Translator: Silavin In the morning, Qin Yichen did not neglect his training. At this moment, he was standing in the courtyard practising a set of Cultivation Techniques he had obtained from a ruin. It had no name so he just referred to it as… the Nameless Cultivation Technique. He had tried cultivating this set of techniques before and naturally knew the benefits of this Nameless Cultivation Technique. Firstly, it was a set of Martial Arts Cultivation Techniques, and its Grade was definitely not low. Secondly, it also had the effect of Body Tempering. The Nameless Cultivation Technique had only four movements in total. The first movement was… Stand. Standing referred to standing upright, but there were many details in how to stand. When standing, the muscles all over the body would wriggle in a regular pattern, thus achieving two effects. The first was to temper the muscles, and the second was to gather strength. The second movement was… Walk. Walking was as its name implied. It was just, when walking, pull the tendons and bones. This achieves two effects. The first was to temper the tendons, and the second was to train the bones. The third movement was… Leap. Leaping meant to jump. Leaping up like a True Dragon, ascending to Heaven to pull the internal organs. This achieved the effect of training the organs while moving one’s body. The fourth movement was… Fall. When falling, one had to be like a thunderbolt when descending, with all the strength in the body explosively erupting, thus achieving the effect of a one-hit kill. This set of techniques was not of much use to Qin Yichen at that time, because he already had high achievements in the Dao of Alchemy and did not need to fight to the death with others. However, for his current state, it was his first choice for a Martial Arts Cultivation Technique. At this moment, Qin Yichen was not in a hurry to achieve success, but was repeatedly practising… the standing posture. “Huff… Huff…” In just half an hour, Qin Yichen was already panting heavily, his sweat soaking his clothes. On his body, blue veins bulged one after another, and his muscles were wriggling in a bizarre rhythm. His face would occasionally twitch. Obviously, such movements brought him great pain. Otherwise, with his willpower, it would be impossible for him to reveal such a pained expression. He did not slack off in his cultivation because he had obtained the protection of the Li Family. On the contrary, he became even more diligent. Indeed, the Li Family could protect him for a while, but life always throws curve balls. If he did not have enough strength, he might not be able to face the situation at that time. For example, the matter of Lin Aotian. If at that time, the Lin Family used heavy profits to entice, and further use military force to threaten, only wanting Lin Aotian and not touching Qin Yichen, what would the Li Family choose? At that time, if the Li Family did not take action, he could not just sit and watch. After all, if Lin Aotian had not been taken to the Li Family, it would be hard to say whether he could have survived or not. It was just that for Qin Yichen now, the Lin Family was definitely a behemoth that he could not contend with. If there was a conflict with the Lin Family in the future, he needed to have the ability to protect himself. Just like this, he continued until the sun rose. After entering the room to wash up, Qin Yichen changed into a set of clothes and walked out. As soon as he left the courtyard, he saw Li Yuanba carrying his big hammer, walking out while making clanging sounds. “Does Patriarch Li have something for me?” Seeing Li Yuanba, Qin Yichen thought Li Yuanfei was looking for him, so he asked. “Big Brother is not looking for you, but he said you should be going out today, so I came over.” Li Yuanba scratched his head and said with a silly smile. “Oh, then let’s go. I was just about to go out for a stroll.” With such a bodyguard showing up at his door, Qin Yichen naturally would not refuse. Shuttling through the crowd, Qin Yichen was scanned by countless surprised gazes. The reason was simple. Li Yuanba behind him was too eye-catching. That huge hammer was a living signboard. However, in Spreading Cloud City, it was the first time these people saw Li Yuanba being so honest, willing to stay behind someone, playing the role of a bodyguard. This made many people secretly speculate about Qin Yichen’s identity. [It seems I can’t bring this guy out next time…] Faced with these surprised and astonished gazes, although Qin Yichen’s expression did not change, he still sighed inwardly. Li Yuanba was really too eye-catching. With him here, if Qin Yichen wanted to do something, it would definitely become known to everyone. “What are you looking at? Scram to the side!” Just as he was unhurriedly looking for a medicinal herb shop, a series of hurried shouts came from in front of him. The crowd not far in front of him on his left retreated quite a bit due to these shouts, causing quite a commotion. “Who is so domineering?” Qin Yichen’s brows furrowed. Not only did he not move away from there, he actively looked towards the source of the voice. Squeezing through the crowd, he quickly attracted quite a few dissatisfied curses. However, those who cursed, upon seeing Li Yuanba behind him carrying a huge hammer and staring with a pair of bull eyes, all shrank back sheepishly. They no longer dared to complain. It was precisely because Li Yuanba was there that Qin Yichen could easily squeeze into the middle of the crowd. In front of him, there was an empty space of about five metres. In that empty space, there were five or six guards and a youth in white robes. At this moment, they had a group of people surrounding a girl who looked to be in her teens. Although this girl was wearing tattered clothes, it still could not conceal her delicate appearance. This was perhaps the cause of this incident. “Stinky girl, your gambling Father has already sold you to me. If you dare to resist again, believe it or not, after I’m done enjoying myself, I’ll throw you to a brothel!” That youth in white robes pointed at the girl and shouted loudly. The few guards beside him also stared at her with unfriendly gazes. Without needing Qin Yichen to inquire, he learned the identity of that youth in white robes from the mouths of the onlookers. This youth was the son of a moneylender in Spreading Cloud City named Zeng Jian. Although their Zeng Family could not compare to top Families like the Li Family and Lin Family in Spreading Cloud City, they were still famous and influential. As for the girl in front of Zeng Jian, she was the daughter of a gambler. After that gambler borrowed money at high interest rates, he had no money to repay the debt, so he sold his own Daughter. Such things, although not too common in Spreading Cloud City, would still occasionally happen. In response, some people sympathised with the girl, but no one dared to go up and stop it, afraid of bringing trouble upon themselves. “Slap!” Another loud slap sounded out. That girl was directly knocked to the ground by a slap from Zeng Jian, who was still cursing, “See if you dare to run again…” “Please, let me go. As long as you’re willing to let me go, I will try my best to earn money to repay you…” When that girl was knocked to the ground, five clear fingerprints appeared on her face. The entire left side of her face was slightly swollen. “Repay? With your pathetic ability, the money you earn is not even enough to pay the interest. How can you possibly repay me? It’s better to obediently come with this Young Master. If this Young Master is in a good mood, perhaps I’ll let you suffer a bit less in the future.” Faced with her pleading, Zeng Jian did not have the slightest intention of letting her go. “Drag her away!” Afterwards, he completely ignored this girl’s cries and impatiently shouted. His two strong bodyguards walked out from behind him and directly went to the side of that girl, one on the left and one on the right, dragging her away.