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Chapter 66 - 068: Thirteen Grand Protectors Horizontal Training Skill

Chapter 66: 068: Thirteen Grand Protectors Horizontal Training Skill

"The Sun and Moon Divine Sect is very powerful, and it’s not wise to make enemies with them at this time. Therefore, the matter of me killing these people from the Sun and Moon Divine Sect must not be disclosed by any of you."

Looking at the thirteen new recruits, Jiang Dali instructed.

At the same time, Yanbei Thirteen Riders and the others all received a special mission.

"Trigger Special Mission—’Warning from Black Wind Village Chief Jiang Dali’

Mission content: Do not reveal in any way or through any channels that the person who killed the Squad Leader Yuan Hefei of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect is Black Wind Village Chief Jiang Dali. Consider this a forewarning.

Mission reward: 50 goodwill from Black Wind Village Chief Jiang Dali.

Mission penalty: Pursuit and assassination by Black Wind Village Chief Jiang Dali."

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"It’s rare to have a mission that rewards goodwill. That’s quite unusual."

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"Right now, the only true expert in Black Wind Village is none other than our village chief. We’re definitely not in a position to confront the Sun and Moon Divine Sect head-on."

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"I wonder if revealing this information on the Jianghu Forum counts as failing the mission?"

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"It should count, because for now, only we are privy to this matter. If it gets out, and other players who have dealings with the Sun and Moon Divine Sect reveal this information, it would be considered our doing."

The Yanbei Thirteen Riders and the others murmured among themselves, all agreeing to take on this special mission.

Jiang Dali, seeing this, felt satisfied.

By giving away some negligible goodwill that hardly cost anything, he had sealed these players’ lips, making for a very cost-effective deal.

The loyalty and sense of belonging of players are quite low.

It takes time to gradually build this up.

At present, these guys are capable of saying anything. Even if it’s detrimental to their own faction, they dare to expose it on the forum, as if they wish for chaos.

Jiang Dali knew very well the nature of these players, which is why he silenced them in advance.

Having told the Yanbei Thirteen Riders and the others to report to Black Wind Village on horseback, Jiang Dali rode off.

Beside the bustling Wei River, he took off his Human Skin Mask, cleaned his wounds, and then took a few swigs of alcohol along with consuming some High-quality Jade Dew Pills made by a Pharmacist, and his Qi-Blood and injuries quickly started to heal.

Seeing his Qi-Blood slowly recover from 4300 points back to 5700 points, with only 500 points to go until full recovery, Jiang Dali felt quite content.

In the Martial World, elixirs that can recover Qi-Blood during battle are extremely rare, and generally, one can only consume elixirs after battle to quickly recover from injuries and Qi-Blood loss.

However, most players initially don’t even meet the conditions to consume elixirs, and even struggle to meet the conditions for recovering Qi-Blood by eating meat and drinking alcohol, because they are too poor.

Thus, after being injured, many players require several days—by drinking water and sleeping—to slowly recover their Qi-Blood.

This situation only began to improve gradually during the open beta period when many players as secondary jobs started learning the Pharmacist role.

Pharmacists can create Qi Replenishing Pills that can recover Inner Strength during battle and Jade Dew Pills that can be used after battle to recover from injuries and Qi-Blood loss, which are greatly beneficial to players.

Jiang Dali also managed to have an Intermediate Pharmacist in his ranks after taking over Gale Mountain Village, which is why he was now in a position to consume elixirs.

"Yuan Hefei was formidable, to take down nearly two thousand of my Qi-Blood, especially that fierce shot. If that old fellow had hit me with four or five more shots like that, I might have died."

Jiang Dali touched the scar on his left abdomen that had already healed and secretly rejoiced that he was cautious and didn’t recklessly fight to the bitter end.

If he were to enter Siye Villa alone and encountered a siege by more than a dozen experts at the Inner Qi Realm, as well as Yuan Hefei, and considering the enemies had the home-field advantage, there was indeed a one-in-three chance he would be killed inside.

"Still too weak, I should learn the Thirteen Grand Protectors Training first, then go look for the Nine Yang Divine Skill."

Jiang Dali took out the handwritten copy of the "Thirteen Grand Protectors Training."

