Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint-Chapter 326 - 44 Unexpected Gains_2

Knocking sounds resonated, suddenly halting all activity within the courtyard.

"Who is it?" a voice full of caution called from inside.

"It’s me, sister-in-law!" Jiang Ning replied.

"It really is Ah Ning!!" Liuu Wanwan’s voice, full of surprise and delight, echoed from inside.

"Brother Li, Ah Ning is back!" Liuu Wanwan’s voice rang out again from within.

She then moved towards the front door, and after the sound of the bolt sliding open...

Liuu Wanwan’s face appeared before Jiang Ning, clearly a bit haggard.

"Sister-in-law!" Jiang Ning immediately greeted her.

"Come in quickly, have some hot tea first!" Liuu Wanwan’s brows were adorned with a compassionate smile at that moment.

These days, because of Jiang Ning’s departure, her mind had been restless.

She was well aware that her brother-in-law had reached a point where the people he was dealing with were no ordinary folks, but rather significant figures.

Walking this path was surely like treading on thin ice, standing at the edge of an abyss.

One wrong step might lead to irredeemable disaster, and both she and Brother Li could not escape the danger.

Thus, since the day Jiang Ning did not return home, she knew her brother-in-law had encountered serious trouble.

Otherwise, why would her brother-in-law hide away?

However, she didn’t blame her brother-in-law.

She knew the danger her family had faced before; if not for her brother-in-law’s miraculous assistance that gained the favor of that significant figure from Wanhua Building who intervened on their behalf...

Her entire family would have likely faced misfortune and unjustly perished in prison.

Cao Bin, who coveted her beauty, would certainly have used Little Dumpling and Minger to subdue her.

At that point, even death might have seemed a luxurious release.

Compared to that situation, what was this current crisis?

"Ah Ning!" At that moment, an excited voice from Brother Li came from behind Liuu Wanwan.

Jiang Ning looked up to see Jiang Li standing on the front step of the courtyard.

Brother Li’s face was a mess of unkempt stubble, hardened by time, as if he had aged years in that instant.

Stepping out of the house, Jiang Li wore a heavy coat, his right sleeve still hanging limply without strength.

Seeing their appearances, Jiang Ning knew that during his absence, both Jiang Li and Liuu Wanwan had been fraught with worry because of him.

Seeing Jiang Ning, Jiang Li quickly moved towards him.

Grasping Jiang Ning’s shoulders to check, he asked, "You aren’t hurt, are you?"

Jiang Ning responded with a grin, "How could I be hurt?"

"That’s good to hear!" Brother Li’s tense expression relaxed significantly.

"Daddy, you’re blocking me!" Just then, Little Dumpling’s tender voice came from below.

Looking down, Jiang Ning saw the not-yet-thigh-high Little Dumpling, head lowered like a bull, squeezing to the front.

After Jiang Li stepped aside, Little Dumpling immediately threw herself onto Jiang Ning’s legs.

"Dumpling! I missed you so much!!"

Jiang Ning responded with a smile, squatting down to gently tickle her tiny cute nose.

"I missed you too!!"

"Dumpling, I’m coming up!" Seeing Jiang Ning squat, Little Dumpling strenuously tried to climb onto his shoulders.

Watching this scene, both Jiang Li and Liuu Wanwan smiled knowingly.

Jiang Ning then picked up Little Dumpling, placed her on his shoulder, and stood up.

"Brother, let’s go in and talk," Jiang Li said.

Jiang Ning nodded, looking up as he stepped over the threshold.

The two walked on the swept stone bricks towards the inside of the house.

Behind them, Liuu Wanwan closed the door and slid the bolt back in place.

"Brother, are you going to leave again this time?" As they walked, Jiang Li asked.

"I’m not leaving for now," Jiang Ning answered.

Hearing this, Jiang Li’s expression brightened, "Then has your trouble been resolved?"

"It should be considered temporarily resolved!" Jiang Ning replied.

"Dumpling, what trouble?" Little Dumpling, sitting on Jiang Ning’s shoulders, kicked her legs and asked curiously.

"Children shouldn’t ask about adult matters!" Jiang Li glared at Little Dumpling.

Little Dumpling immediately pouted, silently hugging Jiang Ning’s neck as her eyes welled up with tears.

"Brother, let’s have some hot tea to warm up first." After the two entered the hall and the wind and snow were shut out, Jiang Li poured a steaming cup of tea for Jiang Ning.

"Thank you, brother!" Jiang Ning took the tea and took two sips, warmth flowing through his body.

Liuu Wanwan, who had followed them inside, gave the two a glance and immediately said, "You brothers catch up, I’ll go prepare some supper for you."

