Chapter 238 - 221: Revealed: The Secret of Tang Wen’s Cultivation

Chapter 238: Chapter 221: Revealed: The Secret of Tang Wen’s Cultivation

"Really?"

Tang Wen glanced over and saw it was Vice Gang Leader Lin who had spoken. He chuckled. "If you don’t believe me, that’s fine. Just make sure you don’t eavesdrop later, Vice Gang Leader Lin."

"You!"

The cultivation method of a genius.

Whether they had participated in the bet or not, everyone wanted to hear it.

So, while the three elite Martial Artists were drawing lots and competing on stage, the neutral parties began urging Vice Gang Leader Lin and the others to quickly hand over Tang Wen’s winnings.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the Eldest Young Master, Vice Gang Leader Lin, and their group were willing to honor the bet.

The first match on stage wasn’t even over when the wagered goods arrived.

Seeing Tang Wen finish counting the bottles of Blood Marrow, the Fourth Young Master couldn’t help but press him, "Can you tell us now?"

"Don’t be hasty. Let’s wait until they’re done fighting. You should focus when watching a match." Tang Wen replied nonchalantly, looking exactly like someone who planned to back out of the deal after collecting his winnings.

"You! Don’t tell me you don’t actually have a method?" Having been led around by the nose by Tang Wen the whole time, Vice Gang Leader Lin was fuming inside.

Tang Wen ignored him, turning to chat and laugh with Shui Yun instead.

Shui Yun, for her part, was quite assured by how Tang Wen handled things.

’My Junior Brother might be young, but he handles things with a measure of tact.’

The match on the arena stage was also nearing its end.

The victor was Rock Vajra, clad head-to-toe in Heavy Armor.

The limited space on the arena played to his advantage. He adopted a slow and steady approach, his terrifying brute force paired with a defense comparable to that of an Extraordinary Powerhouse.

This left Soul-Chasing Hand feeling like a dog trying to bite a turtle—completely unable to find an opening.

After the two finished fighting, the result was announced.

Tang Wen stretched lazily and glanced around. Everyone was waiting for his answer.

"It seems everyone wants to know, huh? Alright, my cultivation method is actually very simple. Oh, and you can all copy it."

As soon as his words fell, even Shui Yun, who was right beside him, unconsciously held her breath, ready to hear what he was about to say.

Deep down, most of them didn’t necessarily believe him.

On the stage, Rock Vajra, who had just claimed victory, also pricked up his ears.

Tang Wen smiled. "As the saying goes, ’Truth in a sentence, falsehood in a tome.’ The secret to my rapid progress is, in fact—"

The audience fell silent.

All eyes were on Tang Wen.

He paused mischievously for a few seconds. Only after he saw everyone frowning in frustration did he slowly say, "The Azure Stone Slab!"

"The Azure Stone Slab?"

The upper echelons of the Black Water Gang recalled this Curiosity that Tang Wen had monopolized.

It seemed Shui Yun had specifically orchestrated a scheme to extend Tang Wen’s time with it.

As a result, the item was still in their hands.

’How much longer can they use it?’

’A month?’

’Or more?’

"Is that really true?" the Fourth Young Master asked skeptically.

’Could a single Curiosity really allow one’s Martial Arts Cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds?’

The Gang Leader and Shui Yun didn’t believe it.

The others, however, found it believable.

Many even had a moment of sudden realization. ’No wonder Shui Yun went to the trouble of setting up a scheme just to get the rights to use it! So the Azure Stone Slab is that powerful?’

None of them had ever so much as touched the Azure Stone Slab.

But considering the Stone Slab’s origin, it was a Curiosity that the Gang Leader himself had personally snatched from the jaws of a Fifth Grade Exotic Beast!

’How could something like that be anything less than extraordinary?’

As for why Tang Wen would announce it, they reasoned that the item was, after all, a public resource of the gang. He couldn’t monopolize it forever. Sooner or later, it would fall into someone else’s hands. When that happened, the secret would be impossible to keep anyway. Announcing it now to let everyone compete for it seemed perfectly logical.

The reason the Gang Leader and Shui Yun didn’t believe him was simple.

They had studied it.

They knew the Azure Stone Slab was quite effective at assisting with Spiritual Power cultivation, but its effects were nowhere near exaggerated enough to elevate a Martial Artist to the Extraordinary realm in a matter of months.

The Eldest Young Master, who had also briefly possessed the Azure Stone Slab, was plunged into self-doubt. ’That’s not right! I used it back then, too, but the effects were just average. Could it be that I was using it the wrong way?’