Longevity by Grinding Skills-Chapter 60: Minor Achievement in Bone Cultivation

Chapter 60: Chapter 60: Minor Achievement in Bone Cultivation

Now, he finally understood why the Outer Three Harmonies Realm came after achieving the Great Mastery of the Three Trainings of Tendons, Bones, and Skin.

If one cultivated the complete Iron Bone Locking Technique, reaching the Outer Three Harmonies would likely be relatively easy. After all, the types of Strength involved would be similar, allowing them to merge and unify naturally.

But most Martial Arts in the world were far from perfect. They tended to be strong in some areas and weak in others.

Therefore, this realm was about integrating everything—gathering the Blood Qi from the entire body and unifying the three harmonies into one.

The Dharma Gates for the Outer Three Harmonies were especially precious. The Pure Yang Qi Skill, in particular, which the old Taoist Bi Sheng from the Taoist Sect had produced, was considered one of the most supreme Martial Arts in the world for the Outer Three Harmonies Realm.

’Li Haomiao truly is my benefactor.’

Xu Yunfan sighed with emotion. ’If only I’d known, I would have pried more information out of him.’

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On the peak of Jiyun Mountain, Gang Winds tore at the night sky. A breathtakingly beautiful woman, barefoot, was slowly walking toward the summit. She wore a white ruqun adorned with light gauze, and a blood-red flower petal was imprinted between her brows.

The surrounding wind and snow were deflected by a mysterious aura about ten feet from her body, vaporizing into steam that quickly dissipated into the air.

Her eyes, bright as stars, scanned the silver-clad mountaintop, searching for something. Finally, her gaze fixed on a spot, and she turned to walk a short distance back down the mountain.

She eventually stopped beside a small, drum-like mound of snow. With a gentle lift of her fair hand, an invisible Qi Force emerged from nothing, rapidly swelling into a thirty-foot-tall whirlwind that swept away all the snow before her.

When the snow cleared, the woman finally saw what was beneath the mound: a person, curled up in a ball.

It was Li Miaoyun, who had fought Li Haomiao and had all her qi sealed by his True Blood, turning her into an ordinary person who had then frozen to death on Jiyun Mountain.

"Senior Sister..."

After staring fixedly at Li Miaoyun’s corpse for a long time, a complex, mocking expression finally appeared on the woman’s face.

"Oh, Li Miaoyun, Li Miaoyun. We’ve competed since we were children. From something as small as a cloth doll to something as great as a precious treasure, you had to snatch everything from my grasp. And now, this is the end you’ve come to."

She stood there for a long while before turning her head to see Zhang Shuyang, clad in armor with his hand resting on the longsword at his waist, striding swiftly up the mountain to the summit.

Upon seeing the woman, his gaze flickered to Li Miaoyun beside her. His pupils contracted sharply, but his expression immediately returned to normal as he gave a slight nod.

"Saintess Wan, now that Saintess Li’s whereabouts have been confirmed, and with the King of Yan taken by Bi Sheng of the Taoist Sect, I must return to Jade Capital to report to His Majesty."

Wan Miaoyin nodded slightly, saying nothing.

Zhang Shuyang clasped his hands in a salute, turned, and left swiftly without another word.

With Li Miaoyun dead, the title of Saintess of the Celestial Pivot Start Sect would naturally fall to Wan Miaoyin. But unlike Li Miaoyun, who fought for everything, Wan Miaoyin had a cold temperament and was relatively easy to get along with.

Zhang Shuyang was naturally in a good mood. As for Li Miaoyun’s death, if it hadn’t implicated him in some minor way, he would have loved to clap his hands, laugh three times, and declare, ’Good riddance!’

Wan Miaoyin remained standing for a long time before she finally reached out, preparing to lift Li Miaoyun’s body.

The moment her fingers touched Li Miaoyun, she paused. A clearly visible crack, like one on a vase, appeared on Li Miaoyun’s body, originating from the point of contact.

Her gaze hardened as she watched countless cracks rapidly spread across Li Miaoyun’s body, covering it completely.

Then, like a jade bead shattering on the floor, the web of cracks broke apart with a crash, and the body disintegrated into shards of ice that littered the ground.

A visible wisp of vaporous qi seeped out from the remains.

