A Martial Saint Among Men: From Joining a Martial Arts School

Chapter 200 Water and Fire Immortal Robes

Chu Xuan sat cross-legged, his powerful Vajra Qi circulating throughout his body, repeatedly tempering his skin, flesh, and fascia.

"Snap—"

A series of rapid, popping sounds rang out.

A continuous rumble erupted from his bones, and his blood and qi instantly boiled.

His body was like a volcano about to erupt, with vigorous blood and energy bursting out, forming a terrifying scorching heat wave around him, squeezing the surrounding air into ripples like water.

Chu Xuan could clearly feel the surging blood within his body, like a stampede of ten thousand horses. His heart pounded like a drum, radiating boundless vitality—

Time passed slowly.

After an unknown amount of time, the boiling blood in my body finally calmed down, and the trembling in my bones gradually quieted down.

His flesh and blood were completely reshaped by the purest and most powerful primordial energy. His skin and flesh were refined to the extreme, his body glowed with a restrained intensity, and a layer of naturally formed membrane faintly appeared on his body, like a celestial robe.

Chu Xuan slowly opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in them.

The third layer of Vajra Indestructible Skin Refinement was finally completed and perfected.

He clenched his fist gently, his skin and flesh trembling slightly.

Crack!

The air around the fist suddenly exploded with a series of loud crackling sounds.

An unprecedented sense of power filled his entire body, as if he possessed the power to shatter mountains and suppress monstrous peaks with a mere wave of his hand.

Beneath his skin, a protective sheen was faintly visible, like a celestial robe.

This immortal garment, which is condensed within the skin and grows close to the skin, is not the condensation of true essence, but rather the supreme protective form of the Water and Fire Immortal Garment that naturally arises after the body has been tempered and refined a thousand times!

His physical strength is now comparable to that of a spirit weapon.

If he were to encounter Su Jingyang, a powerful expert who had reached the minor stage of True Essence, he would not need to use True Essence; his physical body alone would be enough to crush the opponent.

As for Meng Shaobai—

One punch!

[True Essence Value: 1096]

【Indestructible Vajra - Dirty Training (1/3000)】

[Eight Desolations Prison Suppression Technique - True Essence (793/10000)]

【Burning Heaven Palm (126/1000)】

【Thousand Machines Guide (27/1000)】

【Fierce Sun Fist (476/1000)】

Chu Xuan glanced at the panel and finally decided to add the True Essence Value to Thousand Machine Guidance.

In terms of power, the Thousand Machines Technique is no less powerful than the Blazing Heaven Palm and the Fiery Sun Fist. However, compared to the latter two, the Thousand Machines Technique is a combination of offense and defense, with unpredictable and cunning methods.

Moreover, both the Blazing Heaven Palm and the Blazing Sun Fist are techniques from the inner sect of the Blazing Heaven Peak.

He's not even an inner disciple yet. If he uses the techniques of the Fire Peak and gets recognized, it could cause him a big problem.

As for the Thousand Machines, the problem is much smaller.

"Add the Thousand Machine Guide!"

Chu Xuan silently recited a sentence in his heart.

[True Essence Value: 127]

【Thousand Machines Guide (1000/1000)】

Suddenly, a flood of insights about the Thousand Machines Technique filled my mind.

After digesting these experiences, Chu Xuan opened his eyes, raised his palm and flicked it lightly. A thread of true essence, thinner than a fishing line, shot out from his fingertips, instantly piercing through the stone wall and accurately landing on the flowerpot in the outer corridor.

With a flick of Chu Xuan's finger, the flowerpot flew up and exploded in mid-air.

With a thought, Chu Xuan summoned countless spiritual threads that instantly converged, intertwined and entwined, forming a dense and resilient net of true essence that floated in front of him.

The mesh is fine and indestructible.

As Chu Xuan's thoughts shifted again, the spiritual threads suddenly lost their gentleness, gathering in hundreds and thousands to transform into a sharp and incomparably long blade of light, its edge piercing the air and its chilling aura overwhelming.

Even Chu Xuan himself felt a chill run down his spine and a sense of crisis.

As Chu Xuan's thoughts shifted, these strands of true essence continuously reformed, sometimes transforming into the shape of a knife, sometimes into a sword. "What a treasure!"

