Daily News: You promised yourself to be a fisherman, but you've become a martial arts god?

Eighteen days after Yuan Fei, the young leader of the Hai Sha Gang, lost his life.

At dawn, the morning mist began to dissipate.

Li Nian rowed the awning boat alone, patrolling the designated waters near the island.

He and Cao An, along with three others, patrolled in three shifts, with him responsible for patrolling from 5 AM to 7 AM.

He has been patrolling the island for six days now.

He was once a member of the navy and knew everything about water patrols. Once he understood the procedures, patrolling was as easy as eating and drinking for him.

The island has been relatively peaceful these days, so to avoid wasting intelligence points, he hasn't been checking the system intelligence every day, trying to accumulate as many as possible.

If any unexpected incident occurs, the system can be accessed at any time to obtain intelligence information.

"After so many days, I have fully mastered my current cultivation level. It's time to break through to the next stage of Blood Refinement!"

Li Nian thought to himself.

After making up their minds, they rowed the boat to the shore, arriving at a relatively spacious and quiet area.

No one comes or goes here; he has been practicing his skills here for the past few days.

Li Nian tied the boat's saddle to a dead tree on the shore, then went to a large tree, took off his upper clothes, revealing his strong muscles.

With a flick of his wrist, a white porcelain bottle appeared out of thin air in his hand.

Open the bottle and pour a Blood Essence Pill into your palm.

Without any hesitation, he swallowed the pill in one gulp.

The pill melted instantly upon entering the mouth, and a vast, boundless energy surged from the lower abdomen throughout the body.

Li Nian's skin instantly turned iron red, and the surrounding air suddenly heated up. The hot air collided with the cold air in the air, creating gusts of strong wind that made the surrounding leaves rustle.

Li Nian assumed the stance of the Sky Eagle Pole and then swung it with all her might.

Its claws moved like an eagle's, its body as swift as a tiger's, its sharp claws carrying a thick, hot, bloody aura as they tore through the air.

About an hour later, Li Nian finished his practice, sat cross-legged, and guided the qi and blood in his body to rush to the Jade Pillow Gate.

"break!"

With a low shout, Jade Pillow Pass was crushed by powerful energy, just like an eggshell.

The third stage of blood training is the Jade Pillow Pass.

break!

Li Nian opened her eyes wide, a glint of light flashing in them.

Clenching his fists, feeling the full power in his body, a handsome smile curved his lips.

With this breakthrough, his Qi and blood increased threefold.

Reaching the pinnacle of Bone Refinement allowed him to disregard the limitations of Blood Refinement and maximize the medicinal effects.

However, as one's cultivation level increases, the effects of the medicine will weaken.

Last time, when I swallowed the same Blood Refining Pill to break through the second stage of Blood Refining, the Spine Gate, my Qi and Blood increased fourfold. Now, however, it has only increased threefold.

"My current Qi and blood are almost three times the amount I have now, which is needed to break through the fourth level of Blood Refining, the Tanzhong acupoint."

"Take one or two more Blood Essence Pills, and breaking through shouldn't be a problem."

"I still have four Blood Essence Pills, enough for me to break through to the Bone Refinement stage!"

Li Nian thought to himself.

However, he did not use the Blood Essence Pill to continue his breakthrough.

Improving one's cultivation level too quickly, if discovered by others, can easily lead to unnecessary trouble.

Anyway, his cultivation level has already reached the peak of Bone Refinement, and he also has the Blood Essence Pill to enhance his blood energy. He can break through at any time, so there is no need to rush.

After gathering his thoughts, Li Nian sat cross-legged on a nearby millstone-sized rock, his gaze sharpening.

"Check your intelligence points!"

With a thought, a blue box appeared before my eyes.

Intelligence Points: 21

Li Nian understood.

He had accumulated intelligence over six days, and with the intelligence points gained from this breakthrough, he had 21.

After calming himself down, he began to take stock of the cultivation techniques he had learned so far:

The Eagle Stake is complete.

Iron Shirt, perfect.

Fishing on a thousand waters, a perfect ending.

The Deadly Frost Eagle Claw technique was developed from the Sky Eagle Stance and has reached a minor level of mastery. Although I have been practicing diligently in private during this period, it is still far from being mastered.

The ability to move like a dragon without a trace was learned from "deduction" of the Iron Shirt technique; it's just the beginning.