It obviously wasn’t a unique copy, therefore it had no collection value or value for increasing Martial Arts proficiency.

He casually flipped through it a few times.

The secret manual illustrated many little figures, all naked, striking various mysterious poses and making odd movements, seemingly embodying an abundance of knowledge and principles.

Jiang Dali read for a while and became utterly fascinated.

He felt as though he had gained a lot of peculiar knowledge.

"You have learned the Human Rank Middle Grade Martial Arts ’Thirteen Grand Protectors Horizontal Training,’ currently at stage 1, beginner level."

"My comprehension is indeed very strong; it took only a short while for me to grasp Human Rank Martial Arts."

Jiang Dali looked at the newly appeared Martial Arts on the interface, his expression excited, sensing that this must be related to his broad experience from his previous life.

After all, in his last life, he had learned quite a few Martial Arts.

The various Martial Arts in the Martial World, according to their grade, all had different learning difficulties.

These learning difficulties were most vividly demonstrated in native NPCs.

For instance, Huang Rong had high comprehension but couldn’t learn to use both hands in combat.

Guo Jing had low comprehension but managed to learn the use of both hands in combat and even the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.

The difficulty of various Martial Arts varied from person to person.

Players, although they could quickly learn and improve Martial Arts by consuming Cultivation Points and Potential Points,

But for some special or higher-grade Martial Arts, if a player’s comprehension or physical suitability were poor, they might be unable to learn at all or would need to spend multiple times the Potential Points and Cultivation Points.

For example, if one wished to practice the Sunflower Treasure Book or Exorcism Sword Manual, they would still need to make the preliminary cut, a prerequisite.

Having learned the "Thirteen Grand Protectors Horizontal Training" without using Cultivation Points and Potential Points, Jiang Dali self-assessed that his comprehension was exceptionally high.

"Currently, there are still 5,521 Cultivation Points and 1,400 Potential Points. That’s hardly enough to raise a Human Rank Martial Arts like ’Thirteen Grand Protectors Horizontal Training’; I need to accumulate more Potential Points."

Mulling over this, Jiang Dali attempted to demonstrate the "Thirteen Grand Protectors Horizontal Training."

He felt a special Qi Force stirring, leading his Inner Qi to flow throughout his body, making his fascia glisten lustrously and full of elasticity and tenacity, as the speed of blood flow in his veins seemed to quicken, giving him a robust sense of power; the sound of the blood flow was akin to the clinking of chains.

Jiang Dali swayed his body, sensing a "force" surging just beneath the surface all over, as if it wanted to burst out, his body felt as if it were vibrating.

"The Thirteen Grand Protectors Horizontal Training, so this is it. This special force can easily neutralize most external attacks and even repulse an enemy’s offensive."

Prior to this, Yuan Hefei had used this skill to forcefully deflect a famous weapon like the Golden Nine-Ring Blade. Although his flesh was cut, his injuries were not severe, which showed the frightening extent this skill could achieve when practiced to a higher level.

"Building on the Iron Cloth Shirt as the foundation, combined with the Golden Body Skill and Thirteen Grand Protectors Training to enhance my capabilities, my hard skill has reached a level of harmony between toughness and flexibility. With more improvement, I can even withstand powerful Soft Palm attacks, but this skill does indeed consume a lot of Inner Qi."

Jiang Dali contemplated this and concluded his practice.

The Iron Cloth Shirt mainly defended against sharp weapons, the Golden Body Skill primarily protected against blunt instruments and Inner Qi attacks, whereas the Thirteen Grand Protectors Training accommodated both, blending softness and hardness. Having learned it, Jiang Dali felt he gained a deeper understanding of Horizontal Training, foreseeing significant potential for further enhancement.

Calming his mind and taking a breath filled with the moist air of the Wei River, Jiang Dali put on the Human Skin Mask again, mounted his horse with his flask and saber, and headed straight for the riverbank in the distance.

There, on the river’s edge was a small dock built of wooden planks, with a ferry moored to it.

The old ferryman wore a blue straw hat and a green raincoat, now untying the ropes, singing a song that wasn’t exactly melodious but carried a profound sense of time, accompanied by the sound of the flowing water, rather delightful.

"Ferryman, halt! Carry me across!"