151: I finally regained some face from Jiang Chen (2nd update)

Chapter 149: I Finally Got Some Face Back From Jiang Chen (10,000 words, 2nd update)

After unleashing a slash, Jiang Chen looked at the wooden saber in his hand, then at the lake in front of him, which had been agitated by the saber’s wind.

This Spirit Martial Skill seemed quite easy; he succeeded on his first try.

However, Jiang Chen still subconsciously turned to look at Jiang Henian: "Principal, how was I?"

Jiang Henian was stunned for two seconds, suppressing the turbulent waves in his heart, his face expressionless.

Calm!

Calm, calm!

You, Jiang Henian, are a peerless Body Refiner genius, so it's normal for your disciple to also be a peerless Body Refiner genius, isn't it?

It's too damn normal!

This kid still has a long way to go; I can't show too much surprise, otherwise, what if he gets too arrogant?

So Jiang Henian put his hands behind his back, adopting the posture of a peerless master, and said calmly: "Hmm, not bad."

"Oh."

Jiang Chen scratched his head, seeing Jiang Henian's calm demeanor, it seemed this was just basic operation for a Body Refiner.

That's right, a Spirit Martial Skill requires the Body Refiner's cultivation technique and the pet beast's skill to be combined, achieving Man-Beast Unity, to unleash the strongest power.

Right now, he was only practicing by himself, so it was indeed relatively easy.

Jiang Henian gave Jiang Chen a few more pointers, corrected some of his force exertion postures, and then let him go back to cultivate alone.

"Alright, Principal, then I won't disturb you from optimizing your cultivation technique," Jiang Chen said as he took his leave.

"En."

It wasn't until Jiang Chen's figure disappeared into the Green Water Bamboo Forest...

"Crack, crack..."

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, a giant crack suddenly appeared under Jiang Henian's feet, almost splitting the entire floor of the Green Water Pond Villa in half.

A water column several tens of meters high burst out from the crack, soaring into the sky, turning into a light rain!

"Holy crap!"

"Holy crap crap!"

"I'm rich, I'm rich!"

Jiang Henian could no longer suppress his excitement, his face filled with wild joy!

He felt no pity for the bamboo forest villa that was almost split in half; instead, he rushed to the villa courtyard in ecstasy, grabbed his wine gourd, and took several big gulps of fine wine!

"Haha, I've really found a treasure!"

Jiang Henian's face sparkled with brilliant light, shining brightly!

This kid, Jiang Chen, is simply heaven-defying. He learned Star Slash after only seeing it once. With some diligent practice, it definitely won't take him more than a few months to combine it with the Seven-Star Knife Fish to unleash a Spirit Martial Skill!

Damn, this is simply too heaven-defying!

Damn it, my Refining System is definitely going to rise!

"Principal!"

"Principal! Have enemies invaded?"

At this moment, a human-bear-like figure suddenly rushed over from the Green Water Bamboo Forest with extreme anxiety. This person was Lei San.

Lei San looked at the huge crack that had almost split the entire Green Water Bamboo Villa in two with a horrified expression, then vigilantly scanned his surroundings, trying to find any hidden enemies.

The spiritual power in his body rapidly circulated like a tide, ready to enter combat at any moment!

Jiang Henian looked at the big muscular man in front of him, but then his heart suddenly stirred, and he remembered something, slowly asking: "Lei San!"

"Principal, what's wrong?"

"How many Spirit Martial Skills have you learned now?"

Lei San looked at Jiang Henian with a puzzled expression, not understanding why the Principal suddenly asked this, but Lei San still truthfully replied: "I've already learned two, and the third one is almost mastered!"

When speaking of almost mastering the third Spirit Martial Skill, even though Lei San's face was full of vigilance at this moment, his body couldn't help but straighten slightly, and the corners of his mouth curved up slightly, a look of pride on his face!

He had only been under Jiang Henian's tutelage for a mere five years, and now he was close to mastering his third Spirit Martial Skill. I, Lei San, am simply a genius!

