42: Chapter 42 Bone Refining Realm

"By the way, you both know how to cook, right?" Chen Hu said to the two women.

"We do, Brother Hu!"

The two women answered in unison.

"Alright, there is food in the kitchen. If you feel hungry, just cook for yourselves!" Chen Hu said in a gentle tone.

"Thank you, Brother Hu!"

"Wait a moment!"

Chen Hu deliberately went to the main room, then brought out ten catties of braised beef and handed them to Qianxue: "This is ten catties of braised beef. Eat as much as you want, don't stand on ceremony with me!"

Smelling the fragrance emitted by the braised beef, the two women couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

"Brother Hu, we are only Maids...!"

"Take it!"

Chen Hu directly shoved the braised beef into Qianxue's hands.

"Thank you, Brother Hu!"

The two sisters couldn't help but bow to Chen Hu, moved. Originally, they thought it would be enough to just be well-fed after following Chen Hu. They hadn't expected Chen Hu to be so good to them, even giving them ten catties of braised beef. Even before their family was struck by disaster, they could only eat meat once every three or five months.

"Alright, I'm going back to my room to Cultivate!"

Returning to his room, Chen Hu bolted the door.

He took out the constitution pill and swallowed it in one gulp.

Then, the Medicinal Pill's power spread throughout his body, remodeling Chen Hu's Physical Body.

This remodeling was quite gentle; Chen Hu didn't feel any discomfort, but rather felt quite comfortable.

Half an hour later.

The remodeling ended.

Chen Hu called up the System panel.

He discovered an extra entry in the information bar.

Physique: God of War Body (Click to view details)

Chen Hu decisively clicked the brackets, revealing the detailed introduction of the God of War Body.

This God of War Body possesses three major effects. First, it strengthens the Physical Body; the body's strength is three times that of an ordinary Martial Artist.

Second, it provides super combat intuition, allowing him to always find an enemy's flaws during battle. Furthermore, combat experience increases rapidly during battle. Besides that, after fighting for a certain amount of time, he will enter a burst state, displaying strength beyond his own cultivation level.

Finally, in terms of learning Martial Skill, both his comprehension ability and aptitude are far superior to ordinary Martial Artists.

Chen Hu stood up and stretched his body.

He felt that his skin, muscles, tendons, and even bones had become about three times stronger than before.

"What a great God of War Body!"

Chen Hu thought to himself.

He estimated that with his current strength, even if he faced someone in the Tendon Refining Realm, he could kill them in a very short time.

He just didn't know if he could defeat someone in the Bone Refining Realm.

Calming his emotions, Chen Hu took out the random cultivation doubling card.

"Activate!"

The System notification sounded: "Ding, congratulations to the host, cultivation randomly increased by five times!"

Then, Chen Hu felt his own cultivation rapidly surge.

In a very short time, his five major tendons were tempered to the limit.

Then, the other thirty-six secondary Meridians were opened in just a few breaths.

Then, the Qi inside his body began to surge, and his Dantian expanded along with it.

When the Qi grew to the point where the Dantian could no longer contain it, it began to flow out of the Dantian and circulate through the Meridians.

Within a few breaths, the Qi returned to the Dantian, having already undergone a transformation.

It had directly shrunk by half.

Then, the Qi surged again, once more filling the Dantian to the brim.

Following closely, the transformed Qi began to temper his five major tendons again.

The five major tendons, which had already reached their limit, were strengthened once more under the tempering of the transformed Qi.

Very quickly, the five major tendons were tempered to the limit.

They emitted a golden radiance.

This also represented that Chen Hu's Tendon Refining Realm had reached its end.

But the five-fold cultivation increase had not yet been exhausted.

Only the sounds of "pu pu pu" were heard.

The acupoints located within the seventy-two secondary Meridians opened rapidly.

In a short while.

The acupoints within the seventy-two secondary Meridians were completely opened.

The Qi began to circulate automatically again.

