43: Chapter 2 Special Physique! Innate Sword Bone

At this moment, Chen Xuan sat cross-legged on the wooden boat, letting it drift into Biling Lake.

He used his Mental Energy to inspect his body internally—Peak of the first level of the Qi Refining Realm!

In just two days, by refining the mana left in his Dantian after losing his cultivation, his cultivation level had reached the threshold.

At this moment, the sky was bright, and there was no danger, so Chen Xuan grasped a Spirit Stone.

He activated the Canglan Art, feeling the Spiritual Qi continuously flowing from his hand into his body, rapidly being refined into mana!

In just a few breaths, Chen Xuan returned to the second level of the Qi Refining Realm!

After circulating the Canglan Art for three major cycles, Chen Xuan stabilized his cultivation at the second level of the Qi Refining Realm.

With his cultivation stabilized, Chen Xuan finally began to perceive the Dao Bone within his body!

A Dao Bone is born from the Innate and nurtured by the Acquired. It is a creation of heaven and earth!

Chen Xuan closed his eyes and remained silent. Before the Awakening of his past-life wisdom, he had not discovered it, because his parents had not provided the proper guidance.

Generally speaking, such talent can be discovered very quickly after a spiritual test.

Of course, it is also possible for the Divine Bone to conceal itself, like that man with the surname Huang, who had his dug out because it did not conceal itself.

As Chen Xuan's Mental Energy moved inch by inch over his bones, it finally stopped at his right arm.

The entire arm bone was like Innate spiritual jade—flawless and white. When mana passed through it, it felt like a fish in water. Clearly, it was extraordinary!

There are few special Physiques in the Southern Region, and Chen Xuan was not sure what it was, so he could only ask the System for help.

[Special Physique: Innate Sword Bone (Water).]

[Innate Sword Bone: Your insights into the Dao of the Sword are easier to achieve. Your sword cultivation speed is doubled. Sword damage is doubled when using your right hand or Sword Light Differentiation. The power of water-attribute finishing moves is increased by 50%!]

Hiss!

What a terrifying trait effect.

Such a Physique is truly that of a killing god.

The offensive power of a Sword Cultivator is inherently unrivaled in the heavens and on earth, arguably the T0 (strongest) tier.

In this life, my main profession shall be the Dao of the Sword.

There are several levels of attainment in the Dao of the Sword, from easiest to hardest: Sword Light Differentiation, Sword Qi Condensing into Silk, Sword Qi Thunder Sound, Sword Heart Clarity, and Human and Sword as One.

In his previous life, Chen Xuan had reached the Realm of Sword Light Differentiation.

At this Realm, sword light can transform into thousands, and under special techniques, one can transform oneself into sword light to attack. It is considered the strongest "minor Divine Ability"!

To be called a Divine Ability rather than a spell shows its true value. Killing enemies above one's level is nothing out of the ordinary.

An incense stick's time later, the wooden boat arrived at the small, non-public market trading area built on the outskirts of Biling Lake.

Chen Xuan was ten years old this year and had been at Biling Lake for many years.

Familiar with the routine, he tied the boat rope and picked up the fish creel, heading toward a few of the fairest fishing shops inside.

"Yo, little brother, you've come again." The shopkeeper smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

Chen Xuan didn't say much; he nodded and quietly lifted a corner of the fish creel.

The shopkeeper nodded and led him into the inner hall for a closer inspection.

"Hiss! Authentic wild ornamental fish!"

The shopkeeper clicked his tongue and looked at Chen Xuan with a smile: "Where did you catch these, little brother?"

Chen Xuan looked at him with an inscrutable smile.

The shopkeeper waved his hand, stopped asking, and said gloomily:

"Nowadays, there are many Cultivators from the Wang Family outside Biling Lake. Be careful when coming and going."

"Alright, enough small talk. I'll give you twenty Spirit Stones for each of these spiritual fish!"

"Come to me next time you have spiritual fish; the price is fair."

Chen Xuan nodded. At this moment, he was dressed as a fisherman, which was very authoritative.

These bottom-level Cultivators were all penny-pinchers who would split half a Spirit Stone to use; you couldn't fool them on the price at all.

Especially the male Cultivators; if you fool them once, they will never come again in their lives.

After handing over the spiritual fish and taking a small bag of Spirit Stones, Chen Xuan tucked it into his inner lining and walked out, carrying the fish creel.

