Chapter 3 - Jade Coins

Cultivation had never been a pleasant thing, and boredom was secondary. Restraining and condensing the spiritual energy before comprehending the Spiritual Aperture was a very painful process. The spiritual energy that seeped into the body was likerson constantly stabbing and stabbing at it with a awl.

However, Yang Junshan soon discovered something that surprised him. Originally, he wanted to use the Wutu Spiritual Art to replace the Overlapping Earth Spirit Art, but the first thing he should do was to transform the overlaid earth spirit energy that he had accumulated throughout the year into soil spirit energy.

However, during the process of cultivation, Yang Junshan discovered that while he was recondensing and transforming the Earth Shrouding Qi, he was also absorbing the faint spirit energy that was being emitted from the spirit well, and condensing it into the Earth Shrouding Qi. In other words, Yang Junshan could actually use two things at once during his cultivation!

After thinking about it, Yang Junshan attributed all of this to his experiences in his previous life. In that world, although Yang Junshan's talent was mediocre and had a bumpy life, he was still forced to stagger all the way to the fourth stage of martial arts realm.

Perhaps it was because of the experiences of his previous life that Yang Junshan was able to posseserception and mind that far surpassed his current age, and could easily cultivate in two different ways.

Sometimes, even Yang Junshan himself wasn't sure if it was really his rebirth with an entire life's worth of experience, or if it was simply a prediction from a dream. However, there was one thing that Yang Junshan could confirm, and that dream-like experience had an extremely true impact on him.

For example, his mature mind, which far surpassed his peers'. For example, he had just finished cultivating the 'Five Earth Treasures'. For example, he could split his mind into two and sense things.

Yang Junshan had to finish this night of cultivation all the way until the middle of the moon. It was not that he was tired, but it was that his body had already reached the limit of being able to endure the gathering of spirit energy.

Otherwise, with Yang Junshan's current willpower that far surpassed his peers, he could have endured much longer. But then again, Yang Junshan was only twelve years old after all, and with the power he had now which allowed him to pull a wooden bow made of mulberry wood, it was already quite good.

Early the next morning, Yang Junshan woke up early to see his second brother Yang Junping and his younger sister Yang Junxin already in the front courtyard, practicing a set of fist techniques.

This boxing technique was called the "Reckless Bull Fist", it was a fist technique passed down in the Yang family. It was mainly used to train the strength of the body, and every Yang family child had to learn this fist technique to temper their body, even Yang Junxin who was 7 and a half years old was no exception.

Seeing Yang Junshan coming out from the house, Yang Junxin, who was already panting from fighting with the Raging Bull Fist, took the opportunity to shout: "Good, big brother is lazy again. He's always lazy!"

Han Xiumei was making breakfast, but hearing that, she stuck her head out from the kitchen and said: "Little girl, you are not allowed to be lazy. Your big brother tested the Spiritual Cauldron, and since he cultivated last night, he naturally woke up a little late. When your second brother passed the test and got over ten years of age with you, he also went to the rear courtyard to cultivate at night."

Yang Junshan wiped his face with cold water and made a face at his little sister. Then, he also took up a stance and started practicing the Frenzied Bull's Fist with his two siblings.

Yang Junshan's Frenzied Bull's Fist naturally had a different momentum than his two siblings'. Every time he punched, he would let out a loud bellow, like a newborn calf, with strength in his legs, waist, and arms. Even his neck was being pushed, and his eyes were wide open because of the roar.

In comparison, Yang Junping's Frenzied Bull's Fist was more like a skinny cow, the difference in power was too great. Yang Junxin, on the other hand, was like a newborn calf, stumbling and learning how to walk.

Maybe it was because he had a lifetime of experience, or maybe it was because he had practiced the [Five Earth Treasure Arts] last night, Yang Junshan felt that the force behind his punch had increased greatly, and his moves seemed to link together with the moves of the old man, as if he had practiced for a very long time.

The improvement of Yang Junshan's fist technique not only attracted Han Xiumei's attention very quickly, even Yang Junping and Yang Junxin the two little fellows felt that Yang Junshan was different today. They involuntarily stopped their fists and started to watch Yang Junshan practice Mang Cow Fist one move aime.

"Haaaaaaaah!"

Each punch was accompanied by Yang Junshan's explosive roar. He could even feel that during the course of's Frenzied Bull's Fist, every muscle in his body was being stimulated as large tendons bulged out from under his skin. He could even clearly feel his own strength growing stronger and toughness increasing.

In fact, the Frenzied Bull's Fist could not be considered a high level body transformation fist technique. It could only be used to strengthen the skin and flesh. At the very most, it could be considered a high quality body transformation technique.

In his previous life, Yang Junshan only knew a set of middle grade body tempering technique, it was called the《 Earth Roll Fist》, and was enough to train his muscles and bones. It was much stronger than the Frenzied Bull's Fist, it was just that this fist technique required a person to lie on the ground and do different rolling movements, no matter how one looked, they would appear to be in a very sorry state.

Afteound of Mang Ox Fist, Yang Junshan was covered in sweat. After washing himself with cold water, he heard Han Xiumei say happily: "Shan's Mang Ox Fist is practiced to the flesh!"

