Dragon Transformation Body Tempering Art

"Thank you, Master Li. You are truly like the bright moon hanging high, your clear radiance undimmed and unreserved. To possess such a divine skill and yet be willing to impart it to me, your noble character is truly admirable, inspiring awe!"

Chu Feng's words flowed out in a torrent, as if they cost him nothing.

At the same time, his hands moved like lightning, quickly tucking the item away, lest the old man Li Zhenshan change his mind.

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

Li Zhenshan, perhaps never having been praised so much, had the corners of his mouth twitch upwards. The wrinkles around his eyes smoothed out, and his plump body even trembled slightly.

If Chu Feng hadn't been there, he would have burst into song.

Seeing Li Zhenshan so pleased, Chu Feng no longer worried about him going back on his word and took out the beast skin to examine it.

Dragon Transformation Body Tempering Art

"Dragon" is the king of all beasts. A cultivation method named after a dragon must be extraordinary.

Chu Feng eagerly began to read, but his heart sank halfway when he saw the first line.

The tiny characters on the beast skin read: "To practice this art, one must first sever their own meridians."

Chu Feng looked up and glared at Li Zhenshan. "Old man, are you playing me? After severing my meridians, I probably won't even be able to walk. How can I practice this cultivation method?"

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

"Then that's none of my business. I've given you the cultivation method anyway. Whether you dare to practice it is up to you."

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

He had obtained this Dragon Transformation Body Tempering Art in his youth but hadn't dared to practice it. The price was too high, and he didn't dare to gamble. If he failed, he would become a paralyzed invalid.

"Damn it, there's still a part missing..."

Chu Feng looked for a long time and discovered that a corner of the beast skin had been bitten off by something, and a lot of content was missing.

Chu Feng cursed and chased after Li Zhenshan.

"Old man, can you exchange it for another one?"

"If you don't want it, give it back to me..." Li Zhenshan said expressionlessly, reaching out to take it back.

"I... I want it! It's better than nothing. What if I can practice it without severing my meridians?"

Chu Feng retreated rapidly, hastily tucking the beast skin into his embrace.

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

His cultivation had advanced greatly, and he had even killed Fang Jian Xing. Chu Feng was naturally a little proud.

"You?"

Li Zhenshan stopped and sized him up from head to toe before mercilessly dousing him with cold water.

"Yong'an City is just a remote town in Jizhou. You've cultivated to the limit of Muscle Tempering, the Flesh Vajra. You might be considered a genius in this small town, but you're nothing in the entire Jizhou."

Li Zhenshan looked south and said leisurely, "Especially in Seven Star City, the capital of Jizhou, where noble families are as numerous as clouds and prodigies are countless. I know of an unparalleled genius who became a Viscera Refinement Warrior before he even reached adulthood..."

"Viscera Refining? Is that a realm beyond Bone Forging?" Chu Feng asked.

Li Zhenshan didn't answer, still gazing into the distance, just like when he had mentioned his daughter earlier. Was he missing his family?

Seeing Li Zhenshan's silence, Chu Feng deliberately provoked him. "The Viscera Refining realm is very powerful. What does it have to do with you? It's not like you have a son."

"He is my son-in-law," Li Zhenshan suddenly replied out of the blue.

"Uh..." Chu Feng was speechless.

He hadn't expected the old man to have such an impressive background. This golden thigh was definitely worth clinging to!

At the same time, Chu Feng's slight arrogance immediately subsided. It seemed his current strength was nothing.

As they talked, the two arrived at Hongyun Restaurant.

Walking along, they suddenly saw two yamen runners posting a notice on a wall.

Chu Feng recognized one of them, a captain, as Captain Xu, the one from when he had killed Hu Hansan's household servants that day.

Chu Feng stepped forward and pretended to look at the notice.

"Captain, what crime did this person commit? They're offering a reward of a hundred taels of gold?"

