nucmednet Chapter 54 Mid-stage Rank 5, Copper Skin and Iron Bones!
Chapter 54 Mid-stage Rank 5, Copper Skin and Iron Bones!
"Once you're in the martial world, you're not in control of your own destiny!"
"I have no intention of competing with anyone, but someone is forcing me to move forward!"
Sheathing his sword, Xiao Bieli looked at Ning Qing and smiled:
"As for Miss Ning, is Ning Qing your real name?"
Ning Wanqing pondered the eight words, "Once you're in the martial world, you're not in control of your own destiny."
Finally, she rolled her eyes at Xiao Bieli and said:
"My real name is Ning Wanqing!"
"My Ning family still has some influence within the Zhenwu Hall."
"When you're in the martial world, you're not in control of your own destiny." If this were said by a middle-aged person, she would take it as their own realization. But hearing it from Xiao Bieli, who was two years younger than her, made her feel that Xiao Bieli was putting on an act!
Xiao Bieli shook his head and said:
"Judging from Yue Ji's words, it seems that the Salt Gang and Xue Zhou have reached a consensus. With the addition of experts from the Three Rivers Alliance, the Twelve Linked Forts, and Baiyun Manor, going in again might be quite dangerous!"
"Why don't you leave first?"
"If I can obtain that grandmaster's inheritance, I'll give it to you!"
"Otherwise, if a fight breaks out later, I might not be able to protect you."
Now that his experience points have exceeded 10,000, he won't be able to perform as well if Ning Wanqing is with him.
[Host: Xiao Bieli.]
[Cultivation Level: Early Stage of Fifth Rank]
【武功：易筋经（51/100）、狂风刀法（圆满）、十三太保横练功（圆满）、铁布衫（圆满）、拔刀术（圆满）……铜身功（78/100）、金钟罩（73/100）大力金刚指10/100）、刀意、铜皮、身轻如燕。】
[Experience value: 13440]
Ning Wanqing smiled and said:
"Don't worry, I have two life-saving items on me, so you don't need to take care of me."
"If a fight breaks out later, I might give you a surprise!"
Tatata!
Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came from behind.
"Hurry up, or we won't even get to drink the soup!"
"Yeah, we've been walking for so long and haven't seen a single ghost. Could there be other secret passages in this cave?"
"Hey, you know what, if it weren't for Xiao Bieli, we really wouldn't have been able to get in today!"
"..."
Hearing the sounds coming from the cave behind him, Xiao Bieli frowned slightly.
After searching Yue Ji's body, they found nothing except some silver.
"Why don't we let them lead the charge?" Ning Wanqing suggested softly.
Xiao Bieli nodded.
The two leaped up, and Xiao Bieli, not forgetting to take Yue Ji's head and body with him, landed on the platform where Yue Ji had previously hidden.
After a while,
Dozens of people carrying torches came in a grand procession.
"There's blood!"
"It must have been Xiao Bieli who encountered them and fought here!"
"Let's go, let's go inside quickly!"
"..."
Xiao Bieli casually tossed Yue Ji's body onto the platform of the cave and said:
"Miss Ning, please allow me to use the restroom!"
"Tsk!" Ning Wanqing spat, then leaped forward a hundred meters and disappeared around the corner.
Xiao Bieli didn't care, turned around, and silently recited in his heart:
"Consume 10,000 experience points to upgrade the Yi Jin Jing!"
[Realm Level: Mid-Fifth Rank!]
[Yi Jin Jing (61/100)]
boom!
Countless experiences from practicing the Yi Jin Jing flooded into Xiao Bieli's mind, along with a surge of pure true energy that rushed toward his ear canals!
Rumble!
Xiao Bieli's aura was rising steadily.
boom!
With his ear canals opened, Xiao Bieli's hearing increased dramatically, becoming more than ten times stronger than before.
At the same time, the kidneys, which correspond to the ear orifices, are also strengthened!
As long as you can get to this point, you won't need to drink any kidney tonics; you'll have an iron-strong kidney!
