Chapter 127: Soaring Efficiency, Lin Qingyi's Thoughts!

Chapter 127: Soaring Efficiency, Lin Qingyi's Thoughts!

At the Lu Water's edge.

Eastern Courtyard.

Jiang Ning demonstrated the first posture of the Invincible Body Technique, and after a moment, he proceeded to the second and third postures.

With the Five Beasts Vital Energy circulating and driving his Qi and Blood, he suddenly felt a significant difference from before.

The Five Beasts Vital Energy seemed to have undergone a metamorphosis, filled with spirituality.

As he drove his Qi and Blood, he also felt that the tempering effect on his skin membrane had greatly increased.

At this moment.

A prompt appeared before him, indicating the increase in experience points for the Invincible Body Technique.

【Invincible Body Technique Experience +1】

【Invincible Body Technique Experience +1】

【Invincible Body Technique Experience +1】

After three prompts.

He immediately switched to the second posture.

Continuing to circulate the Five Beasts Vital Energy and driving his Qi and Blood.

【Invincible Body Technique Experience +1】

【Invincible Body Technique Experience +1】

【Invincible Body Technique Experience +1】

Three more prompts appeared, and he subsequently changed to the third posture of the Invincible Body Technique, followed by the fourth and fifth postures.

In the blink of an eye.

Jiang Ning had completed all nine body-forging techniques recorded in the Invincible Body Technique.

【Skill】: Invincible Body Technique (Expertise 295/2000)



Glancing at the panel, Jiang Ning's eyes lit up with joy once more.

"The experience points for the Invincible Body Technique have skyrocketed from 266 points before this skin tempering to 295 points!"

"The efficiency has directly doubled!!!"

"With the same amount of time and skin tempering method as before, the experience points have surged by 29 points!"

"Sigh—" Jiang Ning couldn't help but inhale a breath of cool air as he thought of this.

He continued to mutter, "The limit-breaking of the Five Beasts Fist has brought me such a significant boost, and the efficiency of skin tempering has directly increased by three times!"

"Moreover, this efficiency I have now is without any external assistance. If I were to use the Golden Body Soup for a herbal bath, the efficiency of skin tempering will definitely surge again."

"It seems that achieving Major Skin Tempering and reaching the day when my skin membrane becomes as tough as copper is not far off!"

Jiang Ning's heart was filled with excitement.

With Major Skin Tempering, according to the martial path of this world, he could truly begin tempering his whole-body's muscles.

Thus, stepping into the Eighth Rank Martial Dao and entering the Divine Strength Realm.

Once he reaches this stage, even within the entire county, he will be a true figure of prominence, someone whom no one dares to ignore.

Subsequently.

After feeling the internal consumption, he took out a bottle of Herb Essence and swallowed it.

Tsk tsk—

He smacked his lips and couldn't help but exclaim, "After breaking through with the Five Beasts Fist, with just one round of tempering Qi and Blood, the consumption on my body has greatly increased."

"The efficiency of skin tempering has also started to increase significantly, and the consumption on my body has surged again."

"With my current consumption, two bottles of Herb Essence per day are no longer sufficient!"

"I'll need at least four bottles a day."

"The fifty bottles of Herb Essence I bought more than ten days ago will only last a few more days."

"After I attend Wang Jin's disciple initiation banquet at the Martial Hall the day after tomorrow, I'll have to buy more Herb Essence."

"I also need to get myself a suitable and handy blade."

"This ebony long knife is too light and of poor quality!"

"When I fought with Dishonest Field in the water, if I had a good blade in my hand, I believe it would have posed a greater threat to him."

With these thoughts in mind, Jiang Ning headed towards the back kitchen of the Eastern Courtyard.

In the direction of the back kitchen.

"Little Brother!" Upon seeing Jiang Ning's arrival, Jiang Li couldn't help but smile.

After exchanging greetings, Jiang Ning removed his clothes and, wearing only a pair of shorts, jumped into the already heated wooden tub.

Inside the tub, strands of golden silk threads flowed like swimming dragons.

This was the manifestation of demon blood.

A package of Golden Body Soup had already dissolved in the heated water, and its medicinal power thoroughly infused the steaming hot water.

"Little Brother, can you handle it?" Jiang Li asked after Jiang Ning entered the water.

Jiang Ning felt the changes in his body and replied calmly, "No problem!"

Jiang Ning appeared relaxed on the surface, but in reality, he was not relaxed at all.

Jumping into a pot of heated water was not comfortable.

Not to mention that this hot water also contained the medicinal power.

At this moment, as his pores opened in the hot water, Jiang Ning instantly felt a surge of domineering power entering his body.

He felt as if thousands of needles were piercing through his pores and penetrating his skin membrane.

Then.

Jiang Ning slowly closed his eyes and visualized his entire body.

With this visualization, he saw strands of medicinal power entering his body through the pores opened by the hot water.

As the medicinal power merged with his body, he felt his skin membrane relax.

The burden on his skin membrane from the previous cultivation of the Invincible Body Technique was gradually soothed by the herbal bath.