"This person is extremely dangerous. Yesterday, he broke into the Fang Family residence and killed seventy-two people. If you have any information, you must report it to the yamen immediately..."

"What a fierce villain! If we encounter him, we will definitely report him to you, sir!"

Chu Feng put on a shocked expression, his face full of disbelief.

Captain Xu sniffed and subtly glanced at Chu Feng's appearance.

He didn't say much, nodded, and led his men to post notices elsewhere.

After Captain Xu left, Chu Feng looked at the portrait and muttered, "This painting is so ugly. Doesn't the yamen have any decent artists?"

"What did you say?"

Li Zhenshan, who was beside him, heard Chu Feng muttering and asked.

"Nothing? This fierce criminal is truly brutal. He actually massacred the entire Fang Family?"

"This person must have fought Fang Hanshan. Escaping from that old guy means they're no ordinary person!" Li Zhenshan said with a serious expression.

"Oh? I also think this person is quite strong. Maybe we're evenly matched?" Chu Feng rubbed his chin, putting on a mysterious air.

Li Zhenshan was speechless. How did he only just realize this kid had a superiority complex?

He specifically scanned the portrait a few times. For some reason, he felt the gaze of the person in the portrait bore some resemblance to the young man beside him.

"Haha, just kidding, trying to lighten the mood. You old man, always keeping a straight face, you're too boring."

Chu Feng chuckled dismissively, acting like a carefree, simple-minded young man.

Seeing this, Li Zhenshan shook his head and thought to himself, "I must be losing my mind. Although this kid is hiding his strength, he's only at the Muscle Tempering Realm. I guess I'm really getting old, my eyesight isn't what it used to be..."

Back then, he could guess Chu Feng's identity because Chu Feng had broken through consecutively, causing a depletion of his Blood Essence and unstable aura.

But now, Chu Feng had long since recovered and 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 eye.

As the two chatted, they arrived at Hongyun Restaurant.

Chu Feng began his work. After slaughtering the meat the restaurant needed, he went to the back courtyard.

From afar, he saw Li Zhenshan by a stove, boiling tea and holding a precious celadon teacup, exuding an air of affected elegance.

Chu Feng ignored him and found a lounge chair, lazily stretching out on it.

The early morning sun shone warmly on him. He squinted his eyes, as if dozing.

"Hmph!"

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

He had begged for a Cultivation Method that morning, but now he wasn't practicing. He handed over his work to his disciple and came to the back courtyard to slack off.

"He's truly rotten wood that cannot be carved. I really don't know how such a lazy bum managed to achieve Flesh Vajra!"

Sourness welled up in Li Zhenshan's heart. If he had such an opportunity in his youth, why would his finger have been broken off?

What he didn't know was that while Chu Feng appeared to be sleeping, he was actually secretly reciting the Dragon Transformation Body Tempering Art.

"To practice this technique, one must first sever the meridians, temper the will, and reshape the skin, flesh, tendons, and bones. Once the skin is tough and the flesh is thick, with dragon tendons and tiger bones, one can achieve great success..."

The Dragon Transformation Body Tempering Art was the first complete Cultivation Method Chu Feng had ever seen, from the Skin Grinding chapter to Bone Forging. Unfortunately, it was only about the cultivation methods for the Bone Forging Realm, missing a large part.

"What a monstrous Cultivation Method. Isn't this just a straightforward self-abusive technique? It's much harsher than the Dark Gold Marrow Polishing Technique..."

However, Chu Feng wasn't bothered. Instead, a smile crept onto his lips.

"I, for one, love these crazy techniques the most. The crazier they are, the more powerful the technique is. Having already tasted the benefits of the Dark Gold Marrow Polishing Technique, Chu Feng was naturally not intimidated by the first sentence."

He was a man with a cheat, so there was no Cultivation Method he wouldn't dare to practice.

Chu Feng looked at the 162 years of Lifespan on his status panel and took a swig of the health-nourishing medicinal soup he had already prepared.

"Let's try a hundred years first to dip my toes in..."