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Chapter 125-140, Body Refinement Completed! Formless Sword Qi Breaks Through the Body! [Seeking Monthly Tickets!]

The next day.

Among the ancient tombs.

Li Mochou knelt before her master, her face filled with trepidation, and said:

“Master, Rong’er wants to teach me an internal skill called ‘Xiao Wuxiang Gong’. This internal skill will change the foundation of my internal strength. Although I am tempted, I dare not practice the fundamental internal skill of another school without permission. I have come to ask Master for instructions.”

This morning, Rong'er said she would teach her the Lesser Formless Skill and explained its power to her in detail.

Upon hearing that the Lesser Formless Skill was not only effective in combat but also granted the power to "preserve one's youth and maintain one's appearance forever," Li Mochou immediately became so excited that her cheeks flushed red and her breathing became rapid. She was almost impatient to begin practicing it.

For any beautiful woman, the allure of eternal youth is irresistible.

But she eventually suppressed her excitement and returned to the ancient tomb to ask her master for instructions.

The leader of the Ancient Tomb Sect looked at Li Mochou's anxious yet expectant expression, remained silent for a moment, and then said calmly:
"I am very pleased that you have come back to consult your master. Since Miss Huang is willing to pass on her divine skills to you, and you want to practice them, then go ahead and practice."

Li Mochou's personality was not suited to cultivating the "Jade Maiden Heart Sutra," and the Ancient Tomb Sect Leader had no intention of passing it on to her.

Now that she has found her own way out, the head of the Ancient Tomb Sect will not stop her.

After all, Li Mochou was her own disciple whom she had adopted and raised from a young age.

Li Mochou was initially excited, but quickly asked cautiously:

"Then... I'm still a disciple of the Ancient Tomb Sect, right?"

A faint smile appeared on the usually aloof face of the Ancient Tomb Sect Leader:
"If you hadn't betrayed the sect, how could I have disowned you as my disciple?"

Li Mochou was overjoyed and kowtowed in gratitude:
"Thank you Master!"

From that day on, Li Mochou began to practice the Lesser Formless Skill with Rong'er.

The Lesser Formless Skill requires extremely high comprehension.

However, Li Mochou was also a martial artist with top-notch comprehension in this era, so she cultivated the "Xiao Wuxiang Gong" quite smoothly, and in just a few days she had successfully entered the basics.

After giving Li Mochou some pointers for a few more days, Lu Chen and Huang Rong took their leave.

Li Mochou did not travel with the two.

She planned to stay in the ancient tomb and use the cold jade bed to help her cultivate the Lesser Formless Skill.

The Jade Bed is actually very powerful. It is incredibly effective in assisting with internal energy cultivation. It can not only suppress internal fire, but also allow one to advance freely and bravely without fear of going astray. Its cultivation efficiency is even said to be "ten years' worth in one year".

The claim that one year is equivalent to ten years is definitely an exaggeration.

However, using the Jade Bed to cultivate internal energy, the speed will definitely far exceed that of ordinary people.

However, the internal energy of the Ancient Tomb Sect is not particularly strong, which is why the power of the Jade Bed could not be fully demonstrated.

Now that we have the "Minor Formless Skill," the miraculous effects of the Cold Jade Bed should be able to be put to good use.

Li Mochou did not expect her martial arts skills to be comparable to Lu Chen's, nor did she even hope to be comparable to Rong'er.

She was content as long as she didn't fall completely behind the two of them and could keep up with them.

The day Lu Chen and Huang Rong descended the mountain.

The mountains and forests were covered in snow, but the sky had cleared, and the sunlight shone on the snow, making the mountains and forests sparkle.

Li Mochou was reluctant to part with them and escorted them all the way to the foot of the mountain.

"Sister Mochou, are you really not coming down the mountain with us?"

"No. I want to stay in the ancient tomb to spend more time with my master, and also to focus on cultivating my internal energy."

"Then when will you come looking for us again?"

"When the Lesser Formless Skill is partially mastered, or..."

"Or what?"

"or……"

Li Mochou glanced at Lu Chen walking ahead, took Rong'er's arm, and whispered:
“Rong’er is pregnant, so I will go and take care of you.”

Huang Rong's cheeks flushed slightly, and she glanced at Lu Chen in front of her with a gentle look in her eyes:
"Then you'll have to learn how to take care of the baby. In the future, you'll also have to help take care of my and Lu Chen's baby."

Li Mochou smiled sweetly:
"When Long'er first came to the ancient tomb, he was also a baby in swaddling clothes. I helped my master and Granny Sun take care of Long'er every day. I'm very good at taking care of babies!"

"That's great..."

They chatted quietly all the way until the time for parting.

Lu Chen, Huang Rong, and Li Mochou waved goodbye and left hand in hand. Li Mochou watched the two figures disappear into the snow until they were no longer visible, then sighed with regret, rallied her spirits, and returned to the mountain.

After walking several miles, Lu Chen and Huang Rong entered a dense forest and disappeared into thin air.

They went to Tianlong World.

