Chương 33: Virgin Armor Technique

Even though the Martial Spirit Sect's overcautious attitude and misinterpretation of information might seem ridiculous, I knew I shouldn't underestimate them. No matter what, they're still a sect with many Martial Emperors. Furthermore, Ren Qingquan is currently in the capital, which is definitely the most dangerous place. This world is unlike the medieval era on Earth. Although the technological level is still stuck at the medieval level, superhuman experts like Martial Emperors exist.

To take over a nation, there's no need to bring an army from city to city before conquering the capital. With the existence of Martial Emperors that are essentially humanoid nukes, the Martial Spirit Sect will probably send these Emperors, along with some Martial Lords, to quickly attack and seize the Capital City. Once Martial Emperors started to make a move, I doubt even Xiao Cai can do anything about it.

That's why I should find a way to make him leave the capital as soon as possible, preferably to the Burning Sky City where Ren Shiluo lived. I've previously overheard Ren Shiluo's conversation with Xiao Cai when they talked about Ren Shiluo finding suspicious people in the city. Now that I have more information, I suspect the people he found are spies from the Martial Spirit Sect.

With the current situation, even if there's some spy or even a Martial Emperor that's hiding inside the Burning Sky City, it's still better than staying in the capital. No matter what, Ren Shiluo is also a Martial Emperor and Ren Qingquan's dad. If Ren Qingquan fell into danger, he would definitely focus on saving Ren Qingquan. Anyway, except for making Ren Qingquan return to the Burning Sky City, I also need to strengthen him.

After transmigrating for a year, the only combat techniques he has are merely the martial arts that the original Ren Qingquan learned and the Corpse Refining technique. He is simply wasting a super awesome cheat like me. By the time I prepared a basic plan, Ren Qingquan had arrived at the Zhang family's residence. When Ren Qingquan and Xiao Cai arrived near their room, a familiar servant came to greet them, "Good evening, young master Ren. The young master wishes to meet you."

'Young master who?' I felt Ren Qingquan got confused for a moment before it clicked in his mind, 'Oh! Fatty Zhang! I got too used to calling him Fatty Zhang.' Ren Qingquan nodded, and the servant brought Ren Qingquan and Xiao Cai to a courtyard. Inside the courtyard, Fatty Zhang sat anxiously, inspecting several bottles containing different materials and occasionally tucking them into his inner vest. I took a brief look and saw the items inside are actually condiments.

Including the ones in Fatty Zhang's inner pocket, the number of condiments I scanned is several times what I previously saw Fatty Zhang storing. After a few seconds, Fatty Zhang raised his head upon realising there was another person in his courtyard. Seeing Ren Qingquan, Fatty Zhang smiled bitterly. He waved at the servant to leave before motioning for Ren Qingquan to sit.

"Young Master Ren, I must first apologise. It seems I might have brought you to a dangerous place." Ren Qingquan and Xiao Cai glanced at Fatty Zhang with puzzled looks, waiting for him to explain. Fatty Zhang explained, "This time, the patriarch actually contacted me because he sensed several suspicious activities near the capital. These activities made him uneasy, prompting him to call several people and have them take some of the family's important resources while staying hidden for a year or two."

I saw Ren Qingquan nod his head even though he didn't understand anything Fatty Zhang spoke. Instead, Xiao Cai interjected, saying, "How could the other senior member in your family agree to such a ridiculous plan just because of your patriarch's unease? This kind of action is typically only used by families on the brink of destruction for the sake of hiding sufficient assets to rebuild the family." Fatty Zhang shrugged, "The patriarch's uneasiness is most likely a reason they made up.

I am sure those old fogeys have other information they hid from me."

"Why are you telling me all of this?" Ren Qingquan asked. Fatty Zhang looks a little embarrassed.

"Well, I've been chosen to be one of those who hid our resources, and I wish Young Master Ren would help me get to the Burning Sky City and hide me there for a few years."

"Of course it won't be for free, I'll give you ten percent of the resource as payment." Fatty Zhang quickly added.

"Are you even allowed to use those resources like that?" Ren Qingquan asked in confusion.

"No matter what, I am still one of the leaders from the younger generation, and an elder's grandson. I still have the authority to spend some of the resources to hide myself better."

'Damn, as expected of a third generation rich young master. He is spending money like water!' Upon hearing Ren Qingquan's thought, I rolled my eyes. This is a real case of the kettle calling the pot black. After all, Ren Qingquan is also a generation rich young master. Furthermore, he has just spent a building's worth of money to purchase a broken furnace. If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation.

Meanwhile, Ren Qingquan takes a glance at Xiao Cai with a questioning look. He's trying to ask Xiao Cai whether he should agree to Fatty Zhang's proposal. It's unclear whether Xiao Cai understood Ren Qingquan's expression correctly, but she still slightly nodded her head. With Xiao Cai's nod, Ren Qingquan also decided to agree with Fatty Zhang's request.

"There's quite a lot of material, so I might need to borrow your carriage. Because I need to go into hiding, I won't be able to take the Zhang family's carriage. After all, if people knew the Zhang family had started spreading and hiding their wealth, they'd definitely attack every carriage that had any marks of the Zhang family."

