“Master, dinner is ready, please come and eat,” the mole-faced maid Xiao He called out from outside, bowing.
However, Brother Yue, who had always been kind to others, was still very angry, “Get out! Don’t bother me.”
He had no intention of eating; he sat cross-legged on the wide headboard of the Nine-Curved Huangli Wood bed, preparing to quietly break through.
Since feudalism did not accept him, he would not be polite either.
Once his cultivation realm and official position surpassed Xue Ren’s, he would definitely give a good lesson to the outstanding representative of feudalism—Xue Zige!
【Host: Ning Yue】
【Root Bone: Dragon Tendon Tiger Bone】
【Talent: Heavenly Martial Star】
【Realm: Yijin (Tendon Changing) Initial Realm】
【Internal Skills: Military Department Skin Grinding Method (Perfected), Gold Jade Skin Grinding Art (Perfected), Profound Gang Body Refining Art (Perfected), Three Calamity Dragon-Tiger Mixed Yuan Skill (First Calamity 39%)】
【External Skills: Cloud Chasing Step (Perfected), Star Mark Step (Great Accomplishment 71%), Night Battle Eight Desolations (Perfected), Cold Star Archery (Perfected), Jie Mai Qinlong (Arresting Dragon Vein) (Great Accomplishment 70%), Myriad Transformations Heavenly Evolution Blade (Initiate), Moon Shadow Evasion (Initiate)...】
【Secret Techniques: One Saber Startles the Swan, Stepping on Clouds, Three Arrows Chase Stars】
【Wealth Points: 31568 points】
The jewelry from the He family, plus the contributions from several small families including his brother-in-law Zhang’s mansion, and the Cold Light Blade sold to Xue Youwei for a friendly price of three thousand taels, all these made Ning Yue’s wealth points surge.
Also, under Xue Ren’s recommendation, Ning Yue spent one first-class merit to acquire the ‘Myriad Transformations Heavenly Evolution Blade’, and then borrowed five second-class merits from his big brother to obtain ‘Moon Shadow Evasion’, which was the follow-up skill to Star Mark Step.
However, Star Mark Step was still at the Profound grade, while Moon Shadow Evasion had already entered the Earth grade; it could borrow the essence of moonlight to hide one’s body and travel a hundred meters in an instant.
In addition, there were Yellow grade and Profound grade saber techniques, such as Whirlwind Saber Technique, Blazing Sun Saber Technique, Willow Flick Saber Art, Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber, Plum Breaking Saber… nearly a hundred saber techniques in total, too numerous to list.
Myriad Transformations Heavenly Evolution Blade, without grade or rank, uses ten thousand saber techniques as its fuel, integrating the essence of various schools of saber techniques, making them its own, to forge the ultimate saber!
Without fuel, it is inferior to a Yellow grade; but with the entire city as supply, it can reverse the flow of the Milky Way, and that is not just talk.
Saber techniques are divided into five extremes!
First Extreme, simplifying the complex, breaking down a hundred schools of saber techniques for one's own use, melting various methods, removing impurities, this is called Melting Edge.
Second Extreme, cutting off shackles, breaking through barriers, forcibly devouring the essence of saber techniques, this is called Breaking Rank.
Cultivating to this point, one can be called a master of saber techniques, with few rivals within the same realm.
It is said that among the thirty thousand border troops in Gu City, fewer than ten people have acquired this saber technique, and even fewer have cultivated it to the Second Extreme.
Ning Yue reined in his scattered thoughts, activated the panel, and rolling icy currents surged like waves, abruptly flowing through his meridians.
At this moment, a miraculous phenomenon also appeared outside his body: a dragon and a tiger, two golden phantom images, coiled above Ning Yue’s Baihui point, baring their fangs and claws, with bursts of dragon roars and tiger growls echoing in the room, as if they wanted to devour someone!
Ning Yue’s entire body’s tendons twitched with a hidden rhythm; in an instant, sweat poured down like rain, and his skin, polished to the extreme, now glowed red like fire, his entire martial arts aura rising and falling like tides, circulating endlessly.
The icy currents pierced his acupoints, as if lighting lamps within his body; the opened acupoints sparkled with brilliant starlight, merging and intertwining with the silver icy currents, exchanging what they had and what they lacked.
With each flow, the cultivation progress on the panel began to climb!
【Ding! Congratulations, Host, Three Calamity Dragon-Tiger Mixed Yuan Skill has reached First Calamity Great Accomplishment (70%), and your realm has advanced to Yijin (Tendon Changing) Great Accomplishment Realm!】
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【Ding! Congratulations, Host, Three Calamity Dragon-Tiger Mixed Yuan Skill has reached First Calamity Perfected (100%), and your realm has advanced to Yijin (Tendon Changing) Perfected!】
It cost fourteen thousand taels, and his wealth points instantly shrunk by half!
