Chapter 360: If the Spring Wind Pities the Flower, Grant Me Youth Anew, Shoulder the Great Sun, and Contend for ’Martial Champion

Chapter 360 -170: If the Spring Wind Pities the Flower, Grant Me Youth Anew, Shoulder the Great Sun, and Contend for ‘Martial Champion

Jiangyin Prefecture Courtyard.

The tall, white-haired, white-bearded old man’s originally ruddy complexion began to turn slightly pale, and he looked somewhat drained.

Ji Xiu immediately felt a pang of shame. After all, this Transformation Secret Skill had allowed him to make such immense progress. The Mansion and Academy Tutor he had just acknowledged must have paid a considerable price.

He had originally thought it was just an ordinary gift.

But once the infusion began, Ji Xiu instantly realized that wasn’t the case at all.

This Secret Skill could actually replace the effects of an Earth Treasure! After refining it, he had thoroughly achieved Third Refining Perfection. His Treasure Robe had solidified, and from now on, he could close all forty-eight thousand of his pores with a single thought. A thousand Sword Weapons could not harm his body. He now had the qualifications to charge toward the Great Limit!

It was truly incredible!

So, Ji Xiu calmed his Qi and Blood and was just about to open his mouth to express his gratitude to Xu Longxiang.

However, Xu Longxiang, who had just withdrawn his hands, frowned.

“Is… is the Foundation of your Tendons the ‘Turtle and Snake Grand Foundation Stake’?”

Ji Xiu’s heart leaped in shock when Xu Longxiang identified the origin of his Bone Marrow Secret Skill in a single sentence.

At that moment, he suddenly remembered what Master Duan had said about this Bone Marrow Refining Technique for Beginner Martial Artists. It seemed his Ancestral Master had also obtained it from some ‘High-class Family’.

He didn’t know the full story behind it, though.

But the solid foundation built by this Bone Marrow Refining Scroll was second to none; it couldn’t be faked.

Moreover, when cultivated to the extreme, breaking through the Tendon Barrier’s Great Limit was a natural outcome. It could even bestow an Acquired Talent like the ‘Profound Blood Flood Dragon Tendons’!

Ji Xiu would never believe it didn’t have a profound origin.

But just now, Xu Longxiang had stretched his tendons and pulled his bones. With his mastery and insight in Martial Arts, he must have already gained a crystal-clear understanding of Ji Xiu’s physical achievements and secrets. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have asked such a question.

Therefore, Ji Xiu didn’t hide anything. He simply nodded lightly. Upon hearing this, the old man’s eyes flashed, and a keen light overflowed from them.

“I never expected that besides fully cultivating Ye Longxiang’s Head, at the age of seventeen, your physical shell could still hide so many secrets.”

“Originally, I had envisioned that this Transformation would be enough for you to break through your bottleneck, and even touch the threshold of the ‘Skin Barrier Three Limits, the Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe’!”

“But…”

“What I never, ever expected was that for your Skin Refining realm, you’ve cultivated such a profound Skin Refining Method. It leads directly from Jade Skin to the Purple Ribbon, with your Qi Mechanism flowing in interconnected cycles.”

“If I had continued to help you break through by force, I would have been shattering your Treasure Body Dao Practice.”

Xu Longxiang slowly lowered his hands and sighed. He didn’t press further about the origin of the Skin Refining Technique, but he couldn’t help asking about the Turtle and Snake Grand Foundation Stake, which built such a solid foundation for the Great Dao.

“Where did you get that Tendon Barrier technique?”

Hearing this, Ji Xiu figured that his connection to the Celestial Blade School was already common knowledge, so he admitted it openly without hiding anything.

“Master Xu, it was passed down by my Celestial Blade School’s Ancestral Master, Wang Xuanyang.”

Xu Longxiang’s white brows twitched as he spoke in a detached tone.

“Wang Xuanyang?”

“Never heard of him.”

“However…”

“You say your Ancestral Master passed this down. Was he also a disciple of one of the Ten Great Celestial Pillars, True Martial Mountain?”

“Otherwise, how could he possess the Tendon Secret Record, which True Martial Mountain’s Primordial Ancestor created to lay the Martial Dao foundation for his disciples?”

Xu Longxiang’s first words made Ji Xiu’s eyes go wide.

Ever since he had entered the vast Jiangyin Prefecture, no matter where he went, the Name of his Ancestral Master, Wang Xuanyang, was known by all.

This was the first time he had ever met someone who was completely indifferent to the name Wang Xuanyang.

‘Is it because this Master Xu Longxiang has the pride and power to be arrogant, or has the old man simply stayed cooped up in this Prefecture Courtyard, living as a recluse, and never ventured out?’

‘My Ancestral Master dominated Jiangyin Prefecture for a full Jiazi cycle before this one!’

‘How could anyone have never heard the name of such a figure?’

Ripples spread through Ji Xiu’s heart.

And that wasn’t all.

When Xu Longxiang spoke the second part of his statement, Ji Xiu’s heart plummeted as if on a roller coaster.

The faint sense of unease that had been buried deep in his heart ever since he started the Cultivation of the Turtle and Snake Grand Foundation Stake finally exploded now that Xu Longxiang had exposed the method’s origin.

At this moment, Ji Xiu finally understood what Master Duan had meant all those years ago when he took out this Tendon Secret Record and solemnly asked if he was ready.

A legacy from a Celestial Pillar!

Instantly, an invisible pressure settled upon Ji Xiu’s shoulders.

‘If I’m not mistaken, knowing the typical style of my Master’s Sect, it’s almost certain my Ancestral Master used some unknown method to swindle this technique from someone else.’

‘The probability that he obtained it through improper means is as high as ninety percent!’

‘My Ancestral Master not only managed to get his hands on the Water Monarch’s Mansion’s Bone Forging Technique, but he even managed to procure a Power Secret Scroll from a Celestial Pillar?’

Remembering Xie Zhinan’s recent haughty and arrogant expression, Ji Xiu’s head instantly started to throb.

True Martial Mountain.

‘Just the name alone sounds like they’re not to be trifled with.’

‘And I have no idea what kind of Holy figures they are… ‘

As Ji Xiu mulled this over, he explained the whole story with a sense of helplessness.

Seeing Xu Longxiang’s expression grow progressively stranger, Ji Xiu, while mulling over the master’s words, keenly caught the word “also” and couldn’t help but ask out of curiosity:

“Master, why did you add the word ‘also’ before ‘a disciple of True Martial’?”

“Do you happen to know some other talented disciple from True Martial Mountain?”

“In that case, could you perhaps ask around, see what the situation is, and maybe help smooth this whole thing over quietly…?”