Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method!

"Mighty Ox Bone Forging Technique complete!"

Lu Changsheng was not overly surprised; after all, this had been within his expectations.

He summoned the Attribute Panel to check the situation.

Host: Lu Changsheng

Comprehension: 215 (considerable potential)

Mighty Ox Bone Forging Technique: Fourth Layer Complete

Lu Changsheng's progress in cultivating the Mighty Ox Bone Forging Technique could be called astonishingly swift.

One important reason was that this Bone Forging Martial Art was relatively commonplace.

With Lu Changsheng's current Comprehension, there was simply no difficulty at all.

"The highest level of the Bone Forging Realm is bones like jade."

"However, tempering one's bones until they take on the color of jade is exceedingly difficult."

"Even many superior Bone Forging Martial Arts may not be able to achieve it. It requires tempering the bones again and again."

"But tempering the bones once takes a long time, and tempering them ten or twenty times takes even longer. By then, even if one has tempered Jade Bone, it may no longer matter."

Lu Changsheng understood that it was really a question of whether it was worth it.

Jade Bone was certainly good.

But if it cost a vast amount of time and energy, the gains would not make up for the losses.

It would be better to break through to the Divine Strength Realm as soon as possible.

However, Lu Changsheng saw things differently.

Lu Changsheng understood that with the help of the Attribute Panel, reaching the Divine Strength Realm was only a matter of time.

What he needed to do now was forge the foundation of every realm to an incomparably solid degree.

His qi and blood had already reached their limit.

Thus, combined with the fifth-tier martial skill Instant Kill Technique, he had been able to kill Li Ji, the Blade-Dragging Heavenly King.

What if his bones also reached Jade Bone?

His strength would undoubtedly become even greater.

Once he reached the Divine Strength Realm in the future, he would surely be able to crush those of the same level.

"Bone Forging Realm martial arts can be bought at the Black Market. This time, I also obtained quite a few Silver Notes..."

With that thought, Lu Changsheng began taking stock of his gains from the Desolate Temple.

There was too much silver for him to take away.

But he had almost completely swept clean the Silver Notes.

After counting them carefully, he discovered that there were more than sixteen thousand eight hundred taels' worth of Silver Notes.

"Hiss."

Even Lu Changsheng could not help but draw in a sharp breath.

But on second thought, these Silver Notes had all been obtained by Li Ji from looting Miraculous Garden.

With Miraculous Garden's century of accumulated wealth, what did this little silver amount to?

There had been even more carts upon carts of gold and silver, but Lu Changsheng could not take them away.

Otherwise, gathering one hundred thousand taels, or even several hundred thousand taels, would not have been difficult for the Nanyang Zheng Clan.

Afterward, Lu Changsheng sorted through many Martial Arts Manuals.

There were martial skills and martial arts.

Most of those martial arts were Blood Strengthening Realm techniques, useless to Lu Changsheng now.

Most of the martial skills also overlapped with martial skills Lu Changsheng had practiced before.

Only eight martial skills were ones Lu Changsheng had never practiced.

Lu Changsheng also found a Bone Forging Realm martial art called the Tiger Demon Bone Forging Technique. There was only this one.

Finally, there was the mysterious martial art he had found on Li Ji's body.

Lu Changsheng first flipped through that mysterious martial art obtained from Li Ji.

"Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method!"

Lu Changsheng's pupils contracted slightly, clearly somewhat surprised as well.

"A secret method? It is actually a secret method..."

Lu Changsheng had not practiced martial arts for merely a day or two, so naturally he knew of secret methods.

So-called secret methods were vastly different from martial arts.

For example, this Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method belonged neither to Bone Forging Martial Arts nor to Organ Refining Martial Arts, yet it could be of tremendous help to both bone forging and organ refining.

It was an auxiliary secret method that could help martial artists temper their bones, refine their organs, and even disregard the martial artist's realm.

For example, an Organ Refining martial artist's bones had already taken shape and could no longer be tempered.

But once they mastered the Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method, they could temper their bones anew, again and again, until those bones became incomparably hard.

Only such an unfathomable effect could be called a "secret method."

"This secret method is an invaluable treasure!"

Lu Changsheng was delighted. This was an unexpected windfall.

No wonder Li Ji, already an expert at the peak of Organ Refining, had carried such a martial art on him.

So it was a secret method!

"The Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method is an auxiliary secret method and exceptionally difficult to practice."

"While practicing the Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method, one can also practice other Bone Forging Martial Arts."

Lu Changsheng had also acquired a Bone Forging Realm martial art.

