiled, lifted his shoe, and stomped on the woman's wound, grinding it hard twice.

"Ah!" the woman screamed in agony.

Under Chen Xun's persistent questioning, the woman finally told the truth.

It turns out that the three of them were in cahoots; the two men were brothers, and she was the older brother's woman.

The three of them usually do nothing productive and rush to get any benefits they see.

To put it bluntly, they're the vultures in the county town.

They were also involved in the chaos in Ping'an Town last time.

This time, they set their sights on Chen Xun, naturally because they were after his wealth.

Before leaving, Chen Xun sold the 150 bottles of Boiling Blood Powder he had refined, earning a total of 1,000 taels of silver.

To ensure he wouldn't be discovered, he sold the goods in five batches.

Unexpectedly, it was still discovered by someone with ulterior motives.

It can only be said that it wasn't that Chen Xun was careless, but rather that the enemy was too cunning.

After discovering Chen Xun as a lucrative target, the three of them hatched a plan and began to follow him.

Chen Xun looked young, and in their eyes, his strength couldn't be that high. The three of them, two at the Iron Bone Realm and one at the Iron Skin Realm, were more than enough to deal with Chen Xun.

Unexpectedly, he was caught off guard and killed by Chen Xun alone.

After learning the whole story, Chen Xun killed the woman with a single stroke.

After searching the three corpses, Chen Xun only found a little over fifty taels of silver, nothing else, leaving him speechless.

But that's normal. People like this spend any money they have as soon as they get it, and they don't save much money.

Chen Xun left the body there, washed off the bloodstains on his body and the knife, and then swam across the river.

It's not the flood season yet, but the deepest part of the Baisha River is still four or five meters deep.

If a caravan were to pass by, they would build a pontoon bridge to cross.

Those traveling alone or in small groups have no choice but to swim across the river.

We did consider building a bridge, but during the flood season, the water volume of the Baisha River increases significantly, and the bridge is easily washed away.

Someone had built a bridge before, but it was washed away not long afterward, and after several such incidents, no one built another bridge.

When Chen Xun reached the middle section of the Baisha River, where the water was at its deepest point, his ears suddenly twitched, and he heard a series of sounds of fighting approaching rapidly.

Then, a group of martial artists, chasing a blood-soaked man, appeared in Chen Xun's sight from afar.

Upon seeing this, Chen Xun immediately dived into the water. He first swam downstream, then after thinking for a moment, he turned around and swam upstream.

Faintly, a voice reached his ears: "Wan Zhenping, surrender now, you won't escape today."