My cultivation techniques can be infinitely fused.

Name: Lu Zheng

Age: 16

[Cultivation Level: Bone Forging]

[Technique: Second-grade intermediate martial art "Dragon Elephant Demon Heart Body Forging Blade" (10109/10000 Minor Success, Breakthrough?)]

[Medical Skills: Mu's Medical Classic (829/1000 Introduction)]

[Achievement Points: 1923]

Last night's battle resulted in a surge in Lu Zheng's gains.

Today, I might even break through to the Tendon Refining Realm. If I can reach that level, I'll be firmly in control of this position.

Then, he opened his eyes and looked at the woman massaging him, saying, "You can leave now. You don't need to be served here anymore. Don't come in without my permission."

The words fell.

The woman from the Soft Words Pavilion responded and then carefully withdrew.

I breathed a sigh of relief as I stepped out of the room.

Lu Zheng was putting too much pressure on her.

As soon as the woman left the room, Lu Zheng immediately said, "Breakthrough."

As the sound rang out, his bones trembled, and his tendons shook uncontrollably.

A powerful force surged through my body.

Its strength increased several times over.

In particular, his understanding of swordsmanship has increased significantly, as if he had practiced swordsmanship for decades.

  

My arms and shoulders have changed dramatically; they are much stronger than before.

"Buzz!"

As the buzzing sound subsided, Lu Zheng made a complete breakthrough, successfully entering the Tendon Refining Realm.

His body was covered in large veins, like a giant python, brimming with power.

[Congratulations, host, on your cultivation breakthrough! You have gained 300 achievement points.]

"I have over two thousand achievement points now, so perhaps I can proceed with the next step of upgrading my cultivation technique. Once the technique is upgraded, my strength can be improved even further. If Xiao Ling can reward me with some silver this time, that would be great. I can buy a cultivation technique to try it out then," Lu Zheng thought to himself.

Then, he stood up, wiped the water droplets off, put on his clothes, and sat down at the table. The food on the table was already a little cold, but Lu Zheng didn't care and picked it up to eat.

They didn't even leave the wine in the wine jug untouched.

After a hearty meal, Lu Zheng lay down on the bed and took a nap.

Then he carried his bundle out of Ruanyu Tower and returned home.

Even though it's a cold kitchen, it's still my own home.

Once the stove was lit, the room became warm and no longer felt so cold and deserted.

In the following days, Lu Zheng practiced martial arts at home every day. Since Xiao Ling had gone to the prefectural city, he was too lazy to go to the Hundred Cavalry Station except for roll call. It is worth mentioning that Yun He brought Lu Zheng the remaining one thousand taels of silver.

Moreover, Zhao Ben was indeed promoted and transferred to a post outside the city, becoming a commander of a thousand men. Although he was out of the city, he was not stationed on the front line, but instead moved closer to the county town. Although he could not go home every day as before, he could go home every day or two.

Once everything was on track, Lu Zheng had just finished his roll call and was preparing to go back.

Jiangzhu came over from the backyard: "Commander Lu, the lord has returned and is in the backyard. He wants you to come over."

After a few days apart, Jiangzhu had lost her former carefree demeanor and her arrogance.

However, when she spoke to Lu Zheng, she seemed distant.

The latter didn't care. They weren't close to begin with, so it didn't matter if they were far away. If the other party wasn't Xiao Ling's personal maid, she wouldn't bother to deal with them.

The two remained silent as they entered the backyard.

As soon as they stepped into the living room, Xiao Ling said with a smile, "You've done a great job this time. Although you can't be promoted for now, I've applied for a second-class merit for you, and here's a personal reward from me."

The day after the capture of the Xuan Yin Sect's experts, the officers sent by the captain had already entered the city.

The other party also came from a prominent family and did not get along with Xiao Ling.

He was smug when he entered the city, and when he saw Xiao Ling, he wanted to make a few sarcastic remarks. But when he learned that Xiao Ling had captured the remnants of the Xuan Yin Sect, his face turned as ugly as if he had eaten shit.

This really made Xiao Ling very happy.

Therefore, after sending the remnants of the Xuan Yin Sect to the city, Xiao Ling decided to reward Lu Zheng properly.

"It is my duty to serve my superiors, and I dare not take credit for it," the latter quickly replied.

Xiao Ling waved her hand: "What's yours is yours. This is a third-grade low-level martial arts manual called 'Divine Wind Leg.' It's a skill that combines movement techniques and attacks, so it's not bad."

This time, it's yours to keep.

Looking at the other person's cultivation technique, Lu Zheng felt delighted. It's true what they say, you have to repay favors with someone as wealthy and powerful as this.

A single cultivation technique can easily elevate one's skill to the next level, resulting in significantly increased attack power.

Thinking of this, he quickly said, "Thank you, sir."

Then, he happily took the exercise manual in his hand.

"Alright, go and cultivate properly. From now on, in addition to being responsible for inspecting the border troops, you will also take on the task of finding and killing the remnants of the sect," Xiao Ling said slowly.

If in the past Xiao Ling kept Lu Zheng by her side because he had saved her life and because he carried a secret, then now she realizes that having such a capable subordinate is truly a huge relief.

All I need to do is give Lu Zheng enough rewards so that he has enough motivation to do his job.

There's absolutely no need to worry about anything else.

"Yes, sir!" Lu Zheng withdrew.

As he stepped out of the backyard, a smile appeared on his face. He now had more than thirty experts at the Entry-level and three at the Bone Forging Realm under his command.

As for the strongmen, there were three hundred of them, which was quite a force in the city.

If any remnants of a sect really come, as long as they aren't too strong, capturing them shouldn't be a problem.

However, Lu Zheng did not feel relieved; on the contrary, he became even more vigilant.

As a border fortress, Fufeng County would definitely send people if the remnants of the sect wanted to cooperate with the Rong and Di tribes.

Moreover, next time, they will only be stronger and more deeply hidden, leaving him no choice but to be vigilant.

However, Lu Zheng was not afraid. As long as he could find them, there would be no danger, and it would even be a credit to him.

As a fortified city, it not only had 3,000 border troops inside, but also tens of thousands of soldiers stationed outside the city.

Therefore, as long as we can find them, these sect members are like fish on a chopping board; we can grind them down to death.

After returning home, Lu Zheng took out the cultivation manual.

Then, a system voice sounded.

[A low-grade, third-rank cultivation technique has been detected. Would the host like to spend two thousand points to fuse it?]

"Merge." Lu Zheng said without hesitation.

The next moment, memories of leg techniques appeared in his mind.

At the same time, outside Fufeng City, a caravan was slowly approaching.

If Lu Zheng were here, he would realize that the leader of this caravan was actually Lu Xiong.

At this moment, he was wearing a brocade robe with a bearskin cloak over it, riding a horse, with dozens of guards following him.

Behind them were long queues.

Two days ago, he received a letter from a friend saying that his second brother, Lu Kun, had pulled some strings in Fufeng, and the caravan had already left the city and was probably coming back soon.

If the other side can succeed, there's no reason why we can't.

So, they hurried over, looking at Fufeng County in the distance.

At this point, all we could hope for was to get the caravan out as soon as possible.