"High Spiritual Aptitude? Are you sure you didn't see wrong?"
On the light screen, a trace of shock actually appeared on the cold face of the woman in white. Then she looked at Chen Qingfeng with utter suspicion.
She could not help but be shocked and doubtful. High Spiritual Aptitude was exceedingly rare; not to mention a third- or fourth-tier Base City like Fengle City.
Even across the nation's Four Major First-Tier Base Cities, with populations exceeding a hundred million, it was difficult for even one person with High Spiritual Aptitude to emerge.
Yet, someone with High Spiritual Aptitude had actually appeared in a mere Fengle City.
The odds of that were even lower than winning the lottery.
"You may doubt my character, but you cannot question my eye for things." Hearing this, Chen Qingfeng's expression immediately darkened. He said in a deep voice, "I cultivate Martial Dao, but that does not mean I cannot see through something this basic..."
"I'll come over right now."
The woman in white's expression tightened. She knew this was true nine times out of ten.
She did not bother with the resentful look on Chen Qingfeng's face and decisively ended the call herself.
"Damn it, she just hung up like that? Not even a word of thanks!"
Chen Qingfeng froze, then grumbled in frustration. A faint smile immediately appeared on his face. "Heh heh... Old Man He, now you'll have a headache."
Lu Chuan knew nothing of Chen Qingfeng's actions. After leaving Liu Bao's villa, he carried Lu Wangshu straight back to their residential complex.
At this time, quite a few people had gathered in the complex, talking among themselves.
When someone suddenly saw Lu Chuan carrying Lu Wangshu and walking step by step into the complex, they were immediately dumbfounded.
"Damn, that's Lu Chuan! He actually came back—and he even brought his little sister Lu Wangshu back with him."
"How did he manage that? He actually snatched her back from the Fierce Tiger Gang?"
"Liu Bao, the Hall Master of the Fierce Tiger Gang's East Hall, was said to have reached Martial Arts Reaching Rank ten years ago. He's a genuine Martial Artist. Lu Chuan actually rescued someone from his hands—could it be that Lu Chuan has also reached Martial Arts Reaching Rank?"
Everyone in the complex began discussing the sight, and the looks they gave Lu Chuan were completely different now.
Lu Chuan heard every word of their discussions clearly.
He simply could not be bothered to pay them any attention.
Most of these people loved to watch the excitement without fearing trouble. Those who were genuinely worried about his family could be counted on one hand.
After nodding to the few neighbors he was on good terms with, Lu Chuan carried Lu Wangshu upstairs.
There were also some people in his home, all neighbors who had close ties with Lu Chuan's family.
The moment they saw Lu Chuan return, every one of them was overjoyed.
"Xiaochuan, Wangshu..."
Mother Liang Ya had recovered considerably. She had only suffered some superficial injuries before; the main thing had been the fright. Now, seeing Lu Chuan return covered in blood while carrying Lu Wangshu, she was badly startled. "Xiaochuan, y-you're covered in so much blood..."
"Mom, don't worry. It isn't mine."
Lu Chuan shook his head and asked in a deep voice, "Are you all right?"
"I'm fine!"
Liang Ya hurriedly shook her head. Seeing the unconscious Lu Wangshu in Lu Chuan's arms, she trembled all over again and urgently asked, "Wangshu... she..."
Before she could finish, her eyes were already brimming with tears, and her voice choked up.
"Mom, it's fine. Younger Sister is only unconscious. My friend already gave me medicine. Once I give it to her, she'll wake up soon."
Lu Chuan immediately comforted her, then said in a deep voice, "For now, let's take Younger Sister back to her room first."
"Okay, okay..."
Liang Ya immediately nodded. Then, together with Lu Chuan, she took Lu Wangshu back to her room.
After that, following Lu Chuan's instructions, they dissolved the pill Chen Qingfeng had given him in water and fed it to Lu Wangshu. Only then did he go out to speak with the neighbors in the living room. Once he had sent them all away, he finally began to wash up.
After a bout of slaughter, he was drenched in blood and utterly exhausted.
At this moment, he was already worn out beyond measure.
Especially the battle with Liu Bao—it had consumed a great deal of his energy. Although he had ultimately killed Liu Bao and appeared overwhelmingly powerful, he had actually suffered serious injuries himself. He had merely been forcing himself to hold on.
Now that he had finally let out that breath, he felt scorching pain all over his body.
"Hiss..."
Returning to his room, Lu Chuan could not help sucking in a cold breath. Every inch of his muscles and bones felt as though it were about to shatter.
An indescribable agony ran through his entire body.
"Damn it, even my internal organs feel like they've shifted."
Lu Chuan gritted his teeth and growled. His Spiritual Consciousness was already exhausted, yet the severe pain throughout his body kept stimulating his mind, leaving him unable to sleep even though he desperately wanted to. It was a double torment.
Enduring the pain, Lu Chuan took out a healing potion from his backpack and drank it.
Then he began cultivating the Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method.
After swallowing the potion, it needed time to take effect. Cultivating the Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method could speed up that process.
[Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method +15] [Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method +20] [Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method +18]
Lu Chuan endured the pain as he practiced the Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method again and again. As he executed each move and stance, he gradually entered a state where both self and surroundings were forgotten.
Every move, every action, seemed to flow as naturally as the heavens themselves.
He performed all the way through the twenty-first stance.
Then, based on the twenty-first stance, his entire body suddenly shook as he unleashed the twenty-second stance.
With that tremor, a heart-palpitating force burst from within his body.
Boom... Bang...
As his body shook, a heart-palpitating force erupted from inside him. Faintly, it was as though a savage elephant were roaring.
At that moment, the pain throughout his body actually vanished in an instant.
It felt as though he were bathed in a hot spring, every part of him indescribably comfortable.
"Hoo..."
He exhaled a mouthful of turbid air. Lu Chuan slowly opened his eyes, his body jolting as he suddenly threw out a punch.
With a crackling boom, a dull sonic boom actually rang out.
A tyrannical gust of force swept forth, instantly shattering a porcelain ornament on a table several meters away.
"Damn!"
The sight made Lu Chuan tremble all over, his face filled with astonishment.
A punch breaking through the air and smashing a target several meters away—was this the Void-Breaking Divine Fist?
With a thought, Lu Chuan immediately focused on the Attribute Panel and was instantly stunned.
[Name: Lu Chuan] [Martial Dao: Ninth Rank Skin Refining Realm (Peak)] [Spirit: Mortal Grade High Rank] [Martial Arts: Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method (Limit Breaking—Savage Elephant Giant Strength), Five Elements Stance Training (Limit Breaking—Fierce Tiger Intent), Basic Archery (Limit Breaking—Rapid Speed)]
The Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method had actually reached Limit Breaking.
Its Limit Breaking State was Savage Elephant Giant Strength. Clearly, this was a state that enhanced his own strength.
No wonder he felt that his strength had increased by at least more than double.
Without realizing it, he had cultivated the Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method to Limit Breaking.
"Unfortunately, I'm still only at the Cowhide Realm and haven't reached the Stone Skin Realm." Lu Chuan silently thought, I must cultivate a High-grade Skin Refining Method and achieve Bronze Skin.
That way, my physical strength will definitely make further progress.
Lu Chuan had long since made his plans. After glancing at the Attribute Panel once more, he was about to withdraw from the Sea of Consciousness.
Just then, his gaze swept over something, and he froze.
On the Bronze Ancient Tree, the second branch had actually fully grown and borne a fruit.
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