After taking stock, Li Nian touched her chin and thought to herself:

"My cultivation level has not yet reached the peak of Bone Refinement, so there is no need to deduce the Heavenly Eagle Stance and push my realm forward for the time being."

"There's no need to deduce Iron Shirt anymore. The next stage of the Divine Power of Misty Waves, Ten Thousand Fish Guidance, can only be learned by those with Gang Jin strength. Deducing it too early is useless."

"Both the Deadly Frost Eagle Claw and the Wandering Dragon Without a Trace are techniques above the Transformation Realm. 'Deduction' requires 30 points of intelligence, so it cannot be deduced for the time being."

"The island is fraught with danger. If we can improve one more skill, we should do so first. We happen to have the Thirty Styles of Rock-Shattering Leg that we can deduce."

"Since I have the Blood Essence Pill in hand, I can break through to the Blood Refinement stage at any time. Breaking through the Tanzhong and Huiyin gates will give me at least 30 intelligence points. At that time, I'll consider 'deducing' the Deadly Frost Eagle Claw or the Wandering Dragon Without a Trace."

Having made up her mind, Li Nian flipped her hand, and a secret manual appeared in her palm.

It was precisely fished out by Yuan Guangbo—

Thirty-step rock-crushing leg kick!

He was exactly missing a leg technique, and having witnessed its power, it was perfect for him!

Sensing the martial arts manual in Li Nian's hand, the system displayed an entry.

[Thirty Styles of Rock-Shattering Leg Martial Arts Detected; Proceed with Proof?]

【whether】

"yes!"

Li Nian's gaze sharpened, and she didn't hesitate for a moment.

In an instant.

The storm subsided, and the ripples on the lake ceased.

Familiar golden specks appeared out of thin air in Li Nian's ocean of consciousness, converging into a small golden figure.

The golden figure stands with feet like spears, in a world of consciousness, its tiny form giving it the majestic presence of a mountain.

Suddenly, the Jin man stomped his foot and moved.

Light and shadow intertwine, and time flies by like a fleeting moment.

[In the first year, you practiced your leg skills day and night by the lake, kicking down all sorts of trees on the shore. You enjoyed the feeling of destruction, so you became even more obsessed with it. Your desperate training allowed you to master the basics of leg skills in just six months.]

In the third year, you trained day and night, using herbs to strengthen your legs, and shattered the rocks on the island with your own flesh and blood, achieving a minor mastery of leg techniques.

In the fifth year, you worked diligently, training your legs day and night with rocks, persevering even when your skin was torn and bleeding. Finally, your blood and energy flowed smoothly through your legs, making them as fast as the wind and your kicks precise and powerful. This marked the pinnacle of your leg skills.

[In the eighth year, you had mastered leg techniques for three years, but you still couldn't find the true meaning of perfection. So you secluded yourself to dissect leg techniques and painstakingly study their true essence.]

In the tenth year, you had a flash of inspiration and grasped the true meaning of perfect leg technique. Breaking rocks is not about the resilience of your legs, but about skillful force, turning the rotten into the miraculous. With a single sweep of your leg, you split rocks and shatter stones, yet your legs remain completely unharmed.

[In the fifteenth year, you attempted to refine your leg techniques, perfecting them. One day, while observing a mischievous monkey probing its feet, a flash of inspiration struck you. You realized that the Thirty Styles of Shattering Rock Legs were not orthodox hard leg techniques, but rather cunning, ruthless, and insidious methods. Therefore, you refined the moves, identified and corrected any shortcomings, and created eighteen new moves to incorporate into it. You renamed this martial art—The Forty-Eight Styles of Soul-Chasing Legs—and brought it to its pinnacle!]

boom!

The light and shadow dissipated, turning into starlight that merged into Li Nian's limbs and bones.

Li Nian opened her eyes, and golden light burst forth from her dark pupils.

He stood up, his legs like spears planted on the ground, every muscle in his legs like steel forged through countless hammer blows, containing terrifying explosive power!

Li Nian glanced indifferently at the large rock beneath him, spun around, and landed. He then thrust his right leg out with a sharp, whistling sound, like a dragon spear cutting through the air.

boom!

With a loud bang, the solid boulder that had withstood the test of wind and rain for thousands of years on the lakeside was smashed into pieces and dust.

Stone chips flew everywhere, falling like raindrops, and pattered into the lake...