Chapter 272: : Exchanging Secret Arts （Part 1）

As soon as it dawned, Lin Tianyi arrived at the Great Sword Manor Martial Arts Arena.

At this time, the younger generation of the Xiahou Clan had already arrived early and were conducting their morning practice.

In a corner of the square, Jiang Hui was also sweating profusely, diligently cultivating.

“Finished cultivating?” Xiahou Quansheng, who was watching from the sidelines, saw Lin Tianyi and greeted him with a smile.

Lin Tianyi nodded and walked to Xiahou Quansheng’s side, “Thank you for the trouble these past two days.”

These past two days of cultivating with the Jade Soul Fruit, Jiang Hui was able to come to the Martial Arts Arena and use the equipment here to better cultivate, thanks to Xiahou Quansheng’s influence.

“It’s a small matter.” Xiahou Quansheng smiled, then said, “I just didn’t expect that Jiang Hui has already cultivated True Energy, yet you still have her doing this kind of training. Is it because of your cultivation method?”

“It has nothing to do with that. I also cultivated this way back then.” Lin Tianyi said with a smile, recalling his past cultivation experience.

“This cultivation method is more inclined towards Body Cultivator. Could that Elder Fang also be a Body Cultivator?” Xiahou Quansheng was slightly surprised.

“He came from the battlefield, and his realm is only at the Third Rank. From his perspective, he naturally places more emphasis on sustained combat power, and this approach has indeed brought me many benefits,” Lin Tianyi explained.

“That explains it. Although the cultivation method he developed sacrifices lifespan as a prerequisite, it doesn’t have a cultivation threshold like Body Tempering Cultivation Method, so you need to be wary of someone with ulterior motives coming to your door.”

“That shouldn’t happen. His cultivation method has already been promoted and popularized in the Ironclad Army, and nothing has happened for so many years.”

“It’s always good to be careful.”

As the two were talking, Lin Tianyi suddenly pointed to a spot in the Martial Arts Arena.

“What are they doing?”

In the direction Lin Tianyi pointed, several strong men were seen hitting the young man in front of them with wooden sticks, and next to them was a long line of young men waiting.

With Lin Tianyi’s eyesight, it was naturally not difficult to see that those strong men were using Adamant Force when hitting.

“Oh, they’re forging bones.” Xiahou Quansheng glanced over and replied casually.

Bone Forging?

The corners of Lin Tianyi’s mouth twitched slightly.

Bones are the hardest part of the human body and the most difficult to strengthen.

To strengthen bones, other than nurturing them with True Energy, the only other way is to shatter the bones and then reshape them, the pain of which is unimaginable.

To avoid the most difficult option, most Martial Artist will target a certain part for local strengthening to achieve the purpose of enhancing combat power, but even so, that kind of pain is not something ordinary people can endure.

Lin Tianyi himself also has the Blood Wraith’s Bone Tempering Art, but only carried out the initial muscle membrane strengthening, and has not yet considered performing Bone Shattering and Remolding.

But the group of young men in front of him, who look to be only about ten years old, are doing Bone Forging cultivation. The Great Sword Manor’s attitude towards cultivating its disciples can be seen from this.

“Your cultivation!” Lin Tianyi gave a thumbs up.

“It’s not what you think.” Xiahou Quansheng knew what Lin Tianyi was thinking as soon as he saw his expression, and explained with a smile.

“What they are doing now is just the initial foundation building, using Adamant Force to lightly fracture the bones to better absorb the medicinal power. Although it is still very painful, it is much easier than Bone Shattering and Remolding.”

“That’s still very dedicated! The medicinal materials that can be absorbed by the bones are not cheap.” Lin Tianyi shrugged his shoulders.

Except for a few precious medicinal materials, bones hardly absorb medicinal power, and the absorption rate is extremely low, not even as good as True Energy nurturing.

“No need, ordinary medicinal materials will do.” Xiahou Quansheng proudly raised his index finger and waved it.

“Don’t fool me! If there was such a method, it would have spread long ago.” Lin Tianyi shook his head in disbelief.

