Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint-Chapter 493 - 118: Fifth Grade True Understanding, One Million Silver Taels! (Seeking Monthly Pass!!)_2

Chapter 493: Chapter 118: Fifth Grade True Understanding, One Million Silver Taels! (Seeking Monthly Pass!!)_2

At that moment,

the composed old woman was suddenly taken aback, a look of slight surprise on her face.

"Such strong spiritual power?"

"Just a thought, and the heavenly garment is woven?"

The old woman couldn’t help but be secretly alarmed in her heart.

Jiang Ning, standing still, felt the layer of clothing enveloping his body and immediately understood the old woman’s previous remarks.

This was the realm of technique.

Maintaining this garment required a high level of mastery.

The effect of this Inner Breath garment was simple, offering protection against water and fire and isolating the passage of toxic fumes and heat.

It also provided defense against the slashing of blades and the fall of a rain of arrows.

After a brief trial, he let it dissipate.

To him at this point, such tricks were of little significance.

Having experienced it, he temporarily dismissed the idea of exploring Inner Breath techniques.

"For me, overpowering through the quantity and quality is still more cost-effective!" he shook his head in secret.

He also understood that what the God Worship Sect’s Wind God Envoy did, "Cloud Dispersal" and "Surging Waves," were expressions of technique, not martial arts accomplishments.

Inner Breath is simply Inner Breath.

Apart from some differences in the Inner Breath condensed by different Internal Strength training methods, the rest were roughly the same.

His Inner Elixir Cultivation Method, this technique of cultivating Inner Strength, mainly focused on wellbeing, producing an Inner Breath which nurtured the five viscera and prolonged life.

Martial artists who practiced the Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill had several more years of prime time for martial training compared to ordinary martial artists.

This was the advantage of the Inner Elixir Cultivation method.

However, the disadvantage was also quite clear, as the Inner Breath condensed by the Inner Elixir Cultivation method differed from other Internal Strength methods and was less suited for combat and offered less support in battles.

Some Internal Strength methods produced Inner Breath as violent as fire, with remarkable lethality.

Others were icy and chilling, infecting the body like maggots in the bones, extremely difficult to deal with.

Still others were light and graceful, greatly enhancing movement technique.

The difference in Internal Strength methods led to different propensities in the Inner Breath produced.

After fully understanding the Fifth Grade Internal Strength Realm, Jiang Ning immediately became interested in the Fourth Grade and higher martial arts levels.

Later, he also inquired about these from the old woman.

The old woman told him that if he wanted books on common martial arts knowledge, she didn’t have any in stock; he would have to go to the Inspection Office in the county.

She also briefly informed him of the realms beyond the Fifth Grade.

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Third Grade Blood Refining, Blood Refining Grandmaster.

Above that was the Second Grade Great Grandmaster, then the Peak of First Grade Martial Arts.

Before the emergence of the Martial Saint, First Grade was the end of the martial arts road.

...

On Luoshui Lake,

"Did you really not deceive me, lad?" the old woman still looked at Jiang Ning with some disbelief.

Because Jiang Ning had just informed her of another key piece of information.

Two Fifth Grade martial artists of the God Worship Sect died on a desolate island in Luoshui Lake.

When she heard this news, she instinctively didn’t quite believe it.

Having dissected and understood the God Worship Sect’s martial artists, she was very aware of how difficult those Blood and Flesh Favored of the Divine Descendants were to handle.

Fifth Grade martial artists of the God Worship Sect possessed nearly immortal bodies.

Even for one whose Inner Breath had condensed into Gang, they were extremely hard to kill.

She had also asked Jiang Ning to show a little of his Inner Breath.

Jiang Ning’s Inner Breath was diffuse, clearly only achieving a level where it could leave the body.

It had not reached the intensity of being condensed into Gang.

Moreover, Jiang Ning’s Inner Breath gave her a sense of balance and equanimity, clearly geared towards healing and conserving health, and not adept for fighting.

Such Inner Breath, if it hadn’t transformed and condensed into Gang, didn’t offer much of a boost in combat power.

Therefore, she instinctively couldn’t believe that Jiang Ning, on his own, could have killed two Fifth Grade practitioners in the Internal Strength Realm of the God Worship Sect.

At this moment,

Jiang Ning heard the old woman’s doubts.

"How could I dare deceive my elder?"

"You shall see for yourself shortly!"

Hearing this, the old woman nodded inwardly.

Indeed!

She then ceased to speak.

True or false?

She would soon see and understand.

Meanwhile,

Jiang Ning also felt helpless.

If he had a choice, he would not want to reveal too much about his strength.

Just like the two Fifth Grade martial artists of the God Worship Sect he had killed.

Revealing this news would also expose much of his strength.

Such a rate of progress exposed too much and was bound to arouse the suspicion of others.

This could potentially lead to some unnecessary risks and complications.

But the fact that he had killed two Fifth Grade martial artists of the God Worship Sect was too significant an achievement, and the credit he received for it was too important to him now.

Because of He Jinyun, this incident, and the matters involving the God Worship Sect and Black Lotus Mother,

Improving his strength was an urgent matter for him.

Especially regarding the matter of He Jinyun, regardless of his current identity and status, without sufficient strength, he would always be placing his safety in the hands of others, dependent on their weighing of pros and cons.

This feeling gave him little sense of security.

...

Soon after,

the two reached the desolate island that was familiar to Jiang Ning.

Snow still covered the island.

Although some of the snow had melted in places due to the sunlight overhead, there was still no sign of greenery.

Thick ice layers still lay atop the lake surface.

After the old woman landed on the island, she glanced around and immediately noticed the traces left by the great battle Jiang Ning had fought with the Wind God Envoy.

"This lad really didn’t deceive me!"

"There are clearly the traces of a great battle on this island, and the area affected is quite large, matching his description of a battle with Fifth Grade martial artists."