Chapter 309: Chapter 177: Golden Bone Technique

Body Refining Techniques truly live up to their reputation as the path most dependent on resources.

Just one Sea Dragon Banquet allowed him to open an Acupoint directly. And that was with a large amount of his Qi and blood yet to be digested.

That night, Yang Jing naturally opened two more Acupoints. The process was completely natural, without the slightest feeling of being forced.

Through this, he also comprehended a new Magic, named the Golden Bone Technique. With this technique, he could engrave Restrictions onto the bones of his entire body as if he were performing Artifact Refining.

The threshold for this technique was quite high. After all, engraving Restrictions on one’s own bones demanded an extremely high level of skill in Artifact Refining. The slightest mistake would result in a great loss of Vitality.

Artifact Refining was difficult to learn and master. Yang Jing estimated that most disciples of the Nine Yang Sect would only engrave very simple Restrictions on their bones to be on the safe side.

But he had far more options. Having refined Spiritual Artifacts for others, he had mastered numerous extraordinary Treasure Prohibitions. Engraving any one of them onto his bones would produce a tremendous effect.

However, Yang Jing was most interested in the Restrictions of the Nine Great Celestial Thunders.

He himself possessed a Great Divine Technique for controlling the Five Thunders. If he engraved the Nine Great Celestial Thunders onto his bones, he could surely push the power of this Divine Technique to its absolute limit.

Yang Jing emerged from the Quiet Chamber to find Iron Head already practicing his Spear Technique. His Celestial True Yang had also surged, a clear sign that he had benefited greatly from the Sea Dragon Banquet.

"Master!"

Seeing his master arrive, Iron Head put away his spear.

"Have you comprehended any new Magic?"

Yang Jing asked.

"Master, I’ve comprehended a Magic called the Golden Arm Technique."

He said, proceeding to give Yang Jing a detailed explanation of the Golden Arm Technique’s intricacies.

Yang Jing found that the Golden Arm Technique was quite different from the Golden Bone Technique. The Golden Arm Technique involved engraving Restrictions onto one’s arms.

"Isn’t your progress in comprehending the Great Cave True Thunder slow? This is the perfect opportunity to engrave the Great Cave Thunder Prohibition onto your arm."

he advised.

Compared to the bones of the entire body, the arms had limited space for engraving Restrictions. Once the Great Cave Thunder Prohibition was engraved on the right arm, there would be no space left. Any remaining Restrictions would have to be placed on the left arm.

However, as a Top Tier Thunder Technique Restriction, the Great Cave Thunder Prohibition was absolutely worthy of occupying the space on one arm.

Using himself and Iron Head as examples, Yang Jing managed to grasp a pattern in the Body Refining and Law Control Stage. It seemed that the self-taught Magic—which couldn’t be passed on to others—was closely related to one’s own Cultivation Technique, mastered skills, knowledge, and physical Talents.

Both he and Iron Head had mastered the Artifact Refining Technique. But because his own attainments in it were deeper, he comprehended the more versatile Golden Bone Technique. Iron Head’s Artifact Refining Technique was slightly weaker—he could only refine Tier Two Magical Artifacts—so the Magic he comprehended was the slightly inferior Golden Arm Technique.

Realization dawned on Iron Head.

With the Great Cave Thunder Prohibition, wielding the Flying Lightning Demon-Slaying Spear Mantra would surely become much more effortless.

"Master, what Restriction should I choose for my other arm?"

Yang Jing considered for a moment.

"I have two other Prohibitions that would suit you well. One is the Great Strength Divine Prohibition, and the other is the Vajra Divine Prohibition. The Great Strength Divine Prohibition can increase your Qi Power, while the Vajra Divine Prohibition can increase the defensive power of your arm."

Iron Head hesitated for only a moment before choosing the Vajra Divine Prohibition.

Engraving the Great Strength Divine Prohibition on only one arm would unbalance the power in his arms, which would be detrimental to his Spear Technique. On the other hand, if he engraved the Vajra Divine Prohibition, that arm could be stacked with the Great Capturing Technique, causing its defensive power to soar.

Yang Jing nodded in approval and recorded the two Divine Prohibitions into a Jade Scroll, which he then handed to Iron Head.

Iron Head bowed respectfully before accepting the Jade Scroll with both hands. These two Divine Prohibitions were profound and esoteric; he would have to study them thoroughly and only act once he was completely confident.

"Where’s Yinjiao?"

Yang Jing asked, a little curious. Normally, Yinjiao would definitely be cultivating alongside Iron Head at this time.

"Junior Brother benefited greatly from yesterday’s Sea Dragon Banquet and almost triggered his Foundation Establishment. Even now, he’s still struggling to suppress the restlessness of his Magical Power."

