Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint

The next day.

Inspection Office.

"Sir, Liu Linmen of the Yellow Heaven Sect requests an audience!"

Jiang Ning had just returned from Hong Minghu and saw Xie Xiaojiu reporting to him.

Liu Linmen requests an audience?

He looked surprised at once.

"Do not see him," Jiang Ning then said.

"Yes, Sir!" Xie Xiaojiu bowed and exited, then headed towards the courtyard gate.

Watching Xie Xiaojiu's departing figure, Jiang Ning inadvertently showed a contemplative expression in his eyes.

Liu Linmen had already visited three Commanders in the past few days and there was still one Commander he had not yet seen.

Today, however, he suddenly came to visit, making it clear that he wanted to meet him and then use the Heavenly Eye to spy on the truth.

"It seems Liu Linmen has a great suspicion of me," Jiang Ning muttered to himself.

Then he smiled wryly, looking at the office from outside, "But now, I certainly won't agree to your request for an audience!"

With his hearing ability, listening attentively, he had already heard Liu Linmen at the gate of the Inspection Office as well as a middle-aged woman following him.

After making up his mind, Jiang Ning simply decided not to go out today.

He was not in a hurry since he had completed the Second Break of the Wind Thunder Arrow Skill.

After all, he had more than one way to improve his strength.

If he went out and Liu Linmen discovered the mark on his body and confirmed that he was the one who acted that night, that would be less than ideal.

...

At the gate of the Inspection Office.

"My lord is in seclusion, cultivating his martial arts and will not see anyone," Xie Xiaojiu said.

"I understand," Liu Linmen replied with an unchanging expression, showing a hint of respect.

Shortly after.

Not until Xie Xiaojiu re-entered the gate of the Inspection Office and disappeared from the sight of Liu Linmen and the woman beside him, did the woman speak.

"This junior Jiang Ning is quite arrogant, not even welcoming a visit from Heavenly Master Liu!"

Hearing the woman beside him, Liu Linmen showed a serene smile on his face.

"It's normal for one who gained fame at a young age to be proud!"

"With his performance before, surpassing me in the future is not out of the question. It's very normal for him to ignore me."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged woman spoke again.

"Then what does Heavenly Master Liu plan to do next?"

"First, I will meet with the other individuals. If I gain nothing, I will visit him again in two days! Among the four Deputy Commanders, Jiang Ning is the most likely!" Liu Linmen said calmly.

"What if he still refuses to see you?" asked the middle-aged woman.

"Then I shall break the conventions! A night visit won't harm," Liu Linmen's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

...

Meanwhile.

Jiang Ning had already immersed himself in the water, absorbing the Jiao Tendon Powder dissolved within it and channeling his Qi-Blood to temper the strength of his tendons.

He was only a step away from the Jiao tendon.

Soaking in the cold pool, Jiang Ning felt as though he was bathing in a hot spring.

It only brought him comfort, relaxation...

No discomfort at all.

Meanwhile, as he channeled his Qi-Blood, Jiang Ning also recalled what Hong Minghu had tasked him and the other Deputy Commanders with.

A roaming unit of the Black Mountain Army had entered the territory of Luoshui County.

Therefore, Hong Minghu wanted them to closely monitor the movements of the Black Mountain Army and lead their troops to encircle and suppress them upon discovery.

Because the Black Mountain Army was previously the Church Protection Army of the Black Lotus Sect.

The Black Lotus Sect had once incited a rebellion in Daming State nearby.

The rebellion's momentum swept through three prefectures of Daming State, causing the deaths of over a million people.

The entire rebellion lasted half a year last year before it was finally dispersed by a massive army.

But the Black Mountain Army, still wandering around, was a persistent headache for the Great Xia Court.

The Black Mountain Army, as the core elite of the Black Lotus Sect, consisted of Martial Artists who moved like the wind and acted freely.

Especially the elite Black Mountain Cavalry, whose steeds climbed mountains and crossed ridges as though they were on flat land.

It was precisely because of this that even though the Black Lotus Sect was destroyed, the Black Mountain Army remained difficult to eradicate completely.

Now, according to Hong Minghu, a roaming unit of the Black Mountain Army had come to the territory of Luoshui County.

Eradicating such a rebel force was also one of the duties of the Inspection Office.

According to the number eradicated, corresponding Contribution Points could be claimed.

Jiang Ning was contemplating this matter because of Contribution Points.

Human tendons reaching the Dragon Tendon could amplify explosive power by five times.

This step was extremely difficult; most Martial Artists would begin Bone Forging after reaching the Jiao tendon level, stepping into Sixth Rank.

Because the process of Refining Muscle required foreign objects, in order to make human tendons reach the so-called Dragon Tendon level, one had to absorb the Dragon Tendon from the bodies of Dragon Blood descendants.

Only creatures of Dragon Blood could have their tendons called Dragon Tendon.

Either ground into powder or refined into precious Pills, both could help Seventh Grade reach the level of Great Tendon, like that of a dragon.

But descendents of Dragon Blood were nearly extinct in the current era.

Thus, Dragon Tendon was hard to find, such high-level foreign objects were scarce, and all of them were priceless treasures.

Even with money, one could hardly buy them.

But in the records of the Internal Affairs Office of the Inspection Office, Jiang Ning had seen a type of pill that could be exchanged with Contribution Points, the Dragon Ascending Pill.

This pill could help him reach the level of Great Tendon like that of a dragon.

However, it was prohibitively expensive and could only be exchanged with Contribution Points.

One pill cost fifty thousand Contribution Points.

To exchange fifty thousand Contribution Points with Silver would require a hundred thousand Silver Taels.

A hundred thousand taels, just thinking of this figure made Jiang Ning involuntarily take a sharp breath.

This huge sum of wealth was something he couldn't think of obtaining at the moment.

However, he was not satisfied with just reaching the level of Refining Muscle like Jiao.

Since there was a method to reach the level of Refining Muscle like Dragon, he must try his best to attempt it.