This made Jiang Ning feel comfortable, but at the same time, his entire body felt as if it were being pricked by needles constantly.

Especially when he was observing his body internally, there were moments when a strand of golden thread would pass through his pores and reach the skin membrane, causing him to experience a sudden and intense pain.

The muscles and skin membrane at that spot would also be stimulated, resulting in multiple minor twitches.

"It's truly a painful yet joyful experience!" Jiang Ning sighed to himself.

He then calmly accepted everything.

Half an hour later.

Jiang Ning seemed to wake up from his slumber and slowly opened his eyes.

Looking down, he noticed that the originally murky hot water had become slightly clearer.

The biggest change was that there was no longer any trace of the golden threads in the hot water.

Splash!

Jiang Ning stood up.

The scalding hot water slid off his body and dropped into the wooden bucket beneath him.

"Little Brother! How do you feel?" Jiang Li asked.

"Great!" Jiang Ning nodded.

"Little Brother, when should I boil the water next time?" Jiang Li asked again.

"After lunch, I guess," Jiang Ning replied.

In the courtyard.

Jiang Ning assumed the first posture of the Invincible Body Technique and then circulated the Five Elements Vital Energy throughout his body.

[Invincible Body Technique Experience +1]



[Invincible Body Technique Experience +1]



[Invincible Body Technique Experience +1]



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Seeing the frequency of the prompts appearing before his eyes, Jiang Ning felt secretly pleased.

"The efficiency has indeed increased significantly again!"

"The Golden Body Soup's medicinal effect is truly extraordinary! It's worth the price of fifty taels for a single herbal bath!"

After a short while.

Jiang Ning slowly retracted his posture and stopped the process of tempering his skin membrane.

Then he looked at his panel again.

[Skills]: Invincible Body Technique (Proficiency 650/2000)



Observing the growth of experience points on the panel, Jiang Ning's expression was extremely satisfied.

This time, after tempering his skin membrane, his experience points increased by a whopping 60 points, jumping from 295 to 355.

Compared to the previous tempering efficiency, it had increased by a factor of two.

Compared to yesterday's efficiency, it had increased by several times.

Although this time's tempering only increased by a factor of two compared to the previous one, it was still far from the several-fold increase in efficiency mentioned by Han Hongmei. However, Jiang Ning still felt no disappointment.

He knew that the several-fold increase mentioned by Han Hongmei was calculated based on the efficiency of a normal ninth-rank martial artist's tempering.

His efficiency was extremely high, far surpassing that of ordinary martial artists.

With different bases, the efficiency multiplier would naturally be different.

After the herbal bath with the Golden Body Soup, it had increased his skin tempering efficiency by a factor of two, which was already extremely satisfying to Jiang Ning.

"With this efficiency, I might have a chance to achieve Major Skin Tempering before the establishment of the Inspection Bureau!"

Two days later.

[Name]: Jiang Ning

[Essence Points]: 21.1

[Skills]:

Scholarly Skills (Twice Breaking the Limit 1255/3000) (Characteristics: Photographic Memory, Extraordinary Senses)



Five Beasts Fist (Once Breaking the Limit 53/2000) (Characteristics: Vital Energy Stored in Organs)



Firewood Cleaving Blade Technique (Four Times Breaking the Limit 5000/5000) (Characteristics: Lateral Thinking, Swift as the Wind, Divine Blade Control, Blade and Person as One)



Inner Alchemy Vitality Technique (Proficiency 1343/2000)



River Wave Blade Technique (Major Mastery 48/1000)



Invincible Body Technique (Proficiency 650/2000)



Water Mastery (Once Breaking the Limit 187/2000) (Characteristics: Underwater Breathing)



Over the past two days.

The Tiger Cub Transformation Body Strength Pill in his body released its medicinal power once again.

This caused his physique to grow slightly, and it also brought about an increase in essence points, raising his essence points to 21.1.

The improvement in the Five Beasts Fist was not noticeable because he was currently focusing his efforts on tempering his skin membrane.

With his shift in focus and the transformation of the Five Elements Vital Energy after breaking the limit, the efficiency of tempering his skin membrane had greatly increased. Combined with the assistance of the herbal bath,

his progress in the Invincible Body Technique also soared, jumping from over 200 experience points in two days to 650 at this moment.

This made Jiang Ning feel a significant improvement in the toughness of his skin.

"This afternoon is the apprenticeship ceremony that Wang Jin entrusted to me three days ago, the ceremony for a direct disciple!"

"I still have time, so I'll continue practicing my fist techniques and tempering my skin!"

"The apprenticeship ceremony is just a formality for me!"

Jiang Ning thought to himself.

Afterward.

After finishing his morning routine, he went to the courtyard.

Wan Hua Tower.

"Auntie,"

A girl in a soft yellow dress rushed into Lin Qingyi's embrace.

Then she affectionately rubbed against Lin Qingyi's chest.

Lin Qingyi looked at the girl in her arms and couldn't help but show a hint of indulgence.

