Chapter 94.

It didn’t take much time for the text to turn from blurry to clear.

Zhou An stared wide-eyed.

He was actually quite curious about what skills a book of Water Burial Laws could be transformed into.

Of course, it was just pure curiosity.

Thinking of this, Zhou An waited patiently.

A few moments later, the text became clearer and clearer, and in the end, it slowly surfaced in front of Zhou An’s eyes.

[Reading lv.1:1/10,000]

Zhou An: “……”

Good good good.

I just read such a book and you give me a reading skill.

It doesn’t seem like there’s anything wrong with it.

But is …… reading a book considered a life skill?

Zhou An thought about it carefully, and it seemed like it really counted as a life skill.

Of course, this was not important.

What was important was that he felt a little liver pain.

Humans are strange sometimes, there is a particularly obvious kind of pain.

This kind of pain is when it’s obvious that you’re not in pain, but when you see something that’s familiar to you, you feel pain.

Let’s say you’re on the internet, and you see someone pulling the barbs out of their fingers, and you feel a vague pain in your own barbs.

To put it more plainly, if you want to try it, pick up your phone and go search for egg crushing videos.

It will feel an uncontrollable pain.

The current Zhou An was also like this, looking at another skill after another, his own liver also began to vaguely ache.

Of course, this was a good thing, and for a Liver Emperor, it only hurt that much.

“This rhythm, it’s making me turn on the binge liver mode.” Zhou An thought.

He suddenly realized that he was scheduled for this day.

It was now completely possible to liver the Fusion Casting Method in the morning, the Butchering Knife Method in the afternoon, and then read books in the evening.

Moreover, the skill level of reading books was low and rose quickly.

Wait until the fusion casting method to raise the fourth level, and then turn the focus to the Butcher’s Knife and reading books, and then after the Butcher’s Knife liver to the fifth level, and then reading books liver to the fourth level.

Finally, come back and deal with all the level four skills.

“Well well well, this plan is good! But be covered in liver!”

Zhou An took a deep breath.

He felt like he was no longer a person living in his liver, but the people inside were made of liver.

“Let’s first raise the reading to level two tonight and see what changes are made.”

Thinking about this, Zhou An did not go back to carving the dough, but instead picked up the Water Burial Method and continued flipping through it.

As he flipped through it, lines of text appeared before his eyes.

[Read+1+1+1+1+1 ……]

“Reading books that have been read also has an effect.” Zhou An instantly understood.

He didn’t know what the principle was, but being able to rise would be the end of it.

Thinking about this, Zhou An became more and more mesmerized as he read.

The night passed quickly, and the next day, along with the sound of the rooster crowing, Zhou An looked at the white light outside the window and fell into a daze.

He had found out that the Liver Emperor could liver anything, except for this thing called books, which were emaciated.

Last night, he even almost fell asleep several times, and if it wasn’t for his willpower to hold on, he really couldn’t top it.

This feeling was as if he had returned to his old high school days, which were even crazier than now.

“No, I have to do it in a different way.” Zhou An took a deep breath now.

However, it was about to be over.

Looking at the last few pages, and looking at the proficiency in front of him.

Zhou An gritted his teeth and finished the last few pages.

The next moment, the smoke in front of him changed.

[Reading lv.2 (Spirit +1): 1/20000]

The smoke disappeared soon after it appeared, and in the next moment, a realization arose within Zhou An.

At the same time, something was changing in his mind.

Zhou An realized that the fatigue of the night swept away.

He was particularly and exceptionally energized.

Normally, he only needed to sleep for an hour at night to be able to replenish his daily losses.

The Qi in his body was enough to support it.

But now he suddenly realized that the hour had been shortened again.

“Very good, very refreshed!”

This was Zhou An’s most intuitive experience.

And more directly, it was a defense ability.

The improvement of the spirit was able to resist attacks that had to do with the spirit.

This was an inner defense that could not be defended by armor alone.

“Good lord, so that’s what it means.”

Zhou An had understood the gist of it after sorting out all the questions.

“This skill is strong, and it can make up for one of my weaknesses.”

Thinking about this, Zhou An sensed the air in his body again.

Originally, he wasn’t that far away from being a second-rate expert, and now the middle of the ring-shaped air had already been partially filled.

All that was needed was to wait until the center of the air was filled, and he would be able to reach the realm of a second-rate expert.

The night was very rewarding, and Zhou An was very happy.

In front of his eyes, all the progress surfaced.

