Eightfold Root Bone Amplification

"Knock, knock—"

On a morning at the end of the month, sandalwood incense curled through Grade A No. 10 Martial Dao Room. Fang Han had just finished a round of Crane Stance training when a light knock came from outside.

He walked to the door and opened it.

Outside stood a Fang Clan servant, holding two heavy wooden boxes bearing the Fang Clan crest in both hands.

"Young Master Fang Han, these are your monthly resources for placing fourth on the Martial Dao Stele this month. Please inspect them."

"Thank you for your trouble."

Fang Han nodded and took the wooden boxes, forcibly suppressing the excitement in his heart.

With this month's allotment added in, he would have enough to activate the Tier-Three Root Bone Amplification. How could he not be excited?

The servant bowed and withdrew. Fang Han immediately slid the bolt into place.

Only after ensuring that no one would disturb him did he place the wooden boxes on the table and open them one by one.

Inside the first wooden box were three small white porcelain bottles with blue patterns, arranged neatly in a row. Fang Han pulled the cork from one of them, and a rich, pure medicinal fragrance instantly filled the air.

"Thirty Blood Vitality Pills!"

Satisfaction showed in Fang Han's eyes.

After breaking through to the Bone Refining Realm, his body's need for vitality and blood energy had increased drastically once more. The original monthly quota of twenty pills was no longer enough, and he had already needed to dip into his previous stockpile.

These additional ten pills made up the shortfall and were enough to meet his monthly needs. They had come at just the right time.

His gaze then shifted to the second wooden box.

When he lifted the lid, he found five Snowflake Official Silver ingots, each weighing ten taels.

They were stacked in perfect order, giving off a gentle sheen in the somewhat dim light of the Martial Dao Room.

"Fifty taels!"

Fang Han's heartbeat could not help speeding up.

Fifty taels of silver was two and a half times the monthly salary of his father, Fang Zheng, a tavern manager.

The Fang Clan truly spared no effort in nurturing disciples with potential and strength, never being stingy in the slightest.

With a clan like this, it was hard not to feel a sense of belonging.

"Today is the day I activate the Tier-Three Amplification!"

Looking at the five heavy ingots of silver, Fang Han took a deep breath and suppressed the excitement in his heart.

With a thought, the familiar translucent System Panel instantly unfolded before his eyes.

[Host: Fang Han]

[Root Bone Talent Amplification: 4x (Tier-Four Amplification requires 1000 silver)]

[Sword Art Talent Amplification: 4x (Tier-Three Amplification requires 1000 silver)]

[Possessed Wealth: 982 silver]

"Recharge!"

Fang Han picked up two ten-tael Snowflake Silver ingots and silently uttered the command in his heart. The silver ingots vanished soundlessly from his hand, and the number on the panel instantly changed.

[Possessed Wealth: 1002 silver]

Whether to activate the Tier-Three Root Bone Talent Amplification or the Tier-Three Sword Art Talent Amplification was something he had decided long ago.

"Activate the Tier-Three Root Bone Talent Amplification!"

Fang Han's gaze locked tightly onto the option after [Root Bone Talent Amplification], and his thought landed like an arrow released from the bowstring.

"Ding!"

A crisp notification that only he could hear rang out deep within his mind. The panel rippled like water, and the text instantly refreshed.

[Host: Fang Han]

[Root Bone Talent Amplification: 8x (Tier-Four Amplification requires 10000 silver)]

[Sword Art Talent Amplification: 4x (Tier-Three Amplification requires 1000 silver)]

[Possessed Wealth: 2 silver]

"Eightfold! It really is an Eightfold Amplification!"

Seeing the words "8x" after Root Bone Talent Amplification, uncontrollable ecstasy burst from Fang Han's eyes.

His earlier guess had been confirmed. The multiplier had not merely increased by another twofold—it had doubled again from fourfold, reaching an astonishing eightfold.

Just how powerful would an Eightfold Amplification of his Root Bone Talent be?

