89: Chapter 89 Divine Forging Valley, Cultivating the Thunder Tiger Vajra Body

"Divine Forging Valley is the Holy Land that all blacksmiths in the world yearn for. Eight or nine out of ten famous Sharp Weapons come from the hands of Divine Forging Valley.

However, the people of Divine Forging Valley don't really Cultivate the martial Dao.

In terms of School strength, they are only slightly stronger than an average third-rate School.

But in terms of Jianghu status, they can be called the number one Sect below the top-tier!

Countless martial arts Grandmasters and regional overlords owe favors to Divine Forging Valley.

So even though Divine Forging Valley doesn't have many martial arts experts, no School dares to provoke it.

If anyone touches someone from Divine Forging Valley, Divine Forging Valley doesn't even need to act; those powerful experts who owe them favors will automatically jump out to help."

Lin Ye was a bit stunned listening to this.

He didn't expect his Master's backing to be so powerful!

True, how could someone who could provide a Sect-protecting level forging method have a simple background?

He hadn't thought deeply about it before, but now everything made sense.

However, Lin Ye still had a doubt. Since his Master's backing was so strong, why was Chijin Hall always suppressed by the Black Stone Gang?

Lin Ye asked about his doubt.

Old Man Shen smiled after hearing it. "Although Divine Forging Valley has a transcendent status, it never intervenes in Jianghu disputes.

Besides, your Grandmaster has already left the Divine Forging Gate after all. Even if a little sentiment remains, its influence is limited.

Unless someone directly attacks your Grandmaster, the Divine Forging Gate won't care about minor squabbles, let alone the struggle between Chijin Hall and the Black Stone Gang."

Lin Ye understood.

Although Divine Forging Valley was called a Sect, it was actually more like a blacksmith association.

Nominally, it was the backing for all blacksmiths in the world.

But usually, it didn't manage anything at all, at most giving you a protective title.

"Alright, spend these next two days getting adjusted."

"After I leave, you'll have to take up the responsibilities of the Demon Suppression Division.

Remember, report any Demon you encounter first. Don't try to be a hero."

Hearing the concern in Old Man Shen's tone, Lin Ye quickly cupped his fists. "Yes, this subordinate understands!"

"Wait! Take this silver back with you." Old Man Shen pointed to the chest full of silver on the ground.

Lin Ye was stunned and quickly waved his hands. "Lord Shen, this is too much, I..."

Good heavens, this is ten thousand taels. He's just giving it to me?

"Don't talk nonsense," Old Man Shen interrupted directly.

"You drew Wei Chongshan out, you discovered the Demon, and in the end, the Demon was even killed by you."

"Never mind ten thousand taels. When the Black Stone Gang sends the remaining ninety thousand taels later, you'll take another forty thousand.

We agreed to split this harvest half and half. How could this old man go back on his word?"

"But I've already..."

Lin Ye was about to say he had already taken an advanced-level Cultivation Technique.

Old Man Shen waved his hand. "That was personal compensation for you, unrelated to the Demon Suppression Division."

Hearing this, Lin Ye no longer refused.

Fifty thousand taels was no small amount.

Touching the qingfeng token in his robe, he began to calculate how many Medicinal Pills this silver could buy.

...

Back at home, Lin Ye took out the jade pendant engraved with the Thunder Tiger Vajra Body.

Taking a deep breath, he applied pressure with his fingers. With a "crack," the jade pendant shattered into several pieces.

In the next second, a gentle Mental Energy surged out from the fragments, rushing through his fingers and into his Sea of Consciousness.

This Mental Energy was not aggressive; it was merely a carrier for a segment of information.

Lin Ye closed his eyes, feeling his consciousness wrapped in a mass of warm mist.

The various pieces of information contained within the mist began to unfold in his mind bit by bit.

He saw a burly man with a bare chest standing on a mountain peak amidst a thunderstorm.

Dark clouds rolled in the sky, lightning flashed, and thunder rumbled. Bolts of lightning darted through the clouds like silver snakes.

The burly man held his hands high and let out a long howl toward the sky. Then, a bolt of heavenly lightning struck down, hitting him right on the top of his head.

The burly man's body trembled violently, and a brilliant golden light erupted from him, channeling the power of the lightning into his limbs and bones, slowly condensing a Lightning Seed within his body.

The information of the Thunder Tiger Vajra Body was quite complex, but with his powerful Mental Energy, Lin Ye still managed to engrave it completely into his mind.

In fact, this Cultivation Technique didn't require drawing heavenly lightning into the body right from the start; it was divided into three stages.

The first stage was Skin Tempering, using a special method to gradually transform the skin membrane into a metallic form.

The second stage was Bone Tempering, also transforming the bones into a metallic form.

The third stage was drawing lightning into the body to condense the Lightning Seed. Only then would one truly be considered to have attained basic mastery.

Subsequent cultivation would be simple: use the Lightning Seed in the body to temper the Physical Body bit by bit until reaching the final Realm of Indestructible Vajra!

This was also the origin of the name Thunder Tiger Vajra Body.

Lin Ye slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath of turbid air.

He didn't hear a System prompt, which Lin Ye could understand.

External Cultivation Techniques were different from others; simply remembering the content didn't count as learning it. One had to personally practice it.

As for the method of polishing the Physical Body in the early stages of the Thunder Tiger Vajra Body, it was actually easy to understand. It was nothing more than further developing the potential of Copper Skin and Iron Bones, slowly transforming them toward the Vajra Body until reaching a level that could withstand lightning.

According to Lin Ye's understanding, this Cultivation Technique clearly practiced the skin, flesh, and bones into a Faraday cage to isolate the damage of lightning to the internal organs.

After all, compared to the exterior, the inside of the human body was much more fragile.

It had to be said that the person who created this Cultivation Technique really had something going for them.

Having figured this out, Lin Ye felt confident.

It wasn't about being struck by lightning right from the start.

As long as this Cultivation Technique appeared on the panel, he could use the trait of Heaven Rewards Diligence to keep grinding, without needing to be struck by lightning at all.

This might make cultivation very slow, but it was safe.

Once the Physical Body was strong enough, it wouldn't be impossible to try the feeling of being struck by lightning.

Coming to the center of the courtyard, Lin Ye began to temper his body according to the method in the Thunder Tiger Vajra Body.

This required the use of Internal Qi.

Unlike the soreness of stretching muscles and bones in the Basic Body Tempering Method, the pain of tempering the body with Qi was not on the surface but deep inside.

It felt like being pricked by needles, pain that pierced to the very marrow!

Lin Ye endured it, circulating his Internal Qi to temper his skin and bones inch by inch, from his left arm to his right, then from his arms to his shoulders, until his whole body's skin and flesh began to turn red.

Lin Ye knew this was a side effect of the cultivation method not being standard enough.

After an unknown amount of time, the familiar System prompt finally sounded in his ears.

"Ding! Through diligent cultivation, you have successfully comprehended the Thunder Tiger Golden Body Technique. Current Realm: Novice (0/200)"

Phew~~

Accompanied by a wave of heat sweeping through his body, Lin Ye stopped and looked down at his body.

His arms, chest, and thighs were covered in red marks, and some places were even swollen.

But he didn't feel tired at the moment; instead, his whole body felt hot, like he had just finished a medicinal bath, with heat rising from every pore.

Opening the Cultivation Technique panel, Lin Ye glanced at the information for the Thunder Tiger Vajra Body.