"Jiaye, why do you suddenly have time to visit me?"

"

Upon hearing Lin Qingyi's words, the girl in the soft yellow dress, who had been nestled in Lin Qingyi's embrace, rose to her feet. With a coy pout, she said, "Sister Qingxia and the others graduated from Dongling Martial Academy and were assigned by the Academy to the Inspection Bureau here in Luoshui County, so we had the time to come and visit Auntie!"

"I only arrived in Luoshui County last night, and I came to see Auntie today!"

At the mention of Lin Jiaye's words, a look of relief appeared on Lin Qingyi's face.

Then, Lin Jiaye took out a small box made of glass from her body.

"Auntie, this is the lipstick I specially asked someone to buy from the city of Guangning Prefecture. It's called Pear Blossom Snow White."

"You're such a thoughtful little girl!"

Lin Qingyi gently rubbed Lin Jiaye's delicate nose.

Lin Jiaye's face was filled with a playful smile.

At that moment, as she looked at Lin Qingyi's face, a sense of joy welled up within her.

Over the past two years, as she studied martial arts at Dongling Martial Academy and her mind matured, she gradually realized just how extraordinary her aunt was.

Not only had she become a member of Wan Hua Tower, but she was also the deputy head of a branch of the tower.

Such a position carried great authority and power.

Her strength was also formidable.

If she were to win her favor, it would undoubtedly provide immense assistance to Lin Jiaye's future martial path.

More importantly, she had vaguely heard from her family that her aunt seemed to have married an extremely extraordinary person.

Just how extraordinary this person was, she wasn't sure at the time.

However, from the tone of the elders' conversations, she could sense some clues, indicating that this person must be incredibly outstanding.

During those discussions, the elders avoided the topic like a venomous snake, not daring to delve further into it.

It was precisely because of these reasons that Lin Jiaye had carefully prepared this gift and even dressed up before coming to see Lin Qingyi.

At that moment, Lin Qingyi opened the lipstick box given by Lin Jiaye and held it to her nose, taking a subtle whiff.

"This scent is indeed very pleasant. It must be quite expensive!" Lin Qingyi asked.

Lin Jiaye nodded obediently, "Auntie, you truly have a keen eye. You figured it out at a glance! This Pear Blossom Snow White lipstick is the newest and most popular product from Moonlit Pavilion this year, so this box is worth a whole gold leaf."

Upon hearing this, a look of surprise flashed across Lin Qingyi's eyes.

"Then she gently rubbed Lin Jiaye's delicate nose."

"You're such a generous little girl!"

Lin Jiaye hugged Lin Qingyi's arm, rubbing her cheek against it, with a face full of affection.

"Auntie was so good to me when I was younger. I've always remembered that! It's been more than two years, and this is the first time I've seen Auntie, so how could I possibly visit empty-handed?"

"You've gone to such trouble, my dear!" Lin Qingyi said, looking at Lin Jiaye with a smile.

"It's what I should do!" Lin Jiaye replied, assuming a girlish demeanor.

A moment later, as Lin Jiaye spun in front of Lin Qingyi, her skirt fluttered, showcasing her graceful figure.

Lin Qingyi nodded slightly.

Then, she asked, "Jiaye, how old are you this year?"

"Auntie, I just turned seventeen last month!" Lin Jiaye replied with a giggle.

"Does Jiaye have a suitor in mind?" Lin Qingyi inquired.

At this question, a tall and handsome man's figure flashed through Lin Jiaye's mind, and she shook her head with a smile.

"Jiaye is still young and doesn't have such thoughts yet."

"You're not young anymore! Jiaye should also start considering her future," Lin Qingyi said, shaking her head slowly, as Jiang Ning's figure appeared in her mind.

She continued, "Then, Auntie can introduce you to a suitable suitor. What do you think, Jiaye?"

"If it were anyone else introducing him, I'd say I have no thoughts! But if Auntie is introducing a suitable suitor, then I'd be open to it," Lin Jiaye replied. "I also want to see what kind of man could catch Auntie's eye."

A smile appeared on Lin Qingyi's lips.

"You'll see him this afternoon! He won't disappoint you!" she said confidently.

During this time, she had personally witnessed Jiang Ning's potential, clearly recognizing him as a rough diamond waiting to shine.

Given some time, Jiang Ning would undoubtedly radiate a dazzling brilliance.

He would not be limited to a small county, nor would he be confined to a single province.

Perhaps one day, the entire Guangning Prefecture, or even the entire Zeshanzhou, would be filled with tales of Jiang Ning.

The whole world might even hear of Jiang Ning's legend.

In Lin Qingyi's eyes, Jiang Ning's background and his exaggerated progress in martial arts indicated a potential that could soar with the wind and transform into a dragon.

He was a true Heaven's Pride with the opportunity to challenge the martial arts grandmaster in the future.

Therefore, upon seeing Lin Jiaye today, Lin Qingyi immediately had an idea.

She wanted to match Lin Jiaye with Jiang Ning, keeping the good fortune within the family.

(End of Chapter)

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