Chapter 307: Enhanced Combat Power, Unlocking the Burst Effect!

Chapter 307: Enhanced Combat Power, Unlocking the Burst Effect!

As the carriage came to a halt, Jiang Ning opened his eyes, emerging from his meditative state. At this moment, he felt his inner breath raging within, and his meridians no longer showed any signs of strain.

"Let's go home!" Jiang Ning said.

At this time, he wasn't too concerned about the changes in Lu Yi after absorbing his blood.

He just wanted to see how much more efficient his inner breath's burst was compared to before.

Hearing Jiang Ning's words, Lu Yi hurriedly followed his footsteps.

After both of them got off the carriage, the two white snow and crimson flame horses instinctively headed towards the Wang family's stable, displaying an uncanny sense of human understanding.

A moment later, Jiang Ning stood alone by the edge of the Chaotic World.

Due to the heavy snowfall, thick layers of snow had accumulated on the ice, reaching a depth of forty to fifty centimeters.

Seeing the white, snow-covered world before him, a smile appeared on Jiang Ning's face.

Then, his body soared into the air like a soaring phoenix, slicing through the sky as if riding the wind.

The howling wind roared in his ears, and the biting cold air felt like a knife cutting through his face.

Jiang Ning narrowed his eyes.

A moment later, his body floated down like a feather, gently landing on the snow-covered ice.

If someone had witnessed this scene, they would have been able to see the exquisite agility of Jiang Ning's movements.

"A hundred zhang leap!" Jiang Ning glanced back at his trail, feeling extremely satisfied.

Compared to before, his agility had improved significantly.

His speed had increased by less than ten percent, but this slight improvement, coupled with the ability to leap a hundred zhang with a gentle touch, was more than twice as effective as before.

The reason for this was that he had opened up the grand circulation of the human body's meridians.

He had widened the eight extraordinary meridians and the twelve main meridians.

The expansion of these meridians also allowed his inner breath to burst forth without hindrance, greatly enhancing the efficiency of its output.

With this inner breath enhancement, his agility naturally improved significantly.

Then, he closed his eyes slightly, scanning his Dantian.

He discovered that compared to before, the total amount of inner breath had visibly decreased by a significant margin.

"The consumption has increased significantly."

"But of course, with the improved burst efficiency, it's like having the same pool of water, but with a ten-centimeter pipe versus a one-meter-wide opening. The time it takes to drain the pool is naturally completely different."

After observing that there was still sixty percent of his inner breath remaining in his Dantian, Jiang Ning opened his eyes.

The next moment, he took a deep breath.

Boom—

An invisible burst of energy erupted within his body.

The force of the energy caused the surrounding snow to swirl, and the falling snow changed direction, rising upwards into the sky.

Then,

Crack—

Crack—

Under the burst of energy, the thick ice beneath his feet couldn't withstand the pressure, and cracks began to spread across the ice.

The next moment,

Boom—

The ice collapsed completely, and the waves, along with the broken ice, surged in all directions.

The waves roared, and ten zhang away, they formed a one-zhang-high wave that crashed heavily onto the distant ice and snow.

At this moment,

The ice shattered completely, and beneath Jiang Ning's feet was a deep blue lake.

However, he stood on the water's surface without sinking.

The freely bursting inner breath had reached a level where it could support his weight, allowing him to stand on the water's surface.

After five breaths,

Gurgle—

The burst of energy within Jiang Ning's body suddenly disappeared, and he sank into the lake.

"With sixty percent of my inner breath, I lasted for five breaths."

"In other words, even if I recover my inner breath to its full capacity, I can only maintain this full-power burst for less than ten breaths."

Through this experiment, Jiang Ning deeply understood the greatest limitation of a warrior.

It was the total amount of inner breath.

For someone like him, with nearly thirty years of cultivation,

He could only maintain the full-power burst of inner breath for less than ten breaths.

By this analogy, even if one reached the level of having an ocean of inner breath and possessed thirty years of cultivation, they could only maintain the full-power burst for slightly over ten breaths.

Taking it a step further, with a lifetime of cultivation,

They could only sustain the burst for slightly over twenty breaths.

