"Even a fourth-grade Body Tempering Martial Skill requires one to have reached the Bone Tempering Realm before it can be cultivated."
"If your cultivation is too low, you simply can't cultivate it. Forcing yourself to do so will result in severe injuries!" The stall owner shook his head.
"Is that so?"
At this, Su Xian furrowed his brows.
Among the information he had gathered, there was very little about the Bone Tempering Realm!
He truly hadn't known that a fourth-grade Body Tempering Martial Skill had such cultivation requirements.
"Can you get your hands on such a martial skill?" Su Xian asked again.
Although he couldn't cultivate it yet, he had enough Demon Lifespan to break through to the Bone Tempering Realm. He could cultivate it then.
"I can't get it for the time being." The stall owner shook his head.
Although he couldn't get it for now, he knew which nearby county possessed such a martial skill.
"But don't you need a Bone Tempering Realm cultivation technique?"
"One hundred taels of gold or one thousand taels of silver—that's already an extremely cheap price. Once you leave this village, you won't find another shop like this!" the stall owner reminded him.
If he hadn't planned to make one last haul before leaving,
he absolutely wouldn't have sold this Bone Tempering Realm cultivation technique for one thousand taels of silver.
Hearing this, Su Xian furrowed his brows, then nodded.
"Can you let me look through that Bone Tempering Realm cultivation technique of yours?"
"Of course not!"
The stall owner shook his head and flatly refused. This Bone Tempering Realm cultivation technique was different from those third-grade martial skills.
"Fine!"
Seeing this, Su Xian could only shake his head. Since he couldn't freeload off it, he took out a one-thousand-tael banknote.
"Good lad! Looks like you've made a big haul recently!"
The stall owner's eyes lit up when he saw the one-thousand-tael banknote. He then pulled a small booklet from his robe and tossed it to Su Xian.
"This is that Bone Tempering Realm cultivation technique. But you'd best not reveal it, or you may invite trouble. There's something wrong with the source of this technique," the stall owner said in a low voice.
Su Xian couldn't be bothered with all that. He immediately flipped through the Bone Tempering Realm cultivation technique once,
and only relaxed after recording it in the Demon Strategy.
It was the genuine article!
As for the trouble the stall owner had mentioned, Su Xian didn't care.
"You really can't get a fourth-grade Body Tempering Martial Skill?" Su Xian looked at the stall owner and asked again.
His instincts told him that this stall owner was no simple character.
"I can, but it'll still cost one thousand taels of silver. However, you'll have to wait a while."
"Fifteen days from now, go to the Black Market in Lingyun County. Wear this mask of yours again. We'll exchange the money and goods then."
After considering for a moment, the stall owner looked at Su Xian and spoke in a low voice.
Lingyun County was his next destination. He would be preparing to head there soon,
and as it happened, a lineage there possessed a martial skill that met the requirements!
"Lingyun County?"
Hearing this, Su Xian frowned slightly. Lingyun County was much like Blackwater County.
After thinking for a moment, Su Xian nodded slightly. "All right, but I may not be wearing this mask then."
Su Xian had a very simple reason for agreeing. Although he currently had 629 years of Demon Lifespan,
with his cultivation talent, he had no idea how many years it would take to break through to the Bone Tempering Realm.
Not to mention reaching the perfected Bone Tempering Realm,
if he first used a fourth-grade Body Tempering Martial Skill to strengthen his physical body,
he would undoubtedly save a great deal of Demon Lifespan.
However, for the sake of safety, although Su Xian could go to Lingyun County, he would definitely disguise himself again when visiting the Black Market.
"All right! No problem. As long as you can find me then."
The stall owner shook his head at this.
The stall owner finished speaking and began packing up his stall, preparing to flee.
Seeing this, Su Xian also left quickly, disappearing into the Black Market.
After taking a winding route home, Su Xian looked at the Bone Tempering Realm cultivation technique on the panel:
Marrow Cleansing Bone Refining Scripture He couldn't help but reveal a faint smile.
