I'll write a manual called the Sunflower Manual, and the entire martial arts world will turn in

Huhuhu~

Xie An practiced the Crimson Sun Saber Technique and Bajiquan continuously in his room, feeling the amazing transformation brought about by activating the Dragon Breath.

Once he had mastered both swordsmanship and fist techniques and fully adapted to his new body, Xie An finally stopped.

Xie An soon discovered a problem:

Dragon's breath is indeed formidable, but its consumption is also astonishing.

In just 15 minutes, I felt a bit tired and weak.

Xie An had an idea and withdrew from the dragon's breath.

Ugh!

All the strength in my body receded like a receding tide, and my body shrank back to its original size. Immediately afterwards, an indescribable feeling of exhaustion swept over me, and a sharp, piercing pain shot through my head.

Xie An lay on the bed in a starfish shape.

So tired, so tired.

This must be a side effect of using dragon's breath.

It could also be because my body is not strong enough, resulting in a situation where a small horse is pulling a large cart, which leads to excessive fatigue.

"It seems the Dragon Breath talent can't be used casually; it should only be used as a trump card. Once used, it must be completely eradicated. After all, the side effects are too great, and the recovery time won't be short."

Xie An gasped for breath, and after a while, he found that his fatigue and soreness had not improved at all.

Xie An struggled to his feet, took out the Qi and Blood Powder Zhou Wu had given him from the drawer, and swallowed one in one gulp. As the medicine took effect, it replenished his Qi and Blood, and his condition gradually improved.

Fifteen minutes later, Xie An felt fully recovered.

"The consumption of this dragon's breath is too abnormal; it truly lives up to its million-level rating. From now on, I'll have to always carry two Qi and Blood Pills with me."

Xie An got up and opened the control panel.

[Talent: Dragon Breath (Unskilled): 0.0000002]

"Huh, the progress has increased by one millionth... Could it be that the more you use this thing, the faster it increases?"

……

The next morning.

Xie An got up early and stretched his body, finding no other discomfort.

This relieved Xie An.

It seems that the dragon's breath only consumes too much energy, representing an extreme method of squeezing out physical strength in the short term. Apart from that, it will not harm the body, and it can be used prudently.

We arrived at Yong Sheng Martial Arts School.

As soon as Xie An entered the Central Courtyard Martial Arts Arena, he saw several pairs of eyes sweeping over him.

It was Pang Tong and Liu Jiang.

The two men had a hint of resentment in their eyes, and several five-finger marks remained on their faces.

What's with these five-fingerprint marks?

Were they beaten by Senior Brother Wei Xiang? Or were they beaten by their parents?

These two got themselves into trouble yesterday, resulting in the Dragon King Gang's second-in-command being beaten to the point of vomiting blood by Chen Lutang. The second-in-command must be furious...

Xie An shook his head, stopped thinking about it, and went to a corner to practice his skills.

During this time, apart from Zhang Long and Lin Chong coming up to greet him, no one paid any attention to Xie An.

However, when Xie An was rushing to the outhouse, he saw a figure by the roadside.

It is Mai Qiuyan.

She stood under a banyan tree, looking around nervously. Upon seeing Xie An, she longed to approach and speak, but each time she hesitated to take a step.

Xie An asked, "Did Senior Sister Mai need something from me?"

"No, it's nothing..." Mai Qiuyan didn't say anything in the end, and turned to leave.

Watching Mai Qiuyan's departing figure, Xie An roughly guessed what she was thinking: she probably wanted to give him a heads-up or something, but because she had become acquainted with Liu Jiang and Pang Tong, she was worried about ending up in a bad situation, so she hesitated in the end...

After relieving himself in the outhouse, Xie An walked towards the training ground while mentally opening a small notebook and writing two names in it: Pang Tong, Liu Jiang, and Mai Qiuyan.

Because of what they reported to the Dragon King's Gang yesterday, they can't be allowed to live!

After much deliberation, Xie An decided to erase Mai Qiuyan's name.

"I'll spare your life for now, since you left behind a message note."

After that, life returned to normal. Besides practicing his martial arts, Xie An would occasionally visit Zhao Bing and Aunt Huilan on the dock in a sampan, but he didn't mention Zhao Hu's mission to escort goods.

Time flies, seasons change.

Two months have passed in the blink of an eye.

It was December, and winter had arrived.

Wuqiao Town was covered in a blanket of white snow, making the whole town much quieter.

This day is Laba Festival.

According to the customs of Daqian, the whole family should gather together to eat Laba porridge and put up a paper-cut window decoration, which symbolizes a good harvest this year and a prosperous year to come.

Xie An finished his inspection of the river and lake area early and took Xie Yu home to prepare for the Lunar New Year.

Xie Yu was very happy. Before it got dark, he put up red paper and cut paper-cuts at home.

Xie An helped out for a while, but Xie Yu never let Xie An do any rough work. When he had nothing to do, he opened the panel to check.

[Author: Xie An]

[Treasure Vault Level: Lv0]

[Current Martial Arts Realm: Iron Bone Realm]

[Current Martial Arts Skill: Sunflower Manual, Level 1 100/100, Level 2 50/100]

【Strength: 5.8】

【Spirit: 4.85】

【Speed: 4】

[Attribute Points: 0]

[Talent: Dragon's Breath]

[The Sunflower Manual includes 3 characters (Chen Lutang, Zhang Long, Liu Wei)]

[Chen Lutang's Sunflower Manual, Level 2: 50/100]

[Zhang Long's Sunflower Manual, Level 1: 70/100]

[Liu Wei's Sunflower Manual, Level 1: 58/100]

【八极拳（撑锤：100/100）、（降龙：100/100）、（伏虎式：100/100）、（探马掌：40/100）】

【Red Sun Blade Technique (Tiger Crouching Stance Perfected, Sinking Press Perfected), Mountain Push Stance: 8/100】

[Talent: Dragon Breath (Understanding) 0.0000009]

After two months of martial arts training and feedback from his cheat system, Xie An entered the Iron Bone Realm half a month ago. Unfortunately, the powerful heat flow brought about by Chen Lutang's mastery of the first level of the Sunflower Manual still failed to unlock.

In addition, the tiger bone soup used in Chongguan was extremely expensive, but it was listed on Zhanping's bill.

On the surface, the amount of silver owed to Zhanping has reached eighty taels.

In fact... the amount of silver owed to Zhanping exceeded 200 taels.

But there was nothing they could do. Zhanping only accepted the accounts that were publicly available.

Even eighty taels was not a small sum for Xie An.

Although he had a temporary job and a livelihood, Zhou Wu had increased his salary half a month ago: one dose of tiger bone soup, three doses of qi and blood powder, plus five taels of silver per month.

However, the cost of practicing martial arts is too high, and it's impossible to save money.

Xie An's total savings amounted to only a little over ninety taels of silver. This was all thanks to Zhan Ping…

dong dong dong.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"Brother, I'll go open the door."

Xie Yu put down the paper-cut window decoration in her hand, hurriedly ran to open the door, and then quickly returned, her face full of surprise, "Brother..."

Xie An was taken aback: "What's wrong?"

Gurgle.

Xie Yu swallowed hard. "It's the Xie family from Baiyun County. When my father was in trouble, I had Brother Zhao Hu write more than ten letters to our family in Baiyun County asking for help, but we didn't get a reply. Today, they actually came to our door on their own initiative. I don't know what they want, but they're making quite a show of it."

Xie An frowned. "I'll go take a look."