Qi and Blood Refining Organs, Martial Dao Seventh Rank

One cultivation method, two martial skills.

The cultivation method was called Ox Demon Mountain Shaking Strength. It was a Mortal Grade High Rank cultivation method that could be cultivated all the way to the Great Perfection of the Body.

As for the two martial skills—

They were the Mortal Grade High Rank Ferocious Ox Fist and the Mortal Grade Middle Rank Floating Light Steps.

These three cultivation methods and martial skills were Lin Changqing's greatest gains from Qingfeng Stockade.

They were also the first true martial arts cultivation methods and martial skills of this world that he had obtained. The Five Elements Health Cultivation Fist Daoist Yunyang had taught him before was merely a health-preserving fist technique.

Compared to genuine martial arts cultivation methods and martial skills, there was still quite a gap.

Especially since these were three ranked cultivation methods and martial skills.

The martial arts cultivation methods and martial skills of this world, like weapons, were divided into unranked and Mortal Grade.

Only, weapons had nine Mortal Grades.

Martial arts cultivation methods and martial skills, on the other hand, had only three Mortal Grades—high, middle, and low—corresponding respectively to the three realms within the Great Body Realm: Body Tempering, Blood Exchange, and Qi Refining.

The Ox Demon Mountain Shaking Strength he had obtained this time was a Mortal Grade High Rank cultivation method, sufficient to cultivate all the way to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining.

"Though I won't cultivate this Ox Demon Mountain Shaking Strength, I can incorporate it into my Five Elements Technique and further perfect it."

Looking at the martial arts cultivation method before him, Lin Changqing muttered, "The Ferocious Ox Fist and Floating Light Steps can likewise serve as references..."

The Five Elements Technique he had created was not only a cultivation method, but also a martial skill.

Its upper limit was clearly higher than those of these three cultivation methods and martial skills.

However, due to his own limitations, the Flesh Chapter of the Five Elements Technique Lin Changqing had created was not actually complete.

The Flesh Chapter had been deduced and created based on the Three Body Cultivation Realms.

Yet Lin Changqing's Martial Cultivation was, in truth, only at the Eighth Rank Peak. As for the cultivation methods that followed, he merely had a rough framework.

Moreover, much of it had been created based on the experience and knowledge from his previous life.

In essence, it differed greatly from the martial arts of this world.

Now that he had obtained these three martial arts cultivation methods and skills, he could perfect it even further.

Lin Changqing set the three cultivation methods and martial skills aside, then turned his attention to the final item in the bundle.

It was a Jade Bottle.

It was palm-sized and entirely green.

The jade itself was of ordinary quality, but what it contained was anything but ordinary.

They were blood-red pills, fifteen in total.

Lin Changqing did not recognize these pills, but he was certain that they contained terrifying energy and would be of great help to his martial arts cultivation.

Their effects would absolutely surpass those of Returning Origin Powder and Qihuang Black Ginseng Soup.

And by far too much—they were not even on the same level.

"Could these be the pills of this world?"

Lin Changqing frowned.

He knew that this world had pills, supreme resources that aided martial arts cultivation and were simply not sold on the market.

Any kind of pill was worth a fortune and impossible to obtain.

They were basically controlled by certain great powers and never made available to outsiders.

Yet pills were precious. In all of Fengle County, apart from the Imperial Court's official institutions, likely no other force could control such a resource.

"These pills seem to contain immense energy, but there is a strand of Blood Fiend Qi within them. I'm afraid they were not refined by normal means. Who knows whether they might have some adverse effect.

"It would be better not to take them for now."

Lin Changqing put the pills away, a sharp gleam flashing in his eyes. "A mere Qingfeng Stockade should not possess pills.

"These must have been given by the people behind them. A cult as wicked as the White Lotus Sect is inherently sinister—who knows what tricks they might have played with these pills? Better to be cautious.

"I'll find an opportunity to ask Chen San about it."

With that thought, Lin Changqing once more fixed his gaze on the three martial arts cultivation methods and skills.

Compared to pills, cultivation methods and martial skills would help him more.

Time flowed like water, rushing onward without rest.

Over the next period of time, besides his martial arts and spiritual cultivation, Lin Changqing carved out even more time to study the Ox Demon Mountain Shaking Strength, Ferocious Ox Fist, and Floating Light Steps.

He then verified them one by one, taking their essence and incorporating it into the Five Elements Technique.

Just like that, two days passed in a flash.

That day, at the summit of Great Green Mountain behind the village.

