Chapter 55: Refining Bones Nine Layers, Rapid Progress!

  Chu Hao raised an eyebrow and said, "Why ask this? Chu Mo did indeed not follow Xiao Wang during this period of time."

  Xiao Si nodded and continued: "That's right! Yesterday, Xiaonu went to Sizi Garden. The servants there told Xiaonu that Chu Mo, the commander, had gone to see the prince yesterday and seemed to want to return to the battlefield. However, the prince did not agree."

  Chu Hao only remembered that Chu Mo was a former deputy general of the Imperial Army's Four Great Armies, Yaohu Army. He was later demoted to a local position due to an incident that angered the high-ranking officials and other deputy generals of Yaohu Army. He was then rescued by Weiyuan Wang and came to the palace as the leader of the palace guards. At that time, the Crown Prince had already been placed under house arrest, so not long after, he was transferred to Chu Hao's side to protect his safety.

  Chu Mo was also a highly skilled martial artist with strength close to that of the Innate Realm. However, to be Chu Hao's bodyguard at this time, it was still far from enough. In his heart, Chu Hao knew that these soldiers all had an air of arrogance. Although he was grateful to the king for sparing his life, he was unwilling to serve as a subordinate to a young master who indulged in luxury every day.

  Moreover, Chu Hao had spoken with him several times and also disliked this person. This man always put the Emperor's interests first when it came to benefits, which was not a bad thing for an imperial general, but the key was that he was the son of Prince Wei Yuan, so even if he was loyal to the Emperor on the surface, in his heart he should be loyal to the prince's mansion. This Chu Mo didn't know how his father had managed to protect him, it wasn't safe, and Chu Hao would rather not have him.

  So, during this period of time, except for the last time they went to the imperial palace to question the young prince and let Chu Mo lead the way, the two had not been able to get together at all.

  "Xiao Wang knew." Chu Hao thought that he would remember this in his heart and decided to go and tell Chu Yunfei when he had time. He now had Liu Li's nine people in his hands, and within twenty days, although it was unlikely that they would reach the Xiantian stage, at least each of them would have reached the Refining Skin stage, which Chu Hao was absolutely confident about.

  After sending Xiaosi away, Chu Hao sorted out the events of the day in his mind again. Not long after, Liu Li and others arrived at Lingyue Garden, but were blocked by the imperial guards outside the courtyard.

  Chu Hao then remembered that Liu Li and others did not have the token to freely enter and exit Lingyue Garden, so he said a word to the guard, allowing Liu Li and others to follow him into the courtyard and arrive at the dining hall.

  Liu Li and others stood stupidly beside the table. Chu Hao looked at their appearance, smiled, and said: "Sit down and eat together."

  They didn't have a good background, and after training for a day and night, seeing so many delicious dishes, they had already had the urge to devour them. Huang Hongjin couldn't help but feel stifled, and this young man swallowed his saliva, continuing: "Young Master, it seems like sitting down isn't quite right, it doesn't follow etiquette. Why don't you have someone make another portion, and we can eat in the courtyard instead?"

  Liu Li rebuked, "Huang Hongjin, do not speak nonsense!" Then he said seriously, "Your Highness, we are of humble origin, but you are a descendant of the dragon clan, please withdraw your order!"

  Chu Hao's face changed, he glared and suddenly slammed the table, coldly saying: "Do you guys take what I say as farting? What did Little Wang say yesterday? How did you respond to Little Wang at that time? If you don't sit down, get out of here immediately!"

  Liu Li and others only then saw Chu Hao's rough and arrogant side, startling them. Huang Hongjin hastily sat down, saying: "We'll sit, we'll sit!" Seeing Liu Li still wanting to say something, Huang Hongjin whispered: "Big brother, do you want to make the young master angry again? Let's listen to him, let's sit down." Liu Li hesitated for a moment before finally sitting down.

  Chu Hao's expression changed faster than flipping a book, and when he saw Liu Li and the others sit down, his face returned to its smiling state. He continued, "No need to be polite, just relax, go ahead and eat."

  The dishes had cooled down a bit, but for warriors, they could still be eaten even if they were cold. Liu Li and the others were about to use their chopsticks when Chu Hao furrowed his brow, called over a servant, and said: "How did the cook not know that the dishes have gone cold?!"

  Those servants were extremely aggrieved, this meal was cooked for almost half an hour, could it not be cold? However, although they were secretly resentful, they did not dare to argue with Chu Hao, and hastily took the dishes down.

  Liu Li said somewhat helplessly: "Young Master Wang, actually these dishes are edible, we don't have a problem with them."

  Chu Hao said sternly, "Since you've followed me, how can I let you dress poorly and eat badly? Your training volume increases every time, do you really think you're made of iron?"

  Although Chu Hao's words were reprimanding, Liu Li and others still felt a warmth in their hearts. They also knew that Chu Hao was just using a tactic to win people over, but this tactic made them feel important, which was enough.

  After waiting for about ten minutes, the dishes were served again. Chu Hao let them finish eating before saying lightly: "Later, you won't have to go for training, get some rest early, tomorrow morning will be the 80kg load-bearing exercise!"

  Liu Li and others responded with a sound, just about to retreat, but Chu Hao called out Liu Li again, taking out the bottle of tiger tendon pills from his pocket. This was what he had prepared early in the morning, a bottle containing nine tiger tendon pills, which were elixirs infused with golden liquid.

  He handed it to Liu Li, and Chu Hao said lightly: "I'll distribute it to the brothers later. This is a third-grade human pill, its effect is better than the solid pill I gave you before. If you work hard in your cultivation, King Wang will not treat you unfairly."

