Transformation Diagram: Starting as a Skinny Dog-Chapter 281 - 197: The Sixth Diagram Opens
The merchants and landlords in Baojiao County are also very clever. Even a county tyrant like Medicine King Hall has bowed down. How can their small arms compete against big legs?
[Currently, Lord Tan has started to reassess the business taxes, but the implementation of ’land tax based on property and equal tax and grain contributions by both officials and gods’ faced no obstruction from landlords and merchants, but resistance from nobles in the city, especially from Official Chai, the Duan Family of the City God Temple, and scholars...]
These people are from families with ancestral fame and enjoy ancestral blessings, as they have tax exemptions due to their family’s noble titles. Consequently, they maintain large groups of long-term workers and servants and own numerous forest lands under their names, exempt from taxes.
Just as Chen Ku was thinking of persuading Official Chai, who had been kind to him, to not fight against bigger forces, he saw on the third court newspaper:
"The family headed by Official Chai suddenly changed their stance, expressing their willingness to support Lord Tan’s new policy..."
Chen Ku immediately understood. His Grandmaster brother must have invited them over for tea to talk things through, just like Medicine King Hall was persuaded back then.
Since Chai Tiangui has conceded, there should be no further issues.
Chen Ku continued flipping through the newspaper, finding several snippets that piqued his interest:
"Since Sword Demon Dugu Wuer moved into the Old Tavern, he has consecutively defeated thirty-two challengers, young and old, including Cai Feihong, the second miss of the Cai Family, who was pierced through the ribs with one sword stroke by Dugu Wuer, gravely injuring her and leaving her unconscious..."
Wasn’t Cai Feihong the woman among the Three Heavenly Pride he had encountered that night? Chen Ku knew well the power of her ’Nine Yin Sword Technique.’
Unexpectedly, she could not withstand even one sword from Dugu Wuer.
"Cruel hands pluck flowers, this Dugu Wuer..."
Chen Ku felt trouble brewing in his heart regarding the young man known as Sword Demon:
"It’s probably best to avoid confrontation with him unless absolutely necessary."
When two tigers fight, one is bound to get hurt.
He also noted that the top name on the Heavenly Pride list that Sui Qingfang gave him, the Qiu Dragon Mansion’s top prodigy, Pei Qingzhi from Hongwu Meeting, also came to Baojiao County, now staying at Qingfeng Inn.
"If people like Di Jianqing are heavenly prodigies, then Pei Qingzhi, Dugu Wuer, and that Little Commandery Princess Guan Hongluan from Marquis of Han Shou’s Mansion are the prodigy among prodigies, surpassing peers in every aspect, they’re not to be treated as mere youths, but rather as monsters."
Chen Ku, viewing the information on these young experts in the Jianghu Mansion Report, thought to himself:
"This is only the information known on the surface that Mingsheng Nan could gather; who knows if there aren’t ’dark horses’ with hidden identities waiting to shock the world."
After a simple stroll in the streets to listen to some fresh stories, he turned to greet a few masters at Medicine King Hall before not delaying further, returning home to continue his cultivation, and digesting those over two hundred Evil Qi...
Two days later, when there was just another two hours left to finish refining shape, Chen Ku made another trip to Qiu Dragon Ticket Number. Their efficiency was indeed impressive; they had already gathered one hundred thousand taels of gold.
When Chen Ku returned to his yard with the box and opened it, the five tons of gold indeed dazzled his eyes.
Thinking of this huge wealth about to disappear, Chen Ku’s heart ached to bleeding, yet he had to sacrifice it for his cultivation.
Buzz~~
Accompanied by a burst of golden light disappearing.
One hundred thousand taels of gold vanished into thin air, swallowed by the Sixth Transformation Map.
And at this moment.
Crack!
A dragon’s roar echoed in his mind after an eggshell broke.
A dragon-shaped creature with a qilin head, earth-yellow body, and serpentine form flew out, hovering over his Heart Sea.
[Hui Dragon (Fourth Realm Supreme Quality Transformation)]
[Transformation Level: Shape-Shifted]
[Realm: Fourth Realm Initial Period] 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺
[Qualifications: Hui Dragon Talented (Rare Talent)]
[Ability: Nine Colors Following Light Technique, Hundred Li Tracking Technique, King’s Dragon Qi, Beast Language Mastery, Heart Blood Premonition, Nine Phantom Bodies Technique, Copper Head Iron Brain, Roar Like Thunder, Hair Like Swords, Underwater Perception, Flesh Regeneration...