Lin Changqing was practicing martial arts at the edge of a hundred-zhang cliff, his fists surging like a flood, his body like a spirit deer.

Boom...

Suddenly, with a thunderous boom like a startled swan's cry erupting from within Lin Changqing's body, a vast force of Qi and Blood seemed to shatter through some kind of limit at that very moment.

After coursing through Lin Changqing's muscles, bones, and flesh in an instant, it flowed like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, actually seeping into the five organs within his body.

Qi and Blood entered the organs—Martial Dao Seventh Rank.

A brilliant gleam immediately flashed in Lin Changqing's eyes.

The Qi and Blood throughout his body underwent its ultimate sublimation at that moment, advancing another step as it circulated through his entire body like a clear spring, gradually permeating his five organs.

"Hoo..."

Lin Changqing withdrew his fist and exhaled a breath of Turbid Air. His entire body shook, and his muscles and bones immediately rang in unison, Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound emanating from within him.

That breath of Turbid Air slashed across the sky like a blade.

The next instant, a thunderous bang rang out as it bored a hole as thick as a bowl through a boulder the height of a man a hundred meters away.

"After many days of bitter cultivation, I've finally entered Martial Dao Seventh Rank and reached the final step of the Body Tempering Realm. Once my five organs are tempered to their limit and become Jade Organs, I can break through the shackles, begin Blood Exchange, and step into Sixth Rank Blood Exchange."

Lin Changqing muttered to himself.

Of the Three Body Cultivation Realms, Ninth Rank refined skin and muscle, Eighth Rank refined muscles and bones, and Seventh Rank refined the five organs. Together, they corresponded to the first realm of the Three Body Cultivation Realms: the Body Tempering Realm.

In truth, it was all about laying the foundation.

As the saying went, a ten-thousand-foot tower rose from level ground; the foundation was paramount.

What Lin Changqing sought was Everlasting Life, so he placed even greater importance on his foundation. Whether Ninth Rank or Eighth Rank, he had already reached the utmost limit.

Having cultivated Copper Skin and Iron Bones, he naturally wished to cultivate this Seventh Rank organ refinement to its ultimate extreme as well.

According to the information he had learned from Chen San, the ultimate stage of Seventh Rank organ refinement was to completely remove every impurity from one's five organs.

When the five organs became as crystalline and translucent as jade, they were known as Jade Organs.

"Copper Skin, Iron Bones, Jade Organs—I'm only one final step away now."

Lin Changqing moved his body a little and muttered, "At my cultivation speed, forming Jade Organs within a month shouldn't be a problem..."

His comprehension was heaven-defying, and he also had Spiritual Power to assist him.

Cultivating Martial Dao was simply twice the result with half the effort for him, advancing a thousand miles in a single day.

A month was already Lin Changqing's conservative estimate.

At the same time!

Just as Lin Changqing broke through his limit and entered Seventh Rank organ refinement, news of Qingfeng Stockade's destruction finally spread.

Fengle County Town, the backyard of the Divine Weapon Pavilion.

"Third Master, news has just arrived—the Qingfeng Stockade has been wiped out."

Xu Zhan hurried into the backyard and said to Chen San, who was sipping tea in an ancient pavilion, "There are rumors outside saying Young Master Lin was the one who did it..."

"What..."

The moment Chen San heard this, he could no longer remain seated. He stood up with a face full of shock and said in a low voice, "How is that possible?

"How could Lin Changqing possess such strength?

"Do you think that's possible?"

"This... logically speaking, it really should be impossible."

After frowning for a long while, Xu Zhan finally said in a deep voice, "Young Master Lin shouldn't possess that kind of strength—unless someone is helping him from behind the scenes.

"However, word is already spreading outside that Young Master Lin was the one behind this."

"Go investigate. If Lin Changqing truly did it, then he is more than merely a supplier for the Divine Weapon Pavilion.

"He is a friend of the Chen Family."

Sharp glints flashed in Chen San's eyes.

That was how this world worked: profit came first. In Chen San's eyes, the previous Lin Changqing had merely been lucky enough to become acquainted with a Divine Weapon Forgemaster.

Thus, at most, Chen San had regarded Lin Changqing as a cooperative supplier.

But if Lin Changqing had truly wiped out Qingfeng Stockade by himself—

Then it was an entirely different matter.

It proved that Lin Changqing was not merely lucky; his own strength was also terrifying. A Martial Dao expert suspected to possess at least Fifth Grade combat power—

He was worth befriending for the Chen Family.