During this period, he has not only been enhancing his martial arts realm.

He has been practicing other martial arts tirelessly every day.

He had a thought and summoned his attributes.

Name: Su Que (18 years old)

Life Span: 249

Talent Value: 47

Martial Arts:

Seven Injuries Fist (7th Realm of Divine Transformation 60%)

Celestial Deformed Foot (5th Realm Refining Skill 99%)

Picking Flowers and Leaves (4th Realm Elite 30%)

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Inner Strength:

Marriage Robe Divine Skill (5th Realm Refining Skill 80%)

Heart Scripture of Myriad Poisons (1st Realm Initial Insight 99%)

Minor Self-Damaging Skill (6th Realm Divine Skill 3%)

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Martial Arts Realm: Three Meridians of the Meridian Opening Realm

The Heart Scripture of Myriad Poisons has been cultivated by him to 1st Realm Initial Insight 99%.

Because he did not seek the poisons needed for advancement to the 2nd Realm, he has been stuck at this point.

He also practiced the Minor Self-Damaging Skill obtained from Bai Wuji.

Since this inner strength technique is not of a high level, with his current talent, cultivating it is simple, and the speed of cultivation is swift.

This inner strength technique can only be cultivated to the 4th Realm Elite level.

However, while practicing it, insights arose in his heart.

He has been deducing this technique to the 6th Realm.

Therefore, he simply cultivated it to this realm.

Even though this inner strength is an evil technique that damages the body, Su Que's physique now is robust, so the side effects of this inner strength technique have little impact on him.

Hence, once the side effect was reversed, it merely extended his life by eight years.

The "Picking Flowers and Leaves" hidden weapon technique, however, advanced more than the 3rd Realm in power, making the hidden weapon's force incomparable to his previous self, Zhang Bengen.

As for Seven Injuries Fist and Marriage Robe Divine Skill, although their progress is not as rapid as before, they are steadily improving.

Moreover, the realm of his Seven Injuries Fist and Marriage Robe Divine Skill is rarely seen in the world.

Relying on his martial arts, even though his martial arts realm is only "Three Meridians of the Meridian Opening Realm,"

he could probably contend with martial arts experts who have opened three or four more meridians than him.

'With my current strength, according to the intelligence gathered from Ou Tianhao, I should be able to rank among the top fifteen martial arts experts in the Prefecture City…'

'In another two or three days, I should be heading to the Prefecture City.'

Su Que thought.

Because in half a month, it's the day of the provincial examination.

If his original self hadn't died, he would also have been traveling with an escort team to the Prefecture City for the exam around this time.

Based on the original self's memory, the buildings and clothing of this world are not far from what he knew in ancient times from his past life.

However, some institutions are quite different from those of ancient times in his past life.

Perhaps because individual martial power is too strong, and the territory of the Liang Kingdom is much more extensive than ancient times in his past life, resulting in this ancient country, named "Liang," having many differences from ancient times in his past life.

The territorial system of the Liang Kingdom is divided into six levels: state, prefecture, county, town, village.

According to the initial edict when Liang Kingdom was founded, the provincial examination was originally conducted in the Prefecture City at the state level.

However, the territory occupied by the Liang Kingdom is vast, and Jiannan Prefecture, where Su Que is located, is not in the Central Plains of the Liang Kingdom but rather in the southern region.

This area is also referred to as the "Southern Domain" by the people of the Liang Kingdom.

Due to the remote mountains near the Emperor, in the Southern Domain, especially in the southern areas like Jiannan Prefecture, the power of the court can only barely maintain the balance of other forces, and it's difficult to suppress other forces.

Therefore, there are numerous bandits on the roads of the Southern Domain, taking over the mountains as kings.

Some rebel armies and evil cults also often develop and grow in the Southern Domain.

If these rebel armies and evil cults are crushed by the court forces, the remaining remnants would wander everywhere, thereby creating more bandits.

In the Southern Domain, if the provincial examination location is set in the Prefecture City,

some scholars traveling for the exam have to travel a long distance from their hometown to the Prefecture City, greatly increasing the risk of encountering danger on the road.

If so, many scholars may die on the way before even reaching the Prefecture City.

Therefore, only in the Central Plains of the Liang Kingdom, where the court's strength is relatively strong, does the provincial examination location remain in the Prefecture City.

In regions closer to the capital of Liang Kingdom, the location of the provincial examination might even be set in the capital.

However, in the southern and remote areas like the Southern Domain, a more convenient approach was taken.

The provincial examination location was set in a city at the prefectural level, but officials from the Prefecture City would be sent down to invigilate the exam.

Speaking of the exam, Su Que hadn't touched a book in over a year, but the original self's intense effort before death left him with a vast reserve of knowledge for the exam.

In addition, after he later practiced evil techniques, his Talent Value increased and his memory improved accordingly.

This knowledge is still firmly engraved in his mind.

He thought, since this knowledge would be wasted if not used, he might as well go to the Prefecture City for the exam.

Should he achieve a rank and secure a position, his family's situation could naturally improve compared to now.

The original self's sister could also live a better life as a result.

Maybe she could even find a good family and get married directly.

Although he doesn't believe in any talk of cause and effect, after taking on the original self's body and memory, and being looked after by the original self's sister daily, he wouldn't find peace of mind if he did nothing.

Of course, besides repaying the kindness of the original self and his sister,

he also has a few things to do during this trip to the Prefecture City.

First, go to the Ghost Market described by Tang Sect Assassin "Greedy Wolf" Zhang Bengen to purchase the poisons needed for advancing the Heart Scripture of Myriad Poisons.

Second, pose as a Tang Sect Assassin and, under the identity of "Greedy Wolf," visit the Tang Sect base to see if he can obtain the subsequent cultivation methods for the Heart Scripture of Myriad Poisons.

Third, find an alchemist in the Prefecture City to refine the Essence Enhancing Pill from the elixir recipe obtained from Bai Wuji.

With the Essence Enhancing Pill, he could replace the increasingly ineffective "Blood-Shocking Soup."

'In the next few days, I will prepare for the journey to the Prefecture City…'

That night, seeing it was late, Su Que returned home first.

The next day, Su Que took a leave from the academy, and the other elderly scholars at the academy wished him success.

The landlord who opened the academy also gave Su Que ten taels of silver as travel expenses.

And told Su Que that if he achieved a rank, he could come to him, and he would spend silver coins to make arrangements for Su Que to secure an official position.

Su Que thanked him and accepted.

On that day, after teaching the last day, Su Que met the constable Luo Tianli, who came to pick up his son, and he was also someone Su Que knew.

He had a thought, considering that after he left, his sister would be home alone for a long time, and whether some ill-intentioned loafers might harbor any crooked ideas.

So, he discussed with Luo Tianli, asking for his sister to help at Luo Tianli's home during the time he's in the Prefecture City for the exam.

No wages required, just provide three meals a day would suffice.

Luo Tianli, due to his familiarity with Su Que, and also would enjoy another helping hand at home, and since a girl doesn't eat much, he agreed gladly.

After bidding farewell to Luo Tianli and his son, Su Que left the academy, headed straight out of the city, and seeing no one around, used his lightweight skill to fly to the cave on Luo Feng Mountain.

He had obtained over eighteen hundred taels of silver coins from the White Lotus Sect members.

Among them, broken silver and silver bars accounted for over nine hundred taels, and he needed to go to the neighboring city to exchange all these nine hundred taels into silver notes, making it convenient to carry.

After all, buying poisons and finding someone to refine pills would require a large amount of silver coins.

He had to bring all his assets over.

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