Bone Marrow Quenching, Jade Bone Complete!

Crow Mountain was covered in thorns.

Carrying Long Fei on her back, Liu Hongluan had her clothes on her feet and hands torn open by the thorns, and thin streaks of blood had appeared across her fair skin.

Yet Liu Hongluan paid it no mind.

"Drip, drip."

Long Fei had already fallen unconscious. Drop after drop of fresh blood continued to fall from his wounds.

But Liu Hongluan could not put Long Fei down to stop his bleeding.

Because she had no time.

The moment she stopped, "Ghost Mask" would surely catch up from behind.

"Brother Fei, don't fall asleep. Hold on..."

Tears faintly stained Liu Hongluan's face.

Before Long Fei lost consciousness, he had told Liu Hongluan to put him down and not to seek out Lu Changsheng.

But with Long Fei so grievously injured, if she did not go to Lu Changsheng, who else could she turn to?

With his badly injured body, Long Fei had erupted into several fierce battles with "Ghost Mask," managing to delay him until Liu Hongluan reached Crow Mountain.

But even so, "Ghost Mask" clung to them like a shadow, haunting them like an unquiet ghost.

Liu Hongluan had personally drawn a map of the depths of Crow Mountain, so she remembered the location of Ice Mountain.

Now, she could only pray that Lu Changsheng was still in the depths of Crow Mountain.

Otherwise, she and Long Fei would be doomed this time.

"Ghost Mask" had been following Liu Hongluan closely all along.

In truth, he could have caught up with Liu Hongluan, but he had not. Instead, he trailed her from afar.

Naturally, his goal was to find the martial artist who had helped Long Fei kill Shen Lun.

"The martial artist who killed Shen Lun is hiding in the depths of Crow Mountain?"

"Without this woman, I truly might not have found him."

"Run. Hurry up and run—go find someone who can help you."

"Then I won't need to waste time investigating. I'll sweep them all up in one net!"

"Ghost Mask" muttered under his breath.

He wanted nothing more than to sweep them all up in one net.

As for whether the martial artist who killed Shen Lun might be powerful?

He did not care in the slightest.

Below the Divine Strength Realm, he had truly never encountered an opponent.

Even Long Fei, the Slayer Saber, at his peak, would not have taken much effort for him to kill.

The reason Shen Lun had followed him back then was to ask him to deal with Long Fei.

It was only because "Ghost Mask" had been in seclusion all this time, trying to break through into the Divine Strength Realm, that he had not had the time to act.

The deeper one went into Crow Mountain, the colder it became.

With Long Fei on her back, Liu Hongluan's strength was also nearly exhausted.

Though she too was a martial artist, she was merely at Bone Forging. How could her stamina compare to that of an Organ Refining martial artist?

The fact that she had managed to carry Long Fei all the way to Crow Mountain was already the result of gritting her teeth and holding on.

Finally, just as Liu Hongluan was about to collapse from exhaustion, her entire body suddenly shuddered.

Then, she saw an Ice Mountain not far ahead.

"Ice Mountain—it really is Ice Mountain..."

Joy surged within Liu Hongluan's heart.

Since she had found Ice Mountain, Lu Changsheng might be within it.

Perhaps they could be saved!

A fresh burst of strength seemed to rise within Liu Hongluan. Carrying the unconscious Long Fei on her back, she staggered toward Ice Mountain.

"The Great Sun Bone Forging Technique has reached completion. Comprehension +5."

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

"Hmm?"

"This Bone Forging Martial Art is actually a fifth-tier technique. The previous six Bone Forging Martial Arts were all only fourth-tier techniques."

"Now I've finished training all seven Bone Forging Martial Arts, and it has only been half a month..."

Even Lu Changsheng himself was astonished by his own "speed of martial training."

But once he thought of how his Comprehension had surpassed three hundred points, ordinary Bone Forging Martial Arts held no secrets at all in his eyes.

With a bit of study, he could grasp their true essence.

Once he understood the true essence of a martial art, cultivating it only required replenishing energy. There was no difficulty to speak of.

And Lu Changsheng had brought enough Nine Treasures Bone Quenching Powder with him, so he was in no shortage of energy.

