Chapter 10

Accumulating experience does not make the original movement technique disappear, but swallowing experience will cause the original cultivation method to directly disappear, and it cannot be re-cultivated, nor can it be successfully cultivated again.

However, the characteristics of the cultivation method will be absorbed by the *Ox Demon Technique*.

Fortunately, this kind of swallowing is not passive but active, meaning it can be chosen; otherwise, Ling Xiao wouldn't dare to practice it.

Both extraordinary techniques are growing techniques, and when cultivated to the highest stage, they are earth-shattering.

Therefore, they definitely need to be cultivated, but this method is a bit peculiar, so Ling Xiao can only start by cultivating other martial arts first.

Fortunately, he possesses the Mountain and River Martial Soul, which can replicate martial arts, and he hasn't stolen fewer martial arts from the Ling family's library.

Now he can choose a few to start cultivating.

Seeing the secret manuals in the Mountain and River Diagram's library, Ling Xiao started rolling excitedly on the bed.

The city where they are located, Tianfeng City, belongs to the Northern Han Kingdom. According to market prices, a basic martial art can be sold for ten taels of silver, an initial-level martial art for one thousand taels of silver, and a mid-level martial art for as high as one hundred thousand taels of silver.

Why can't a poor person like Ling Xiao even afford a basic martial art?

Because he can't save up ten taels of silver in his entire life.

Without hesitation, Ling Xiao decided to sell some basic martial arts to at least treat his grandfather's rib injuries.

Since the Ling family is unrighteous, he shouldn't blame him for being unrighteous.

He hasn't been eating and living for free in the Ling family for a year; he has to practice martial arts and work, but he doesn't get a single tael of silver, only some rations.

And he can't even eat enough.

Such a Ling family, he truly has no respect for.

So secretly selling martial arts manuals is not a big deal.

Of course, for safety, he still plans to start with basic martial arts. After all, there are many basic martial arts, and not only the Ling family has them, making it hard to be discovered.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly went out and arrived at the auction house in Tianfeng City.

Generally, basic martial arts can just be entrusted to the auction house. If sold, the auction house will directly transfer the silver to your bank account.

There's no need to wait there every day.

So after Ling Xiao entrusted ten basic martial arts to the auction house, he returned to the Ling family. Treating his grandfather's injuries is important, but enhancing his strength is equally important.

If his strength is not enough, his grandfather's injuries will definitely happen again.

After returning to his room, Ling Xiao started selecting from over nine thousand martial arts.

Although greed is not good, martial arts are a bit special. Many martial arts can complement each other, not only without hindering each other but also accelerating the cultivation process.

So he definitely needs to choose several to cultivate together.

Moreover, to enhance the *Soaring Cloud Step* and to feed the *Ox Demon Technique*, he must continuously cultivate more martial arts.

With the Mountain and River Diagram's suggestions, the selection time became much shorter. If he had to choose on his own, it might take a day and a night.

However, with the Mountain and River Diagram's suggestions, he only took less than a quarter of an hour to select five martial arts.

This can be considered a set of martial arts, and the Mountain and River Diagram even gave this set a name called "Soul of Fist."

Cultivating these five martial arts simultaneously can increase the cultivation speed by 10% to 30% and the true qi accumulation speed by 10% to 30%.

When using fist techniques, the power can be increased by one to two times!

The five martial arts of "Soul of Fist" are *Tiger Descending Step*, *Falling Star Fist*, *Explosive Qi Technique*, *Crimson Sun Technique*, and *Recovery Qi Technique*.

Actually, a detailed analysis would show that these five martial arts are centered around *Falling Star Fist*, with the other four being auxiliary.

The mid-level movement technique *Tiger Descending Step* is a powerful movement technique. When executed, the strength, momentum, and speed increase with each forward movement, like a tiger descending from a mountain!

Of course, this mid-level movement technique will eventually serve the *Soaring Cloud Step*.

The mid-level internal technique *Crimson Sun Technique* is a method to increase true qi. The key is that when executing martial techniques, it can enhance the burning effect of fire, and similarly, it can increase the power of fist techniques.

The mid-level secret techniques *Recovery Qi Technique* and *Explosive Qi Technique* are one for recovering true qi and one for instantly bursting true qi.

The latter can make *Falling Star Fist* reach maximum power in an instant, but the downside is the large consumption of true qi.

The former *Recovery Qi Technique* can largely compensate for this drawback.

This is why Ling Xiao chose these five martial arts.

As for why he chose *Falling Star Fist* among the fist techniques, the reason is simple: this set of fist techniques is the most powerful among mid-level martial arts, and Ling Xiao likes large-scale battles.

Its power is even comparable to some high-level martial arts, but the downside, like *Explosive Qi Technique*, is the large consumption, so martial artists at the awakening stage generally don't like to choose it.

But Ling Xiao is different.

Not only does he have a more substantial true qi than martial artists of the same level due to the Mountain and River Martial Soul, but he also specifically chose *Recovery Qi Technique* to compensate for the drawback.

For other martial artists, even geniuses, simultaneously cultivating three martial arts is already extremely rare, but he can rely on the analysis and demonstration effects of the Mountain and River Martial Soul.

He can completely cultivate five martial arts simultaneously.

And these five martial arts complement each other.

This is the advantage!

From now on, Ling Xiao is no longer the little beggar who can be bullied by anyone. His martial arts path will be smooth.

After choosing the "Soul of Fist" set of martial arts, Ling Xiao started cultivating.

Of course, saying he is cultivating them simultaneously, he is still just one person, so he has to follow a sequence, but the cultivation speed of each martial art is faster than others.

He first chose to cultivate *Crimson Sun Technique*.

The reason is simple: *Crimson Sun Technique* can increase true qi and strengthen the body.

This is crucial for both movement techniques and martial techniques, as the foundation of martial artists is true qi.

Even the division of martial artist realms is based on different stages of true qi.

Ling Xiao closed his eyes and started cultivating according to the content of *Crimson Sun Technique*.

True qi circulated in his body, and what excited him was that whenever he encountered blockages or difficulties, the Mountain and River Martial Soul would automatically activate, helping to solve the problem and providing the correct true qi circulation path.

This way, Ling Xiao basically cannot go astray, and cultivating techniques has no so-called bottlenecks.

For others, breaking through difficult cultivation stages might take months or even years, but he doesn't have these so-called stages.

The path is always green, always smooth.

His talent was originally not bad, but it is now at the level of a genius.

All of this is due to the special effects of the Mountain and River Martial Soul.

This made Ling Xiao value and become more interested in the Mountain and River Martial Soul.

Martial souls are already very mysterious, and the Mountain and River Martial Soul is clearly more mysterious than most martial souls. How mysterious it is, Ling Xiao is eager to know.

But to know this secret, his current strength is clearly not enough.

And cultivation is the key to unlocking the secrets of the Mountain and River Diagram.

Because when he cultivates *Crimson Sun Technique*, he can clearly feel that the Mountain and River Diagram is also undergoing some wonderful changes.

Of course, the continuous disappearance of clouds is the most obvious.

At this time, in the small village of the Mountain and River Diagram, there is another place.

It is an altar, and inside the altar is not a statue but a flame!

A brilliant flame!