[You have unlocked the 'Authentic Level' martial arts seed: Fenghuo Langyan!]
[This method can unlock the cultivation ritual upon achieving 'Great Innate'.]
[Half an hour, a remnant map.]
[When you gently woke up, having comprehended the artistic conception in the map and condensed it into a Fist Dao seed, you opened your eyes to see Xiang Zhuluo with a complex expression on his face.]
[He looked at you, with jealousy and frustration in his words: "If it were twenty years ago, seeing you comprehend such a Fist Dao seed, I would surely have been irritable, burning with jealousy, and then beat you severely, just to vent my jealousy!"]
[After speaking, he waved his hand irritably, like collecting a treasure, and swiftly rolled up the remnant map, standing up to send you away.]
["Hurry up, hurry up, this time I've really lost big."]
["The 'fist' promised to you at the Xie Family was not this 'fist'! Alas!"]
["Actually, that Ancient Hong Sword was a trap set by your grandfather Xie Qiaoxuan and me, he deliberately spoke those words in front of you to see if you had truly severed ties with the 'Xuanqing Lake' demon vein."]
["'Gua Hua' from Xuanqing Lake, born of Jing River Dragon Court, it has fled, this matter is of great importance, although the Demon Hunting Department claims to suppress all demons in Great Zhao, if it could truly cleanse the universe, how could there be so many demon disasters?"]
["As long as they don't disturb the prefecture or city, they are mostly unable to manage, so some small border towns and mountain folks, fishermen, have to offer tribute to mountain demons and wild gods in the sea for peace of mind, it's inevitable."]
["In recent years, cases of demons attacking mountains and occupying temples have been increasing."]
["There was even a terrifying case before where a Demon Hunter General's head was taken and hung for a week, prompting a 'sealed' expert from Lingxiao Pavilion to hunt thousands of miles, the world has become increasingly chaotic lately..."]
["Having torn with your father's blood clan and joined the Demon Hunting Department, from now on, you might be seen as an enemy by demons, remember to be careful, strive in your cultivation, additionally..."]
["Once in the Demon Hunting Department, only death can resolve it."]
["These are the words once said by the first Demon Suppression Bureau Chief and many Demon Hunter Generals who believed in the 'Eternal Star, True Invincible of Humanity'."]
["Once on this path, life and death are of no consequence!"]
["No matter if in the future you participate in the 'Wutong Prefecture Test', take office, whether you become a city-level Guardian, a mansion-level Prefecture Venerable, or even a state 'Governor'!"]
["This rule will not change."]
[Xiang Zhulu earnestly instructed you.]
[Even as you walked out of the Demon Hunting Department's door, those words still echoed in your ears, deeply ingrained in your heart.]
[You then turned back, looking at the solemn and majestic Demon Hunting Department, and couldn't help but wonder, to have created such a behemoth in Great Zhao, what was the intention of the legendary 'Demon Suppression Bureau Chief'?]
[But as Song Chai Xin, you are destined not to have an answer to this.]
[At this time, a pair of jade-white hands suddenly patted you, "Hey!"]
[Ruan Xiuxiu tucked a few strands of hair hanging by her ears, smiling warmly, looking in a rather good mood.]
["Your Demon Hunting Robe, Demon-slaying Saber, and 'Copper Seal Patrol Order', here, I specially brought them for you after completing the demon hunting assessment." Ruan Xiuxiu neatly handed a folded black patterned profound robe into your hands.]
[On the robe lay a sheathed treasure saber, clearly a 'Foundation Establishment' grade weapon, sharp enough to cut iron like mud.]
["Thank you, Miss Ruan." You smiled politely, collecting your thoughts, wanting to return to the Xie Mansion.]
[Because Xie Qiaoxuan had once said that he would have divine assistance in the 'Foundation Establishment' barrier by activating the flood dragon blood.]
[As long as this time after the demon-slaying return, he would bestow the secret medicine for refining the 'Water and Fire Immortal Robe', allowing him to quickly grow stronger in a short time to face the upcoming 'Wutong Prefecture Examination'.]
[Seeing you not even feigning a little politeness, striding away from the Demon Hunting Department, Ruan Xiuxiu pouted for a second, touched her face, and looked at your back, stamping her foot in anger.]
[In her heart, she couldn't help but wonder, if it were Song Brahman Mirror standing here today, would you still be able to leave so decisively?]
[She refuses to believe it!]
Wutong Prefecture, Xie Family.
Your feat of demon-slaying across six hundred miles, personally slaying brothers, being stern and impartial, recording your name in the 'Demon Hunting Department', becoming a Copper Seal Patrol, has spread throughout the entire Xie Mansion.]
Half of the Xie Clan Members have changed their view of you.]
The Demon Hunting Department, seemingly high in rank and authority, is actually a high-risk profession.]
