Transmigration with Cheat Codes Chapter 35.1: The Tower of a Thousand Treasures

After Ma Yangqi left, Meng Jintang glanced at Uncle Zhao and handed him a bottle of Clear Dew Pills for invigorating the lungs and relieving coughs.

Uncle Zhao politely declined. "I'm getting old, dear, cough, no need to trouble yourself like this..."

He was reluctant to take Meng Jintang's medicine because, like most elderly folks, he wanted to save the good things for the younger generation.

Meng Jintang smiled and said, "It's just a small effort, really, nothing too taxing."

Sensing Uncle Zhao's underlying message, she added, "As for my junior's daily needs, while the Hanshan Sect may not be extremely wealthy, we can certainly afford to support one disciple."

In the world of martial arts, sects and schools differed from modern-day society. While disciples were in training, their well-being, including food, clothing, and shelter, was fully managed by the sect.

If a disciple misbehaved while traveling outside the sect and tarnished the reputation of the honorable and upright sects, they often sent people to rectify the situation and protect the sect's reputation.

Meng Jintang recalled how her teachers used to check students' progress in school. She began by kindly inquiring about Chen Shen's progress in his training, randomly quizzed him on a few theoretical aspects, and even extended her hand to test his internal energy.

In just a short span of days, Chen Shen's internal energy had more than doubled.

Meng Jintang thought to herself, ‘To turn someone who could easily excel through self-study into an underachiever, that legendary Zhenwei Martial Arts Academy must have really put a lot of effort into it…’

On this visit, besides addressing Chen Shen's martial arts questions, Meng Jintang also planned to provide some guidance on his life skills. This way, he could help share some of the sect's management responsibilities in the future.

She specifically retrieved a copy of the "Basic Pharmaceutical Handbook" that had been opened from a gift box in the warehouse.

—Given her current level of expertise, it was already quite challenging for her to comprehend any new content in the "Basic Pharmaceutical Handbook."

In "Martial Arts Ascension," not only could players learn skills from books, but in-game characters could as well, although the learning process for in-game characters was significantly slower.

Chen Shen wholeheartedly accepted the newly assigned study task. He received the "Basic Pharmaceutical Handbook" and, considering what Meng Jintang had said during their conversation with Ma Yangqi, he realized he had not thought things through properly before.

Since he had learned internal energy and lightness techniques, gaining the ability to defend himself, why not spend some of his free time exploring the nearby mountains and forests, helping to gather herbs and relieving his senior's burdens.

Meng Jintang was unaware that even though she had only arranged for Chen Shen to study pharmaceutical skills, this newly minted junior had taken it upon himself to include herb gathering in his schedule.

"Junior, read it on your own first, and if you have any questions..." At this point, Meng Jintang paused and smiled, "Young Master Wang has arrived."

Those who practiced martial arts often had keen senses, and given Uncle Zhao's relatively remote location with few neighbors around, the approaching footsteps of visitors were particularly pronounced.

Wang Youhuai was very familiar with Chen Shen, and he entered the room with great enthusiasm.

However, when he saw the young lady sitting in the hall, he hesitated for a moment, thinking that he should explain himself. "I am..." he began.

Meng Jintang saw that he was struggling to put his words together and interjected with a smile, "You followed Head Escort Ma after he left, didn't you?"

Wang Youhuai breathed a sigh of relief. Although this young lady was not very old, her words and actions exuded the demeanor of a martial arts expert.

He had been worried that she might misunderstand and think that Chen Shen had secretly leaked information about when his senior sister would arrive, leading to his misplaced anger towards his friend.

Now he was grateful that their old teacher, who had been their mentor in their studies, hadn't noticed such a lapse in their diligence. Otherwise, their secret would have been revealed long ago.

As a wealthy young man who often had the opportunity to stroll around the town, Wang Youhuai happened to notice Ma Yangqi today, dressed exceptionally formally as he headed towards the town.

Wang speculated that there must be an important guest at Uncle Zhao's house. Being a young man with a certain curiosity about the martial world, Wang Youhuai couldn't resist the urge to come and see.

If this young lady turned out to be the guest, he also wanted to thank her in person for agreeing to pass on the heart sutra instructions to Chen Shen.

Wang Youhuai placed the items he had brought on the table as a gift for Meng Jintang. In the meantime, she also assessed Wang Youhuai's progress in learning internal skills and found that he was doing reasonably well.

While this young man's overall aptitude might not be on par with Chen Shen's, he was much better than the likes of Ma Yangqi.

As the head of the White Horse Escort Agency's branch in Helu Town, Ma, Liu, Yang, and others were viewed as middle-to-upper tier figures in the eyes of ordinary martial artists, not to mention the average citizens.

Their knowledge of the martial world was limited to stories and legends, and in the eyes of ordinary people, possessing internal energy represented limitless power, while learning qinggong meant being able to perform incredible feats.

Whether it was an ordinary escort guard or the leader of the Tianhua Sect, they were all lumped together as superhumans with extraordinary abilities.

Wang Youhuai had recently started practicing "Basic Internal Skills'' and had some questions about the finer details. He decided to seek guidance from Meng Jintang, who responded with a gentle and informative attitude.

This was partly because Wang Youhuai's personal qualities and aptitude were decent, and partly because, according to the system's judgment, Wang Youhuai was already considered an unofficial disciple of the Hanshan Sect.

The Wang family was involved in business, so they naturally had some dealings with the Tower of a Thousand Treasures. When Meng Jintang chatted with Wang Youhuai, she asked a question, and the latter also casually shared some common knowledge about the surrounding area on the map.

Wang Youhuai said, "There are too many mountains in the area around Ye Zhou, and if you want to travel to the Central Plains, you must pass through Yongji. Yongji City has always been under the control of the people from Nanjia Fort."

Nanjia Fort's ability to firmly hold the position of the transportation hub in Ye Zhou had its remarkable aspects.

Since they wanted to do business with the Central Plains sects, they had allowed the people from the Tower of a Thousand Treasures to establish a branch in Yongji City. However, they did not permit further expansion.

As for the White Horse Escort Agency, it's because the chief head escort had once helped the former master of Nanjia Fort, and they also had regular business transactions, which was why they were allowed to set up a branch deep in the heart of Ye Zhou.

According to Wang Youhuai, in the previous generation, the situation in Ye Zhou was different from what it is now. Whether in the south or north, it was all under the rule of the Green Moth Palace.

The Green Moth Palace was situated in the southern part of Ye Zhou, and the sect's base was within the Yi people's residential area.

The majority of its disciples were Yi women because the population of the Yi people was small, and they typically only operated around the outskirts of the village. As a result, over time, Ye Zhou had developed some towns primarily inhabited by people from the Central Plains.

The Green Moth Palace had different attitudes towards different outsiders. Ordinary commoners were not a concern, and when it came to martial artists, a small number was acceptable, but if their numbers grew, it became a problem.

So initially, no large-scale martial factions could establish a stable presence in the area.

Meng Jintang nodded in agreement—prior to joining the Hanshan Sect, she belonged to a "pocket-sized" martial faction with very few members, which made them inconspicuous and less of a concern, allowing them to firmly establish themselves within the Hanshan Sect.