The next day, early morning.
The sun rose in the east, and the morning glow sprinkled over the earth, illuminating the Cangwu County Demon Suppression Division's station.
At this moment, within Courtyard No. 799 of Residence Area No. 19 of the Demon Suppression Division, Lin Baichuan, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes. Two sharp beams of light shot out like dazzling streaks of silk, his eyes like electricity, full of vigor.
Suddenly, his mind stirred, and a stream of light flashed in his Sea of Consciousness, transforming into a System panel.
name: Lin Baichuan
identity: Demon Suppression Division Junior Demon Slayer Guard
cultivation: Ninth Grade
Cultivation Technique: Golden Bell Shield (Seventh Layer, 1%)
Martial Skill: Seven Kill Blade Technique (Profound), Wind Shadow Step (Uninitiated), Raging Bull Fist (Uninitiated)
Concept: Blade Intent (23%)
Karma: 0
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Looking at the two newly added Martial Skills in the Martial Skill section, Lin Baichuan's eyes immediately gleamed. These two Martial Skills, Wind Shadow Step and Raging Bull Fist, were exchanged by him at the Scripture Pavilion after he left the Wanbao Hall yesterday.
It wasn't that Lin Baichuan didn't want to exchange for more Martial Skills; it was just that the Martial Skills of the Demon Suppression Division were too precious.
His few contribution points were truly insufficient. He received a total of 750 contribution points from selling Demon Cores, but spent 530 points on purchasing medicinal ingredients, leaving him with only 220 contribution points, which was only enough for him to purchase two Martial Skills.
Wind Shadow Step cost 110 contribution points, and Raging Bull Fist cost 90 contribution points.
He now had 20 contribution points remaining, not even enough to buy the worst Martial Skill. As for Cultivation Techniques, that was even more impossible. However, Lin Baichuan had never thought of exchanging for a Cultivation Technique from the very beginning.
Because he had the Golden Bell Shield. Although the Golden Bell Shield was initially just an ordinary Low Grade Mortal-level Cultivation Technique, with only three layers in total, it could at most cultivate up to the Peak of Ninth Grade Body Tempering.
But now, this Golden Bell Shield had been deduced and elevated to the seventh layer by him using Karma, and its grade had probably surpassed High Grade Mortal-level. Moreover, in the future, it could continue to be deduced and improved using Karma.
Therefore, Lin Baichuan had no thought of changing Cultivation Techniques; at least in the short term, he had no such intention.
"It's just, why can this Cultivation Technique be continuously deduced and improved as long as there are enough contribution points, but Martial Skills cannot?"
Lin Baichuan suddenly frowned slightly and muttered to himself, "This is reasonable! Could it be that the System discriminates between Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills, or is it that the Seven Kill Blade Technique has already reached the Profound realm, and the Karma required for further deduction and improvement is too much, and the Karma I accumulated before was insufficient, so I couldn't deduce and improve it?"
Lin Baichuan had actually thought about this question long ago, but unfortunately, he still had no answer until now.
He currently had no Karma at all, so he couldn't test it. He could only verify it after accumulating enough Karma in the future.
"Forget it, I'll deal with this problem later. The most urgent task is to get my hands on the xuanyang fruit first." Lin Baichuan shook his head, simply not bothering with it anymore, muttering to himself as he leaped up from the bed, pulled open the door, and walked out.
The Guiyuan Body Tempering Soup still lacked one final auxiliary medicinal ingredient, the xuanyang fruit. He planned to try his luck at the market in Cangwu Prefecture City. Although the xuanyang fruit was an auxiliary medicinal ingredient, its grade was not low, already beyond the scope of ordinary medicine.
Similar to weapons, medicinal ingredients actually had many grades.
Mortal medicines were divided into High, Middle, and Low Grade. Above High Grade Mortal medicine were Spirit Medicines. Unlike Mortal medicines, Spirit Medicines were divided into twelve grades across four levels: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. Although this xuanyang fruit was only the lowest-grade Yellow Grade Low Grade Spirit Medicine, it was still worth thousands of gold and extremely rare.