"Wanwan, remember to heat up a pot of good wine!" Jiang Li quickly said.

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"Don’t worry, your wine won’t be forgotten today!" Liuu Wanwan glared playfully at Jiang Li, then hurried off.

Just then...

Another figure entered the hall through the back door, it was Jiang Yiming.

"Hello, Uncle!"

After seeing Jiang Ning, Jiang Yiming immediately spoke politely.

"You’ve grown a bit taller!" Jiang Ning sized up Jiang Yiming and nodded with satisfaction.

...

All night, Jiang Li talked at length with Jiang Ning.

That night, Jiang Ning did nothing but drink and chat with Jiang Ning.

...

The next morning.

Jiang Ning awoke as the sky was just beginning to lighten.

His consistent routine had become his biological clock.

By this time, he would naturally wake up.

[name]: Jiang Ning

[Source Energy Points]: 53.33

[Skills]:

Reading and Writing (Three times limit-breaking, 873/4000) (Traits: unforgettable, Extraordinary Five Senses, Divine Thought Agility)

Five Animals Fist (One time limit-breaking, 742/2000) (Trait: Five Internal Organs Store Essence)

Chopping Wood Blade Skill+ (Five times limit-breaking, 6000/6000) (Traits: touch and understand, Blade as Swift as Wind, God-like Blade Control, Man and Sword as One, Innate Blade Bone)

Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill (small success, 732/5000)

Vajra Immortal Body (small success, 453/5000)

Swimming+ (Five times limit-breaking, 6000/6000) (Traits: Underwater Breathing, Water Manipulation Technique, Water Spirit Affinity, Cloud Formation and Rainfall, Water Spirit Body)

Wind Thunder Arrow Skill (Three times limit-breaking, 49/4000) (Traits: Wind and Thunder Breath, Heart Arrow Technique, Wind and Thunder Arrow)

Water and Fire True Strength (small success, 45/500)

After glancing at his panel, although Jiang Ning mastered many skills, he had already decided on his next steps.

Aside from primarily striving to break through his Martial Arts Realm to reach the Dragon Tendon level,

the main focus was on increasing the experience value in Reading and Writing and Water and Fire True Strength.

As for the other skills, either they lacked Source Energy Points and couldn’t break through despite max experience, or the experience growth was too slow.

Such as the Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill and Vajra Immortal Body.

Inner Elixir Cultivation mainly required persistence, daily Breathing and Releasing the Essence of the Great Sun, and the experience for this skill could not be rushed.

Regarding the Vajra Immortal Body, although it could gain enough experience to reach the legendary level of a golden body providing supernatural physical strength,

Jiang Ning was currently advancing rapidly in the Martial Arts Realm and decided not to spend time on this.

He planned to consider grinding the experience in this skill to enhance his physical strength when his progress slowed down.

Shortly afterward.

After briefly cleaning up, Jiang Ning started brewing tea, appreciating the snow, and reading in the courtyard.

[Literacy and Judgement Experience +1]

[Literacy and Judgement Experience +1]

[Literacy and Judgement Experience +1]

[...]

After a long time.

The teapot boiled.

Jiang Ning suddenly missed the days when he stayed with Xie Xiaojiu, where everything was provided for him and he was taken care of.

"Habits, indeed scary!"

Jiang Ning shook his head and continued to drink tea and read.

Breaking limits in Reading and Writing greatly boosted his spiritual power.

Now that he had some self-defensive strength, he had to consider the threat of the Earth King capable of spirit projection from the Yellow Heaven Sect.

That Earth King was separated from him by thousands of mountains and rivers, and such a distant journey wouldn’t be undertaken just to trouble him, a minor figure.

Travel in this world was cumbersome, even for Martial Artists, crossing a continent was problematic.

Regardless of how fast one could run on legs, they would be limited by their physical and endurance abilities, making it difficult to travel day and night.

Normally, travel still relied on horses.

But spirit projection was different.

It allowed thousands of miles of travel overnight, and that Earth King could traverse between two places in one night by spirit projection.

Enhancing spiritual power was the best way to counteract spirit projection.

Sitting in the courtyard, Jiang Ning drank tea, appreciated the snow, read, and quietly waited for time to pass.

When the Inspection Office opened, he immediately set out for it,

to turn over the Sixth Rank Martial Artist from the God Worship Sect he had slain last night to the Internal Affairs Office, in exchange for fifty thousand contribution points to buy the Dragon Ascending Pill to help him step into the Dragon Tendon level.

Entering the Dragon Tendon level would allow him to officially start Bone Forging, thereby stepping into the ranks of Martial Arts Sixth Grade.

Bone Forging was also the final step of refining skin, flesh, tendons, and bones.

These four major steps constitute outer refining.