The preparations for the engagement were left to Su Yan.
Currently, the person in charge of the family's finances was also Su Yan, the female head of the house.
Meanwhile, Ye Fan found some time to make a trip to the Duobao Pavilion.
The Duobao Pavilion did sell martial arts techniques, but most of them were not high-level.
"Lin Pharmacist, take a look at these martial arts skills and see if there's anything you need.
These are quite standard. If you want higher-level ones, you will need to go to the county's branch to purchase." Li Qian took out more than a dozen books and said to Ye Fan.
Monkey King Fist, Wild Wind Knife, Overlord Sword, Gentle Wind Sword...
Most of the unarmed martial skills were boxing techniques, while the weapon martial skills were predominantly knife-related and sword-related techniques.
There was no helping it; these martial arts skills had the largest audience.
Due to the old saying, 'age of sword, month of spear, a lifetime of guns', it was already difficult for an average person to master one type of martial art, let alone more.
Before Ye Fan arrived, he had already consulted with Ye Jintian and Ye Jinhai.
One chose knife techniques, and the other chose sword techniques.
In the end, Ye Fan selected the Wild Wind Knife and Gentle Wind Sword from among the numerous martial arts skills.
By the time Ye Fan returned home with the martial arts skills, his two sons had not yet returned.
With nothing to do, Ye Fan opened the secret manual for the Wild Wind Knife.
The knife dives into the wild wind, only defending and not attacking, taking the basic knife techniques of chopping and slashing...
This Wild Wind Knife technique was not difficult, which explains why it only cost fifty taels of silver.
Ye Fan absorbed the knife techniques in his mind, then extended a hand to mimic a knife and chopped towards the front.
It seems... I've learnt it?
The clan has successfully acquired its first technique, long-term task, Clan Arsenal I: Sparse Collection (completed) can be claimed.
The Jiu Niu Body Refining Technique belonged to the Iron Armor Martial Arts Hall, and did not count as a technique owned by the Ye Family.
Now that they had purchased their own, it truly belonged to the Ye Family.
Ye Fan had no time to bother with these details; he discovered a blind spot—wasn't his strength supposed to be locked? Why was he suddenly able to learn martial arts skills himself?
"System, did you bug out?"
"Host, there is no error in this system. Your cultivation realm is locked, but you can still learn skills. This is like the previous alchemy skill, which can be improved."
"System panel is now opened; please refer to it at your convenience, host."
Speechless, Ye Fan had never felt as incredulous as he felt today.
Turns out, I was the fool all along.
Though he was speechless, he had to admit that this was a good thing.
With a thought, Ye Fan opened the system panel.
Character: Ye Fan
Level: Body forging Seventh Level (123/700)
Skills: Jiu Niu Body Refining Technique completed (321/800), Alchemy Dao First Level complete (1599/1600), Wild Wind Knife beginner (1/100)
Divine Skills: Mediocre Green Snake Bloodline (36/100)
Tasks: Clan Rising I, Path of the Powerful I, Clan Territory I, Clan Population I, Clan Arsenal I
Ye Fan always felt that his system was missing something. It turns out that it was the system panel.
Now, it finally felt comfortable.
Now that he had skills to learn, Ye Fan had more things to do.
Putting the martial arts skills aside, there was still a long-term task reward to be claimed.
"Congratulations, host. Reward acquired: Knife Feeling of 10 years"
Knife Feeling? Ye Fan was encountering this type of reward for the first time.
However, Knife Feeling of 10 years should be a good thing.
Ye Fan did not immediately use the system reward and put it in the system inventory for the time being.
Right now, Ye Fan had just started practicing knife skills, and did not even have a profound understanding of the basic concepts of the knife.
It would be most appropriate to use the enlightenment when he reached his current bottleneck.
Before Ye Jintian and Ye Jinhai returned, Ye Fan had already entered the beginner stage of both the Wild Wind Knife and Gentle Wind Sword.
Next, all that was needed was continuous practice.
Having mastered both martial arts skills, when Ye Jintian and Ye Jinhai returned, Ye Fan handed the martial arts skills to them, instructing them to practice diligently.
