"Where is your silver?"
Qin Shuang looked at Yun Shenhai and asked in a deep voice.
"It's... it's in Jinyong City... at 66 Wenchang Courtyard, inside the closet."
Yun Shenhai said, trembling.
"Very good! You all can go now!"
Qin Shuang narrowed his eyes, his blood surging throughout his body, and he slammed a punch into Yun Shenhai's face!
Instantly, Yun Shenhai's head snapped back, his body flew backward, and he crashed heavily four zhang away. His body spasmed and trembled, his legs kicked once, and he breathed his last!
His eyes were wide open, revealing a look of unwillingness.
The remaining two men saw Qin Shuang kill without hesitation and scrambled to run, but it was already too late.
Qin Shuang took them out one punch at a time, shattering their spines, and both of them died on the spot!
"Jinyong City, I'll go get it when I have time!"
Qin Shuang thought to himself as he looked at the three dead men, including Yun Shenhai.
Jinyong City was one hundred and fifty li away from Qingzhou City, not a short distance. He decided to kill the tiger first. With that in mind, Qin Shuang immediately sped off toward Xuan Yin Mountain.
Not long after.
He found a large tree on a hillside, climbed to a branch, and sat down to examine the items he had obtained from Yun Shenhai.
"This time, it really is a huge harvest!"
Qin Shuang looked at the items in the bundle, a look of satisfaction appearing in his eyes.
This trip was truly worth it.
Not only did he get back the five hundred and eighty taels of silver he had spent on the Tiger Blood Pills—meaning fifty Tiger Blood Pills had essentially cost him nothing—but he had also gained an extra ten Dragon Blood Pills, one hundred and fifty Tiger Blood Pills, and over three thousand taels in silver notes and silver combined!
There was also something that looked like a map.
"This is a bit peculiar... could it be... a treasure map?"
Qin Shuang looked at the animal hide-like object in his hands, his eyes filled with anticipation.
Both sides of the animal hide were engraved with maps of mountains, rivers, and oceans!
It was brown in color, about a foot and a half square, and made of some unknown animal hide that was very tough.
Extreme Earth Qi Sea Divine Intent Skill. Incomplete (Pending completion)
[Simplified Completion: Observe someone who has cultivated this technique perform it once to complete it.]
Just then, a system notification rang in Qin Shuang's mind.
"Hmm?"
"Extreme Earth Qi Sea Divine Intent Skill?"
Seeing the prompt on the panel, Qin Shuang's eyes widened, and a look of excitement appeared on his face.
You must know.
His Tiger Roar Divine Intent Skill was gained through enlightenment from a single painting!
He hadn't expected that among the items seized from Yun Shenhai's pack, there would be a fragment map of a Divine Intent Skill. Although it was only a partial map, it was indeed a Divine Intent Skill!
"I need to find someone who cultivates the Extreme Earth Qi Sea Divine Intent Skill and observe them perform it once to complete it?"
Qin Shuang looked at the Extreme Earth Qi Sea Divine Intent Fragment Map, pondered for a moment, and tucked it into his pack.
This condition would have to be looked into slowly in the future.
"Bedrock Iron Body Skill!"
Qin Shuang took the Bedrock Iron Body Skill he had purchased from the Black Market out of his pack and began to flip through it. Since he had it in his hands, he might as well master the basics first.
[Bedrock Iron Body Skill (Not yet mastered)]
[Simplified: Stand in a stream and let the water wash over you for one minute to master.]
"Stand in a stream, like a piece of bedrock, and be washed by the water for one minute?"
Qin Shuang looked at the simplified requirement on the panel, his eyes thoughtful. This was actually quite good. Tomorrow, when he had some spare time, he would find a small stream and master the basics first.
For now, he would take the Tiger Blood Pill to forge his bones!
[Consumed Tiger Blood Pill +1]
[Consumed Tiger Blood Pill +1]
As Qin Shuang circulated the Tiger Roar Divine Intent Skill to convert the medicinal power of the Tiger Blood Pill into blood energy, the blood energy within his body grew stronger and stronger, constantly infiltrating his bones and transforming into nutrients to strengthen all 206 bones in his body!
At this moment.
The wilderness was silent!