[Butcher’s Sword Technique lv.4 (Speed +2, Accuracy +2): 25,800/60,000]

[Bumping Things lv.4 (Strength +2, Destruction +2): 1/60,000]

[Swimming Dragon Steps lv.4 (Speed +2, Dodge +2): 1/60,000]

[Fusion Casting lv.3 (Hardness +2, Fusion +1): 35900/40,000]

[Reading lv.2 (Spirit +1): 1/20000]

Nowadays, the Fusion Casting Method had come later and had more proficiency than the Butcher’s Knife Method.

This was of course because the Fusion Casting Method was only level three.

Once the Fusion Casting Method was completely level four, he would shift his focus to the Butchering Knife Method and reading.

“Go on, we’ll start by making iron this morning!”

After Zhou An made up his mind, he went out for a meal and headed to the blacksmith store.

The morning went well, and Blacksmith Zhao knew that his mind was made up and didn’t try to persuade anything else.

It wasn’t until after he finished the ironwork that Zhou An had another lunch, and only then did he leisurely head towards home.

But before he went, he stopped by the nearby bookstore.

Last night, Zhou An had felt a bit speechless.

It was true that you had to rely on your liver to read, but there really wasn’t much point in him reading this Water Burial Method.

This feeling was no longer boring, it was a complete torture.

So Zhou An thought carefully and already had a brilliant idea.

Since reading books would be able to add proficiency, why not look for books that interested him?

In the past, when I read high school subject books, it was drowsy, but once I read novels, I didn’t sleep for the whole night.

So Zhou An felt that he had to get some talking books to read.

The bookstore was not far from where he lived.

The Da Chu Kingdom promoted literature and emphasized martial arts, and with both ends and both hands, the bookstore’s business was not very good, but it wasn’t very bad either.

When Zhou An approached, he immediately smelled a smell of ink.

Inside the room, there were quite a few young men in plain robes walking around inside, each holding a book in their hands.

These were all readers.

Some rich and some poor.

There were just two ways inside the bookstore.

One was for buying and one was for renting.

With different ways for different people, the bookstore could make ends meet.

When Zhou An walked in, a few readers immediately sized up the place.

However, they didn’t take a closer look and continued to look at the books in their hands.

There was nothing strange about this.

Didn’t people who came to the bookstore come to read books?

They were readers themselves, so there wasn’t much interest.

The bookstore owner was standing on the counter, rattling an abacus.

After hearing the footsteps, he immediately raised his head, and when he saw Zhou An, he visibly froze for a moment.

“Lord Zhou, what are you ……”

The place itself was not far from the side, and Zhou An passed by from time to time, and Zhou An’s nature and the surrounding people also mingled from time to time, so the bookstore owner also recognized Zhou An.

Zhou An laughed, “I have resigned from my position as a constable, there is no need to call Lord Zhou anymore, just call me Zhou An.”

When the bookstore owner heard this, he was even more puzzled.

Isn’t it better to have an establishment these days?

He couldn’t figure out why Zhou An quit.

On weekdays, Zhou An also treated people with kindness, so even if he quit, the bookstore owner didn’t have a dog’s eye view.

“Then feel free to take a look around and let me know if there’s anything you want.” The bookstore owner said.

Zhou An nodded, but had no intention of going to the bookshelves, instead coming next to the bookstore owner.

The bookshelves here were crisscrossed with books, and they were also filled with books.

If Zhou An were to look for them one by one, it would be troublesome to find them.

“Boss, do you have any …… books here that look more interesting, let’s say talking books or something.” Zhou An asked.

The bookstore owner froze, then reacted and nodded, “So you want to use it to pass the time, then there are quite a few, I’ll go and choose them for you.”

Zhou An nodded.

Soon, the boss went inside the bookshelf and selected several books over and placed them on the counter.

“These are all the more popular books today, I didn’t choose too many for you, I’m afraid that you won’t be able to finish them all at once, they can be rented, you can buy them directly.” The boss said.

Zhou An thought about it and felt that it was better to rent this thing.

After all, they are not really readers, do not need to rely on this thing to study carefully, just look at a proficiency on the line.

And this thing, read it once is also good, even if it is well written, read it two or three times will get tired of it.

Not to mention that this saves money.

Although Zhou An also had some savings, spending money lavishly was not his style.

Thinking of this, Zhou An paid the money, hugged a bunch of books, and returned home.

There wasn’t much left to do at this time, Zhou An practiced the Butcher’s Sword Technique for the afternoon and went outside to eat dinner.

When evening came, he picked up a random book and started reading it.

Zhou An’s side was still livering proficiency.

