Skin Refining Method at Great Accomplishment, Ninth Rank Late Stage

Inside the room!

Lu Chuan, who had been sitting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them. The next moment, he moved. His figure flickered, and he was already standing in the open space of the room, assuming a strange posture.

At the same time, the aura around him seemed to transform in an instant.

At a glance, he resembled a savage elephant.

Neither quite standing nor quite sleeping.

This was the opening stance of the Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method. With a thought, he began cultivating the Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method.

This Low-grade Skin Refining Method had long since become familiar to him, so although this was his first time practicing it, everything flowed with an inexplicable ease.

Moreover, his cultivation had already reached the Skin Refining Realm Middle Stage.

Thus, cultivating the first twelve forms of the Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method felt as natural as water flowing into a channel.

As he performed each move and stance, they could not be called seamless, yet they carried their own Momentum. As he continued practicing the Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method, Lu Chuan could clearly feel every tendon, bone, and muscle in his body being mobilized.

The Internal Strength within his body was fully stirred, coursing through his entire body.

Constantly tempering his flesh and skin.

At the same time, fresh Internal Strength emerged from within him, gathering inside his body until it was already as thick as a chopstick.

Lu Chuan practiced with every movement meticulous and precise. Before long, he had completed the first twelve of the twenty-one forms of the Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method.

The entire process was remarkably smooth, without the slightest obstruction.

That was because Lu Chuan had already stepped into the Ninth Rank Skin Refining Realm Middle Stage, while the first twelve forms of the Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method corresponded precisely to the Skin Refining Realm Middle Stage.

However, after he finished the twelfth form and was about to practice the thirteenth—

Suddenly!

The bones and tendons throughout his body twisted, and intense pain swept through him. It felt as though his flesh, skin, tendons, and bones had been torn apart in an instant, burning with searing pain.

"Hiss..."

Lu Chuan could not help sucking in a breath of cold air and had no choice but to immediately stop cultivating.

"My body's strength still cannot withstand the thirteenth form.

"But this Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method truly is profound, worthy of being a genuine Skin Refining Method. Its effects are far beyond what Five Elements Stance Training can compare to..."

Sensing this, Lu Chuan immediately gave up on practicing the thirteenth form and instead began again from the first twelve forms.

[Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method +1]

[Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method +3]

...

And so, aside from eating and sleeping, Lu Chuan spent most of every day cultivating.

Time flew like a shuttle, day after day slipping away.

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

This day.

As usual, Lu Chuan was cultivating the Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method in his room.

His body was slightly bent, his whole person holding a strange posture. The tendons, bones, flesh, and skin around his body seemed twisted, while his body trembled faintly.

A gentle stream of Internal Strength flowed through the flesh and skin of his entire body like mercury.

Tempering his flesh and skin until they became more and more resilient.

[Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method +10]

Suddenly.

The Attribute Panel in his Sea of Consciousness refreshed once more.

At the same time, even more powerful Internal Strength emerged from within his body and merged with the Internal Strength already inside him.

Lu Chuan trembled all over at once, feeling as if he had been bathed in a hot spring.

He could not help letting out a comfortable moan.

Countless threads of Internal Strength inside his body gathered together like rivers flowing into the sea. In an instant, his Internal Strength surged again, breaking through to the thickness of a little finger.

Then, this powerful force spread through the flesh and skin all over his body in an instant, continuously tempering and nourishing them.

If Lu Chuan could look inward at this moment, he would have seen that after being tempered over and over by Internal Strength, the flesh and skin around his body had vaguely formed a layer of fascia.

Formless and intangible, yet incomparably tough.

"It broke through..."

Secretly delighted, Lu Chuan swept his consciousness over the Attribute Panel.

[Name: Lu Chuan]

[Martial Dao: Ninth Rank Skin Refining Realm (Late Stage)]

[Spirit: Mortal Grade High Rank]

[Martial Arts: Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method (Great Accomplishment, 3/2000), Five Elements Stance Training (Limit Breaking—Fierce Tiger Intent), Basic Archery (Perfection, 918/1000)]

...

Sure enough, the information on the System Panel had changed.

His Martial Dao cultivation had risen to the Ninth Rank Skin Refining Realm Late Stage, and the Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method had also reached Great Accomplishment.

"This Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method is indeed a true Skin Refining Method. It is vastly stronger than Five Elements Stance Training. At merely Great Accomplishment, its proficiency already reaches a staggering 2,000 points. That is comparable to the proficiency Five Elements Stance Training needs to go from Perfection to Limit Breaking."

Lu Chuan muttered to himself, the smile on his face growing more and more intense.

"Chen Qingfeng said before that the standard time for cultivating the Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method was one year for Minor Accomplishment, three years for Great Accomplishment, and five years for Perfection.

"Yet I have reached Great Accomplishment in just one month. If he learned of this, his jaw would probably hit the floor!"

Lu Chuan chuckled, then shook his head and stopped dwelling on it.

Naturally, he would not foolishly go flaunting this before Chen Qingfeng. One may not harbor the heart to harm others, but one must always guard against others.

His friendship with Chen Qingfeng had not yet reached that point.

"The reason my cultivation speed has been so fast, aside from the Attribute Panel, is also because I have had one Basic Potion a day to assist my cultivation."

Lu Chuan thought to himself, *"Now that I have used up all my Basic Potions, it seems I need to leave the city again and hunt Fierce Beasts to earn money.

"At the same time, it is time to test my strength.

"A true Martial Artist is forged through killing, not training..."*

At that moment, his gaze became sharper than ever before.

At the same time!

In another building of the residential complex where Lu Chuan lived, inside one of its rooms.

Through the window, Lu Chuan's living room could be seen clearly.

At this moment, two young men in the room were drinking as they boasted loudly.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and a bald, scar-faced man strode in. The two men, who had been talking grandly, immediately stiffened and rose to their feet.

They respectfully addressed the bald, scar-faced man, "Brother Qiang..."

"Mm. Is that brat still staying at home?"

Brother Qiang swept his gaze over the two men, then looked through the window toward Lu Chuan's living room opposite them.

"He's still at home."

One of the blue-clothed youths hurriedly said, "Brother Qiang, that kid must be a turtle in his past life. He hasn't stepped out the door for an entire month.

"At most, he takes a stroll around the residential complex. He's fucking the ultimate shut-in."

"Exactly, Brother Qiang. Why not... just go straight to his door and find him? Why go through all this trouble and waste so much effort watching him?"

The other man immediately echoed him.

"Shut up!"

Brother Qiang shot the two men a glance and coldly rebuked them, "You think you're clever, do you!

"The Hall Master has already given the order. We cannot make a move in the city. We have to wait until he leaves the city.

"Otherwise, do you think I would be willing to wait?

"A little piece of trash, wasting so much of my time.

"Once he leaves the city, I'll make sure to properly carve him up. I won't let him die too easily..."

As he spoke, a cruel killing intent surfaced on Brother Qiang's face. The two youths' expressions instantly froze, and they could not help shuddering.

They felt a chill shoot from the soles of their feet straight to the tops of their heads.

Almost instinctively, the two hurriedly lowered their heads, not daring to meet Brother Qiang's eyes at all.

"Keep a close watch on him. The moment he prepares to leave the city, notify me immediately."

Brother Qiang withdrew his gaze and looked at the two men before him. "Don't screw this up for me. Otherwise, you know my temper."

"Yes, Brother Qiang. Don't worry. We'll keep our eyes glued to him and won't allow the slightest mistake."

The two trembled all over as they answered almost simultaneously.

For a moment, they lowered their heads even further, nearly burying them in their waistbands.