"This feeling..."
Chen An took a sharp breath, feeling like his whole being was not right at this moment.
He considered himself to have decent willpower. Whether it was martial arts or other aspects, he always put in effort and never took a day off from work even when tired.
In previous battles, he had been injured before but never thought much of it as long as it didn't affect his daily life. But now, recalling that feeling, Chen An suddenly realized that he had been too blindly optimistic in the past.
The world is full of hardships, what he had experienced before was nothing compared to this. This was real suffering.
Of course, even though it was hard, if given a choice, martial artists from all over the world would probably line up to try it out, fearing that they would fall behind.
After all, who wouldn't want to try this amazing opportunity?
Chen An was no exception.
Despite the discomfort, he found the template to be truly effective.
And this was only the beginning.
According to Chen An's understanding of this template, with time, there should be some changes to it.
Perhaps using this feature in the future would be easier?
Maybe.
Sighing, Chen An walked out of the room.
At this moment, after the enhancement, he had already gained some decent rewards.
As expected, these gains were directly reflected in the template.
Name: Chen An
Attributes: Strength (6), Endurance (5.8), Spiritual (2.4)
Source Power: 20
Inheritance: Ming Body Technique (Fifth Level), Qing Song Force (Third Level), Five Tiger Blade Technique (Great Completion), Tiger Leopard Training (Minor Completion), Sea Sand Fist (Great Completion), Yang Family Spear (Minor Completion)
Projection: Energizing
Looking at the data in front of him, Chen An was quite satisfied.
There weren't many literal changes in the data, with only a slight increase in the strength and endurance attributes.
The main enhancement of the Qing Song Force was the enhancement of the meridians and internal energy in the body.
Internal energy, which was the most important thing for a martial artist.
Walking into the courtyard, Chen An tried it out a bit.
After the enhancement, he was undoubtedly stronger than before, but not overly so.
Although the third level of the Qing Song Force consumed a lot of source power, the enhancement effect was still not as good as the Ming Body Technique.
This made Chen An realize a reality.
The deduction function could be used, but it should not be used frequently.
Otherwise, he would become poor.
The cost-effectiveness was not high. Except for some special things to try on, it was best to stick to the existing inheritance for enhancement in ordinary times.
Having a manual in hand would completely change the amount of source power consumed for enhancement.
Aside from this, another issue that puzzled Chen An was:
"Is my current strength considered to have reached the complete stage of internal energy?"
Standing in the courtyard, Chen An pondered.
As mentioned earlier, the measurement of internal energy levels was quite straightforward, based on the abundance of internal energy.
In this regard, after enhancing the Ming Body Technique to the fifth level, Chen An had already firmly reached the level of Great Completion in internal energy.
Now, by enhancing the third level of the Qing Song Force, he had further increased the internal energy limit.
So, was Chen An's current level roughly equivalent to being between Great Completion and Complete in internal energy, or was it Complete?
Even Chen An himself didn't understand this.
But that didn't matter.
Regardless of how it was put, accumulating more internal energy was always the right thing to do.
After the internal energy stage, the Qi stage came next. Although Bai Qing had not mentioned it to Chen An yet, he judged that one of the prerequisites was to have a sufficiently strong internal energy.
If the internal energy was not robust enough and did not reach a certain level, there was no qualification for the birth of Qi.
From this perspective, it wasn't wrong for Chen An to constantly thicken his internal energy.
It just took more time.
"By the way, if I have some time, I should also try to find some proper martial arts to practice."
This thought flashed through Chen An's mind.
Martial arts, which were techniques that used internal energy.
Ordinary body builders, because they had no internal energy, could only rely on their physical strength. Therefore, they couldn't display any special moves.
But after reaching the internal energy stage, the situation changed.
With internal energy, various techniques could be brought to their full potential.
At that moment, the techniques would start to show differences gradually.
By using internal energy, not only could they train the body, but they could also unleash highly powerful martial arts techniques, causing the most destructive impact.
This was the main skill of a martial artist in the internal energy stage.
