Chapter 10

After finishing, Su Han had a troubled look on his face and said, "These things are indeed good, but at one hundred taels each, they are too expensive. I can't afford them."

A hint of joy flashed across the face of the man in black robes, who quickly lowered the price, "Forget it. Since we seem to have a connection, I'll cut the price in half and sell them to you for fifty taels each."

Su Han hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly took out a ten-tael silver note, "It's still too expensive. I only have ten taels. This is the money I prepared to buy medicine."

Seeing the ten-tael silver note in Su Han's hand, the man in black robes became anxious, thrust the package into Su Han's hands, and snatched the silver note, "Forget it!! Young brother, since you really want to buy it, ten taels it is, I'll sell it to you for ten taels."

Ten taels was already a considerable amount of money; one tael could be exchanged for a thousand copper coins. An ordinary farming family could earn only seven or eight hundred copper coins from a year's farming. A prostitute in Xiyuan Town would charge only one hundred copper coins for a night. The man in black robes was already very satisfied to have tricked Su Han into paying ten taels for some junk.

After the transaction, the man in black robes disappeared into a corner of the Xiyuan market.

After the man in black robes left, Su Han looked at the black package in his hand, and a satisfied smile appeared on his lips.

The vendors in the Xiyuan market were all shrewd. If Su Han had directly offered one hundred taels for the junk, the man in black robes might have had other thoughts and raised the price.

Moreover, Su Han himself was not wealthy, and he was not sure if the item hidden in the Sandstorm Palm was worth one hundred taels. After all, it was his first time using this ability.

Su Han continued to walk around the Xiyuan market, hoping to use the ability of his right eye to buy some good things, but he did not find any other items with white light in the market.

Su Han was not too disappointed; he knew that the adventurers were not fools, and it was already very lucky for him to have found one good deal.

After buying several auxiliary herbs for the century-old ginseng decoction in the market, Su Han returned home.

At night, in a simple room in the Su family.

Su Han sat on the bed, picked up the warm ginseng soup, and drank it in one gulp.

As soon as the scorching ginseng soup entered Su Han's stomach, a scorching medicinal force immediately spread wildly through his limbs, making his whole body feel hot and his face turn red.

Su Han quickly circulated the Nine Heavens True Water Technique, and a cool internal force surged from his middle dantian, enveloping the scorching medicinal force and continuously converting it into a cool internal force.

The cool internal force grew more and more, eventually forming a vast river that rushed directly into a hidden acupoint in Su Han's body.

As the vast river of true qi surged, the hidden acupoint that had been restraining Su Han's cultivation was immediately broken, and Su Han directly advanced to the Fifth Level of the Postnatal Strong Qi Realm.

The medicinal force of the five-hundred-year-old ginseng was extremely powerful. After Su Han advanced to the Fifth Level of the Postnatal Strong Qi Realm, the medicinal effect did not completely run out but continued to support Su Han's breakthrough, reaching the peak of the Strong Qi Realm before stopping.

"Fifth Level of the Postnatal Strong Qi Realm! I have finally broken through to this realm!!" Su Han slowly opened his eyes, feeling the vast internal force in his body like a vast river, his heart filled with excitement.

Originally, Su Han thought that drinking the soup made from the five-hundred-year-old ginseng would at most raise his cultivation to the peak of the Qi Condensation Realm, and with good luck, to the early stage of the Strong Qi Realm. After all, the efficacy of the soup was far inferior to that of a pill, and a large amount of medicinal force would be wasted after entering the body. However, the Nine Heavens True Water Technique he practiced was incredibly profound, and it managed to refine most of the medicinal force, allowing him to break through to the peak of the Fifth Level of the Postnatal Strong Qi Realm.

What made Su Han even more delighted was that after advancing to the Strong Qi Realm, his six senses had become much sharper than before.

Enhancing the six senses was a capability that cultivators only gained after reaching the Seventh Level of the Postnatal Spirit Qi Realm. Su Han had gained this ability after just advancing to the Fifth Level, entirely because the Nine Heavens True Water Technique he practiced was incredibly profound, far surpassing other cultivation techniques.

Su Han looked at the vase beside him, flicked his index finger, and a burst of qi shot out, striking the vase and shattering it into pieces.

At the Fifth Level of the Postnatal Strong Qi Realm, a cultivator's internal force was already very substantial, and they could use internal force to injure others from a short distance. There were no more than fifteen experts in the Su family with the cultivation of the Strong Qi Realm, and none in the third generation.

Suppressing his joy, Su Han waited until his emotions had calmed down before taking out the Sandstorm Palm. He focused his attention, and the rune in his right eye appeared, allowing him to see the faint white spiritual light embedded in the Sandstorm Palm again.

Su Han flipped the Sandstorm Palm to the page emitting the white light. On that page, the fifth move of the Sandstorm Palm was recorded, and there was no difference from the other pages recording the Sandstorm Palm. If it weren't for his right eye, he wouldn't have been able to see the subtlety of this page.

The man in black robes who sold the Sandstorm Palm manual to Su Han had also flipped through this incomplete manual multiple times but could not see any subtlety, which was why he used it as a prop to deceive people.

Su Han reached out and lightly rubbed the corner of the page, but the page did not move at all.

Su Han was slightly startled. With the force he used, a book would have been shattered, but this page did not move at all, indicating that it was a rare treasure.

Su Han gradually increased the force, but even when he used his maximum internal force, he could not tear the corner of the page.

After pondering for a moment, Su Han took out a fire starter, lit it, and carefully roasted the corner of the page. He stared intently at the page, his body tense, ready to extinguish the fire at the first sign of anything going wrong.

Under the heat of the flame, the original patterns on the page gradually faded, and the page turned green under the heat.

Su Han was overjoyed and continued to carefully roast the page, turning the entire page green.

"Wood Emperor Seal, this is actually a martial technique."

Su Han looked at the green page, a hint of joy flashing in his eyes. On the green page, a martial technique called the Wood Emperor Seal was recorded.

At this point, Su Han already had the Nine Heavens True Water Technique and did not lack cultivation techniques. However, he lacked a powerful martial technique to fully utilize his internal force.

The Three Yang Palm of the Su family was only a third-grade lower-level martial technique, and its power was somewhat weak. If he could obtain a powerful martial technique, Su Han would have a stronger combat ability.

Su Han read the green page and was deeply attracted by the profound martial technique recorded on it. After an hour, he finally let out a sigh of relief, "What a profound martial technique. This martial technique is likely to be a high-level technique of the seventh grade or above."

"Hmm, why is there only the first move?" Su Han carefully examined the green page and found that it only contained the first move of the Wood Emperor Seal, which made him somewhat disappointed.

Su Han held the green page, a hint of regret in his eyes, "Unfortunately, according to the manual, the Wood Emperor Seal should have five moves. If all five moves were complete, it would likely be an eighth or ninth-grade martial technique. However, if I can successfully cultivate the first move, it should be able to exert the power of a sixth or seventh-grade martial technique."

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