Chapter Sixteen: Divine Fire Refines the Bones (Third Chapter of Ten Thousand Words Explosion!)

  Jiangnan's current strength can handle ordinary demon beasts, but dealing with refined demons is a dead end. Refined demons are demon beasts that have cultivated into spirits, with great strength, and even the lowest-level refined demons can rival martial arts masters who have cultivated the divine wheel.

  But this grey serpent was many times stronger than an ordinary jing, and his strength was truly astonishing. In front of him, Jiang Nan didn't dare to make a move, and he feared that the grey serpent could kill him with just one breath!

  "If we delay for a moment, I'm afraid we'll be blocked by this grey serpent in his lair, and by then we'll definitely die without a place to bury our bodies!"

  Jiang Nan couldn't help but feel a lingering fear in his heart, silently thinking that he had been lucky.

  "Unfortunately, I left in a hurry and forgot to pick up a few night pearls."

  In the blink of an eye, he threw his fears behind him and thought to himself: "If I were to casually pick up a Night Pearl, although I may not be rich enough to rival heaven, I would absolutely be a great tycoon in my own right!"

  Wealth and honor are found in danger; if you stay safe and sound, you will be stuck with poverty all your life.

  "Finally reached the pinnacle of Bone Refining!"

  Two days later, by the Yangchuan River, Jiangnan was bathing in the morning sun, his hair disheveled, and the Xuantai Scripture absorbed the rolling yang energy from the sunlight into his body. The wild true energy inside him surged, tempering his skin, flesh, and bones, especially his skeleton, which emitted a humming sound under the impact of the true energy, like steel vibrating slightly!

  This is the sign of great success in refining one's bones!

  "In just two days, I've reached the Bone Forging Great Completion! The Mystic Yin Fetus Scripture and the Tusita Divine Fire are truly extraordinary, they're even five days ahead of my expectations!"

  In the south, his spirit was surging, and not far from him were the corpses of several ferocious beasts, the mountains and forests were in disarray, with fallen trees everywhere. This was his third battle, a night of almost non-stop fighting, which made his energy highly concentrated, and his cultivation also made great progress, directly reaching the peak of refining bones.

  Under the impact of the powerful true energy, his skeleton became incredibly tough and heavy, as if it had been filled with copper and lead. Such a strong skeleton could absolutely withstand the enormous pressure formed when the true energy burst open the bone membrane!

  His body has surpassed that of the Qi family disciples of the same cultivation level, who use demon beast flesh and blood and spiritual pills to temper their bodies. He also uses demon beast flesh and blood and spiritual pills, but the Qi family disciples do not have the likes of the Douratei Divine Fire to smelt their physical body, true energy and mental will.

  These days, he had a deep understanding of the magical power of the Demon Prison Heavenly Womb Scripture, but the magical power of the Taurus Divine Fire was beyond his expectations.

  This divine flame settled in his brow, from time to time driven by his true energy, the divine flame flowed throughout his body, smelting his physique, purifying his essence and spirit. Coupled with the tempering of the Demon Prison Mysterious Fetus Scripture, his cultivation advanced rapidly, all the way to the peak realm of Bone Forging, saving him a lot of time in his practice.

  Although his rise was rapid, his foundation was firmer than ever, even more solid and stable than the princes of the Qi royal family.

  Especially when combined with the divine fire of Tu?ita and the Xuan Tai Jing, it is even more wonderful and infinite, and cultivating martial arts will achieve twice the result with half the effort!

  His internal strength has already reached the level of seven Tigers' power, and his strength is far beyond that of a martial artist of the same realm. Even the disciples of the Qi Wang Fu are not as good as him!

  "Now, I can finally break through to the fifth level of Body Tempering and reach the realm of Membrane Refining!"

  Jiang Nan's heart stirred, the true energy within him grew even more ferocious and wild, surging and rushing forth, gradually gathering at the lowest point of his spine near the tailbone. With a sudden burst of energy, he violently struck out with his true energy, and all that could be heard was the light sound of "pa pa pa" echoing through the air. He felt as though a layer of membrane had been torn open by the wildly surging true energy at the places where his bones and flesh were connected!