This is the level of having an ocean of inner breath, which is fundamentally only achievable by a master.

After all, a lifetime is sixty years, and how many sixty-year periods does an ordinary person have?

Without the longevity of a master, accumulating a lifetime of cultivation is no easy task.

As for talent, anyone who can enter the fifth rank, condense their inner breath, and cultivate their inner power was once considered a genius.

So, at this stage, the gap between warriors is not as exaggerated.

To have a significantly larger inner breath capacity than warriors of the same level, one must either have extraordinary talent, encounter fortuitous opportunities, or be a celestial being descended from the heavens.

"Inner breath is the key to a strong warrior's ability to fight against an army!" Jiang Ning sighed deeply.

Then, a smile appeared on his face.

Because for him, it wasn't like that.

At this moment, in the water, his Dantian's inner breath instantly gathered like flowing water, and strands of mist-like inner breath emerged from his Dantian, rapidly accumulating like a river.

As long as he was in the water, his inner breath would be unceasing and inexhaustible.

The recovery efficiency was astonishing.

After a dozen breaths,

Jiang Ning opened his eyes, and his gaze swept over his Dantian.

Then, his body moved like a swimming fish through the water.

Boom—

The calm lake waters exploded, and his body shot out of the water.

Action: Then, he suddenly turned in mid-air, instantly crossing a width of several zhang of water and landing on the ice beside him.

At this very moment, a body of water six zhang wide appeared before him, and within a twenty zhang radius, the accumulated snow was swept away.

"What a world of difference!"

Witnessing this scene, he couldn't help but feel deeply moved.

This was merely the result of a pure Inner Breath explosion.

In the past, he couldn't have done this; just by exploding his Inner Breath, he could barely blow away the snow in the courtyard.

Moreover, the full explosion of his Inner Breath not only blew away the snow within a ten zhang radius around him.

It also crushed the thick layer of ice, and the powerful reaction force even allowed him to stand in mid-air above the water.

Especially the latter, which made him feel particularly delighted.

Being able to stand in mid-air above the water with his current Inner Breath explosion meant that one day in the future, he could achieve spatial traversal or soar through the vast sky.

Soaring through the heavens and earth was a dream that countless people had once cherished.

It had appeared countless times in his dreams.

Flying through the sky and traversing the earth.

This not only represented an extraordinary divine ability but also a life of freedom and bliss!

"There will be such a day!" He muttered to himself, his tone resolute.

After that, he swiftly crossed the snow-covered ground back to his eastern courtyard.

Shush...

Lu Yi was sweeping the snow in the courtyard, piling it up in the corner.

"Young Master!" Seeing Jiang Ning appear, she stopped her work and greeted him.

Upon seeing Lu Yi, Jiang Ning suddenly remembered that he had been experimenting on her, testing the effects of completing the Divine Favor authority.

So, he waved at Lu Yi.

"Come here!"

Jiang Ning raised his hand and waved.

His Inner Breath exploded, like a raging storm, like a surging river.

The snow in the courtyard was instantly swept away.

"Amazing!" Lu Yi exclaimed, her eyes filled with awe, as if stars were flashing in them.

Seeing this, Jiang Ning couldn't help but smile.

In daily life, Lu Yi often brought him joy.

This was one of the things he liked about her.

If the people around him were as dull as he was, wouldn't life be too boring and uninteresting?

"Young Master!" Lu Yi put down her broom and ran over to Jiang Ning.

"How did it feel just now?" Jiang Ning asked.

Lu Yi understood the meaning behind his words.

She nodded repeatedly, "Compared to last time, the effect is more than ten times stronger! I can feel my strength has greatly increased, and the Qi and Blood within my body are even more powerful, at least one level higher."

"I have a hunch that I'll be able to complete the skin tempering and enter the Fifth Rank of the Martial Dao soon."

Hearing this, Jiang Ning's expression turned to one of surprise.

"More than ten times stronger?"

"Yes!" Lu Yi nodded.

Then she said, "Young Master, come with me, I just tested it."

A moment later, the two of them arrived at the stone lock.

