Martial Saint with Passives

As a result, the saber only cut halfway through.

But this single strike still nearly severed the Ironhoof Bull’s neck!

Blood gushed from its neck.

This didn’t frighten the beast, however. It only enraged it further.

It turned its massive body and charged again.

This time, Jiang Che aimed directly for the previous wound and brought his saber down.

The massive bull’s head was cleanly severed, and its body crashed to the ground.

’When I use Heart Stream, this Insight ability makes finding weak points much easier...’

Jiang Che was very pleased with this Talent.

He then took out a small knife he carried and began to dig out the Black Crystal.

Soon, he had extracted a Black Crystal the size of a small watermelon.

’Another Black Crystal from an Iron Skin Realm beast...’

Jiang Che was in a good mood.

After stowing the Black Crystal, he continued his search.

But he ran out of bait before he could find a second beast.

He did, however, run into plenty of venomous insects.

Fortunately, after a period of testing various medicines, Jiang Che’s physical resistance had increased significantly, allowing him to recover without needing to use his Transformation ability.

Seeing that it was getting late, Jiang Che had no choice but to head home.

He recalled how easily they had found traces of Black Beasts when he was with Qin Yue.

He couldn’t help but be amazed by the man’s tracking skills.

Back then, he’d just been following the main group and hadn’t really appreciated it.

Now that he was trying to find them himself, he realized just how difficult it was!

Back home, Jiang Che resumed his training.

Having maxed out all his basic Martial Arts, he began to cultivate two Qi Blood-type Martial Arts.

These were the Prison-Suppressing Saber and the Eight Sufferings Vajra Zen.

’My physical defenses are pretty solid now. I should focus on the Saber Technique first!’

Having made up his mind, Jiang Che began practicing the Prison-Suppressing Saber.

With a foundation built on four Saber Techniques at the Perfection level, Jiang Che reached the Entry Level in just half a day.

However, the Skill Level for a Qi Blood Level Saber Technique increased much more slowly than it did for the basic ones.

Afterward, Jiang Che spent another month before finally cultivating it to the Minor Achievement stage.

[Prison-Suppressing Saber: Minor Achievement (1/200)]

With the boost from the Prison-Suppressing Saber at Minor Achievement, Jiang Che felt his Saber Technique had become even more formidable.

He was eager to test his newfound strength.

Unfortunately, he had no one to spar with.

He was out of Black Beast bait again, and it was difficult to find any Iron Skin Realm Black Beasts on Moon Viewing Mountain.

So, he gave up on the idea for the time being.

One day, after finishing his session of testing medicines for Zhang Jinghuai, Jiang Che went to the teahouse for some tea.

He had been coming here often lately and had picked up quite a bit of gossip.

At first, many of the rumors had been about him.

But as days went by, more explosive news surfaced.

Eventually, people stopped talking about him.

It reminded Jiang Che of trending topics on the internet from his past life.

Everyone would be talking about something when it was popular, but the moment the next big thing came along, it was instantly forgotten.

"...Are you serious?!"

Suddenly, a man at a table diagonally across from Jiang Che exclaimed in shock.

Jiang Che immediately perked up his ears, eager to hear what they were discussing.

"Why would I lie to you? I heard it from a brother of mine who works as a caravan guard. He just came from Yanzhou! He said the rebels have completely taken over Yanzhou. He barely managed to escape!" the tall, thin man at that table said urgently.

"Where did these rebels come from? Doesn’t Yanzhou have a garrison? How could they let the rebels just take over?" his companion asked in disbelief.

"I heard the rebellion was started by people from something called the True Mother Sect. That sect is sinister! Their Sect Leader claims to be the son of the Mother of Non-Birth, sent to save the suffering masses!" the man continued.

"The Mother of Non-Birth? I think I’ve heard of her. A relative of mine was acting all fanatical a while back, and then his whole family just disappeared! Could it be he got involved with this True Mother Sect?" his companion said.

"I’ve heard of the True Mother Sect, too. Apparently, many people in the north believe in it! I hear that as long as you’re a member, everyone helps each other out. A lot of starving people have joined!" another man at the table chimed in.

"Anyway, the True Mother Sect raised a rebel army of hundreds of thousands! The Yanzhou garrison only has, what, a few tens of thousands? Plus, a lot of locals in Yanzhou are believers. With help from the inside, the city fell in just half a month!" the tall, thin man continued.

"So the Court isn’t sending troops? They’re just going to let the rebels occupy Yanzhou?" one of them asked doubtfully.

"Isn’t the Court at war with the Great Yan Kingdom? Where would they find the troops to deal with rebels?" someone said, shaking his head.

Suddenly, a man at the next table shot to his feet and shouted at them:

"What the hell do you know?! We won! The Great Yan Kingdom’s soldiers have all retreated!"