On the other side, inside the government office.

Wu Youde brewed two cups of tea and handed them to Qi Shuo on the opposite side.

“Brother Qi, in fact, I’ve wanted to ask for a long time now, you had a black eye when you came here, and today you’ve added another one, what’s the situation?”

Opposite Wu Youde, Qi Shuo had two huge black eyes, and took a sip of tea with an expressionless face.

“Heh …… went to ask a senior to come out, but the result was that the senior was unwilling and gave me two punches, it’s fine, it’s all at my own pleasure.”

Qi Shuo said it very simply.

But in Wu Youde’s ears, these words had another layer of meaning.

“What Brother Qi means is that there is that kind of great expert in my tiny Anding County!”

Who was Qi Shuo?

A merchant of the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce, and with a backer behind him.

But just such a person was punched twice and was still speaking for the one who punched him.

Wu Youde thought to himself that there was such an expert in the county but he didn’t know about it, he would have to pay a visit before he could do so.

Qi Shuo said breathlessly, “Sir Wu, don’t think too much, that person is not someone you can mess with.”

Wu Youde of course understood this and hurriedly said, “Brother Qi, I’m sharing for you, think about it, if I go with you as well, wouldn’t that be giving face to this great master? Even if he doesn’t agree, he won’t beat you up, so one way or another, it will slowly ease up.”

He spoke in a reasonable manner.

When Qi Shuo heard this, he really thought about it carefully.

He felt that this would also work.

Even though he didn’t hold much hope for Wu Youde, there was no harm in letting Wu Youde give it a try.

It wasn’t like it would have any major impact, and it wouldn’t make things worse, it would just be a visit.

Thinking about this, Qi Shuo also figured it out and nodded his head in agreement.

Wu Youde, however, was excited.

This trip could both go and meet that great expert, but also be able to curry favor with the Hengfeng Chamber of Commerce, it was like killing two birds with one stone.

As for whether or not it can be ……

It doesn’t matter.

At least it would be able to get acquainted, and it would also show that he had tried his best.

The two began to chat again.

The main thing they chatted about was about minerals.

The next day.

Zhou An got up early and felt refreshed.

The Spirit +1 effect was very good, allowing him to have no sense of fatigue.

This morning, he went to the blacksmith store first, as he did in his previous routine.

After simply having a small meal and pulling a few words with the restaurant owner, Zhou An then packed up his things and headed towards the blacksmith store.

On the way, he also bumped into Yu Hang, this guy was still looking at his book while eating out.

After all, it’s not long now, and you can’t hold on to your exams when the time comes, right?

After talking casually with Yu Hang, Zhou An walked towards the blacksmith store.

Arriving at the blacksmith store, Blacksmith Zhao was still silent.

Especially after seeing that it was Zhou An, Blacksmith Zhao even showed a pained expression.

As if Zhou An not participating in the competition was a huge loss.

Of course, expressions were expressions, but Blacksmith Zhao had been around for so many years and was a sensible person.

Persuading more of these things would instead make others disgusted.

So Blacksmith Zhao did not say a word.

Zhou An was happy to be free, and didn’t bother to talk about these things for fear that Blacksmith Zhao would try to persuade him again.

Familiarly, he came to the small anvil.

After he picked up the iron material and burned it red, he hammered it.

This hammering was for the whole morning.

The two arm-length iron bars were on the verge of being perfectly reunited, and when the day of reunion came, it would be the time for the fourth level of the Fusion Casting Method.

After working all morning, Zhou An felt a little tired.

After talking to Blacksmith Zhao for a couple of minutes, he went out to have a meal.

He wasn’t going to liver Butcher’s Knife anymore this afternoon.

The Fusion Casting Method was about to be level four, and with it hanging around like this, Zhou An also felt itchy, so he might as well get the Fusion Casting Method to level four earlier.

After lunch, Zhou An walked towards the blacksmith store.

He calculated that he would be able to reach level four by tomorrow.

Of course, the prerequisite was that he didn’t liver the Butchering Blade Technique in the afternoon.

“It’s only one day, after level four, I’ll switch my focus.”

Zhou Xin thought this in his mind as he moved closer and closer to the blacksmith store.

At this time, people had surrounded the outside of the blacksmith store again, the same familiar guards.

“Qi Shuo really doesn’t die, that’s right, if I were him, I wouldn’t die either.”

Zhou An pondered that there would be a thumping sound coming from later on, intending to listen to the action outside.

But what he didn’t expect was that what came was four thuds.

Inside the house, there was a second person getting punched.