I Can Upgrade Everything Infinitely-Chapter 53 - 52: The Jiang Family’s Orders

"Junior Brother Xu."

Du Luan had already brought Xu Qing to a prepared private room. A slight smile appeared on her pretty face as she said, "For the next seven days, you cannot leave this room. Someone will bring you food every day. You just need to focus all your attention on the ’Heaven-Fighting Cyan Eagle Force’."

"Alright."

Xu Qing nodded and cupped his hands. "Please don’t worry, Senior Sister."

"Mm."

Du Luan turned and left.

The door closed.

Inside the room.

"Hooo..."

Xu Qing took a deep breath. He found a chair in the room, sat down, and opened the original manual for the Heaven-Fighting Cyan Eagle Force. ’Let’s begin.’

Seven days.

What Xu Qing had to do was simple. He didn’t expect to master the Heaven-Fighting Cyan Eagle Force in seven days; he only needed to memorize the manual’s entire contents.

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye.

「Three days later.」

’I’ve memorized half of it.’

Xu Qing’s face was a little haggard, and his mental state had also worsened. He set aside the original manual in his hands. ’Because they think I’m a Martial Artist at the Peak of Ming Jin, Master and Senior Sister only had someone send Tai Sui Spirit Meat. Even though it’s three jin of Tai Sui Spirit Meat, it’s still far too little.’

’You see,’

’my true cultivation is that of a Danjin Martial Artist. Three jin of Tai Sui Spirit Meat per day isn’t nearly enough. I can’t practice my Martial Arts, so I can only focus on memorizing the ’Heaven-Fighting Cyan Eagle Force’.’

’I hope this ends quickly,’ Xu Qing thought.

Meanwhile.

Three days ago.

The news that Xu Qing had passed the Hall Master’s assessment and was a Martial Artist at the Peak of Ming Jin had spread. Everyone in the Cangying Martial Arts Hall, from top to bottom, now knew about it.

Naturally,

everyone was quite shocked.

After all,

in the past half-year, Xu Qing had rarely visited the Cangying Martial Arts Hall and had almost never sought guidance from any Inner Courtyard Instructors. He had reached the Peak of Ming Jin entirely through his own talent.

"Junior Brother, how are you doing?"

Outside the door, Du Luan had arrived and was calling out to him.

"Thank you for your concern, Senior Sister."

Xu Qing replied, "I’m doing fine."

"Keep it up."

Du Luan encouraged.

"I will."

Xu Qing replied.

Time passed in a flash.

「Four days later.」

That morning.

"Hooo..."

Xu Qing put down the original manual, a smile appearing on his face. His haggard expression seemed to light up at that moment.

"I’ve finally memorized it all,"

Xu Qing said, "It took seven days. My condition wasn’t great toward the end, and the manual gets more profound later on, so memorizing it took longer."

"However,"

"after seven days, I’ve managed to memorize everything. When the time comes, I just need to go back, recover my strength, and I’ll be able to write down the entire ’Heaven-Fighting Cyan Eagle Force’ from memory."

KNOCK! KNOCK!

There was a knock at the door.

"Junior Brother."

Du Luan called out, "The seven days are up."

"Yes, Senior Sister."

Xu Qing got up. He had long been eager to leave this place. He picked up the original manual from the table, pushed open the door, and saw Senior Sister Du Luan standing outside.

"Junior Brother..."

Du Luan looked up and saw Xu Qing’s haggard face. She was slightly taken aback and asked with some concern, "Are you alright?"

"I’m fine."

Xu Qing showed a faint smile.

"That’s good."

Du Luan nodded, then asked, "How is your practice of the Heaven-Fighting Cyan Eagle Force coming along?"

"My aptitude is poor. I didn’t manage to make much progress," Xu Qing said, his face full of regret.

"Don’t worry."

Du Luan smiled. "You can just come a few more times in the future. Come on, I’ll take you to see my father."

"Alright,"

Xu Qing said.

At the main courtyard.

Inside a room.

"Master."

Xu Qing bowed.

"Father."

Du Luan handed the original manual of the Heaven-Fighting Cyan Eagle Force to Du Cangying.

"Mm."

Du Cangying put the original manual away safely.

"Xu Qing, how did the practice go?"

Du Cangying asked.

"Reporting to Master, this disciple has poor aptitude and failed to make any significant progress,"

Xu Qing said.

"Don’t worry."

Du Cangying smiled. "The Heaven-Fighting Cyan Eagle Force is a Martial Arts Manual that leads directly to the Dan Jin realm, after all. Unless you are a genius with extraordinary comprehension, it’s impossible to grasp it in just seven days."

"How about this."

Du Cangying continued, "Next time you want to study the original manual for the Heaven-Fighting Cyan Eagle Force, because you are my disciple, it will cost you ten thousand silver per viewing. Each viewing period is seven days."

"What do you think?"

Du Cangying asked.

"Thank you, Master."

Xu Qing was stunned for a moment, but he still nodded.

"Mm."

Du Cangying waved his hand and said, "You may go back now."

"Yes, Master."

Xu Qing bowed, then turned to leave.

"Oh, right."

Suddenly,

Du Cangying spoke again.

"Master, what is it?"

Xu Qing stopped.

"It’s like this."

Du Cangying said, "Half a month ago, the Jiang Family, one of the Three Great Families of the Inner City, made an announcement. Their eldest miss, Jiang Feiying, needs to travel to the Prefecture City to procure goods after this winter, in the early spring of next year."

"Qingbei Town is very far from Kaifeng Prefecture City. It’s a half-month journey one way, so a round trip takes a month. Naturally, she’ll need guards for protection along the way."