Chu Xuan's eyes lit up.

This Thousand Machines Technique is so wondrous, even more powerful than he had imagined.

In addition, the Thousand Machine Guide has another wonderful use: it can continuously refine true essence, making it more condensed and laying a solid foundation for the Core Formation Realm.

The Canglan Fish Farm became much quieter in the following days.

Tong Hao did not send another supervisor to take over the fish farm, but he did send several outer disciples, which greatly increased the manpower available to the fish farm.

Ma Chenglu diligently managed the fishing grounds, daring not to make the slightest mistake.

Chu Xuan devoted all his energy to cultivation.

He finally found a suitable fire vein for cultivation. As he expected, cultivating the Vajra Indestructible Body next to the fire vein, coupled with the blessing of the Eight Treasures Returning to Origin Pill, made his cultivation speed three times faster than before!

In his spare time, Chu Xuan would pilot his armored flying wheel to fish on the Canglan Lake and hone his Thousand Machine Pull.

Now he calls the shots in this entire fishing ground.

No one dares to interfere with what kind of treasure fish one wants to eat; as long as it's not too outrageous, the sect won't say anything.

As it turns out, even with the mastery of the Thousand-Mechanism Approach, catching the treasure fish is not so easy.

He especially struggled with the Crimson Flame Spirit Fish; he fished for several days without catching a single one. As for the other treasure fish, they were of little use to him.

It has little effect and can only satisfy one's appetite.

Lingxiao City, the Song family.

The head of the family, Song Chengfeng, and Situ Zhenshan were fishing at the Bibo Pool on the back mountain, each holding a fishing rod.

After their previous joint resistance against "Chu", the two countries became much closer and cooperated in many businesses.

Recently, Song Chengfeng and Situ Zhenshan have been seeing each other more frequently.

"Splash—"

Just then, a precious fish took the bait.

With a flick of Song Chengfeng's wrist, a silvery treasure fish leaped from the lake and landed steadily in Song Chengfeng's hand.

"It's actually a Blue-striped Silver Scaled Fish? Brother Song, you're in luck! We're in for a treat today," Situ Zhenshan said with a smile.

The Blue-striped Silver Scaled Fish is also a rare and precious fish. Its body resembles a silver shuttle, its scales shimmer with jade light, and several blue stripes run horizontally along its sides. The fish meat can nourish the skin and muscles, strengthen the body's foundation, and soothe hidden injuries to the muscles and bones.

Especially for martial artists whose vital energy has passed its peak and begun to decline, it can help replenish vital energy and delay aging.

"Hehe, I'm really lucky this time."

Song Chengfeng chuckled and said, "I've been guarding this Bibo Pool for a month, just for this beast. It escaped several times. This time, it's finally in my hands."

As he spoke, he grabbed the struggling blue-striped silverfish, removed the hook, and threw it into the fish basket next to him.

"Brother Song, is there any news from the Canglan Marsh?" Situ Zhenshan asked.

Song Chengfeng calmly baited his hook and cast his line again before saying indifferently, "Brother Situ, please be patient! I know Su Jingyang well. Although he is a bit greedy, he is not someone to be trifled with."

If I'm not mistaken, he won't act rashly. Instead, he'll wait until all the fish from Canglan Fishing Ground have been harvested before making his move.

This way, they could pin the blame on the river bandits; secondly, it would allow him to make a fortune.

Situ Zhenshan nodded.

That's definitely a good idea.

Song Chengfeng continued, "As for whether Su Jingyang can succeed, hehe, Su Jingyang has already achieved the Lesser Completion of True Essence, plus the spiritual weapon inner armor of your Situ family, even if he encounters a powerhouse who has achieved the Greater Completion of True Essence, he will have a certain ability to protect himself."

Moreover, with the Blood Wolf Thief assisting him, wasn't the outcome already predetermined?

Situ Zhenshan's expression softened slightly.

He knew all of this, of course.

Both families had to bleed heavily to eliminate Chu Xuan, this potential threat.

The Song family secretly transferred the Blood Wolf Bandits, whom they had been supporting, to Su Jingyang's service, while the Situ family provided the spiritual weapon inner armor.

