Chapter 69 Ninth Grade Peak
County examination.

That is the easiest test for scholars and also the first test.

The examination is usually held in the county town in February every year, and the specific time will be notified in advance.

This year, it is the seventh day of February.

The county examination is not difficult. If you pass it, you will be eligible to take part in the subsequent prefectural examination.

Only after passing the provincial examination will one be eligible to take part in the academy examination.

Only after you have passed the county examination, prefectural examination and academy examination, will you be awarded the title of scholar.

Scholars enjoyed some special treatment, such as tax exemption and exemption from labor service, and were also eligible to participate in the provincial examinations.

However, those are still too far away for Qin Yun, and his main task now is still the county examination.

After sending the person to the examination room, Qin Feng did not stay outside for long, but returned home and continued to practice.

At this time, his strength was only a step away from the ninth level, so he was quite excited and wanted to break through quickly.

Three days later, it was the tenth day of February.

The county exam results were announced at the county government office. Qin Yun ran over to take a look, then ran back home excitedly.

"I'm hit! I'm hit!"

He actually passed the exam!
Qin Yun had failed the exam for so many years, but now, with the guidance of his master, he finally passed. He was extremely excited.

Then, he went to his master to report the good news.

At the same time, in the quiet room in the backyard.

The last bit of true energy in Qin Feng's body traveled among the major meridians in his body, and finally rushed towards his dantian like a soldier who had received an order!

This trace of true energy is like the last piece of a puzzle, and the quantitative change leads to a qualitative change.

He broke through to the ninth level.

The true energy in his body instantly became extremely solid.

As soon as the thought moves, the true qi can spread throughout the body. As soon as the thought moves again, the true qi can instantly gather in the dantian.

All the strength in the body can be concentrated on one point, becoming one.

At this moment, Qin Feng originally thought that he would be very excited, but he was very calm, and it felt like he was just practicing normally.

You know, a ninth-grade warrior is already at the pinnacle of martial arts.

The ninth rank is the strongest realm that humans can reach. This was also the strongest martial artist in the world before Ye Qingmei appeared.

As for the Grand Master, that is a power that does not belong to humans at all, and those skills cannot be created by humans.

After consolidating his cultivation, Qin Feng walked out of the quiet room.

He practiced everything he had learned and gained a new understanding of his own strength.

The ninth level is very powerful, it is an all-round comprehensive enhancement.

But just think about it, a top warrior above the ninth rank cannot defeat a grandmaster even with one move.

The slight bit of pride in Qin Feng's heart was instantly wiped out.

If you don’t become a great master, you will always be an ant and have no real freedom.

The only way to get whatever you want is to become a grandmaster, or even surpass the grandmaster!

A long way to go!

In the following period, Qin Yun began to prepare for the provincial examination. In early March, he went to live in Qingzhou Prefecture in advance.

At this time in Qingzhou City, all the disaster victims had left and the city had returned to its former prosperity.

March fifteenth.

Qin Feng was in a very happy mood because he got a book on horizontal training techniques.

This was what Qin Feng had asked Liu Yehui to help find.

The horizontal training technique is a rare technique that is rarely taught, so it is difficult to find.

Liu Yehui also searched for a long time and finally found it today.

"Brother Mingzhao, thank you very much." Qin Feng took the skills and bowed to express his gratitude.

"Why are we still talking about this? We're just going to go outing in a few days. I don't know if you'll be with us."

Before Liu Yehui finished speaking, Qin Feng shook his head and said, "I won't go. I wish you have fun."

"In that case, then goodbye." Liu Yehui did not insist any further. He sighed and left.

He invited Qin Feng to go for an outing not for any other reason but for his younger sister Liu Yuru.

After Qin Feng and he returned from Qingzhou City, Liu Yehui told Liu Shouren what happened there.

At that time, Liu Shouren's evaluation of Qin Feng was that he was a hidden dragon in the abyss.

After all, his medical skills are so strong, and he just saved the old mother of the prefect in Qingzhou City. His future is limitless!

But the other party stayed in Pingchuan County and had no intention of leaving.

For a moment, Liu Shouren felt that he was able to recover and wanted to bring Qin Feng and Liu Yuru together.

During the New Year, he brought his family to visit the Qin family, including Liu Yuru.

But Qin Feng's mind was full of martial arts training and he was not interested in this at all.

There is no woman in my heart, so I draw my sword to the God of Nature!
Liu Yuru would also go on the spring outing. Liu Yehui invited her when he gave her books, but she was rejected again.

Qin Feng didn't care about Liu Yehui's expression. After getting the skills, he returned to the quiet room immediately.

Iron Tower Kung Fu

The name of this horizontal training method is very ordinary. The book says that after practicing it, the body will be as strong as an iron tower, with infinite strength and invulnerability to swords and guns.

