Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint-Chapter 187 - 85 The Effect of Divine Skills: Cloud Formation and Rainfall_2
In the blink of an eye,
the clouds had dispersed, and the sky was clear.
This caused the residents who witnessed this scene to marvel in amazement.
Returning to his own yard,
Thump, thump, thump—
Jiang Ning shook the wine jug.
Immediately, he heard the sound of the black stone hitting the walls of the jug.
Then,
he opened the mouth of the jug, his gaze falling inside.
The next moment,
his eyes suddenly flashed with surprise.
Because in the liquor within the jug, he saw several points of silver starlight.
It was as if brilliant stars had fallen into the liquor, extremely beautiful, and looking extremely mysterious.
"Could it be that black stone really is the source of the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures I refined yesterday?"
Thinking of this,
Jiang Ning picked up the jug and poured a big gulp of the liquor into his mouth.
Glug—
As the liquor went down, he immediately felt the fiery alcohol warming his heart, dispelling the chill, filling his whole body with warmth.
[Swimming Experience Value +1]
"Sure enough! This black stone was indeed my most precious gain from yesterday!"
The appearance of this prompt brought joy to Jiang Ning's face.
The prompt confirmed his previous speculation.
Promptly,
he excitedly headed to the ancient well in the courtyard.
He retrieved the White Dragon Fish meat socked in the ancient well.
With one cut, he sliced off a full ten pounds, then returned the remaining White Dragon Fish meat back to the ancient well.
Although the special nature of a spiritual fish like White Dragon Fish meant it wouldn't spoil or deteriorate even if left indoors,
the outside temperature was still high during the day, so keeping it in the ancient well would no doubt maintain the best taste.
Carrying ten pounds of White Dragon Fish meat, Jiang Ning walked towards his room.
This ten pounds of White Dragon Fish meat was his breakfast for the day.
[Swimming Experience Value +1]
[Swimming Experience Value +1]
[Swimming Experience Value +1]
[...]
Gobbling down the White Dragon Fish meat, drinking the strong liquor from the jug, he watched as the Swimming Experience Value kept rising.
"Awesome!"
Jiang Ning ate with increasing delight.
The delectable flavor of the fish combined with the fine liquor,
and particularly because his strength was increasing while he enjoyed the meal.
...
The Great Sun was high in the sky.
[Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill EXP +1]
[Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill EXP +1]
[Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill EXP +1]
[...]
Jiang Ning continuously breathed in and out the Great Sun Essence Qi, and the experience points of his Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill kept on increasing.
After a long time,
He slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of impure energy.
[Skill]: Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill (Master 1555/2000)
"I'm just over four hundred points away from a small success in Inner Elixir Cultivation."
"Given my current effectiveness, it should take about ten days!"
"In ten days, once Inner Elixir Cultivation breaks through to small success, I'll be able to grasp Inner Breath!"
"Ordinarily, Inner Breath is a hallmark of a Fifth Grade Inner Strength expert!"
Thinking of this, Jiang Ning couldn't help but feel excited.
With Inner Breath, his strength would surely rise to a new level.
Inner Breath, that is a truly extraordinary power.
...
Not until noon did Jiang Ning finally prepare to leave the house.
And at that moment, his strength had leaped to 3,000 pounds.
Because for the entire morning, after finishing his breathing exercises with the Great Sun Essence Qi, he had begun to consume Strength Pills and then used the Molten Furnace Pill Secret Skill.
The effect of ten pounds of White Dragon Fish meat, combined with three Strength Pills, and the effect of the Leopard Embryo Shaping Body Pill, allowed him to abruptly increase his strength by over a hundred pounds.
His strength thus broke through the 3,000-pound mark, heading towards an even higher strength increase.
An hour later,
he came to the Weapon Forging Shop again.
Under the guidance of a young servant, Jiang Ning went to the backyard of the Weapon Forging Shop.
Clang, clang, clang—
Heavy hammers like thunder, little hammers like rain.
The sound of iron striking was unceasing to the ear, filled with an extremely regular rhythm.
At this moment, the forge was blazing fiercely. Even though they were out in the open air of the iron shop, Jiang Ning could feel waves of heat rushing towards him from the front.
Just then,
Yang Kai was walking towards Jiang Ning, wiping his hands with a soot-black towel.
"Manager Yang, hope all is well with you!" Jiang Ning greeted with a bow.
Yang Kai quickly slung the towel over his shoulder and returned the gesture with a bow.