After returning to the Dantian, the Qi transformed into a more Advanced form of energy—Inner Qi.

This also represented that Chen Hu had officially stepped into the Bone Refining Realm.

Then, his Inner Qi began to surge again, and after filling two-thirds of his Dantian.

This elevation finally ended.

"Huhu!"

Chen Hu exhaled a heavy breath of turbid air.

He felt somewhat incredulous; he hadn't even had the System for a month.

Yet he had broken through three realms in a row, from a small Skin Refining Middle Stage to the Bone Refining Early Stage.

Coupled with his God of War Body Physique.

Although Chen Hu had not yet started tempering his bones, he could be certain that his current strength was not at all inferior to an ordinary Mid-stage Bone Refining expert.

Even if he faced a Late-stage Bone Refining expert, even if he couldn't win, he could still escape.

And there were fewer than ten Bone Refining Realm experts in Linjiang Prefecture.

That is to say, his strength already ranked him among the top ten experts in Linjiang Prefecture.

"Awesome!"

Chen Hu silently waved his fist.

With a thought, the seedling of the Heaven-Swallowing Vine appeared in his hand.

He took out a dagger, cut his finger, and dripped a drop of fresh blood onto the Heaven-Swallowing Vine.

In an instant, the Heaven-Swallowing Vine absorbed his blood.

A layer of close connection also formed between the two.

Subsequently, Chen Hu waved his hand.

Three corpses appeared in the room.

The quiet Heaven-Swallowing Vine immediately began to sway in Chen Hu's palm, transmitting a feeling of extreme desire to him.

"Go!"

Chen Hu said softly, then the Heaven-Swallowing Vine flew out from his palm and landed on Boss He's corpse.

Under Chen Hu's observation, the Heaven-Swallowing Vine directly took root on Boss He's corpse, frantically devouring his flesh and blood.

In a short while.

Boss He's corpse disappeared, and only his clothes were left in place.

"Tsk tsk, with the Heaven-Swallowing Vine, I won't need to dispose of bodies after killing people in the future!"

Then, after obtaining Chen Hu's permission, the Heaven-Swallowing Vine also devoured the second and third brothers of the He family completely clean.

As for the three sets of clothes they left behind.

He directly used his Inner Qi to grind them into powder, then stored them in his Storage Ring.

He could just find a random place to throw them away.

After absorbing the flesh and blood of three Flesh Refining Martial Artists, the Heaven-Swallowing Vine's size directly surged by double, and its strength also reached the Meat Refining Stage.

"As expected of a divine plant, this speed of increasing strength is too fast!"

"Withdraw!"

The next moment, the Heaven-Swallowing Vine turned into a stream of light, entered Chen Hu's body, and stationed itself in his heart.

With the Heaven-Swallowing Vine stationed in his heart, if his heart were to suffer a fatal attack in the future, it could help him block it.

At the same time.

Inside the Inner City, in the Nangong Family.

A young guard secretly found the Maid and handed her a booklet.

"Thank you for your hard work!"

The Maid took the booklet and tucked it into her sleeve, then took out two taels of silver and handed it to the guard.

Returning to her room.

The Maid took out the booklet and flipped through it, watching it seriously.

What was recorded in this booklet was intelligence about Chen Hu.

Very quickly, the Maid finished reading the contents of the booklet.

But she was not satisfied.

Because the content recorded in the booklet did not have many blemishes.

Chen Hu's biggest blemish was just getting involved with Widow Wang.

But Widow Wang was not forced; she was the one actively hitting on Chen Hu.

What the Maid found most unacceptable was that Chen Hu's reputation was actually quite good.

This made her mutter: "You're someone who hangs out in a Gang, what do you need a good reputation for!"

Following that, she was conflicted about whether to hand this intelligence over to the Third Young Miss.

If the Third Young Miss cared about Chen Hu getting involved with Widow Wang, then she would have merit.

If the Third Young Miss didn't care, she would likely be punished. After all, investigating Chen Hu without permission was suspected of overstepping her bounds.