After all, the better they practiced, the faster his progress would be with the Unity Art.
It was a pity that nobody in the family had a talent for alchemy, otherwise, he could pass on the alchemy skills as well.
Once the clan members make a breakthrough in alchemy skills, it's possible that their Alchemy Dao skill could advance to the second level.
A month's time passed in the blink of an eye.
They want harmony!
Ye Jinhai has also breakthrough to the fifth level of the Body Refining Technique, Su Yan has breakthrough to the third level, Ye Fan's progress in cultivation has also improved a bit, but still failed to break through the eighth level of Body Refining Technique.
The progress of the two martial arts techniques is quite good, as after all, adding fifty points of Enlightenment boosts the speed of cultivating these basic lower-grade martial arts techniques quite quickly.
As for Ye Fan's Wild Wind Knife technique, it's directly perfected.
The progress of the Gentle Wind Sword technique has also reached a small success.
Today, Ye Fan does not continue to cultivate because it's a big joyful day for Ye Jintian.
Dressed in a bright red groom's robe, riding a tall horse, Ye Jintian looks spirited and vigorous.
Behind him, eight carriers follow, heading to the Jia Mansion to marry Jia Lu.
Ye Fan and Su Yan also put on new clothes to welcome the guests.
Many clans in the town came in person to congratulate Ye Jintian on his wedding.
Even the Duobao Pavilion sent a present.
"Congrats to Pharmacist Ye."
"Congratulations, congratulations."
"The Liu Family presents fifty taels of silver and a pair of ten-year-old ginseng."
"The Hu Family presents a hundred taels of silver, and a pair of ten-year deer antler."
...
The lively Ye Family house is a joyous scene, and Ye Jinqiu is also happy, his small figure fluttering about in the crowd.
Although Ye Jinqiu is only a little over a year old, perhaps due to the enhancement of the green snake bloodline, he does not look inferior to a two or three year old child.
He is adept at walking and running.
Soon, Ye Jintian delivered the bride gifts, and along with relatives from Jia Family and his bride, Jia Lu, they proceeded towards Ye Family Manor.
Just as they were about to arrive at the Ye Family Manor, on the main road, a group of martial artists dressed in tight clothes riding tall horses confronted Ye Jintian's entourage.
"Out of the way, don't block the road!"
The leading man, eyeing Ye Jintian, flashed a fierce light and rebuked.
Ye Jintian furrowed his eyebrows; it's his wedding day, there was no way he could give way.
"Gentlemen, could we please get some convenience? Here are some gifts for you."
Ye Jintian took out several red envelopes filled with pieces of silver.
On this big joyous day, Ye Jintian didn't want to lose his temper.
"Get a convenience? Who do you think you are?"
"If you don't get out of the way, don't blame us for being rude."
Finish speaking, the big man, muscles trembling, slowly pulled out a long knife from behind.
"These men came with ill intentions."
Looking at the demeanor of these men, Ye Jintian immediately made a guess.
Whom has he offended?
"Get lost!"
The leader spoke, without saying anything more, directly rode his horse towards the procession.
Ye Jintian was also angry, it was his big day and these men wanted to shame him, tarnishing the Ye Family's reputation.
Knowing there was no hope for negotiation, Ye Jintian prepared to fight back.
"Brother, it's your big day, let me handle this."
Ye Jinhai gave a cold look at the onrushing man. Trying to tarnish the Ye Family's face, we will see if you are good enough!
"Kill!"
Ye Jinhai instantly drew his longsword, twirled it to form a sword flower, and made a flat stab.
Seeing this, the big man's face turned cold, and he swung his long knife, creating a light that went straight towards Ye Jinhai.
Clang!
The longsword struck the side of the long knife, causing the big man to stagger, almost falling from his horse.
Looking at Ye Jinhai, his gaze turned from contempt to caution.
This fifteen or sixteen year old boy turned out to be a body refining martial artist at the fifth level.
Just like him, no, it's fair to say that he's even more formidable.