Pang Long's courtyard.

As soon as Li Xian stepped through the door, he saw Pang Long hunched over writing, felt his eyes blur, rubbed them, and opened them again, only to find the same scene.

"Commander Pang, are you in high spirits today?"

Li Xian joked.

Pang Long came to his senses, noticed Li Xian's arrival, laughed heartily, and beckoned him over.

"Li Xian, come quickly and help me check how this notice looks."

The notice had robust, wild handwriting, with few techniques in the strokes, lacking elegance, straightforward without subtlety. The writing reflected the person, quite matching Pang Long.

Li Xian evaluated it briefly and was taken aback.

The handwriting was plain, but it contained martial arts mastery. The strokes seemed to blend several martial arts forms.

Pang Long was intentionally showing off.

After examining the notice content, Li Xian curiously asked, "Are we recruiting new Nursing Home members?"

"Yes." Pang Long sighed, picked up the notice, examined it at a bright angle, and appeared increasingly pleased:

"Recently, there have been many injuries and deaths among the Nursing Home members; we can't do without recruiting some people."

"This afternoon, the notice will be posted in the market of Qingning County."

"There should be plenty of applicants."

The notice content was simple and clear: recruiting fifteen members for the Nursing Home, requiring martial arts foundation, under twenty years old, with a monthly salary of 150 Wen, after one year of full attendance, one can attain a Basic Martial Arts skill…

Li Xian said, "There will certainly be many applicants; with such conditions, even martial arts apprentices will be tempted."

"Of course." Pang Long proudly stated, "To be able to serve the lady is a blessing for them."

"Commander Pang, I believe C-class to B-class transition allows one to receive a martial art, right?" Li Xian said straightforwardly.

He knew Pang Long's straightforward personality didn't require subtlety.

"Didn't you just receive the Jade Palm?" Pang Long frowned, "In the martial arts path, greediness is most avoidable. Ordinary Nursing Home members generally spend a year focusing on mastering one martial art, which is already considered a lot."

"You've only been here two or three months, yet you've learned Three Talents Fist, Clear Wind Leg, and Jade Palm... You should seriously consolidate your skills and deeply understand these martial arts."

"That's true." Li Xian smiled and said, "I'm just considering that if I don't claim it now, it'd be a waste. Receiving it now doesn't mean I have to practice it immediately."

"Having multiple martial arts is always beneficial."

"Your reasoning is quite valid as well." Pang Long nodded, "Just follow me."

Leading the way, he took Li Xian to a partitioned room, outside of which was a heavy wooden door that required an iron key to unlock.

Basic Martial Arts were under Pang Long's control.

Despite their foundational status, martial arts were very valuable outside. In the Great Wu Dynasty, martial arts were precious.

"Just pick any book you like."

Pang Long stood outside the door.

Inside the room were Basic Martial Arts, covering a broad range, from fist and foot techniques, palm techniques, sword, spear, staff, stick, and more.

"I currently have one martial art for fist, foot, and palm each."

"The best option now would be... a martial art involving a weapon."

Li Xian walked around the room, scanning the options.

These foundational martial arts are not much different, with fist techniques like Four Directions Fist, Upright Fist, Straight Courage Fist, Three Talents Fist... leg techniques like Clear Wind Leg, Moon Arc Leg...

The key to selection is not the specific technique but the type and direction.

"I'll choose sword technique!"

Li Xian made up his mind.

There was an array of sword techniques before his eyes, all Basic Knife Techniques, not much different from each other.

"Daluo Saber... I choose you."

Li Xian selected a sword technique book, glanced quickly, noting the expansive and strong aura of the saber within, feeling quite satisfied, and placed it in his pouch.

...

The following days returned to calm.

Li Xian was already a B-class Nursing Home member; his patrol duties did not consume much of his energy. He patrolled for two hours daily, leaving the rest of the time for martial arts practice.

He was passionate about martial arts and felt the time flew by quickly.

[Clear Wind Leg]

[Skill Level: 152/5000 Great Success]

[Description: After enduring leg training, you finally achieve Great Success. You glimpse the beginning of martial arts, gaining deeper insights from Clear Wind Leg.]