At any moment, one's life could be lost due to a simple 'demon-slaying'.]
Even within the generations-old Xie Family, becoming a Demon Hunting Patrol is rare.]
But surprisingly, two have emerged from this generation.]
Yes,]
You have just taken office.]
One has taken Xie Qiaoxuan's recommendation letter to the neighboring 'Phoenix Perch Mansion' to participate in demon hunting training, Xie Bridge.]
Two of the most promising people of the Xie Family have made their own choices.]
...
Time flies like a white steed across a gap.]
In the blink of an eye, it is March.]
The weather is getting colder, reaching the coldest time of entering winter.]
The vast Xie Mansion's pavilions stand, with carved beams and painted pillars, lightly dusted by the scattered large snowflakes, covered in a thin layer of frost white.]
Standing in the square martial arena of the Xie Mansion.
Song Chai Xin, bare-chested, exhaled a breath of white mist lasting over a meter, his skin coated with a layer of medicinal powder.
Inside his body, a sea of thick, surging blood energy began to roar, layer after layer, rushing towards the outside of his skin, as if eager to break through this 'shackle' and see a broader world.
The youth breathed through his nose and mouth, gritting his teeth, standing still in meditation, inhaling 'energy' into his mouth.
He then operated the technique of the Golden Lock Jade Technique, transforming it into golden fluid and jade liquid to swallow, causing his blood energy to become scorching, and making every limb and aperture of his body seem to open.
Then, breaking through the blood vessels, beginning from each aperture, it flowed out endlessly like a sieve, as waste blood and impurities continuously discharged, within moments...
making his flesh soaked in blood!
But...
As the waste blood was drained and stained the medicinal powder.
The layer of treasured medicine covering Song Chai Xin's entire body, known as 'Dragon Elephant Skin Grinding Powder'...
Immediately began to evaporate rapidly, being thoroughly absorbed by him!
As the waste blood burned out and the damaged skin started to heal,
soon, the skin on his body, once rid of its burden, began to emit a gentle radiance, as if cloaked in a thin layer of 'dawn', brightly shimmering in the icy landscape.
Upon closer inspection,
one could vaguely see that the youth's skin was as if it were covered by a thin 'membrane' like a cicada's wings.
This is the 'Water and Fire Immortal Robe'.
The breakthrough sign of the Martial Gate Foundation Establishment is the movement of blood.
The first movement of blood cleanses the meridians inside the body; success is marked by 'Golden Flesh and Jade Veins'.
The second movement of blood makes the bone marrow flawless and complete, while continuous movements thicken one's foundation, earning the name 'Mercury Blood Silver Marrow'.
The first two movements, leveraging dragon blood, required little refinement, and on Yunluan Mountain, Song Chai Xin almost mastered them.
As for the third time,
relying on these past three months at the Xie Family, continuously moving blood, scrubbing the skin, relying on time-consuming labor and consuming large amounts of treasured medicine...
Finally today, Song Chai Xin's skin is invulnerable to knife and bullet, impervious to fire and water, as though clad in armor.
This can be called the 'Water and Fire Immortal Robe'!
This stage is the hardest for most, often taking years, even a decade, to achieve.
Because without the aid of treasured medicine, the act of moving blood to burst pores naturally and using the pressure to refine the skin...
each attempt would leave one gravely injured for three months!
Yet Song Chai Xin has used six sets of medicinal powder, completing the process twelve times!
Any average person would have taken over three years to achieve this.
And this is even with his inherently tough skin!
Cultivation,
truly difficult.
However...
if you clench your fists, with your body taut, feeling the boundless energy spreading through your body, as if a stomp or an elbow strike could shatter the floor, split stone, then thought————
it's all worth it!
Cultivation is precisely about transcending one's limits!
To persist unwaveringly on this path.
What luck!
[After three months of tempering, you broke through the 'Water and Fire Immortal Robe', and in the current generation of the Xie Mansion, none are your equals in combat!
[In the monthly 'Demon Slayer' of the Demon Hunting Department, you quelled dragon disturbances, subdued mountain gods, curbed rat plagues—achievement upon achievement accumulated, and your renown gradually rose.]
[So much so, that those seeking entertainment placed you in a hot list of the top ten candidates for the 'Wutong Prefecture Examination', ranking you sixth, opening betting pools.]
[Wanting to see...]
[Just where you could rank!]
[Thus, you consolidated your foundation, honing yourself, and time flew like a horse on the run, now it's been three months.]
[The Wutong Prefecture Examination is about to begin!]
[The top ten can take official positions!]
[The one who tops the list...]
[has the eligibility to comprehend the military's 'Martial Temple', record their name in the Great Zhao Martial Records as the 'Prefecture Leader', participate in the 'Great Zhao Martial Arts Discussion, and Golden Throne Statue', simultaneously enter into the 'Government Records', providing inspiration for future generations to behold!]