From a slave to the Great Qian Martial Saint

Roar~!

With a mournful roar, a three-legged beast resembling a bull fell into a pool of blood.

And this is the thirteenth strange beast that Chen Shi and his team have hunted down in the past two months!

There are many strange beasts in Yongqiu Mountain, but they are all below the sixth rank. At least according to the map marked by the mountain guards, they are only the ninth, eighth, and seventh rank beasts.

With two seventh-rank experts, Zhe Liu and Chen Bi, there's not much they can do.

Before the beast's blood cooled, Chen Shi smeared it all over his body, and it immediately became burning hot, as if on fire.

He took a deep breath and, with the stimulation of the beast's blood, immediately began his cultivation.

After an incense stick's time, the originally bright red beast blood turned dark black and solidified into a scab. With a powerful tremor from Chen Shi, it shattered into countless fragments and fell off.

Looking at it now, a large amount of blood energy was wrapped around Chen Shi's arms, solidifying into a pair of complete crimson scorpion claws!

After a brief pause, Chen Shi's expression hardened, and he swung the pair of scorpion pincers, unleashing the double scorpion attack once again.

Click!

The scorpion suddenly lunged forward, clamping its pincers and instantly severing a small tree about the size of a bowl—the first move, "Throat Cutting and Nest Probing."

Pong!

The scorpion's pincers fell from above like two bronze hammers, smashing a piece of bluestone to pieces—this was the "overturned bowl top" formation.

After using all of the claw's moves in one go, Chen Shi finally stopped.

With cutting and smashing, the blood and energy in his arms coalesced, finally allowing him to unleash the true power of these moves.

"It's done!"

Looking at his arms, which had transformed into a pair of giant scorpion pincers, Chen Shi was filled with excitement.

The complete solidification of blood and qi in both arms is a sign of the early stage of the Solidification Realm and a condition for determining the rank of a seventh-grade martial artist.

After two months of hunting down thirteen strange beasts in Yongqiu Mountain, he finally broke through to the seventh rank as he had wished!

"Congratulations, Master."

Seeing that Chen Shi had finished practicing, Shen Bi took his clothes and congratulated him with a happy expression.

Zhe Liu stood to the side, not saying a word, but the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned, clearly happy for Chen Shi as well.

"Thank you for your hard work these past two months."

After releasing the condensation of blood and qi, Chen Shi looked at the two of them and couldn't help but say something.

Gu Tingshu only gave him two months. In order to improve his cultivation as much as possible during these two months, Zhe Liu and Chen Bi accompanied Chen Shi to almost the entire Yongqiu Mountain.

Having successfully broken through to the seventh rank, and with the deadline given by Gu Tingshu over, the three of them planned to rest for the night and then leave the mountain early the next morning.

"With my scorpion claws, can I break your jade arm?"

Beside the campfire, Chen Shi suddenly asked Shen Bi a question.

"Does the master want to hear the truth, or a lie?"

Shen Bi smiled and, without waiting for Chen Shi's reply, continued directly.

"If it were a lie, my master would be so powerful and invincible that a single pinch from his scorpion pincers would sever my arm in two. But if it were the truth, it wouldn't be possible."

The martial art that Shen Bi practices is called the Jade Goddess Skill!

All Yellow-rank martial arts are either animalistic fist techniques that mimic the appearance of mythical beasts, or weapon-based martial arts techniques used to hunt mythical beasts.

However, the Jade Goddess Skill does not seem to fall into either of these two categories.

Because the Jade Goddess Skill is not a Yellow-rank martial art, but a Profound-rank one!

More accurately, it is divided into two parts: the upper part is the Yellow Steps and the lower part is the Dark Steps.

Once you reach the pinnacle of the Form Condensation Realm, you begin cultivating the lower part.

The second method to advance to the sixth rank of martial artist and condense a divine body is to cultivate a Yellow-rank martial art to its extreme and comprehend a Profound-rank martial art from it.

The Jade Goddess Skill is actually imitating this process.

Or rather, cheating!

However, unlike others, because it is not something that one comprehends on their own, it can only be condensed into a fixed 'Jade Condensation Divine Body' under the stimulation of a fixed lower-level Xuan-rank martial art.

