Chapter 17: 5 Transformations, Golden Bones in Sight

In the secret chamber, Xu Yan assumed a horse stance and began his Bone Refinement.

As he circulated his cultivation technique, his blood boiled and his body warmed up, and his blood and qi actually began to grow increasingly robust.

The dragon of blood and qi that wrapped around his bones seemed even more immense. As it traveled through his bones, the refining force grew stronger.

"Indeed, the Red-eyed Tiger is the king among tigers, containing vast blood and qi!"

Xu Yan circulated his blood and qi and began to temper them.

"The tempering speed has greatly increased!"

As the blood and qi circulated, harmonizing internally and externally, the copper bones began to show a faint golden hue under the continuous refining.

This was a sign of the transformation toward gold bones!

"Once the medicinal supplement refined from the Red-eyed Tiger is ready, the speed of Bone Refinement will increase even further!"

"Based on the current speed, at the latest, I will be able to complete the first transformation in five days!"

The tempering of the gold bones required nine transformations to reach Perfection.

"It can be even faster. The cultivation techniques I have realized so far may not be all there is. I should continue to comprehend!"

"Only then can I temper my gold bones faster!"

Xu Yan's gaze was resolute. He entered a state of oblivion to external things, continuing to understand the cultivation techniques while tempering his bones.

The next day, Xu Yan received the medicinal supplement that Pharmacist Pan had refined, along with the processed tiger skin, and went back to his secret chamber to resume his cultivation.

"Indeed, the tempering speed is faster!"

"I must buy more precious medicines, more medicinal supplements that greatly strengthen blood and qi!"

Xu Yan was thrilled. With the current rate of tempering, perhaps he would complete the first gold bone transformation in a day and a half.

After finishing his cultivation, he found the manager of the Xu Family's trading company and asked him to purchase precious medicines.

"Money doesn't grow on trees. Why are you buying so many precious medicines?"

At lunchtime, Xu Junhe caught Xu Yan and started scolding him.

"The medicine storehouse at home is nearly empty. Where is the Nine-Leaf Ganoderma? Where is the Thousand-Year Ginseng?

"You wastrel, do you want to kill me with anger?

"Where in the world can you find so many precious medicines? If people know you are buying them, won't they raise the prices? If they know it's you, a foolish boy, buying them, won't they set the price even higher?"

Xu Yan, having been scolded not once or twice, knew that his actions would cause some losses to his family. But now that Martial Arts was within reach, any price had to be paid!

It was merely a loss of some money.

As long as he could enter the beginning stages of Martial Arts and truly become a disciple of his master, what was losing some money worth?

Xu Yan, with a pleading look, turned to his mother.

"Mother!"

Xu Junhe, green with anger, shouted, "Don't bring everything to your mother. I have the final say in this matter!"

"Why are you shouting so loudly? You scared Yan'er!"

Mother Xu saw her beloved son's pleading gaze and immediately softened.

She glared at her husband with dissatisfaction,

"I... "

Xu Junhe almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

"Madam, you cannot... "

"Husband, it's just a bit of money. If Yan'er likes it, that's enough. Can't our family afford that?"

"Of course not! That bit of petty cash is nothing."

"There you have it. Is money all you care about? He is our son!"

"I..."

Xu Junhe deflated.

"Mother is the best!"

Xu Yan chuckled.

Xu Junhe, huffing and glaring, had no choice but to acquiesce to Xu Yan buying the precious medicines at high prices.

...

"The first transformation into gold bones is about to be completed!"

Xu Yan felt the immense dragon of blood and qi wrapping around his bones, and the blood and qi that penetrated the bones had already nurtured inside the marrow.

A tingling sensation came, and at a certain moment, with a thunderous sound, the dragon of blood and qi surged into the bones and into the marrow.

In an instant, Xu Yan felt a massive surge of blood and qi. His body's blood seemed renewed, and his entire being seemed to be in a state of ascension.

New blood and qi were born, old blood expelled.

The First Bone Refinement Transformation!

With Qi and blood growing stronger, sweat seemed to exude from his body in thick beads, a sticky, dark purple old blood.

At a certain moment, his body suddenly relaxed, and his bones turned a pale golden color.

Xu Yan felt that he had become stronger.

If he were to fight the Red-Eyed Tiger now, one punch would be enough to burst its skull!

"Is this what golden bones feel like?"

Xu Yan clenched his fists, feeling a surge of power throughout his body, his Qi and blood more than doubled in vigour.

Moreover, he felt that his Qi and blood were purer and more powerful than before!

"How powerful would I be after nine transformations achieving golden bone perfection!"

Xu Yan was filled with anticipation.

"I feel so dirty, I should wash up, is this considered a blood exchange? Expelling impurities from the Qi and blood to make them purer? Such a foundation in Martial Arts is stronger and purer.

"Perhaps the prodigies of ancient times, as mentioned by Master, were due to their purity!"

Xu Yan had a moment of enlightenment.

"Not just purity of Qi and blood, but also purity of the Martial Arts spirit, a clear and immaculate state of mind!"

"I am not far from becoming an ancient prodigy!"

Xu Yan emerged from the secret chamber, changed his clothes, and washed off the tainted blood from his body.

...

On the twelfth day back at the Xu Family.

In the secret chamber, a layer of light red impure blood oozed from Xu Yan's body like sweat.

"This is the fifth transformation!"

Xu Yan's eyes gleamed with excitement; these days, supported by the Red-Eyed Tiger processed medicine and another enlightening revelation of the technique, his refinement speed had increased once more.

It was already his fifth transformation.

His bones had turned golden.

The nine transformations required to truly refine his bones into golden ones were not far off.

Moreover, with the fifth transformation, there was no longer any impure blood expelled.

His Qi and blood were almost completely pure!

"With my current strength, even the most formidable experts in the Jianghu would fall to a single punch from me!"

Xu Yan was exhilarated.

To his knowledge, the martial experts currently in Jianghu were all too frail.

A single punch could kill them!

Even those famous and powerful figures!

"Don't be arrogant, guard against arrogance and rashness, there are definitely other strong Martial Art practitioners in this world, just hidden deeply, perhaps not showing themselves in the mundane world!"

Xu Yan reminded himself.

"I should return tomorrow."

This time, having purchased some precious medicines and not yet finished the Red-Eyed Tiger medicine, if I can further understand the profound depths of the technique, my refinement speed could increase even more."

Xu Yan left the secret chamber to prepare for his return to the small village tomorrow.

...

"Tomorrow marks half a month; my foolish disciple should be returning, right?"

Li Xuan stood on the hillside, sighing with emotion.

With the foolish disciple gone, everything had to be done by himself, making daily life less relaxed.

"The fierce beasts in the Evil Spirit Forest must have been killed, right?

"Of course, assuming my foolish disciple managed to leave successfully and didn't fall within the Evil Spirit Forest."

Li Xuan was still somewhat worried.

"For some reason, I feel like my body has grown stronger."

"Could the effect of the precious medicine be that strong?"

Over the past half-month, Li Xuan felt that his body had grown more robust, and his strength had increased.

He once doubted whether he had some hidden advantage.

But, it turned out to be an overthought.

In conclusion, it was the effect of the precious medicines Xu Yan had brought.

He marveled in his heart, the nourishing power of the precious medicines in this world was truly extraordinary.

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