Although Body Cultivator are being exterminated, the relevant methods to increase combat power have also been inherited. It is unlikely that such an important method as bone absorption of medicinal power would be missing.

“This method is only in the hands of our three clans, how could it be spread out!” Xiahou Quansheng chuckled.

“You developed it yourselves?”

“Of course. Body Cultivator do not rely on external forces, only using the physical body as a weapon. If they can’t even keep up with the times in this one aspect, how can they compete with Qi Cultivator!”

In the understated words, the enormous pressure that the three Body Cultivator clans have shouldered for many years is revealed.

Lin Tianyi opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. He wanted to know the details, but knew that Xiahou Quansheng would definitely not be able to answer such content, so he could only continue chatting.

“Then what about the internal organs? Have you researched how to strengthen the internal organs?” While asking, he couldn’t help but recall the beautiful scene of frantically entering and exiting the latrine when he was cultivating the Five Organs Chapter.

“Internal organs?” Xiahou Quansheng’s aura stagnated slightly, and he scratched his head and smiled awkwardly: “This has not been developed yet, but with the nurturing of Qi and Blood Power, the strength of the internal organs is also higher than that of same-level Qi Cultivator.”

There is no cultivation method?

Lin Tianyi’s eyes turned: “I have a Secret Art specifically for strengthening the internal organs.”

“Really?” Xiahou Quansheng’s eyes shot out a sharp light, and he grabbed Lin Tianyi’s shoulder.

“Yes.” Lin Tianyi nodded.

“Is it effective?”

“I’m cultivating it.”

Xiahou Quansheng took a deep breath to suppress the agitation in his chest, and looked at Lin Tianyi with a serious expression: “What do you want?”

“How to forge bones.” Lin Tianyi pointed his mouth towards the group of Bone Forging youths.

“I’ll ask the Clan Leader for instructions, and I’ll find you later.” Xiahou Quansheng turned and left in a hurry.

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An hour later, Lin Tianyi entered the Great Sword Manor Council Hall.

Unlike the last time he entered, none of the ten Elders were in place. Only the Clan Leader Xiahou Zhengde and two remote mirror images, a middle-aged beautiful woman and a burly middle-aged man, were sitting in them respectively.

Seeing Lin Tianyi cast a curious gaze, Xiahou Zhengde opened his mouth to introduce: “These two are the Clan Leaders of the Qing Clan and Yuchi Clan, Qing Ming and Yuchi Zhan.”

“Because there are many people from other clans outside and it takes time to contact them, and verification still takes time, your question cannot be answered for the time being. This time, the remote contact with them is mainly for the Secret Art in your hand. Our three clans are of the same origin, and the Bone Forging Method was also created by Yuchi, so they will be present for the following conversation.”

After Lin Tianyi nodded to show his understanding, Yuchi Zhan immediately asked: “Little Brother Lin, I heard from Clan Leader Xiahou that you have a Secret Art specifically for strengthening the internal organs?”

“Strictly speaking, it is a complete set of Secret Art regarding the three aspects of bones, meridians, and internal organs,” Lin Tianyi added.

The three Clan Leaders exchanged glances upon hearing this, and Xiahou Zhengde suddenly asked: “How much have you cultivated?”

“I have been cultivating the internal organs and meridians, and only performed basic cultivation on the bones.”

“The bones have not been further cultivated?”

“No, because the next step is Bone Shattering and Remolding. To be honest, I haven’t prepared myself mentally for that aspect,” Lin Tianyi said with a look of frankness.

Bone Shattering and Remolding, unless he receives some great stimulation, he will never try this aspect in his life.

“What will be your main cultivation direction in the future, Qi Cultivator or Body Cultivator?” Xiahou Zhengde suddenly asked a nonsensical question again.

“I don’t understand what the Clan Leader means.”

“It seems you don’t know much about this aspect. Before the exchange, let me explain some things to you first, and then you can decide whether or not to take it out for exchange.”

“Senior, please speak.”

“What do you know about advancing to the Eighth-Order Realm?”