Night fell.
Lu Chen returned to the small courtyard the Divine Armament Academy had assigned to him as a true disciple.
The courtyard was not luxurious, but it was exceptionally quiet. Blue bricks paved the ground, and several cold-hardy bamboo plants grew in a corner. When the night breeze passed through, their leaves rubbed together with a soft rustling.
Lu Chen closed the courtyard gate and quickly washed away the dust of his journey before returning to his room and sitting cross-legged before the bed.
The events of the day flashed through his mind-the entrance examination, the Red-Back Gray Wolf's breakthrough on the spot, his acceptance into the Divine Armament Academy, and finally Ouyang Xuanfeng personally placing the Nine-Burial Jade Bone Art in his hands.
Only a single day had passed, yet it felt as though a long stretch of his martial path had been laid out before him.
He did not begin cultivating immediately. Instead, he slowly adjusted his breathing. As his mind gradually settled, a slight shift of his thoughts brought the familiar translucent screen quietly into view:
[Nine-Burial Jade Bone Art: Not yet initiated] [Progress: 0/90] [Golden Crow Breathing Technique: Beginner] [Progress: 560/1000] [Great Sun Golden Crow Fist: Beginner] [Progress: 301/1000] [Fourfold Demon-Subduing True Force: Minor mastery] [Progress: 39/2000]
Lu Chen's gaze first settled on the Nine-Burial Jade Bone Art at the very top.
For him, this art was undoubtedly the most important part of the road ahead.
During the Skin-Training Realm, he had repeatedly tempered his skin with the Gold-Thread Jade Vestment Technique, raising his defenses and his capacity to bear vital blood far beyond others at the same realm.
After reaching the Meridian-Opening Realm, he had used the Heavenly Silkworm Tendon-Transmutation Art to refine the major tendons throughout his body into Heavenly Silkworm