Mortal: Reborn in Yellow Maple Valley, Awakening the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts

The losses he's in now are so great that even ten mid-grade spirit stones might not be enough to cover them! What makes him most desperate is that his impression of Chu Zifei was only that he was generous and lavish; he completely forgot to ask for the other man's name! He's truly shot himself in the foot, a complete case of asking for trouble!

Feeling guilty, Chu Zifei dared not linger. He quickly activated his spiritual power, his figure transforming into a blur as he swiftly left Yuelu Palace. He secretly vowed that even if he had another chance, he would never again rent the Earth Fire Chamber.

He hurriedly returned to the stone house. After calming down a bit, he realized that he had not yet checked the progress of his cultivation. He immediately sat cross-legged, circulated the Eight-Nine Arcane Technique, and focused his mind on examining his body.

After completing the first major cycle of the profound skill, Chu Zifei clearly felt an extremely powerful physical force instantly sweep over his entire body.

His bones were tempered to the point of being as tough as refined iron, his marrow contained turbid yin energy, and every crevice of his bones shimmered with a faint golden light. Clearly, his physical body had been completely established, and he had officially entered the second stage of the profound cultivation technique.

According to the records, the second stage of the Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique is actually the realm of bone refining.

Upon reaching the initial stage of this realm, one can physically withstand low-level magic weapons, cleave rocks and break metal, and shake mountains with ease. With just one's abundant blood and qi, one can crush mid-Foundation Establishment cultivators, and even when facing late-Foundation Establishment experts, one can retreat unscathed.

Chu Zifei was overjoyed. Without relying on his spiritual power or magical abilities, he could withstand a magic weapon at the Core Formation level with just his physical body. Such strength was simply unbelievable!

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately took out the Wind and Thunder Blade, a magical artifact he had seized from Feng Yue. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and used his spiritual power to activate the blade in his hand, slashing fiercely at his arm.

"clang!"

A crisp, piercing clang of metal clashing rang out. Chu Zifei felt no pain, and the expected scene of blood and flesh splattering did not occur.

He slowly opened his eyes, first looking down at his arm, which was unharmed, then his gaze fell on the Wind and Thunder Blade, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

A nick appeared on the blade of this high-grade magic weapon!

Chu Zifei felt greatly relieved and exhilarated. He hadn't activated his Eight-Nine Arcane Arts just now; he had blocked the strike solely with his physical strength. If he had fully activated his Arcane Arts to protect himself, the Wind and Thunder Blade would likely have shattered on the spot.

It's a bit of a pity, though, that this high-grade magic weapon is now ruined. If it were still in good condition, it could have been exchanged for a considerable amount of spirit stones, but now that the blade has been chipped, it will be difficult to sell it for a high price.

After calming his mind and checking the progress of his profound skill, Chu Zifei took the opportunity to examine his own cultivation level, and another pleasant surprise came his way!

Unexpectedly, after several rounds of excruciating pain from bone shattering and reforging, his cultivation level surged, breaking through to the mid-stage of the thirteenth level of Qi Refining, and he was now very close to achieving Foundation Establishment!

However, Chu Zifei wasn't too fixated on spiritual cultivation levels. He knew his own spiritual root aptitude was poor, and his cultivation potential was inherently limited, so he simply let nature take its course.

For him, physical invincibility is the true path to supremacy! Regardless of your cultivation level or the mystery of your techniques, if he dislikes someone, he'll kill them with a single punch. If that doesn't work, he'll just throw another punch!

As his thoughts raced, he remembered the strange white stone deep within his consciousness.

After transmigrating, he obtained the inheritance of Erlang Shen Zhenjun through the white stone and began to cultivate the Eight-Nine Mysterious Arts. When he succeeded in the first transformation of the Mysterious Arts, he obtained the method of forging golden bows and silver bullets and the three-pointed double-edged sword through the gift of the stone.

Although his cultivation level is still shallow and he can only barely wield the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Sword, unable to unleash even 10% of its power, it is enough to deal with various crises as a life-saving trump card.

Now that Xuan Gong has reached the second stage, it's uncertain whether he can still gain anything. Thinking of this, Chu Zifei could hardly contain his burning desire.

He forcibly suppressed his excitement, concentrated his mind, and once again probed a wisp of his divine sense into the inner space of the white stone.