The cultivation of the Yijin (Tendon Changing) Realm consumed a total of twenty thousand taels of silver to reach Perfection.
Countless acupoints were opened, and countless lamps seemed to ignite within Ning Yue’s body; his earlobes twitched slightly, and the sounds of all things rushed in!
Insects chirping, birds squawking, earthworms burrowing, the spring breeze rustling through the willows; he even heard the servants’ complaints and the mole-faced maid’s secret weeping…
Ning Yue opened his eyes; everything in the room was clearly visible, the world seemed to have changed, and even the flickering candlelight in the distant lanterns outside the window was clearly etched in his sight.
He stretched out his hand, and a blurred boundary seemed to appear before him, as if it could be broken with a flick of a finger, yet it was out of reach.
Yijin (Tendon Changing) Perfected, where skin, flesh, and tendons merge to become the external heaven and earth of the body!
The physical body is initially perfected, only then can one break through the external heaven and earth and advance to Forging Bone Realm!
Xue Ren was trapped by this barrier for a whole year; Mo Yingshuo and Xie Yanming are probably still stuck in it, and even Zhao Zhige, who possessed a Heavenly Dao Body, reportedly spent four or five months to successfully break through.
Ning Yue’s hand stopped before his eyes, his fingertips seemed to have a clear sensation.
Breaking through this layer of membrane would lead to a new world? Would he be able to cultivate Celestial Mystery Arts?
Ning Yue pondered in silence.
He now knew that Celestial Mystery Arts were the so-called Heaven-grade cultivation methods, but people were divided into different ranks, and their root bones varied; these Celestial Mystery Arts were not something ordinary people could touch.
The absolute minimum threshold was the Forging Bone Realm; if the external heaven and earth were not formed, then the skin, flesh, and tendons would be difficult to unite and exert force, and forcing their use would result in the destruction of body and spirit.
“Clang!” The Whispering Blade appeared, and Ning Yue drew a wisp of saber intent into his body, beginning to cultivate Myriad Transformations Heavenly Evolution Blade!
With a mouthful of saber intent swallowed, Ning Yue was like a drawn ferocious weapon, his upright spine like a straight blade, saber light suddenly appearing, dense like a swarm of bees, buzzing and strangely shrieking, surrounding Ning Yue, flying and circling.
As if moonlight favored the room, the saber light enveloped his entire body, even bathing his eyelashes in silver glow, making him appear not of the mortal world.
And in Ning Yue’s eyes, it was impossible to distinguish how many people were dancing with sabers.
One figure after another, some dashed wildly, wielding sabers, with layers of saber shadows making the strong wind howl; some were like a blazing sun, their saber shadows both blurry and clear, making red clouds fill the sky; some split mountains with great power and might; some moved with the wind, their figures indistinct…
His newly enhanced vision seemed insufficient, and it was fortunate that Ning Yue possessed the peerless comprehension of the Heavenly Martial Star, which allowed him to barely keep up with the evolution of the saber technique.
But he was so mesmerized that he heard nothing else for a moment.
【Ding! Congratulations, Host, the saber technique Myriad Transformations Heavenly Evolution Blade has reached First Extreme Perfected!】
It cost eight thousand taels!
Just reaching the First Extreme cost Ning Yue enough wealth points to cultivate two or three Profound-grade saber techniques; it was hard to say if it was a loss or a gain.
Cultivation knows no passage of time; by the time the system’s prompt sounded, the sky outside the window was already completely dark.
Tonight, stars dotted the sky, and moonlight faintly appeared.
Suddenly, a ‘full moon’ appeared in the small courtyard, piercing the darkness, dispelling the gloom, and its silvery-white radiance spilled across the earth.
Stone stools, stone tables, and even sturdy, durable long bluestone slabs, all turned into dust in the full moon, scattered by a gust of spring breeze!
And the two uneven weeping willows, originally lush green, sprouting buds and leaves, had their willow leaves rustling down under the moonlight, as if a ‘leaf rain’ had fallen in the courtyard.
Looking at the willows again, only a trace of green remained!
Thus, the chirping of insects was unheard, night birds fell silent, the complaining servants’ eyes widened, their souls dazed, and the mole-faced maid also covered her mouth tightly!
Ning Yue, satisfied, put away his saber and returned to his bedroom.
“Clean up the courtyard, then go back to sleep.”
“Yes!” × 10
At this moment, none of the servants or maids dared to utter a single word of complaint!