The price of this Bone Tempering Realm cultivation technique was definitely more than a mere one thousand taels of silver!
He had gotten quite the bargain today!
"Let's first see how much lifespan it takes me to break through to the Bone Tempering Realm!"
Su Xian muttered, then poured his Demon Lifespan into it.
[You began cultivating the Marrow Cleansing Bone Refining Scripture!] [Year 10: For ten years, you cultivated the Marrow Cleansing Bone Refining Scripture without pause. Following the methods recorded within, you used your Qi and Blood Power to cleanse your marrow and refine your bones!] [Year 50: After fifty years, you had cultivated the Marrow Cleansing Bone Refining Scripture to a high level of proficiency. Relying on years of using your Qi and Blood Power to cleanse your marrow and refine your bones, you clearly sensed that bottleneck!] [You summoned all your Qi and Blood Power and charged the barrier with all your might. Unfortunately, that bottleneck blocked you like a heavenly chasm, and your breakthrough failed!] [Year 100! After your failed breakthrough, you weren't discouraged. You continued cultivating the Marrow Cleansing Bone Refining Scripture, further condensing your Qi and Blood Power! Fifty years passed, yet you didn't rush to break through.] [Year 200! The Qi and Blood Power within your body had been condensed to the utmost limit! Your entire skeleton had been tempered by your Qi and Blood Power until it shimmered with a faint red glow!] [You felt that the time was ripe! You began your breakthrough!] [BOOM! Two hundred years of accumulation! You charged at the bottleneck, as impassable as a heavenly chasm, once more. This time, you finally shattered it! Your cultivation broke through to the early stage of the Bone Tempering Realm! Your lifespan increased by 20 years!]
The next instant, Su Xian's aura surged explosively, and his Qi and Blood Power shot into the sky!
His cultivation instantly broke through the bottleneck of the perfected Tendon Refining Realm,
reaching the early stage of the Bone Tempering Realm and becoming a Fourth-Rank Martial Artist!
Feeling the power surging within his body, Su Xian exhaled a breath of turbid air.
Two hundred years—an entire two hundred years of lifespan!
Only then had he broken through from the perfected Tendon Refining Realm to the early stage of the Bone Tempering Realm. How terrifying was that!
"It seems my martial cultivation talent really is far too poor!"
Su Xian thought to himself. With his original talent, the Great Accomplishment in Skin Tempering Realm was probably his limit.
All the cultivation realms after that had been completed by Su Xian pouring in massive amounts of Demon Lifespan!
"Fortunately, I still have 429 years of Demon Lifespan!"
Su Xian nodded slightly. Although he had spent a full two hundred years of lifespan,
he didn't feel particularly regretful. After all, he had just gained more than six hundred years of lifespan recently.
"Should I continue breaking through?"
Su Xian hesitated. After all, if everything went smoothly, he would obtain a fourth-grade Body Tempering Martial Skill in fifteen days.
If he first raised his physical strength then improved his cultivation,
he would undoubtedly reduce the amount of Demon Lifespan he consumed.
"Forget it! I'll first raise myself to the limit of the early stage of Bone Refining Realm!"
Su Xian shook his head, then poured his Demon Lifespan into the Marrow Cleansing Bone Refining Scripture.
After rapidly consuming fifty years of lifespan, his cultivation had reached the limit of the early stage of Bone Refining Realm!
He clearly sensed that bottleneck!
"Not bad! My strength has increased quite a bit again!"
Su Xian smiled in satisfaction. Just now, he had only recently broken through to the early stage of the Bone Refining Realm,
and was still far from displaying the greatest might of this realm. Only now could he be said to have reached its limit.
"Now, I can be considered one of the top experts in Blackwater County!"
Su Xian smiled faintly. According to the information he had learned, there were very few Bone Tempering Realm martial artists in Blackwater County.
It seemed there was a fault line in Blackwater County,
with the three Viscera Nourishing Realm martial artists at the top, followed directly by the Tendon Refining Realm below.
There were very few Bone Tempering Realm martial artists—only two.
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