The Martial Saint, starting with daily intelligence.

"But don't worry, everyone knows you can't possibly be involved in the case of the young master of the Yang family. Three people died while undergoing marrow cleansing, and you've only just begun bone forging. You wouldn't stand a chance against any of them."

Wu Xiuyuan comforted him.

"That's true."

Zhong Ming nodded in agreement.

But I wasn't at peace inside, nor did I want the other person to be so optimistic.

It wasn't a doubt, but a certainty: the people from Yang's Martial Arts School would definitely come to kill him.

For those in positions of power, what is the truth? Does it matter?

It's important, but not that important.

The young master of the martial arts school, Yang Shoudao, was already dead. The Yang family martial arts school was already frantically searching for the murderer all over the streets and had even placed a reward in the newspapers for several days.

But as a result, that bastard Hua, who was a gambling addict, revealed that Yang Shoudao was searching everywhere for information about members of the Steel Bone Club.

Would Yang's Martial Arts School dare to admit to something like this?

Will they still be able to associate with martial arts schools in Tianjin in the future?

Given that Yang's Martial Arts School was recently challenged by Steel Bone Club, what is the meaning of asking for Steel Bone Club's recent member information at this time?

Isn't this just plain sore loser?

Therefore, the Yang Family Martial Arts School would definitely not admit to such a thing, both for the sake of the school's reputation and for the sake of the young master Yang Shoudao's posthumous fame.

The person is already dead, but still carries a stigma.

At times like this, everyone would just think that Yang Shoudao deserved to die.

It's easy to imagine how much the Yang family martial arts school must hate him after the gambling tycoon Hua caused such a scene.

These past few days have been the height of public opinion, and with so many voices at once, it's certain that the gambling tycoon Hua will be fine for the foreseeable future.

  

But as time passed, the matter gradually faded from people's view, and was overshadowed by other sensational gossip, namely the death of that bastard, Gambling Hua.

Zhong Ming will likely be targeted as well, and the Yang family martial arts school probably won't let him off the hook either.

Of course, with Zhong Ming's current strength, he is not afraid of the Yang family martial arts school, even if they come together.

But it's just so incredibly annoying.

He had already cleaned up his mess, so no one would suspect him, let alone the Yang Family Martial Arts School coming to his door.

But now everything has been ruined by this idiot.

Zhong Ming was not unaware that Yang Shoudao had obtained some information about him from the gambling addict Hua. Back then, when the Meridian-Comb and Bone-Breaking Techniques were used on Yang Shoudao, the latter explained everything clearly, like spilling beans.

This also includes obtaining intelligence from the gambling addict Hua.

Zhong Ming never expected that Yang Shoudao would die. At this time, the Yang family martial arts school was searching for the murderer all over the streets, and the gambling bastard Hua dared to approach them at this time.

It will still be done in this way.

Isn't that just asking for death?

A fool's clever idea can cause enormous harm!

Even though no one still believed that he was the one who killed Yang Shoudao and the other two, it no longer mattered.

For everyone involved in this matter, once the hype dies down, that's the end for them.

"That bastard, Gambling Hua, should have died long ago, but he dragged me down with him."

"I was doing just fine, and this idiot dragged me into this mess."

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"Brother Wu, now that we've covered the first matter, what's the second one?"

Zhong Ming asked calmly.

The other party hesitated for a moment before asking.

"Brother Zhong, I came to find you because your martial arts are extraordinary and your combat strength far surpasses that of others of the same level."

"Brother Wu, please explain what you mean by that."

Wu Xiuyuan said.

"I have a little inside information, which I got from the martial arts instructor. Fog Shadow Island will be opening soon, probably in about three or four months."

Zhong Ming asked in confusion, "Mist-Hidden Island? What's that?"

Wu Xiuyuan began to explain.

"Foggy Island is a small island located seventy miles from Tianjin Port. It is shrouded in thick fog all year round, and when viewed from a distance, it appears like a dark shadow, hence the name."

"Under normal circumstances, Fog Shadow Island is in a closed state and has a special magnetic field. No one or ship dares to approach it, otherwise something terrible will happen."