After Lei San finished speaking, he suddenly noticed that the air around them seemed to have inexplicably quieted down.

At this point, he also realized that there were no enemies in the Green Water Bamboo Forest, so he turned to look at Jiang Henian in confusion.

But he saw Jiang Henian's eyes were deep and fixed on him.

"En? Principal, what's wrong?"

"Fix the floor today, it must be restored to its original state. Otherwise, don't call me, I don't have a disciple like you!" Jiang Henian stared at Lei San, looking like he was in extreme pain, as if he was disappointed that Lei San couldn't meet his expectations.

"Ah???"

Lei San had a confused look on his face.

Principal, what's wrong with you today? Why do you seem to have eaten gunpowder?

Usually, when it comes to Spirit Martial Skills, besides Junior Sister Zhu Shuangshuang, haven't I always been your little pride?

Has your love faded?

..."The Water Ape's Heavy Punch skill and the Water Gibbon's Long Fist skill are low-level techniques; their power is low, so there's no point in learning them."

"The Water Spectacled Monkey's Super Vision skill seems learnable, but the third stage of Body Refinement already grants super senses, so this technique is redundant..."

Leaving the Green Water Bamboo Forest, Jiang Chen pondered silently.

"I really want to learn the Whale Breath Meditation Technique, so I can shorten my spiritual power meditation time by two or three times."

Jiang Chen said with a troubled expression, but the little yellow book showed that it couldn't be converted into a cultivation technique, so it was likely that the Unicorn Iron Whale's skill had some acupoints or meridians that human bodies lacked.

This made Jiang Chen feel very regretful, and he could only try other sea beasts again.

Never mind, let's refine the body first!

Jiang Chen once again swam towards the Crimson Tide Warm Current outside Yingtian Island. Having wasted a few days, he needed to quickly make up for it.

100 kilometers west of Yingtian Island.

Jiang Chen quickly arrived here riding Xiao Jiu. Before even getting close, a scorching heat wave from the sea surface rushed towards him, making him feel as if he were in a furnace.

"Meow meow!"

This cat doesn't want to become a braised cat, litter shoveler, you go in yourself!

"Squeak squeak!"

Xiao Yun too, I feel like I'm melting, squeak squeak!

Jiang Chen nodded, letting the two beasts stay nearby to meditate and absorb spiritual power, improving their skill proficiency.

"Cultivate well, don't be lazy. When we go back, Xiao Jiu gets a reward of a large yellow croaker, and Chu Yun gets a sea spirit pearl."

"To prevent you two from being lazy, you two will supervise each other!"

"If Xiao Jiu is lazy, your reward, Chu Yun, will be doubled!"

"If Chu Yun is lazy, your reward, Xiao Jiu, will also be doubled!"

"Understand?"

The two beasts first heard that their rewards could be doubled and were overjoyed.

But when they realized that they had no chance to be lazy at all, both beasts were shocked!

"Meow meow!" Litter shoveler, you're so vicious, how did you come up with such a cruel method?

"Squeak squeak!" Alright, for the sake of the sea spirit pearl, I can only cultivate diligently, squeak squeak!

Jiang Chen reached out and stroked Xiao Jiu and Chu Yun's heads, rubbing them hard with his hand. They felt so good!

"I'm doing this for your own good. We are the newcomer king now. How many people are waiting to catch up to us? So we can't be complacent!"

Jiang Chen earnestly said: "Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing to go from first place to second place in an instant!"

"Meow meow!"

"Being first is not as important as lying flat?" Xiao Jiu protested.

Jiang Chen was speechless: "Only if we remain first, will teachers and the school continue to value us, and various cultivation resources will flow continuously."

"And only with money can I buy you large yellow croakers every day. Do you think being first is important or not?"

Alright, litter shoveler, what you said makes a lot of sense.

After comforting the two beasts a few more times, Jiang Chen turned and swam into the Crimson Tide Warm Current.

