Martial Arts Sainthood Begins with the Tiger-Taming Fist

The Ten Victory Stone is a refining material required for the Tai Chen Ying Huo Chapter.

He immediately composed himself, his expression returning to calm, and left Chengyun Pavilion at the same time as Du Tianyi.

"Brother Du, where are you going next?"

Without hesitation, Du Tian said, "Let's go back to practice martial arts today. Elder Hongyao is known for his strictness. We have to stay in the training room for three hours every day before we can move around freely."

"And 'suppressing bandits and annihilating thieves' also requires a lot of time, so I made up my mind to choose this mission!"

"Yes, I understand. Brother Du is truly a role model for us all."

Upon hearing this, Du Tian slapped Chen Mo on the shoulder, "Brother, you should worry about yourself first."

Before parting, the two clasped their hands in a fist salute to each other, and then went to their respective martial arts academies.

Fang Yuan's requirements were relatively lenient, so when Chen Mo was halfway there, he turned directly to the old mine at the bottom of the eastern cliff of Linzhi Peak and went there to take over today.

After a journey of more than half an hour, Chen Mo finally arrived at his destination.

Because of its remote location and treacherous terrain, there are very few buildings within a five-mile radius, making it quite secluded.

In the center of the mine, there is a house specifically for the caretaker to rest.

Chen Mo pushed open the door.

A middle-aged man saw Chen Mo and immediately came up to him, "Are you here to work at the old mine?"

Chen Mo nodded. "Indeed, my name is Chen Mo."

The other person immediately beamed with joy, "Good, good, good, finally we're free!"

Chen Mo asked suspiciously, "Judging from what you're saying, this job doesn't seem very good?"

Fearing Chen Mo might change his mind, the other party immediately chuckled, "Well... not really. The work is good, just a bit boring. You should have known the basic situation of this old mine before you came in, right?"

Chen Mo shook his head, then took out a bottle of Qi-boosting pills from his pocket and handed it over, saying, "I really don't know, please enlighten me."

The other party hesitated for a moment, but still accepted the pill and quickly put it into his sleeve. "Most of the ore in this old mine has already been mined out. Less than 10% remains, so the sect doesn't pay much attention to it. No matter how much you do or how hard you work, it won't be noticed."

"No matter how much I do, it won't be seen..." Chen Mo thought to himself, "Isn't that a good thing..."

The other party continued, "But there's one thing: you can't take the ore out without permission. Otherwise, you'll be punished with confinement or even expelled from the sect. On the fifth of each month, someone from the sect will come to collect the ore."

After saying this, he clasped his hands in a fist salute and said, "That's all. I wish you good luck."

Chen Mo clasped his hands in thanks.

After the other person left, Chen Mo looked around.

The room was not spacious and the facilities were simple, but it was small but complete.

Chen Mo opened the booklet and skimmed through it.

The document roughly describes the location and quantity of each type of ore, as well as the monthly amount collected from Nine Swords Mountain.

He murmured:

"They only come to collect a certain amount each month, and it wasn't mentioned that they would come to check the remaining amount of ore each month."

"Besides, the remaining ore has not been mined, and we can only roughly estimate the quantity. I will quench the ore and then bury it underground, so no one will know."

Thinking of this, Chen Mo's brows relaxed, and he felt overjoyed.

They then arrived at the obsidian mine and discovered that there were indeed Tokachi stones that were half-buried in the soil and had not been fully mined.

Normally, a mountain range is unlikely to have many minerals, but Kuken Mountain has a special location and complex underground rock layers, so there are four or five kinds of minerals, one of which is Tokachi Stone.

Since there wasn't much ore left, Nine Swords Mountain paid less and less attention to this place, but for Chen Mo, it was enough.

Without further hesitation, he conjured a bewitching flame in his palm.

A wave of intense heat rippled around the flames.

Next, he took a Tokachi stone covered in dirt and placed it over the flame.

"Crackling and popping!"

