Nine Apertures, Weapon Lord Divine Ability

At dawn, Lu Li returned to the boat with Liu Yueling.

Tang Jiu was squatting on the deck, gnawing on a steamed bun. When he saw them return, he scrambled to his feet, his eyes widening round.

"Young Master, you... why do you smell strange?"

"Training sweat."

Lu Li answered casually and walked straight into the cabin.

Tang Jiu scratched his head, muttered something under his breath, then squatted back down to gnaw on his bun.

Inside the cabin, Liu Yueling placed Little Gray back on her shoulder and looked up at him. "Brother Li, what else did you say you needed to practice?"

"Two things."

Lu Li sat by the bed and rolled his shoulders.

"Once I master them, I'll be even stronger."

"Even stronger? Stronger than that bad man?"

"Ten times stronger than him."

"Wow..."

Liu Yueling opened her mouth wide, while Little Gray squeaked twice along with her.

Lu Li smiled but offered no further explanation. He closed his eyes and focused.

Two lines of text were still glowing on the panel.

[Erosion Essence Scripture: Nine Apertures have met the conditions for awakening (pending activation)]

[Taowu Bestiary: Qi Solidification Divine Ability—Weapon Lord Armor (can be lit)]

"Let's start with the Nine Apertures."

Lu Li pondered inwardly. The Erosion Essence Scripture was a cultivation method of the Xiangliu Martial Dao. Once cultivated to the Astral Condensation Realm, one could forge the body into Nine Apertures.

The Nine Apertures could contain blood and conceal poison, allowing one to absorb blood to heal wounds and absorb poison to increase cultivation. So long as the Nine Apertures remained intact, the body would not die.

This was the foundation of why Xiangliu Martial Arts was known as the blood-sucking, undying, damage-reflecting path, and proof of how outrageously overpowered this martial