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

Click!

As Xie An unleashed his hidden power, his muscles bulged and his bones clenched, generating an invisible force that surged from his palms and flowed into the stone table.

However, the stone table did not shatter directly as if attacked by Ming Jin. Instead, the Yin Jin transmitted through the stone table to the ground, shattering the bluestone bricks on the ground with a "boom".

The ground trembled, stones shattered, and dust billowed.

Xie An's tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed, and he felt so excited that his bones felt weak.

"This is the penetration of internal force. My months of hard work have not been in vain. From now on, I am also a master of internal force."

Three months after entering the Ming Jin stage, he finally achieved the An Jin stage.

This pace is certainly extremely exaggerated.

Even a highly talented Ming Jin martial artist, with the necessary medicinal aids, would need three to five years of honing their skills before they could reach the An Jin level.

Xie An, on the other hand, only took three months.

A martial artist with the Ming Jin skill can open a school and take on disciples in Wuqiao Town, while a martial artist with the An Jin skill... can be considered a first-class master in the entire Baiyun County.

Click, click!

Xie An tested the stone table several times until he was completely familiar with the technique of exerting internal force before stopping.

Open the panel.

[Author: Xie An]

[Treasure Vault Level: Lv0]

Martial Arts Level: Internal Strength (Beginner: 1/100)

[Current Martial Arts Skill: Sunflower Manual, Level 1 100/100, Level 2 92/100]

【Strength: 11】

【Spirit: 10.1】

【Speed: 10.1】

[Attribute Points: 0]

[Talent: Dragon's Breath]

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

[Chen Lutang's Sunflower Manual, Level 2: 92/100]

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

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

[Bajiquan Perfection, Chiyang Saber Technique Perfection, Cloud Tower Triple Step (Chasing Cloud Shadow: 20/100)]

[Dark Current of Vajra Force: 1/100]

[Talent: Dragon Breath (Unskilled): 0.0000093]

"Zhang Long has already mastered the first level of the cultivation method, so I can secretly give him the second level. As for Liu Yueshan... that scoundrel will die sooner or later. But considering he is also a martial arts genius, I'll give him a chance to serve as a beast of burden before he dies. I'll also give him a copy of the second level cultivation method later."

Xie An began to plan what would happen next.

Now that he's a master of internal energy, combined with his extremely high physical stats and dragon breath, he should have few rivals in the entire Wuqiao Town. Apart from his sister-in-law and senior brother, only Liu Yueshan can threaten him.

Of course, Xie An knew very little about the top experts in Wuqiao Town, and it cannot be ruled out that there were other hidden experts, but overall, they were roughly the same.

"Since that's the case, I don't need to be as cautious as before. To quickly improve my martial arts level, I can go on a rampage and distribute the second level of the Sunflower Manual. Let everyone scramble for it, even if it causes a major upheaval in the martial arts world... that's their choice, and it has nothing to do with me!"

Just do it.

Xie An immediately found some Xuan paper, called Xie Yu, and the two of them wrote down forty copies of the first and second levels of the Sunflower Manual.

Xie Yu didn't know where Xie An got this martial arts technique from, but he knew it was a very important matter, so he kept quiet about it.

Xie An stuffed forty copies of the Sunflower Manual into his sleeve and glanced at the sky.

It wasn't dark yet.

No rush, we can spread the word later tonight.

Xie Yu prepared a sumptuous dinner, served Xie An a bowl of rice, and started talking about the martial arts school.

"Brother, lately there's been a lot of talk in town about how our martial arts school is going to decline. Fewer and fewer students are signing up to learn martial arts, and the school is barely surviving. The food in the backyard has been getting worse and worse. The new head chef said he can't keep it up and he's leaving after this month."

Xie An picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in his mouth, chewing: "Qingming Festival is in half a month. The martial arts school will get better."

Xie Yu said, "I'm not worried about the martial arts school, I'm worried about my brother's future. If... I mean if... the martial arts school really declines, my brother will have to make plans. I only have one brother, and I hope his future will get better and better."

After several months of training, Xie Yu has become a capable manager, knowing how to weigh the pros and cons in everything.

Xie An nodded: "Don't worry. I know what I'm doing. By the way, how's that Bafangzhai thing you and Qiulan started?"

Hearing this, Xie Yu immediately perked up. "A better chef came to the kitchen in the backyard before, and Sister Qiulan didn't want to compete with him, so she and I discussed it. I put up twenty taels of silver to take over a shop across from the martial arts school. Sister Qiulan is in charge of making pastries, and I'm in charge of the investment. We split the profits 50/50, and we can earn four or five taels of silver a month. Sister Qiulan remembers my kindness and gave me her share of the profits for the first two months. I've already recouped my investment."

Four or five taels a month, that's fifty or sixty taels a year.

This is already considered excellent treatment in Wuqiao Town.

Xie An laughed and said, "You're quite shrewd; you haven't wasted your time managing this. If you enjoy this, you can open a chain in other towns, and if managed properly, you can even open a chain store in the county seat."

"Chain stores? What are those?"

Xie An offered an explanation.

Xie Yu was amazed upon hearing this, her eyes shining: "That's a brilliant idea! As long as we maintain the flavor of Bafangzhai pastries, it seems like it could work. We could even build a reputation for quality..."

