Sixth Rank Viscera Tempering Realm

Next, Bai Yu continuously refined Dragon-Tiger Bone Tempering Pills.

His success rate steadily increased, from one in five at the start to one in three.

Sometimes he could even produce two or three pills at once, and the quality of the pills continued to improve as he went on.

If anyone else knew about this, they would be utterly astonished.

That such a young kid could successfully refine pills through his own experimentation, with a success rate of one in three, was simply unheard of.

In the end, he successfully refined a total of nine Dragon-Tiger Bone Tempering Pills.

He calmly began to take the Bone Tempering Pills and circulate his energy to temper his bones.

With each pill he took, the hardness of his bones increased significantly.

On this day, he sat cross-legged in meditation, constantly circulating the Black Wolf Heart Sutra.

Each cycle of internal energy carried the medicinal power of the pills to temper his bones.

His entire skeleton was now faintly tinged with red, becoming hard and dense, with no area overlooked.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes abruptly, a fierce light bursting forth.

"Hah!"

He threw a punch, shattering a slab of bluestone in front of him.

Bones as heavy as iron, a fist that breaks metal and stone!

Fifth Rank Bone Tempering Realm complete!

Bai Yu now looked a size smaller, but his actual weight had increased by half!

Next was to temper the viscera with Blood Essence and internal force, which was called the Viscera Tempering Realm!

Bai Yu's attribute panel now read:

[Name: Bai Yu]

[Aptitude: 11]

[Blood Essence: 888]

[Strength: 233]

[Internal Force: 98]

[Cultivation: Sixth Rank Viscera Tempering Realm]

[Techniques: Four Elephants Five Elements Fist (Profound Understanding), Black Wolf Heart Sutra (Proficient)]

[Martial Skills: Soul Severing Blade (Slight Accomplishment), Dark Turtle Breath Concealment Art (Profound Understanding), Lingxu Step (Proficient), Vajra Iron Shirt Skill (Profound Understanding)]

[Divine Power: Eternal Life]

[Other Skills: Playing the Suona (Profound Understanding), Zhu You Yin Fu Jing (Proficient), Blood Talisman Technique (Proficient), Essence Nourishing Powder (Proficient), Dragon-Tiger Bone Tempering Pill (Proficient), Archery (Proficient), Corpse Refinement Technique (Basic Understanding), etc.]

Bai Yu was overjoyed.

He had finally reached the Sixth Rank Viscera Tempering Realm.

These past few days of refining Dragon-Tiger Bone Tempering Pills had almost emptied his entire fortune.

If he hadn't been able to enter the Viscera Tempering Realm, he would have been devastated.

Bai Yu felt refreshed and practiced the Four Elephants Five Elements Fist on the spot.

This time, his Blood Essence was vigorous, flowing throughout his body.

His breathing became long and deep, reaching every corner of his lungs with each inhale and exhale.

After finishing a round of the Five Elements Fist, Bai Yu struck a closing pose, exhaling two long streams of white air from his nostrils.

Exhaling like arrows, this was a sign that he had begun to temper his lungs.

"Now that I've reached the Sixth Rank, I should start thinking of ways to make money."

Bai Yu was now penniless and needed to earn some money to deal with any risks.

Moreover, he wanted to refine a few more Bone Tempering Pills to make his bones even stronger.

In the days that followed, Bai Yu resumed his peaceful and fulfilling life.

Performing funerals, practicing his fist techniques, and occasionally selling Essence Nourishing Powder at the Black Market.

However, he dared not sell any more yellow talismans, for fear of attracting trouble.

Recently, Uncle Jiu had recovered considerably and had begun to go out frequently again.

Each time he returned, he looked worried and distressed.

Bai Yu curiously asked him a few questions and learned that more and more people in Jiang City were being afflicted by Sha Qi.

According to Uncle Jiu and several other Yin-Yang masters, the problem stemmed from the batch of grain that had been seized by the bandits.

