Chapter 161: Secret Technique

Jiang Xue’s phone rang a full seven or eight times before she finally answered.

Moreover, her voice sounded a bit timid and very cautious. "It’s Lin Jian. Is there something you need me for?"

Hearing Jiang Xue’s voice, which lacked her usual free-spirited tone, Lin Jian thought he had dialed the wrong number. However, it was indeed the Little Wild Cat, Jiang Xue, on the phone.

"Are you back?" Lin Jian asked directly.

"Are you in such a hurry to pay me back? I’m not short of those few million anyway, so you can spend it for now. I’m still on vacation, how could I go back so soon?"

Jiang Xue seemed to have returned to her usual temperament. Making her pretend to be weak and delicate only lasted for a few minutes.

"Yeah, I wanted to ask you about something!" Lin Jian said with a smile. "Do you know where Grandpa Old Ye lives?"

"COUGH, COUGH, COUGH." Jiang Xue suddenly broke into a coughing fit. "Lin Jian, what are you trying to do? Let me tell you, the two of you... Well, how about you try to calm down and think it over?"

"You know?"

Lin Jian knew that Jiang Xue didn’t believe there would be a happy ending between him and Ye Ziqiu, so she was actually trying to persuade him to give up.

"Of course I know. I was on the phone with Ziqiu for a long time yesterday."

"Right, then you must know where she’s living now, right?"

"I... Are you planning to storm in and snatch the bride? Let me tell you, Migu Country is different from the Continent, and..." Jiang Xue took a deep breath. "I admit that your martial arts are excellent, but apart from that, your other qualifications really aren’t that great.

"Do you know what kind of family the Ye Family is? Do you know the Ye Family’s assets and market value? Do you know how massive the Ye Family is?"

"I don’t know, and I don’t want to know," Lin Jian snapped angrily. "Why are you bringing up all this other stuff? I’m just asking you where she lives!"

"You’re hopeless." Jiang Xue said angrily, "She lives at Bauhinia Manor in San Francisco. You’re sick, and far too arrogant!"

With that, Jiang Xue hung up the phone with a SNAP!

Lin Jian wasn’t angry with her. When Jiang Xue scolded him over the phone, he actually felt like she was doing it for his own good. Therefore, he wouldn’t hold it against her.

"Let’s go, let’s head back to Jiang City."

Now that he knew Old Ye’s exact address, Lin Jian was no longer in a rush. After returning to Jiang City to prepare, he planned to take a trip abroad.

Naturally, he also typed out a WeChat message and sent it to Chen Taohua, asking her to help him get a passport and apply for a visa to San Francisco in Migu Country.

Chen Taohua quickly replied, also asking when he would be back.

"I’ll be back tomorrow."

"Then come over to my place for dinner tomorrow."

"Alright."

Lin Jian didn’t stand on ceremony with Chen Taohua; they were now business partners.

Just as he finished replying to Chen Taohua’s WeChat, his phone suddenly rang. He picked it up and saw it was actually the Little Wild Cat, Jiang Xue, again.

Lin Jian answered the call.

"Lin Jian, is there a fax machine near you?"

"Uh... What do you mean?" Lin Jian asked in confusion.

"What do I mean? If there’s a fax machine, give me the fax number. Someone will fax you some documents later. You bastard, did I owe you in a past life? Next time we meet, if you don’t help me beat someone up, we’re through!"

"Faxing the Ye Family’s documents?" Lin Jian’s eyes lit up.

"Obviously, just so you don’t end up dead without knowing why. Hmph, send the fax number to my WeChat."

"Okay, thank you," Lin Jian quickly thanked her.

"Don’t be so quick to thank me. When can you go over there?"

"Within ten days."

"Heh." Jiang Xue scoffed. Who knew what she was sneering at, but she hung up right after.

A moment later, Lin Jian asked for the fax number of Chen Taohua’s office and sent it to Jiang Xue.

By the time the car returned to Jiang City, it was already three in the morning. After having a midnight snack, the group of five booked a few rooms directly at a hotel.

However, Lin Jian didn’t feel sleepy and instead went to Qin San’Er’s room.

Qin San’Er was thoroughly baffled by Lin Jian barging into his room. It was almost dawn, and they had been tossing about all night. Was he not tired? Why did he come to his room?

However, he didn’t dare to ask it out loud. Instead, he looked at Lin Jian, waiting for an explanation.

Lin Jian pulled out a handkerchief and tossed it to him, saying, "I got this from the inner lining of the clothes of an Innate Eighth Grade expert I killed in Anxi. I can’t read it, so take a look for me."

"Oh?" Hearing that it was an item from an Innate Eighth Grade expert, Qin San’Er immediately perked up.

"Pill Stone Technique? This... This is a Mysterious Secret Skill!" Just reading the words ’Pill Stone Technique,’ Qin San’Er gasped sharply.

"Mysterious Secret Skill? What does that mean?" Lin Jian asked curiously.

"It refers to the grade. It’s like the documents issued by the government, which have confidential levels, top-secret levels, and special top-secret levels, and so on.

"A Mysterious Secret Skill is priceless on the market. You might not be able to buy one even if you spent two billion.

"You might not understand this, but what if I told you that the Cultivation Technique our Qin Family practices is only Yellow Grade?

"Right, a Secret Technique is also known as a Qi Refining Skill, an Inner Cultivation Heart Method, or a Martial Arts Manual, among other things. But no matter what it’s called, it’s divided into four grades, known in the circle as the ’Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow’ grades.

"The ones currently circulating among the Ancient Martial Families and Sects are mostly Yellow Grade Secret Techniques. Only a small fraction are Mysterious Secret Skills!"

Qin San’Er, as if a floodgate had opened, continued, "Practicing a Yellow Grade Secret Technique can give you an entry point, allowing you to eventually progress to the Grandmaster ranks!

"However, if you want to break through the realm of a Grandmaster, you’ll need a Mysterious Secret Skill.

"Legend has it that a Mysterious Secret Skill allows one to condense an Elixir Stone, which is like the Inner Core or Golden Core from myths.

"Therefore, a Mysterious Secret Skill is extremely precious, and our Qin Family probably doesn’t have one.

"Of course, maybe we do, but I just don’t know about it."

"I see." Lin Jian nodded. "Does that mean, if I want to practice Ancient Martial Arts and learn Qi Refining, this Pill Stone Technique isn’t of much use to me?"

"Yeah, you haven’t even crossed the threshold, so it’s useless to you. Right now, you should be learning an Entry-level Skill, which is a Yellow Grade Secret Technique."

"Then..." Lin Jian thought for a moment. "Take a look at this for me and tell me if it’s Yellow Grade or Profound Grade?"

Lin Jian casually pulled out the eight-page Golden Volume and tossed it to Qin San’Er!

Qin San’Er quickly caught it and opened it curiously.

"Huh? This seems like a Mysterious Secret Skill, but at the same time, it doesn’t. The Seven-Star Keystone? How is this possible... But..."

He looked at the Golden Volume in his hands with a complicated expression.

The contents of this Golden Volume described the construction of the Seven-Star Keystone, which meant opening up seven Dantians and condensing Seven Pills.

However, from ancient times to the present, those who could open a single Dantian and condense a single Pill could be counted on one’s fingers. How could it be possible to condense seven Keystones?

And if one could condense seven Keystones, then it wouldn’t belong to the category of Mysterious Secret Skills anymore.

Therefore, for a moment, Qin San’Er couldn’t figure it out either.