Yinjiao’s Talent was outstanding. He had almost no bottleneck for Foundation Establishment and didn’t even need a Foundation Establishment Pill. Yesterday, he had almost inexplicably broken through. If his Cultivation in the Supreme Nine Transformations of the Dragon Scripture hadn’t been so profound, he would have been unable to suppress his breakthrough.

Yang Jing nodded. Among his five disciples, Yinjiao’s talent for cultivation was the greatest, even surpassing Yellow Foot’s. If he weren’t practicing an incredibly abstruse Ancient Technique like the Supreme Nine Transformations of the Dragon Scripture, he would have reached Foundation Establishment long before Yang Jing and Iron Head.

Today, True Monarch Canxuan was preparing to leave.

As the Northern Army Governor, he could not be away from the Northern Domain for long. A confused Yellow Foot only now realized he had to leave his master and mother. He burst into tears, grabbing Yang Jing’s collar with his beak and refusing to let go.

Despite his large size, he wasn’t even a month old.

Chi Yu, his best playmate, also grew emotional, flying up to hug Yellow Foot’s neck and smearing tears and snot all over his downy feathers.

Yang Jing felt like a parent sending their child to kindergarten for the first time. He could only comfort him again and again, promising to come find him in two months. It took a great deal of effort before Yellow Foot finally released his collar.

Watching Yellow Foot’s figure turn back to look every few steps, Yang Jing also felt a pang of sadness.

True Monarch Canxuan stroked his beard, nodded at Yang Jing, and then used his Magical Power to lift Yellow Foot and pull him into a Beast Taming Bag. Then, he transformed into a beam of Tunneling Light and shot up from the ground, vanishing over the horizon in an instant.

After True Monarch Canxuan’s departure, Yang Jing didn’t linger in the Celestial Sea Marketplace either. After purchasing some supplies, he and the West Sea Great Saint left the Marketplace.

They did not head inland toward the Dong Kingdom, but instead traveled toward the outer sea.

Once in the outer sea, Yang Jing ordered the Flying Boat to dive into the deep ocean along with the West Sea Great Saint.

Underwater, the range of Divine Sense was greatly reduced. Yang Jing was certain that as long as they weren’t being followed by a Nascent Soul Cultivator, no one could escape the senses of him and the West Sea Great Saint.

Only after traveling nearly three hundred *li* into the outer sea did Yang Jing order the Flying Boat to stop.

"Great Saint, this is as far as I will escort you."

The West Sea Great Saint let out a long, drawn-out whale song as a farewell and dove toward the depths, with the Mermaid following closely behind. Before long, they vanished from Yang Jing’s sight.

"Let’s be on our way as well."

At Yang Jing’s command, the Flying Boat turned around, rose to the surface at top speed, and flew toward the Dong Kingdom.

This journey had made him feel the inadequacy of his own Cultivation.

A Foundation Establishment Cultivator might have great influence within a single Marketplace, but in the context of an entire kingdom, they were nothing special—let alone a great nation like the Dong Kingdom, which had three Nascent Soul cultivators.

Once he left the Northern Domain, the halo of prestige brought by the Seven Nations Bank began to fade.

The return journey was uneventful and went very smoothly.

As War Magical Artifacts, Flying Boats were not permitted to fly freely within the borders of the Dong Kingdom, even one belonging to the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion. Yang Jing had applied for a Freedom of Navigation Order back in the Celestial Sea Marketplace.

This Freedom Flight Route Order was embedded into the Flying Boat’s hull using an Array, allowing the Dong Kingdom to track the vessel’s location at all times. Only with this order would they avoid being attacked when encountering other Flying Boats from the Dong Kingdom.

With this order, the Flying Boat could travel freely within the Dong Kingdom for three months.

Normally, a Freedom of Navigation Order issued to a regular Flying Boat was only valid for one month and required a hefty deposit of Spirit Stones.

However, because True Monarch Dong Yiming had put in a good word for him, Yang Jing obtained this three-month Freedom of Navigation Order at almost no cost.

The moment they caught sight of land, everyone on the Flying Boat let out a cheer. They hadn’t seen the Western Continent in far too long.

After tens of thousands of years of expansion, the Dragon Taming Dong Family had split into many branch families. These branches had been moved out of the Dong Kingdom’s capital, Divine Dragon City. Only during the great sacrificial ceremony held every sixty years could an entire branch return to Divine Dragon City to worship their ancestors.

Yang Jing and his group were heading to Divine Dragon City. The Dong Family’s great treasure, the Dragon Transformation Pool, was located within the capital, protected by extremely tight security.