After a dozen or so breaths,
Xiao Bieli's breathing calmed down.
Looking at the system panel, there were still over three thousand experience points remaining.
"There are too many overlaps between the Bronze Body Skill and the Thirteen Body Guardians' Horizontal Training."
"Let's upgrade the Golden Bell Shield to the maximum level first!"
"However, it seems I have enough experience to level up both martial arts to the maximum level!"
One thought comes to this,
Xiao Bieli silently recited in his heart:
"Consume 2,700 experience points to upgrade Golden Bell Shield!"
"Consumes 440 experience points to upgrade Bronze Body Technique!"
[Golden Bell Shield (Perfected), Bronze Body Skill (Perfected), Copper Skin and Iron Bones!]
boom!
Almost instantly, countless experiences from practicing the two martial arts flooded into Xiao Bieli's mind, and a warm current surged through his body.
As the warm current slowly dissipated...
Xiao Bieli could clearly feel that his physique was getting stronger, and even a famous weapon might not be able to cut through his skin.
"Thus, the copper skin and iron body are complete!"
"Even if Xue Zhou is ranked sixty-second on the Dragon and Tiger List, he may not be able to break through my external martial arts!"
"We can go and meet them now!"
"I'll use all three hundred experience points remaining to upgrade the Vajra Finger technique!"
After a while,
Xiao Bieli leaped down and headed deeper into the cave.
They hadn't gone far when they saw Ning Wanqing waiting ahead.
"Tsk tsk!"
Ning Wanqing glanced at Xiao Bieli and clicked her tongue softly.
Xiao Bieli's face darkened.
It's just that improving martial arts skills took a little longer than expected. What does that look mean?
However, he was too lazy to argue with Ning Wanqing, and said softly:
"Let's go!"
They hadn't gone far when they heard the sound of swords clashing.
"Damn it!"
"Does your Three Rivers Alliance really intend to exterminate us all?"
"We just wanted a sip of soup..."
"Spare my life!"
"Xiao Bieli killed everyone outside; it has nothing to do with us..."
"..."
Screams of agony filled the air.
Xiao Bieli and Ning Wanqing's expressions remained unchanged.
There are still many clever people in the world. There were nearly four hundred people outside, but only a few dozen people entered the cave.
It's obvious that the Three Rivers Alliance, the Twelve Linked Forts, and the White Cloud Manor all have fifth-rank experts coming here, wanting to get a share of the pie. They don't even consider their own strength.
Xiao Bieli was in front, while he hid around the corner.
Ahead was a huge cave, large enough to hold hundreds of people. In the very center of the cave was a stone platform with an ancient longsword stuck in it. Beside the sword was an old wooden box.
At this moment, a group of people surrounded the stone platform, and there were twenty or thirty corpses lying on the ground.
Looking at the people around the stone platform, Ning Wanqing leaned closer to Xiao Bieli and whispered, "..."
"Guan Tiannan, the chief of the Twelve Linked Forts; Wei Yong, the second master of Baiyun Manor; Xie Yuntao, the 'Golden-Eyed Eagle' of the Three Rivers Alliance; Qi Li, the 'Hibiscus Swordsman'; and Xue Zhou, the 'Gentleman Swordsman'!"
"The Salt Gang didn't see that the Cangyuan Sword Sect shouldn't have only sent Xue Zhou!"
Xiao Bieli turned his gaze to Xue Zhou.
Xue Zhou was handsome and elegant, dressed in a white robe and carrying a long sword with three jade stones inlaid on the hilt. However, in terms of appearance, even he could only surpass Xue Zhou by three points!
Moreover, he could sense the faint sword intent emanating from Xue Zhou, indicating that Xue Zhou had also comprehended the existence of sword intent.
At this moment, several fifth-rank experts surrounded the stone platform.
The atmosphere was somewhat eerie.
None of them spoke, and even the one who attacked the group that had arrived earlier was one of their own top fighters.
Guan Tiannan looked at the captured man kneeling on the ground and said coldly:
"You just said that Xiao Bieli has arrived?"