Dragon Transformation Body Tempering Art

"Thank you, Master Li. You're truly like the bright moon hanging high in the sky, your clear radiance shining without reservation. To possess such an incredible divine technique and still be willing to pass it on to a youngster like me—your lofty character is truly worthy of admiration!"

Chu Feng poured out a huge heap of flattery as though it cost him nothing.

At the same time, his hands moved like lightning, quickly stuffing it into his clothes, afraid that Li Zhenshan might regret it if he was even a moment too late.

"Where did you learn so many fancy words, you brat?"

Li Zhenshan perhaps really had never been praised so much before. For a moment, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes smoothed out, and even his chubby body trembled faintly.

If Chu Feng had not been there, he would have sung a little tune no matter what.

Seeing how much Li Zhenshan enjoyed it, Chu Feng no longer feared that he would go back on his word and pulled out the beast skin to examine it.

Dragon Transformation Body Tempering Art

"Dragon" was the king of all beasts. A cultivation technique named after a dragon certainly could not be ordinary.

Chu Feng eagerly began reading it, but when he saw the first line, his heart turned cold by more than half.

The tiny flyspeck characters on the beast skin read: "To practice this technique, you must first sever your own tendons and meridians."

Chu Feng raised his head and glared at Li Zhenshan. "Old man, are you messing with me? After severing my own tendons and meridians, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to walk. How am I supposed to practice this technique?"

This was even more terrifying than crippling one's own martial arts!

"Then that has nothing to do with me. In any case, I've given you the technique. Whether you dare to practice it is your business."

Li Zhenshan chuckled, clasped his hands behind his back, and walked away.

Li Zhenshan had obtained this Dragon Transformation Body Tempering Art when he was young. He had not dared to practice it—the price was too great, and he did not dare to gamble. If he failed, he would become a cripple confined to bed.

"Damn it, a portion is missing..."

After looking for a long while, Chu Feng discovered that one corner of the beast skin had apparently been gnawed off by something, leaving a great deal of the contents missing.

Cursing under his breath, Chu Feng chased after Li Zhenshan.

"Old man, can't you exchange it for another one?"

"If you don't want it, give it back to me..." Li Zhenshan's face went expressionless as he reached out to take it back.

"I want it... I want it. Having something is better than having nothing. What if it can be practiced without severing my tendons and meridians?"

Chu Feng backed away repeatedly and hurriedly stuffed the beast skin into his clothes.

"Hey, Old Man Li, where do you think I rank among all the geniuses you've met?"

His cultivation had surged, and he had even butchered Fang Jian Xing, so Chu Feng naturally felt a little proud.

"You?"

Li Zhenshan stopped walking and looked him up and down, then poured a basin of cold water over him without the slightest mercy.

"Yong'an City is merely a remote little city in Jizhou. You've reached the Muscle Tempering limit and become a Flesh Vajra, so you can count as a genius in this little city. But throughout Jizhou, you're nothing special."

Li Zhenshan raised his head toward the south and said leisurely, "Especially in Seven Star City, the capital of Jizhou. Noble Families are as numerous as clouds, and prodigies are countless. I happen to know one unparalleled genius who became a Viscera Refinement Warrior at the age when he still wore his hair tied up..."

"Viscera Refinement? Is that the realm above Bone Forging?" Chu Feng asked.

Li Zhenshan did not answer. He continued gazing into the distance, just as he had when he mentioned his daughter moments ago. He must have been missing his family.

Seeing that Li Zhenshan did not answer, Chu Feng deliberately provoked him. "The Viscera Refinement Realm is impressive, but what does it have to do with you? It's not like he's your son."

"He's my son-in-law." Li Zhenshan suddenly replied.

"Uh..." Chu Feng was speechless.

He had never expected the old man to have such an incredible background. He absolutely had to cling to this golden thigh!

At the same time, the sliver of pride in Chu Feng's heart immediately vanished. It seemed that his current strength was still nothing special.

As they chatted, they arrived at Hongyun Restaurant.

While they were walking, they suddenly saw two constables posting a notice on a wall.

Chu Feng recognized one of the constables, a captain. It was Captain Xu, whom he had encountered on the day he killed Hu Hansan's servants.

Chu Feng walked over and pretended to take a look before saying:

"Captain, what did this person do wrong? Why is there a reward of one hundred taels of gold?"