It can be said that they spared no expense and made ample preparations.

But he couldn't relax until he received confirmation.

"Master, there is a secret letter from you, coming from the Canglan Marsh—"

At this moment, the Song family's butler handed over a sealed bamboo tube to Song Chengfeng.

Song Chengfeng immediately threw down his fishing rod and laughed, "Look, the news has arrived! Brother Situ, doing things is like fishing; you have to be able to calm down and focus."

"Hehe, Brother Song is right."

Situ Zhenshan smiled and echoed, finally relieved. "No wonder Song Xiong was able to catch the Blue-striped Silver Scale Fish. I'm still lacking..."

Song Chengfeng smiled and didn't say anything more. Instead, he opened the bamboo tube and took out the letter paper inside, which looked like bamboo sticks.

Upon seeing the above content, the smile on his face suddenly froze.

"Brother Song, what's wrong?" Situ Zhenshan asked hurriedly upon seeing this.

Song Chengfeng didn't answer. Instead, he scanned all the content again, making sure he hadn't missed anything. Then he couldn't help but sigh, "Even the most meticulous plans can have oversights!"

Situ Zhenshan's heart skipped a beat; he knew something unexpected had happened.

Before he could ask, Song Chengfeng said quietly, "There are spies from my Song family in the Canglan Marsh. It was indeed the news from there. The Blood Wolf Bandits have been wiped out, and Su Jingyang—his whereabouts are unknown!"

"What?"

Situ Zhenshan was immediately shocked and stood up. "How is this possible? Su Jingyang is only at the Lesser Completion of True Essence! How could Chu Xuan be stronger than him? Could there be a Xuan Yang Sect expert hidden in the Canglan Marsh?"

Song Chengfeng said, "Chu Xuan possesses a spiritual weapon! According to the information provided, Chu Xuan is also proficient in external martial arts. On his very first day at Canglan Water Marsh, he killed a Heart-Eating Water Demon with his bare hands right in front of everyone! Just two punches, only two punches!"

Situ Zhenshan's face turned extremely ugly.

Two punches? To kill the Heart-Eating Water Demon?

Doesn't this mean that Chu Xuan's physical body is probably comparable to the Great Perfection of True Essence, making him stronger than them?

Song Chengfeng's face was grim as he said, "It seems we underestimated Chu Xuan. This boy's talent is even stronger than we imagined, and he's already on par with Su Changqing and Luo Yun! Brother Situ, tell me, what should we do next?"

The stronger Chu Xuan's talent, the greater the threat he poses to them.

They must also eliminate this hidden danger as soon as possible and absolutely cannot allow Chu Xuan to enter the inner sect.

Situ Zhenshan asked with a grave expression, "What do you mean by 'Su Jingyang's whereabouts are unknown'?"

"It means exactly what it says!"

Song Chengfeng shook his head and said, "The higher-ups didn't go into details. They only said that when Su Jingyang and his group attacked the fishing grounds that day, Chu Xuan lured Su Jingyang away first. Not long after, Chu Xuan returned alone, revealing his spiritual weapon and killing Shi Kui and the other two."

After a moment of contemplation, Situ Zhenshan said, "Now it seems there are only two possibilities. First, Su Jingyang died at Chu Xuan's hands—"

Song Chengfeng's face immediately turned extremely ugly.

If this is the outcome, then Chu Xuan is simply too monstrous.

This indicates that his talent is not only on par with Su Changqing and Luo Yun, but far surpasses theirs. Once he enters the inner sect, he is highly likely to achieve great things.

He was accepted as a true disciple by the peak master.

Then, those two families are not far from the end of the world.

Situ Zhenshan continued, "Secondly, Su Jingyang was unable to deal with Chu Xuan, who was wielding a spiritual weapon, and his identity was exposed, so he fled and dared not return to Xuanyang Sect."

Song Chengfeng's expression softened slightly.

But even this possibility is terrifying.

Song Chengfeng nodded and said, "Since we're not sure, we can only prepare for the worst. Let's just assume Su Jingyang died at Chu Xuan's hands!"

At this point, his expression became more solemn than ever before: "Brother Situ, now is truly a matter of life and death for both our families. If we don't use our full strength now, the consequences will be unimaginable once Chu Xuan grows up!"

