Noon, inside the Chen Family's small courtyard.
Chen Yuan carefully perused the scriptures, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper:
"What hidden secrets lie within this Diamond Sutra?"
After flipping through it several tis, Chen Yuan saw nothing but ordinary scriptures, leaving no impression whatsoever.
"Could it really require soaking in water, burning with fire..." Weighing for a mont, Chen Yuan made up his mind.
He acted on his thoughts imdiately.
With a fire stick in hand, Chen Yuan went in front of his biological parents' and uncle's morial tablets, placed a basin down, and bowed solemnly three tis, murmuring as he did so:
"Although I have never t you, since you are the parents of this body, you are also my biological parents. Father, mother, uncle above, bless to uncover sothing good!"
It was as if he was opening a mystery box.
Chen Yuan tore off half of the scripture and then blew on the fire stick.
Page by page, the scripture turned to ash. Chen Yuan's expression remained calm, but when only the last three copies of the Diamond Sutra were left, he couldn't help worrying whether his thod was wrong?
Taking a deep breath, Chen Yuan did not change his thod. With determination, he threw all three copies of the Diamond Sutra into the fire basin.
Chen Yuan watched the burning scriptures in the fire basin with a grave look.
Finally, a flash of golden brilliance appeared in the basin. Unable to contain his excitent, Chen Yuan quickly snuffed out the fire and reached into the ashes to retrieve the shimring object.
It was a piece of golden paper as thin as a cicada's wings, but Chen Yuan could not tear it despite how hard he pulled – its material was unknown.
Calming his spirit, Chen Yuan focused his gaze on the paper. It was inscribed with densely packed small characters in the Sanskrit language of the Western Regions, along with the image of a Buddha with hands clasped together.
However, Chen Yuan could recognize it, because his uncle had been a Buddhist believer in his early years and understood Sanskrit, and Chen Yuan, by osmosis, had beco familiar with so of it.
At the top of the golden paper were five large characters.
Vajra Glaze Body!
Chen Yuan could feel his heart pounding fiercely.
The Vajra Glaze Body, a Buddhist Body Refining Divine Skill, was one of the top-level Body Refining Divine Skills for Martial Artists in the Foundation Establishnt Realm, renowned throughout Jianghu!
When his original self first obtained the Body Refining Technique from the County Governnt, he learned about such things, including hearing about the renown of the Vajra Glaze Body.
After careful consideration several tis, Chen Yuan had made up his mind.
Clearing all distractions from his heart, he stood devotedly within the small courtyard, his hands forming a strange posture, as sunlight shone down upon him.
A faintly scorching sensation clung to his skin.
Silently cultivating the Vajra Glaze Body, tiny golden specks began to erge on Chen Yuan's body.
He maintained this state for two hours, and even though his forehead was still covered with sweat, he stopped the cultivation practice, and the golden specks on his body receded.
A glint flashed in Chen Yuan's eyes. Truly a Buddhist Body Refinent Divine Skill, even the first cultivation session made Chen Yuan feel the difference.
Chen Yuan had also practiced the County Governnt's Body Refinent Technique over the last few days, and now, in comparison, they were not on the sa level at all.
The only pity was that the Vajra Glaze Body was incomplete and could only be cultivated up to the Refining Gang Realm.
However, it was more than enough for the short term.
From what Chen Yuan had learned during the past few days, Martial Arts were divided into Six Realms, known to the world as the Sky-reaching Six Realms.
The Human Race's Martial Emperor unified the world three thousand years ago and organized the chaotic realms of the world, paving the way for future Martial Artists.
This was the general outline Chen Yuan found when reading through historical records.
Having just arrived in this seemingly ancient world, aside from calling out to the system, Chen Yuan learned about the history of this world. The County Governnt's records were scant, but they were enough to give Chen Yuan a one-sided understanding.
What Chen Yuan knew were only the first two major realms, Martial Arts Foundation Establishnt and Qi Absorption Gang Condensation.
Martial Arts Foundation Establishnt was divided into three minor realms, Foundation Establishnt Three Refinents: Skin Refining, Blood Refining, and Bone Refining.
The arrest officer Huang Xing was a Martial Artist at the Bone Refining Level, leaping dozens of feet at a ti and shattering green stones with a palm was nothing difficult for him.
As for Chen Yuan, he had only practiced the most basic Body Refining Technique of the Governnt, and it took him over a year to step into the Skin Refining Level.
He was rely good-looking, with rather ordinary cultivation talent.
No different from the other Governnt Officials at the Governnt.
Without the help of the Golden Finger, Chen Yuan once thought that maybe the highest he could achieve would be the Blood Refining Level; regarding Bone Refining, it would be very difficult without resource assistance.
After obtaining the Vajra Glaze Body, Chen Yuan was determined to start from scratch, laying a solid foundation.
Though no one taught or guided him, Chen Yuan firmly believed in this point.
A tall building rises from the ground, its strength cos from its foundation.
Chen Yuan pondered over the four characters of Martial Arts Foundation Establishnt for quite so ti.
And by re-cultivating at the Skin Refining Level, with the foundation already laid, Chen Yuan could quickly enter the threshold, and it wouldn't nullify the little strength he had.
Because Chen Yuan made a ritorious act by killing Tie Shou yesterday, the arrest officer Huang Xing specially allowed him three days off to recuperate at ho without going to the County Governnt.
It was the sa for Wang Ping, who broke several ribs and needed even longer to recover.
Now that Chen Yuan had just obtained the cultivation technique, he only wished to practice steadily for a few days before doing anything else.
Picking up the standard-issue long saber provided by the County Governnt, Chen Yuan began to practice in a very thodical way.
If one wanted to practice a Saber Technique within the County Governnt, it required either rit or Silver, but Chen Yuan had been at the County Governnt for too short a ti and didn't have nearly enough Silver.
So, after learning a few moves from an old constable, Chen Yuan was now searching his mory, practicing the saber according to the key points the old constable had described.
Truthfully, Chen Yuan had the dream of becoming a Sword Immortal in his heart, but lacking the conditions, he could only use the most practical saber to enhance his strength.
After swinging the saber a hundred tis continuously, Chen Yuan only felt so soreness in his arms.
After resting for a while,
Chen Yuan imdiately resud the stance of the Vajra Glaze Body, bathing in the sunlight.
Maintaining a single posture, his spirit seed to enter a void realm, with sweat continuously dropping from his body.
Beneath him, there was now a slight shadow.
It was a puddle of sweat.
If talent is not enough, perseverance makes up for it!
...
Three days, it seed long and also very short.
Aside from visiting Wang Ping's ho the day before yesterday, Chen Yuan stayed at ho the entire ti, exploring the Body Refining Divine Skill of the Vajra Glaze Body.
Unfortunately, the progress could only be considered average.
In three days, he barely made it to the beginner level, and only managed to cultivate one-fifth of the golden spots on his body.
This was still with so foundation from the past to aid him; otherwise... it probably would have been even harder.
At the Skin Refining Level, only when the golden paint covers the entire body can it be considered to have cultivated the Skin Refining Level to perfection.
Chen Yuan estimated roughly that it would take at least four months or more just to refine Blood!
Although this was already fast compared to ordinary Body Refinent, Chen Yuan was not satisfied.
Because the Body Refining Divine Skill of the Vajra Glaze Body could be enhanced under the intense sunlight.
"Looks like... I need to find a way to get so Silver..." Chen Yuan looked at his reflection in the water jar, his expression flashing a touch of seriousness.
Resources, especially those used for Martial Artists' cultivation, required a lot of Silver Coins!
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