Chapter 877: Chapter 387: Speed! (Part 2)
For a moment, Xu Ran found himself in a predicament.
Outside the trial, the three senior brothers and sisters observing him saw Xu Ran’s current expression and for the first time, a relaxed expression appeared on their faces.
"Is the newcomer still trying to figure out how to pass?" The little junior sister’s mischievous voice rang out.
Now, she was entirely free from the previously anxious state.
Not just her, the worried expressions on the other two’s faces disappeared completely when Xu Ran successfully mastered the vortex.
What remained was a face as if watching a show.
"Given his aptitude, passing this trial is just a matter of time. Although he doesn’t realize it now, he will soon figure it out!"
The second senior brother’s voice echoed in agreement.
In the refining of the leg bone, there are three stages.
The First Stage, Energy Introduction.
The Second Stage, Meridian Passage.
The Third Stage, Condensing Shadow.
Why refine the leg bone?
Of course, to enhance speed.
And why enhance speed?
Naturally, to make it difficult for the enemy to find you.
If the goal is to remain undiscovered by the enemy, speed enhancement isn’t the only method.
Another method is to create a clone!
Indeed.
The third stage of refining the leg bone, Condensing Shadow, is just that.
Condensing Shadow, as the name implies, involves activating the leg bone, in combination with extreme speed, to create a shadow identical to oneself.
Since this shadow is created from one’s own leg bone, it could be said to be oneself.
In this case, controlling your shadows and passing through these four stone gates would naturally be considered passing the trial.
The three stages of refining the leg bone are common knowledge to most people.
But for Xu Ran, it was an obscure secret.
If it hadn’t been for the bald man’s hint, Xu Ran wouldn’t have succeeded in refining the leg bone’s second stage so quickly.
The bald man had clearly learned a lesson, opting not to tell him how to refine the leg bone anymore.
He simply laid out the conditions for passing, leaving the how to Xu Ran to figure out!
With Xu Ran’s aptitude, once he found a way to pass, he would pass quickly.
...
Xu Ran thought it over and then shook his head, letting out a long breath.
"Right now, the most important thing is not to think about how to pass, but to focus on refining the leg bone!"
The key to this trial is refining the leg bone. Once the third stage is successfully completed, no matter how difficult the trial is, passing it will be straightforward.
"But how do I complete the third stage of leg bone refinement?"
Once the path to passing was clear, overcoming the conditions to pass was the next step.
The method for refining the leg bone is well-known to others, but Xu Ran had no information.
In the Great Wilderness Border Village, there wasn’t even a single body refiner, let alone a method for refining the leg bone.
Thinking about it, Xu Ran’s gaze went upwards to where the bald man had appeared earlier.
He then shook his head helplessly and laughed.
"That bald guy has gotten smarter; he won’t even tell me how to refine the third stage of the leg bone!"
At the beginning of the trial, with just a single word about the Fist Technique, the bald man enabled Xu Ran to break through the Yongquan Acupoint successfully using Spiritual Qi.
During the second trial of the leg bone, it was also with a single phrase that Xu Ran broke through the second stage.
It’s clear the bald man had learned his lesson.
If Xu Ran got any information on performing the third stage refinement, he would pass the trial in no time.
Even if the goal of the trial was for Xu Ran to cultivate flawlessly, you can’t make it that easy!
The speed is too quick—doesn’t it make the bald man seem a bit incapable?
So, let Xu Ran explore all by himself.
Suspended in the void, the bald man felt Xu Ran’s gaze and seemed to see the growing resentment in his eyes.
"Heh!" Sensing Xu Ran’s stare, the bald man couldn’t help but laugh, "This time, surely there’s no way to pass the trial immediately?!"
The bald man appeared extremely arrogant—as if he was the one holding up Xu Ran’s progress.
But suddenly, the relaxed expression on the bald man’s face loosened and slowly furrowed, his mind recalling what Xu Ran had just said.
"How did the Reversed Scale of a Flood Dragon get split in half? What on earth happened back then?!"
His voice filled with concern, the bald man’s previously relaxed gaze turned grim.
"Ah!" After a moment of silence, the bald man sighed deeply, "Back then, being kept as a backup, I missed out on participating in that earth-shattering battle—what a pity!"
The bald man’s eyes were full of time’s weathering, but immediately, he looked toward Xu Ran, and the weariness in his eyes dissipated, replaced with a sparkling gleam.
"However, this time I have the chance to be part of it!"
He said, moving his neck as if preparing for battle.
"This person is quite exceptional!"
The void was filled with the sound of the bald man’s laughter.
Meanwhile.
During the trial.
Xu Ran sat cross-legged on the ground, eyes closed tightly, with his calves glowing with a golden light, occasionally revealing golden runes.
The golden runes appeared, and from the calves, they gradually began to spread throughout his entire body, a golden stream of light flowing over him.
At this moment, Xu Ran was like a giant golden sun, illuminating the entire trial ground.
Soon, this massive light apparition vanished as quickly as it had appeared.
Gradually, all the golden light retracted inward, finally returning to the calves.
Buzz!
Just as no one knew what was happening, a sound resembling a vibration suddenly resounded throughout the trial area.
"What happened?"
The second senior brother asked abruptly upon hearing the strange sound.
Immediately, the trio looked in the direction of the sound, precisely where Xu Ran’s calves were.
They saw Xu Ran’s legs trembling incessantly, shaking at an incredible speed, like lightning; before their eyes, Xu Ran seemed to possess hundreds of calves.
"What’s he doing?"
The little junior sister looked confused, not knowing what was happening.
Not just the little junior sister, even the second senior brother, who was witnessing the scene, didn’t know what was happening now!
For a moment, both turned their eyes to the senior brother, but they didn’t immediately get the answers they sought. The first senior brother, usually knowledgeable in all things, was also silent now.
"This vibration..."
Eventually, the senior brother spoke coldly.
"Could it be the third stage of the refinement?"
His voice carried an uncertainty that, to the other two, was like a thunderclap.
"Impossible!!"
The second senior brother immediately denied it.
"The third-stage refinement process of the leg bone is quite gentle. It requires the Spiritual Qi that previously flowed through the meridians to reverse course and return to the heart!"
"The reversed Qi becomes infused with the heart blood’s aura, and then returns to the leg bones."
"After repeating this process three times, the third stage of the refinement is complete!"
The second senior brother knew very well about the third stage of the refinement, so how could he not recognize if it was taking place?
Right now, Xu Ran’s legs were vibrating too rapidly, not showing any gentleness.
Buzz!
As the second senior brother spoke, a sound loud enough to echo throughout the trial resounded once more.
In the instant this vibration was heard, an aura swept across the whole trial area.
"Impossible!"
Sensing this aura, the second senior brother, who just a moment ago was utterly in disbelief, stood up straight, eyes full of astonishment.
"This... is the aura of successful third-stage refinement!"
At this moment.
Three auras identical to Xu Ran’s rose within the entire trial ground.
Looking in Xu Ran’s direction, they saw three blurry shadows forming beside him.
Then, Xu Ran opened his tightly closed eyes, and with a curl of the lips, he smiled.
"So that’s how it is!"
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