"Our Cangying Martial Arts Hall has been invited."

"This..."

Xu Qing was taken aback and couldn’t help but ask, "Master, the Cangying Martial Arts Hall is just one of the Three Great Martial Arts Halls in the Outer City. The powers and strength of the Inner City should be far greater than ours, shouldn’t they?"

"That’s correct."

Du Cangying said, "The guard detachment the Jiang Family is assembling is very large. The members from our Cangying Martial Arts Hall will just be one small squad within it."

"Master, why are you telling me all this?"

Xu Qing asked.

"You were personally requested by Miss Jiang the Elder."

Du Cangying looked Xu Qing up and down, a meaningful smile appearing on his old face. He said, "Xu Qing, I recall that on your last patrol mission in the Outer City, you were responsible for the area around the Jiang Family’s congee stall, weren’t you?"

"Tsk tsk..."

"I never would have thought that you’d be noticed by that kind-hearted Miss Jiang the Elder. To be honest, you’re really not as handsome as I was when I was young."

"This..."

Xu Qing was stunned. He couldn’t help but recall Jiang Feiying’s figure. Instead of feeling any joy at being noticed by the wealthy young miss, a deep chill spread through his heart.

After all,

Xu Qing had been attacked by that white-robed ghostly figure.

However,

Xu Qing wasn’t sure if it was this Miss Jiang the Elder. Also, if it really was her, why did she only send one ghostly figure? And why did she stop taking action after that one attack failed?

Xu Qing was very confused.

"Master, can I refuse?"

Xu Qing asked anyway.

"What do you think?"

Du Cangying asked in return.

"..."

Xu Qing fell silent.

"Alright."

Du Cangying waved his hand. "You are my disciple. I won’t let anything happen to you. I will also look after you on the road, because I will be going as well."

"Understood."

Xu Qing nodded.

Afterward,

Xu Qing finally left the Cangying Martial Arts Hall.

This time,

for the mission next spring, at the behest of the Jiang Family, the Cangying Martial Arts Hall would have to dispatch at least half of its manpower. That was why Du Cangying had summoned all the True Disciples seven days ago—to discuss this very matter.

At this moment,

Xu Qing had already returned to his own courtyard.

RUSTLE RUSTLE...

The Cabbage Flower Snake, now seven meters long, quickly slithered out and came to Xu Qing’s feet, showing its excitement and delight at seeing him.

Involuntarily,

a sense of nostalgia washed over Xu Qing. When he was on Earth, he had raised a Chinese rural dog, and it would act just like this whenever he came home.

"I’m back."

Xu Qing smiled.

Fortunately,

Xu Qing had left enough Tai Sui Spirit Meat behind. For the past seven days, the Cabbage Flower Snake had been eating Tai Sui Spirit Meat every day and hadn’t gone hungry.

Of course,

it had also been gaining Experience Points every day.

Now,

the Cabbage Flower Snake was already Level 3, and its appetite had grown even larger. At Level 2, the Cabbage Flower Snake could only eat one jin of Tai Sui Spirit Meat and gain one Experience Point per day.

After reaching Level 3, it could eat two jin of Tai Sui Spirit Meat a day, thus gaining two Experience Points daily.

However, leveling up from Level 3 to Level 4 required a full forty Experience Points. At this rate, the Cabbage Flower Snake would still need another twenty days to level up again.

In the bedroom.

"Hooo..."

Xu Qing had already prepared paper and a brush. He carefully ground the ink, closed his eyes, and recalled the contents of the Heaven-Fighting Cyan Eagle Force. About half a minute later, he opened his eyes.

RUSTLE RUSTLE...

Xu Qing began to write it out from memory.

Time flew by.

「Two days later.」

Xu Qing finally finished writing out the entire contents of the Heaven-Fighting Cyan Eagle Force completely and without error. He then bound all the pages together, creating a manual.

It was just that

this could only be considered a bootleg copy of the Heaven-Fighting Cyan Eagle Force.

"It took two days."

Xu Qing looked at the manual in his hands. Although it was a bootleg copy with no special enhancements, it was still something he had transcribed word for word. "I’ve finally finished writing it all down."

"I hope I didn’t make any mistakes,"

Xu Qing said, "Record."

BUZZ!

With a thought,

the Encyclopedia of All Things flickered with a fluorescent glow.

At the same time,

the manual in Xu Qing’s hands flashed with a white light.

The next moment,

Xu Qing saw the characters and diagrams in the manual come to life. They seemed to transform into tiny figures, constantly practicing the Heaven-Fighting Cyan Eagle Force. They became a torrent of information, flooding into Xu Qing’s mind.

BOOM!

Not only that,

Xu Qing felt his consciousness enter a mysterious space where he began to ceaselessly cultivate the Heaven-Fighting Cyan Eagle Force.

[Recording Successful!]

[Heaven-Fighting Cyan Eagle Force Level 1: 0/100 (This is a profound Martial Art containing both combat applications and a Training Technique. It is complete enough for inheritance. Cultivating it to the end can lead one directly to the Peak of Pill Strength.)]

"Hooo..."

Xu Qing opened his eyes. He had already mastered the Heaven-Fighting Cyan Eagle Force. With a wave of his right hand, his five fingers formed an eagle’s claw, exuding a powerful force.

"The Heaven-Fighting Cyan Eagle Force, in addition to its Training Technique, also includes two combat applications: the Heaven-Striking Eagle Hand and the Heaven-Fighting Crying Eagle Step."

"I have mastered them all."

"Furthermore,"

"just recording the Heaven-Fighting Cyan Eagle Force and getting it to Level 1 has already brought me to the Peak of Ming Jin. And the base Experience Points required to level it up is 100."