Ye Chen did not go to the trading palace just to confuse people. Actually, he was also planning to find a fist art manual.
During the battle with the ghost head, his Star Scar Sword had been bitten by him, and he could not do anything with his bare hands. If it were not for the fact that he had performed his Tornado Broken Clouds with his feet instead of his sword, he would have been killed by that ghost head already. If he had trained a powerful fist art at that time, even if he could not kill the ghost head immediately, he would at least be able to wound him badly and free himself.
"Right now, I am not powerful enough yet. Training only sword arts obviously would not be able to handle all kinds of battles. So, my fist arts must be powerful as well. As for the other martial arts, I will not learn them. I do not have enough energy." The Void Shattering Finger Art was indeed powerful, but it was too deep and complicated. With Ye Chen's current cultivation and knowledge, he would not be able to understand the essence of it.
Entering the trading palace would require enough wealth. Ye Chen took out a storage ring that he had prepared beforehand and handed it over to the warrior who was guarding the palace. After the warrior had checked it, he returned the storage ring and let him in immediately.
Inside the palace, there were a lot of people talking. Clasping Yuan Realm warriors could be seen everywhere.
"Burning Wind Godly Fist Art, no, the rank is too low!"
"Mountain Shattering Fist Art, no, not as good as Tyrant Fist Art!"
"Small Star Fist Art, it is indeed good, but unfortunately, what I want is destructive power."
"…"
On his way, Ye Chen realized that among the fist art manuals that were being sold, more than ninety percent of them were low-rank Earth Realm fist arts. There were very few mid-rank Earth Realm fist arts, and as for the higher rank high-rank Earth Realm fist arts, he could not find any at all. But it was understandable, since high-rank Earth Realm martial arts were all top secret martial arts even for rank 6 martial institutions. No matter how many treasures there were in the trading palace, there would not be any high-rank Earth Realm martial arts.
Lowering his requirements, Ye Chen set his sights on mid-rank Earth Realm fist art manuals.
After walking around the trading palace for miles, Ye Chen had found two fist art manuals that he was satisfied with. One was the Three Colored Fire Fist Art, and the other was the Five Mountain Godly Fist Art. The Three Colored Fire Fist Art had three movements in total. The first movement would produce a red fist power, the second movement would be purple, and the third movement would be golden. It was perfect for warriors who had trained fire element zhen Qi. However, Ye Chen's Great Mystery zhen Qi did not have an element, so he could train any kind of martial skill. Meanwhile, the Five Mountain Godly Fist Technique was more aggressive. There were five movements in total, and each movement was stronger than the last. Every time one of them was performed, the physical body had to be strong enough. Otherwise, not only would it not hurt the enemy, it would backfire on the user.
The Three Colored Fire Fist Art was one hundred and seventy thousand low rank soul stones while the Five Mountain Godly Fist Art was two hundred and ten thousand low rank soul stones. They were both mid rank Earth Realm martial arts, but there was a forty thousand difference.
"Boss, I want the Three-colored Fire Fist manual."
While Ye Chen was still thinking, the Three Colored Fire Fist was chosen by another peak-level Late Clasping Yuan Realm warrior.
With a bitter smile, Ye Chen walked to the crystal counter where the Five Mountain Godly Fist Technique was kept.
Eh?
Stopping his steps, Ye Chen's gaze landed on the crystal counter in the corner.
Inside the transparent counter, there were only two or three treasures for sale. One of them was indeed a fist art manual, which was labeled 'High rank Earth Realm Fist Art Incomplete Manual'.
"Let's go check it out." Before, Ye Chen had been searching too fast, so he did not notice the existence of this crystal counter. Otherwise, he would not have been so calm.
There were a lot of warriors surrounding the crystal counter.
"What a shame! Normally, there would be one or two complete movements in a manual. But this fist art manual does not even have one complete movement. How am I supposed to train it?"
"And it is still so expensive. Three hundred thousand low rank soul stones. Which warrior below the Astral Reaching Realm would be able to afford it?"
"I think they are trying to make fun of us and show off."
"What is there to show off? Even if you sell it to me for thirty thousand low rank soul stones, I would not buy it."
"Let's go! We have been excited for nothing. "
People came fast and left even faster. Soon, there were only two or three people left.
"Boss, can you make it cheaper? I will buy it for fifty thousand low rank soul stones." A Late Clasping Yuan Realm warrior seemed to be interested in it, so he suggested.
The boss was an elder with grey hair, wearing a brown long robe. He sat on the cushion behind the counter without moving. Hearing him, he said, "If you are interested, I can reduce it by ten or twenty thousand."
"Ten or twenty thousand less? Isn't this a scam?" That warrior cursed and left. The two people next to him were not interested in watching anymore, so they left as well.
In the end, only Ye Chen was left.
He did not try to negotiate the price, but started to look at the fist art manual.
The fist art manual had been split into two, with only the top half and no bottom half. Therefore, it was different from the normal incomplete manuals. This manual was the most incomplete of the incomplete manuals, which was almost impossible to train unless someone was willing to spend decades to study it. But for most people, decades were too long. No one was willing to spend decades studying a fist art manual, even if it was originally a high rank Earth Realm one.
After all, if one had decades of time to study, they might as well train and try to reach a higher level.
Because it was split in half, the name of the manual was also split in half. Only the first two words' Dragon Elephant 'could be seen. As for the rest, no one knew.
"Can you take it out and let me have a look?" Ye Chen asked.
The elder said, "Are you sure you want to buy it?"
