He had arranged with Su Jing to have dinner at home tonight.

After all, in Su Jing's eyes, he would soon become someone without a steady occupation. Then, the household income would greatly decrease, and it would be natural not to eat out all the time.

Although Su Jing and Li Yujing were on good terms, she wouldn't rely entirely on Li Yujing's support to live.

Today, she has gone out to inquire about finding some handicraft work in Jiannan Prefecture City, such as embroidery, sewing clothes, or weaving cloth shoes.

"Xiao Que is back!"

Seeing Su Que return, Su Jing went into the kitchen, cooked a few dishes, and served them at the table to dine with Su Que.

While eating, she asked Su Que if he had found a new job.

Su Que picked up a piece of beef from the plate of green chili stir-fried beef, put it in his mouth, chewed for a while, and said:

"I did have some ranking in the local exams. Today, I visited several schools in the city, and all of them are willing to hire me."

"I can just become a teacher, returning to my old profession."

"Oh? Truly." Su Jing felt slightly delighted and nodded. If so, they could continue living in the prefecture city.

While the siblings were eating, there was a knocking sound outside.

Su Que put down his chopsticks and went to open the door.

Upon opening the door, he saw it was the radiant Li Yujing.

She wore a crimson long dress resembling a qipao from the past, with her hair up and a hairpin inserted.

Next to her was a man in his forties, robust, and his Martial Arts Realm at the Meridian Opening Realm.

"Xiao Que." Li Yujing nodded at Su Que.

Because Su Jing called Su Que "Xiao Que," Li Yujing did the same.

"Sister Jing." Su Que bowed and greeted, "Please come in."

After inviting Li Yujing and her guard into the residence, Su Que then asked:

"What brings Sister Jing here?"

"There's good news; invite your sister over, and I'll tell you together." Li Yujing said.

Su Que nodded, immediately invited Li Yujing into a guest hall, summoned Su Jing, brewed a pot of tea, and poured a cup for each of the four.

After sipping her tea, Li Yujing said, "Ou Tianci is dead."

Surprise appeared on Su Jing's face.

Su Que was first shocked, then showed a puzzled expression as if he had misheard, and then asked, "Ou Tianci... is dead?"

Li Yujing nodded.

"How did he die?" Su Que asked again.

Li Yujing said, "He was killed by a Tang Sect assassin."

Seeing the confused expressions on the siblings' faces, Li Yujing thought it was normal for them not to know Tang Sect as they were not martial artists, and explained:

"Tang Sect is a mysterious sect in the martial arts world, also considered an assassin organization, reportedly located in the Central Plains with bases in various prefecture cities."

"Ou Tianci must have offended someone, resulting in someone paying Tang Sect to kill him."

"What about Xiao Que's official position..." Su Jing asked.

Li Yujing took another sip of tea, "The buyer of the position is dead, so Xiao Que doesn't need to resign."

"That's good." Su Jing looked at Su Que, with a bit of smile on her face, feeling that the siblings have been quite fortunate on their journey.

Su Que also showed a happy expression on his face.

...

The next day, Su Que went to the government office to clock in.

First, he met Duan Han.

When facing Su Que, Duan Han slightly lifted the corners of his mouth and nodded, but when facing others, he put on a worried expression.

It seemed that Ou Tianci's death made him unhappy.

After clocking in, Duan Han first called the three famous captors in Jiannan Prefecture City.

These three famous captors were Yan Shouheng, who was skilled with the Long and Short Dual Swords; Gu Yichao, who was skilled with a broadsword; and Luo Guo, who was skilled with an iron ruler.

Yan Shouheng and Gu Yichao were both nearly forty years old, in the Meridian Opening Realm.

Luo Guo, thirty-four this year, was a Peak Qi Blood Realm Martial Artist.

Originally, before Ou Tianhao's death, he and these two were collectively known as the four famous captors of the prefecture city.

These four had high martial arts skills and were specially hired by the prefecture city to handle major and odd cases committed by powerful martial artists.

Because what these four did was essentially similar to what constables do, they were also referred to as "constables."

But everyone knew that "constable" was just a title for the four.

