Chapter 98.

“You’re overthinking it, it’s not that it makes the match more exciting, on the contrary, it wouldn’t be exciting with him in it.”

Blacksmith Zhao said it with conviction, rather like a feeling of I know it all too well.

“Oh?” Order of the Sun Mansion instantly became interested and asked in detail why.

“I don’t quite understand what Senior Zhao means.”

Blacksmith Zhao thought for a moment and explained, “When that kid builds, he often speaks some odd words, and there is a phrase that describes it very well called something like Dimensional Descending Strike.”

Descending Dimensional Strike?

Order of the Sun Mansion was even more confused.

Blacksmith Zhao felt that if he explained it himself, he would have to explain it for quite a while, and it might not always make sense.

He could only take out the iron bars that Zhou An had built earlier and threw them to Wang Mang next to him.

“You are also a person of the casting path, you can see some differences.”

Wang Mang subconsciously took it and examined it carefully.

Soon, he sensed something wrong.

“This iron bar, how can it be so hard?”

All of them were connoisseurs in this area, and they could feel it with their hands.

“I don’t know how this kid did it, it’s clearly iron.” Zhao blacksmith said.

“Don’t just look at the hardness, take the two iron bars and try them together.”

Wang Mang nodded and tried to put the two iron bars together.

Soon, the iron bars that fit tightly together, unfolded in front of him.

“Hiss ……”

Wang Mang sucked in a breath of cool air, “This person’s casting method is above me.”

Sun Fu Order was not a person in this line of work.

Although he was an outsider looking in and an insider looking out, he knew that it was not false as the insiders were praising it.

“If I say that this kid achieved this effect within a short period of time, how would you feel?” Blacksmith Zhao added.

Wang Meng stood up quickly, “If that’s true, this person is a genius!”

Order of the House of Sun looked left and right, not understanding, but he knew one thing, Zhou An was a genius.

Wu Youde also finally knew why Zhou An was being honored by so many people.

You’re obviously a tiger, but you’re pretending to be a pig here.

Now making me look like a pig.

Too shameless!

Wu Youde spat in his heart, but did not show it on the surface, with an I’m very submissive look.

But he was clear that Zhou An really couldn’t be offended.

At this time, Wang Mang finally put down the iron bars.

“Lord Sun, my master uncle is right, not to mention other places, let’s just talk about Yunlai Prefecture, I guess there are very few casting talents like Zhou An.”

The Sun Prefecture Order sighed once again, he felt that he had sighed a little too much today, this time with regret.

“Actually, being able to win by crushing is also wonderful, it’s a pity that he can’t be invited to participate.”

“Senior Zhao, I still have things to do, so I’ll take my leave first.”

Can’t participate, no way.

Order Sun Fu suddenly felt regret, but there was still his own business to do.

He didn’t linger and left with Wang Mang.

Wu Youde also left.

Soon, only Blacksmith Zhao was left alone in the blacksmith store.

Looking at the flames on the stove, Blacksmith Zhao shook his head and continued his work.

A few days passed quickly.

The following day.

Zhou An woke up early.

After eating something outside, he returned home to continue looking at his book.

In these few days, the Butcher’s Knife Skill had improved greatly, and the skill of reading books would soon reach the third level.

Zhou An had divided all of his time, into these two skills, and it was natural for these two skills to rise quickly.

He didn’t choose the Liver Butcher’s Knife Technique today, instead, he planned to get the skill of Reading to the third level to see if there was any qualitative change.

“I guess it will be able to be full by noon.” Zhou An looked at the proficiency in front of him and thought in his heart.

He didn’t think any more about it and read the book carefully.

In the last few days, he had changed books back and forth in the bookstore several times, all in the form of rentals.

His ability to do so had made quick progress.

The entire morning was nestled inside the room, and Zhou An enjoyed the quiet time.

It wasn’t until almost noon that a puff of smoke appeared before his eyes.

This was a sign that the proficiency in reading had reached the third level.

[Please choose a direction.]

[Book Confusion: Deterrence +1, Control +1.]

[Read a hundred scrolls: Spirit +1, Comprehension +1.]

Still the same as before, Level 3 was a watershed, two different choices, one by one, were placed in front of Zhou An.

Zhou An roughly understood the direction of the two abilities, especially the first one.

To be honest, he was quite greedy for this ability.

The two traits of deterrence and control were tempting just by hearing them.

However, he knew that his own abilities, to be chosen on top of the original, would serve a better purpose when stacked like this.