"This is... Li Miaoyun’s Innate Essence Qi!"

Wan Miaoyin’s eyes widened, but before she could react, the wisp of Innate Essence Qi spontaneously lunged toward her.

The Saintesses of the Celestial Pivot Start Sect nurtured their Essence Qi from the same source. It was only natural that this condensed strand of Innate Essence Qi would seek to enter her body.

In an instant, the aura around her grew deeper and more ethereal, becoming profound and unpredictable.

After a long while, she opened her eyes and looked down at the ice shards covering the ground, an inscrutable expression on her face.

"Oh, Senior Sister, Senior Sister... To think you would use your own life to pave a path for me..."

To accept the consequence is to be bound by its cause.

To succeed in Qi Cultivation, one needed a strong foundation. Now, bolstered by Li Miaoyun’s strand of Innate Essence Qi, her own Origin had grown immensely. As the Essence Qi nourished her in return, her physical constitution was also rapidly improving.

Cultivating the Martial Dao with this advantage, her progress would naturally be a thousand miles a day.

But to advance further down the line, she would need to sever the lingering obsession within this strand of Innate Essence Qi.

And to sever it, she would have to deal with the person who killed her.

"You’ve certainly... given me quite a difficult problem."

As she pondered this, she suddenly looked up, gazing toward Beiye City as a ripple of emotion crossed her face.

"There’s someone else?"

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Nearly a month had passed since the day Lv Yi gave him the Divine Weapon Order. Xu Yunfan had been engrossed in diligent, unceasing training, showing no signs of slacking.

His identity couldn’t withstand scrutiny. If he were to be discovered, he would likely face an official encirclement by the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, so he naturally needed enough strength to handle it.

Just this morning, his cultivation of the Iron Bridge Town Bone Training Chapter had entered the Minor Achievement Realm.

His progress with Flying Leg and Red Rope Copper Body Cloak Hammer toward Great Perfection was also gratifying. At this rate, he could advance his Muscle and Skin Training to the Great Perfection Realm within a year at most.

As he thought this, Xu Yunfan glanced at his Attribute Panel.

’Iron Bridge Pass 0/1000 (Minor Achievement)

Effects: Hard Bone Body, Thousand Jin Bone Bridge, Body-Containing Strength, Hard Bone Pass’

The most important effects were Hard Bone Pass and Thousand Jin Bone Bridge. The "Bone Bridge" referred primarily to the spine. The cultivation method for the Iron Bridge Town Bone Training Chapter, as he recalled it, was simply monstrous.

It required daily washing of the body with Secret Medicine to constantly reconstruct the bones within.

Now at Minor Achievement, the load-bearing axes of his skeleton had been restructured. With his spine pulled taut and combined with his physical condition from achieving Great Mastery of Tendons and Skin, he could use the strength of his arms to hold up a ten-thousand-jin gate without letting it fall.

His overall strength had taken a great leap forward, filling him with pleasant surprise and finally solidifying his resolve.

"Elder Lv, I’m leaving!"

「On this day, spring had arrived, and the flowers were in bloom. Most of the snow on Jiyun Mountain had melted, leaving only a small, stubborn patch on the very peak.」

Xu Yunfan, carrying the Drumming Jar Golden Hammer on his back and dressed in a black Profound-Edged Martial Attire, came to the blacksmith’s shop to bid farewell to Elder Lv.

He carried two jars of the best wine from Changfeng Tavern. As he spoke, he set the wine jars down next to the forge.

Lv Yi, who had been head down, muscles bulging as he hammered a piece of Forged Iron, looked up at Xu Yunfan. A smile touched his face, and he nodded slightly.

"Go on. I’d like to see what kind of name you can make for yourself in this vast Mortal World."

With that, Lv Yi put down his iron hammer, broke the clay seal on a jar, and poured two bowls of wine. Instantly, the fragrance of the wine filled the blacksmith shop, so aromatic that everyone else couldn’t help but look over, drooling with longing.

Xu Yunfan looked at the wine bowl Lv Yi handed him, smiled, and drank it down with him.

After draining the bowl in one go, Lv Yi wiped his beard, full of emotion.

"The Drunken Branch from Changfeng Tavern really knows how to win a man’s heart!"