Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start Chapter 36: Chapter 34: Exchange of Martial Arts1

After entering the Jing Tian Departnt, Gu Chen followed his mory and made his way familiarly to a three-story pavilion.

This pavilion was known as the "Hall of rits," dedicated for internal mbers of the Jing Tian Departnt to exchange their rits.

Upon entering the Hall of rits, what faced him was a large hall, divided into many rooms, each staffed with corresponding personnel. There were a lot of these staff mbers, essential for maintaining the daily operations within the Jing Tian Departnt.

They were also part of the Jing Tian Departnt but, unlike the tropolitan Procurators and patrol envoys, they did not have to go out on missions and had no cultivation to speak of.

At the mont, the Hall of rits was bustling with people coming and going, all of them patrol envoys. After all, this was only a branch located in the outer city of Tiandu, and once a patrol envoy passed the assessnt to beco a tropolitan Procurator, they were qualified to enter the headquarters of the Jing Tian Departnt in the inner city.

Since Gu Chen was a first-tier patrol envoy of the Jing Tian Departnt, many people along the way took the initiative to greet him, to which Gu Chen didn't act arrogant or ignore them. Instead, he responded with a smile, acknowledging each one of them.

Afterward, making his way through the crowd, Gu Chen arrived at one of the rooms for checking rits and handed over his Jing Tian Departnt command token to the clerk across him. Through the roster, the clerk quickly found out the current rit points Gu Chen had.

"Master Gu, you currently have a total of twenty-eight rit points."

Before leaving the Jing Tian Departnt, Gu Chen had already spent all of the original owner's remaining rits, which ant that the twenty-eight rit points were entirely the result of this Ning City mission.

Do not underestimate the re twenty-eight rit points. It's important to know that rits from the Jing Tian Departnt are hard to co by, and everything depends on one's strength. The more demons one kills, and the higher their rank, the greater the rits.

As for the rits Gu Chen obtained from this mission, it was much more than what the original owner had earned over several years.

Of course, this was mainly because in the beginning, the original owner's cultivation was weak, and the missions involved killing strange creatures, which only granted one or two rit points each ti. When the original owner reached the Containnt Stage and could deal with demons, the rits started to increase.

However, even then, each mission only rewarded three to four rit points, which shows just how precious Jing Tian Departnt's rits are.

You should know that within the Jing Tian Departnt, there are countless treasures and martial techniques. The original owner's martial arts, aside from the Pure Yang Technique received for free upon joining, the rest, like the Iron Shirt, Red Fla Palm, and Thirteen Grand Protectors' Horizontal Skill, were all hard-earned through missions and then exchanged from the Jing Tian Departnt.

In the Jing Tian Departnt, as long as you have enough rits, whether it is a mid-grade technique or a high-grade technique, even a super-grade, or even Earth Grade and Heavenly Martial Skills, all can be exchanged for.

This is different from the various major sects and noble families in the Nine States martial world.

For these powers, important martial techniques and secrets are only passed on to a few individuals. So may never learn them in their lifeti. But it's different in the Jing Tian Departnt, which embraces all rivers, as long as you have enough rits, you can get everything you want.

Of course, the prerequisite is that you have enough rits.

Because the higher the level of the martial technique, the more rits it costs. So lower-grade techniques may require only three to four points, mid-grade techniques are around five to six points, with the better ones at seven points, and high-grade techniques are even more expensive.

As for super-grade and even higher, ordinary patrol envoys or even tropolitan Procurators can hardly earn that many rits in a lifeti.

Apart from martial techniques, there are various divine weapons, natural treasures, and even elixirs inside the treasure vault of the Jing Tian Departnt.

Of course, these all require rits to exchange for as well.

Therefore, within the Jing Tian Departnt, rits play a trendously important role. The twenty-eight rit points Gu Chen acquired this ti, if ntioned, would be enough to make all first-tier patrol envoys throughout the Nine States envious to death.

The main reason for this was that Gu Chen, on this journey, had slain nine demons and saved Ning City, which is why the Jing Tian Departnt awarded him so much rit. Apart from Gu Chen's own strength, a part of it was also due to luck.