The closer he got to the Crimson Tide Warm Current, the higher the surrounding water temperature became, constantly boiling with white smoke rising.

Jiang Chen remembered that the school's official records seemed to state that even in the outer regions of the Crimson Tide Warm Current, the water temperature reached an astonishing 500 degrees!

If it were in his previous life, seawater naturally couldn't reach this temperature, because under normal atmospheric pressure, the boiling point of water is 100 degrees.

But in this world, there's even spiritual power, so it's not normal for seawater to defy logic?

In the outer region of the Crimson Tide Warm Current, the seawater turned fiery red.

As soon as Jiang Chen swam here, his body immediately expanded, entering the Golden Giant state, otherwise he would be directly scalded.

"Huh?"

However, just as Jiang Chen swam into the outer region, a silver figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

Jiang Chen looked and saw that this person was none other than Zhao Ziyi, the Dog King.

That's right, this guy is also a Body Refiner, he almost forgot.

Jiang Chen noticed Zhao Ziyi, and Zhao Ziyi seemed to sense something, turning around and also seeing Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen ignored the other party. Ever since his Iron Flesh reached great success in the second stage, the water temperature in the outermost region was already a bit insufficient.

Jiang Chen bypassed Zhao Ziyi and continued several hundred meters deeper into the Crimson Tide Warm Current before stopping.

Hmm, the temperature here is very good, just right!

Jiang Chen no longer hesitated, fully relaxing his body, allowing the boiling seawater here to continuously impact his entire body, his limbs, and his hundred bones.

Soon, Jiang Chen's golden body slowly began to turn red and hot, and a smell of burnt meat slowly wafted out... Jiang Chen smelled the scent of burnt meat on his own body and didn't know what to say; he was cooking himself!

Body Refiners definitely all have masochistic tendencies!

The first stage tempers the skin, the second stage tempers the flesh, and the third stage tempers the meridians. The meridians are located slightly deeper than the skin and muscles!

At the same time, because the skin and muscles have already been tempered, to temper the meridians by bypassing these two parts, the external pressure and damage applied must also be upgraded accordingly!

This method of cultivation is truly a pain in the ass!

Well, it's a bit of a pain in the ass right now.

"Gurgle gurgle!"

"Gurgle gurgle!"

In this scene, the Crimson Tide Warm Current was like a pot of boiling water, and Jiang Chen was the slice of meat in that boiling water, constantly rising and falling with the hot water...

Soon, Jiang Chen finally felt his body was cooked to its limit. He immediately gathered all his spiritual power and rushed to scour and temper his meridians!

"Hmm?"

Just as Jiang Chen was immersed in the water, tempering himself in oblivion, he suddenly felt a silver figure appear from the swirling, towering white smoke not far to his right. It was Zhao Ziyi.

Jiang Chen looked at Zhao Ziyi with a puzzled expression.

The closer one got to the center of the Crimson Tide Warm Current, the higher the water temperature.

Zhao Ziyi had a silver body, and he had a golden body. Jiang Chen was already at his limit here.

How could Zhao Ziyi, whose physical quality was far inferior to his own, also stay in this place?

Before Jiang Chen could finish his confusion, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that Zhao Ziyi, who had just swum up, suddenly convulsed and trembled after enduring for a while!

Then, he silently swam back, and the silver skin and muscles on his body flickered violently, looking like he was about to lose control.

Jiang Chen: "..."

Jiang Chen was a bit speechless. What was this guy trying to prove?

Shaking his head, no longer bothering with this proud idiot, Jiang Chen continued to close his eyes and temper himself... Time slowly flowed, and unknowingly, two months passed.

For nearly two months, Jiang Chen almost lived in the Crimson Tide Warm Current secret realm.

Every day he only had three things to do: eat, sleep, and cultivate!

Even for cultivation, Jiang Chen would send Xiao Jiu back to Yingtian Island to get food, or directly take out a few pieces of sea beast meat from his fuhe shell to make do.

As for sleeping, he would take out a small boat from his fuhe shell.

