Chapter 67: Make Jin Hai's wedding a funeral! Diamond Body-Refining Technique entry!

"Hmph! Even if I really become a... lowly... it's all that old thing's fault..."

Xu Qinghuan twisted and turned on the bed, her face flushed, a very light whimper squeezed from her throat.

A woman like her had one greatest advantage: she never engaged in internal friction.

She attributed all the mistakes to Jiang Ye.

"That old thing even complained that I was too loud..."

"Clearly it's all his fault for being too..."

The more Xu Qinghuan thought, the hotter her body felt, as if she had a fever.

Suddenly, the last sentence Jiang Ye said to her before leaving rang in her mind like lightning—

"Three months later, I will make Jin Hai's wedding a funeral, you don't need to worry about the fact that you lost your true yin being exposed!"

This sentence was like ice water poured over her head, instantly taking away some of the heat from her body.

"That old thing is truly too crazy, how could he dare say such things..."

That was a true disciple of Jin Chen Peak, Jin Hai!

The old thing actually wanted to make his wedding a funeral?

Could this really be done...

Yet, she could only choose to believe the other party, with no second path to choose.

The thoughts in her mind became increasingly mixed; shame, fear, anticipation, suspicion... all kinds of emotions intertwined together like a ball of tangled hemp, wrapping her tightly.

She only felt her head getting heavier and heavier, her eyelids getting heavier and heavier, and finally, she fell into a drowsy sleep.

The moonlight spilled in through the window lattice, landing on her face, illuminating the sleeping face that still carried a flush.

She curled up in the quilt, her brow slightly furrowed, as if she couldn't find peace even in her dreams.

The next day, prefecture city.

On the long street, people came and went; the sounds of hawking, bargaining, and children playing intertwined into a hubbub.

An old man dressed in simple gray clothes, with graying hair and a body as straight as a javelin, looking quite energetic, walked out of a pharmacy at a leisurely pace.

This person was none other than Jiang Ye.

He held a medicine box in his hand, shook his head slightly, a hint of helplessness flashing across his aged face:

"To think that this Snow Yang Flower and Green Water Luo are so rare..."

To practice the "Diamond Body-Refining Technique," he specifically went down the mountain today to purchase the main herbs needed for the secret medicine.

Although he had long known these herbs were rare, he hadn't expected them to be rare to this extent.

He visited five pharmacies in the prefecture city, ran through most of the street, and only managed to buy twenty Snow Yang Flowers and thirty Green Water Luos.

Just this amount cost fifty thousand taels of silver.

He estimated it would only be enough for him to practice for about a month at most.

This hard-training martial art was truly expensive and laborious.

"Forget it, let's just practice like this for now."

He pondered for a moment in his heart and soon felt relieved.

With his "Superb Comprehension" talent, a month should be enough to practice this hard-training martial art to minor success.

By then, his physical strength would reach another level, which would be worth the expense.

He dismissed the idea of trying his luck at other pharmacies, tucked the medicine box into his bosom, and turned to walk in another direction.

It was time to check on Liu Qingshi and the others.

Inside the courtyard of the Liu residence.

Bang! Bang! Bang...

A sound of steady and powerful punches and kicks echoed in the courtyard.

A man wearing a cyan martial outfit with broad shoulders and a thick back was practicing punches; the punch momentum was steady and heavy, each punch carrying the force unique to a Transformation of Force martial artist.

It was just that his movements were slightly sluggish, clearly still in the stage of recovering from his injuries.

This person was none other than Liu Qingshi.

"Qingshi! Your injuries have only just gotten a little better, why are you practicing punches again? You really can't stay still at all!"

A voice with a hint of helplessness rang out.

Huang Xiyu held a bowl of steaming medicinal soup, walked quickly into the courtyard, her face full of heartache and reproach.

"Hurry up and drink the medicine first."

Liu Qingshi was quite doting on his wife; he stopped his punch momentum, took the medicinal soup from Huang Xiyu's hand, and a gentle smile appeared on his face as he said:

"Xiyu, I've been lying down for several days, it's time to move my body."

He paused and sighed lightly:

"Besides, in this martial path, if you don't advance, you retreat."

"I'm already at this age, if I don't put in more effort, it'll be difficult."

Huang Xiyu rolled her eyes at him and chided: "You're already at this age, what more effort are you putting in? Anyway, now that the Su family's business lines are being watched by Zhao Gang and Shi Lei, you should just focus on recovering."

Liu Qingshi shook his head slightly, his expression becoming a bit more solemn:

"Zhao Gang is, after all, just newly entered into the Transformation of Force, and his application of force isn't very proficient yet. Although that kid Shi Lei has a promising future, he is ultimately only at the Hidden Force level."

He paused, looking into the distance, a hint of worry flashing in his eyes:

"The reason the Su family's business lines can be stable now..."

"It's all relying on the remaining prestige of that 'Head-Chopping Demon' who wiped out the Ding family. Those covetous families can't figure out the Su family's bottom line, so they don't dare to act rashly for the time being."

"However, borrowing a tiger's prestige only lasts for so long."

He withdrew his gaze, looked at Huang Xiyu, his voice low:

"Wealth moves people's hearts. When those families realize the Su family's true bottom line, disputes are destined to arise again."

Hearing this, Huang Xiyu's heart tightened, and the worry on her face grew heavier.

She grabbed Liu Qingshi's hand, her voice trembling slightly:

"Qingshi, then... then what should we do... I don't want you to get hurt again."

