Chapter 12: Cleansing of the Tendons and Marrow
Inside the courtyard of Qi King City, Jiang Nan scrutinized the six jade bottles in his hand, his heart and mind stirred, "Very good, in the past, only the royal children of Qi King House could enjoy the treatment, finally I can enjoy it too!"
Jiang Xue jumped down from his shoulder and transformed into a beautiful woman again, gently probing her hand to fetch a jade bottle, from which she poured out more than ten soybean-sized medicinal pills, rotating in her jade hand, crystal clear, a refreshing aroma coming out of her lungs, making people's spirits lifted!
"The medicinal pills of the Pill King's House are yet sloppy, they can only be considered as unimpressive grades, but for martial arts practitioners, they are already extremely rare."
Jiang Xue glanced at it and smiled, "Zichuan, with these pills, you will be able to make your foundation stronger. However, one of them, the God-Inheriting Pill and the Body Nourishing Pill, are of some use to you, but since you cultivate the Devil Prison Xuan Tire Sutra, the Qi Benefiting Pill will not be of much use to you, and it would be a waste to eat it."
Jiang Nan thought about it carefully, it was indeed true, although this Beneficial Qi Pill was able to increase his True Qi, but as he cultivated the Demonic Prison Xuan Tire Sutra, his True Qi would definitely grow at a rate that exceeded the rate of refining the Beneficial Qi Pill.
However, the other two elixirs, especially the Body Nourishing Dan, were extremely useful to him.
For a long time, he had eaten a crude diet, his nutrition couldn't keep up, and his body had accumulated too many impurities, so his physical quality was not as good as those children of the world.
Now that he was cultivating the Demonic Prison Xuan Tire Sutra, Dragon Tiger Elephant Force Skill, River Moon Breaking Waves Skill and other heart techniques, his need for nutrition was even more vigorous, not only did his meal size increase greatly, he even had to eat four or five meals a day, eating the refined meat of demonic beasts, and he still often felt hungry precisely because his meals were too poor to keep up with his body's needs.
If this continued, it would inevitably delay his cultivation progress, and as his cultivation became more and more refined, the greater the impact on his cultivation growth rate would be!
But with an elixir such as the Body Nourishing Pill to regulate his body, the hidden dangers in his body would be eliminated, greatly benefiting his martial arts cultivation!
It wasn't unreasonable for the Pill King's Mansion to charge a hundred or ten taels of silver for a single Body Nourishing Pill.
As for the role of the God-containing Pill, it was to nourish the essence and cultivate the Idea of God, it was also an extremely valuable pill, Jiang Nan had heard the masters of the Qi Royal House mention the role of the Idea of God when they were teaching the royal family's children, it was extremely important, especially when cultivating to the realm of the Big Dipper, the strength of the Idea of God would be even more superhuman with a huge Idea of God!
Jiang Xue laughed, "Zichuan, you should first use the Body Nourishing Pill to temper your body, and then take the God-containing Pill for better results."
Jiang Nan immediately took a Body Nourishing Pill, only to feel a stream of heat gushing out of his dantian, radiating out to all his limbs and bones, he hurriedly sat down on his knees, his true qi catalyzing the medicinal power and conditioning his body.
In his dantian, the medicinal power of the Body Nourishing Pill emanated out, the heat was compelling, and it was like a furnace in his body, the heat steaming up, continuously quenching away the impurities in his body, refining the impurities in his skin, muscles, tendons, bones and even the bone marrow and forcing them out of his body as well.
He was drenched in sweat, sweat with black oil-like impurities slapping out of his 108,000 pores, and then the moisture was evaporated by the heat, creating a thick layer of dirt on his body!
The massive medicinal power of the Body Nurturing Pill even seeped into his pores, hair and skin, discharging the impurities that had accumulated in his body for a long time, and even the hidden diseases in his body were cured!