  The spine is connected to the vertebrae, and among the 206 bones in the human body, the spine occupies 24 pieces. These 24 bones are the central part of the whole bone structure, connecting the limbs and head, supporting the five internal organs, and the convergence of true energy must follow the spine.

  After breaking through the periosteum of these 24 vertebrae, other periosteums can be easily penetrated!

  His body's true energy became increasingly violent, surging upward with great force, the tremors within his body growing more intense by the second. The pressure generated by this true energy surge was extremely powerful; if he hadn't cultivated his bones to their peak, his skeleton would easily be crushed by the true energy, rendering him completely paralyzed and beyond hope of recovery - an extremely perilous situation!

  Jiangnan's current skeleton is comparable to steel, refined into copper bones and iron bones, naturally unafraid of true energy impact compression.

  Bang!

  The second block of the sacrum was burst open by him, and Jiang Nan took a deep breath, his true energy becoming even more wild and unbridled. The Mysterious Fetal Movement Scripture was urged to its extreme limits, his disheveled hair fluttering about without any wind, dancing ceaselessly. His clothes were also puffed up like they were filled with air, as if a strong gust of wind was blowing out from within his body, causing his clothes to rustle loudly!

  Within a radius of several feet around him, the sunlight that came with the morning sun's rays was directly absorbed by his body, without any warmth from the sunlight. These energies merged into his body, transforming into rolling true energy, crazily impacting his bone marrow!

  Bang! Bang!

  Two more pieces of bone membrane were blasted open by the true energy!

  After a long time, the floating hairpins in Jiangnan gradually subsided, fell down one after another, and were scattered on their shoulders. Their clothes also returned to calmness.

  He opened his eyes, slightly furrowed his brow, his true energy had been mobilized to the limit, but could only break through the bone membrane of four caudal vertebrae and then was powerless to continue, needing to continue cultivating, making his true energy even more robust, in order to break through other bone membranes.

  "Just need to cultivate step by step, I can soon cultivate enough true energy, break through more bone membranes, and enter the realm of refining energy is also imminent!"

  The scenery in the south is slowly unfolding its true energy. Looking not far away, I see Jiang Xue standing by the river, wearing a snow-white sable coat, with misty air rising from the river surface and ripples stirring up threads of sunlight, the woman's elegance is outstanding.

  There is a noble person in the north, who has left the world and lives independently.

  She was like a banished immortal, a fairy from heaven who descended to the mortal world, living on wind and dew, standing out from the crowd, not eating the smoke and fire of human life. If she hadn't been afflicted with calamity, perhaps in this life, Jiangnan would have had no intersection with her at all.

  In the south of the river, in his heart, it was like throwing a stone into a well, slightly rippling. If he hadn't met Jiang Xue, he would still be a confused and ignorant young man, secretly studying the martial arts of the Qi Wang Fu, pondering the subtleties of the Way of Martial Arts on his own. Even if he achieved something in this life, it probably wouldn't be much.

  It was he who inadvertently saved this stranded fox spirit from the hunter's hands, which led to a drastic change in his life trajectory. And Jiang Xue also escaped death because of him.

  This encounter cannot help but evoke a thousand emotions.

  In the listening rain pavilion of the Qi Wang Fu, Qi Feng wore a purple robe, sitting quietly on the floor with his knees bent, and a guqin laid across them. He plucked the strings lightly, when he heard footsteps approaching, this young master pressed down on the strings, without turning his head, slightly furrowing his brow, saying: "Qi Dang, still can't find that person who stole our Qi Wang Fu's ultimate skill?"

  It was Qi Yong, the chief steward of the Wang Manor, who had just stepped onto the Listening Rain Pavilion. Upon hearing this, he looked embarrassed and said in a low voice: "Returning to Young Master, I have already investigated all the slaves in the inner manor, although many people were found to possess martial arts skills, but no one was found to have secretly learned the inner manor's ultimate skill, nor did anyone learn the Jiang Yue Broken Wave Technique..."