The manager watched his figure, but didn't say anything else, merely looking at the horizon with complicated thoughts.

These are troubled times.

The Wang Family had been coveting the Xiao Family's Biling Lake for many years. Stirring up trouble now was likely a test because the Xiao Family's Foundation Establishment grand Cultivator had not appeared for a long time.

Both families were immortal cultivation families established based on a second-tier Spiritual Vein, and both had Foundation Establishment Cultivators guarding their clans.

However, the Xiao Family was established on the central island of Biling Lake, where second-tier Spiritual Veins and water veins converged. They possessed abundant catches and could even cultivate second-tier spiritual fish to protect the Family.

This made the Wang Family extremely envious, and they had always wanted to encroach upon the Xiao Family's spiritual lake.

But the gap between the two was small; both had Foundation Establishment Cultivators guarding their clans. Relying on Formations, how could they attack?

Therefore, for a long time, they had been at peace.

But recently, they had started sending people to harass them.

Chen Xuan didn't care about these ins and outs; he rode his flat boat, rocking back and forth, back to the outer area of Biling Lake.

The zoning of the Biling Lake area occupied by the Xiao Family stated that the central island had dense Spiritual Qi and was the place for the main Family to live and cultivate.

The inner lake area of Biling Lake extended ten kilometers out from the central island; the Spiritual Qi was slightly worse, used for mass breeding of spiritual fish, requiring experienced fishermen or Spirit Farmers who could cultivate spiritual fish.

As for the outer lake, which was the outer area, it stretched continuously until it bordered the Long Sea. The Spiritual Qi concentration was average, and it was the water area for breeding half-spiritual fish.

The inner and outer lakes were separated by water quality and further partitioned by the Magical Artifact, the Thousand-Fold Net.

In his previous life, the fish pond in Chen Xuan's home was no different from the outer lake, only smaller, with less harvest.

The area where Chen Xuan was located was a stretch of water in the middle of the outer region, about two li long and three li wide. On it was a large boat, with fishing nets, scoop nets, bait, and so on, all fully equipped.

There were even two large beds inside, though Chen Xuan had cleared away one of them.

This boat was the home where the Spirit Farmer drifted.

This year, Chen Xuan was raising Red Fox half-spiritual fish; their bodies were bright red, and as they swayed, they looked like red foxes.

They had the potential to promote to spiritual fish. Each half-spiritual fish weighed about five catties, and he could produce about one thousand catties a year.

Since he was raising fish for the Xiao Family, the catch was naturally not calculated in the usual way; instead, it was a model of a guaranteed base plus a share of the profits.

On the basis of a guaranteed output of nine hundred catties, the profits earned from any additional catties were split fifty-fifty.

So as long as one had good skills, the Spirit Farmer earned quite a lot.

The guaranteed nine hundred catties were worth five Spirit Stones, and subsequently, one catty of half-spiritual fish was priced at one Spirit Crystal; one hundred catties equaled one hundred Spirit Crystals, which was ten Spirit Stones.

This year was about the same, able to produce fifteen Spirit Stones for cultivation.

But for a Family, fifteen Spirit Stones were far from enough.

Therefore, besides cultivating spiritual fish, he often went to the neighboring Long Sea to scavenge for resources to support his cultivation.

It was precisely because of this that his parents in this life had agreed with friends to go scavenging, and consequently went missing.

In a few days, it would be time to harvest the fish and then distribute the marked fish fry.

The period that followed was naturally the long fry-rearing stage, which was also the time when most people went out to work or scavenge.

Chen Xuan directed the pelicans to drive the fish schools, then poured down the fodder produced in Biling Lake.

After finishing his daily chores, Chen Xuan finally sat cross-legged on the large boat, preparing to cultivate.

But at this moment, a bird's cry came from afar.

Then, a snow-white red-crowned crane slowly descended and stood on one leg on the bow of Chen Xuan's boat.

Traveling in Biling Lake was inconvenient; communication back and forth was done either through sound-transmission jade talismans or immortal cranes.

Chen Xuan took out a small fish, fed it to the immortal crane, and then retrieved a letter from under its ankle.

There was only a short line of text:

"Fellow Daoist Yun Qi, let's have a small gathering at Yunhe Tower in the market tomorrow at noon. Wishing you longevity on the immortal path. ——Zi Ling"

PS: The data isn't very good; my heart is feeling a bit cold.