The five-hundred-jin stone lock was effortlessly flipped and swung around in Lu Yi's hand.

It was a sight to behold, like a young girl coming of age, possessing the strength to move mountains.

Such divine strength would have astonished the world in his past life.

It would have made people question their own existence.

Even here, it was extremely exaggerated.

Being able to wield a five-hundred-jin stone lock with such ease meant that Lu Yi had at least a thousand jin of strength.

Generally, a Ninth Rank Martial Artist at the peak of their cultivation had a strength between seven hundred and a thousand jin.

But Lu Yi, who had only recently started her skin tempering, already possessed strength far exceeding that of a typical Ninth Rank Martial Artist.

She was already capable of competing with a Fifth Rank Divine Strength Martial Artist.

With this kind of strength, once Lu Yi began to focus on strength training, one could imagine how much stronger she would become.

"It seems that my blood and flesh have a very obvious effect on enhancing others' physical bodies, no wonder the Divine Favor Sect has been rapidly growing!"

"Once you get used to this simple method of enhancement, it'll become addictive, and the dependency will be strong."

"With such means, the Divine Favor Sect is not to be underestimated!"

"With the Divine Favor God's even more powerful methods and more complete authority, mass-producing Martial Artists might not be a difficult task."

At this moment, Jiang Ning instantly thought of many things.

Then he turned to Lu Yi.

"These days, don't bother with so many trivial matters. Focus on your cultivation and see how efficient it is."

"Yes, Young Master!" Lu Yi replied.

On the other side, Xie Xiao Jiu had completed a round of tempering her meridians.

She raised her hand and struck the air with a palm.

Crack!

The air seemed to explode in response.

Xie Xiao Jiu's face immediately showed surprise.

"Such a noticeable improvement?"

"Are you a divine being? Just the blood alone has such incredible effects; even the best elixirs can't compare!"

At this moment, Xie Xiao Jiu felt the gap between herself and Jiang Ning even more.

The next day.

"What a beautiful day!"

As Jiang Ning opened the door, he saw the clouds dispersing at the horizon.

In just one night, the heavy snow stopped, and the clouds vanished.

Today was clearly going to be a sunny day.

Seeing the long-awaited good weather, a joyful expression appeared on his face.

The arrival of a clear day meant he was one step closer to reaching the level of Inner Breath like a raging storm.

The stronger he became, the more calmly he would face crises in the future.

Several hours later.

Dongling City.

"Miss Xiao, you’ve arrived just in time!"

Stepping out of the inn, Bai Luoyu couldn’t help but smile when he saw Xiao Emei, dressed in a white dress as pristine as snow, appear.

Xiao Emei also revealed a faint smile upon seeing this.

"Being tasked by my master, how could I dare to be negligent?"

"Miss Xiao, if you reach Luoshui County, how do you plan to persuade Jiang Ning to visit the Water Moon Sword Palace?" Bai Luoyu snapped open his folding fan and gently fanned it in the cold morning wind.

Ordinarily, if a common person saw someone fanning themselves in the bitter cold, they would certainly think this person was crazy.

But no one dared to think that about this man.

It was very simple.

In the freezing cave, wearing thin spring and autumn clothing, and still daring to fan himself, how could this be an ordinary person?

He must be an extraordinary Martial cultivator, one who could remain unaffected by cold and heat, to have such composure.

Right at this moment.

A middle-aged woman wearing palace attire and with fish-tail wrinkles at the corners of her eyes walked over.

Seeing this person, Bai Luoyu closed his folding fan, bowed, and greeted her.

"Madam Su!"

"Inspector Bai, you are too polite!" The palace-clad woman smiled.

Although she was the deputy head of the Inspection Office of Dongling Prefecture, responsible for overseeing officials, local strongmen, and military stations, and held a sixth-rank official position, there were very few officials in the entire prefecture who ranked higher than her.

Moreover, as a member of the Inspection Office, she wielded special privileges, embodying the will of the Martial Saint, and could report and act first, then report later, making her a high-level figure.

Therefore, in the entire Dongling Prefecture, she was one of the few at the top of the pyramid.