"Rumor has it that even grandmaster-level experts tried to investigate, but ended up perishing here."

Zhong Ming listened attentively, and Wu Xiuyuan continued.

"Every few years, the special magnetic field on Fog Shadow Island weakens, at which time martial artists below the Qi Refining level can enter."

"If a martial artist at the Qi Refining level or above were to enter, no, even just get close, it could trigger a great terror."

"Could there be some great opportunity on this Misty Shadow Island?"

Zhong Ming asked.

Wu Xiuyuan nodded.

"There is indeed a great opportunity within Fog Shadow Island."

"It can strengthen our foundation in martial arts and allow us to go further on our path of martial arts."

Wu Xiuyuan sighed and said, "Brother Zhong, as you know, my innate talent has reached the upper level of the second rank. Many geniuses who have entered the Heavenly Pride Ranking must be stronger than me in terms of innate talent."

"But unfortunately we don't have a good background or the privileged conditions of scions of prominent families."

"If I had the abundant resources of a scion of a powerful family, I would definitely choose perfect Foundation Establishment, but unfortunately, I am not!"

The "perfect foundation building" that Wu Xiuyuan mentioned refers to a Blood Refining Realm martial artist who has mastered the stance training and condensed seventy-two drops of essence blood.

Resources, talent, and hard work are all indispensable!

The list of geniuses in the Great Chu Dynasty consists almost entirely of those who have achieved perfect foundation building. They have mastered the basic stance training while still in the Blood Refining Realm, and their foundation is far beyond that of ordinary martial artists.

"I'm just a peasant, I can't even afford the tuition fees for the martial arts school, so I have to sell myself to the school to get a chance to learn martial arts."

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Daily Intelligence System

Martial Arts Realm: Mid-stage Bone Forging (38 drops of essence blood)

Body Refinement Realm: Qi and Blood Manifestation Level 1 (Proficiency: 6665/10000)

Transcendent System: Transcendent Tier 1 (Proficiency: 0/1000) [Erosion Level: 0]

Exercise: Spirit Turtle Gazing at the Moon Stance (Proficiency: 125/10000) [Five Stars]

武技：伏虎拳法大成（熟练度：353/400）【三星】，青雀三掠小成（熟练度：184/200）【四星】，降龙掌法小成（熟练度：52/200）【三星】，灵蛇七缠功入门（熟练度：37/100）【四星】

Secret Technique: Concealing Breath Technique [Three Stars]

Extraordinary Inscription: Tier 1 Super Strength [Three Stars]

Superpowers: Three-Light Eye Technique [Five-Star], Petrified Skin [Four-Star], Skin Hardening [Three-Star], Bone Manipulation [Four-Star], Blood Burning [Four-Star]

Root bone: 38 (B-grade)

Comprehension: 42 (C)

XP: 268

Warrior realm:

Body Refinement Realm

炼血期：成功凝练出一滴精血即入门，1-12滴精血为初期，13-24滴为中期，25-36为后期

36-72 represents perfection.

The limit is 73-81.

81-136为破限（81-108一步破限，109-136二步破限）。

Once one's essence blood reaches 72 drops, one reaches the peak of the Essence Refining stage and can directly break through to the next realm, the Qi Refining stage. A few core disciples of aristocratic families and disciples of major sects break through to the Qi Refining stage after reaching their limit or breaking through their limit.

Bone Forging Stage: The bones are forged and tempered, becoming as strong as steel. Movements are as swift as thunder, with the strength to move a thousand pounds; a martial artist can move faster than seven steps.

During the marrow cleansing stage: 35mm muskets posed little threat to him.

[The Blood Refining stage primarily increases strength, reaching up to a thousand jin; the Bone Forging stage strengthens tendons and bones, increasing defense; the Marrow Cleansing stage enhances all aspects, including flesh, bones, and internal organs, doubling strength to two thousand jin, and doubling defense and speed.]

Qi Refining Stage: Internal energy is released externally, making ordinary foreign gun squads pose little threat to it.

