[Life Master: Jiang Yi]
[Cultivation: Bone-Tempering Realm]
[Physique: None]
[Cultivation Scriptures: Nameless Scripture (Incomplete), Eagle Claw Technique (Mastery), Cauldron Origin Mountain Splitting Art (Mastery), Tiger Roar Fist (Mastery), Cloud Snake Step (Mastery), Wrathful Blade Art (Mastery)Tiger Demon Body Tempering Art (Four)Nine Cauldrons Returning Origin Art]
[Lifespan: 50]
"Consume twenty years of lifespan to simulate the martial art—Nine Cauldrons Returning Origin Art."
[Year 1: You had gained an initial grasp of Nine Cauldrons Returning Origin Art.]
[Year 2: You began tempering your bones.]
[Year 15: You had tempered the remaining thirteen bones.]
[Year 20: You had finished tempering all thirty bones.]
"Fifteen bones remain?"
"Continue simulating the martial art Nine Cauldrons Returning Origin Art, consume lifespan—20 years!"
[Year 35: You had tempered the final bone.]
[Washing the tendons and cleansing the marrow, every bone in your body was as hard as black steel.]
[That same year, you discovered that the bones tempered by the Tiger Demon were weaker than those tempered by the Nine Cauldrons martial art.]
[You decided to intertwine the Nine Cauldrons Qi and Blood with the Tiger Demon Qi and Blood, then temper them all over again!]
[Year 40: All had been tempered once more!]
"Buzz!!!"
All two hundred and six bones trembled in unison, the roar of tigers and leopards mingling with the tolling of bells and the resonance of cauldrons.
Amid the trembling!
The impurities within his body were expelled one by one!
Every piece of bone marrow gave birth to fine threads of Qi and Blood, which circulated through his meridians!
His Qi and Blood grew ever more surging, brimming with a dense and savage aura!
If one could look within!
One would see that Jiang Yi's entire skeleton seemed to have been coated in bronze, gleaming with a faint azure radiance.
[Life Master: Jiang Yi]
[Cultivation: Bone-Tempering Realm]
[Physique: None]
[Cultivation Scriptures: Nameless Scripture (Incomplete), Eagle Claw Technique (Mastery), Cauldron Origin Mountain Splitting Art (Mastery)...Tiger Demon Body Tempering Art (Four)Nine Cauldrons Returning Origin Art (One)]
[Lifespan: 10]
"Ten years of lifespan remain!"
Jiang Yi sensed his own strength and found that he had reached the very limit of the Bone-Tempering Realm!
He could step into the Blood Qi Realm at any moment.
Moreover!
All two hundred and six bones throughout his body had already been completely tempered.
"It is time to break through!"
Jiang Yi did not break through directly. Instead, he decided to do so through simulation.
There was not much difference between the two!
Using simulation, however, would cost only a few years of lifespan while allowing him to stabilize his Boundary swiftly.
What was more!
Even if he broke through first, he would still need to simulate afterward!
He might as well simulate directly!
Doing it the former way would be like farting after taking off his pants—
A needless extra step!
"Consume nine years of lifespan to simulate the martial art—Nine Cauldrons Returning Origin Art."
[Year 1: With the aid of this martial art, you gathered Qi and Blood, condensed Cauldron Origin Qi and Blood, and entered the Blood Qi Realm in one stroke.]
[You broke through to: Blood Qi Realm First Layer.]
[Year 3: You had completely stabilized your cultivation, and your Qi and Blood became restrained.]
[Year 5: Through diligent cultivation, you entered the Blood Qi Realm First Layer Mid-stage.]
[Year 9: You entered the Blood Qi Realm First Layer Late-stage.]
[Qi and Blood surged like tides, strength reaching a thousand jun!]
Jiang Yi's body shook!
The Qi and Blood within him rumbled and thundered like a roaring torrent, surging and converging.
A crimson wisp of blood qi drifted out and hung above his head!
It resembled hazy, curling smoke.
This was the Blood Qi Beacon!