Gu Chen had long decided on his purpose for coming to the Jing Tian Departnt this ti, which was mainly to exchange for martial techniques. Apart from the Dragon Tendon Tiger Bone Fist, all of his martial techniques had reached a complete state and had no room for improvent.

As for internal techniques, the Pure Yang Technique was mid-grade, and there was no need to change it for the ti being. Besides, internal techniques required more rits and were outside his financial capabilities, so he did not consider internal techniques and high-grade martial arts.

"I want to exchange for martial techniques," Gu Chen said to the clerk.

"Alright, Master Gu, please wait a mont," the clerk nodded, then took out another roster and handed it to Gu Chen.

"Master Gu, this includes all the low-grade and mid-grade martial arts within the Jing Tian Departnt. You can take a look and tell your choice afterward."

Gu Chen looked at the thick roster before him, which was much thicker than any of the exercise books he had used during his college entrance exams in his previous life.

After opening the roster, it contained the nas of the techniques, their general effects, and the rit points required for exchange.

The Iron Shirt Technique and Red Fla Palm martial arts practiced by the original owner were both prominently listed.

Before coming here, Gu Chen had already decided on the direction of his exchange. After flipping through a few pages and making several comparisons, he had chosen the martial arts he needed.

Of course, his options weren't many, after all, the rit points he received for this mission, though much more than other Guards of the sa rank, were still limited.

"Master Gu, have you decided on choosing the Seal ridian Finger, Phantom Traceless Step, and Astonishing Swan Swordsmanship Skills as your three martial arts?" the clerk asked.

"Yes," Gu Chen nodded. Seal ridian Finger was a technique of the fingers, capable of sealing a martial artist's ridians, causing their inner qi to circulate poorly, or even temporarily disabling their ability to mobilize inner qi, losing seven or eight parts out of ten of their full strength. It was an extrely practical martial art.

The Phantom Traceless Step was a movent technique that compensated for Gu Chen's lack of speed. Up until now, although Gu Chen was fast, it relied on the robustness of his inner qi which would naturally lead to great bursts of speed.

However, if he encountered an opponent whose realm was higher and whose cultivation was not far off from his, that speed could very likely beco Gu Chen's weakness.

Generally speaking, martial artists would specialize in one area of cultivation because everyone's energy is limited. It is impossible to master every technique unless you're so kind of genius or exceptionally gifted individual, but those are the minority.

Although Gu Chen's aptitude was not poor, more importantly, he had the support of a panel. As long as he had enough rit points, he could cultivate many techniques to perfection.

Therefore, he naturally aid towards comprehensive developnt, to eliminate as many weaknesses as possible.

The last martial art, Astonishing Swan Swordsmanship Skills, filled the gap in Gu Chen's weaponry.

Hand-to-hand combat skills are important, but at tis, when facing formidable enemies, the importance of a weapon is self-evident.

The main reason he didn't choose a heavenly-grade martial art was because Gu Chen's rit points were limited. Uplifting a heavenly-grade martial art would consu a significant amount of rit points, which could be inferred from his previous experience upgrading the Dragon Tendon Tiger Bone Fist.

"Master Gu, these three techniques together will cost twenty-one rit points, would you like to proceed with the exchange?"

"Exchange," Gu Chen nodded.

"Alright," the clerk nodded and said, "The exchange for the techniques is complete, but you will need to go to the library later to collect them."

This was a standard procedure, and Gu Chen already knew it from the mory of his predecessor, so he naturally had no issue with it.

"I should still have seven rit points left, please help exchange for a weapon," Gu Chen said.

"Of course," the clerk nodded, and handed over another roster to Gu Chen.

Gu Chen looked through it, chose a suitable weapon based on his rit points, and confird the exchange.

Afterward, Gu Chen left the rit Hall and headed for the library. He picked up Seal ridian Finger, Phantom Traceless Step, and Astonishing Swan Swordsmanship Skills, morized them quickly, and then returned them.

By the ti Gu Chen returned to Gu Mansion, it was already the afternoon. After helping his second uncle with so health adjustnts and having dinner, he returned to his room.

Next was the real highlight of the day. Tonight, Gu Chen planned to use his rit points for a dual breakthrough in both strength and cultivation.