73: Chapter 73: All Seventy-Two Ultimate Skills Perfected

In the days that followed, Lu Chen and Yin Susu traveled as if on a honeymoon, renting a carriage and leisurely drifting toward Emei. They traveled by day and rested by night, enjoying the flowers and the moon, but most importantly—they were practicing their martial arts!

Lu Chen's cultivation speed could only be described as 'insane,' mastering nearly one supreme art every single day.

[Ding! Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic has reached Major Achievement! Internal Energy increased by 180 years.]

[Ding! Marrow Washing Classic has reached Major Achievement! Internal Energy increased by 180 years.]

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[Ding! Arhat Fist has reached Major Achievement! Internal Energy increased by 30 years.]

The System's notification tones crackled incessantly in Lu Chen's mind like a string of firecrackers.

A month later, Lu Chen had forced his way through the internal Mind-Cultivation Techniques of all the Shaolin 72 Supreme Arts, reaching the Major Achievement Realm for every single one of them.

If those old monks at the Shaolin Temple, who had cultivated bitterly for their entire lives, knew about this speed, they would likely collectively cough up three liters of blood.

However, during the cultivation process, Lu Chen also discovered that some of the 72 Supreme Arts shared commonalities in their Internal Energy. Especially those external weapon-based arts; though their Mind-Cultivation Techniques differed slightly, practicing them felt like cultivating the same technique.

Even so, after completing the cultivation of all 72 Supreme Arts, the Internal Energy within Lu Chen's body expanded to its limit once more, reaching a full 2,880 years!

Even more surprisingly, he gained a new skill—Vajra Indestructibility.

Lu Chen remembered that when the Nine Yang Divine Skill reached Great Perfection, he had also gained a Vajra Indestructibility, but that was a passive skill similar to an automatic parry. When an enemy attacked, it would automatically generate a repulsive force at the point of impact.

This current Vajra Indestructibility seemed different from the previous one. This Shaolin version generated a wall of Qi around his body to automatically defend against attacks.

To put it simply, one was a point-to-point defensive counterattack, while the other was a 360-degree full-body defense with no blind spots.

“Heh heh, now I have even more capital to tank attacks head-on,” Lu Chen thought to himself with delight.

He wondered what the scene would be like when he activated this Vajra Indestructibility after reaching Major Achievement in all Shaolin 72 Supreme Arts.

Would it be like the Sweeping Monk, where nothing could touch him within three feet of his body?

Or would it be like Divine Monk Kongjian, tanking thirteen forms of the Seven Injury Fist head-on?

“Forget it, why think so much? I'll know when I find a chance to try it,” Lu Chen scratched his head, no longer dwelling on it.

Immediately, he began to circulate the Nine Yang Divine Skill, intending to consolidate his cultivation.

At that moment, a sudden change occurred!

The various types of Internal Energy within his body actually began to mutate!

Whether it was the fierce dominance of the Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic, the soft longevity of the Marrow Washing Classic, or the courageous progression of the Arhat Fist—all the Internal Energy began to transform into the Internal Energy of the Nine Yang Divine Skill!

Furthermore, during the transformation, the original attributes of the various energies were all devoured by the Nine Yang Divine Skill!

[Ding! Nine Yang Divine Skill has activated the Devour attribute. The host's Internal Energy is being devoured by the Nine Yang Divine Skill; the Nine Yang Divine Skill has acquired the unique attributes of each Internal Energy.]

“Holy crap!” Lu Chen's eyes widened instantly, his face full of disbelief.

“What's going on? The Nine Yang Divine Skill can be played like this?”

He hurriedly inspected his internal state and found that the Internal Energy in his body had completely taken the form of the Nine Yang Divine Skill, yet it was drastically different from the Nine Yang Divine Skill he had before.

The current Nine Yang Divine Skill energy not only possessed its original extreme Yang and extreme firmness, but also fused the fierce dominance of the Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic, the soft longevity of the Marrow Washing Classic, the courageous progression of the Arhat Fist... and so on.

In other words, he now had only one type of Internal Energy in his body—the Nine Yang Divine Skill—but this energy came with various attributes that he could switch between at will!

