Inside Chen Ku's courtyard in Medicine King Hall, the cold moon hung high.

Chen Ku had used Earth Tunneling to return to his room. Looking at the fully packed Storage Bag, he began to take inventory.

"Given that a sharp weapon from Firewood Iron Shop is priced between five hundred and one thousand taels, all the weapons I packed from there must be worth at least about 100,000 taels of silver. And that's not even counting the two Famous Weapons..."

Looking at the sword that resembled autumn water and the imposing Sky-Piercing Halberd, Chen Ku couldn't help but lament, "A sword and a halberd... I've never practiced with them. I can only store them for now."

He then turned his attention to the Ruyi Stone, as thick as a water bucket. He had already learned about this stone's origins and uses through various texts over the past two days.

"The Ruyi Stone is extraordinarily hard and possesses a very strong 'Memory Transformation' ability, similar to the special memory metals of my past life. It's said the stone itself has a mystical ability to remember several 'fixed shapes' it has been forged into. Later, under extreme high temperatures, it can revert to its former shapes."

Chen Ku eyed the Ruyi Stone with eagerness. "Undoubtedly, if I could use the miraculous Weapon Forging Technique to forge this Ruyi Stone into the shapes of a saber, staff, or bow, then with just one Ruyi Stone, I would effectively have three weapons I could carry with me. I could even switch between them during battle by applying high heat."

However, there were also serious problems. From the firepower used to forge the Ruyi Stone in the coal mountain, it was clear that at least the heat equivalent to that of a Four Realms Fire Beak Pot was needed to melt the Ruyi Stone. If he wanted to freely transform it in his hands, he would need the assistance of a Five Realms Fire Beak Pot, provided he also had experience in the Weapon Forging Technique.

Chen Ku looked at the Flower Fox Mink Transformation within his Heart Sea perspective and muttered to himself, "Now, although I can let the Flower Fox Mink carry this Ruyi Stone to Fire Beak Mountain in Yuan Country, using the firepower of the Fire Beak Pot magical treasure to melt and shape it, I lack the skill of weapon forging..."

Originally, the old Shopkeeper Xie Wenyuan had the experience of a Weapon Forging Master, but that had been used to enhance the Fifth Transformation Chart. "If I now want to gain the 'Weapon Forging' ability, I'll have to find a way to kill another Weapon Forging Master."

"I now have several human transformations like Ma Mingfeng, Yan Longhao, Wang Mao, and Ling, among others, which is somewhat complicated. If I could merge these individuals into one through fetus transformation refining shape and then add the Talent for the Weapon Forging Technique, it would be as if I'd gained an Incarnation. This Incarnation would possess both 'Weapon Forging' and 'Psychic Ability' and could take my place, following the Flower Fox Mink to Fire Beak Mountain in Yuan Country to forge weapons."

Yuan Country was too far away, he was unfamiliar with the territory, and it was across the border. If he could have an Incarnation go in his place, he could avoid many dangers. "The prerequisite is... I must obtain at least one stream of Evil Qi no weaker than the Third Realm as an 'embryo.' This way, the new shape-refined transformation can start with the Cultivation of the Third Realm."

Chen Ku felt that his current strength was already enough to oppose most Third Realm Martial Practitioners. "If I were only to refine shape a Second Realm expert, it would be somewhat superfluous. And I still need the experience of a Weapon Forging Master."

Chen Ku pondered in his room. "In the short term, I've already struck at Firewood Iron Shop twice. After two attacks, even with my inexplicable abilities, they must have raised their vigilance and caution to the utmost. Rashly attacking the experts of Firewood Iron Shop again would increase the risk factor exponentially. It's better to change targets and first obtain the Evil Qi of at least a Third Realm expert to serve as an embryo..."

For the moment, two forces came to Chen Ku's mind as potential targets. Both were organizations with major grievances against him: the Fish and Dragon Association and Peace Path. "Without facing off against a Fourth Realm opponent, I'm almost seventy to eighty percent confident I can successfully ambush a Third Realm Jade Skin Expert in one strike."

Chen Ku's first thought was to choose the nearby Fish and Dragon Association. "After all, if I kill some Fish and Dragon Association experts in advance, there will be one less formidable enemy to face when Medicine King Hall and the Fish and Dragon Association eventually clash."

With that in mind, Chen Ku activated the 'Hundred Li Tracking Technique' inside Medicine King Hall, planning to first probe the Fish and Dragon Association's strength.

Upon the activation of this Demon Art, the first scents to enter his nose were those within Medicine King Hall, which then spread outwards. At this time, many experts of Medicine King Hall had already fallen asleep, including his master Shang Yunfang and Instructor Chai Bao.

Feeling how soundly his masters were sleeping, Chen Ku smirked at himself. He felt a sense of responsibility, as if he were forging ahead on their behalf, secretly eliminating their enemies. Although most of what he did was for himself, at this moment, he could also consider it his contribution as a member of Medicine King Hall—clearing hidden dangers for the hall.

Unexpectedly, though, as the Hundred Li Tracking Technique expanded toward the Fish and Dragon Association, searching within a hundred-mile radius of Baojiao County for the scent of Li Yutang, whom he had once encountered, he wasn't actually intending to target Li Yutang.

"This person, after all, was comparable to my master, Yang Luochen, before his breakthrough. Even though I've only met him once, I can keenly sense an aura of strength from him, no weaker than my master's. Li Yutang, now seventy years old, is ranked as the third-highest expert in the city. In terms of Qualifications, he's definitely 'upper-grade,' just like my master Yang Luochen. When my master Yang Luochen broke through to the Fifth Realm, news spread through the city. It indicated that Li Yutang, known as 'South Li' and on par with Yang Luochen, was also at the threshold of the Fifth Realm's Meridian-Opening Realm—On the Verge of Breaking Through."

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