After the floating shuttle entered the city center for a distance, it stopped beside a square.
After Dong Fang and Chu Nan got out of the shuttle, they directly arrived at the center of the huge square.
From afar, he saw two young girls waving at him. Chu Nan focused his gaze and could not help but praise.
From their appearance, these two girls did not look older than 17 or 18 years old. They were similar to Chu Nan and Dong Fang. Although they could not be said to be extremely beautiful, they were still in their prime. With just a casual outfit, they were like two fresh flowers blooming in the center of the square. They were worthy of the word beauty.
Seeing the happy expressions of the two girls when they saw Dong Fang, Chu Nan shook his head in bewilderment.
"How strange. Could there be something wrong with their eyes?"
"Hey, Rose, Luo Lan, this is my good brother, Chu Nan." After exchanging a few pleasantries with the two girls, Dong Fang introduced them to each other, "Chu Nan, open your eyes and look carefully. These two beauties are the good friends I mentioned to you. This beauty is called Rose, and this beauty is called Luo Lan. Come, get to know them."
"Rose? Luo Lan? They're both good names." Chu Nan smiled and stretched out his hand, causing the two girls to laugh.
"You're Chu Nan?" The girl called Rose appeared more lively and generous. Her curious gaze swept past Chu Nan and she suddenly asked, "Hey, don't tell me you're really a virgin?"
Chu Nan was stunned and immediately looked at Dong Fang with a murderous gaze.
Needless to say, when Dong Fang and these two girls mentioned him in private, they must have laughed at his name.
Dong Fang glanced at the sky and put on an innocent expression.
Chu Nan glared at him before turning to look at Rose and seriously replied, "I am. Why? Don't you like virgins?"
Rose and Luo Lan looked at each other and chuckled at the same time. After a long time, Rose held back her laughter and said softly, "Don't worry, compared to those guys who only want to sleep with girls all day, I still prefer to be a virgin."
Luo Lan was slightly quieter than Rose. She smiled and did not speak, but the gaze she used to look at Chu Nan became gentler than before.
After all, the four of them were all young people and had the common topic of martial arts. Soon, they chatted together.
When they heard Dong Fang say that Chu Nan was only an initial-stage Overlord Body Martial Artist, Rose and Luo Lan did not look at Chu Nan with disdain like the others. Instead, they became even closer to Chu Nan because they were only at the initial-stage Overlord Body realm too. Compared to Dong Fang, a third-stage Overlord Body Martial Artist, it was easier for him to have a common language with them.
However, when they heard Dong Fang tell them that Chu Nan had actually defeated a fifth-stage Overlord Body Martial Artist yesterday, their eyes were filled with shock.
"Don't listen to his nonsense. I was just lucky. If we fight again, I definitely won't be his match." Chu Nan hurriedly said modestly.
Regarding his powerful data collection, analysis, and processing ability, Chu Nan had already decided to treat it as the most important secret that no one could reveal. In order to hide this secret, it was naturally best for him to expose less of his strength.
"It's hypocritical to be too humble." Unexpectedly, Rose pouted when she heard that, "Chu Nan, Dong Fang doesn't dare to lie to us. Tell me, how did you defeat that fifth-stage Overlord Body Realm Martial Artist?"
"Yeah, tell us. I'm very curious." This time, even Luo Lan could not help but ask.
"This…" Chu Nan laughed at the sky and did not answer.
Seeing him like this, how could Rose and Luo Lan be willing to give up? They immediately asked relentlessly.
The square was not far from the Martial Artist Exchange, but after the group made a commotion, it still took nearly half an hour to reach.
This Martial Artist Exchange was specially held by the West Cloud Planet's government to facilitate communication between the martial artists on West Cloud Planet. It was held once a month.
With the push of the West Cloud Planet's government, this exchange had already become the grandest venue for martial artists to interact.
At the martial artist exchange, not only would martial artists publicly or privately exchange their martial techniques, there would even be martial artists who directly sold their own unique martial techniques.
Because there were often some martial artists who were forced to sell special martial techniques they had obtained through various methods because of life or various reasons, many martial artists would come to this exchange event to try their luck.
Chu Nan was one of them.
Due to the arrival of Mu Yutong and the two Star-Grade Martial Artists, as well as the imminent arrival of the West Cloud Planet's Martial Artist Competition, the martial arts atmosphere on the planet had suddenly become extremely dense recently. As a result, this originally very lively martial arts exchange was now even more bustling and bustling with people.
When the four of them arrived at the venue, it was the peak period. It took a lot of effort to squeeze in.
As soon as he entered the venue, Chu Nan went straight to the martial arts exchange area. Dong Fang, Rose, and Luo Lan wanted to go to the martial arts competition area to watch. After the four of them discussed, Chu Nan headed to the martial technique exchange area alone.