Yang Junshan was naturally aware of the level he had reached, and laughed: "This child should have become enlightened, after all, I am going to the Banyan Mountain, how can I improve if I don't!"

was obviously not happy with the mention of the Banyan Mountain, but she saw that her son was happy, and did not want to pour cold water on him, so she forced a laugh: "Quickly rest, wait for your father to come back for dinner, today is spirit rice soup, spirit wheat cake was enough!"

Although Yang Junshan's family was well-off, they did not treat spirit rice and spirit wheat as if it was nothing. The reason they were like this, was probably because Yang Junshan was going to the Banyan Mountain the day after tomorrow.

spiritual valley spirit wheat was considered a type of low-grade magic herb. Because it was easy to feed and produce large amounts of spirit grass, and because it contained small amounts of spirit energy, it was easily absorbed. Thus, it became the main food used by cultivators.

Although Spiritual Farmers mainly cultivated spiritual valley for a living, compared to ordinary grains, there were still a lot of harsh conditions. Aesult, it was not easy for ordinary Spiritual Farmers to make them self-sufficient, most of the time, they would have to grow ordinary grains, and then add them on to their cultivation, such as spiritual valley s.

Although Yang Junshan's family could be considered to have a good family background in the Tuqiu Village, when Han Xiumei took care of household chores, she would only take spirit rice and spirit vegetables as her main ingredient. At night, he would eat mixed meals of spirit rice and ordinary grain rice.

Yang Junshan had not come out of the ring after this round of Mang Ox Fist, so he asked: "Mother, where is Father?"

Han Xiumei pointed to the back of the house and said: "It's in the backyard, and today is Wasteland Town's Grass City. Your father is planning to go to town, and is currently feeding the packhorse beast grass."

"It's Grass City in town today?" Yang Junshan's expression became happy, and said: "I will go with Father!"

Han Xiumei had already known that you would have such an expression, and said: "Our little Hunchbacked Beast is already as tall as a man, it shouldn't broblem for me to entrust you with it, as long as your father agrees."

Yang Junshan chuckled, and pulled on the Sang Mu Bow that Yang Tiangang had gifted him a few days ago. This bow that had the strength of at least a stone, was only able to pull back seventy percent when he bought it back, but now, it was easily filled to the brim.

Taking ouot of bamboo arrows, Yang Junshan walked over to the valley outside the courtyard and set up a grass target fifty steps away, and then began to draw on his bow and practice shooting.

However, the moment he pulled the bow back, Yang Junshan felt that his shooting skills had improved a lot compared to his previous Frenzied Bull's Fist. Following a familiar yet long-awaited feeling, Yang Junshan shot out seven arrows in a row, each of them aimed at the center of the grass target.

If it was a normal situation, although Yang Junshan had been practicing shooting for more than a year, being able to shoot 10 Bamboo Feather Arrows 3 to 5 times outside of 50 steps was already considered to be not bad.

Yang Junshan's heart skipped a beat. The sudden progress of the Mighty Ox Fist Technique this morning had already surprised his mother, and adding to that, she probably wouldn't be able to hide it from his parents when he was cultivating by the Spirit Well until midnight. If his archery skill had improved by leaps and bounds, even his parents would suspect that he was still their son.

Yang Junshan could not help but laugh bitterly, and then deliberately shot out a few arrows, one pot of thirty bamboo arrows, and in the end, reached the target's eighteen arrows, while the rest shot around the target's heart. Even so, this result was considered to be an excellent result after Yang Junshan had practiced shooting.

"You've improved quite a bit!"

After taking back the feather arrows, Yang Junshan saw Yang Tiangang standing at the entrance of the courtyard. It was obvious that he had been watching him practice shooting.

Yang Tiangang raised his foot to knock on the ashes from the tobacco in the tobacco pouch pot, and casually pulled on a blade of grass growing under the wattled fence in the courtyard. He then laughed and said: "Originally, I was worried about your safety when you went to the Banyan Mountain, looks like you still have some confidence in yourself!"

Yang Junshan laughed complacently, and said: "That's true, if I wasn't confident, I wouldn't have dared to go to Banyan Mountain to take the risk."

Yang Tiangang reached out and knocked Yang Junshan on the head with the smoke pipe. Yang Junshan was already prepared for this, and tried to dodge as much as he could, but in the end, he was still unable to dodge. Yang Tiangang's knock was not light, and it caused Yang Junshan to clench his teeth and scream in pain.

Yang Tiangang "Heh heh" laughed, and said: "Don't be too pleased with yourself either. If you really were to go to Banyan Mountain, where would you find a target to shoot from? This shot at living things and the shot at dead things are completely different."

Yang Junshan naturally knew this. In fact, as long as he could practice for a day or two and recover a bit of his strength from his previous life, it would be enough to deal with the Banyan Mountain Enclosure.

Yang Tiangang flicked his palm with his thumb, and a shiny object was thrown at Yang Junshan.

Yang Junshan hurriedly caught it in his hand and took a look, seeing an object with a circular hole immediately emitting out of his palm along with a wave of pure spirit energy. Yang Junshan was immediately overjoyed, and said: "Jade Coins!"

Yang Tiangang turned around and walked into the courtyard: "After breakfast, come with me to Grass Market. This Jade Coins is for you.