In the days that followed, besides going to Zhang Jinghuai’s to test medicine,

Jiang Che did nothing but train, almost in a state of seclusion.

Soon, he had mastered all four of the remaining basic Fist Techniques.

Two of these four Fist Techniques activated the Talent [Mountain Collapse], increasing his strength boost from 25% to 50%.

As for the other two Fist Techniques, one, similar to the White Cloud Fist, activated [Omen].

This further enhanced Omen’s ability to predict danger.

Previously, Omen could only sense danger from a vague direction a few seconds in advance.

But the upgraded Omen could not only sense with greater precision who the danger was coming from.

It could also vaguely "see" a specific image from a few seconds into the future!

This gave him more confidence to investigate Li Yuanwai’s Mansion in the future.

Of course, he wouldn’t be reckless.

If his opponent was much stronger than him, a few seconds wouldn’t be nearly enough time for him to escape.

He was self-aware enough to know that.

The other technique was a Health Care Fist.

This Fist Technique activated a new Talent: [Life Extension].

[Life Extension: Passive Skill, Permanent Attribute Enhancement Class.]

[Description: Slightly slows the aging process and increases lifespan by 20 years.]

Although it was of little use to him at the moment, Jiang Che was still quite happy about adding twenty years to his life and slightly resisting the effects of aging.

In truth, Martial Artists don’t maintain their peak condition forever.

Even for Force Integration Artists, after the age of fifty, their physical functions and Qi Blood would decline drastically.

A Force Integration Artist over seventy, in a real fight, might not even be a match for a forty-year-old Martial Artist at the Peak of the Iron Skin Realm.

’Next up are the three Saber Techniques and one Swordsmanship technique.’

Jiang Che didn’t have a saber or sword, so he went to a blacksmith’s shop to buy suitable ones.

Since they were for practice, he didn’t buy weapons of particularly high-quality material; they were merely forged from Refined Iron.

At his current level, a weapon like that would barely break his skin if it struck him, making it difficult for it to cut any deeper.

This was also why most people chose to practice fist techniques.

At lower Realms, ordinary sabers and swords were somewhat useful, but once a practitioner reached a higher Realm, common blades became useless. One would have to spend a large amount of silver on a Divine Weapon; otherwise, their bare fists would be more formidable.

Of course, with the aid of a Divine Weapon, those who practiced the saber and sword were indeed more powerful than other Martial Artists of the same Realm.

However, unless they were Noble Family Members or backed by a major power, the average Martial Artist truly couldn’t afford a Divine Weapon.

Moreover, such Divine Weapons often couldn’t be bought with money alone.

However, Jiang Che wasn’t worried about this at the moment.

After all, Zhang Jinghuai had promised to give him a Treasure Saber.

With a Treasure Saber to augment his power, he felt his attack strength could be drastically increased once again.

He first started practicing a basic Saber Technique.

Since he had no prior foundation in Saber Techniques, Jiang Che’s training time was noticeably longer.

It took him a full month to master the Saber Technique called the Wave-Breaking Saber, bringing it to the level of Perfection.

[Talent Acquired: Break Extreme]

[Break Extreme: Passive Skill, chance-based activation.]

[Description: Your attacks have a chance to deal 150% damage.]

’Isn’t this just a critical hit?’

Jiang Che was very pleased with this Talent.

Saber Techniques already dealt higher damage to begin with. Paired with critical hits, he might be able to easily defeat a Martial Artist at the Early Stage of the Iron Skin Realm, even without his Transformation!

He might even be able to take on someone at the Mid Stage of the Iron Skin Realm.

However, the description didn’t specify the exact probability.

So, he started testing it on a block of wood.

After chopping through hundreds of blocks of wood, he roughly calculated the built-in probability.

It was roughly one critical hit for every ten strikes.

He was still quite satisfied with the one-in-ten probability.

After all, in a fight between evenly matched opponents, both sides would exchange many blows, enough to land a few critical hits.

Not only that, but he also tried using the Cloud-Stacking Fist.

He was surprised to discover that the Passive Talent was still effective even when he used his fists!

Just as he was about to continue practicing the two remaining Saber Techniques, he suddenly learned that Situ Xuan had come out of seclusion!

Jiang Che’s heart leaped with joy.

’Time to go find him for a saber duel!’