The First Marquis of Daxuan

Chapter 53: Perfect Skin Tempering (Please read, collect, and vote for the monthly ticket)
The original Xu Mansion is now part of Su Mu's residence.

Su Mu was lying in a room.

In this huge mansion, Su Mu is the only one living there now.

To outsiders, he seemed too poor to live in such a big house but not even have a maid to serve him.

But Su Mu thought it was okay. He didn't plan to stay in the outer city for long. His goal was the sea of ​​stars...

There is no need to spend too much time and effort on managing a place where you will not live for long.

[Name: Su Mu]

[Identity: Constable (officer)]

[Points: 1005 points]

[Kung Fu: Golden Scale Skin Tempering Method (Great Mastery/+)]

[Martial Arts: Fu Bo Sword Skills (Perfect), Archery (Beginner/+)]

As soon as midnight arrived, Su Mu couldn't wait to call out the system panel.

The points finally exceeded one thousand, and the familiar “+” appeared after the Golden Scale Skin Tempering Method.

"I have been waiting for this day for almost a month."

Su Mu took a deep breath, thought about it, and clicked on the "+".

hum! ! !
As the one thousand points on the panel were consumed, Su Mu felt a surge of hot blood exploding in his body.

The boiling heat waves spread from inside his body to the outside, piercing through his skin and piercing out from the pores all over his body.

This was the third time Su Mu had endured this kind of pain, and his condition was much stronger than the previous two times.

At least he didn't pass out this time.

Even though it hurt so much that I couldn't move my whole body and couldn't make a sound.

But he still maintained a glimmer of clarity.

Not because the pain was less, but because he could bear it better.

People are like this, as long as they are willing to endure hardships——

Su Mu felt as if a red-hot iron was constantly moving across the surface of his body. The burning sensation remained on the surface of his skin, making him feel as if he was being scalded.

The skin is constantly shedding and regenerating.

Every time you are reborn, your skin gains a layer of metallic luster.

I don’t know how much time has passed, and I don’t know how many times my skin has changed.

Wash away all the chronic illness and emerge as a butterfly from the cocoon.

Su Mu climbed up from the bed, and the dandruff on his body fell down.

He staggered to the table and frantically stuffed the food that had been prepared long ago into his mouth.

Breakthroughs are extremely energy-consuming. After each breakthrough, he has to eat frantically to make up for the loss of his body.

Only after all the food on the table was swallowed did Su Mu finally let out a comfortable groan.

Every inch of skin on my body made a pleasant sound.

Su Mu shook his body and clearly felt the changes in himself.

On the surface, the color of his skin darkened slightly.

In fact, earth-shaking changes have taken place.

Now his skin is like tiny scales that are invisible to the naked eye. Those scales are as white as gold and jade, protecting the muscles under the skin, just like giving Su Mu a layer of soft gold and jade armor.

Nowadays, if an ordinary person who has not tempered his body is holding a sharp weapon such as a sword, it would be difficult to cut Su Mu's skin.

The skin is tempered perfectly!

The strength of his skin is enough to withstand the increase of muscles.

Skin, flesh, tendons and bones, progressing step by step.

Only when the skin is strong enough can one move on to the second stage of body tempering, tempering the flesh.

If he tempered the flesh directly, the muscles would be too strong. When they exploded, before they could hurt anyone, his own skin would probably not be able to withstand it and would crack directly.

Only when the skin is strong enough can it support the burst of muscle strength.

If Su Mu were at this level in his previous life, it would be equivalent to mastering the Golden Bell Cover and Iron Cloth Shirt. With perfect skin tempering, he could be considered a master in this outer city.

There aren't many people in the outer city who can practice to this level.

If one takes into account the perfected Fu Bo swordsmanship, the number of people in Nancheng who can defeat him can be counted on one hand.

Unless one has perfected the same martial art, one must at least have perfected the second stage of body tempering to be able to suppress Su Mu.

It is not uncommon to have reached the second stage of Body Tempering in the inner city, but in the outer city, it is at least at the level of a captain of the police. In a gang, one must be at least at the level of a deputy gang leader to have such strength.

In other words, Su Mu’s current strength is enough to be qualified for the position of Chief Constable of Nancheng Division.

The former head of the Nancheng Division, Xing Zhaofu, was not much better than he is now.

“If I can reach the level of tempering flesh, or master the second sword stance, then I will be able to walk around the outer city with ease.”

As Su Mu washed his body, he thought that he still had some money in his hand, so maybe he could go to the pawnshop and buy a meat-tempering method.

I don’t know if Yang Jin has any better connections.

Suddenly, Su Mu raised his head and looked out the window.

"Come out, I know you're there!"

Su Mu shouted in a low voice, reaching out to grab the long sword that he almost never left behind.

Just then, a figure rushed in from the window.

Two knife lights lit up at the same time.

There were a few crisp clanging sounds, and the two figures each took two steps back.

Su Mu retreated to the bedside, staring at the tall figure who had retreated to the window.

By the moonlight, he could already see the appearance of the person who came.

"Wei Yongfu, whose order have you taken to come and assassinate me?"

Su Mu spoke slowly.

"The Xu family is ruined, who would dare to hire someone to kill you?"

Wei Yongfu sheathed his knife and shook his head, saying, "It's because you officials make money faster. I risked my life to earn a few hundred taels of silver from the Xu family, and now you've raided the Xu family and taken over this huge mansion."

He looked around the room, his face full of emotion.

"With your ability, isn't it easy to become an official?"

Su Mu said casually without explaining.

His eyes fell on Wei Yongfu's arm.

There was a white mark on Wei Yongfu's forearm, where he had just been cut.

Although he did not use the Nine-Layered Waves' sword power just now, even with his perfect skin-tempered strength, he was unable to cut through Wei Yongfu's skin.

"I can't be an official. There are some things I can't do. Being a ghostwriter is more suitable for me. I can make a living according to my ability."

Wei Yongfu shook his head and said.

He noticed Su Mu's gaze, rubbed the white mark, and said casually, "I was born with bronze skin and iron bones. After the skin is tempered, my skin is three times stronger than that of ordinary skin-tempered warriors. If one day I can temper my bones, I will be stronger than ordinary bone-tempered warriors."

“It’s useless to be envious. It’s natural. Unless you can master multiple skin hardening methods, you will definitely not be able to compare with me.

If you can really practice multiple skin hardening methods to perfection, you will be more powerful than me.

But that would take up a lot of time, and the chances of entering the blood exchange realm in the future would be even slimmer, so the loss would outweigh the gain."

Wei Yongfu continued.

Su Mu had a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Let's get down to business. I came to you this time to make a deal with you."

Wei Yongfu looked at Su Mu and said, "You have now completed the skin hardening, and you must need the next step of the technique. I just happen to need silver to buy tendon hardening pills. I want to use the flesh hardening method to exchange some silver from you."

"Oh?"

Su Mu became interested. "You have the method to temper meat, why don't you go to the pawnshop to exchange it for silver?"

"Those people are ruthless and can't even give five hundred taels of silver for something worth a thousand taels of silver."

Wei Yongfu shook his head and said, "You just raided the Xu family, you should have a lot of money in your hands, and the meat tempering method is something you urgently need. I think you should be more willing to pay than them."

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