As the young master of Lingjiu Palace, Huang Rong's "homecoming visit" has lasted for more than three months, and it's time for her to return to Piaomiao Peak to assume her duties.

……

half year later.

Piaomiao Peak, Lingjiu Palace.

Inside a closed, secret room.

Lu Chen sat cross-legged, surrounded by auras, his robes billowing, and his black hair dancing wildly.

Suddenly, his skin and muscles trembled violently, and his body slowly expanded as if inflated, growing larger in the blink of an eye, stretching his originally loose robes to a tight fit.

Lu Chen clenched his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead, as if he were enduring some indescribable pain and torment.

buzzing...

His skin and muscles continued to twitch and vibrate, and his body was still slightly expanding. Lu Chen's skin had become semi-transparent, making people worry that he might explode at any moment and be shattered into pieces.

Fortunately, this situation did not occur.

Just as his skin was swelling to the point that it was about to crack.

He suddenly let out a long roar, and the sound of swords clanging resounded from his entire body.

Amidst the clear, resonant sound of swords clashing.

Countless streams of transparent energy, faintly visible to the naked eye and resembling clear water ripples, shot out from every acupoint on his body, instantly tearing his robes to shreds.

Those transparent bursts of energy shot out in all directions, scattering stone chips and leaving the granite walls, roof, and floor of the secret chamber riddled with holes and even creating narrow cracks about an inch deep!

In the blink of an eye, countless transparent energy blasts shot out, filling the entire stone chamber with smoke and dust, making it unrecognizable.

As energy surged from all his acupoints, Lu Chen's swollen muscles and skin contracted back to normal, quickly returning to normal.

call……

When the sharp, blade-like aura dissipated.

Lu Chen slowly exhaled a long breath, waved his sleeve to disperse the billowing smoke and dust, and looked at the secret chamber riddled with holes and cracks, the ground covered with dust and gravel, and sighed:
"The 'Flesh Refinement' of the Sword Body has finally been completed... This is not just a matter of sword energy flowing freely with every move; it's as if sword energy is bursting forth from the very tip of his body!"

Indeed, the transparent energy that had just erupted from every acupoint on his body was all sword energy. Each sword energy was no less powerful than his usual Six Meridian Divine Sword.

It's just that the consumption is too high.

With just this burst of sword energy, all his true energy vanished.

But even if he has no true energy left, he is still powerful.

Because of the second stage of his "Sword Body Technique," his "Flesh Refinement" has been fully mastered!
After savoring the feeling of the sword energy bursting forth, and then contemplating the changes in his physique after mastering "Flesh Refinement," Lu Chen nodded in satisfaction.

Once the flesh was refined, there were no more flaws on his body.

At least in the low-level martial arts world, no one can kill him with their bare hands.

Even if someone with explosive damage like Qiao Feng, or someone with profound skill like the Heavenly Child Granny, or even the Sweeper Monk could injure him, they could never kill him, and they could hardly even seriously injure him.

As for weapons, only divine weapons of the level of Yitian or Tulong can break through his defenses.

Most importantly, the sword body is a permanent proof, and the defense is always passively activated. It can resist damage without actively using its power and is not afraid of sneak attacks.

Of course, if one relies solely on physical defense, it cannot be said that even if one exhausts one's true energy, one will still remain powerful.

After all, a prolonged defense will eventually crumble. No matter how strong the defense is, or how constantly it is in effect, it will eventually fall if there is no way to retaliate. For example, if a master of the same level strikes the same spot multiple times with extremely strong palm or finger force, the defense can still be broken.

However, once Lu Chen's sword body "refines its flesh" to a certain degree, not only will its defense increase significantly, but its physique will also become stronger.

He raised his right hand, slowly clenched his fist, felt the surging power in his palm, and then slapped the ground beside him.

Bang!
With a muffled thud, stone dust flew out from the ground, revealing fine cracks.

Even without internal energy, he can still use pure external skills, relying solely on his physical strength and muscle power to inflict considerable damage!
Of course, without true qi, he couldn't use his "Splitting Light and Shadow" technique. His swift and ghostly lightness skill would also be greatly reduced.

Many of the subtle transformations in swordsmanship and unarmed combat that require the support of true qi cannot be performed.

Even so, with his physical strength after mastering "Flesh Refinement" and his pure external martial arts skills, he is still not weak. He could compete for a place among the Five Greats in the second Mount Hua Sword Tournament.

"Mastering the art of flesh refining is like having a 'safety net' on both offense and defense. Even if your true energy is exhausted, you will still be a strong person and will not be looked down upon by others."

Lu Chen pondered inwardly, "As for that killing move that unleashes sword energy..."

The sword energy burst just now was due to the completion of the body refinement, the transformation of the physique, and the boiling of true energy, which forced him to do so.

But after that outburst, Lu Chen had memorized the path of his true energy circulation when the sword energy surged and erupted.

Now, if he's willing, he can do it again once his power is restored.

"This move is a 360-degree attack with no blind spots... The sword energy can almost fill every inch of space around me, above and below me, with a range of... three zhang! In other words, when I unleash my full power, everything within three zhang becomes a deadly zone of sword energy! It's just that the consumption is too great..."