[Jade Palm]

[Skill Level: 69/2000 Mastery]

[Description: Palm force flows smoothly, power intertwines like locks, Heaven rewards diligence, through continuous practice, you grasp the martial arts path from Jade Palm, understanding the trait 'Qi Manipulation into the Subtle.']

After three days, Li Xian made significant progress.

When Clear Wind Leg achieved Great Success.

The initial martial arts scene appeared before him: a middle-aged man, practicing leg techniques tirelessly in the mountains, each move unpredictable in speed and force.

This middle-aged man must be the martial arts master who created the "Clear Wind Leg."

Li Xian carefully observed, contemplating the true essence of martial arts, gaining deeply.

"Finally broke the 300 barrier!"

Every evening, Li Xian utilized Condensing Qi into Silk, circled his acupuncture points, sensing his progress.

The Qi of the Dantian accumulated more and more.

The Qi Silk ran farther, finally breaking through over three hundred acupuncture points in one breath.

"Indeed, the Jade Palm is worthy of being Entry Martial Arts."

"It's truly formidable, merely mastering it requires high skill levels."

Li Xian raised his palm.

Activated the "Biluo Palm Force," seeing his palm turn jade green, intertwined with sixteen threads of inner Qi.

These sixteen threads of inner Qi could take a sinister path, infiltrating one's flesh, entangling without scattering, causing unbearable pain. Alternatively, they could take a righteous path, where the inner Qi flows like a river, crashing layer upon layer.

"Although Jiang Yun mastered this martial art to Great Success..."

"Her memory had gaps, thus the technique was incomplete, or had flaws."

"Perhaps… now, I can attempt to resolve that cause and effect."

Li Xian was eager to try.

At this hour, it was already dusk. Most Nursing Home members could rest at this time.

Li Xian went directly to find Zhao Han and others.

"Ah!"

"Li... Master Li... why are you here?"

Zhao Han, Zhuo Yilei, Wang Chun, and the others were taken aback by Li Xian's sudden visit.

The purple palm prints on their faces had not faded but they had become accustomed, seemingly accepting it completely.

"I'm here to fulfill my promise." Li Xian said calmly.

"Promise?" Seeing Li Xian again, Zhao Han felt complex emotions.

Li Xian said, "I once said, it's better to rely on oneself than others. There's no need to bow and scrape to ask Jiang Yun for help. I will help you remove the palm prints on your face."

"Now that I've learned Jade Palm, though not yet to Great Success, I can have a try."

Explaining his intention, Li Xian placed his palm on Zhao Han's face.

The logic behind the greenish-purple palm prints left by Jade Palm is actually easy to understand. Jade Palm can release a form of inner Qi with each finger joint.

Fifteen finger joints, thus fifteen kinds of inner Qi.

Plus, there's also a thread of inner Qi from the palm center, totaling sixteen kinds of inner Qi, at the moment of release, these sixteen threads of inner Qi surged forward like sixteen tangled threads, forming a mess that's hard to unravel.

Wreaking havoc inside human flesh.

The more one tries to resolve, the more chaotic the entanglement becomes.

Li Xian used sixteen threads of inner Qi to counterbalance it.

With such effort, indeed the palm prints faded. Gradually returning to their original skin color.

Wang Chun, Zhuo Yilei, and the others rejoiced, the discrimination, insults, and humiliation they had faced were finally over.

Li Xian continued removing the palm prints for the three.

The promise fulfilled, the cause-and-effect clarified.

"Farewell." Li Xian left smartly, without looking back at the three.

"This…"

The three rejoiced but also felt a slight tinge of bitterness.

Perhaps, if they had believed in Li Xian enough in the beginning, the four of them might have been good friends now.

The present Li Xian was no longer the youngest of the group, but a successful B-class Nursing Home member, now Master Li.

"Master Li is truly a rare person."

"Even as a B-class Nursing Home member, he still remembered that small promise."

"Alas, it's our misfortune not worthy of being his friends."

...

Li Xian is sentimental by nature, dislikes owing debts. While he wouldn't claim tenfold repayment for a single act of kindness, it certainly wouldn't be less than adequate, and if he can repay, he surely would.

"Li Xian!"

Suddenly a voice, calling Li Xian from behind.

Pang Long strode over, eyes shining with brilliance, his words brief:

"Beast Blood Baptism includes you, come quickly with me."

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