Four Aspects Power

Chu Jiang looked at the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures before him with great satisfaction.

It was not only the Gongsun Family sending him benefits; the other troublemakers he had locked up had also contacted acquaintances to send him good things.

Though they were not as lavish as the Gongsun Family, there were many of them. A little from each person added up to no small sum, while those without Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures simply sent silver.

He now had a full three thousand taels of silver on him.

It had to be said, these martial world people were truly wealthy.

This was also why Chu Jiang had not killed them outright. The Wind-Thunder Vajra Body he cultivated now consumed too many resources. If he relied solely on Demon Lifespan, cultivating it to great completion, perfection, or even transcendence would require an astronomical number.

Chu Jiang brought all the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures he had received into the secret chamber and began cultivating.

Current martial arts.

[Demon Lifespan: 898 years]

[Remaining Lifespan: 90 years]

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[Year One: You began cultivating the Wind-Thunder Vajra Body. You consumed five Two-Cycle True Essence Pills, increasing your cultivation speed and opening thirty-five apertures.]

[Year Two: You consumed a Flame Fruit. The apertures within your body continued opening, strengthening the fire-aspect power of the Wind-Thunder Vajra Body and opening forty-eight apertures.]

[Year Three: You consumed a century-old Purple Cloud Ginseng. Vast medicinal power coursed through your body.]

[Year Five: You completely refined the remaining medicinal power and opened sixty-eight apertures.]

[Year Seven: You successively consumed several low-grade Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, slightly increasing your cultivation speed.]

[Year Ten: You opened seventy-two apertures within your body and reached perfection.]

[Year Eleven: The first volume of the Wind-Thunder Vajra Body reached great completion.]

[Year Twelve: Your fleshly body contained the powers of wind, thunder, and fire. Your realm broke through to Vajra Realm Late Stage.]

[Year Fifteen: You pressed on with renewed vigor and consumed a deep-sea Mermaid Pearl. Its vast energy instantly swept through your entire body, and you began refining it desperately.]

[Year Twenty-One: You opened one hundred and twenty-eight apertures within your body. The deep-sea Mermaid Pearl's energy was exhausted.]

[Year Forty-Eight: Having lost the support of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, your cultivation speed greatly slowed. You spent twenty years opening merely two apertures.]

[Year Fifty-Two: You began a long journey of arduous cultivation, absorbing the energy of heaven and earth every day to temper your fleshly body. Progress was slow.]

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[Year Four Hundred Fifty: You opened one hundred and eighty apertures within your body, forming a Greater Celestial Circuit. The first volume of the Wind-Thunder Vajra Body reached perfection.]

[Unlocked: Four Aspects Power—Wind Riding, Lightning Control, Heart Fire, Indestructible Vajra]

Wind Riding: You can ride the wind, gaining the ability to fly briefly.

Lightning Control: You can refine the residual lightning power between heaven and earth, control lightning in low-field areas, and turn it to your own use.

Heart Fire: You can plant Heart Fire in an enemy's heart. Their life and death will be under your control.

Indestructible Vajra: You can become immune to the vast majority of attacks. No one in the Vajra Realm can break your defense, and you can briefly withstand the attacks of the Martial Grandmaster Realm.

[Year Four Hundred Fifty-Two: Your fleshly body reached perfection and entered a new realm, stepping into Vajra Realm Peak.]

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[Demon Lifespan: 536 years]

[Remaining Lifespan: 90 years]

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Chu Jiang opened his eyes. His gaze had become sharp as lightning, as though it could pierce through everything it fell upon.

With every gesture, the three aspects of wind, thunder, and fire swirled around him, radiating a powerful aura that made hearts tremble.

He arrived outside the county town.

He flashed forward, and in the next instant, he was already dozens of meters away, so fast that even his afterimage could not be seen. Every step came with the sound of wind and thunder.

When he attacked, the wind from his fist roared like thunder, carrying blazing flames. Wherever it reached became a dead zone of thunder and fire. More than ten great trees were burned to ash, while a massive boulder weighing several thousand jin was shattered with one palm.

With a light tap of his toes against the ground, his body rose into the air. Like a divine envoy of thunder and fire, he traveled through the sky, walking on level ground between heaven and earth.