Refining God Realm:

The maximum lifespan is three cycles of sixty years, but due to the hidden injuries from early cultivation and the wear and tear on the body, the actual lifespan often cannot reach the limit.

Grand cultivator: A cultivator who has comprehended the 'Domain' at the Refining Spirit Realm.

To break through from the Refining Spirit stage to the Embracing the Elixir stage, one needs the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, meaning that the three flowers of Essence, Qi, and Spirit must break through simultaneously.

Grandmaster (Embracing the Elixir Realm)

The spirit, energy, and vitality are perfectly integrated, making one flawless.

He comprehended his own "Tao".

The maximum lifespan is nine Jiazi, or 540 years. And because the essence, energy, and spirit are unified, one's own essence and energy no longer leak out, so theoretically it is easier to live to the maximum lifespan.

Breaking through from the Core Formation Realm to the Deity Transformation Realm requires gathering the Five Elements, also known as the Five Elements Returning to the Origin. These are the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The core is these five elements, but they can be substituted with others, such as ice instead of water.

Divine Realm (Quasi-God) [Can possess a body up to three times]

Nascent Soul Realm:

They live for a thousand years and can control the power of heaven and earth.

The body is merely a shell; the soul is the essence. One can be reborn by possessing another body after physical destruction, but without a physical body, one can only exert up to 80% of their original strength. The first possession will reduce one's strength to 80%, the second possession to half, and the third possession will cause one to drop in realm, with strength reduced to only 30%.

Yuan Shen Realm: A plus version of the Nascent Soul stage. All abilities are 1.5 times that of the Nascent Soul stage, and the overall strength is about three times that of the Nascent Soul stage. Lifespan increases to 1,500 years. The physical body is no longer a constraint. Losing a physical body does not affect strength. One can regain 100% strength after possessing three bodies.

Yang Shen Realm:

The "Great Monk" of ancient times.

He lived to be two thousand years old.

When one severs the Three Corpses, the Three Corpse Gods will instantly revive the original body after the original body is killed. Each of the Three Corpses possesses 100% of the original body's strength. Unless all three Corpses are killed simultaneously the instant the Great Cultivator is killed, the Great Cultivator of the Yang God will not be killed. As long as one of the Three Corpses is still alive, both the Three Corpses and the original body can be revived in an instant.

Dao Integration: Earth Immortal, God King, Celestial Being

Harmony with Heaven and Man.

My soul is entrusted to the Way of Heaven; I am the Way of Heaven, and the Way of Heaven is me!

They are immortal and indestructible. Unless the portion of their soul entrusted to them by the Heavenly Dao can be erased, they cannot be killed. Even if killed, they can be resurrected after replenishing their spiritual energy. A Dao-Merging Celestial Being can only die as their soul essence slowly depletes over time until it is completely exhausted; this is called "Return to the Void."

After a celestial being dies, their spiritual energy will gradually merge into the universe, causing the universe's spiritual energy to regain its vitality.

All of them are at the level of attaining the Dao.

The Celestial Being is the normal state of attaining the Dao, where a portion of their soul essence is entrusted to the Heavenly Dao of the main world. Therefore, compared to Earth Immortals and God Kings, Celestial Beings can also be called "Celestial Immortals."

Once a Dao-Merging Celestial Being entrusts their soul to the Heavenly Dao, their human form will remain in the mortal world at a half-step Dao-Merging realm. Theoretically, they can only last for a maximum of ten thousand years before their human form decays and perishes. Moreover, the more they do, the stronger the Heavenly Dao's pull on them becomes, and the shorter their stay will be.

The human body can fully unleash the Dao Integration Realm and combat power, but the corresponding losses of the human body will increase exponentially. Even if the human body is resealed at the half-step Dao Integration Realm, the lost lifespan of the human body cannot be replenished.