This was actually the first time Chu Nan had come to this place. In the past, because he had only cultivated the second level of the Nine Revolutions Technique, his Internal Breath was not enough to support him in cultivating other martial techniques, causing him to be uninterested in martial techniques.
Now that the Nine Revolutions Cultivation Technique had already broken through to the third level and his Internal Breath had greatly increased, he began to consider cultivating martial techniques.
However, when he was in the academy, he had already logged into the academy's martial arts library through the academy's regional network. He discovered that the martial techniques inside were all extremely low-grade. Even the only D-rank martial technique was the worst among D-rank martial techniques.
This was something that could not be helped. Although martial arts were flourishing in this era and various martial techniques were endless, it was precisely because of this that powerful martial techniques would be more protected and would not be easily circulated.
For example, the Nine Revolutions Cultivation Technique was already an exception.
Chu Nan was not born in a martial arts family and did not have a good master in the past, so he naturally did not know any powerful martial arts techniques.
Even if he came to this martial artist exchange, he was only trying his luck.
Ever since he entered the martial arts exchange area, Chu Nan had focused on looking at every martial arts technique displayed in every stall.
It had to be said that these martial techniques were still very tempting just from their names.
For example, the "Heaven Extinguishing Divine Palm", "Meru Divine Art", "Lunar Shooting Spear Art", "Qi Devouring Eight Desolates Art"…
However, when Chu Nan flipped open the introduction, he immediately laughed.
These so-called divine techniques looked decent, but in fact, they were probably not even considered E-grade martial techniques.
No wonder these martial techniques were not labeled with rankings. It turned out that they still knew their own limits.
Chu Nan was not discouraged. Before he came, he knew very well that it was almost impossible to find a powerful martial technique here.
His goal was only to find a martial technique that was suitable for him.
After walking for a while, Chu Nan stopped in front of a stall.
"'Hong Clan's Long Fist'?" Chu Nan picked up the simple and ancient martial arts introduction on the cover. This was the first martial arts technique he had seen that did not have such an earth-shattering name.
"The 'Hong Clan's Long Fist' was created by the Ancestral Patriarch of the Hong Clan. There are a total of three stances and twelve moves. Those who are proficient in them will be able to break the flow of a river with one punch."
"It sounds quite arrogant." Chu Nan smiled and flipped the page. After taking a glance, his smile immediately disappeared.
This introduction only described the first stance and first move of "Hong Clan's Long Fist"—Sitting Horse Rush Fist.
There was no detailed description on it, only two diagrams. One was punching, and the other was retracting.
However, these two simple positions firmly attracted Chu Nan's gaze.
At first glance, the positions of the two diagrams did not look strange, but in Chu Nan's eyes, they immediately transformed into a large pile of relevant data.
According to the data in his mind and the powerful experience he had obtained from tens of thousands of battles, he was surprised to discover that these two seemingly ordinary positions were compatible with the small person in the diagram. He was actually able to unleash the highest strength in this position.
"It seems that this thing is not to fool people." Chu Nan flipped through the introduction and realized that there was only the first move on it. He could only raise his head and ask the stall owner, "Is there a complete version of this?"
The stall owner was a middle-aged man who was more than 40 years old. He had a shrewd expression and looked more like a businessman than a martial artist. When he saw that Chu Nan seemed to be interested in this "Hong Clan's Long Fist", he immediately revealed a brilliant smile.
"Of course there is. How can there be an incomplete sale item in my, Hong Changzhi's, stall? Little brother, are you interested?"
Chu Nan nodded and asked, "Can you show me the full version?"
Hong Changzhi revealed a trace of surprise, "Little brother, this is your first time here, right? You don't know that this martial technique is different from other things. You won't show the complete version when trading."
Chu Nan was slightly stunned, but he immediately understood. The focus of martial techniques was the content. If the complete version was seen, then it was very likely that he would directly learn it secretly.
He lowered his head and flipped through the first move of the "Hong Clan's Long Fist". Chu Nan hesitated for a moment before asking, "How much is this?"
"There are two methods to transact. One is for you to exchange another martial technique as long as I think it's suitable. The other method is simple. You can pay directly."
"I don't have any martial techniques. How much is this?" Chu Nan asked directly.
Hong Changzhi glanced at Chu Nan and estimated in his mind before extending five fingers.
"50,000 federation coins."
"What? 50,000?" Chu Nan was immediately shocked. He had never expected that this mere 'Hong Clan's Long Fist' would be sold for such a high price.
Although Chu Nan did not see the complete version, from just the first move, if this skill was evaluated, it would at most be rated as a D-rank.