Therefore, it may not be suitable for you.

Although it has certain limitations, it was ultimately a deception that allowed him to break through to the sixth rank.

Upon learning about the characteristics of the Jade Goddess Skill, Chen Shi couldn't help but marvel at how anything is possible in this world.

"really."

Chen Shi nodded; it was about what he had estimated.

Although the upper part is still a Yellow-rank martial art, Chen Shi estimated that it could already be classified as a top-grade martial art! It is a martial art that cultivates the entire body to the point of being as solid as jade, as solid as a fortress, and indestructible, maximizing defense.

Although Chen Shi's Double Kill of the Claws and Scorpions was not weak, it was ultimately just an ordinary high-grade Yellow Rank Condensed Form Martial Art. How could it possibly break through Chen Bi's Jade Body?

"Master, you don't need to be discouraged. This is just a shortcut I had to take out of desperation."

Shen Bi smiled again and quickly offered a word of comfort.

According to Shen Bi, the reason she cultivated the Jade Goddess Technique was because she felt she could not break through the Divine Power Embryo to condense a Divine Body, so she had to find another way.

How could this "Jade Condensation Divine Body" compare to the "Mountain-Treading Divine Body," which is an advancement of divine power from a fetus?

"yes."

Chen Shi glanced at Shen Bi and smiled.

If she had already given up the "Mountain-Treading Divine Body", why would she risk coming to Yongqiu Mountain to kill him?

In Chen Shi's view, Shen Bi was not unambitious at all; on the contrary, she was very ambitious.

She wanted to possess both the "Jade Condensation" and "Mountain-Treading" divine bodies! One focused on defense, the other on power, combining offense and defense for unimaginable power.

It has to be said that even Chen Shi couldn't help but be tempted.

Now that Shen Bi is under his control, it wouldn't be difficult for him to get her to hand over the Jade Goddess Skill manual.

Unfortunately, according to Shen Bi, the Jade Goddess Skill cannot be practiced by anyone but a woman, and even then, she must be an exceptionally beautiful woman, one in a million.

Chen Shi believed the first restriction, since the name itself explained it. But he remained skeptical of the second: martial arts also affected appearance?

"As long as you keep refining the Elephant King Stance and push it to the Profound Rank, you can condense a true ultimate divine body of power. With one force, you can overcome ten techniques. No amount of fancy tricks will matter."

Zhe Liu closed his eyes slightly and spoke softly.

According to Zhe Liu, the divine power embryos cultivated by the Holy Sons of Fufeng Society are all castrated versions. Not only do they only have a strength of one thousand jin, but they can only condense the "Mountain-Treading Divine Body" through mutual killing.

But Chen Shi is different. He has mastered the true divine power of the Elephant Embryo. So as long as he continues to refine the Elephant King Stake and elevates it to the Xuan level, he can condense a divine body through the second method.

The true divine body formed in this way is the Divine Elephant Embryo, possessing power far surpassing that of the Mountain-Treading Divine Body.

"Um."

Chen Shi nodded, his expression solemn.

There are two methods for condensing a divine body, and the second one is ten times more difficult than the first!

But since he has a chance of success, how can he not give it a shot?

In any case, we should at least not disappoint Zhe Liu's expectations.

Hearing the two talking, Shen Bi glanced at Zhe Liu, then stole a look at Chen Shi, and couldn't help but ponder.

It seems that Chen Shilian's divine strength is quite different from hers, or rather, from theirs.

But this was clearly Chen Shi's secret, and she dared not inquire. She poked at the campfire with the branches, pretending not to hear anything.

As night deepened, Zhe Liu and Chen Bi fell asleep one after the other.

Chen Shi sat cross-legged, meditating to enter a state of tranquility and nourishing his spirit.

As the night passed, the campfire had turned to ashes by the next morning.

The three of them ate something and, as previously decided, set off down the mountain.

"I am coming!"

Chen Shi let out a low exclamation, his face full of excitement.

It's already late August, and there are only half a month left until the annual ranking day. At that time, he can be promoted to a seventh-rank martial artist and get rid of his slave status!