Flood Dragon Skin Realm, Dragon Skin Realm!

After leaving the Black Market, the people following him no longer hid themselves. Three of them charged out, blocking off three directions around Li Changsheng.

"Robbery!"

One of them said.

All three were in the Bone Refining Realm. In the outer city, the Bone Refining Realm already counted as respectable strength. Three Bone Refining Realm martial artists against one Skin Grinding Realm martial artist—they believed it was a sure thing.

Suddenly.

A blur flashed past. Li Changsheng appeared before one of them and threw a punch. The terrifying force sent the man flying, and he died in midair.

As Li Changsheng made his move, his qi and blood surged throughout his body, while a faint silver glow radiated from his hands, completely exposing his cultivation—Silver Skin Realm!

"Not good, he's in the Silver Skin Realm!!!!"

They naturally understood what the Silver Skin Realm meant. Only by cultivating a High-grade Skin Grinding Martial Art could one break through to the Silver Skin Realm. Li Changsheng was a Silver Skin Realm martial artist who had mastered a High-grade Skin Grinding Martial Art; his strength was undoubtedly above theirs, and killing them would be easy.

They wanted to flee, but they were slower than Li Changsheng.

The Mantis Leg and Wind Shadow Leg at the Perfection Realm made him incomparably fast, and his instantaneous burst of speed was even faster. He easily caught up with them.

Boom! Boom!

Two punches landed, directly shattering the two men's hearts.

After killing them, Li Changsheng left the area.

Returning to his small courtyard.

Li Changsheng began studying the formula for the Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine. It required more medicinal ingredients, and the types, quantities, and refining methods all differed somewhat.

The next morning, he went to several medicine shops and bought a certain amount of ingredients. He then took out the Demon Blood he had prepared and began refining the Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine.

The first time he refined the Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine, he certainly could not produce a flawless-grade batch. But after refining it more times, its quality would naturally improve little by little.

Sure enough.

Not long afterward, the Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine was refined, but it had only barely reached medium quality.

After that, he refined Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine every day, and its quality gradually improved. More than ten days later, he could refine high-quality Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine with a one hundred percent success rate.

He also sold some medium-quality Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine and medium-quality White Spirit Secret Medicine. He concealed his identity each time and promptly shook off any followers; otherwise, he would not have had enough money to buy materials.

Another ten-odd days passed, and he finally managed to refine flawless-grade Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine. The experience of his Medicine Refining Dao Fruit increased considerably.

Clearly, refining more varieties of Secret Medicine also helped the Medicine Refining Dao Fruit gain experience.

"Let me see how effective flawless-grade Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine is!"

Li Changsheng applied the flawless-grade Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine all over his body. Intense pain struck him. The skin-grinding effect of Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine was already excellent, but it was somewhat violent, like Refined Iron being tempered a hundred times.

The flawless-grade Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine tempered the skin with astonishing results, and the pain naturally intensified as well.

Li Changsheng endured the pain and continuously cultivated the Golden Bell Shield. The silver skin over his entire body was rapidly tempered, his physical constitution improved swiftly, and his qi and blood increased at a rapid pace.

In the days that followed, he used up a great deal of flawless-grade Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine. His cultivation soon broke through to the Silver Skin Minor Accomplishment Realm—and it was the Full Body Silver Skin Minor Accomplishment Realm.

At his current cultivation speed, he would be able to break through to the Full Body Silver Skin Perfection Realm in a few months. By then, his fourth Dao Fruit would also be close to forming.

At that moment, he grew more and more eager to learn what ability his fourth Dao Fruit would possess.

From the first three Dao Fruits, it was clear that each one of his Dao Fruits was extraordinarily remarkable. Without them, he would never have reached his current realm.

Azure Steel Martial Hall.

Li Changsheng came to the Martial Arts Hall again. Azure Steel Martial Hall was now of almost no help to him, but he still occasionally came to visit his master.

No matter what, this was the place that had taught him martial arts, and Xu He was the benefactor who had instructed him in them.

This time, he wanted to ask his master about the Skin Grinding Realms beyond Silver Skin. His master had certainly not reached that realm, but he should still know something about it.

"Master."

Li Changsheng came before Xu He and spoke respectfully.

"What is it?" Xu He asked.

"Disciple wishes to ask Master about the Skin Grinding Realms beyond Silver Skin!" Li Changsheng asked for guidance.

"The Skin Grinding Realms beyond Silver Skin?" Xu He was startled. He had not expected his disciple to ask about such profound Skin Grinding knowledge.

"Why are you asking about this? Could it be that you've broken through to the Silver Skin Realm?"

Xu He asked.

"Master, this disciple is merely curious!" Li Changsheng found an excuse. "This disciple heard about the Skin Grinding Realms beyond Silver Skin at the Demon Suppression Division and became interested, but many people do not know about them, so I came to ask Master."

After thinking for a moment, Xu He decided to tell Li Changsheng. "The realm beyond Silver Skin is Flood Dragon Skin. Flood Dragon Skin has nothing to do with the hide of a flood dragon; it is merely the name of a realm. It is said that after breaking through to the Flood Dragon Skin Realm, when one circulates qi and blood, membrane-like scales will emerge on the body, somewhat resembling flood dragon scales. That is why it is called Flood Dragon Skin. Flood Dragon Skin's defensive power is astonishing, far surpassing Silver Skin. Even in the inner city, those who have condensed Flood Dragon Skin are exceedingly rare."

"Then, Master, how can one break through to the Flood Dragon Skin Realm? As far as this disciple knows, even a High-grade Skin Grinding Martial Art can only cultivate Silver Skin to the Perfection Realm and cannot break through into the Flood Dragon Skin Realm, correct?" Li Changsheng asked again.

Xu He said, "To cultivate to the Flood Dragon Skin Realm, you need to cultivate a Skin Grinding Ultimate Skill. Don't even think about it. Even in the inner city, only a handful of forces possess such Skin Grinding Ultimate Skills, and all of them have exceptionally harsh cultivation requirements. Meeting those requirements is extremely difficult."

"Master, are there even higher Skin Grinding Realms beyond Flood Dragon Skin?" Li Changsheng asked again.

Xu He nodded with certainty. "Yes. That is the legendary Dragon Skin Realm. But not to mention the inner city—even throughout the entire Great Qi Dynasty, perhaps only the imperial family of the Great Qi Dynasty has any hope of producing martial artists who condense Dragon Skin."

Afterward, Li Changsheng asked many more questions, but Master Xu He did not know much either. It was all merely hearsay.

Seeing that he could learn nothing more, Li Changsheng took his leave.

After Li Changsheng left, Xu He frowned slightly. "Why is my disciple asking about the Flood Dragon Skin and Dragon Skin Realms? Could it be that he wants to break through to the Flood Dragon Skin Realm? Even geniuses of the inner city find it difficult to break through to that realm. He does not even have a High-grade Skin Grinding Martial Art, so he has no hope of becoming a Silver Skin Realm martial artist, much less reaching the Flood Dragon Skin Realm!"

He did possess a High-grade Skin Grinding Martial Art, but he did not dare pass it on to Li Changsheng. Mainly because this disciple's aptitude was rather poor, and if the inner city found out, he would not fare well either.

After returning.

Li Changsheng contemplated the Flood Dragon Skin and Dragon Skin Realms. He possessed Dao Fruits, so he naturally wanted to break through to the Flood Dragon Skin Realm and even the Dragon Skin Realm.

But judging from his current circumstances, he seemed to have no hope of making such a breakthrough.

"I hope the next Dao Fruit that appears can resolve my predicament!"

Li Changsheng thought to himself.