Chapter 17: The Monkey Demon Refines the Bone-Transforming Elixir

  "1029, 1030, 1031..." On a vacant lot near Yun Tou Mountain, a figure continuously lifted a large stone from the ground and held it above his head before gently putting it down, repeating this motion to build up his physique.

  This man was Meng Qiu, and it had been three days since he bought twenty cauldrons of Yuanmo's Bone Tempering Dan from Yubaozhai. Under the powerful medicinal effect, he began to cultivate the Monkey Demon Nine Transformations and successfully reached the first transformation, making his skin tight, stimulating his true energy, as hard as steel, although the Ten Dragon Ten Elephant Technique had not made progress, his strength had increased greatly, reaching 13,000 catties, almost a three-layer explosion.

  "1998, 1999, 2000!"

  Meng Qiu counted to two thousand, finally stopping and slamming the large stone onto the ground with a loud crash. He slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, rubbing his shoulders with his hands, and couldn't help but reveal a joyful expression: "The Nine Transformations of the Ape Demon are indeed worthy of being a top-grade Xuan-level cultivation technique! The effect is simply wonderful to the point of being inexpressible. Just by entering the foundational stage and cultivating for three days, my physical body has become incredibly sturdy. If I were to reach the highest realm, nine transformations and nine variations, becoming indestructible like gold, even if a legendary flying sword treasure were to strike me, I could directly withstand it with my physical body."

  Meng Qiu had been to Tian Tou, and his confidence was boosted. He looked forward even more to practicing the Nine Transformations of the Ape Demon after mastering it, and then cultivating the divine ability of the Wind Fire Ape Demon.

  "The Monkey Demon's Nine Transformations, the Wind and Fire Demon Monkey. If one truly masters this divine ability, they can transform into a Wind and Fire Demon Monkey, with boundless power, invincible and unstoppable, sweeping away everything in their path." Meng Qiu thought to himself, his determination growing stronger. He was even more convinced that the "Hundred Transformations Beast Manual" he had seized from that Taoist priest was no ordinary treasure. The attached "Body Refining Manual" alone had reached the level of a high-grade Xuan-class technique. As for this secret manual itself, if it were not damaged, it would be at least a mid-grade Di-class technique or higher, and might even reach the level of a high-grade Di-class technique.

  What is the concept of a high-grade superior technique!

  Taking Yun Toushan as an example, as one of the five major evil sects in Zhe Dong, the highest level of kung fu is only Xuanji Shangpin, and there isn't even a single earth-level kung fu. In the eyes of ordinary people, the two kung fu methods, Yuanmo Jiubian and Fenghuo Moyuanbian, are useless, even if obtained, they can't be practiced, and unpracticed kung fu is completely worthless.

  Meng Qiu rested for a moment, then lifted up that heavy boulder weighing several thousand catties again: "One, two, three..."

  Every time he lifted and dropped, the true energy in his body circulated according to the Monkey Demon Nine Transformations method, and under heavy pressure, it stimulated the medicinal properties of the elixir, constantly flushing his blood vessels, making his physical body strong and healthy to an unimaginable extent.

  The real difficulty of cultivating the Nine Transformations of the Ape Demon does not lie in how to cultivate it, and entering the door is not difficult either. The true difficulty lies in the fact that every time you upgrade a realm after starting cultivation, you must use the essence blood of the Wind Fire Ape Demon as a medium. However, the Wind Fire Ape Demon has long been extinct, making it impossible to find its essence blood. Meng Qiu dares to cultivate the Nine Transformations of the Ape Demon because he relies on the jade symbol in his sea of consciousness that can directly upgrade his skills.

  Before I knew it, several days had passed...

  Meng Qiu abandoned sleep and forgot to eat, cultivating until the Nine Transformations of the Ape Demon reached the second level. His strength surged again, reaching 15,000 jin, with his entire body's bones and flesh becoming unyieldingly solid, like steel forged in a furnace. Ordinary swords and sabers, unless infused with true energy, would merely make a "ding" sound when striking him with force, leaving behind only a faint white mark on his body.