Inside the White Stone Space, the numerous orbs of light remained sealed by the restrictions as usual. Chu Zifei tried several times before he could barely manage to move two orbs of light out.

  

In an instant, a pure white stream of light shot straight into his sea of ​​consciousness and merged into the depths of his soul; another stream of light poured down along the vertical line between his eyebrows and landed steadily in his palm, transforming into something.

Chu Zifei looked down at the object in his palm, and a red cloth adorned with gold runes came into view. The red cloth was of an antique texture, slightly wrinkled, and its shape closely resembled the red veil worn in traditional weddings, but he recognized its origin at a glance.

"Isn't this Abebe, the Celestial Hound? Could this also be considered a magical artifact?!"

Chu Zifei stared at the red cloth in his palm, his brows furrowed, lost in thought. He vaguely remembered that this cloth was the magic weapon Erlang Shen used to trick his nephew, the Sky-Waving Cloak.

According to Yang Jian, this cloak has countless uses. It can bind and restrain enemies, allow one to fly through the air, and even resist various magical attacks.

"Could this truly be a rare and invaluable treasure?"

The more he looked at it, the stranger it seemed. After pondering for a moment, he finally drew upon his own spiritual power and began to diligently refine it.

The moment Chu Zifei's mind connected with the cloak, all the wonders of this treasure instantly and clearly appeared in his mind.

This cloak possesses two great supernatural powers. One is the ability to conceal one's aura, completely blocking the divine sense detection of cultivators who are a whole realm higher than oneself. Although his current cultivation level is only at the thirteenth level of Qi Refining, his physical body and blood energy are already comparable to those of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Wearing this cloak, he can deceive everyone, even perfectly avoiding the divine sense scan of a Core Formation cultivator.

As for the second supernatural power, it is consistent with what Yang Jian described: the Heaven-Sweeping Cloak can be used to trap and bind enemies. This supernatural power requires the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts to activate. The higher the level of the Arcane Arts and the stronger the physical combat power, the stronger the enemies that can be bound and suppressed, and the range and duration of the trap will gradually increase.

"That's more like it! How could this possibly be the blanket of the Howling Celestial Dog? It's clearly the natal magic weapon of the Sun-Devouring God!"

After figuring out the true effects of the Sky-Waving Cloak, Chu Zifei was instantly relieved and no longer had any dislike for it.

With a slight thought, the cloak that was originally the size of a red veil instantly expanded and covered the entire stone house. This was the limit of what he could currently control.

He immediately withdrew his thought, and the cloak instantly shrank back to its original shape, which he casually put into his storage bag.

After carefully storing his newly acquired magical treasure, Chu Zifei finally focused all his attention on the white light cluster that had merged into his sea of ​​consciousness.

The moment his divine sense gently touched it, a profound mental cultivation method surged into his mind like a tide, transforming into his own cultivation memories.

For the duration of an incense stick burning, Chu Zifei closed his eyes and concentrated, thoroughly digesting and absorbing all the inherited content.

The moment he opened his eyes, they widened, his breathing became rapid, and a storm raged in his chest!

This memory was about the method of performing a divine power! And this divine power was none other than the Seventy-Two Transformations of the Primordial Chaos, which was even more perfect than the Seventy-Two Transformations of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven!

The 72 transformations that come with the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, once mastered to perfection, allow one to reshape flesh and blood, change aura, and transform form at will. Even the original characteristics of the soul can be completely hidden and dissolved.

After the transformation, it becomes seamless and undetectable. No matter how powerful the opponent is, they cannot find the slightest flaw!

Overwhelmed with joy, Chu Zifei's heart burned even brighter. He quickly sat cross-legged and began to cultivate according to the incantation.

"Eight Yin and Nine Yang, Qi and Blood in Harmony; Form Follows Thought, Qi and Soul Concealed; Changes with the Wind, Illusion and Reality Unobstructed; When the Body Remains True One, No Law Can Harm It."

The incantation is profound and obscure, imprinted on the soul.

He simultaneously circulated the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, and a wisp of Yin and Yang energy spontaneously generated within his body, slowly seeping into his bones. This Yin and Yang energy was the true secret to unleashing the Seventy-Two Transformations!