After an unknown period of time, the medicinal power of this Body Nourishing Pill was finally consumed, and Jiang Nan took the second Body Nourishing Pill, which again had a slightly different effect than the previous one. While the previous Body Nourishing Pill expelled the impurities from his body, the second Body Nourishing Pill nourished his flesh, sinews, and bones with a huge amount of medicinal power, and even the medicinal power penetrated into his hair and skin, allowing his body to begin to fill up with a majestic power!
The bones in his body hummed, his tendons crumbled, and as soon as his muscles and skin tightened and contracted, he was able to erupt with even more powerful and terrifying strength than before, all thanks to the miraculous effect of the Body Nourishing Pill!
Originally, when he practiced the Dragon Tiger Elephant Power Technique, he was already close to the power of four tigers, but now that he had taken two Body Nourishing Pills, which washed away the impurities in his body and cured him of hidden illnesses, he was able to grow by one tiger's power once again!
Five Tiger's Strength!
"A son of the Qi King's House's family is able to take this kind of elixir on a regular basis, no wonder his strength is far superior to that of normal people!" Jiang Nan secretly said in his heart.
When he took the third Body Nourishing Pill, he only realized that although the medicinal power of the Body Nourishing Pill was still strong, the effect of transforming his body was no longer as effective as the previous two pills. He consecutively took a bottle of Body Nourishing Dan down, and at the end of the day, the Body Nourishing Dan could no longer continue to improve his body, which indicated that the medicinal power of this Spirit Pill had already reached its limit, and even if he took more Body Nourishing Pills, there would not be any greater improvement unless he searched for an even higher level Spirit Pill.
"It's almost dawn?"
Jiang Nan raised his head and looked out the window, only to see that the sky was brightening and the sunrise was about to rise, this was the best time to cultivate the Devil Prison Xuan Tire Scripture, so he immediately prodded the Devil Prison Xuan Tire Scripture.
This catalyzing was extraordinary, making Jiang Nan couldn't help but be overjoyed, yesterday when he catalyzed the Devil Prison Xuan Tire Scripture, his true qi was running astringently, but now his true qi seemed to have been anointed with oil, and it was running at a much faster speed than before!
"My body, after being moisturized by the Body Nourishing Pill, is far more robust than before, my true qi running is incomparably comfortable, and my use of true qi has become more subtle!"
When the sun rose, Jiang Nan did not stop cultivating, still drawing on the sun's solar energy from the sunlight and transforming it into true qi in his body, and after a few more moments, he only felt that the yang qi in his body was rolling around and was almost difficult to suppress, and only then did he stop cultivating and was overjoyed in his heart.
"The effect of the Body Nourishing Pill is indeed strong, yesterday, Sister Jiang Xue said that my body was too weak to withstand the intense Solar Yuan Qi at the time of sunrise, with the Body Nourishing Pill's nourishment, I will be able to cultivate for a longer period of time!"
Jiang Nan slowly withdrew his true qi, only to see it running and falling into his dantian, and with a whirring sound, it was swallowed up by the demonic bell in his dantian and hidden inside the bell to warm up.
He looked at himself and frowned slightly, only to see that he was covered in blackened dirt and a fishy odor.
He hurriedly walked out of the room, quickly stepped to the deep well in the courtyard, probed his hand towards the well and grabbed it in vain, his true qi erupted and transformed into a great river out of the deep valley this move, only to hear the clattering sound of water coming from the well, a column of water was sucked up by his true qi, like a pocket-sized great river rushing out of the deep valley!
The more his true qi grew stronger and more skillful, something like drawing water from the well was a breeze for him!
Jiang Nan flushed the dirt from his body, only to feel refreshed, and went back to his room to change into a set of clean clothes, only to feel that his physical energy was incomparably abundant, but at this moment, Jiang Xue suddenly stepped forward, and with an open-mouth inhalation, siphoned off forty percent of his yang qi.
Although 40% of his Yang Qi had been drained away, so that his cultivation had dropped by as much as 40% at once, Jiang Nan still felt that his state at this moment was far better than when he was at his peak a day ago!
When he thought back on his experiences these days, he still felt as if he was in a dream, and everything seemed dreamlike and unbelievable.
"Zichuan, something big has happened in the Qi King's Mansion!"
