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In the blink of an eye, another seven days have passed.

At dawn, Shen You awoke with a start. Countless demons and monsters had chased him all night, their chilling and terrifying aura surrounding him from beginning to end. He opened his eyes, and could still almost see mountains of corpses and seas of blood. However, it was much better than when he first started this training.

He loosened the large sword wrapped in the scabbard from his hand and casually opened the control panel—

【Shen You】

[Pharmacy Apprentice (Blue Robe)]

[Realm Level: Rank 3 (Martial Artist)]

【Root bone: 150】

[Talent: Successor of a pig butcher, intelligent and kind-hearted, unwavering in the face of death]

[Technique:]

White Ape Stance (Perfected), Tongbei Fist (Perfected), Tiger-Slaying Saber Technique (Perfected)

Golden Snake Skill (Completed), Gecko Skill (Completed), Scorpion Skill (Completed), Golden Toad Skill (Completed), Golden Centipede Skill (Completed), Green Bag Classic (Completed)

The Five Immortals' True Method (Great Completion 482/1000)

Dragon Transformation (Perfect), Cloud and Mist Technique (Perfect)

Phoenix Dances in the Nine Heavens (73% incomplete)

During this period, he quickly mastered the newly acquired "Dragon Transformation" and "Cloud and Mist Technique" to perfection.

"Jiaolong Transformation" is a technique that transforms snakes into dragons. He had also practiced "Golden Snake Skill" before. Now, his "Golden Snake Strength" can transform into a golden dragon at any time, greatly increasing its power. However, unfortunately, the "Great Strength of the Jiaolong" that he longed for was nowhere to be seen, and he didn't know where to begin cultivating it.

"Cloud and Mist Technique" is a martial art that manipulates cloud-like energy to fly through the air. It is considered a top-tier lightness technique, but it cannot cultivate internal strength. It only has a good auxiliary effect on any martial arts move. Shen You has mastered it to perfection, and now he can also be enveloped in clouds and mist, leaping through the air several times at will, just like Miss Lin back then, as if he were a celestial being.

In addition, under Shen You's deliberate control, the "Five Immortals Orthodox Method" was only maintained at the level of mastery. He repeatedly explained to Huang Yaoshi that the difficulty of the "Five Immortals Orthodox Method" was incomparable to that of the Five Poisons Technique. However, in reality, if he wanted to, he could cultivate the "Five Immortals Orthodox Method" to perfection the next day.

The effect of the "Five Immortals' Righteous Method" is to greatly enhance his self-healing ability. When he is injured, the "Five Immortals' Great Strength," which has been trained, will automatically gather at the site of the injury to heal him quickly. Shen You guessed that when he cultivated the "Five Immortals' Righteous Method" to perfection, he would probably gain a demonic and abnormal recovery ability.

As for the final "Phoenix Dance in the Nine Heavens," Shen You still couldn't truly cultivate it, since it was missing its second half. But relying on his talent, Shen You was gradually figuring out and repairing it.

Each time Shen You comprehended "Phoenix Dance in the Nine Heavens," he imagined himself transforming into a phoenix, attempting to soar through the imaginary sky according to the limited postures and energy flow routes. It was a very abstract process, but his body naturally adjusted and adapted, bringing him almost to success. He could increasingly clearly feel the phoenix-like will, and he felt that when he completed "Phoenix Dance in the Nine Heavens," his progress might directly leap to minor success, or even major success.

In addition to the techniques recorded on the panel, Shen You also noted down the strength, power, abilities, and moves he currently possessed.

[Power Types: Golden Snake Power, Gecko Power, Scorpion Power, Golden Toad Power, Golden Centipede Power]

[Great Strength: Five Immortals' Great Strength]

[Abilities: Eye-tracking ability (exquisite observation), sword technique, sword aura (incomplete), mental resistance (under training)]

[Movements: Five Poisons Techniques (Golden Snake Hand/Golden Snake Long-Arm Hand, Gecko Swimming Step, Scorpion Tail Swing, Golden Toad Roar, Golden Centipede Hundred-Segment Strike)]

Dragon Transformation, Cloud Dance (Cloud Dance Technique), Phoenix Dance in the Nine Heavens (Incomplete)

Killing moves (Crimson Serpent Slash, Crimson Serpent Double Slash, Five Immortals Crimson Serpent Slash)

Perhaps the most useful of these is the "mental resistance" he has developed through the sword-wrapping cloth, which will be his greatest asset in his fight against Huang Yaoshi, a fourth-rank official.

