"Yin Wind Claw" was a martial art on roughly the same level as the "Crimson Fiend Skill." Unlike supreme arts such as the "Seven Injuries Fist" and the "Wedding Dress Divine Skill," it was not complicated to cultivate.
With Su Que's Talent Value now higher than before, his progress in cultivating the "Yin Wind Claw" was swift as a gale.
On the night five days later, Su Que cultivated the Yin Wind Claw in the mountain forest.
His fingers curled into claws as his body leaped through the woods.
Each time he swung a claw, a wave of chilling energy rippled through the air.
The Yin Wind Claw consisted of three parts: one for tempering the hands, one for absorbing Death Qi, and one containing the corresponding moves.
Whenever Su Que absorbed Death Qi using the breathing and circulation method recorded in the "Yin Wind Claw," he would begin practicing its techniques.
After five days of cultivation, his Yin Wind Claw had reached 69% of the fifth realm, Peak Mastery.
Like the Crimson Fiend Skill, the Yin Wind Claw was the sort of martial art that had a few distinctive traits and could barely be considered passable in the martial world, yet could not be called a supreme art.
Ever since its creation, the Yin Wind Claw had only been cultivable to the fourth realm, Outstanding.
However, thanks to Su Que's exceptional comprehension, he had deduced its cultivation method all the way to the fifth realm, Peak Mastery.
Upon reaching the fifth realm, Peak Mastery, Su Que's Lifespan rose to 186, extending by twenty-one years compared to when the Yin Wind Claw had first entered the first realm, Initial Glimpse.
His Talent Value also increased by four points, reaching 35.
Whoosh!
Su Que curled his fingers into claws and swung them through the air, waves of chilling energy rising around him.
Suddenly, he darted to one side and struck a tree with a claw.
Thud!
The five fingers of his right hand sank into the trunk in an instant. Death Qi burst forth, and the section pierced by his fingers visibly withered and rotted.
Thud!
Immediately afterward, he drove the five fingers of his left hand into the same trunk, pushing the Death Qi with both hands at full force.
Very quickly, the area around where his ten fingers had entered the trunk began to wither, blacken, and decay.
Once that section of trunk had rotted completely through, the entire great tree snapped there and toppled to one side.
The upper trunk and its bare branches crashed to the ground with a tremendous boom, startling awake the birds sleeping in the forest.
The Yin Wind Claw is now at 69% of the fifth realm, Peak Mastery. I might as well raise it to its peak tonight.
With that thought, Su Que pushed off with the tips of his feet and swept through the forest in search of wild beasts.
Before long, he found an elk. He immediately rushed over, curled both hands into claws, and thrust them out, plunging all ten fingers into the elk's body.
The elk gave several muffled cries, but its voice grew weaker and weaker. Its eyes dimmed at a visible rate, its fur began to wither and fall away, revealing skin that was gradually turning black.
Su Que circulated the unique breathing method of the Yin Wind Claw. Great quantities of Death Qi surged from within the elk and were drawn into his hands.
Soon, the elk's corpse had completely turned into a lump of pitch-black rotten flesh.
Seeing that the Death Qi had been fully absorbed, Su Que immediately pulled out all ten fingers and continued sweeping through the other parts of the forest.
Not long after, he found another tiger covered in fat. He kicked off the ground and rushed over, his ten fingers forming claws as he viciously stabbed them into the tiger's body!
Pfft!
His ten fingers pierced the tiger's body, and the tiger's scorching blood poured out along them.
Wracked with pain, the tiger let out a roar and tried to raise its claws to attack Su Que.
Yet its sharp claws had only risen halfway before they drooped down limply.
Feeling the sticky blood, Su Que circulated the breathing and circulation method and continuously absorbed Death Qi.
In this manner, after roughly half an hour, Su Que found three more wild beasts and raised the Yin Wind Claw to 99% of the fifth realm, Peak Mastery.
Su Que felt that the chilling Death Qi he could now release through the Yin Wind Claw was several times denser than what Fan Wuyang had released back then.
Recalling the day he had beaten Fan Wuyang, he reckoned that Fan Wuyang had only cultivated this art to the third realm, Entry Level.
Fan Wuyang had spent more than a dozen, perhaps twenty years reaching the third realm, Entry Level, while Su Que had reached the fifth realm, Peak Mastery, in merely five days.
Fan Wuyang definitely wasn't as hardworking as me!
Amusing himself with that thought, Su Que pulled out his ten fingers. He planned to wash his hands by the river before returning home to sleep, then cultivate the final martial art he had left tomorrow: the Dark Yin Finger.
After cultivating the Crimson Fiend Skill and Yin Wind Claw to their peaks, his Talent Value had risen from 24 to 35.
He planned to cultivate the Dark Yin Finger to its peak and raise his Talent Value further before cultivating the Seven Injuries Fist and the Wedding Dress Divine Skill.
With a higher Talent Value, his progress in those two supreme arts would surely be even faster.
Su Que first returned to the cave on Qinghua Mountain and fetched some plant ash. Then he went to the riverbank, squatted down, and washed his hands in the cool river water.
Plant ash could remove grime. Since his hands had been soaked in the blood of wild beasts for so long, if he did not wash them thoroughly, the stench of blood would linger on them, and anyone who came near would be able to smell it.
Once he had washed his hands completely clean, Su Que sprinted back toward Jade Water City.
The next morning, Su Que sat up from his bed and took out a folded piece of worn parchment from inside his outer robe.
The cultivation method for the "Dark Yin Finger" was recorded on this parchment.
Su Que unfolded the parchment and carefully read the bluish-black characters upon it.
The cultivation method of the "Dark Yin Finger" was far more normal than that of the "Yin Wind Claw."
It was rather similar to the cultivation method of the "Crimson Fiend Skill."
To cultivate the "Dark Yin Finger," one used its unique breathing and circulation method to nurture "Dark Yin True Qi" within the Hand Shaoyang Triple Burner Meridian.
The "Dark Yin True Qi" fused with finger force, becoming "Dark Yin Finger Force."
The finger force was yin-cold. If it struck an enemy's body, it could freeze their flesh and blood. If injected into the enemy's meridians, it could freeze their meridians, flesh, blood, and even their internal organs.
The Hand Shaoyang Triple Burner Meridian was originally a meridian that nourished yang energy. Nurturing yin energy within it over time would weaken the cultivator's constitution, cause the functions of the internal organs and other bodily systems to deteriorate, and shorten their Lifespan as a result.
Upon seeing this, Su Que immediately determined that the "Sun-Rising Powder" prescription he had obtained from Luo You was meant to counteract the side effects of the "Dark Yin Finger."
However, he had no need for it, because those side effects would transform into beneficial effects upon his body.
After reading through the cultivation method of the "Dark Yin Finger," Su Que folded the parchment recording it back up and returned it to his outer robe.
Then he sat cross-legged on the bed, breathed according to the method recorded in the manual, focused his mind on the Hand Shaoyang Triple Burner Meridian, and imagined a wisp of yin energy slowly brewing within it.
Very soon, Su Que felt a faint trace of coolness in the Hand Shaoyang Triple Burner Meridian.
His heart stirred. He summoned his Attributes and glanced over them, only to see that the Dark Yin Finger had indeed reached 99% of the Initial Glimpse realm.
He dismissed his Attributes, gathered his Heart Intent, and continued focusing on that faint, indistinct trace of coolness in the Hand Shaoyang Triple Burner Meridian.
Before long, that trace of coolness became increasingly distinct.
Suddenly, a wisp of cool True Qi emerged within the Hand Shaoyang Triple Burner Meridian, able to travel throughout his body in accordance with his will.
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