Even the Demon Suppression Division had no stock. As for the city market, Lin Baichuan actually didn't hold too much hope, because he knew the value of Spirit Medicine. Even if someone obtained it, they usually treated it as a Foundation and would not easily sell it.
But Lin Baichuan had no other choice now. If the Demon Suppression Division didn't have it, he could only try his luck at the market.
At this time, the disadvantage of his humble Origins and insufficient Foundation became apparent.
Without connections or channels, even if he had money, he might not be able to buy the resources he wanted; it all depended on luck.
Unlike some aristocratic Family children who had the backing of their Family, obtaining resources was certainly much easier for them than for a commoner like Lin Baichuan.
"Let's take it one step at a time! I have the System, so a slightly weaker Foundation doesn't matter. At worst, I'll spend some time in the early stages, and this gap will slowly be closed in the future."
Lin Baichuan thought to himself, not disheartened by his Origins or harboring any resentment. The issue of his birth was not something he could decide. What he could do was seize the present and strive to make his future better.
Many thoughts flashed through his mind, but Lin Baichuan had already left the Demon Suppression Division's station and headed straight for the market in Cangwu Prefecture City.
However, what Lin Baichuan didn't notice was that just as he walked out of the Demon Suppression Division's station, behind an ancient tree, a pair of sinister eyes were staring at his departing back, filled with malice and ruthlessness.
The next moment, a man with a gloomy face walked out from behind the ancient tree.
It was Li Da.
At this moment, Li Da's expression was grim, and a hint of ferocity even lingered at the corner of his mouth. Watching Lin Baichuan's figure gradually disappear into the distance, he gnashed his teeth and sneered, "Lin Baichuan, you ruined me, causing me to injure my Origin Foundation, thus cutting off my Martial Dao future. Don't even think of having an easy time yourself.
I can't kill you, but the Lu Family can..."
Li Da gnashed his teeth, filled with resentment. In truth, Song Gang had only asked him to keep an eye on Lin Baichuan, but he couldn't swallow this anger. Seeing Lin Baichuan lively and jumping around in front of him, anger surged in his heart.
Gritting his teeth, Li Da also followed out of the Demon Suppression Division's station and then headed straight for the Lu Family Residence.
Since Song Gang was unwilling to act, he would have to borrow the influence of the Lu Family.
He naturally wasn't qualified to see the Lu Family Patriarch, but he was qualified to see Lu Changkong of the Lu Family. Moreover, Li Da was very clear that Lu Changkong's hatred for Lin Baichuan was probably even greater than his own.
The most important thing was that Lu Changkong was just a good-for-nothing. As long as he used a small trick and sowed discord, he wasn't afraid that Lu Changkong wouldn't be used by him.
At this moment, Lin Baichuan still didn't know that because of Qin Qing, he had deliberately let Li Da off the hook, which resulted in him leaving a hidden danger for himself. After leaving the Demon Suppression Division's station, Lin Baichuan headed straight for the market in Cangwu Prefecture City.
The two places were not far apart. Lin Baichuan simply walked normally and only spent the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before he arrived outside the market.
The market in Cangwu Prefecture City was very large, divided into different areas.
Food, clothing, housing, transportation, medicinal ingredients, weapons, and so on—whatever you needed, this market had it all.
Although it was Lin Baichuan's first time here, because the market had signposts, he didn't have to exert much effort to reach the medicinal ingredient area. Here, you could buy everything related to medicine.
Various medicinal ingredients, potions, and even medicinal powders and medicinal baths for Martial Artists to cultivate were all for sale.
Of course, the prerequisite was that you could afford the price.
Lin Baichuan had obtained gold and silver worth over a million from Liang YouTian's underground palace, so he naturally had ample confidence. After entering this area, he went straight to the largest shop.