13: Chapter 13 Mission Completed, Indestructible Body

After Commander Qin Hu took Lady Lan away, the System's prompt sounded in Xia Jin's mind again:

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the ‘Capture the Enchantress’ task.]

[Obtained task rewards: Vajra Indestructible Body (Entry-Level), sixty years of pure cultivation.]

However, at this moment, Xia Jin did not pay much attention to his task rewards, but instead looked at Emperor Xia Yu.

Emperor Xia Yu took a deep breath, his face somewhat ashen.

"Big Brother... I owe it to you this time! If you hadn't exposed this enchantress's identity today, the future... the consequences would have been unimaginable."

"Humph! So you know! As the dignified Son of Heaven of Great Xia, you didn't even notice when something went wrong with the concubines by your side! It seems that during my time in Qingzhou, you've become far too lax!" Xia Jin snorted coldly, looking at Emperor Xia Yu below with an unfriendly gaze.

"Bi... Big Brother, your... your younger brother knows his mistake!" Emperor Xia Yu looked at Xia Jin's eyes, which were flashing with a cold light, and couldn't help but shudder, his body unconsciously taking half a step back.

"Forget it, once I have eradicated these remnants of the Demonic Cult, I will have a proper talk with you!"

"However, these remnants of the Demonic Cult... I have been too lenient these years, making them forget who exactly owns the sky of this Great Xia. Their hands have reached quite far, even daring to touch the inner courts of the Imperial Palace..."

"This time, if I don't pull these rats out from the gutters and wipe them out completely, the people of the world might think that anyone can come and trample on my Great Xia Dynasty."

Xia Jin walked down from the dragon throne, stopped in front of Emperor Xia Yu, and patted his shoulder. "Remember, this time, as long as someone is related to the Demonic Cult, even if it's just a suspicion! No matter how broad the involvement or how high the status, they shall all be—executed without mercy."

Emperor Xia Yu's heart jolted, and he nodded. "Don't worry, Big Brother, I understand. I will show no mercy to these remnants of the Demonic Cult."

"Mhm."

Xia Jin said no more and left the Imperial Study directly, returning to his own room.

At this time, he sat cross-legged on the Cold Jade Bed. The coldness from before was gone from his face, replaced by a hint of joy.

"System," he muttered in his heart, "extract rewards."

[Extracting rewards...]

[Congratulations to the host for extracting the task rewards: Vajra Indestructible Body (Entry-Level), sixty years of cultivation.]

"System, use twenty years of cultivation to deduce the ‘Vajra Indestructible Body’. ”

[Command confirmed. Consuming twenty years of cultivation to begin deducing the ‘Vajra Indestructible Body’...]

"In the first year, you obtained the Entry-Level chapter of the Vajra Indestructible Body. You used the most primitive methods of clubbing and grinding your entire body's skin with coarse sand and stone. Day after day, ordinary blunt weapons left only white marks when striking you."

"In the fifth year, combined with special medicinal baths, you actively shattered the bones throughout your body, guiding their reconstruction with the Cultivation Technique. Bones were reborn from the fragments, the density of the new bones increasing sharply, becoming harder than refined iron."

"In the tenth year, you traveled alone to the Extreme North Forbidden Land, dug through ten thousand years of ice, and used the extreme cold Qi to repeatedly clash and temper with the burning blood Qi and Vajra Secret Power within your body, from the outside in, from the skin to the internal organs. The Vajra Indestructible Body entered the Minor Achievement Realm."

"In the fifteenth year, you searched the world for the essence of metals, using a secret method to absorb the Immortal Essence of Gold within them, slowly merging it into your own bones. The Vajra Indestructible Body stepped into Major Achievement."

"In the twentieth year, after a hundred temperings, the Vajra finally reached Perfection. Your entire body is flawless and untainted, your skin as warm and smooth as jade, yet internally containing the nature of the immortal Vajra. The Vajra Indestructible Body has reached the Great Perfection Realm!"