As for the other things, the "Five Immortals Great Strength" is more suited to healing, and it may also conceal Huang Yaoshi's conspiracy, so Shen You dares not rely on it too much. However, he still has no clue about the "Flood Dragon Great Strength" or even the "Dragon and Phoenix Great Strength" that he longs to master.

"Five Immortals Crimson Serpent Slash" was once his strongest killing move, but it was easily broken when he faced Huang Yaoshi disguised as a man in black. So now he needs a more powerful killing move, perhaps by combining the methods of "Blade Fiend" and incorporating the moves of "Flood Dragon Transformation" and "Phoenix Dance in the Nine Heavens". However, he has only mastered "Flood Dragon Transformation" of the three, and it is still a long way off before he can fully master it.

In short, his current strength is completely no match for Huang Yaoshi.

He needs more time before the day comes when he completely breaks ties with Huang Yaoshi.

Of course, it would be even better if we could cure Master Jingxin's wife and retrieve the Creation Dew from Huang Yaoshi by relying solely on the "Five Immortals' Great Strength" and the "Five Immortals' Righteous Method".

However, after witnessing Senior Brother Zhu's miserable state, Shen You had given up hope of such a good thing.

After eating the breakfast specially prepared for him by Aunt Dou, which contained a large amount of demon blood and flesh, Shen You and Tian Yi'er arrived at the gathering place of the demon hunting team.

Hong Xiugu quickly approached, glanced at Shen You casually, and snorted coldly, "You haven't forgotten the demon-hunting team's mission today!"

Shen You gave a wry smile: "I've been cultivating so much lately that I'm completely out of it. This is a good opportunity to get out and clear my head."

"Have you been...practicing martial arts all this time?" Hong Xiugu's expression shifted, and her beautiful eyes lit up.

"Uh, yeah..." Shen You replied.

"Have you mastered it yet?" Hong Xiugu grabbed Shen You's sleeve and asked anxiously, "That move, 'Phoenix Dance in the Nine Heavens'?"

"No, not at all." Shen You honestly shook her head. "That's too difficult, after all, it's missing half of the content..."

Hong Xiugu immediately pouted, somewhat angrily saying, "Did you not put your heart into cultivation...? You clearly progressed from Rank 1 to Rank 3 so quickly..."

She turned her head away, somewhat awkwardly saying, "I also cultivated with all my might just to get a little closer to you..."

Shen You then noticed something was wrong, glanced at Hong Xiugu, and exclaimed in surprise, "You've already reached the second rank?"

"Yes!" Hong Xiugu immediately beamed with joy, "I broke through a couple of days ago!"

She then said to Tian Yi'er behind her, "Junior Brother Tian, ​​I've surpassed you this time!"

Tian Yi'er sincerely said, "Congratulations, Senior Sister Hong."

A short while later, Liu Gongbai arrived. Upon seeing Shen You, he exchanged a few words with her, then sighed and said, "I never imagined that you would be the one to deal with Bi Lin Lang Jun in the end..."

Shen You said, "It was all just luck..."

"No." Liu Gongbai shook his head. "To be able to slay a demon like Lord Bilin, there was no luck involved... I also want to thank you on behalf of the people of Rongcheng!"

He was indeed a very chivalrous martial artist, and hearing his words made Shen You feel better, as the heavy pressure she had been facing these past few days dissipated somewhat.

Yes, at least I got rid of a monster in Rongcheng who would indiscriminately kill innocent people. Even if that's all I did, I'm still pretty good.

Without Bi Lin Lang Jun, the demon-hunting team's mission became much easier. The group went outside to hunt some wolf cubs and then immediately returned.

On the way back, Hong Xiugu tugged at Shen You's sleeve and broke away from the group.

"Come with me, I'll show you something that might help you comprehend 'Phoenix Dance in the Nine Heavens'," she said, her cheeks flushed.