Ye Chen laughed, "If it suits me, I will buy it. If it doesn't, I will definitely not buy it. It is very simple."
"Alright! I will give you three breaths, don't look too much. "
Opening the crystal counter, the elder took out half of the manual and handed it to Ye Chen. His eyes were full of caution, as if he was afraid that Ye Chen would look too much.
Ye Chen smiled helplessly and opened the first page.
"The first movement, Dragon Elephant Great Power …"
"The second movement, Dragon Elephant Roar …"
"The third movement, Elephant Mountain Fighting …"
"The fourth movement, Dragon Ocean Pouring …"
"…"
"The seventh movement, Nameless …"
Flipping through it quickly, Ye Chen found out that there were seven movements in this book. Each movement had a weird name, and he could not tell what they were. But he had a feeling that it was not a lie, and that it was a real high-rank Earth Realm fist art. Perhaps it was even of a higher rank.
"Three breaths." The elder snatched the manual from Ye Chen's hand.
Touching his storage ring, Ye Chen suddenly said, "I have a question, do you know the rank of this manual?"
A hint of hesitation flashed through the elder's eyes. After a while, he sighed and said, "To be honest, I don't know either. I found it by accident on a small island in the Star Regional Lake. But in my opinion, it should be more than just a high rank Earth Realm. Even though the owner of the manual had been dead for many years, his body was still releasing a horrifying vibe. How could his belongings be simple?"
Releasing horrifying aura after a long time of death?
Ye Chen was shocked. Was this not the sign of a Sea of Souls Realm warrior's death? As for Life and Death Realm warriors, it was extremely hard for them to die, unless they were completely destroyed. Otherwise, even if they were beaten until only a piece of flesh was left, they would be able to recover. The more powerful ones would only need a drop of blood to be reborn. There were almost no Life and Death Realm warriors who left their bodies behind. Of course, nothing was absolute in this world.
"Then why didn't you write top rank Earth Realm? You do not know the real rank anyway."
The elder forced a smile, "If I wrote top rank Earth Realm, people would think that I was trying to be mysterious, and would not pay attention to it. Also, I have studied this manual carefully, and did not find anything special. To be honest, yesterday, an Astral Reaching Realm warrior came to take a look, but he shook his head and left, saying that without the bottom half, even a Heaven Realm fist art would be useless."
Ye Chen thought for a while and felt that the Astral Reaching Realm warrior was right. Trying to derive the whole manual from half of the manual was even harder than creating one's own. After all, if one were to create one's own martial arts, everything would be based on one's own framework, and the effects would be clear. On the other hand, deriving someone else's martial arts would be using someone else's framework to fill in the content, which would be greatly restricted.
"One hundred thousand low rank soul stones. Any more and I will leave." Ye Chen stared at the elder.
"A bit too little, right? It is a manual left by a powerful warrior after all! "
The elder was not satisfied with this price.
Ye Chen did not say another word and left.
"Wait! One hundred and fifty thousand low rank soul stones!"
"One hundred and twenty thousand!"
"Damn it! One hundred and twenty thousand! Here you go!"
Ye Chen smiled as he continued to trade, "I am only buying it to study it. What can you expect from me?"
The elder rolled his eyes, "I can see that you are sincere about buying it. Those people before you want to buy it for only fifty thousand low rank soul stones? In their dreams!"
Putting away the half manual, Ye Chen walked over to the crystal counter where the Five Mountain Godly Fist Art was.
The Five Mountain Godly Fist Art was priced at two hundred and ten thousand low rank soul stones. Obviously, it was too expensive. Normally, a top mid rank Earth Realm fist art would only cost one hundred and eighty thousand or one hundred and ninety thousand low rank soul stones. However, this was the trading palace, and the price was set by the warriors themselves. They could sell it for as much as they wanted.
Ye Chen, who had made a fortune before, did not hesitate and bought it directly.
Leaving the trading palace, Ye Chen went back to the training room that he had booked.
Three days later …
Noon …
Ye Chen purposely dressed up and walked towards the city gate quietly.
"Haha, I knew that you had come to the Martial City. You wanted to sneak out." On the second floor of a restaurant nearby, Yuan Zongbo laughed viciously.
Right next to him, there were four other people. On the left was Mr. Jin, who had a big smile on his face. The other three were extremely muscular, all at Late Clasping Yuan Realm.
"I thought you wanted us to come for some powerful guy. He is only a peak-level Early Clasping Yuan Realm warrior. Do you really need to make such a big fuss?"
"Second brother is right. Yuan Zongbo, what the hell are you doing? Let me tell you, if we do not get anything good, we will ask you for it."
Yuan Zongbo was annoyed and said, "I was careless before and got ambushed by him. But you should not underestimate him. His flying art is very powerful. Mr. Jin can prove it."
Mr. Jin smiled, "Brother Yuan is right. He has learned a very powerful flying art. He can create zhen qi shadows to confuse his opponents."
"Creating zhen qi shadows is indeed a bit tricky. But you two should have been careless. Otherwise, how could you let him get away?"
Yuan Zongbo was a bit embarrassed. He did not tell the other three about him and Mr. Jin being injured. Otherwise, they would definitely laugh at him. "Indeed, Mr. Jin and I were both careless. We did not take him seriously. This time, I called you three brothers from the Wolf Head Mountain was mainly to prevent him from running away. Besides, I only want that low rank great sword. You guys can have everything else."
"That's more like it. This brat is already at peak-level Early Clasping Yuan Realm at such a young age. He must have a lot of good stuff with him. I hope he will not disappoint us."
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