Chapter 16: Chapter 16: Returning to the Essence and Capturing an Escaped Prisoner
In these visions...
Su Bai endured the torment of scorching heat every day, burning his own body with blistering flames!
In the dead of winter, Su Bai was also on a mountain peak, constantly using frigid ice to temper his Physique!
Regardless of the sweltering heat or the freezing cold, Su Bai continuously cultivated under harsh conditions.
Day and night, without rest!
After some time, Su Bai snapped back to reality, drenched in sweat.
He had a feeling that these memories weren’t fake, but a real past, a genuine recollection.
Su Bai didn’t dwell on it. He immediately checked his own status information.
Under the Cultivation Technique section, a new Body Refining Technique had appeared!
[Cultivation Technique: Golden Body Technique (Fifth Grade Technique)!]
[Realm: Mastery! (12,000/30,000)]
"The Golden Body Technique at the Mastery stage!"
Su Bai’s expression lit up with joy when he saw the details of the Golden Body Technique.
At the same time, he finally understood why that Celestial Blade Disciple, Chen Tiansheng, had been able to withstand the lightning strikes of the Red Thunder Chain!
This Golden Body Technique was a Fifth Grade Technique, and Chen Tiansheng had cultivated it to the Mastery stage!
The strength of his Physique was naturally beyond most people’s imagination!
’I should test the effects of the Golden Body Technique!’
Coming to his senses, Su Bai stood up and activated the Golden Body Technique!
The next moment, his entire body began to emit a faint golden glow!
Then, empowered by this golden glow, Su Bai felt his defensive capabilities increase dramatically!
Furthermore, his strength had nearly doubled!
A Fifth Grade Technique! So terrifyingly powerful!
THUNK!
Su Bai picked up the Treasure Saber lying nearby and, with a bit of force, struck his own left arm!
It produced a dull thud!
’It didn’t even break my defense?’
Su Bai was shocked!
His strike hadn’t even broken the skin!
’Let’s try increasing the force!’
Su Bai slowly increased the power behind his strike...
Only when he used nearly half his strength did the blade finally break his skin, leaving a small wound!
Strong! Too strong!
’Is this the power of a Fifth Grade Technique?’
A delighted expression appeared on Su Bai’s face!
With this, his strength had clearly increased by another notch!
Combined with the Three Illusions Dustless and Purple Mist Saber Technique he had acquired earlier, Su Bai’s current strength was now nearly unmatched within the Qi Sea Realm!
’I can’t get careless. Just need to lay low!’
Su Bai calmed his emotions.
He then checked the Experience Points needed for the Golden Body Technique to break through to the next Realm, the Returning to the True Realm.
’I’m still short 18,000 Experience Points!’
Based on his current rate of earning Experience Points, that amount would only take four or five days to accumulate.
Meanwhile, after using the Purification Tripod to search through Chen Tiansheng’s memories, Su Bai discovered something.
The man’s master, the so-called Heavenly Blade Madman, was a domineering and unparalleled Martial Arts Grandmaster!
His name was Zhang Yan!
This person had once offended the Emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty and had fled all the way to the Outer Realm.
There, he established a faction called the Celestial Blade Association.
Chen Tiansheng was originally his favored disciple, but he developed malicious intentions, stole his master’s treasures, and fled.
And this Golden Body Technique was one of the treasures he had stolen!
It was also a Fifth Grade Technique that the Martial Arts Grandmaster, Zhang Yan, had obtained by chance!
According to the Secret Manual, as long as one cultivated the Golden Body Technique to its highest Realm—the Returning to the True Realm!
Then not only would their strength and defensive power double!
They would also be able to use a set of moves unique to the Golden Body Technique!
The Golden Body Seven Techniques!
Once this set of techniques was unleashed, one’s strength, speed, and defense would be greatly enhanced even further!
This was also why Su Bai wanted to invest his Experience Points into the Golden Body Technique!
At his current Realm, the number of Experience Points needed to break through again was quite high.