Xu Family Inheritance, Hidden Form, Nine Dragons Union, Acupoint-Striking Hand, Mountain Roar Tsunami Seal (World-Surpassing Martial Arts Minor Achievement)]
[Power: Power of One Dragon and One Elephant]
[Innate Divine Ability: Earth Escape]
Chen Ku watched as the Hui Dragon transformed into the Fourth Realm Supreme Transformation moment.
[Diagram Master has fulfilled all cultivation conditions for the Sixth Transformation Map and successfully completed the Sixth Transformation Map]
...
His information immediately changed
[Diagram Master: Chen Ku]
[Number of Awakened Diagrams: 6]
[Number of Cultivated Transformations: Hui Dragon Transformation, Five-colored Peacock Transformation, Flower Fox Mink Transformation, Centipede Snake Change, Fire Beak Pot Transformation, Volcanic Crow Transformation, Erlang Transformation, Red-Tailed Bee Transformation...]
[Variable Evil Qi: Fourth Realm Evil Qi (219 paths), Third Realm Evil Qi (15 paths), Second Realm Evil Qi (234 paths), First Realm Evil Qi (1928 paths)]
...
But at this moment, Chen Ku wasn’t concerned about the Sixth Diagram but focused on the Hui Dragon Transformation, as it didn’t disappoint – Fourth Realm Hui Dragon Transformation inherited all the excellent abilities of Zhao Chuanzu and Qilin Blood Gu Transformation.
Especially the ’Hidden Form’ aspect.
It truly gave the word dragon its rightful meaning.
Then, Chen Ku looked at the transformation level of Hui Dragon Transformation, which was still at the Shape-Shifted stage.
"Previously, I couldn’t create additional incarnations for Hui Dragon Transformation due to insufficient Evil Qi. Now, with enough Fourth Realm Evil Qi, I can form a second incarnation for Hui Dragon Transformation, doubling the power from one dragon to two dragons!"
Immediately, he infused thirty-six paths of Fourth Realm Evil Qi into Hui Dragon Transformation.
[Hui Dragon Transformation successfully cultivated to Transformation Level]
Seeing this, Chen Ku hung the Centipede Snake Change on the Sixth Transformation Map.
Boom!
Instantly, Chen Ku felt the power, already compounded by Flower Fox Mink, Hui Dragon Transformation, Centipede Snake Change, and other transformations alongside his own Qi power, having reached the strength of three dragons, now with the second incarnation of Hui Dragon Transformation, it added another dragon, directly elevating his strength to four dragons!
"Spirit Officer Master said, the God Shaking Decision from the Imperial Enlightenment Sect, when cultivated to the tenth stage, grants the Power of Ten Dragons and Ten Elephants, Grandmaster Qin Yuxian Senior Brother, due to his robust Root Bone, already had the power of ten stages even before fully cultivating..."
Feeling his four dragon strength, far surpassing the ’Three Dragons, Nine Oxen, and Two Tigers’ power of the first fierce man Cao Kerang in the ’Cao Family General’ story, Chen Ku muttered:
"If I cultivate the God Shaking Decision, could I achieve the Power of Ten Dragons and Ten Elephants at the sixth stage?"
With the Ten Dragons and Ten Elephants power, Qin Yuxian now lauded as the White Dao’s top expert in Qiu Dragon Mansion, this implies he equates roughly one-third of Qin Yuxian?
Getting closer to claiming the title of ’Fierce Man.’
Thinking of the strength, Chen Ku’s thoughts wandered:
"How much strength does Mountain-Lifting Heavenly King measure up to, able to lift a kilometer-high peak?
Qin Yuxian’s Power of Ten Dragons and Ten Elephants sounds impressive, but compared to Mountain-Lifting Heavenly King’s capability to lift a mountain, it’s still a small matter."
"At the end of martial cultivation, it truly reaches unfathomable heights."
With Qin Yuxian and Mountain-Lifting Heavenly King as benchmarks, Chen Ku quickly dispelled his self-satisfaction with achieving four dragon powers, saying:
"There’s only one week left until the martial grand contest; at that time, heroes will gather, masters will abound, countless talents will appear. No matter how much strength I have, it’s never enough, I must continue to cultivate."
Another seven days passed in the blink.
Within these seven days, Chen Ku successfully digested those over two hundred converted ’True Qi’ brought back by Flower Fox Mink and used this Qi to clear five more meridians, specifically the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian, Hand Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian, Hand Shaoyang Triple Energizer Meridian, Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian, and Foot Taiyang Bladder Meridian.
Now only one last ’Foot Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian’ remains to be cleared to fully open the twelve main meridians throughout the body.
However, time was running short.
Because the day he cleared the eleventh meridian:
"The Spring Martial Examination has begun! All Martial Practitioners participating, gather before the Martial Temple."