Once activated, this sword energy burst will create a chain reaction in the circulation of true energy, which cannot be stopped or controlled. It will release all true energy at once, turning it into sword energy to kill in all directions, making it even more difficult to control than "Sword One".

However, Lu Chen has now "refined his flesh" and has a "safety net" on both offense and defense. If necessary, he can use this move.

"What's a good name for it? 'Breakthrough Formless Sword Qi'?"

After a moment of contemplation, recalling how the sword energy would fill a spherical space within three zhang (approximately 10 meters) when it erupted, nearly annihilating all life, Lu Chen slowly nodded.

"It's called... Annihilation of All Directions!"

Following "Sword One: White Rainbow Piercing the Sun" and "Sword Two: Splitting Light and Shadow", the ultimate move of Sword Three, Annihilation of All Directions, was thus formed.

Currently, Lu Chen's sword energy can only fill a three-zhang space. As his power continues to increase and his "sword body" is tempered layer by layer, the range of his sword energy will inevitably become wider and wider, and its power will inevitably become stronger and stronger.

One day, the sword energy will explode, transforming into a vast ocean that reaches everywhere and annihilates everything; this is something we can look forward to.

After briefly contemplating the future, Lu Chen withdrew his thoughts and was about to check whether "Sword Four" had been unlocked after the "Flesh Refining" technique was perfected when a series of urgent knocks sounded on the iron door of the secret chamber, followed by Rong'er's voice from outside:

"Brother Lu Chen, are you alright?"

Hearing the worry in her voice, Lu Chen got up to open the door and replied to Rong'er:
"I'm fine. Why do you ask?"

As they spoke, the iron gate was already opened.

Seeing that his complexion was rosy and his eyes were bright, Huang Rong knew that nothing had happened. She immediately patted her chest in relief and said:
"Mei Jian just reported that a dense series of sword sounds suddenly came from the secret chamber where you were meditating, and the iron door of the chamber was also clanging, as if it was being slashed by countless sharp blades. He was worried that something might have happened to you, so he quickly went to inform me... I'm glad you're alright."

As they spoke, he suddenly noticed that Lu Chen's clothes were riddled with holes, letting light through everywhere, and his eyes couldn't help but turn strange:
"Your clothes look like they've been hit by a hail of arrows; they're riddled with holes."

Lu Chen looked down, shook his head and smiled:

"Having mastered the 'Flesh Refinement' technique and acquired a new ultimate sword move, I practiced it passively, which damaged my clothes in the process..."

At this point, he suddenly realized that when this "annihilation of all ten directions" was activated, it would also destroy his clothes.

If I use this trick in the future, won't I accidentally expose myself and damage my image?
We need to find a way to control the sword energy, at least to the point that the sword energy can penetrate the body without damaging the clothes.

When Rong'er heard that he had mastered the art of sword body refinement and acquired a unique sword, she was about to be happy for him when she suddenly remembered something, and her face fell, filled with a mixture of joy and sorrow.

The joy stemmed from his significant improvement in martial arts and increased strength, while the worry...

Although she also admired Lu Chen's fierce and powerful nature, but...

Just then, Lu Chen pulled her into his arms and laughed:

"With another advancement in swordsmanship and the acquisition of an exceptionally sharp sword, we must celebrate properly..."

Rong'er quickly said:

"I'll cook you a big meal and open a jar of fine wine!"

"I want to have a big meal, I want to drink good wine, but right now..."

Lu Chen, with one arm around Rong'er's slender waist and the other lifting her chin, said with a smile:
"I just want to kiss Rong'er."

As he spoke, he lowered his head and kissed her sweet and soft lips.

Although Huang Rong was a little scared, she liked Lu Chen's kisses and enjoyed being "bullied" by him, so how could she resist?
In a short while, her cheeks flushed, her eyes became hazy, and she was lost in his kiss.

Lu Chen kissed her for a while, then picked up the dizzy Rong'er and carried her towards the bedroom.

I do not know how long it has been.

The bedroom was filled with a subtle fragrance, as if sprayed with the dew of nine flowers.

Beneath the bed, Rong'er and Lu Chen sat facing each other, their legs intertwined and embracing tightly.

It took a while.

As if she had caught her breath, Rong'er let out a soft, sobbing sound through her delicate nose.

Lu Chen gently stroked her smooth back, kissed her cheek, and asked with a smile:
"Like it?"

Rong'er responded with a tearful voice, and seeing that he was still not satisfied and was about to do something again, she pleaded in a soft, sweet voice:

"Brother Lu Chen, spare Rong'er... Your sword body, your sword body..."

Lu Chen knew the extent of his physical strength and, having always cherished Rong'er, chuckled softly.
"Then get some rest."

"Mmm." Rong'er was exhausted, but she forced herself to kiss him and then fell into a deep sleep in his arms.

Lu Chen held her for a while, gently wiped her body clean, put her in the quilt, and then began to examine the "Sword Intent of Immortal Slaughter".

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