But the method of practicing it is very troublesome.

It requires special medicinal baths, and one must train one's defenses through almost self-torture, and practice resistance to blows. It is a painful practice. The later the practice, the more difficult it is to practice, and the more pain one will suffer.

Fortunately, Qin Feng doesn’t need that much trouble. He only needs to get started, and then he can improve his proficiency through the simplest exercises.

Although the speed of improving proficiency will be slower, Qin Feng would rather go slower than suffer.

In this way, Qin Feng began to learn this horizontal training method: Iron Tower Kung Fu.

At the same time, Danzhou.

In front of the gate of the Fan Mansion, Fan Xian got on the carriage bound for Kyoto.

Faced with his unknown future and a father he had never met, he felt nervous but also excited.

Fortunately, through Teng Zijing, he learned a lot of news about Kyoto, which made him feel less anxious.

Meanwhile, in Pingchuan County, Qin Feng's practice of Guiyi Gong had reached perfection a few days ago.

With this blessing, his strength increased significantly and reached the peak of the ninth level!

Name: Qin Feng

Talent: God rewards hard work

Strength: Ninth Rank Peak

Skill: Return to Oneness [Perfection]

Shaoyang Fist [Perfection]

Flying Bird【Mastery】（Proficiency: 44/50）

Luo Yan Bu【Great Mastery】（Proficiency: 20/50）

Archery【Mastery】（Proficiency: 18/50）

Medical Skills [Mastery] (Proficiency: 5/50)

Iron Tower Skill【Minor Achievement】（Proficiency: 4/30）

At this time, Qin Feng was at the pinnacle of martial arts and was only one step away from becoming a grandmaster.

But after a few days of exploration, Qin Feng discovered.

This one step is like a natural chasm, which is simply beyond human reach.

The gap between the grandmaster's skills and their ordinary skills is really too huge.

Taking the difficulty of mathematics as an example, if breathing exercise is addition and subtraction, then normalization exercise is addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

And what about the Grandmaster's technique? Equations?

No, no, no, it’s directly calculus!
This gap was completely beyond Qin Feng's imagination.

The Guiyi skill he is practicing now has reached an extremely perfect state.

Whether it's the speed of absorbing vital energy, the efficiency of conversion, or the power of true energy, he has reached a limit.

In fact, the true energy in his body has already filled up his dantian.

With his level of martial arts, he had no idea what to do next.

Continue to compress the true qi?

However, the strength of his meridians is limited. If he condenses his true qi further and uses it, it may damage his meridians.

Moreover, the amount of true Qi stored in his body is really too much. If it continues to increase, it will damage his meridians.

Perhaps after he completes the Iron Tower Skill, his physical fitness will be further improved, so he can continue to increase his true energy.

But this road always has its limits.

He must find a new way out!
But he had no idea about this.

Before, he was able to improve the breathing exercise into the Guiyi exercise, and also improved the Bamian Gan and Taihe Quan.

The main reason is that the level of the skills themselves is not high. Qin Feng also has ideas in his mind and a lot of references, so he was able to improve it successfully.

But now, everything in his brain has been drained out.

In fact, he also has some more aggressive methods, such as learning the fighting spirit in Doupo and forming a fighting spirit cyclone.

Or should we refer to the method of cultivating immortals and condense the true qi in the body into true essence?
But he had no way of experimenting with these things. After all, he only had one life, and if things went wrong with his reckless experiment, his dantian would explode.

This is not a game, Qin Feng must proceed step by step.

He cannot get started with the skills that he cannot test, and if he cannot get started with something, Qin Feng will not be able to use his talent to improve.

Things have fallen into a vicious circle!

Perhaps as time goes by, Qin Feng will continue to study and one day he will have a flash of inspiration and find a new way.

But he was not very sure about such an illusory thing.

And as for the time, who knows how long it will take, will it be a lifetime?

Before this, his strength had been stuck at the peak of the ninth rank. Didn't that mean he had been suffering?

So after much thought, Qin Feng's best choice at this time is to directly find a grandmaster's technique to learn.

Tianyi Dao Mental Method, Liuyun Sanshou, Sigu Sword Method and Domineering Qi!
Among these four grandmaster's skills, the first three are very difficult to obtain.

Either it is in the hands of a grandmaster, or in the hands of masters above the ninth rank such as Haitang Duoduo, Langtao, and Yun Zhilan.

Compared to this, it is much easier to obtain Domineering Qi.

In addition to Emperor Qing, he can also obtain it from Fan Xian.

Calculating the time, Fan Xian is almost arriving in Kyoto now, and at this time, Wu Zhu is not by Fan Xian's side.

At this time, Qin Feng already possessed the strength of the peak of the ninth level and was able to protect himself outside.

It’s just the right time to go to Kyoto.

(End of this chapter)