She bit her lip and suddenly said:

"How about... we go back to Anxi County..."

"I heard the turmoil has subsided!"

Liu Qingshi held her hand and patted it gently, comforting her with a steady expression:

"It's fine, we've made it through all these years."

"Just hold on for a while longer, once Yiyi grows up, I can retire."

"By then, wherever you want to go, I will accompany you."

Huang Xiyu's eyes flickered, she sighed lightly, her voice full of longing:

"That child Yiyi, I don't know how she is doing in the Tianqing Sect, I miss her."

"That child's temperament is too cold, not as smooth as that Su family girl, I'm afraid she'll suffer in the Tianqing Sect."

Liu Qingshi patted the back of Huang Xiyu's hand and said softly:

"You don't need to worry, with Xie Tang helping to look after her, Yiyi won't suffer."

He thought for a moment and added:

"How about this..."

"Once my injuries are completely healed, I'll take you to the Tianqing Sect to see Yiyi."

Hearing this, Huang Xiyu finally revealed a happy smile, nodding heavily like a little girl:

"Hmm! Then you must recover well and heal as soon as possible!"

No one noticed that in the shadow of a withered tree not far away, a tall, thin, and straight figure was silently watching all of this.

"Compared to last time, the injuries have healed a lot."

Jiang Ye nodded inwardly.

Seeing Liu Qingshi's injuries improving, he could finally set his mind at ease.

A moment later, he exited the courtyard silently, like a wisp of light smoke merging into the shadows, without alarming anyone.

Immediately after, he went to the Su family on the way and quietly checked on Su Yan.

That girl was standing in the hall, explaining something to a few people who looked like stewards.

The childishness on her had faded, and a hint of steadiness and capability had been added between her brows; in her every move, she already had the demeanor of a young mistress.

Jiang Ye watched for a moment and shook his head with a smile.

Compared to Liu Yiyi, who was fully devoted to martial arts, this girl Su Yan had taken another, steadier path.

After taking a few deep looks at Su Yan, he didn't stay long, turned and left, his figure soon disappearing at the end of the long street.

Returning to Heavenly Sun Peak, inside the Heavenly Sunflower Herb Garden, Jiang Ye couldn't wait to take out a clay pot and start brewing the secret medicine.

The brewing method wasn't complicated.

Mix the Snow Yang Flower, Tiankui Grass, Green Water Luo, and other herbs in proportion, mash them into a paste, then put them in the pot to simmer slowly.

Just simmer until it becomes a thick juice.

About an incense stick of time later, a soft "gurgle" sound came from the clay pot, and a rich medicinal fragrance mixed with a faint fishy and bitter scent permeated the air.

Jiang Ye leaned in to look; the medicinal juice in the pot had been simmered into a dark brown paste, so thick it could almost be pulled into threads.

"Should be about right."

He muttered softly, then raised his hand to untie his robe, revealing the body that was aged but had regained vitality due to the true yin cleansing.

He wasn't afraid of the heat, directly reaching into the clay pot, grabbing a handful of the boiling secret medicine, and applying it to his body.

Boom!

The moment the secret medicine touched his skin, a burning sensation exploded from the contact point like a raging fire, instantly spreading throughout his body.

Jiang Ye's brow furrowed slightly, but the movements of his hands didn't pause in the slightest.

He quickly applied the secret medicine all over his body—arms, chest, back, legs—not missing a single inch of skin.

The burning sensation became increasingly intense as the area of application expanded, as if the whole person had been thrown into a furnace.

After finishing the application, he immediately sat cross-legged and, according to the cultivation method recorded in the "Diamond Body-Refining Technique," mobilized the force in his body, slowly circulating it along specific meridian routes.

The secret medicine applied to his body was gradually absorbed by the scorching skin, its color changing from dark to light, and finally seeping into the flesh and skin.

A faint heat began to rise from his body surface, the heat carrying the fishy bitterness of the herbs, drifting away in the air.

"Hiss..."

Jiang Ye gritted his teeth, an undisguised look of pain appearing on his aged face.

That burning sensation not only didn't fade with time but became increasingly intense, as if countless burning-red thin needles were swimming and piercing under his skin.

He could clearly feel that the secret medicine was transforming his skin, flesh, and even bones, compressing the originally loose texture inch by inch and refining it to be hard.

He didn't know how much time had passed.

Crack... crack...

From within his body, a series of extremely subtle yet dense bone-cracking sounds like raindrops came out.

That sound was like bamboo joints popping, and like withered wood meeting spring; it was a sign that the bones were being re-tempered and reinforced under the dual action of the secret medicine and force.

The sound gradually ceased.

Jiang Ye opened his eyes abruptly, a faint golden glow flowing in his aged eyes.

He slowly stood up and looked down at his body.

The skin on his body surface glowed with a faint red, which was the trace left behind after the secret medicine permeated.

He casually picked up the curved blade that was shining with cold light, didn't use any force, and just lightly drew it across the back of his hand.

Hum.

A soft hum.

Where the blade passed, only a faint white mark was left on the skin, which then slowly faded away.

That blade edge actually failed to cut through his skin.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Ye's aged mouth finally couldn't help but curl into an arc, the smile spreading from the depths of his eyes to his face.

The "Diamond Body-Refining Technique" is divided into four realms.

Entry is Stone Skin, Minor Success is Copper Clothing, Major Success is Iron Body, Perfected is Diamond.

At this moment, he had already stepped into the first realm.

Stone Skin body, the surface of the body as hard as solid stone. ===== CHAPTER 68 =====