When I stopped licking, the lady panicked.

After eliminating all the enemies who came to assassinate Lin Xuan, Master Xiaoxiang said to Lin Xuan, "Young friend Lin, you saved my life. As a way of repaying you, I will bestow upon you a great fortune."

After speaking, Master Xiaoxiang took out a cultivation manual and handed it to Lin Xuan. It had five large characters written on it: "True Scripture of Shedding Bones and Transforming Qi".

"This cultivation technique is an immense blessing. Although it is only a low-level Xuan-rank technique, its advantage lies in its ability to evolve."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xuan couldn't help but feel a little doubtful.

In his previous life, he traveled all over the True Martial Continent, witnessing countless cultivation schools and seeing techniques that could evolve.

However, most cultivation techniques that can evolve are of the Yellow Rank, and there are almost none of the Black Rank.

Because as long as a cultivation technique can evolve, its upper limit is infinitely high, and an infinitely high upper limit determines its infinitely low lower limit.

However, this technique completely contradicts this theory.

"Shedding bones and transforming into Qi?" Lin Xuan took the cultivation technique. "What kind of technique is this?"

"This set of exercises can regulate your meridians, cleanse your marrow and strengthen your body, reshape your physique, and transform your body into a state of primordial Qi, freeing you from all constraints and interference, allowing you to maximize your own talents," Master Xiaoxiang explained.

Lin Xuan then asked, "How does this cultivation technique evolve?"

"Each time you shed your bones and transform your Qi, your cultivation technique will advance by one level." Master Xiaoxiang said with a smile, patting Lin Xuan's shoulder. "Practice with peace of mind. With your talent, you will master it very quickly. You saved my life, so I will naturally repay you properly. Moreover, I can see that your cultivation talent is extremely terrifying. You are a talent that is one in ten thousand."

Lin Xuan smiled slightly, put away the cultivation technique, and said, "Then thank you very much. However, I am currently unwell and my internal injuries have not yet healed, so I cannot cultivate for the time being."

"Oh?" Master Xiaoxiang immediately grabbed Lin Xuan's wrist and took his pulse. "Your breathing is a bit disordered. Although your meridians are intact, your qi and blood are severely depleted. This state is indeed not suitable for bone-transforming qi, as it will affect the quality of qi transformation."

Lin Xuan said, "Therefore, compared to this cultivation technique, I would prefer some soul skills, since my current body cannot cultivate martial arts techniques."

After thinking for a moment, Master Xiaoxiang said, "That's alright. I'll tell you about a place where there's a hot spring that can soothe your meridians and heal internal injuries. But there are many demonic beasts there, so you need to be careful."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xuan was surprised and asked, "Where?"

"Night Tide Mountains, Beacon Fire Forest," said Master Xiaoxiang.

Lin Xuan was even more surprised. The Yelan Mountains were located on the outskirts of Qingzhou City. He, a native of Qingzhou, did not know that there was such a place in the Yelan Mountains. How did he, an outsider, know about it?

"Go if you have the chance; it can help you recover faster."

After giving a few instructions, Master Xiaoxiang left.

Lin Xuan narrowed his eyes, watching the departing figure of Master Xiaoxiang, and left after a moment of silence.

After returning to the Lin residence, Lin Xuan locked himself in his room and took out the "True Scripture of Bone Removal and Qi Transformation" to study it carefully.

"Shedding bones and transforming into Qi, it doesn't seem like a proper cultivation method at all," Lin Xuan speculated.

The upgrade requirements for those upgradeable techniques are usually quite stringent.

However, upgrading this technique only requires cultivation.

It starts at the Xuan rank, is easy to cultivate, and is easy to level up—it has all these advantages.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

Based on Lin Xuan's experience, this martial arts manual is definitely not a proper martial art.

Moreover, the process of "shedding bones and transforming into Qi" doesn't seem like practicing martial arts at all; it's more like refining.

Thinking of this, Lin Xuan's heart skipped a beat.

In his previous life, Master Xiaoxiang had considered possessing Lin Xuan's body. Could it be that in this life, that old man wants to refine Lin Xuan?