Like Chen An before, he relied solely on his rich internal energy to suppress others.
Although it was fine before, now that his internal energy was sufficient, it was time to find some martial arts techniques to practice.
After all, he would eventually use them.
With this thought in mind, Chen An took a step forward and left the place.
The next day, he brought the head he had chopped off from an evil spirit to collect his reward.
For a while, he continued to repeat similar tasks.
People around were very surprised but were happy to have someone take on such troublesome tasks.
They just had to avoid competing with him for other tasks.
Everyone took what they needed.
Half a month later, Chen An returned to the auction house where he had previously been.
Calculating the time, it had been a month since he last came here.
This month had brought significant changes for Chen An, not only in terms of strength but also in wealth.
During this time, he not only repaid the silver to Bai Changyue but also had a surplus of several thousand taels of silver.
Compared to his previous financial situation, this money was proof of his hard work during this time.
Only heaven knew how many people he had killed to accumulate so much silver.
Yes, Chen An had killed again during this time.
But he had no choice.
Fighting evil spirits was not only inefficient but also extremely difficult to find them. With his current strength, it was easy to suppress evil spirits, but finding them was a different story.
In this day and age, even evil spirits had become cunning. If you didn't arrive at the scene in time, you would hardly find a trace of them afterward.
Helpless, Chen An, continued to pursue evil spirits while taking on other tasks on the side.
It was all for survival.
With just over three thousand taels of silver in his pocket, Chen An once again entered the auction house.
This time, his goal was simple.
He wanted to find some simple martial arts techniques to practice.
However, he was soon disappointed.
Just like martial cultivation techniques, martial arts were also considered precious items, and the auction house had a few of them.
The problem was, they were expensive.
Even the lowest-grade martial arts techniques cost five to six thousand taels of silver, an amount that Chen An couldn't afford with his current financial situation.
In the face of this, Chen An fell into silence.
Indeed, money was never enough.
Limited by poverty, Chen An could only walk out of the auction house silently, ready to continue his efforts ahead.
"This feeling..."
Chen An took a sharp breath, feeling like his whole being was not right at this moment.
He considered himself to have decent willpower. Whether it was martial arts or other aspects, he always put in effort and never took a day off from work even when tired.
In previous battles, he had been injured before but never thought much of it as long as it didn't affect his daily life. But now, recalling that feeling, Chen An suddenly realized that he had been too blindly optimistic in the past.
The world is full of hardships, what he had experienced before was nothing compared to this. This was real suffering.
Of course, even though it was hard, if given a choice, martial artists from all over the world would probably line up to try it out, fearing that they would fall behind.
After all, who wouldn't want to try this amazing opportunity?
Chen An was no exception.
Despite the discomfort, he found the template to be truly effective.
And this was only the beginning.
According to Chen An's understanding of this template, with time, there should be some changes to it.
Perhaps using this feature in the future would be easier?
Maybe.
Sighing, Chen An walked out of the room.
At this moment, after the enhancement, he had already gained some decent rewards.
As expected, these gains were directly reflected in the template.
Name: Chen An
Attributes: Strength (6), Endurance (5.8), Spiritual (2.4)
Source Power: 20
Inheritance: Ming Body Technique (Fifth Level), Qing Song Force (Third Level), Five Tiger Blade Technique (Great Completion), Tiger Leopard Training (Minor Completion), Sea Sand Fist (Great Completion), Yang Family Spear (Minor Completion)
Projection: Energizing
Looking at the data in front of him, Chen An was quite satisfied.
There weren't many literal changes in the data, with only a slight increase in the strength and endurance attributes.
The main enhancement of the Qing Song Force was the enhancement of the meridians and internal energy in the body.
Internal energy, which was the most important thing for a martial artist.
Walking into the courtyard, Chen An tried it out a bit.
After the enhancement, he was undoubtedly stronger than before, but not overly so.
Although the third level of the Qing Song Force consumed a lot of source power, the enhancement effect was still not as good as the Ming Body Technique.
This made Chen An realize a reality.