With the Fourfold Root Bone Amplification, his Root Bone Talent had already been enough to rank first among Liangshui City's younger generation.

His shockingly fast, awe-inspiring cultivation speed was proof enough of that.

Now that it had reached eightfold, he could no longer imagine how powerful his Root Bone Talent would become.

But one thing was certain: from here on, his strength would rise at an even faster pace.

However, when his eyes swept over the words "Tier-Four Amplification requires 10000 silver," that surge of ecstasy was like a basin of icy water poured over him, instantly cooling by more than half.

"To activate the next tier of amplification... it really takes ten thousand taels!"

Fang Han's gaze fixed on the words "Tier-Four Amplification requires 10000 silver."

Though he had already guessed that the next tier would require ten thousand taels, seeing that string of zeroes still made him suck in a cold breath.

Ten thousand taels of silver was equivalent to two hundred months of monthly allotments. To him now, it was simply an astronomical sum!

In the short term, gathering that much money was out of the question.

"Let's see what changes an Eightfold Amplification can bring!"

Fang Han forcibly suppressed his shock at the outrageous amount needed for the next tier and shifted his attention to the changes the Eightfold Root Bone Amplification would bring to his body.

He assumed the opening stance of the Crane Stance, and his mind instantly settled into stillness.

"Exhale—inhale—"

With deep, rhythmic breaths, his stance training began to circulate.

"Rumble—!!!"

An unprecedented torrent of vitality and blood, as vast as the Milky Way pouring down from the nine heavens, erupted without warning from every tiny corner of his limbs and bones.

The sheer vastness, ferocity, and purity of this force far surpassed what it had been under the Fourfold Amplification.

If his vitality and blood under the Fourfold Amplification had been like a river, then what the Eightfold Amplification brought now was the surging, roaring vitality and blood of mighty rivers like the Yangtze River and Yellow River of his previous life.

The Nu River churned and rolled, roaring thunderously within his body like ten thousand horses galloping!

Under the scouring of that unstoppable, terrifying vitality and blood, Fang Han felt the bones throughout his body erupt in dense, deep crackling sounds. It was as if every bone were being hammered, tempered, and reforged again and again by countless invisible colossal hammers.

Every inch of bone greedily absorbed this immense essence of vitality and blood at a visible rate, becoming increasingly tougher, denser, and heavier.

After reaching the Bone Refining Realm, his cultivation speed, which had slowed, began to quicken once more.

With such cultivation speed, breaking through to the Bone Refining Mid-Stage would not take long at all.

The Eightfold Root Bone Amplification of the Tier-Three Root Bone Amplification already had such an exaggerated effect. It made him yearn for the even stronger Tier-Four Root Bone Amplification, though it would be difficult for him to gather what was needed to activate it anytime soon.

Over the following days, Fang Han completely immersed himself in the ultimate cultivation experience brought by the Eightfold Root Bone Amplification.

Every day of stance training was like a cleansing baptism of rebirth, and his strength steadily rose at an astonishing pace.

If other Bone Refining Realm martial artists learned of it, they would likely find it hard to believe that this was a cultivation speed possible in the Bone Refining Realm.

Compared with Fang Han's cultivation speed, theirs was as slow as a turtle's crawl.

One morning, just after finishing a thoroughly satisfying round of stance training,

Fang Han habitually took a Blood Vitality Pill from the porcelain bottle. He was about to swallow it to replenish his expenditure before beginning his Sword Art training.

"Knock, knock—"

The soft knocking suddenly shattered the tranquility of the Martial Dao Room.

Fang Han paused, put the Blood Vitality Pill back into the bottle, and frowned slightly.

At this time of day, unless it was something important, no one would disturb him lightly.

He rose, walked to the door, and pulled open the heavy bolt.

Outside stood a Fang Clan servant with obvious reverence on his face.

"Young Master Fang Han."

The servant bowed in greeting and said,

"Elder Fang Yuan has ordered this servant to pass on a message. He asks that you visit his Quiet Room."