Fantasy: Immortality Begins with Absorbing Demons

Chapter Seventy-Seven: Jade Bone Technique Completed

"Alright, get some rest. We'll go to the Extraordinary Affairs Office together tomorrow to hand over our missions."

Bai Sanren yawned and said to Han Yi.

Squeak

Han Yi pushed open the door to the south room.

"Pooh, pooh."

The moment the door opened, specks of dust flew up, and Han Yi coughed twice, choking on the dust. Clearly, the house had been uninhabited for a long time.

Fortunately, the sheets, blankets, and pillows were relatively clean. Han Yi tidied up a bit and then began to organize his day's haul.

A dead, strange insect, will be submitted to the Office of Extraordinary Affairs tomorrow as evidence to investigate the source of the wild dog's mutation.

Han Yi planned to absorb a piece of Xuan Yin Stone later.

Several hidden secrets: the origins of the Meridian Connection, the Blood Blade Sect, the Crimson Blood Tiger Meat of the Desolate South, and the current situation in An'yan City…

Bai Sanren also planned to help him find out about the organization that assassinated him.

I wonder if the person tailing me this time is the same person who tried to assassinate me last time...

Oh, and there's also the secret mark left by A Qiu. I wonder if it's related to this matter. I'll have to find some time to ask him about it.

Thinking of this, Han Yi took out the letter that Li Feng had given him.

"Hmm... Should I go to the Li residence tomorrow and have my courtyard rearranged?"

Han Yi fell into deep thought.

Regardless, Li Feng meant well, so let's go check it out...

Now, take a look at the panel, and then absorb this Xuan Yin Stone!

Han Yi had a thought and silently recited "system".

Name: Han Yi (16/108)

[Realm]: Early stage of Blood Refinement (10/100)

[Techniques]: Yang Yuan Gong (Incomplete, Trait: Rejuvenation, Minor Success 4/50, can be upgraded); Jade Bone Gong (Mortal Rank, Trait: Strengthening Bones, Minor Success 6/20, can be upgraded)

[Martial Arts]: Thunderclap Palm Technique (Yellow Rank, High Grade; Characteristics: Shattering Stones and Splitting Earth, Frenzied Strike, Proficiency (5/20), Upgradeable); Basic Sword Technique (Mortal Rank; Characteristics: Sword Dance, Minor Success 9/20, Upgradeable); Flying Swallow Kick (Yellow Rank, Low Grade; Characteristics: Gale, Proficiency (7/20), Upgradeable)

[Elemental Power Value]: 17

In his unarmed state, his overall strength is '45~67'.

"Absorb!" Han Yi picked up the Xuan Yin Stone, and ripples stirred in his heart.

Name: Han Yi (16/110)

[Elemental Power Value]: 37

The Xuan Yin Stone on the wild dog leader's body was clearly of much higher quality than the one Han Yi obtained from the black market last time, adding a full two years of lifespan and twenty points of Yuan Power!

Now that we've found a way to increase our Yuan Power, we should spend it when necessary to improve our strength and take on missions from the Extraordinary Affairs Bureau to create a positive cycle!

But thirty-seven points of Yuan Power aren't enough for a breakthrough in Yang Yuan Gong...

Then let's upgrade the other martial arts techniques to the highest level!

Han Yi focused his mind on the Jade Bone Skill (Minor Success 6/20) several times.

As points were added, memories surfaced from the depths of my mind.

Han Yi seemed to have become a disciple of a sect, and after a year of hard work, he finally mastered the Jade Bone Technique.

Afterwards, he went to the deep mountains and dense forests, and with his master's help, he killed a beast that had undergone bone and blood transformation, the 'Golden Bear', and collected a large amount of 'Golden Boiling Grass'.

Upon returning to his sect, he made a medicinal ointment from the Golden Boiling Grass and applied it all over his body. As the medicinal power penetrated deep into his bone marrow, pain followed. His bones began to split, grow, and multiply, gradually transforming into another strange form.

His entire skeleton became as smooth, cool, and transparent as jade. More importantly, it also had the toughness of jade. If you were to take out a single bone and look at it alone, you might even mistake it for a sculpture!

This is precisely the characteristic that appears only when the 'Jade Bone Skill' is cultivated to its highest level—'bones as sculpted as jade'.

Click, click, click!

Waves of pain washed over Han Yi, his bones cracking and popping, and his muscles convulsing and jerking violently.

However, the intense pain came quickly and disappeared just as quickly. After a short while, the pain subsided, a warm current spread through my bones, and my flesh and bones felt soft and comfortable all over.

Han Yi felt a strange power rising up all over his body, on every bone, big and small, like an invisible barrier, resisting any possible external harm.

[Realm]: Early stage of Blood Refinement (17/100)

[Cultivation Techniques]: Yang Yuan Gong (Incomplete, Trait: Rejuvenation, Minor Success 4/50, Can be Upgraded); Jade Bone Gong (Mortal Rank, Trait: Strengthening Bones, Protection, Major Success, Cannot be Upgraded)

[Elemental Power Value]: 23

Sure enough, the Jade Bone Skill developed a new characteristic: self-protection!

Han Yi carefully experienced the changes in his body. This inexplicable power was none other than the bone force that only appears when a late-stage Bone Refinement martial artist's bones and flesh are united and their power is concentrated.

A martial artist in the late stage of Bone Refinement has bones as hard as refined iron. After stimulating their Qi and blood, their bones and flesh become one, and every move they make will concentrate their power and have a powerful penetrating effect, which is called Bone Power.

Now, this layer of bone strength adheres to the bones, seemingly able to deflect most of the force that penetrates the body!

But isn't bone strength only useful for attacking...?

I've never heard of bone strength being used for defense...

Han Yi was momentarily bewildered, as this situation contradicted his understanding of common martial arts principles.

What he didn't know was that the Jade Bone Skill, as the foundational technique of the ancient Mahayana sect, had a illustrious reputation and was inherently so effective.

However, as the world changed, the Maha Sect disappeared into the long river of history, the 'Golden Boiling Grass' became extinct, the Jade Bone Technique also fell into silence, and even the visualization diagram disappeared. Until now, it has become a mortal-level technique that no one cultivates.

In other words, Han Yi, through the system, made the 'Jade Bone Technique,' which was not originally from this era, shine brightly again. As for his cultivation level, there was not much change, only an increase of seven points.

Although the 'Jade Bone Skill' is much more proficient than the 'Yang Yuan Skill', even when mastered, it does not provide the same boost to cultivation as the 'Yang Yuan Skill' when one is proficient.

Therefore, although the 'Yang Yuan Gong' is marked as incomplete, its rank must be higher than that of ordinary people, which made Han Yi start to have all sorts of thoughts.

But what's the point of thinking about all this?

Han Yi smiled wryly.

Even if the 'Yang Yuan Gong' has a great background, it is still just an incomplete technique without a visualization diagram for entering the internal energy realm. If he had a choice, he would prefer to cultivate the 'Huo Yuan Gong', an inner disciple technique of the Crimson Flame Sect!

The Visualization Diagram for Entering Strength: Only by observing the visualization diagram accompanying the martial arts technique and comprehending the specific path of Qi and blood transforming into strength can a martial artist unblock the blocked meridians in the body and thus generate strength.

Even someone as exceptionally talented as Bai Sanren, whose talent far surpasses his own, fell before the insurmountable barrier of the Meridian Opening stage.

Although there's a system for allocating skill points, there's no visualization diagram. Will allocating points be enough to break through to the Meridian Opening stage...?

Han Yi was truly unsure of himself!