Although none of these Bone Forging Realm martial arts were particularly powerful, Lu Changsheng had already made his plans.

"Jade Bone" was difficult to attain.

Only after tempering one's bones dozens of times or more could one hope to achieve "Jade Bone."

Moreover, the tougher one's bones became, the worse the tempering effects would be.

In the end, there might not even be any effect left.

If one spent years, even decades, practicing Bone Forging Martial Arts without becoming Jade Bone, it would simply not be worth the loss.

But Lu Changsheng's Comprehension was very high.

Even if he practiced several more Bone Forging Martial Arts, it would not take much of his time.

What was more, he now had the Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method.

Once he reached the late stage of Bone Forging, the Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method would gradually begin to reveal its effects.

"Let's begin. I'll first try the Tiger Demon Bone Forging Technique and the Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method."

Lu Changsheng began to experiment.

The Tiger Demon Bone Forging Technique was much the same as the Mighty Ox Bone Forging Technique. Both could only temper the bones four times and were very ordinary Bone Forging Martial Arts.

Lu Changsheng needed only the time it took to drink a cup of tea to master the Tiger Demon Bone Forging Technique.

Afterward, Lu Changsheng began practicing the Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method.

The Nine-Character Thunder Sound Bone Forging Secret Method was based on the Nine-Character True Word: "Lin, Bing, Dou, Zhe, Jie, Zhen, Lie, Qian, Xing."

By comprehending the true essence of the Nine-Character True Word and continuously chanting it, one could produce a special sound wave, like the sound of thunder, thereby tempering one's bones and internal organs.

Whether one was in the Bone Forging Realm or the Organ Refining Realm, it brought immense benefits.

The only problem was that it was too difficult to practice!

Forget mastering it—even getting started was difficult.

With his Comprehension as high as 215 points, Lu Changsheng spent several hours on it, yet still failed to even enter the door.

This greatly surprised Lu Changsheng.

Previously, even when practicing the Sixth Rank martial art, the Six Heavens Blood Strengthening Technique, he had entered the door with ease and ultimately brought it to perfection.

Yet this Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method was so difficult that he could not even get started.

That alone was enough to show that the Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method likely far surpassed the Six Heavens Blood Strengthening Technique. It was far more than a Sixth Rank martial art.

It might even be Tenth Grade or higher!

However, Lu Changsheng was not in a hurry.

It did not matter if he could not master it now. Once he perfected the Eight Martial Skills and his Comprehension increased, perhaps he would be able to get started with the Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method.

After the battle at the Desolate Temple, Lu Changsheng's life returned to peace once more.

He still followed Master at the medicine shop every day, studying medicine.

Although Lu Changsheng's Comprehension was high, medicine was truly a discipline built on experience. No matter how abundant one's theoretical knowledge was, it still needed to be verified through practice.

Given Lu Changsheng's current situation, it would take at least half a year to a year before he could begin taking pulses and treating patients himself.

However, Doctor Wu Jing increasingly valued Lu Changsheng and seemed to truly regard him as the inheritor of his mantle, teaching him everything without reservation.

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.

"Tiger Demon Bone Forging Technique perfected. Comprehension +4."

A line of small text appeared before Lu Changsheng's eyes.

"Perfected again?"

Lu Changsheng opened the Attribute Panel.

Host: Lu Changsheng

Comprehension: 235 (Considerable Potential)

Tiger Demon Bone Forging Technique: Fourth Layer, Perfected

Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method: Uninitiated

Lu Changsheng drew a deep breath.

Too fast!

In just ten days, he had cultivated all eight martial skills to perfection. Unfortunately, they were all merely Second Rank Martial Arts, adding only 16 points of Comprehension.

With the 4 points of Comprehension gained this time from the Tiger Demon Bone Forging Technique, his Comprehension had reached 235.

Yet even 235 points of Comprehension still could not allow the Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method to get started.

"My Comprehension still isn't enough. I need to practice more martial skills to increase it."

"And there are the bone forging techniques. The Tiger Demon Bone Forging Technique and the Mighty Ox Bone Forging Technique combined have actually tempered my bones eight times already. Yet even after eight bone temperings, there is still not the slightest sign of 'Jade Bone.'"

"But whether martial skills or bone forging techniques, I have none left on me at the moment. I'll have to buy them at the Black Market."

Lu Changsheng was no longer worried about lacking the silver to purchase martial arts manuals.

Thus, when Hai Hour arrived, Lu Changsheng disguised himself and hurried toward the Black Market.