It represented abundant Qi and Blood within his body, vigorous as dragons and tigers, ready to burst forth.
Likewise!
It was one of the great phenomena of the Blood Qi Realm.
Ordinarily!
For an ordinary Blood Qi Realm martial artist to reach the level of a Blood Qi Beacon!
They would need at least the cultivation of the third layer of the Blood Qi Realm!
Yet Jiang Yi, upon first entering the Blood Qi Realm, could already manifest such a phenomenon.
First, it was related to the martial arts he cultivated; second, it was because his foundation was sufficiently deep!
Before he had broken through!
He had already reached a level comparable to a Blood Qi Realm martial artist!
Very soon!
The surging Qi and Blood within him subsided, and the Blood Qi Beacon above his head dissipated along with it.
"Blood Qi Realm First Layer Late-stage!"
Jiang Yi could feel it!
A powerful, majestic force lay dormant within him. Once unleashed, it would be enough to suppress and kill all who refused to submit.
[Lifespan: 31.]
"With my breakthrough in cultivation, has my lifespan increased by another thirty years?"
Jiang Yi looked at his lifespan!
He felt that he—
Could do it again!!!
If he spent these years, he should be able to break through to the second layer of the Blood Qi Realm, perhaps even the third.
But that was clearly nowhere near enough!
Where were the enemies?
Now that Black Wind Stronghold had been destroyed by him!
What remained was the Evil Wolf Gang, whom he had only recently provoked...
And that Old Monster!
As for the latter, it was fine to think about him in his head. If it came to actually making a move, then forget it.
"Manager, bad news! Bad news!"
At that moment, hurried footsteps and frantic shouts rang out in succession...
Jiang Yi opened the courtyard gate!
He saw Wu Qiu rushing over through the rain!
He paid no heed as mud splashed beneath his feet and stained his robes.
"Something terrible has happened, something terrible has happened!
An injured disciple from the fish market ran over and said that all our stalls on Baitiao Street, Yuluo Street, and several other streets had been wiped out by the Evil Wolf Gang in one fell swoop!
Now they are charging toward us with murderous momentum!
This is clearly!
A declaration of war against us!
Manager, they have greater numbers. Should we retreat first...?"
"So soon?"
Jiang Yi was somewhat surprised. Their fish market had only just finished its meeting that morning.
Not even half a day had passed, yet the Evil Wolf Gang had already come charging in!
Were they acting as the He family's vanguard?
It seemed this intelligence had been somewhat mistaken. The He family probably already had a second Blood Qi Realm martial artist.
They had decided to strike first for the advantage!
The fish market was in danger!
Before Jiang Yi could speak, a shrill scream rang out from outside the courtyard.
"Too late—they're here!"
Jiang Yi raised his head!
His eyes were deep, as though they could pierce through layer upon layer of courtyard walls and see the scene outside.
Within his perception!
Three figures were wantonly displaying the aura of martial artists.
One of them even felt rather familiar!
He had fought that person before!
"Let's go!"
Jiang Yi stepped out first, entering the misty rain!
With his current cultivation Boundary!
A slight tremor of his fleshly body instantly evaporated every drop of rain clinging to his robes.
An invisible barrier seemed to rise around him, making it impossible for even a single raindrop to fall upon him.
Wind and rain could not touch him!
"Speak! Where is your manager?"
The man in black wore a ferocious grin as one large hand seized a fish market disciple by the collar.
Beneath his feet!
He was also stomping on another person, whose body was stained with blood as he wailed in agony.
Seeing this, the other fish market disciples shrank back for a moment, seemingly not daring to step forward.
They merely blocked the three men for now, preventing them from entering the inner courtyard.!
The sturdy fish market disciple whom Jiang Yi had previously named to lead the charge into Bailiu Street stepped forward!
He drew a deep breath, forced himself to be brave, stretched out his neck, and shouted:
"L... let them go!"
"This is the fish market's territory. What... what do you people from the Evil Wolf Gang want?"
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