  "Finally reached the second level of the Nine Transformations of the Ape Demon!" Meng Qiu put down the giant stone and spat out a mouthful of turbid air: "Tomorrow is the day when the Dragon Cave opens, with my current strength I don't know what ranking I can contend for?"

  As he thought of this, Meng Qiu's eyes flashed with a hint of sharpness, and suddenly he threw out a punch, which exploded with a loud crash, the force bursting forth to strike the massive boulder in front of him.

  This incredibly hard blue boulder shattered instantly, turning into powder. Relying on his powerful physical strength as the foundation, Meng Qiu's Tiger Overlord Fist was even more formidable, with a balance of hardness and softness, containing hidden power. The fist's energy could easily shatter an enemy's protective aura, and even directly shatter their internal organs through the aura.

  With a punch, Meng Qiu waved his hand, and a gust of wind swept through, blowing the stone powder in the room out instantly. He then took out a porcelain bottle, poured out a dan medicine and swallowed it, a medicinal fragrance spreading out, which was precisely the Monkey Demon Forging Bone Dan. In these days, for the sake of cultivation, he had already consumed four jars of Monkey Demon Forging Bone Dan. At this rate, the twenty jars of dan medicine he bought would not last two months.

  However, Meng Qiu was still generous and took medicine to supplement after each practice. As soon as the medicinal pill entered his mouth, the medicinal power burst out, and Meng Qiu felt a sudden surge of energy gushing out from his body, invading his internal organs and blood vessels, then flowing and delivering it throughout his body, with a tingling sensation accompanied by a slight stinging pain, this was the feeling of taking the Ape Demon's Bone Tempering Pill.

  Meng Qiu sat cross-legged, entering a meditative state, stirring up his true energy, and dissolving the medicinal properties. His robust muscles throughout his body subtly quivered as his true energy circulated, faintly glowing with a jade-like color, enveloped in an aura, resembling a ferocious and agile demonic leopard, possessing explosive muscular lines, and steel-like muscle fibers. It was hard to imagine that just a few days ago, Meng Qiu had been a frail and sickly-looking scholar.

  The medicine's power was fully released, and the autumn harvest method was completed. Suddenly, the true energy lightly shook, and the black oily mud that had been excreted from the pores fell off like dust. The entire body's skin became clean and refreshed. Immediately after, a loud gurgling sound came from his throat, and a mouthful of thick phlegm was spat out. His stomach also made a rumbling noise. These were all the impurities in his body. Every time he finished practicing, he would take the Monkey Demon's Bone Refining Pill, and it was almost always like this. He had long been accustomed to it, so he hastily rushed to the toilet. After a round of excretion, he felt even more refreshed and clear-headed, as if his entire body had become lighter and more relaxed.

  "I don't even know how many impurities are still in my body, it's been so many days and every day is like this!" Meng Qiu complained as she came out of the bathroom.

  He still remembers the first time he took the Monkey Demon's Bone Tempering Pill, it was like a dark and gloomy day, his body covered in a layer of black mud, smelling foul and sticky to an extreme degree. Then came the vomiting and diarrhea, keeping him stuck in the toilet for a whole hour, unable to imagine that there were so many disgusting things inside his stomach.

  Meng Qiu closed his eyes for a moment, changed into another set of clothes, and stepped out of the room to arrive at the square in front of the giant tree in the center of Yun Tou Mountain.

  This is the venue for large-scale events at Yun Tou Shan. At this moment, the Dragon Cave is about to open, and it's a grand gathering. On the square, people are bustling around, almost all the black-clad disciples of Yun Tou Shan have arrived, in twos and threes, gathered together, either engaged in loud discussions or whispering to each other, and there are also people with long sleeves dancing skillfully, walking back and forth everywhere, making it extremely lively.

  Apart from this, on the edge of the square, there were also some purple-robed disciples who came to join in the excitement, observing some rising stars, who was worth pulling over, who needed to be guarded against, who was a genius and who was a waste, all of which were clear at a glance on this square.