"Okay, you can bring it to my carriage." Fatty Zhang asked another question, saying, "May I ask when Young Master Ren plans to leave the capital? The earlier, the better. The elders told me I should leave within this week."

"Those elders, except for my grandpa, might not care bout my safety. But they will definitely care about the resources I brought. So, it's best to follow their advice." Ren Qingquan looked thoughtful. I saw him remembering that he hadn't scanned the last and the most important royal library. After a dilemma, Ren Qingquan responded, "I'll spend three to four days in the royal library, then we'll immediately leave."

"I'll prepare and bring the materials to young master Ren's carriage." Fatty seems more relaxed after hearing Ren Qingquan's agreement. Even his step seems lighter than before. While Fatty left, Ren Qingquan also went to his guest room. I kept hearing him complain mentally, saying, 'I feel uneasy after hearing Fatty Zhang's news, so I set the appointment for three to four days later. If the royal library is much larger than the one I visited before, I might have to work overtime to scan it.

Sigh, I really don't want to work so hard.' Hearing his complaints also makes me wanna start complaining too. I had a plan to ensure Ren Qingquan left before getting involved in the rebellion, but somehow he has already gone on his own. What a waste of my brain power.

Upon returning to his room, Ren Qingquan immediately went to sleep. As for me, I spent my time reading and eavesdropping on others as usual. After the sudden bombshell from Ren Xuan today, I didn't hear any other important news, so I can relax while waiting for tomorrow to arrive. At the same time, I decided to send a mission to Ren Qingquan tomorrow. Time quickly passed, and tomorrow arrived. After Ren Qingquan no longer felt too sleepy, I sent him the mission I'd written. [Mission: Increasing Combat Strength. Detail: Learn one useful attack, defensive, and evasion cultivation technique, respectively. The chosen Technique's quality must pass System's criteria. 0/1 attack technique 0/1 defensive technique 0/1 evasion technique Reward: 10 Points Punishment: -10 Points Deadline: 24 hours.] I set the goal as a cultivation technique because Ren Qingquan's martial art realm is still stuck at the Martial Grandmaster level, while his cultivation realm has reached the peak of Qi Refining, which is equal to a peak Martial Saint.

With the correct cultivation technique, he should be able to do a leapfrog battle and fight against a Martial Lord. The moment he saw the screen, Ren Qingquan rolled his eyes, 'I just woke up, and System has sent me some work to do.'

'Luckily, it's nothing difficult." As he thought this, Ren Qingquan quickly asked me, 'System, please show me the recommended skills for me to learn.' (¬_¬) I am sending this mission so you can choose a skill on your own, damn it! Why are you giving this work back to me? I held the urge to choke him while recommending a few skills and their advantage. While Ren Qingquan sat in a carriage on his way to the Royal Library, he opened the lists I had sent and began choosing the technique that piqued his interest.

When he's close to the royal library, Ren Qingquan has chosen three suitable cultivation techniques. The first technique is called the Four Direction Sword. As the name implies, it's an offensive technique that requires a sword. It's separated into four levels, with each level having a minimum cultivation stage requirement.

The first level requires the user to be at least at the Qi Refining stage; the second at the Foundation Building stage; the third at the Golden Core stage; and the fourth at the Nascent Soul stage. For information, from Qi Refining to the Nascent Soul I mentioned earlier, each of those cultivation levels should correspond to Martial Saint, Martial Lord, Martial Emperor, and beyond Martial Emperor, respectively.

Unlike the Martial Art path, which is limited to the Martial Emperor realm, the cultivation path is far more advanced, with many realms beyond the golden core, which is equivalent to the Martial Emperor realm. This is also why I insisted that Ren Qingquan learn the Cultivation Technique immediately, rather than wasting time on Martial Arts Techniques that would become obsolete once he discovers where cultivators gather. Anyway, I digressed.

The main reason Ren Qingquan chose the Four Direction Sword is its energy-saving function. The Four Direction Sword technique allows the user to reabsorb most of the spirit qi they imbued in the sword after use. Although there are other stronger sword techniques in my collection, they consumed a lot of spirit qi to utilise. That might not be a problem if Ren Qingquan has the means to recover his spirit qi. But right now, he is casting techniques by consuming refined spirit qi.

Although refined spirit qi and spirit qi might seem the same. They're actually an entirely different concept. Refined spirit qi is equal to EXP, while spirit qi is equal to MP. To gain spirit qi to cast a technique, one only needs to absorb it from a source. Meanwhile, to collect refined spirit qi, it's necessary to continuously cycle the absorbed spirit qi through a cultivation method before it slowly gets refined and can strengthen the cultivator.

Anyway, except for the Four Direction Sword, Ren Qingquan has also chosen an evasion technique called Feather Step, and a defensive technique called Yang Armor. Just like the Four Direction sword, both techniques have four levels and have incredibly low spirit qi consumption. Feather Steps enable the user to temporarily become as light as a feather and move erratically, mimicking feathers blown by the wind.

It can be toggled on and off at will, making it the most efficient evasion technique for conserving spirit qi. Meanwhile, Yang Armor allows the user to condense an armor that covers the body. It's also a weird technique that somehow became stronger when used by virgin men. From the book, that technique involved some fancy primordial yang nonsense that's said to only reside inside a virgin man. Honestly, I am still flabbergasted by the fact that being a virgin could increase defense.