"This person is extremely dangerous. Yesterday, he broke into the Fang Family and took the lives of seventy-two people. If any of you receive information, report it to the authorities immediately..."

"What a vicious madman! If we encounter him, we'll certainly report him to you, my lord!"

Chu Feng put on a shocked expression, his face filled with disbelief.

Captain Xu sniffed and used an almost imperceptible glance to examine Chu Feng's appearance.

He said nothing more. After nodding, he led his men to another place to post notices.

After Captain Xu left, Chu Feng looked at the portrait and muttered, "They drew him so ugly. Doesn't the authorities have even one decent artist?"

"What did you say?"

Li Zhenshan had heard the brat muttering beside him and asked.

"Nothing. This madman is truly savage. He actually slaughtered the entire Fang Family?"

"This person must have fought Fang Hanshan. Anyone who could escape with his life from that old fellow is certainly no ordinary person!" Li Zhenshan said solemnly.

"Really? I also think this person is pretty strong. He could probably fight me to a fifty-fifty draw, right?" Chu Feng stroked his chin and put on an inscrutable expression.

Li Zhenshan was speechless. How had he only just realized that this brat had a narcissistic personality?

He deliberately glanced at the portrait a few times. For some inexplicable reason, he felt that the eyes of the person in the portrait resembled those of the little fellow beside him.

"Haha, I was just joking, trying to liven things up. Old man, you're always wearing such a stern face. You're terribly dull."

Chu Feng broke into a carefree laugh, looking just like a heartless fool of a youngster.

Seeing this, Li Zhenshan shook his head and thought to himself, I must have lost my mind. Although this brat is hiding his strength, he's only at the Muscle Tempering Realm. I really am old, and my eyes aren't as good as they used to be...

Back then, he had been able to guess Chu Feng's identity because Chu Feng had broken through repeatedly, his internal qi and blood had been depleted, and his aura had been unstable.

But Chu Feng had long since recovered, and he had even broken through to the Muscle Tendon Realm. As long as he deliberately concealed his aura, Li Zhenshan could no longer see through him with his naked eyes alone.

Amid their laughter and conversation, they arrived at Hongyun Restaurant.

Chu Feng began working. After slaughtering the meat required by the restaurant, he went to the rear courtyard.

From far away, he saw Li Zhenshan boiling tea around a brazier, holding an expensive celadon cup, carrying quite the air of an affectation of refinement.

Chu Feng ignored him and instead found a reclining chair before lazily lying down.

The newly risen sunlight shone warmly over him. His eyes narrowed slightly, as though he were dozing.

"Hmph!"

Seeing Chu Feng's lazy appearance, Li Zhenshan became furious.

That morning, the brat had begged him for a cultivation technique, yet now he was not practicing it at all. After handing his work over to his apprentice, he had come to the rear courtyard to slack off.

"Rotten wood cannot be carved. How in the world did such a lazy bum become a Flesh Vajra?"

Bitterness welled up in Li Zhenshan's heart. If he had possessed such an opportunity when he was young, how could he have ended up with part of a finger severed?

What he did not know was that although Chu Feng appeared to be sleeping, he was secretly memorizing the Dragon Transformation Body Tempering Art.

"To practice this technique, you must first sever your tendons and meridians, temper your will through suffering, and reconstruct your skin, flesh, tendons, and bones. Once your skin is tough, your flesh thick, your tendons dragon-like, and your bones tiger-like, it can be called Great Accomplishment..."

The Dragon Transformation Body Tempering Art was the first complete cultivation technique Chu Feng had ever seen, ranging from the skin-polishing chapter all the way to Bone Forging. Unfortunately, the section describing cultivation methods for the Bone Forging Realm was missing a large portion.

"What an utterly perverse cultivation technique. Isn't this basically a cultivation technique for self-abuse? It's much more vicious than the Dark Gold Marrow Polishing Technique..."

Chu Feng was not troubled by it. Instead, the corners of his mouth curved into a faint smile.

"I like these mad and devilish cultivation techniques best. The crazier they are, the more it proves how powerful they are. Having already tasted the sweetness of the Dark Gold Marrow Polishing Technique, Chu Feng naturally would not be frightened by the very first sentence."

He was a man with a cheat. There was no cultivation technique he dared not practice.

Chu Feng looked at the 162 years of lifespan on the panel and gulped down a bowl of Nourishing Soup Medicine that had been prepared long ago.

"I'll start with a hundred years and test the waters..."