Once the human body of a Dao-Merging Celestial Being perishes, it becomes difficult to interfere in the affairs of the main world. The soul resides in the Heavenly Dao, and although it is immortal, it is limited by the rules of the main world. To interfere in the main world, it must be limited by a medium, and the power used is extremely limited. Moreover, each interference in the main world depletes the essence of its soul. Over time, the 'humanity' in the soul will be increasingly consumed until it becomes an existence without joy or sorrow, devoid of all emotions. In the end, it can only follow its instincts to absorb and release spiritual energy until the last bit of soul power is exhausted.

After a Celestial Being who has attained the Dao loses their human body, their soul can survive for tens of thousands or even millions of years. The less they interfere with the main world, the longer their soul can exist.

Earth Immortals are one of the ways in which cultivators in the Eastern world utilize grotto-heavens. They entrust their soul essence to a grotto-heaven, which then becomes the Heavenly Dao of the Grotto-heaven.

The Heavenly Dao of the Cave Heaven is far weaker than the Heavenly Dao of the Main World, so the combat power of an Earth Immortal is far inferior to that of a Dao-Merging Celestial Being.

After merging with the Dao of the Cave Heaven, the human body can also be preserved for ten thousand years. Moreover, the human body possesses complete Dao-merging combat power, and its combat power is consistent with that of the Cave Heaven. Furthermore, within the Cave Heaven, the human body can also draw upon the power of the entire Cave Heaven, making it virtually invincible among its peers. There is no need to worry about the human body being consumed due to its actions, as the human body has a fixed lifespan of ten thousand years.

The downside is that once you leave the celestial realm, your human body will be suppressed in the main world, and you'll easily attract the possession of Dao-Merging Celestials. These Dao-Merging Celestials are already stronger than Earth Immortals, and Earth Immortals are already suppressed by the main world. In the eyes of Dao-Merging Celestials, they are simply tempting prey.

If a Celestial Being who has attained the Dao possesses the human body of an Earthly Immortal, they can live a second life, and the depleted essence of their soul will be replenished.

After the mortal immortal's human body perishes, they will live on as the Dao of the Cave Heaven. This period is often only tens of thousands of years, or even less than ten thousand years, which is only about one-tenth of that of a celestial immortal. The more they interfere in human affairs, the faster their soul is consumed.

When the soul of the local immortal dies, the grotto will once again become ownerless, randomly respawning anywhere in the world, waiting for a destined person to enter.

The Divine Kingdom is a method used by Western cultivators to create grotto-heavens.

A divine court is established within the grotto-heaven to suppress it, thus imprisoning it in a certain place for a long period of time.

God King: An unconventional cultivator who attains enlightenment by absorbing the incense and faith of the mortal world, and entrusts his soul to the divine court. As long as the faith is extinguished, the God King will never die.

Within the Divine Court, the God King is invincible; outside the Divine Kingdom, his combat strength surpasses that of Earth Immortals but is weaker than that of Dao-Merging Celestials.

The limit for the human form of the God-King is also ten thousand years. As long as the power of faith and incense is abundant, he can definitely live to the limit. After the human form dies, the God-King's soul will be completely integrated into the Divine Court. As long as the faith of the Divine Court is immortal, the God-King will be immortal.

The downside is that the essence of the soul is easily polluted by the incense of faith. When the essence of one's own soul can no longer suppress the power of all living beings in the faith, one will gradually lose control of the divine power. At that time, the God-King will no longer be the original God-King, but the 'God-King' in the faith of all living beings.

Like the Earth Immortals, the God Kings also dare not leave their divine kingdoms at will, because they also face the risk of being possessed by a Dao-merging Celestial Being. However, compared to Earth Immortals, the probability is much lower.

To a Dao-Merging Celestial Being, an Earth Immortal's human form is like a delicious roast chicken, while a Divine King's human form is like a roast chicken that's been craving excrement—tasty, but stinky. This is because the body is filled with the power of incense and faith; the Dao-Merging Celestial Being, after possessing another body, will also be tainted by the karma of these sentient beings.

Once a Celestial Being who has attained the Dao possesses the human form of a God-King, they can also live a second life. However, upon returning to the Heavenly Dao, due to the power of all living beings they have been tainted by, their soul's essence...