The grayish-yellow soil on Tokachi Stone quickly dried and fell off.

He was deep in meditation, like an old monk.

His eyes flickered with fire.

Half an hour later, the fire still showed no signs of going out, and the Tokatsu Stone had turned a rosy red.

Half an hour later, the Tokatsu Stone finally began to melt into lava.

At this moment, Chen Mo extinguished the flames and placed the lava-like Tokachi Stone on a stone plate. As time passed, the Tokachi Stone slowly cooled, but its shape changed.

"This tempering process should have removed the impurities from the Tokachi stone and changed its shape."

He looked into his mind, but his progress in comprehending the Tai Chen Ying Huo chapter had not changed.

"It must be because the number of tempering cycles is insufficient..."

With this in mind, he once again immersed himself in refining the Ten Victory Stone.

……

Time passed, and the setting sun shone in the west.

As dusk approached, Chen Mo had already refined five Tokatsu Stones.

The moment the tenth Tokatsu Stone was fully refined, golden light shone brightly in my mind:

[Refined through countless trials, nurtured by mountains and rivers]

[Tai Chen Yinghuo Chapter: Changing Tendons and Marrow, Yinghuo Enters the Body]

Comprehension: 1/50 (Beginner)

"finally……"

He let out a long sigh and focused intently on the examination.

"Tendon Changing and Marrow Renewal, Mars Entering the Body?"

The slight increase in his comprehension he had just gained only gave him a very vague awareness. He recalled the entire text of the Tai Chen Ying Huo chapter, and it still felt extremely difficult to read.

But he vaguely felt that the "Yi Jin Huan Sui" technique seemed to mean that if he mastered this technique, his tendons and marrow would undergo a leapfrog improvement.

He knew that the name "Yinghuo" represented the planet Mars, which corresponds to the element of fire in the Taoist Five Elements theory.

He then recalled the connection between the Tai Chen Ying Huo Chapter and the Li Huo Xuan Gong in the Gongfa Pavilion.

Since the Li Huo Xuan Gong is related to fire, it is likely that the Tai Chen Ying Huo chapter introduces the "fire" attribute into the body's essence.

Thinking of this.

A flicker of excitement flashed in Chen Mo's eyes.

"I must master the basics of the Tai Chen Ying Huo chapter as soon as possible, and see what this Yi Jin Huan Sui is all about..."

"It's getting late, let's head back to Fangyuan..."

After muttering to himself for a while, he walked back to the courtyard.

The aroma of food wafted from the dining hall.

Chen Mo swallowed hard and stepped inside.

At this moment, Tan Yuan saw Chen Mo and immediately invited him to sit down and have a meal together.

Jiang Xiaoyun, Tan Yuan, Lao Qi Li Fengze, Shisan Shimei Han Yue, and Chen Mo sat around a table together.

Chen Mo picked at the food in his bowl and quickly finished the bowl.

But when he looked up, he suddenly realized that Tan Yuan, Li Fengze, and Han Yue were looking at him strangely, while Jiang Xiaoyun across from him kept giving him meaningful glances, seemingly hinting that they should not speak.

Chen Mo stopped eating, wiped his mouth, and asked, "Senior brothers and sisters, is there something you want to say?"

Tan Yuan finally couldn't hold back and spoke up:

"Senior Sister Xiaoyun, shall I tell you?"

Jiang Xiaoyun's eyebrows twitched slightly, then she nodded. "Okay, go ahead and say it."

Tan Yuan looked at Chen Mo, "Junior Brother Chen, are you aware that the Linzhi Summit provides new disciples with three Qi-stabilizing pills each?"

"The Essence-Strengthening Pill?"

Chen Mo's expression changed slightly.

The Guyuan Pill is a superior elixir that can stabilize the meridians and increase the success rate of breaking through to higher realms. It is one of the best elixirs available for those below the Transformation Realm.

Tan Yuan then said in a deep voice, "However, the three that originally belonged to you are gone."