The grain had been cursed, then recaptured by the government troops and released into the market.

Many ordinary people who ate this grain began to fall ill from the Sha Qi.

Startled, Bai Yu hurriedly checked his stored food supplies.

Sure enough, in each bag of grain, some rice grains had a heavy concentration of Sha Qi.

This gave Bai Yu a fright.

Heaven knows what curse the water bandits had placed on it? Or perhaps they used some kind of germ-like contaminant.

Adhering to the principle of caution above all else, Bai Yu had no choice but to feed the rice to the pigs and buy a new batch of grain to store.

That day, a guest came to the Mortuary.

Although the person was dressed as a servant, he was wearing silk.

Clearly, he was a manservant from a wealthy family.

The servant had an arrogant look on his face as he came to invite Uncle Jiu to perform a funeral service.

Uncle Jiu said:

"Recently, I am entangled in many affairs and really can't get away."

Hearing this, the servant quickly changed his expression and said with a smile:

"Daoist Lin, our Xiao Family's head steward specifically requested you by name to come. You must give us the honor, otherwise, I won't be able to report back."

The Xiao Family was one of the four major families in Jiang City, with astonishing power and influence.

In the past, Uncle Jiu would naturally not dare to neglect them.

But this time, Uncle Jiu said:

"It's not that I'm declining, but I'm really too busy. The Prefect has ordered me to properly deal with the Sha Qi in Jiang City."

Seeing the servant's embarrassment, he thought for a moment and then said:

"How about this, Bai Yu is my disciple, and he has already learned seventy percent of my skills. I'll have him take a trip to the Xiao Family."

The servant sized up Bai Yu with a suspicious look, and finally reluctantly agreed.

Bai Yu packed his things and followed the servant to the Xiao Family.

Along the way, Bai Yu inquired with him and learned the whole story.

It turned out that strange things had been happening in the Xiao Family recently.

For several nights in a row, the guards on duty had been meeting with accidents.

Each of those guards was a martial arts expert, but they all died strangely.

Some had pale faces and no Blood Essence.

Others were directly turned into dried corpses.

In just seven days, three guards had died in succession.

The Xiao Family's head steward sent martial arts experts to secretly investigate, but they found no clues, and only then did they feel that they had encountered something evil, and had no choice but to seek help from Uncle Jiu.

Bai Yu was both excited and secretly vigilant upon hearing this.

Three guards, all martial arts experts, the funeral reward would naturally not be weak.

Moreover, the Xiao Family was large and wealthy, and the wages for each task would naturally not be lacking.

But this reward was probably not so easy to obtain.

Just as he was thinking this, they arrived at the Xiao Family's residence.

The residence occupied a very large area, and an entire street from beginning to end was the Xiao Family's property.

The main entrance was carved with dragons and painted with phoenixes, magnificent and resplendent, and a pair of stone lions stood majestically, warding off evil spirits and suppressing Sha Qi.

The servant led Bai Yu through a small side door into the Xiao residence.

After winding around inside, they finally arrived at the depths of the mansion and met the Xiao Family's head steward.

The head steward was a shrewd middle-aged man with graying temples.

When he saw Bai Yu, he couldn't help but frown and asked:

"Xiao Fu, why did you bring a young man? Where is Daoist Lin Jiu?"

The servant hurriedly said:

"Reporting to the head steward, Daoist Lin Jiu received the Prefect's order to deal with the Sha Qi in Jiang City."

"This young man is Daoist Lin Jiu's disciple and has already learned seventy to eighty percent of his skills."

The head steward snorted coldly:

"A beardless mouth is unreliable, this is a major event related to the Xiao Family's peace, how can it be easily entrusted to a young man."

Seeing this, Bai Yu stepped forward, cupped his fist, and said:

"Junior Bai Yu greets the head steward. My master is really unable to spare the time, so he sent me here."

"If the head steward feels it's not appropriate, then I'll go back now."

Saying that, he turned to leave.