The deduction function could be used, but it should not be used frequently.
Otherwise, he would become poor.
The cost-effectiveness was not high. Except for some special things to try on, it was best to stick to the existing inheritance for enhancement in ordinary times.
Having a manual in hand would completely change the amount of source power consumed for enhancement.
Aside from this, another issue that puzzled Chen An was:
"Is my current strength considered to have reached the complete stage of internal energy?"
Standing in the courtyard, Chen An pondered.
As mentioned earlier, the measurement of internal energy levels was quite straightforward, based on the abundance of internal energy.
In this regard, after enhancing the Ming Body Technique to the fifth level, Chen An had already firmly reached the level of Great Completion in internal energy.
Now, by enhancing the third level of the Qing Song Force, he had further increased the internal energy limit.
So, was Chen An's current level roughly equivalent to being between Great Completion and Complete in internal energy, or was it Complete?
Even Chen An himself didn't understand this.
But that didn't matter.
Regardless of how it was put, accumulating more internal energy was always the right thing to do.
After the internal energy stage, the Qi stage came next. Although Bai Qing had not mentioned it to Chen An yet, he judged that one of the prerequisites was to have a sufficiently strong internal energy.
If the internal energy was not robust enough and did not reach a certain level, there was no qualification for the birth of Qi.
From this perspective, it wasn't wrong for Chen An to constantly thicken his internal energy.
It just took more time.
"By the way, if I have some time, I should also try to find some proper martial arts to practice."
This thought flashed through Chen An's mind.
Martial arts, which were techniques that used internal energy.
Ordinary body builders, because they had no internal energy, could only rely on their physical strength. Therefore, they couldn't display any special moves.
But after reaching the internal energy stage, the situation changed.
With internal energy, various techniques could be brought to their full potential.
At that moment, the techniques would start to show differences gradually.
By using internal energy, not only could they train the body, but they could also unleash highly powerful martial arts techniques, causing the most destructive impact.
This was the main skill of a martial artist in the internal energy stage.
Like Chen An before, he relied solely on his rich internal energy to suppress others.
Although it was fine before, now that his internal energy was sufficient, it was time to find some martial arts techniques to practice.
After all, he would eventually use them.
With this thought in mind, Chen An took a step forward and left the place.
The next day, he brought the head he had chopped off from an evil spirit to collect his reward.
For a while, he continued to repeat similar tasks.
People around were very surprised but were happy to have someone take on such troublesome tasks.
They just had to avoid competing with him for other tasks.
Everyone took what they needed.
Half a month later, Chen An returned to the auction house where he had previously been.
Calculating the time, it had been a month since he last came here.
This month had brought significant changes for Chen An, not only in terms of strength but also in wealth.
During this time, he not only repaid the silver to Bai Changyue but also had a surplus of several thousand taels of silver.
Compared to his previous financial situation, this money was proof of his hard work during this time.
Only heaven knew how many people he had killed to accumulate so much silver.
Yes, Chen An had killed again during this time.
But he had no choice.
Fighting evil spirits was not only inefficient but also extremely difficult to find them. With his current strength, it was easy to suppress evil spirits, but finding them was a different story.
In this day and age, even evil spirits had become cunning. If you didn't arrive at the scene in time, you would hardly find a trace of them afterward.
Helpless, Chen An, continued to pursue evil spirits while taking on other tasks on the side.
It was all for survival.
With just over three thousand taels of silver in his pocket, Chen An once again entered the auction house.
This time, his goal was simple.
He wanted to find some simple martial arts techniques to practice.
However, he was soon disappointed.
Just like martial cultivation techniques, martial arts were also considered precious items, and the auction house had a few of them.
The problem was, they were expensive.
Even the lowest-grade martial arts techniques cost five to six thousand taels of silver, an amount that Chen An couldn't afford with his current financial situation.
In the face of this, Chen An fell into silence.
Indeed, money was never enough.
Limited by poverty, Chen An could only walk out of the auction house silently, ready to continue his efforts ahead.
