Chapter 340: Internal Cultivation Breakthrough, Five Senses Enhanced

After cultivating solidly for an entire day and night after returning to the game, Wangchuan finally pushed the experience of 《Xuanwu Art》 to 5000 points before sunset on the following day.

“Ding!”

System prompt:

“《Xuanwu Art》 has advanced from ‘Integration’ to ‘Perfect Mastery’! Reward: +5 Stamina, +5 Spirit.”

!!!

With the breakthrough of his internal cultivation method, he gained ten attribute points in a single surge.

All those six 《Lesser Rejuvenation Pills》 and all that long, bitter closed-door training had not been in vain.

The moment the system prompt fell silent, Wangchuan felt his breathing become longer and deeper in an instant, and even the movement of his blood and Qi through his body became clear.

His heartbeat was strong and powerful!

Then there were the reverent looks of the four guardian martial artists outside the wooden vat…

And beyond the courtyard wall, the footsteps of Caobang disciples—it was a patrol team…

The wind swept through the Caobang hall.

Grass and trees swayed.

Birds wheeled overhead.

Beyond the hall, the streets and alleys bustled with life…

The breakthrough in the realm of 《Xuanwu Art》 gave him an intense sense of lucid clarity. The sharpness of his five senses had improved tremendously. So long as he focused completely, he could listen to and perceive movement from very far away.

This was probably the legendary art of discerning position by sound.

At this moment, Wangchuan was instead extraordinarily calm.

Standing in the water, he quietly sensed the changes in his body and the clear feedback of the world outside, without the slightest ripple in his heart.

This was the world as it was perceived by a true expert!

His five senses had been greatly enhanced!

His ability to perceive had become stronger!

His reactions had become sharper and faster!

And on top of that…

The power brought by his internal cultivation method surged through his body, rushing along with the flow of his blood and Qi like a mighty river—roaring, churning, forceful!

At the realm of Perfect Mastery, 《Xuanwu Art》 increased his Strength by 30 points and raised his attack by seventy percent.

Now, once he activated 《Xuanwu Art》, his Strength attribute reached 90 points, already close to the value of a fifth-rank martial artist in a single stat. If he now used any martial art above the third rank, its destructive power would easily break one hundred points, and with double damage on vital strikes, the result would become truly terrifying.

Then there was the temporary increase of 30 points to his Stamina cap, bringing his HP to a height of 940!

His own defense rose by eighty percent!

With his base defense already over 40 points and his equipment defense at 25 points, martial artists below the third rank would find it almost impossible to threaten him unless they possessed especially powerful supreme arts.

At this moment…

Wangchuan genuinely understood that he had stepped into the ranks of true experts.

He might still not equal the Crimson Pavilion’s Silver-Ranked assassin, who had appeared only briefly before vanishing, but now he already had the confidence to face any third-rank martial artist—or even a fourth-rank martial artist—head-on without falling into the disadvantage.

“Ding!”

System prompt:

“Detected: 《Xuanwu Art》 has reached ‘Perfect Mastery.’ You may now expend 100 points of internal energy and three hours to create a martial arts manual for 《Xuanwu Art》. Limit: one martial arts manual per day.”

Splash!

At that instant, Wangchuan burst out of the wooden vat, his entire body dripping wet, his face filled with wild delight.

Back when 《Archery》 had first reached Perfect Mastery and gained the ability to produce a martial arts manual, he had already tasted the bitterness of that…

The returns had been far too low!

But now, at last, he had a second option. He could create a martial arts manual for 《Xuanwu Art》.

The times were no longer the same!

《Archery》 was worth only 100 taels of silver.

But 《Xuanwu Art》 was a third-rank internal cultivation method. If it were sold outside, no one would object if its value were put at one thousand taels of gold.

After checking the time, he ultimately decided to produce the 《Xuanwu Art》 martial arts manual first.

The limit was one manual per day!

One thousand taels of gold—what possible reason could there be not to pocket it?