Though also called "constables," because their martial skills were extremely high, they held a more exalted status compared to ordinary constables and even some officials.

Furthermore, to facilitate handling cases, these four constables were granted powers by the prefect that other officials couldn't have.

Duan Han called the three famous captors and ordered them to focus on investigating Ou Tianci's death to see if they could find the Tang Sect assassin.

Of course, all this was just for show; Duan Han didn't care about what they could find out.

...

After clocking in, Su Que went to the office, arranged some tasks, and then sneaked away.

He left the prefecture city, exhibited Lightweight Skill, and reached a distant mountain cave used to stash items, changing into martial arts training attire.

Previously, he forced out the Celestial Deformed Foot cultivation method from Ou Tianhao's mouth, only able to cultivate Celestial Deformed Foot to 4th Realm Elite.

Because Ou Tianhao was a genius of the Ou Family branch in Jiannan Prefecture, the elders of this Ou Family branch must have taught him all they knew about Celestial Deformed Foot cultivation method.

From Ou Tianhao's mouth, Su Que learned that to obtain further cultivation methods, he must go to other branches of the Ou Family or the Ou Family Main House in the Central Plains.

However, due to his high Talent Value, Su Que deduced the 5th Realm Celestial Deformed Foot cultivation method in Jade Water City and cultivated Celestial Deformed Foot to 5th Realm Refining Skill 99%.

Afterwards, due to the lack of subsequent cultivation methods, it stayed there.

But in recent days, having practiced Marriage Robe Divine Skill to 60%, along with cultivation of Heart Scripture of Myriad Poisons and Withered Wood Divine Skill, extending his lifespan and thereby increasing his Talent Value, which reached 52 points.

In the past two days, whenever he thought of Celestial Deformed Foot, assorted insights surged in his mind.

Hence, during these two days, when not training in martial arts, he secretly deduced Celestial Deformed Foot's cultivation method.

Finally, last night, he deduced the 6th Realm Celestial Deformed Foot cultivation method.

If Celestial Deformed Foot is cultivated to 6th Realm, his strength can rise again.

Celestial Deformed Foot is also known as "Celestial Deformed Divine Skill."

It uses Inner Strength as a foundation to drive Leg Skills and Lightweight Skill.

Immediately, Su Que sat cross-legged in the cave, following the cultivation method he had deduced, and reversed Celestial Deformed True Qi along a particular meridian route.

The Inner Strength cultivation of Celestial Deformed Foot is vastly different from most Inner Strength.

Its Qi Circulation Technique runs against the meridians.

Because of the strange cultivation method of Celestial Deformed Divine Skill, this Inner Strength has a very fast cultivation speed.

However, the faster the cultivation speed, the greater the risk of Qigong Deviation, leading to loss of reason and insanity.

But this side effect could reverse on him.

Su Que focused his mind on moving his internal Celestial Deformed True Qi, gradually feeling his consciousness becoming clearer.

It seemed the side effect had reversed on him.

The clearer his consciousness, the easier it was to concentrate his will, which made his control over Celestial Deformed True Qi stronger.

This way, his cultivation speed could correspondingly accelerate.

With accelerated cultivation speed, the side effect of "Qigong Deviation" would become greater, thereby further hastening the cultivation speed!

Thus a positive feedback loop was formed!

The Celestial Deformed True Qi in his body swiftly traveled through his body against the meridians, circling repeatedly.

With each circuit, the Celestial Deformed True Qi grew stronger.

Before long, his body started to emit a resounding noise, growing louder and more frequent, as if fireworks were set off in the cave.

Suddenly, Su Que's garment swelled, and a stream of white steam burst out from beneath his clothes!

Simultaneously, he felt a surge of new strength from within his body, rushing towards his limbs and all parts.

Su Que glanced at his attributes.

Seeing that Celestial Deformed Foot indeed changed from "5th Realm Refining Skill 99%" to "6th Realm Divine Skill 1%."

For Su Que, cultivating Celestial Deformed Divine Skill makes the practice faster and faster, forming positive feedback.

Therefore, after breaking through, he didn't stop but continued to cultivate in one go.

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