Currently, Chu Nan only had a mere 30,000 federation coins that he had saved up from spending frugally. He was still far from being able to afford this.
"It's too expensive. Can it be cheaper?" Chu Nan tried to bargain.
"Little brother, this is a fist technique passed down by our Hong Clan's ancestors. If I didn't really have trouble waiting for the money to be used, I wouldn't have taken it out at all." Hong Changzhi did not give in.
Chu Nan glanced at the obviously expensive clothes on Hong Changzhi and the golden ring on his finger. He thought to himself, 'You're just using your nonsense to fool children.'
Rolling his eyes, Chu Nan sighed and put down the introduction. He put on a regretful expression and shook his head, "Then it's a pity. Forget it, I'll go take a look elsewhere."
Hong Changzhi did not expect that Chu Nan would give up after just putting on a show. This was beyond his expectations. When he saw that Chu Nan was about to leave, he hurriedly raised his voice, "Little brother, little brother, don't leave quickly. We can still discuss, we can discuss…"
Chu Nan continued to shake his head, "No, I only have 10,000 federation coins on me. The difference is too great." After saying that, he turned around and left.
This time, Hong Changzhi became even more anxious. He actually walked out from behind the stall and reached out to stop Chu Nan.
"Little brother, don't be anxious. It's rare to see a martial technique you like, so you can't just give up. You also know how difficult it is for us martial artists to choose a martial technique that's suitable for us. If you miss it this time, who knows when the next opportunity will be?"
"But I don't have that much money."
Hong Changzhi frowned and suddenly sighed. He put on a pained expression and waved his hand, "Forget it, forget it. Since Little Brother likes it, I can only give it up. Alright, 10,000 it is. I'll make a small loss and treat it as making a friend."
Unexpectedly, Chu Nan also frowned and said with a troubled expression, "But I'm meeting a girl today and I have to save some money to accompany her for shopping…"
Hong Changzhi's face twitched, "This… Alright, 8,000, no less! Little brother, this is a ridiculously low price."
Chu Nan turned around and looked at the stall. He lowered his head and pondered for a moment before sighing and shaking his head, "Forget it. It's her birthday today, and I have to give her a birthday gift." After saying that, he pushed Hong Changzhi away and left.
Seeing that Chu Nan was about to enter the crowd, Hong Changzhi darted forward and stopped him again. He stretched out five fingers.
"Alright, 5,000! 5,000 then! This can't be any lower!"
A smile appeared on Chu Nan's face before he suppressed it and pretended to hesitate. In the end, he nodded firmly as if he had made up his mind.
"Alright, at most, I'll eat porridge every day next month!"
How could Hong Changzhi not see the smile on Chu Nan's face? When he heard his words, he could not help but roll his eyes. He thought to himself: Since you're so cunning, why would you have to eat porridge?
However, since the price had already been sold, he could not go back on his words.
Immediately, Chu Nan used his personal terminal to transfer 5,000 federation coins to Hong Changzhi's account.
When he saw that there was an additional 5,000 in his personal account, Hong Changzhi took out a tattered book from his bosom with a smile and handed it to Chu Nan.
"Little brother, this is the true product passed down by our ancestors. Not to mention the martial technique inside, just this book can be considered a cultural relic of ancient text. It's worth a lot of money."
Chu Nan nodded. With such advanced technology, paper records had basically been eliminated.
However, to call this "Hong Clan's Long Fist" an ancient artifact was simply an exaggeration.
After taking the book and flipping through it, Chu Nan immediately confirmed that the remaining eleven moves were indeed similar to the first one. They were the best posture to unleash one's strength.
"Little brother, aren't you going to take a look at the other martial arts techniques? I still have two types of sword techniques, three types of saber techniques, one spear technique, and a decent leg technique. What do you think?" Seeing that Chu Nan had put away the 'Hong Clan's Long Fist', Hong Changzhi tried his best to promote his goods.
Chu Nan did not stand on ceremony and started to read them one by one.
However, other than the "Hong Clan's Long Fist", Chu Nan could tell at a glance that the other martial arts techniques were all trash with the data in his mind.
The most laughable thing was one of the leg techniques. There were several positions that were problematic. According to the data in Chu Nan's mind, if he practiced these positions, the muscles in his legs would collapse due to excessive burden. In the end, his legs would be crippled.
After sweeping through these martial arts techniques, Chu Nan shook his head and bade farewell to Hong Changzhi without any hesitation.
As he watched Chu Nan disappear into the crowd, Hong Changzhi finally could not hold back the ecstasy in his heart and laughed.
"Ha, this fool. I casually took out a lousy book from my house's attic, and he's actually willing to spend 5,000 coins to buy it. Haha…"
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