Ultimate True Lord

Time flies, and more than twenty days have passed.

During this time, Jiang Ming led a team of herbalists into the heart of the Yancang Mountains, to another place called Duanhun Mountain.

These locations were all explored by the Wen family's pharmacy and were known to be likely to yield red herbs. The mountain routes were precious and kept secret. If Wen Jin weren't the second young master of the Wen family, the herb-gathering team would never have been able to obtain the route maps.

What Jiang Ming needs to do during this period is to lead the newly formed herb-gathering team to walk through all the routes on the map and familiarize themselves with them.

Of course, gathering herbs deep in the mountains is extremely dangerous.

The frequency of team outings can no longer be as high as before. Jiang Ming now only needs to lead a team up the mountain twice a month, and this is only because Wen Jin only has one team for gathering medicinal herbs in the deep mountains.

If other martial artists with mastered strength or softness can be recruited to oversee the operation, multiple herb-gathering teams in the deep mountains can rotate.

The frequency of those team trips may be reduced to twice a month and a half, or once a month.

After all, deep in the mountains and forests is much more dangerous than the middle of the forest.

Throughout March, Jiang Ming visited Misty Forest once and Broken Soul Mountain once. Whether it was due to good luck or a genuine surge in the quantity of red herbs during this period, he actually succeeded both times.

The first time it was a night-blooming cereus, the second time it was a bewitching herb.

The herb-gathering team in the deep mountains was successful, which put Wen Jin at ease. Now, his businesses are progressing steadily, and he is using the harvest of red herbs as a pretext to recruit powerful martial artists from Wangyue City.

The beginning is always the hardest. Once Wen Jin's herb-gathering team in the deep mountains can prove once that they can indeed find red herbs, then others will be tempted to join, thinking they can do the same.

While Wen Jin's business was flourishing, Jiang Ming was also enjoying considerable benefits. By splitting the two red peony plants in half, he essentially received a complete red peony plant, worth over a hundred taels of silver!

Jiang Ming made twenty bowls of red herbal tonic soup, finally experiencing what it felt like for those young masters and scions of wealthy families to be showered with resources.

The entire month of March.

He practiced the Crescent Moon Step at a rapid pace. With the support of the Martial Arts Visualization Diagram Crescent Moon Without Shadow, he became even more steady and fast, progressing smoothly without showing much sign of agitation or restlessness.

The petty thugs who went out at night got away with far fewer beatings.

In addition, the red palm also benefited from the nourishing effects of red medicine.

Jiang Ming unleashed a palm strike, infusing it with a gentle force, effortlessly executing five consecutive moves without diminishing their power. This signified that he had mastered the art of controlling and releasing gentle force, reaching a senior level of effortless mastery.

Jiang Ming tested his limits at the end of March. He was able to unleash seven moves in one go using soft force, and his palms still maintained their power.

For this reason, Liu Longquan, who occasionally sparred with Jiang Ming, couldn't help but praise him.

Jiang Ming is indeed a promising talent who will mature late in life. He misjudged him before, but fortunately, Jiang Ming's potential has not been wasted!

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The new home, in the courtyard.

As temperatures rise, the large trees in the courtyard sprout green buds and sway in the wind.

Jiang Ming took off his clothes, revealing his bare upper body, which showed off his hard muscles that bulged like rocks. He swung his arms and twisted his body, and his muscles rippled and undulated like flowing water.

It exudes a sense of strength and beauty blending together.

At this moment, seventeen-year-old Jiang Ming has already grown to a height of 1.81 meters. With a strong frame and broad shoulders, he possesses the physique of a muscular, robust man. He may eventually grow to 1.85 meters.

"call!"

Jiang Ming's strong arms unleashed a series of moves, like two thick, bronze javelins, tracing powerful arcs as they struck the air.

Sudden.

"Red Sand Devours Bones!"

He swung his right arm, his muscles undulating like a giant python, and lunged forward. A gentle force flowed through him, converging wildly in his palm like a torrent of water. He brought his five fingers together and struck out.

Because of the excessive speed, it looked like three overlapping palm shadows.

"Bang!"

Ahead, the upper part of the wooden stake was hit on the spot, and the force erupted.

The stake was suddenly cracked by the fierce force, and a cloud of yellowish-white wood chips flew out, falling and scattering around.

"call."

Jiang Ming exhaled a breath of stale air and slowly withdrew his palm.

This move, Red Sand Bone Devouring, is the ultimate killing move of the Red Sand Palm, renowned for its penetrating power. When the palm strikes, it is exceptionally heavy, like a boulder hitting the ground. Upon contact, it feels as if sharp needles are piercing through the skin and flesh, damaging internal organs.

"The Red Sand Palm, although it is relatively slow to cultivate, is quite powerful."

"I haven't even used my bone-piercing power in this move yet. If I did, I could probably smash the upper half of the wooden stake apart from the inside in one go..."

With Liu Longquan's continuous instruction and careful guidance, Jiang Ming completely mastered the key to the Red Sand Bone Devouring Technique, which can be said to have given him another trump card.

"That's good. I now have three trump cards up my sleeve. I can reveal them one by one at any time and give my opponent a surprise."

Jiang Ming nodded secretly.

Red Sand Devours Bones, Penetrating Force, Crescent Moon Step!

These three things are all excellent means of exploiting information asymmetry.

Under the sunlight.

Jiang Ming slowly turned around and used a damp towel that had been prepared nearby to wipe the sweat off his upper body. After standing there for a while, he felt a refreshing breeze.

A moment later, Jiang Ming opened his eyes and looked at the back of his left hand.

On the original furnace, the black and gold patterns had accumulated and densely covered the furnace body. It was noticeable that the taotie patterns had become even denser.

Clearly, this is the result of continuously swallowing red pills during this period.

"We can continue using the original furnace."

He took a deep breath.

On the original furnace, a large number of beginner-level martial arts techniques suddenly appeared.

Jiang Ming was about to choose one of the powerful martial arts techniques when he suddenly had a thought and picked out the only soft martial art among them.

[Technique: Introduction to Ghost Breath Fist]

"Logically speaking, soft-touch techniques should be more effective than hard-touch techniques, significantly increasing the success rate."

He decided to give it a try.

Instantly, the Ghost Breath Fist landed in the slot of the Primal Furnace.

"Buzz!"

[The following is the next enhancement for Crescent Moon Step]

Firstly: Increases the speed of practicing the Crescent Moon Step by 60%! (Success Rate: 100%)

Secondly: When breaking through all the bottlenecks of the Crescent Moon Step, the difficulty is reduced to 70% of the original! (Success rate: 100%)

Fourthly: When the Crescent Moon Step is cultivated to the Crescent Moon level or above, a martial arts trait called "Shadowless" will be generated! (Success rate: 72%) (Special Enhancement)

Fifthly: Due to the enhancement of Ghost Breath Fist, Crescent Moon Step will immediately gain a martial arts trait, "Undetectable Ghost"! (Special Enhancement)

Note: You can choose two of the four enhancements, but one of them must be enhancement level 5.

Jiang Ming's eyes lit up immediately, and his heart pounded.

The Ghost Breath Fist actually has such an effect?

Adding points to it will unexpectedly grant an additional special enhancement! Or rather, this enhancement is inherent to the Ghost Breath Fist!