  Liu Li was instantly moved to tears, he naturally knew what the third-grade human rank represented, and the medicinal effect of the solid dan would bring them great benefits. At this moment, even a higher grade of dan medicine, the young master was really too good to them!

  Liu Li didn't decline with affectation, but instead knelt down and said: "Your Highness, such great kindness, I and my fellow brothers have no way to repay. We will definitely work hard to cultivate ourselves, hoping that in the future we can fulfill Your Highness's grand ambitions!"

  Chu Hao knew he had gone astray in his mind, but didn't correct himself. He nodded and said a few more encouraging words before letting them go. Stretching his waist, the sky was darkening at this moment. Chu Hao thought for a while, then returned to the yard and sat on a chair.

  At this moment, the sky is already approaching autumn. The rattan chair has been placed outside for a long time and feels cool. Chu Hao did nothing, staring blankly at the small path paved with cobblestones in the front courtyard, where the winding paths are connected, shading the tall trees and low trees with dense branches and leaves. Not far away, the pond only had the faint moonlight shining on the lake surface, flashing points of light, extremely dazzling.

  He let out a sigh and suddenly felt a bit tired.

  It won't be long before Little Fourth arrives, and all the materials will be ready. Chu Hao nodded and went to the storage room for a trip, letting Little Fourth go to sleep early. Looking at these materials, it's enough for himself to use for ten days or half a month. However, the materials for elixirs below third-grade are only relatively easy to obtain for Tiger Tendon Pill, while second-grade Flying Sword, he also doesn't have a hundred percent success rate. Compared to now, although he seems to be an overnight sensation with one million two on his body, it's still far from enough.

  He clenched his fists and walked out of the storage room. Back in his room, he took out a Tiger Tendon Pill and swallowed it, starting to circulate his internal energy. With his current cultivation level, he estimated that about six pills infused with Golden Liquid would be needed for him to break through to the seventh layer of Bone Tempering. As for strength, although the Tiger Tendon Pill was a power-enhancing elixir, Chu Hao knew he still needed to work hard on his cultivation.

  Chu Hao knew he couldn't delay, so after circulating his internal energy to dispel the medicinal effects, he swallowed another pill and sat cross-legged on the bed, channeling his inner strength through every inch of his meridians, dispersing the spiritual energy within the elixir.

  One night, Chu Hao ate five pills as if he were drinking water. If Chen Honghong hadn't reminded him that his body had reached its limit, who knows how many more he would have continued to eat.

  He has become too strong, because the weak will never be able to survive in this cruel world, under this cruel rule. Until the effect of the five Tiger Tendon Pills wore off, Chu Hao fell asleep on the bed, drowsy and sleepy.

  After that, Chu Hao spent his time refining the elixir, taking it, and cultivating. Then he would go take a look at Liu Li's training. In this atmosphere, four days passed unknowingly.

  On this day, Chu Hao finished his cultivation and thought that he would meet Wu Lang, the imperial craftsman, at Yuzhu Mountain tomorrow, so he stopped. His current cultivation had already reached the 9th layer of Bone Refining, and it was not far from achieving the Great Perfection of Bone Refining.

  This speed can be described as rapid progress. It's not just the effect of the Dan medicine, after all, the young master's previous cultivation was only at the fifth layer of refining skin, and now he is simply using the medicinal power to catalyze his previous inner strength.

  Up to now, including the first solid dan, he has given Liu Li and others three times of dan medicine. And Liu Li and others are now carrying a weight of 160 kilograms, Liu Li is fine, and others are also stronger than in the army, such results can be achieved in just a few days, it's still very pleasing.

  Just thinking that tomorrow will add another 20 kilograms, Liu Li and others dare not slack off, they must thoroughly squeeze out their potential, work hard, can't let the young master down!

  During the Chu Hao period, he also had a few real battles. The first one was with Huang Hongjin to practice his hand. Before entering the Wang Fu, Huang Hongjin was only a martial artist who had refined his bones for eight layers. In this world, his roots were considered good. Now, under Chu Hao's training and the effect of the Tiger Tendon Pill, his cultivation has reached the ninth layer of bone refinement! Although not comparable to Chu Hao's innate talent, his fist technique was exceptionally sharp. They always thought that Chu Hao was a pre-heavenly master, so when Chu Hao proposed a duel at the time, Huang Hongjin refused.

  Later, Chu Hao could only force a smile and coerce Huang Hongjin to compromise. But unexpectedly, this attempt made Chu Hao lose face, and he was knocked down by Huang Hongjin in just a few moves. To know that, although he now possesses the strength of ten horses, one horse more than Huang Hongjin's power, but his actual combat experience is too little after all, so he can't beat Huang Hongjin at all.

  It turned out that Liu Li and others didn't think much of it, still thinking that Chu Hao was letting Huang Hongjin win. Chu Hao, of course, wouldn't ruin his own glorious image either, so he found other people to try again. Among these nine people, Huang Hongjin and Liu Li's cultivation were the highest. To maintain his own majestic appearance, Chu Hao naturally had to find a soft persimmon to squeeze, but among these nine people, there weren't many suitable soft persimmons. After being washed several times, Chu Hao finally got angry and defeated one of them, proudly raising an eyebrow and letting out a sigh of relief.

  At this moment, Chu Hao stood in the martial arts arena, looking at Liu Li and others who were working hard to cultivate, his eyebrows furrowed, and his fists tightened unconsciously. There are still sixteen days before the Lantern Festival!

  Chu Hao still has thirteen tiger tendon pills on him. In recent days, he has been refining the elixir, but the consumption is also huge. The amount of elixir that can be thoroughly stored every day is very small.

  Thinking of Sun Haoran, that young master might still be angry with himself, Chu Hao stood up and walked out.