Xie Yu then began to think about the chain store idea, but soon he had a doubt: "But this requires a lot of investment."

Xie An said, "You're my only sister, so my money is your money. Take it as you please. If your business grows in the future, I'll benefit from it too."

Xie Yu smiled and took Xie An's arm, "My shop is my brother's shop. I'm just managing it for him."

Xie An was taken aback, then felt a warmth in his heart.

In a more open-minded past, there would have been countless examples of siblings turning against each other in a fight over inheritance. But Xie Yu was clearly not that kind of person…

"There's still a thousand taels of silver at home. Take it and spend it as you please. If any brokers dare to cheat you, tell me, and I'll go and talk to them." Xie An hadn't thought about what his younger sister could accomplish before, but now that he thought about it... if his younger sister went into business, it would be a good path. He had accumulated quite a bit of business acumen in his previous life, and if he brought those advanced ideas here, they might really be able to make it big and strong.

Anyway, we have money, so even if my younger sister loses it all, it's fine. We can just consider it a failed investment.

A master of Ming Jin (明劲) already received over a thousand taels of silver as gifts; now that he has entered the An Jin (暗劲) realm... getting two or three thousand taels of silver is no problem for him.

It was late at night, around 9 PM.

While Xie Yu was still in his room pondering the matter of opening a chain store, Xie An changed into his night clothes, took forty copies of the Sunflower Manual, along with a throat-sealing dagger and a Tang sword, and went out.

As the Qingming Festival approaches, a light drizzle is falling from the sky.

The shops on both sides of the street were closed, and there were hardly any people on the street.

Xie An, with his face covered, used his Cloud-Stepping Lightness Skill to leap three to five meters away in a single bound, without worrying about being discovered at all.

"Let's go to Lei's Martial Arts School first!"

Xie An strode quickly to the entrance of the Lei Clan Martial Arts School, where he slipped several copies of the Sunflower Manual of Internal Energy to the students. He then went to the Hanshan Martial Arts School and slipped two more copies to them. After that, he went to the Beichuan Martial Arts School and the Luo Clan Martial Arts School.

There are only four martial arts schools in the town.

After spreading the word, Xie An went to the Grand Canal Gang and Zhenwei Escort Agency.

Finally, they went to Huichunlou to spread the word.

Although giving Liu Yueshan the second level of the Sunflower Manual would greatly increase Liu Yueshan's power, Xie An was not worried...

Everyone here is at the level of internal strength. No matter how much of the Sunflower Manual Liu Yueshan masters, it will all be directly transferred to Xie An. After mastering the first level, Xie An can even absorb a wave of it.

Oxen and horses are oxen and horses after all.

Want to turn the tables and become the master? That's impossible!

After the last copy of the Sunflower Manual was distributed, Xie An watched from the wall of Huichun Tower, and only felt relieved after confirming that a servant had hurriedly taken the manual and its contents to report.

"That means my current area of ​​activity is relatively small. I'll have to go to Baiyun County or Huanglei City to spread my word and recruit more talented individuals to serve me. That's all for now."

Just as Xie An was about to leave, he was surprised to see someone walk out of Huichunlou and take the precious manual from the corner of the wall.

It was Wei Dian.

Having not seen this fiend for several months, Wei Dian's aura was exceptionally astonishing.

Xie An could feel the powerful aura emanating from this beast even from more than twenty meters away.

It seems that this scoundrel has also found his own destiny after joining the Dragon King Gang.

Ok?

Xie An was suddenly stunned, and was surprised to see that Wei Dian's Adam's apple had become much smaller.

Most people don't pay much attention to details like the Adam's apple, but Xie An was different...

"Good heavens, this scoundrel has actually practiced the Sunflower Manual too. No wonder his aura has grown so fast. Keep practicing, keep practicing, so that he can serve me like a beast of burden before he dies."

"This is the Dragon King Gang's stronghold. It's possible that Liu Qing and Liu Yueshan are inside. Let's leave it at that for now."

Xie An suppressed his urge to kill Wei Dian immediately and quietly left via the Cloud-Stepping Staircase.

The Dragon King Gang is difficult to deal with, but the Canal Gang cannot be allowed to continue.

Over the past few months, Xie An had long since figured out the whereabouts of Mai Qiuyan's second uncle, Mai De, and Chen Jinlong, the master of the canal gang.

Previously, my father had an accident while working on a boat because he was eager to make quick money and had joined a secret water transport business with the canal gang. Only three people knew about this secret business: Mak Tak, Chen Jinlong, and Mak Lung.

The reason we didn't take action earlier was because we were worried about our insufficient strength; it would be bad if something went wrong.

Now that the hidden force has been broken, Xie An naturally has no reason to delay.

"Chen Jinlong is the head chef of the Canal Gang, so his martial arts skills must be quite good. According to Mai Qiuyan, Chen Jinlong is in seclusion for many years and is extremely cautious when he travels outside. On the other hand, her second uncle, Mai De, is mainly in charge of accounting, so his martial arts skills must be weaker. Let's start with you."

Although the Grand Canal Gang was no longer a threat to Xie An, the secret envoy was transporting goods for the Dragon King Gang, and since the Dragon King Gang was involved... Xie An dared not be too careless.