"Deduction complete..."

Xia Jin suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze falling directly on his own body. He saw that his skin was now even whiter and more delicate than before, like the finest mutton-fat white jade.

"This Great Perfection Vajra Indestructible Body actually has a whitening effect!?" Xia Jin couldn't help but curl his lips slightly. "I wonder what level my Physical Body's strength has reached now!? Let's find something to test it!"

Xia Jin scanned his surroundings, then directly picked up a long saber beside the bed. Without using any True Qi, relying solely on arm strength, he slashed the blade fiercely against his left forearm.

Only a crisp 'clink' of metal colliding was heard.

Xia Jin put down the long saber and carefully examined his left forearm. He found that on the skin, let alone a wound, not even a single white mark was left.

"Hahahaha, I didn't expect this strength to seemingly exceed my expectations!"

Xia Jin smiled.

This was the Vajra Indestructible Body at the Great Perfection Realm! Returning to simplicity, not showing on the outside, yet having tempered the Physical Body to a nearly non-human state. With this trump card, he could act even more unscrupulously in the future.

"System, use the remaining forty years of cultivation to deduce the Nine Turns Creation Sutra!" Xia Jin did not stop, but directly began to deduce the Nine Turns Creation Sutra.

[Command confirmed. Consuming forty years of cultivation to begin deducing the Nine Turns Creation Sutra...]

"In the first year, you used the Nine Turns Creation Sutra to open up your upper and lower twelve meridians, increasing the speed of your True Qi circulation by another two times."

"In the tenth year, you successfully broke through the third layer of the second turn of the Nine Turns Creation Sutra. Your martial cultivation broke through from the first level of the Grandmaster Realm to the third level of the Grandmaster Realm."

"In the twentieth year, you successfully broke through the fifth layer of the second turn of the Nine Turns Creation Sutra. Your martial cultivation broke through from the third level of the Grandmaster Realm to the fifth level of the Grandmaster Realm."

"In the thirtieth year, you successfully broke through the seventh layer of the second turn of the Nine Turns Creation Sutra. Your martial cultivation broke through from the fifth level of the Grandmaster Realm to the seventh level of the Grandmaster Realm."

"In the fortieth year, you successfully broke through the ninth layer of the second turn of the Nine Turns Creation Sutra. Your martial cultivation broke through from the seventh level of the Grandmaster Realm to the ninth level of the Grandmaster Realm."

[Deduction complete! The Nine Turns Creation Sutra has been upgraded from the first layer of the second turn to the ninth layer of the second turn! The host's Realm has been upgraded simultaneously!]

Grandmaster Realm, ninth level!

Xia Jin slowly exhaled a breath of turbid Qi. That breath was as condensed as an arrow, only slowly dissipating after leaving him by three feet. A fleeting, almost imperceptible trace of regret flashed in his eyes.

"What a pity, just a little bit more and I could have returned to the Great Grandmaster Realm." Xia Jin shook his head somewhat helplessly, but soon, he began to laugh again.

"Sometimes one shouldn't be too greedy! It's only been half a month... and I've already gone from the first level of the Acquired Realm straight into the ninth level of the Grandmaster Realm. Such a cultivation speed is likely unprecedented and will be hard for anyone to follow in this continent."

According to this trend, he had absolute confidence: within a month, he would surely break through to the Great Grandmaster Realm! Within three months, charging into the Xiaoyao Heavenly Realm would definitely not be a delusion!

By then, whether it be the remnants of the Demonic Cult or the Qingyun Sect, in the face of this absolute power, they would all be nothing more than clay chickens and pottery dogs, easily crushed.

"However, what exactly are these remnants of the Demonic Cult plotting? Not only Duke Jings Mansion, but even the Imperial Palace has been infiltrated by them! Could it be that within the borders of Great Xia, there is some great treasure that I don't know about?"

Xia Jin looked through the window at a few white clouds floating in the distance. For some reason, he had a faint, ominous premonition.