Tie Zhu came to learn the Dragon Tiger Elephant Force Technique from him, and just as he approached the courtyard, his face immediately became incredibly grave, sweeping around and whispering, "Just now, I heard that news has come from the inner palace that Steward Wu Sijiang Wu has disappeared, and just in the morning, someone found his body downstream of the Yangchuan River. The royal family has already sent out experts to go and investigate the cause of his death ......"
"Wu Sijiang's corpse has finally been discovered!"
Jiang Nan's heart flinched as he secretly said, "When I killed Wu Sijiang, I used a total of three martial arts, the Mixed Elements Open Tablet Hand, the Civet Cat Thirteen Puffs, and the River Moon Breaking Waves Technique, and these three martial arts will definitely not be able to conceal themselves from the eyes of the experts of the Qi Royal Household! The Qi Royal House strictly forbids the spreading of martial arts, and when they find out that I know the Jiang Yue Broken Wave Technique, they will definitely not stop!"
"Wu Sijiang this smiling tiger is ruthless, the lives of those of us who are subordinates are not lives at all in his eyes, he can beat us if he wants to and kill us if he wants to, I didn't expect him to have today, good death, deserved to die!"
Tie Zhu was well-informed and laughed, "However, the inner government is extremely concerned about this matter, believing that someone is trying to deal with the Qi King's House, and among the experts sent out this time, I heard that there is the Qi King's son, Qi Feng! In addition to Qi Feng, there is also Chief Manager Qi Yong, as well as more than ten strong!"
"Prince Qi Feng?"
Jiang Nan's heart stirred, the Qi King's World Son Qi Feng was an outstanding character, for people like him, Qi Feng was simply shrouded in a god-like halo of splendor.
It was said that this person was both literate and skilled in martial arts, and that he was good at both music and chess, and at the same time, he was also an excellent strategist, and had once engaged in a military exercise with the King of Qi on a sand table, and the King of Qi was defeated on three occasions. His martial arts cultivation is even more amazing, now only twenty or so years old, will already be the top of the refining of the outer dipper, the cultivation of the Divine Wheel is almost a nail in the coffin!
"Qi Feng, even if he's even more brilliant, he's still just a mortal, don't even think about checking on my head!"
Jiang Nan said in his heart, "What's more, I've already gotten rid of my slavery and redeemed the deed of sale, and I'm not in the Qi King's Mansion, so even if Qi Feng lifts the Qi King's Mansion up, he won't be able to uncover me."
Downstream of Yangchuan River, around the corpse of Wu Sijiang, the Qi family's experts were standing around, surrounding the place heavily and strictly forbidding outsiders to watch.
A purple-clothed male paced slowly, coming in front of Wu Sijiang's corpse, surveying it for a few moments, revealing a thoughtful look.
"World Son, what have you discovered?"
The Chief Steward of the Wang Fu stepped forward and inquired in a low voice, "In my old slave's opinion, this matter was most likely done by a son or daughter of my inner house, Wu Sijiang was too lousy a person, most likely he offended a certain young master of the inner house, and thus was struck down by that young master. Although Wu Sijiang is an outer gate steward, he is still just a lackey, for the sake of a dead lackey, why is it necessary to raise such a large crowd?"
"Qiyong, you are wrong."
That purple clothed male was none other than Qi Wang's eldest son, Qi Feng, with an imposing demeanor, slightly shaking his head and walking upwards along the Yangchuan River, laughing, "Wu Sijiang is just a lackey, his death or life is naturally a trivial matter. If the one who offended was really a royal son of the royal family, who would dare to say a word against killing him in the royal family? And this person preferred to do it outside of the palace, so it is evident that the person who did it was not a member of my royal family's clan."
Qi yong hurriedly followed, laughed: "not the young master of the royal family did, who else can it be?"
"If it's not the royal family's clansmen, it's naturally the lackeys in my royal family!"
More than ten Wang Fu experts followed Qi Feng's left and right, and traveled all the way, and it didn't take long before they came to a dense forest, which was clearly the place where Jiang Nan had killed Wu Sijiang.