"What does Brother Song plan to do?" Situ Zhenshan asked.

Song Chengfeng said, "This time, I plan to have Chunxiao take action herself!"

Situ Zhenshan's expression also changed.

Song Chunxiao!

This is the second most important figure in the Song family. Aside from the older generation, his strength is second only to the family head, Song Chengfeng.

He is not far from achieving the Great Perfection of True Essence.

Most importantly, Song Chunxiao's identity!

Assassinating Chu Xuan is no small matter.

Once Song Chunxiao's identity is exposed, the entire Song family will be doomed to extermination!

It can be said that the Song family is preparing to gamble everything.

"As for your Situ family—"

Song Chengfeng slowly spoke, "Bring out another spiritual weapon!"

"this----"

Situ Zhenshan's expression changed slightly.

The Situ family's strength is not comparable to that of the Song family. They only have a few spiritual weapons in total, and the spiritual weapon inner armor they took out earlier was their only one.

"good!"

Situ Zhenshan gritted his teeth and said.

He could still distinguish between what was important and what was not.

Although spiritual weapons are valuable, they can be acquired again if lost. However, if Chu Xuan, this potential threat, is not eliminated, the Situ family may perish. What use would spiritual weapons be then?

Song Chengfeng was very satisfied with Situ Zhenshan's attitude and immediately shouted, "Afu, go find Chunxiao—"

evening.

Chu Xuan sat atop the armored flying wheel, a silver thread dangling from his hand into the water without making a sound.

These past few days of fishing have made him increasingly adept at controlling the Thousand-Machine Silk, to the point where he can almost shoot exactly where he wants with a thought.

Then, Chu Xuan lay on the deck, gazing at the sunset over the water, feeling more relaxed than ever before.

"It's been almost a year and a half since I came to the Xuan Yang Sect. I wonder how my mother and Xiao He are doing?"

Looking at the setting sun hanging above the reeds, Chu Xuan suddenly felt a pang of homesickness.

Xuan Yang Sect does not forbid its disciples from leaving, but Qingshan City is too far from Xuan Yang Sect. Previously, his strength was too weak, and he could not guarantee his safety on the road.

Now that their strength has increased, they have also offended many enemies.

He worried that going back would attract the attention of certain people. If they couldn't deal with him, they might target his family.

"The Song family? The Situ family?"

Chu Xuan murmured to himself.

It seems we need to address this potential problem as soon as possible.

"Splash!"

Just then, a foot-long, crimson treasure fish suddenly leaped out of the water more than ten feet high, reflecting a crimson light in the sunlight, like a burning flame, before crashing back into the water with a bang.

"Crimson Flame Spirit Fish————"

Chu Xuan suddenly sat up and hurriedly activated the Thousand Machine Silk to glide towards the Crimson Flame Spirit Fish.

The hyacinth can not only detect things in the water, but its faint fluorescent light is also very attractive to wrasse, which will mistake it for food.

However, the Crimson Flame Spirit Fish that Chu Xuan discovered seemed very wary. After circling around the Thousand Machine Silk once, it swam towards the deep water, as if mocking him mercilessly.

"court death!"

Chu Xuan was somewhat annoyed and immediately manipulated the Thousand Machine Silk to shoot towards the Crimson Flame Spirit Fish.

With a soft "plop," the Thousand-Silk Pierced the Crimson Flame Spirit Fish in an instant.

Whoosh!

The next moment, the huge crimson spirit fish leaped out of the water and landed on the deck of the armored flying wheel, struggling violently as its tail slammed against the deck with a clanging sound.

Chu Xuan slapped him directly, causing him to fall into a baby-like sleep.

"This was quite a fruitful trip!"

Chu Xuan carried the Crimson Flame Spirit Fish with a smile on his face.

This Crimson Flame Spirit Fish is significantly larger than the ordinary Crimson Flame Spirit Fish. The ordinary Crimson Flame Spirit Fish is at most seven or eight inches long, while this one is over a foot long.

I've been at Canglan Water Marsh for almost a month now, and I can finally taste the salty flavor of the Crimson Flame Spirit Fish.