As a result, in a mere half month, he had brought all seven Bone Forging Martial Arts to completion.

Yet Lu Changsheng's bones still had not been tempered to the Bone Marrow, nor had he reached the "Jade Bone" realm.

"Just a little more. Even without any Bone Forging Martial Arts, I still have the Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method."

"Relying solely on the Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method for assistance should still yield quite good results."

Lu Changsheng decided to give it another try.

Thus, he began to employ the Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method.

"Lin!"

Lu Changsheng uttered the Nine-Character True Word, yet the sound shook every bone in his body.

The Surface Layer and Inner Layer of his bones were all vibrating.

As the Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method shook his bones—

Once, twice, three times...

Lu Changsheng became completely immersed in the Vibration of his bones.

It was as though he could already see that, deep within his bones, there were faint traces of some wondrous substance.

That was Bone Marrow!

Boom.

Who knew how much time had passed, but Lu Changsheng felt that the "Zhe" in the Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method had, with a single Vibration, seemingly broken through some layer of barrier within his bones.

The vibrations of the Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method instantly reached his Bone Marrow.

At once, agonizing pain coursed through his entire body.

The pain seemed to reach his very soul. Even with Lu Changsheng's incomparably resolute will, he seemed unable to endure it at this moment.

He immediately snapped out of that wondrous "sensation."

"Bone Marrow Quenching!"

Lu Changsheng instantly understood what had happened.

The Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method had actually achieved Bone Marrow Quenching.

Bone Marrow was the core of the bones.

It was even a blood-forming organ.

Bone Marrow was immensely important, but it was also extremely fragile. Even the slightest force could damage it.

Yet Lu Changsheng was ecstatic.

Bone Marrow Quenching!

This was the highest realm of bone forging!

He immediately began to sense the bones throughout his body.

Sure enough, in his perception, his bones had gradually transformed into a "jade-like hue."

These were true jade bones!

He had reached the Jade Bone Realm just like that, so suddenly.

At this moment, Lu Changsheng's bones were incomparably hard.

Moreover, with his bones transforming into "jade bones," every aspect of his physical constitution had undergone enormous improvement.

His strength, his reaction speed, and so on.

Even when Lu Changsheng used the Instant Kill Technique, both its speed and power had increased dramatically.

Afterward, Lu Changsheng summoned the Attribute Panel to inspect his condition.

Host: Lu Changsheng

Comprehension: 367 (Quite Potential)

Great Sun Bone Forging Technique: Complete

Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method: Proficient

Lu Changsheng looked at the Comprehension displayed on the Attribute Panel. It had actually reached a staggering 367 points.

He was not far from 400 points now.

This was all because he had practiced Martial Skills during this period and brought seven Bone Forging Martial Arts to completion, which was why his Comprehension had increased so much.

Perhaps because his Comprehension had risen so greatly, the Nine-Character Thunder Sound Secret Method had also reached the Proficient level.

"My blood replacement was completed earlier, and my physical attributes improved tremendously."

"Now that Bone Marrow Quenching is complete, my physical attributes have improved tremendously again."

"My Jade Bone has formed. Next comes Organ Refining!"

Lu Changsheng did not pay much attention to the increase in his strength.

With his current strength—one blood replacement and Jade Bone—he found it hard to imagine anyone below the Divine Strength Realm who could be his match.

What mattered most to him now was raising his martial arts realm and striving to reach the Divine Strength Realm as soon as possible!

"It's time to leave Crow Mountain..."

Lu Changsheng was extremely satisfied with this trip to Crow Mountain.

He had spent a month and a half in the depths of Crow Mountain.

Not even two months had passed, yet he had already reached the Jade Bone Realm.

Now that the Jade Bone Realm was complete, there was no longer any need to remain in such a freezing environment for Organ Refining.

Bang.

Just then, a faint sound drifted in from outside the cave.

"Someone's here?"

Lu Changsheng's heart stirred.

The Ice Mountain deep within Crow Mountain was a place rarely visited by anyone; after all, it was simply too cold.

Over the past month or so, Lu Changsheng had not seen a single person come here.

Whoosh.

Lu Changsheng's figure flickered, and he silently left the cave.