"Brother Jiang, hope all is well with you too!"
Then he added, "May I know the reason for Brother Jiang's visit to my Weapon Forging Shop today?"
Jiang Ning nodded, "I have a business proposal I'd like to discuss with Manager Yang. Would you be interested?"
"Brother Jiang's business is naturally of interest to me," exclaimed Yang Kai as he nodded repeatedly.
Jiang Ning asked, "I wonder if your shop is short on iron ore?"
"Iron ore?" Upon hearing these words, Yang Kai showed a look of astonishment.
But then he nodded vigorously, "Short of it? How could we not be short! Brother Jiang, have you found an iron mine? If it's an iron mine, that's going to be difficult to deal with!"
"Iron mines are normally not allowed to be privately owned; all the mines within the territory of Great Xia are under the control of the court."
"It would have been a different case usually, but right now that big shot from the Inspection Office has already arrived in Luoshui County; this matter is going to be tricky!"
As Yang Kai said the last sentence, he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing.
Jiang Ning said, "It's not a mine."
"Not a mine?" Yang Kai showed surprise on his face and couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed.
If it wasn't a mine, how much ore could there be?
Thinking this, Yang Kai patted his chest and said, "However much ore Brother Jiang has, I'll take it all at market price!"
"That's what you said!" Jiang Ning smiled.
"Of course!" Yang Kai didn't take it lightly.
...
An hour or so later.
A light boat was resting on the surface of the lake.
"Brother Jiang has some truly magical methods!" Yang Kai couldn't stop marveling while riding in the light boat.
He felt that the light boat beneath him had some different kind of magic in Jiang Ning's hands; with just a light touch of the paddle by Jiang Ning, the boat seemed to shoot forward like an arrow released from a bow.
This was entirely unreasonable!
Facing Yang Kai's marvel, Jiang Ning simply smiled and didn't pick up the topic, instead, he turned the conversation.
"Manager Yang, below us is the iron ore I mentioned!"
Then he asked, "How about joining me for a look?"
"That would naturally be good!" Yang Kai nodded, "Now that there are strict controls on iron ore, I've been worrying about getting it. With Brother Jiang's discovery, I naturally want to take it."
"Then let's go!" said Jiang Ning.
"Just like this?" Yang Kai looked surprised.
"What else?"
"How can you go into the water without this?" Yang Kai took out a shriveled fish bladder and waved it in front of Jiang Ning.
Huff—
Huff—
Huff—
He was blowing air into the fish bladder with each breath.
In the blink of an eye, the originally small fish bladder puffed up to the size of a ball.
"Brother Jiang, don't you have... haven't you prepared?" Yang Kai, seeing Jiang Ning's unmoved demeanor, decided to ask.
Jiang Ning replied, "I don't need that. I am a good swimmer, and I can hold my breath for a long time."
"Well... okay then!" Yang Kai, seeing this, showed a somewhat skeptical expression.
"Let's go!" Jiang Ning said again.
Splash—
With the sound of entering the water,
He disappeared from the surface of the lake in the blink of an eye.
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Seeing this, Yang Kai promptly jumped into the lake as well.
...
A short while later.
The two of them kept diving deeper.
Yang Kai, following behind Jiang Ning, grew increasingly surprised.
Because the depth they were diving into was considerable.
For his safety, he had already used the fish bladder to breathe once.
But he noticed that Jiang Ning, without having breathed once, was still swimming effortlessly.
Compared with him, Jiang Ning was clearly much more at ease.
"Such astounding lung capacity!!" Yang Kai secretly marveled.
Then, after a little while,
"We are almost there," Jiang Ning spoke.
Even underwater, his voice sounded exceptionally clear, traveling through the water medium crisply into Yang Kai's ears.
Hearing Jiang Ning's words, Yang Kai also narrowed his eyes, focusing on the darkness below.
But by now, they had already entered the deep water area of Luoshui Lake, where the light was extremely dim. Even though he tried his best to open his eyes wide, he could still only see sheer darkness below.
"Is there really a sunken ship here? And one loaded with iron ore at that?" Yang Kai had some doubts in his heart.
But he did not voice this question; instead, he silently continued to follow Jiang Ning.
After a few breaths' time, they descended several more fathoms deeper.
Only then did Yang Kai see the outline of the sunken ship up close.
Upon seeing the outline of the sunken ship, he couldn't help but turn to look at Jiang Ning.
"What kind of sight does he have!!!"
Yang Kai marveled inwardly.
