Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint-Chapter 317 - 40: Strength Breakthrough, Achieving Jiao Tendon
Chapter 317 -40: Strength Breakthrough, Achieving Jiao Tendon
In a moment.
Several days had passed again.
Early in the morning during late autumn, daylight always arrived a bit later than usual.
Jiang Ning sat cross-legged in a wooden barrel, steam rising from the water inside, while occasionally a few “popping” sounds could be heard from the pile of wood underneath.
Sparks scattered.
“Master sure can endure hardship,” Xie Xiaojiu propped her head up, her eyelids fighting to stay open as her head occasionally slipped downward.
Just then,
Jiang Ning suddenly opened his eyes, his expression joyous.
Seeing this, Xie Xiaojiu’s beautiful eyes, which had been constantly closing and opening, instantly became much more alert, and the drowsiness in her mind rapidly dissipated.
“Master!” she immediately exclaimed.
Jiang Ning’s expression remained joyful as he clenched his fist, instantly channeling all his strength into it.
“I’ve finally achieved the level of Jiao tendon!”
“Next, I need to figure out a way to gather the remaining Contribution Points to exchange for the Dragon Ascending Pill and reach the level of Dragon Tendon!” Jiang Ning thought to himself.
Thereupon,
he stood up.
Whoosh—
Water immediately slid off his body back into the barrel.
“Master, are we done for today?” Xie Xiaojiu asked.
“We are done,” Jiang Ning nodded.
“Why so early today, Master?” Xie Xiaojiu wondered internally.
Jiang Ning explained, “I’ve broken through! It’s time to end today’s refining muscle progress!”
Upon hearing this, Xie Xiaojiu’s eyes widened in surprise.
“Master has broken through?”
“Mhm!” Jiang Ning nodded, his face breaking into a smile.
Fully reaching the level of Jiao tendon meant his strength had once again increased.
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Now, he just needed to find a way to acquire thirty thousand Contribution Points to exchange for the Dragon Ascending Pill, and he might smoothly break through to the Dragon Tendon level.
Once he reached the Dragon Tendon level, he could start advancing to Sixth Rank.
“Master truly has broken through!” Xie Xiaojiu inwardly marveled.
Seeing the calm and confident expression on Jiang Ning’s face, she no longer harbored any doubts.
Just a few days earlier, she had witnessed as a bystander Jiang Ning’s power.
He had killed the leader of the Black Cavalry Army who was at the Martial Arts Seventh Grade Great Success with a single palm strike.
This indicated that Jiang Ning must have been at the Martial Arts Seventh Grade then.
And now, he had made another breakthrough.
Thinking about this, a look of disbelief crossed Xie Xiaojiu’s eyes.
On the existing level, to break through again, what level might that be?
…
Several hours later.
Jiang Ning once again boarded Xie Xiaojiu’s carriage in an alley.
“I apologize for keeping Master waiting in the snow!” Xie Xiaojiu quickly picked up a fur coat and draped it over Jiang Ning as he stepped into the carriage.
“It’s fine!” Jiang Ning smiled, “I haven’t seen snow in a long time. Standing in it today felt rather pleasant!”
During the conversation, Jiang Ning also reached for the two corners of the fur coat Xie Xiaojiu held, adjusting it to make it more comfortable on him.
This snowfall was the first he had seen since arriving in this world.
He had also briefly run a test to see if the Water Control Divine Ability worked on snow.
The outcome was somewhat disappointing, confirming that Water Control Divine Ability was just that, and had no effect on snow.
Moreover, the presence of snow didn’t extend his sensory reach.
And while being in water, whatever the temperature, he only felt as comfortable as if in a hot spring.
But it was different in heavy snow; he could feel the cold of the snow.
Even though this level of cold did not affect him adversely, the continuous cold still made him less comfortable.
…
At the entrance of the Inspection Office.
“Heavenly Master Liu, do you say that Jiang Ning is likely the person who killed our Incense Master that night?” A middle-aged woman, braced against the snowy weather, stood beside Liu Linmen at one side of the Inspection Office entrance.
“Most likely!” Liu Linmen confidently spoke, “We just need to verify it now!”
After a moment,
“He’s here!” Liu Linmen announced, looking toward the slowly approaching carriage.
Simultaneously,
Jiang Ning’s gaze sharpened.
“Master, what is it?” Xie Xiaojiu sensed a change in the atmosphere inside the carriage and immediately spoke up.
“An unwelcome guest has arrived!” Jiang Ning replied indifferently.
“Is it the person Master has been avoiding these days?” Xie Xiaojiu suddenly asked.
“Indeed!” Jiang Ning nodded slightly.
“Then… Master, let me handle him when the time comes!” Xie Xiaojiu said.
“No need!” Jiang Ning spoke calmly, “He is a smart man, and hiding further at this point is meaningless, just self-deception!”
On the other side,
Liu Linmen approached the carriage where Xie Xiaojiu and Jiang Ning were located.
He was followed closely by the middle-aged woman, who remained silent.
After a moment,
Liu Linmen stopped in front of Jiang Ning’s carriage and respectfully saluted toward the carriage.
“Greetings, Commander Jiang, may we speak face-to-face?”
The snow fell silently, and a pause lingered.
“Sure,” a voice came from inside the carriage.
The next moment,
the curtain of the carriage was swept aside, and Liu Linmen saw Jiang Ning in a white robe embroidered with brocade, bending over as he stepped out.
This embroidered white robe was tailored for Jiang Ning by Xie Xiaojiu a few days ago.
She said that Jiang Ning looked good in a white robe!
So Jiang Ning simply went along with her.
At the same time,
the black-dressed Xie Xiaojiu also followed suit from inside the carriage, bending over as she stepped out, standing beside Jiang Ning.
“Wait for me here!” Jiang Ning told Xie Xiaojiu, handing over the fur coat he draped on himself to her.
Xie Xiaojiu, upon hearing this, took a deep look at Liu Linmen, then obediently nodded at Jiang Ning, taking the fur coat he handed over.
Jiang Ning jumped down from the carriage onto the soft snowy ground, landing silently.
At this moment, Liu Linmen’s right hand index and middle fingers pinched together, gently sliding across his own brow.
The next moment.