After landing, waves surged within Chu Jiang's heart, and he could not calm down for a long while.

He had known the perfected Wind-Thunder Vajra Body would be powerful, but he had not expected it to be this powerful.

Every one of these Four Aspects Powers was a divine skill.

Brief flight was an ability only Martial Grandmasters possessed.

Even Grandmasters had to tread carefully when refining lightning power.

The most surprising was this Heart Fire. It was practically a miraculous art for controlling people's hearts.

Indestructible Vajra, on the other hand, was the fundamental skill of this martial art. There was nothing surprising about it.

This was probably some mutation that had occurred during the Wind-Thunder Vajra Body's derivation, combined with some strange change triggered by fusing the Golden Sun Art.

As for his current strength, he could say without the slightest exaggeration:

The number one person beneath the Grandmaster Realm.

His strength had risen far too quickly. His peers simply could not keep up.

"Ah, is this the trouble of being too strong? It feels incredible..."

Chu Jiang took one step, and his figure instantly vanished as he returned to Baishi County.

The next day, a group of figures wearing bamboo hats arrived.

"What powerful residual energy of heaven and earth!"

"I am inferior to him."

The leading man in the bamboo hat spoke in a low voice.

"Chief, you are Vajra Peak. Are you still no match for this person?" the remaining hat-wearing figures asked.

"Could it be that some Martial Grandmaster Realm senior passed through this place and, on a whim, decided to stretch their hands..."

Qin Hundred-Household was a famously fierce man in the Yunzhou Demon Suppression Bureau. Even among all Hundred-Households, he could rank in the top three, and the demons he had slain were beyond counting.

Hundred-Households of the same realm could not last three moves in his hands, yet he now voiced such sentiments.

His subordinates were shocked.

Someone even Qin Hundred-Household was inferior to could only be a Martial Grandmaster Realm expert.

"Hard to say!"

Qin Hundred-Household had seen several Martial Grandmaster Realm experts. The sight before him was indeed frightening, but compared with true Martial Grandmasters, it still lacked a little fire.

"It seems this mission will not be simple."

The group of Demon Suppressing Guards did not linger and swiftly left the area.

However, the Demon Suppressing Guards were not the only ones who saw this scene.

The Myriad Flower Sword Sect, Huangji Sect, Hundred Flowers Sect, Sword King Sect...

As the date of the final battle between first place and eleventh place on the Human Ranking drew nearer, more and more people headed for Baishi County.

Such devastating power could not be concealed even if one wished to hide it.

Coupled with deliberate spreading by those with ulterior motives, news that a Martial Grandmaster Realm senior had arrived in Baishi County spread far and wide, instantly igniting public discussion.

This time, everything was completely thrown into chaos.

Originally, clashes on the Human Ranking merely attracted younger generations to watch. But now, a peak expert like a Martial Grandmaster had appeared.

Elders from various sects, even sect masters, began arriving one after another.

They hoped to witness the bearing of a Martial Grandmaster Realm expert.

Baishi County welcomed a scene of prosperity unseen for a century, perhaps even several centuries.

The inns and restaurants were practically packed to bursting.

"Brother Chu, your Baishi County has truly become more and more lively. It has even alarmed a Grandmaster-level expert; the rumors outside have gone completely mad," Mad Saber said brightly.

"Yes, the commotion this time is truly not small. After all these years since this humble woman entered the martial world, this is still the first time I have seen such a grand spectacle."

Bewitching Heart Demoness spoke as well.

Hearing the two of them, Chu Jiang's expression turned strange. If they knew that he himself was the mysterious Grandmaster they were talking about, who knew what they would think.

But now was not the time to reveal his strength. If word got out and that fellow ranked first on the Human Ranking did not dare come, would that not be a huge loss?

That bottle of Jade Nectar could improve martial aptitude. He had to get his hands on it.

"Such a senior is naturally beyond the likes of us to fathom. Perhaps they merely passed through Baishi County and have already left by now." Chu Jiang revealed an admiring expression, then continued, "But if I could have the chance to make their acquaintance, it would truly be the fortune of three lifetimes!"

First play the actor, then play the god.