In the days that followed, Lin Guanhuo settled into a lazy routine.
After becoming a posted badge holder, he had much more freedom than ordinary Division Servants.
He faced no restrictions on leaving and returning, didn't have to patrol, and had no monthly quota to meet.
Lin Guanhuo's life fell into a remarkably regular rhythm: eating, cultivation, and drawing his sword.
This time, it took Lin Guanhuo a little longer to break through.
He used up all twenty bottles of the newly purchased Qi Boosting Powder over the course of a full month, finally refining them completely—and missed this month's Monthly Exam.
Lin Guanhuo's plan was not to take another Monthly Exam until he broke through to the Muscle-Tendon Realm.
In March and April, the snow melted, and warmth returned to Blackwater City.
For the people of Blackwater County, it meant they had finally survived another winter.
They didn't know how much longer they could scrape by in this Chaotic World. All they could do was face the next spring, summer, autumn, and winter with numb resignation.
One morning, in the little house where Lin Guanhuo lived.
Lin Guanhuo sat cross-legged on his bed, his qi and blood surging within him. Compared to a month ago, his aura had grown much more formidable.
As he circulated his qi throughout his body, the bones and sinews within him gave off a series of creaks.
That was the sound of his bones and sinews being tempered. The second great realm of the Martial Dao was the Muscle-Tendon Realm, and Lin Guanhuo had now begun to glimpse its mysteries.
He was just one step away from becoming a Muscle-Tendon Realm Master.
Whew... a Ninth Rank Martial Artist.
This time, it took a month...
In truth, Lin Guanhuo could have broken through to Ninth