Jiang Chen couldn't help but admire himself. He had left behind the corporate slave life of his previous life, only to turn around and throw himself into the life of a cultivation slave!

History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes strikingly!

Jiang Chen's frantic cultivation also alarmed his father, Jiang Tao, who rushed from Yingtian Island in shock, finally understanding why his son could be so outstanding!

Feeling ashamed, Jiang Tao asked Jiang Chen for money to buy a pet beast and also threw himself into the life of a cultivation slave!

Jiang Chen: "..."

Jiang Chen was a bit speechless at first, but then he didn't bother his father. He was an adult and had the right to choose his own life.

In such a desperate state, in just two months, Jiang Chen finally completed the first part of the third stage of Body Refinement, the tempering of all meridians!

This was an astonishing speed!

One must know that an ordinary Body Refiner would not be able to complete the tempering of all meridians without one or two years of hard work.

If they slacked off a bit, it could even take three or four years!

The main reason Jiang Chen was able to achieve this so quickly was the Crimson Tide Warm Current secret realm!

In the Crimson Tide Warm Current, Jiang Chen's entire network of meridians was constantly in an extreme state, making the tempering process twice as effective with half the effort.

Similarly, the spiritual power concentration in the Crimson Tide Warm Current was ten times that of the outside world, so when Jiang Chen mobilized the spiritual power of heaven and earth for tempering, the efficiency was naturally also doubled!

Coupled with Jiang Chen's relentless cultivation day and night, he was able to complete the tempering of all his meridians so quickly!

These three important elements were indispensable!

The moment the meridian tempering was completed, Jiang Chen immediately tried to meditate and absorb spiritual power.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

"Whoosh whoosh!"

The spiritual power flowing slowly between heaven and earth immediately surged towards Jiang Chen like a bursting flood!

Jiang Chen's eyes widened, his face filled with wild joy!

His spiritual power meditation speed had actually reached twice its original rate!

This also meant that he would only need half the original time to expand his second-level beast taming space to a third-level beast taming space!

This news was simply amazing!

At the same time, because almost all his meridians had expanded by a factor of two, and theirtoughness had also greatly increased, this meant that Jiang Chen's future spiritual power output and burst would be faster and more rapid!

The meridians would also not be easily injured, and his resistance to attacks would greatly improve!

"This third stage of Body Refinement is truly something miraculous!" Jiang Chen exclaimed.

With the meridian tempering completed, the next step was to complete the second and final part of the third stage of Body Refinement: Super Senses!

Super Senses involves tempering the Body Refiner's five senses: eyes, nose, tongue, ears, and skin, to enhance the five perceptions: sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch.

For a Body Refiner, even after achieving success in Body Refinement, the eyes, nose, tongue, and ears still remain relatively soft and sensitive areas.

Moreover, they are located on the body's surface and are easy to temper, so there is no need to continue cultivating in the Crimson Tide Warm Current.

Jiang Chen got up and swam out of the Crimson Tide Warm Current, summoned Xiao Jiu and Chu Yun back, then rode Xiao Jiu quickly towards the school.

For the final Super Senses of the third stage of Body Refinement, Jiang Chen decided to cultivate in another secret realm of the school, the Sea of Spiritual Power.

The spiritual power there was incredibly pure, offering a natural advantage for both tempering the five senses and spiritual power cultivation.

As soon as Jiang Chen left, a silver figure slowly swam out of the Crimson Tide Warm Current.

This person was none other than Zhao Ziyi.

For these two months, Jiang Chen had stayed in the Crimson Tide Warm Current, and the unyielding Zhao Ziyi had also stayed there, silently competing with Jiang Chen.

Now, seeing Jiang Chen finally unable to endure the harsh environment of the Crimson Tide Warm Current and leave, Zhao Ziyi immediately felt that he had won a round and regained some face!

However, along with the victory, Zhao Ziyi also couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

Damn it, I can finally rest!

(10,000 words for the 2nd update, asking for monthly votes!)

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