  "Isn't this the doing of someone from the Imperial Palace? Apart from the Imperial Palace's lackeys, who else could possibly have access to the Jiangyue Poran Manual, an ultimate skill like that?"

  Qifeng slightly hesitated, thought for a moment, and with a wave of his sleeve, the guqin flew up and landed on the tea table. He slowly stood up and said in a deep voice: "Since it can't be found within the inner court, then expand the search to the outer court!"

  "The Crown Prince, I'm afraid the slaves of the outer court won't have the chance to come into contact with the Jiangyue Poran Heart Method?"

  Zi Tong couldn't help but say: "Moreover, there are over a thousand slaves in the outer mansion. If we want to investigate, I'm afraid it will be difficult to thoroughly clean up everything in a short period of time..."

  "The slaves of the outer court indeed had no chance to come into contact with Jiang Yue's Broken Wave Technique, but this technique might have a chance to spread to the outer court!"

  Qifeng suddenly sneered, "Qihao, have you forgotten that old slave Liu Heida from the inner court a year ago? After Liu Heida obtained the Jiangyue Broken Wave Manual, it's unlikely he didn't pass it on to others. And this person, is very likely the one who killed Wu Siyang!"

  Zi Heng's heart skipped a beat, recalling how a year ago he had discovered Liu Heida secretly learning the Jiang Yue Po Lang Quan technique. The inner court was extremely enraged at the time, and it was Zi Heng himself who took action to strike down Liu Heida, leaving his corpse exposed for three days as a warning to other slaves and servants!

  Zi Feng brought up this matter, and suddenly it made him think of the Jiang Yue Po Lang Jue, a mental technique that indeed might have been passed down from then!

  "This old slave will thoroughly investigate the outer court, even if it means turning everything upside down, I must dig this person out!"

  Qifeng waved his hand, Qihong bowed and retreated from the Tingyu Pavilion, rushing to the outer mansion, summoning the outer mansion's attendants, ordering them to thoroughly investigate all the slaves.

  In the Rain Listening Pavilion, Qi Feng seemed to be deep in thought, muttering to himself: "Liu Heida obtained the Jiang Yue Broken Wave Manual a year ago. If the person who killed Wu Si Jiang got the manual from him, wouldn't that mean he reached the Bone and Membrane Refining realm within just one year? If it's really like that... then it's truly terrifying! A character like this must be killed, and the sooner the better!"

  As the crown prince of the Qi Wang Fu, Zhi Feng naturally also practiced the Jiang Yue Po Lang Jue and deeply understood that within a year he had cultivated to the realm of Lian Gu Lian Mo, just how terrifying was that!

  Even he couldn't possibly have refined his true energy to this point in such a short period of time!

  If this kind of person grows up, they will definitely pose a huge threat to the Qi Wang Fu and absolutely cannot be allowed to exist in the world!

  Although he was wise and cunning, he never thought that Jiangnan had already escaped his slave status and become a free man. Even if he were to investigate all the slaves in the outer court, he would not be able to find Jiangnan.

  "Zi Chuan, this time you taught me the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist technique, how come it's a bit different from what you taught me last time?"

  By the Yang River, Tie Zhu rubbed his messy hair and said in confusion: "The Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist you taught me last time was indeed exquisite, but it's still not as good as the one from the Qi Wang Fu. And this time, what you've taught me doesn't seem to be inferior to the one from the Qi Wang Fu!"

  "Cough, cough, Zhu Zi, this is the Jiang family's ancestral martial art, with infinite subtleties. In itself, it is not inferior to the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist of the Qi Wang Fu. It was just that last time, due to my limited talent, I didn't grasp the essence, which gave you the impression that it wasn't as good as the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist."

  Jiang Nan's face turned slightly red, and he coughed twice before smiling: "Now that I've gone through... uh, three days of bitter practice, I've finally dug out the essence of this mental method. Only now can I reveal the true face of my Jiang family's Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist."

  He secretly thought to himself with a hint of shame, the Jiang family was a scholarly family that believed all other pursuits were inferior, only reading and studying were superior. They looked down on martial arts, what legacy of martial arts could they possibly have?