Lin Xuan looked at the cultivation technique in front of him with lingering fear. The "True Scripture of Bone Removal and Qi Transformation" was no longer a cultivation technique, but more like a death warrant.

"I knew that old man couldn't possibly be so kind."

Lin Xuan snorted. "But how would he know that there's such a wonderful place in Fenghuo Forest? Even I, a native of Qingzhou, didn't know. Just who is this old man?"

……

The Nalan family.

Master Xiaoxiang returned to his room silently and locked the door from the inside.

"puff!"

He could no longer hold back and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"No, the backlash is getting worse and worse. I need talent."

He immediately summoned several maids.

Nalan Xiaozun was an honored guest of the Xiaoxiang Master, and therefore, the Xiaoxiang Master held an extremely high position in the Nalan family.

"None of you have any cultivation at all!"

Master Xiaoxiang sized them up a few times and said angrily.

The maids all knelt down.

"Fine, I'll use you as talent for now."

After saying this, Master Xiaoxiang used his mind-controlling technique, and the maids in front of him were all controlled by him, sitting cross-legged and beginning to cultivate.

Before long, the maids' bodies began to undergo strange changes; they became lighter and lighter, and their skin became more and more transparent.

Finally, it was as if a black hole appeared inside their bodies, sucking in their flesh, internal organs, and bones, which then coalesced into a white mass of qi.

Master Xiaoxiang inhaled the Qi into his body, and his pale complexion gradually returned to normal.

"That's useless! Absorbing them might alleviate the backlash of my cultivation technique, but it will worsen my internal injuries!" Master Xiaoxiang said angrily. Suddenly, he heard the wind rustling outside the window, so he immediately ran to the window, squatted down, and listened carefully to the sounds outside.

After realizing there was no threat, Xiaoxiang Shangren left the window and returned to his bed to sit down.

"Your Majesty, do you truly intend to exterminate me?"

Master Xiaoxiang narrowed his eyes, clenched his fists, and showed a look of grief and indignation on his face.

"I have worked diligently for you for many years and done so many shady things for you. Now you want to discard me after I've served my purpose. It's really disheartening!"

"Once I've absorbed the boy from the Prince of Zhenbei and recovered from my internal injuries, I'll flee and never return to Daqing."

……

The Yun family.

Inside the courtyard of the Yun residence, a group of maids stood with their heads bowed.

City Lord Yun Zhenting looked at them blankly and questioned, "What's going on? Weren't you accompanying Miss on her wedding day?"

"Master, the son-in-law... sent us back."

"What?" Yun Zhenting was taken aback.

Although Lin Xuan is the heir of the Prince of Zhenbei, Yun Zhenting is the city lord of Qingzhou City!

Moreover, now that the Prince of Zhenbei is dead, Lin Xuan is completely incapable of leading the Black Armor Army; he is a commander without troops.

Under these circumstances, Lin Xuan still dared to dismiss the Yun family's dowry servants, which clearly showed that he did not take Yun Zhenting seriously.

"How dare you!" Yun Zhenting roared.

The butler quickly advised, "Master, please calm down. It must be that Miss had a quarrel with Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan didn't dare to lose his temper with Miss, so he took it out on these servants."

Yun Zhenting snorted and said, "Even so, they shouldn't have been sent home."

"With so many people here, if others see this, where will the Yun family put their face?"

"He can beat them, scold them, even kill them, but he absolutely cannot drive them back!"

The butler smiled and said, "Master, please calm down."

"Lin Xuan has always been obedient to Miss. When the time comes, all Miss needs to do is say the word, and he will take these servants back."

"Then we can use this excuse to squeeze some money out of him, wouldn't that be wonderful?"

Hearing the steward say this, Yun Zhenting calmed down and said, "That's very good. My son will need some money to bribe officials in the court. Let Lin Xuan pay for it."

"Master is wise," the butler boasted.

Just as Yun Zhenting thought his family could make another fortune, a woman's crying came from outside.

Immediately afterwards, Yun Zhenting saw Yun Xiyue running back from outside, crying and sobbing.