That was five billion!

Wangchuan immediately entered the house, ordered someone to bring him a blank book, then picked up a brush and entered a state of writing…

Three hours passed quickly.

“Ding!”

“Completed: 《Xuanwu Art》 martial arts manual…”

“Consumed: 100 points of internal energy.”

“Today’s quota has been exhausted.”

Wangchuan finished his work and rose to his feet. Looking at the copied volume of 《Xuanwu Art》 in his hand, he saw that it looked exactly the same as the one he had taken from the Armory Manual Vault before, though the handwriting inside was rather difficult to describe.

A smile spread across Wangchuan’s face.

At last!

He now possessed the ability to teach the internal cultivation method 《Xuanwu Art》.

This meant that he could now formally take Lin Jiahe, Chen Gang, Li Xiangyang, and the others under his wing.

“I just wonder whether it can be made in the real world too.”

Wangchuan murmured to himself.

Come to think of it, it was strange.

When he had produced 《Archery》 last time, his mind had turned heavy and muddled. But now he felt bright-eyed and vigorous, in excellent spirits, with no sense of exhaustion at all.

“Is it because my Spirit attribute was low back then, but now it has already risen to 26 points? And because the internal energy consumed was less than half?”

Wangchuan: Male (Hunger 69/100)

(Life Profession: Blacksmith)

(Combat Profession: Third-Rank Martial Artist)

Strength 60; Attack 20-20;

Agility 67; Defense 13.4; Speed +67;

Stamina 74; HP 740/740;

Spirit 26: Internal Energy 160/260.

Free Attributes: 8 (Distributable)

The more Wangchuan thought about it, the more convinced he became.

With his current condition, producing one martial arts manual would not consume too much internal energy or mental force, which was why he still remained in excellent shape and would not affect his subsequent cultivation.

After pondering it for a while, Wangchuan stored away 《Xuanwu Art》, gave a few instructions to Chen Ergou and Wang Yuehui, then logged off and left.

Walking out of the Warring States Building, Wangchuan carried only two changes of clothes and a neat backpack. Looking back at the tall building behind him, he could see Su Wan standing behind the floor-to-ceiling window. She was waving at him and gesturing for them to keep in touch often.

Wangchuan smiled faintly, waved back, and then left without looking back again.

From the Warring States Building to Sanjiang Studio’s Sanjiang Tower, one only had to cross two roads.

When he stopped in front of this fifty-four-story building, the sign for Sanjiang Game Studio had already been mounted in a low-key fashion, while a row of security robots and reception robots stood at the entrance.

Even though it was already night, the entire building was brightly lit.

More than a hundred young men and women were being guided inside for interviews.

Outside the entrance stood several familiar faces.

“Hall Master.”

“Senior Brother!”

“Hall Master!”

Wang Yuehui, Hong Kaibao, and Wang Zixuan had already arrived in advance at Sanjiang Studio and were waiting there.

Then he saw a mature, elegant young woman in her early twenties emerge from inside with four people.

Walking behind her were Lin Jiahe, Chen Gang, Li Xiangyang, and Chen Dan.

The woman leading them had a tall figure and high heels. Her steps combined steadiness and elegance, giving her an exceptionally cool and refined Eastern charm.

And yet, despite this mature and striking image, she had a pair of captivating peach-blossom eyes, with a natural touch of seductive softness in their gaze. Even her professional smile carried a hint of playful allure, while the faint dimples at the corners of her lips added a touch of sweetness and gentleness, forming a uniquely contradictory kind of beauty.

Su Wangchuan stopped where he stood, genuinely surprised.

When he had first spoken to her on the phone and heard her voice, he had assumed she was a workplace beauty in her thirties or forties. He had not expected her to be so young and… so outstanding.

“Mr. Su! I’m Li Na, your personal supervisor.”

Li Na took the initiative and extended her hand.

Su Wangchuan instinctively reached out and shook it lightly, their hands parting almost at once.

“Hello.”