Chapter 178 - 108: Dragon Descendant Treasure Bone, Profound Mysteries, and Advancing the Secret Inheritance: ’Ye Longxiang’s Head

Chapter 178: Chapter 108: Dragon Descendant Treasure Bone, Profound Mysteries, and Advancing the Secret Inheritance: ’Ye Longxiang’s Head

He threw open the door and strode out!

In an instant, her face darkened.

’That damn brat!’

’Does he really not have an ounce of pity for a fair maiden?’

’Hey! Even the law makes allowances for human sentiment.’

’Besides, after I paid such a steep price, you’re really just going to treat it as a pure transaction? You didn’t feel even a flicker of compassion for a peerless beauty like me, with skin like ice and bones of jade?’

For a moment, Bai Shuo even began to seriously doubt her own charms.

But she had misunderstood Ji Xiu.

When Ji Xiu first saw Bai Shuo, he was, of course, utterly captivated by her beauty.

But Ji Xiu, blessed with the Innate Wisdom of two lifetimes, was no hot-blooded youth who would rush in headfirst.

He knew full well that the more powerful a woman’s background, like Bai Shuo’s, the more complicated she was bound to be.

Sticking to business instead of feelings was best for everyone involved.

If he let himself get entangled...

Ji Xiu focused his mind, forcefully suppressing the flicker of apology and hesitation in his heart.

Instead, his brow knitted in concentration, his eyes sharpened with focus. His hands became a blur of motion, shifting between hand, palm, finger, and claw... In that moment, it was as if his every action had become part of his training!

[Current pre-borrowable Martial Arts and Skill Daos: 2!]

With both the Ten Thousand Laws Dao Seal Visualization Map and Mortal Transformation: Soaring Dragon Gate pre-borrowed and repaid, Ji Xiu’s Dao Skill and Bone Tempering had both reached Perfection!

He hadn’t forgotten that the Secret Martial Dao he had just acquired in the Earth Dragon Cave—Ye Longxiang’s Head—was still sitting on the pre-borrow list, waiting for him!

’The ’Long’ in Ye Longxiang means dragon. So this must be a Martial Art based on fist and foot techniques, created by mimicking the essence of drakes and dragons, right?’

’If so, since I just obtained the Dragon Descendant Treasure Bone, pre-borrowing and cultivating this should be a breeze.’

’I might even reach Minor Success right from the start and master the essence of all its integrated Six Stances!’

Ji Xiu was filled with drive.

Romance is a tender trap.

’My skills are still unrefined. How could I dare to get entangled and indulge in such things!’

’Ultimately, skill is all that truly matters!’

’My hands are itching for a fight. I’ll use this opportunity of breaking through a Great Limit to see for myself...’

’...just what secrets lie within the so-called advanced Secret Martial Dao of this world!’

"Primordial Daoist Talisman!"

’Pre-borrow Ye Longxiang’s Head!’

BOOM!

As Ji Xiu stepped over the threshold, he raised both hands.

CRUNCH, CRUNCH!

He crunched through the snow, the rhythmic sound quickly lulling him into a state of epiphany. At the same time...

The commotion from him breaking the Second Great Limit had drawn everyone’s attention.

Whether it was Duan Chenzhou and Qin Zhuo of the Celestial Blade Style, the two young mistresses of the estate, Ye Ningzhi and Cai Ling’Er, or even Jiang Li...

Hearing the noise, they had all come over one after another.

"Brother!"

Ji Wei came jogging over, her face beaming. She had heard from Fan Nansong that Ji Xiu’s Martial Dao had advanced once again—that he had broken the shackles of a Great Limit that ninety-nine percent of the world could never overcome—and she wanted to be the first to congratulate him.

However,

when she saw Ji Xiu lightly raise his arms, it was as if a palpable "momentum" gathered as he did so, his eyes gently closed.

With every forward step, his hands would shift through various forms—hand, palm, finger, claw...

causing the snow at his feet to swirl into the air. It condensed, hovered, and danced, as if caught by his hands, rising and falling in time with his Spinal Dragon...

He had actually condensed a Dragon Head from thin air using his Force, using his Spinal Dragon as a base. It moved with his hands and legs, brimming with such surging power that even a casual pat, grasp, or press...

was enough to make the rockery in the empty courtyard instantly shatter in response!

The air itself seemed to tear with a CRACKLE, and the air currents beneath the Dragon Head he controlled seemed to buckle under the strain.

The young man’s eyes were closed, his black hair whipping in the wind.

Ji Wei was stunned speechless by the sheer spectacle. Before she could utter a word, Cai Ling’Er, who had rushed over right behind her, arrived just in time to witness the scene.

She stared at the young man’s form and rhythm. His every move was identical to the Qi Circulation Routes recorded on those six stone walls. While she could tell at a glance that it was all form and no substance—he still had a long way to go—but...

there was no denying it. This was, without a doubt, the foundation of a Secret Martial Dao!

’Holy crap!’

’He actually learned it?!’

’No, that’s not right.’

’This is impossible... It just shouldn’t be...’

Cai Ling’Er was dumbfounded.

As for Ye Ningzhi, her eyes shone brightly:

"Is this that Secret Martial Dao you were talking about?"

Her gaze was intense, her small fists clenched tightly. Glancing at Cai Ling’Er’s crestfallen, disbelieving expression, a playful smirk touched her lips:

"Senior Brother Ji said that if he learned it, he would teach me."

"This is a Secret Martial Dao, you know... I’ve been with my School for so long, and I still haven’t been taught one."

Ye Ningzhi put on a timely look of regret, but then her expression turned triumphant:

"But now, I have a chance!"

"It’s just a shame you won’t have the good fortune to enjoy it..."

Her few words were enough to make Cai Ling’Er’s face flush red. She stammered for a moment before finally gritting her teeth, stomping her foot, and squeezing her eyes shut:

"I... I’m just a handmaiden with a shallow perspective! What could I possibly know?"

"Have you ever seen a servant in this estate who can recognize a priceless treasure at a glance?!"

"Hmph."

Seeing Ye Ningzhi’s look of surprise, Cai Ling’Er directly laid their "relationship" bare. Though her heart ached, she couldn’t help but think to herself.

’A little bit of reputation is nothing...’

’Even if it means more than just being a handmaiden... making a few more sacrifices, like warming his bed or offering myself to him...’

’...it wouldn’t be out of the question!’

’What does that matter in the face of a Secret Martial Dao!’

’If all else fails...’

’I’ll go home, fleece Grandpa for some Earth Treasures for his precious granddaughter, and call it tuition! This is a Secret Martial Dao we’re talking about!’

Seeing the look on Ye Ningzhi’s face, Cai Ling’Er’s own face crumpled, and she wanted to slap herself.

’Why was I the one who led him there, the one who made the promises, and now I’m the one who has to cough up my family’s fortune just to save a little face?’

’Waaaah.’

’I’ll never be so stubborn again. QAQ.’