Perhaps in the future when he became very strong, he could not have to choose like this, but he needed to enhance his strength now, and could not choose indiscriminately.

Thinking of this, Zhou An did not hesitate much and chose the skill of Reading a Hundred Scrolls.

Soon, the smoke in front of him completely dissipated.

After it disappeared, a new line of smoke appeared.

[Read One Hundred Scrolls lv.3 (Spirit +2, Understanding +1): 1/40,000]

The air in Zhou An’s body, filled with another portion, was not far from being completely filled.

Not only that, there was also a large amount of information that came into his mind, helping him understand the meaning of the skill.

Zhou An closed his eyes and took a moment to absorb the information in his mind before opening his eyes.

“Good stuff, good stuff!”

Zhou An was usually very good at hiding his expression, but now he couldn’t help but reveal his joy.

The skill of reading a hundred scrolls not only added spirit, but also understanding.

Spirit was very well explained, it was to allow one’s mental defense and mental state to be improved.

The only trait that was added was Understanding, which came from the particulars of reading books.

It is well known that the more books one reads, the more understanding one gains.

There was a saying that the meaning of reading a hundred times was self-evident.

It was like a drama Zhou An had watched in his previous life.

A certain woman with the name Wang had no hands, yet she knew a hundred martial arts and was able to see through her opponent’s weaknesses at a glance.

This Understanding trait of Zhou An’s was the same thing.

He now had +1 Understanding and was able to see through weaknesses that were one level higher than his own.

If he initiated an attack on the weakness on top of that, then he would gain a 10% boost.

It was the same old saying, don’t underestimate this 10%.

Together with the 20% he had cast himself, it was 30% of power, and as long as he attacked the weakness, 30% of power was not something to be trivialized.

Percentage boosts were always rogues.

Of course, if there was a big gap in strength between the two sides, it might not be seen through.

But it was undeniable that this skill was a divine skill.

Zhou An tried lifting his right hand, and with a swipe at his waist, he took out the long knife he had built from the pink money pouch.

He cast the Butcher’s Blade Technique.

However, the result was that he did not see through the weakness of the Butcher’s Blade Technique.

“It should be that the skill level is too high.”

He tried pulling out the pan again.

He quickly realized that the skill Upside Down Object couldn’t be seen through either.

“That means I can’t see through my own skill.”

Zhou An concluded.

He was now eager to find someone to try.

But soon, he suppressed the idea again.

After practicing until noon, he was already a bit hungry, so Zhou An planned to go out to eat something.

After putting the knife and the pan into the pink money bag, Zhou An put the money bag into his arms again.

In a row, because the pink money bag was out of the ordinary, Zhou An had also learned his lesson, and he knew that it was better to keep this thing out of the open.

Closing the door behind him, Zhou An went to the familiar noodle stall and ordered a bowl of noodles.

While eating, he thought.

“Still need to liver the Butcher’s Knife to level five, in addition to livering the Reading Hundred Scrolls to level four.”

“After livering Reading Hundred Scrolls to level four, then I can think of a way to get the other skills to level five.”

Zhou An made up his mind, and the speed of eating noodles increased.

During this recent period of time, a lot of outsiders had come to Settlement County, and the people had made a small fortune.

This group of people were not staying in Anding County for a long time, but were going to Yunnan Province through Anding County.

Zhou An knew very well what they were here for, which was to participate in the so-called Casting Dao Competition.

He was busy himself and was too lazy to bother with such nonsense.

After eating the noodles, Zhou An returned home as usual and started practicing the Butchering Ox Knife Technique.

By the time he finished practicing the Butcher’s Sword Technique, the time had already come to evening.

Zhou An picked up a book and started reading it.

After about half a pillar of incense, Zhou An put the book down.

As he expected, reading the book now would not improve the so-called proficiency.

Level 3 was a watershed, and by this time, it was time to change the way.

But what way to change, Zhou An now had no eyebrows.

After all, this proficiency had jumped out recently, and it would take difficulty for him to feel his way from here.

But things had to have a beginning, and as long as there was a beginning, everything would be fine behind it.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhouan didn’t ink, and began to ponder.

“Read a hundred scrolls …… read a hundred scrolls ……”

“Could it be for me to read a hundred kinds of books?” Zhou An thought.

This possibility was not unheard of, all he had been reading lately were talking novels.

The Water Burial Method had been completely destroyed by him during this time.

This thing was a harmful thing, he didn’t want to keep it, in case it harmed someone when the time came, he would have to take the blame.

“I can only go to the bookstore to find some other books to read during tomorrow.” Zhou An thought.

