Chapter 9 After Washing the Marrow

  In the mountains, time flies quickly. Summer words have been practicing on the north city's Jade Water Mountain for half a year now. During this period, Summer words has hardly received any external disturbances. Since killing that striped tiger last time, Summer words hasn't encountered any wild beasts with strong attacking power again.

  As for the people of the Xia family, they had already completely forgotten about him. Not even during the grand annual festival 'Sui Jie' on the Dragon Continent did Xia Yan participate, and it seemed that no one in the family remembered to look for him. Third Grandfather Xia Changhe saw the note left by Xia Yan in his room, and he clearly understood Xia Yan's thoughts, so he let him go.

  Every month, Xia Yan would return to Yushui City to buy some essential dry rations.

  In the spring, the sunshine gradually became warmer, and Xiaoyan's height had increased a bit compared to half a year ago.

  On this day, Xia Yan sat cross-legged on a huge rock as usual, and suddenly opened his eyes. His eyes, in the instant they opened, flashed a strange and dazzling light. This light was very bright, and it wasn't until two or three breaths later that it gradually dissipated between Xia Yan's eyes.

  At this time, a smile slowly appeared on Xia Yanjun's beautiful face.

  Finally, I have thoroughly opened up the twelve martial meridians. Now that I've completed my body refinement, the next step is to temper my bones and open up the thirty-six martial meridians! Xia Yan stood up, moving his limbs around to get his blood flowing faster. Just a moment ago, he had finally opened up all twelve meridians. He could clearly feel his strength increasing tenfold throughout his body. If another ferocious tiger were to appear now, Xia Yan was confident that he could knock it down with just one punch, without needing to use any martial techniques.

  Xia Yan fiercely swung out a punch, feeling the inner force bursting out from his fist. His entire body's muscles seemed to condense together. A heavy punch was thrown out, and incredibly, it brought with it a small airflow in the air.

  After completing the Body Tempering, his skin and muscles became extremely tough!

  "Having opened up the twelve meridians, I can also learn some unconventional martial skills now!" Xia Yan smacked his lips, and with a flash of his eyes, his agile body leapt down from the giant rock, quickly returning to the mountain cave where he lived.

  From the already worn-out package, Xia Yan took out a secret book.

  This ancient manual has a white cover, on which is written "Unparalleled Sword of the Sun and Moon". Third Grandfather said that among the unorthodox manuals, this one is considered to be a relatively superior martial skill.

  "I've now completed the Body Tempering stage, although cultivating this martial skill may still be a bit difficult, but I should give it a try!" Xia Yan looked at the secret manual in his hand, and a hint of a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

  Clearing the twelve meridians of martial arts in the body is for refining the body. After clearing the thirty-six meridians in the body, it is for tempering the bones. And after clearing the one hundred and eight meridians in the body, it is marrow washing, becoming a postnatal peak strongman. After marrow washing, with high-level martial skills and extremely good innate qualifications, practitioners can break through the postnatal achievement to the prenatal realm. With time, they will form spiritual apertures in their bodies, absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and become revered spiritual masters!

  "Hey kid, what are you doing with this tattered book?" Just as Xia Yan was excitedly about to flip through the secret manual, a familiar voice sounded in his ear once again.

  For a brief moment, Xia was stunned, and then he clearly heard who the person speaking beside his ear was - it was that Holy Emperor old man who had not appeared for a very long time.

  "Of course, I'm cultivating martial skills. I don't have any time to waste now. In four months, the family's excellent youth selection conference will begin! If I don't cultivate my martial skills, I'm afraid I won't be able to win at the selection conference."

  Xia Yan said, just about to turn over the book in his hand.

  "You're really beyond help, kid!" The Holy Emperor's face turned bright red with rage upon hearing Xia's words, his beard puffed out and his eyes bulged as he bellowed: "You're really infuriating me to death! If you weren't the chosen successor of the Ling Luo Seal, I wouldn't even bother with a foolish kid like you. Someone who possesses the 'Ling Luo Secret Canon' is actually cultivating these useless things!"

  The old emperor's face was filled with sorrow and he was extremely disappointed in Xia Yan.

  Xia Yan was taken aback for a moment, what does this mean?

  "Alright, I'm too lazy to waste words on you. From today onwards, you will train your physical endurance every day during the day and continue to unblock the remaining martial arts meridians at night." The old Holy Emperor rolled his eyes and bellowed at Xia Yan, who looked bewildered.