Therefore, he was contemplating how to increase his strength more quickly with his limited Experience Points!
And the Golden Body Technique was the Cultivation Technique he was currently considering.
Once the Golden Body Technique reached the Returning to the True Realm, his strength would increase by another level!
At the same time, a piece of dialogue surfaced in Su Bai’s mind.
"Tiansheng, this Golden Body Technique is a Fifth Grade Body Cultivation Technique that I, your master, obtained from an ancient cave!"
"And inside that cave, there were detailed records about the Golden Body Technique. This technique is actually a branch of an ancient Eighth-grade Technique!"
"If you can cultivate it to the Returning to the True Realm, there’s a chance you can deduce a portion of that Ancient Eighth-Grade Technique through it!"
"Of course, this requires a certain level of comprehension!"
This dialogue came from Chen Tiansheng’s memory—the words spoken by the Heavenly Blade Madman, Zhang Yan.
After hearing these words, Chen Tiansheng was ecstatic!
But then, when he heard he would have to wait several more years to cultivate the Golden Body Technique, Chen Tiansheng became impatient.
In the end, he gave in to his malicious thoughts!
He chose to steal it!
’I never thought the Golden Body Technique would be a branch of an Ancient Eighth-Grade Technique!’
Su Bai reviewed this memory, muttering to himself.
Before, Long Jingyun had obtained a Seventh-grade Fist Technique, and he was treated that way by the Great Xia Dynasty.
Su Bai could imagine that if news of an Eighth-grade Technique were to leak, the upper echelons of the Great Xia Dynasty would surely go into a frenzy!
Even the slightest chance of deducing a part of an Eighth-grade Technique would be enough for the Great Xia Dynasty to take it extremely seriously!
’For the next few days, all I have to do is wait!’
Su Bai stood up and walked out of the palace.
He then began to wander through the various sectors.
Whenever he found that a new criminal had been imprisoned, he would immediately head over and absorb them into the Purification Tripod!
「Seven days later.」
Su Bai was walking down a corridor in Sector Four.
In the distance, he saw a burly, broad-shouldered convict using all his strength to crush the iron lock of his cell!
’A prison break?’
Su Bai’s expression shifted slightly, his interest piqued.
SWOOSH!
He concealed his aura and used Three Illusions Dustless, appearing behind the convict in an instant.
The man’s Realm was lower than Su Bai’s, so he naturally couldn’t detect him.
PAT!
Just as the man was tiptoeing away, trying to escape, Su Bai’s right hand landed gently on his shoulder!
The action made the large man jump in fright!
Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately activated the Qi Sea within his body, and a blue radiance enveloped him!
He spun around and threw a fierce punch!
SLAP!
Facing the punch, Su Bai simply struck out with a slap.
"AHH!!"
Amidst a piercing scream, the large man’s right fist was deformed by the impact!
Moreover, the slap’s force didn’t diminish as it continued on to strike him squarely in the face!
In an instant, blood splattered everywhere!
The deep red Palm Seal was bone-deep!
After the blow, Su Bai casually picked up a piece of cloth and wiped his right hand.
After wiping away the blood, he leaned down to look at the trembling man collapsed on the floor and asked with a smile.
"Done running?"
The large man was filled with resentment but didn’t dare show it, nodding repeatedly.
Then, knowing what was good for him, he crawled into an empty cell and locked himself in.
Afterward, the man clutched his wound, his body trembling.
’He’s pretty sensible!’
Su Bai saw all this, chuckled, and thought no more of it.
After seven days of accumulation, he had already upgraded the Golden Body Technique to the Returning to the True Realm!
Even though this large man was also a Qi Sea Realm Martial Artist, he couldn’t withstand a single palm strike from Su Bai!
And he also recognized that this man was the very same convict he had just recently absorbed into the Purification Tripod!
[The Tripod Master has captured an escaped convict for the first time and has received one lottery draw!]
’There’s a bonus like this?’
After returning to his palace, Su Bai was momentarily stunned.
Then, he immediately chose to use it!