Thinking about all this, he also temporarily stopped livering the Hundred Scrolls and continued to pick up the dough and carve it.

Time gradually passed, and in the blink of an eye, another day passed.

Zhou An got up early and went to the bookstore to return the talking novel.

This time, he didn’t let the bookstore owner find him a book, but ran to the bookshelf himself and carefully flipped through it.

Flipping up a book at random, it was a book of recorded poems.

Zhou An was rather bored after flipping through it.

Right in front of him, the skill’s proficiency didn’t go up much.

“My method is wrong?”

Zhou An thought about it and tried to continue to change a book.

By the time he finished changing all the books in the bookstore, the proficiency in front of him still did not change.

This made him a little embarrassed, his own conjecture seemed to be really wrong.

“Then how am I supposed to raise it?”

Zhou An leaned against the wall, rubbing his chin with his hand as his mind raced with thoughts.

After roughly a pillar of incense, Zhou An slapped his thigh.

“I’m not a scholar, how am I so specialized?”

“Yu Hang is a reader, I’ll just go back and ask him.”

After figuring it out, he didn’t let himself get into a dead end here.

After returning the book, Zhou An returned home.

Before going home, he stopped by Yu Hang’s place and knocked on the door.

But the result he got was that no one was in the house.

Zhou An guessed that Yu Hang had gone out and didn’t think much about it, so he practiced the Butcher’s Sword Technique in the house.

The day passed quickly, Zhou An had some dinner in the afternoon and went to Yu Hang’s house again, but there was still no sign of Yu Hang.

“This guy, where did he run off to?”

Zhou An felt strange in his heart.

Now that the imperial examinations were approaching soon, Yu Hang should be here studying, how could he have disappeared again?

“He wouldn’t have encountered something again, right?”

In the last few incidents, this Yu Hang fellow was considered unlucky enough to run into several times in a row.

Zhou An was worried that Yu Hang had encountered something again?

But now Yu Hang didn’t go home either, so Zhou An didn’t think much about it.

He went back home and continued to carve with his knife.

The night was getting darker and darker, and the bright moonlight spilled onto the earth, laying a layer of silver frost on the earth.

Zhou An borrowed the flame of the oil lamp and carefully carved the dough.

It wasn’t until late at night that Zhou An put down his long knife and looked out the window into the darkness of the night.

“Something’s not right.”

He and Yu Hang’s home were not far apart, and with his current strength, his ears were bright enough to hear the changes outside.

But up until now, there was no movement at all in Yu Hang’s house.

Late at night like this, it was unlikely that there would be a situation where one would not return home at night, and in Settlement County, there were no nighttime activities.

Zhou An thought about it, put the knife into the pink money bag, stood up and walked to the door.

It was still dark outside, and not far away, Yu Hang’s house, the doors and windows were tightly closed.

Zhou An came to Yu Hang’s room and confirmed that Yu Hang was not inside.

He thought about it and planned to go out and look for it.

Anding County was such a small place, with the speed of the Swimming Dragon Steps, it was still no problem to find someone, unless that person was not in Anding County.

Thinking about this, Zhou An planned to go out of the alley first.

However, before he could take two steps, he saw a person flying towards him.

Under the illumination of the moon, Zhou An saw clearly who the person was.

“Sheriff Xie?”

The person coming was none other than Sheriff Xie, and Zhou An could even see the scar on Sheriff Xie’s face.

Since the incident with Magistrate Chen, he had not met with the people from the Zhen Gui Si for a long time.

Today, when Sheriff Xie suddenly came to him, Zhou An felt that there was definitely something going on here.

Before Zhou An could speak, Sheriff Xie also spotted Zhou An and immediately walked up.

“Zhou An, come with me, something has happened to Yu Hang, and he is now being held in the Zhen Gui Si.”

Sheriff Xie anxiously said.

Anyone who was familiar with Zhou An knew that Yu Hang was Zhou An’s hairdresser and brother, so Sheriff Xie came to him first.

Zhou An was also puzzled, even if something happened to Yu Hang, how could it be under the control of the Town Gui Si?

After all, when ordinary people have an accident, it is the government office that takes care of it.

Sheriff Xie also seemed to see Zhou An’s doubts and explained, “This brother of yours is really something, he quarreled with a person in his line of work on the street, and the two of them were about to get into a fight when they were quarreling.”

“As a result, guess what, that person in the trade was beaten up by your brother.”

Zhou An: “???”

He felt that the roles of the two sides were not swapped.