“Damn, this is awesome!” Lu Chen couldn't help but cry out in surprise, his grin nearly reaching his ears.

If the previous Nine Yang Divine Skill was just an all-around warrior, then the current Nine Yang Divine Skill was a super warrior with various innate skills!

If he wanted it fierce, it was fierce; if he wanted it soft, it was soft; if he wanted it dominant, it was dominant... it was simply as he pleased, he could play however he wanted!

“This is practically a cheat code!” Lu Chen danced with excitement.

“What are you doing? You're startling me,” Yin Susu asked in confusion, startled by Lu Chen's behavior.

Lu Chen chuckled and pulled Yin Susu by the waist, “Wife, let me tell you, I've discovered a secret...”

He briefly explained the changes in the Nine Yang Divine Skill to Yin Susu.

After hearing it, Yin Susu was also shocked. “So you're saying your Nine Yang Divine Skill has become even more powerful?”

Lu Chen nodded proudly. “Naturally. Right now, I am simply an invincible existence!”

Yin Susu rolled her eyes at him. “Always bragging!”

Lu Chen laughed and didn't argue.

To verify his thoughts, Lu Chen took a gold ingot from his robe, took a deep breath, and performed the Great Diamond Finger.

As he pinched down with three fingers, a shocking scene occurred!

That hard gold ingot actually became as soft as dough; Lu Chen could pinch it into whatever shape he desired.

With a pull of his hands, the gold ingot was actually stretched out like a noodle.

The ductility of gold was displayed to its fullest extent.

With a forceful squeeze, the gold ingot was actually crushed into gold leaf by Lu Chen.

“Dominant and powerful!” Lu Chen marveled as he looked at the gold in his hand.

If this were used on a person, wouldn't it crush their bones into powder?

Yin Susu was also dazed, covering her mouth as she exclaimed, “Brother Chen, what Demonic Technique is this? This is too powerful!”

Lu Chen smiled triumphantly and tossed the gold wire to Yin Susu. “This isn't a Demonic Technique, this is your future husband's peerless martial arts! How about it, want to try?”

Yin Susu hurriedly waved her hands. “I wouldn't dare! If you pinched me like that, wouldn't I turn into a noodle too?”

Lu Chen laughed loudly and pulled Yin Susu into his arms. “Don't worry, how could I bear to turn you into a noodle? I'll only knead you into... heh heh heh...”

Yin Susu's face turned crimson, and she spat, “You're so wicked!”

Lu Chen laughed and pinched Yin Susu's cheek. “Haha, Susu, you need to work harder on your Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art and Nine Yang Divine Skill. When the time comes, we as husband and wife will join forces and sweep through the Jianghu. Wouldn't that be wonderful?”

Yin Susu gave him a look and said irritably, “Hmph, stop teasing me. With my mediocre skills, how could you even look at me?”

“However, Brother Chen, with your help during this time, I've managed to Cultivate the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art to the third level. This speed is already very fast, okay?”

“If it weren't for your help, I'm afraid I wouldn't even have finished the second level.”

Hearing this, Lu Chen nodded with a smile. “That is the truth. The Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art gets harder as it progresses; the time required for each level doubles.”

“Fortunately, you've also started practicing the Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic and Marrow Washing Classic. With me to Protect you, we'll first change your tendons and wash your marrow to build a good foundation. This can be considered following the old path of the Wine-Drinking Monk who cultivated the Nine Yang Divine Skill.”

“Once I get the training method for the Xuanming Divine Palm, you can then Cultivate the Nine Yang Divine Skill. The difficulty of the internal fire consuming the body in the Nine Yang Divine Skill can then be easily resolved.”

Upon hearing this, Yin Susu moved to hug Lu Chen's arm, leaning her head on his shoulder. “Mm, I understand, Brother Chen. It's so good to have you; you consider everything for me.”

Lu Chen patted her back and said with a smile, “Silly girl, you are my future wife. If I don't consider things for you, who would I consider them for?”

“Besides, once you get stronger, only then can you better... heh heh heh...”