If anyone were here, they would certainly see a ball of blood-red radiance, nearly two zhang in diameter, resting on the triangular fork of the large tree where Qin Shuang sat. Under the faint moonlight, it was incredibly conspicuous!
A terrifying aura radiated from that mass of blood energy!
Qin Shuang sat on the tree fork with his eyes closed, swallowing Tiger Blood Pills one after another. He could feel his bones emitting a dense red glow, becoming increasingly hard, as if they were made of red jade!
"Hmm? Is the marrow jade about to be born?"
When Qin Shuang swallowed the one hundred and forty-second Tiger Blood Pill, he felt a wave of heat in his spine. Deep within his bones, a red light faintly shimmered!
He remembered Nangong Wan'er saying that if one in the Bone Forging Realm irrigated their bones with blood energy and sensed heat in the spine accompanied by a shimmering red light, it was a sign that they were about to step into the Marrow Jade Realm!
At this moment, if one continued to irrigate the bones with blood energy, the bones would become even sturdier, the foundation would be more solid, and one would be able to go much further on the path of martial arts in the future.
Qin Shuang knew this.
His strength had already reached the peak of the Bone Forging Realm. He deeply remembered Nangong Wan'er's words and continued to irrigate his bones with blood energy, refusing to condense the blood marrow jade.
Time passed.
In the blink of an eye, a hint of white appeared on the horizon, and Qin Shuang slowly opened his eyes.
At this moment, he felt that after absorbing over one hundred and fifty Tiger Blood Pills, plus ten Dragon Blood Pills, his strength had surged explosively—at least four times what it had been when he killed Yun Shenhai and the others last night!
"Absorbing ten Dragon Blood Pills and one hundred and fifty Tiger Blood Pills!"
"Although I haven't advanced to the Marrow Jade Realm yet, my strength should be comparable to the 'blood energy like a dragon' state of the Marrow Jade Realm!"
Qin Shuang clenched his fists, feeling an inexhaustible amount of power surging through his body.
"Awoo—"
"Awoo!"
Just then, Qin Shuang suddenly heard two tiger roars echoing from the heights of Xuan Yin Mountain behind him!
"It's broad daylight; it's the perfect time to go kill eleven fierce tigers and fulfill the requirements to upgrade the Tiger Roar Divine Intent Skill!"
Qin Shuang looked at the Xuan Yin Mountain Range before him, his eyes filled with anticipation. He leaped up immediately, executing the perfected Grass on Flying technique. Like a dragonfly, he lightly tapped the treetops for leverage and darted toward the mountain.
The Xuan Yin Mountain Range covered tens of thousands of miles, spanning across the three provinces of Yanzhou, Xiangzhou, and Kunzhou. With its deep forests and dense mountains, it was home to countless fierce beasts, exotic beasts, and strange beasts. Martial artists from the three provinces all hunted beasts in the Xuan Yin Mountain Range to obtain cultivation resources.
Qin Shuang dashed ten miles up the mountain and saw two black-and-yellow striped tigers drinking water by a mountain stream.
"Awoo!!"
"Awoo!"
The moment Qin Shuang appeared, both fierce tigers acted as if they had spotted their breakfast. Their blood-red maws snapped open and shut as they circled toward him!
"Swish!"
Qin Shuang executed the Swimming Dragon Steps. His body moved like a swimming dragon, and the surging blood energy within him swept out like a dragon, forming the phantom of a fierce tiger that let out a majestic tiger roar of its own!
"Awoo-roar!"
As the tiger phantom appeared around Qin Shuang, the two multicolored tigers suddenly faltered in their steps. It was as if they had seen their own ancestor, and looks of fear flickered in their eyes.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
In the blink of an eye, a series of bone-cracking sounds rang out. The two multicolored tigers took heavy blows to their jaws and were instantly sent flying, crashing heavily into the mountain stream and sending up pillars of water several zhang high!
[Kill Fierce Tiger +1]
[Kill Fierce Tiger +1]
Two consecutive notifications rang out in Qin Shuang's mind.
"One punch, one tiger!"
Qin Shuang looked at the two tigers floating in the mountain stream, their heads completely shattered by his single punches, and a look of satisfaction appeared in his eyes.
You have to know.
Wu Song could only fight one, but he was now taking out one tiger per punch, sending them flying straight away!
Their heads were blown apart!
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