  Xia Yan was very dissatisfied with the attitude of this old Holy Emperor, but considering his past as a Holy Emperor, he didn't refute him and just muttered a few sentences in his heart.

  "How to exercise physical toughness?"

  Here is the translation:

  Next, Xia Yan knew that according to the Ling Luo Secret Manual, he should simultaneously open up all 24 meridians. After completing this, adding the 12 meridians he had previously opened up would make a total of 36, thus completing the Bone Tempering process. However, regarding the method for tempering the body's toughness, the Ling Luo Secret Manual did not clearly state any specific methods.

  The Holy Emperor's old soul heard Xia Yan's words and was so angry that he almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Unfortunately, he was just a soul body, with no blood or flesh, and even if he wanted to spit, there was no blood to spit.

  "Hoo-hoo-hoo~" The old Holy Emperor covered his chest, pretending to take deep breaths. In fact, he didn't need to breathe at all; as a soul body, he was just a wisp of spirit energy.

  "From now on, for the first month, every day from dawn, run from the mountain peak to the foot of the mountain and back again ten times." After finishing speaking, the old Holy Emperor glared at Xia Yan with a puffed face and disappeared without a trace once more. Xia Yan knew that he had returned to the ring.

  "Back and forth ten times?" Xia Yan heard this number and was really startled.

  This Yu Shui Mountain is not high, nor steep, but going up and down ten times and finishing within a day is not something an ordinary person can do! Xia Yan's face took a while to return to normal, although he was very dissatisfied in his heart, but he still decided to follow the old Holy Emperor's words. Looking at the sky, Xia Yan decided to start from today.

  "Oh, this can really exhaust a living person!" First lap!

  "Oh, this really can bring dead people back to life!" Fifth comeback!

  "Hehehe..." By the tenth lap from the foot of the mountain, it was already evening, and Xia Yan only had the strength to lie on the ground panting.

  After resting for a while, Xia Yan started to meditate and circulate his internal energy to continue unblocking the martial arts meridians. After a night of cultivation, on the second day, Xia Yan found that the strength he had lost the previous day had completely returned.

  In the second month, Xia Yan went up and down the mountain twenty times a day.

  Three months later, Xia Yan opened up all 36 meridians in his body and completed his physical refinement!

  In the fourth month, Xia Yan went up and down the mountain one hundred times a day, and after completing it, he felt refreshed. By the end of the fourth month, Xia Yan successfully opened all 108 meridians in his body and completed the marrow washing process.

  The Holy Emperor occasionally came out to see Xia Yan, and couldn't help but nod secretly. Xia Yan was indeed the worthy successor of the Lingluo Seal, with an unyielding will and exceptional talent. With such a bitter cultivation, Xia Yan didn't show any signs of slackness. Watching Xia Yan grow stronger day by day, the Holy Emperor felt deeply gratified.

  "My internal energy has reached an extreme state, my entire body's energy is circulating smoothly, my fists seem to be able to split open giant rocks, and one kick can make even an iron man unbearable. My meridians are wide and resilient, my whole body seems to have endless power. Cultivators who have washed their marrow are really strong! Now it's time for me to learn martial skills!"

  According to the sequence of contents in the Ling Luo Secret Manual, after clearing the 108 meridians, one can learn martial techniques. Xia Yan calmed his mind and recalled the contents of the martial techniques in the Ling Luo Secret Manual. However, after a good few cups of tea, only two puzzled glances shot out from Xia Yan's eyes. The Ling Luo Secret Manual surprisingly did not have any clear descriptions of martial techniques. The subsequent content was still the mental method for clearing meridians, but this subsequent content, Xia Yan simply could not understand, and it was not about using internal energy to clear meridians.

  Compared with what follows, the previous content of unblocking one hundred and eight meridians is simply not worth mentioning.

  "What's going on?" Xia Yan was completely shocked.

  At this time, not far in front of Xia Yan, a figure slowly began to clear up, it was the old Saint Emperor from the Lingluo Seal. The old Saint Emperor saw Xia Yan's worried face and couldn't help but burst out laughing. Xia Yan couldn't help but glance at the old Saint Emperor, thinking to himself, this old man must have been through similar hardships when he was cultivating back in the day?

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