Furthermore, having crossed into the fourth-rank realm, she had even more confidence.

But even so, she still greeted Bai Luoyu with a smile.

It wasn’t because Bai’s strength was higher than hers, nor because his official rank was higher than hers.

It was because of Bai Luoyu’s identity as an inspector.

A prefectural inspector, overseeing the entire prefecture, from the hundred officials to the common people, all fell within his jurisdiction.

Although a prefectural inspector was only a sixth-rank official, they held the Heavenly Mandate and could report directly to higher levels if necessary, even summoning more senior inspectors.

If the Inspection Office of Dongling Prefecture was a sword hanging over the heads of everyone in Dongling Prefecture, then the prefectural inspector was a sword hanging over the heads of the Inspection Office.

Someone like Bai Luoyu, although directly under the Inspection Office of Dongling City, was also independent of it.

When needed, he could freely move around Dongling Prefecture and act on his own accord.

Only an inspector had such authority, to freely move around Dongling Prefecture and intervene in the Inspection Office of any county or city.

They could mobilize the army and command the Inspection Office in any county.

A sixth-rank official, in the entire Dongling Prefecture, only officials of the Prefecture Governor’s level ranked above him.

For these people, he had the right to supervise.

For all officials below, he had the right to command.

Bai Luoyu’s identity as a prefectural inspector, with his special privileges, was the reason why the Palace Clad woman, even as a deputy head and sixth-rank official, treated him with such respect.

And Bai Luoyu’s special identity, which allowed him to freely move around the entire Dongling Prefecture, was also the reason he was being sent to Luoshui County.

In the entire Dongling Prefecture, the most free and usually the most idle were the inspectors.

The woman in martial attire behind the Palace Clad woman also greeted Bai Luoyu.

"Inspector Bai, nice to see you!"

The martial-clad woman clasped her hands.

Someone on the roadside had already recognized her.

The commander of the Inspection Office, a seventh-rank official.

She was known as the Iron-Faced Judge.

In the entire Dongling City, she was a significant figure.

"Ah, it’s Judge Zhu!"

The martial-clad woman remained calm upon hearing Bai Luoyu’s jesting.

Then, Bai Luoyu looked at the two of them.

"Madam Su, what brings you here?"

"Jiang Ning established another great merit yesterday, so we came to find you early this morning, fortunately, you haven’t left yet!" the Palace Clad woman with fish-tail wrinkles spoke.

"Another great merit?" Bai Luoyu’s face showed surprise, then he continued, "This Jiang Ning is not simple at all! Staying in the small Luoshui County is a waste of his talent."

"Indeed!" The Palace Clad woman nodded.

Then, she glanced around and said, "This isn’t the place to talk, let’s go inside!"

"Alright!" Bai Luoyu nodded.

Meanwhile.

Xiao Emei had already quietly stepped aside.

She was the senior disciple of the Water Moon Sword Palace, ranked third on the Hidden Dragon Rankings, and a strong contender for the next palace head, with numerous titles to her name.

But in front of the Palace Clad woman, she was nothing.

The Palace Clad woman, having crossed into the fourth-rank realm and holding the position of deputy head of the Inspection Office, was like a towering tree in front of her.

She didn’t even have the qualifications to speak to her.

Unless her master came, with the title of the first person under the grandmaster in Dongling Prefecture, then she would be qualified.

But even then, they wouldn’t dare to provoke the Inspection Office, which was currently at the peak of its power.

Because the head of the Inspection Office in Dongling City was a grandmaster, the only grandmaster in Dongling Prefecture.

If he were to act, he could overturn the Water Moon Sword Palace, making it a thing of the past.

"Jiang Ning establishing another great merit, this really is a difficult task Master has given me!"

Thinking about the order the Water Moon Sword Palace head had given her.

Xiao Emei felt a headache.

She must invite him back to the Water Moon Sword Palace as a guest.

If necessary, she could even use force to compel him.

"Is using force really feasible?" She muttered to herself, her voice as soft as a mosquito’s buzz, filled with hesitation.

(End of Chapter)

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