Chapter 119

Chapter 119: The Great Strength of Bones and Muscles, the Terrifying Talents of the Little Ones

. “I’ve actually broken through again, reaching the Muscle and Bones Mastery stage.”

Standing in the courtyard, Lu Qing quietly comprehended his inner state.

Yes, just now, he successfully broke through to the Muscle and Bones Mastery stage.

The opportunity gained from observing the Innate Realm breakthrough was indeed significant.

Yesterday, he had just broken through to the Muscle and Bones Minor Success stage, and with the help of the vital energy white mist he absorbed during his master’s breakthrough, he had broken through again in less than a day, entering the Muscle and Bones Mastery stage.

If other warriors knew of this speed of cultivation, they would probably be stunned.

Furthermore, Lu Qing sensed that after reaching the Muscle and Bones Mastery stage, the vital energy transformed from the vital energy white mist had not been completely depleted. The remaining energy lurked deeper within his body, silently nourishing his flesh.

At this rate, reaching the Perfect Muscle and Bones stage wouldn’t be far off.

“Ah Qing, what was that just now?”

At this moment, a startled voice rang out.

Lu Qing turned around and saw Grandpa Zhang and several other villagers looking at him in surprise. They

were obviously frightened by the strange sound of his muscles and bones crackling and his energy vibrating.

“Oh, it’s nothing. It’s just that in the afternoon, I had some insights in martial arts and just had a breakthrough.” Lu Qing replied.

In fact, when he was practicing boxing, he could sense the situation outside and knew what Grandpa Zhang and the others were doing.

But since they didn’t disturb him, Lu Qing didn’t care.

However, seeing the worried looks of Grandpa Zhang and the others, Lu Qing felt that it would be better to practice in the bamboo forest in the back mountain in the future.

This time, because Xiaoyan and Xiaoli were both asleep, it was not easy for him to walk far, so he practiced in the yard.

“So that’s how it is. That’s good.”

Grandpa Zhang and the others breathed a sigh of relief when they heard Lu Qing’s answer.

Although they didn’t understand anything about cultivation, after hearing Lu Qing’s words, they knew that it was a good thing and were happy for him.

After knowing that Lu Qing was fine, Grandpa Zhang and the others gradually dispersed.

Lu Qing returned to the warrior and found that Xiaoyan and Xiaoli were still sleeping. He did not disturb them and made dinner for himself.

It was not until the next morning that the two little guys woke up from their deep sleep.

As soon as they woke up, they both cried out for hunger.

Lu Qing brought out the breakfast and fish that had been prepared long ago, and the two little guys ate with big mouthfuls.

While the little guys were eating, Lu Qing also used his supernatural powers to check on them.

First, Xiaoyan’s.

A hint of golden supernatural light was mixed in the rich red, and suddenly bloomed in front of Lu Qing.

[Lu Xiaoyan: A human cub, female.]

[The lucky little guy, after taking the earth vein spirit liquid, seems to have unexpectedly awakened a special talent.]

[Ice Skin and Jade Bones: Pure physique, without filth or dirt, pure as ice and jade, a natural seed for cultivation, practicing water-cold attribute skills will achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Having absorbed the vitalizing white mist of celestial energy condensed from the laws of heaven and earth during the breakthrough to the Xiantian Realm, her body possessed a hint of the Xiantian Dao Body.

Hiss! Lu

Qing was first struck by the golden glint within Xiaoyan’s emanating supernatural light.

Then, when he read the last note, he gasped.

Xiantian Dao Body?!

This is a miraculous physique highly revered within the Divine Talisman Sect.

Legend has it that those possessing this miraculous physique are truly favored by heaven and earth, children of destiny.

No matter what they cultivate, they advance with incredible speed, encountering virtually no bottlenecks.

Put another way, the cultivation of runes is already difficult enough; without a true genius, even the beginning is impossible.

But before a true Xiantian Dao Body, the path of runes becomes incredibly simple, making entry as easy as eating and drinking.

Unexpectedly, Xiaoyan possessed a hint of the Xiantian Dao Body. Even if it was only a hint, it was enough to demonstrate Xiaoyan’s terrifying talent.

If the Divine Talisman Sect still existed, given its tradition’s profound veneration of the innate Dao body, they would likely be vying to recruit Xiaoyan as their disciple.

After observing Xiaoyan’s transformation, Lu Qing turned his gaze to Xiaoli.

Then, he saw a faint golden aura of supernatural power, mingled with a rich crimson, reappear.

[Night Spirit Raccoon: Mountain Spirit Beast, Juvenile, Female.]

[Extremely fast, with sharp claws capable of shattering stone, splitting gold, and cutting through anything.]

[Possessing a gifted ability, its fur can distort light, allowing it to blend into darkness.]

[Rumor has it that the Night Spirit Raccoon greatly enjoys eating fish, but naturally abhors water, leaving it helpless to watch them.]

[Having absorbed the life-giving white mist of celestial energy condensed from the laws of heaven and earth during the breakthrough to the Innate Realm, it shows signs of evolving into an innate spirit beast.]

The golden aura emanating from Xiaoli’s body was even richer than Xiaoyan’s.

Similarly, a note appeared on its body.

“Innate Spirit Beast, what is that?”

However, Lu Qing did not understand what was written on the note.

There was no record of innate spirit beasts in the inheritance left by the Divine Talisman Sect.

However, judging from Xiaoyan’s situation, this innate spirit beast must be an extraordinary creature.

He did not expect that the two little guys would gain such great benefits after a night of sleep.

In comparison, he worked hard for most of the day to break through to the great perfection of muscles and bones, which seemed ordinary.

“Brother, what’s wrong? Is there rice on Xiaoyan’s face?”

Seeing Lu Qing staring blankly at her, bewildered, Xiaoyan touched her face and asked.

“No, brother’s just lost in thought. Come on, eat,” Lu Qing said with a smile, coming

back to his senses. At the same time, he was secretly serious.

The more talented the two little ones were, the more he had to focus on their cultivation in the future, otherwise, such a great opportunity would be wasted.

“Yeah.” Seeing nothing was wrong, Xiaoyan went back to eating.

Just then, Lu Qing felt his trouser leg tug a few times. He looked down and saw Xiaoli sitting in front of him.

“What’s wrong, Xiaoli?” Lu Qing asked.

Xiaoli pointed at his food bowl with his little paw. Lu Qing looked over and saw it was empty.

“Finished so quickly?” Lu Qing was startled.

He had given Xiaoli his usual amount of fish, which usually took him a while to finish.

Could it be that after absorbing the vital energy mist, his appetite had increased?

“Xiaoli, aren’t you full yet?”

“Ah~” Xiaoli nodded.

“Then I’ll get you some more.”

It seems that his appetite has really increased.

Lu Qing got up and walked towards the kitchen.

When he got to the kitchen, he found that there were only a few fish left in the fish tank, and there were not many small fish left.

In the past few days, because he was concentrating on cultivation and looking forward to his master’s breakthrough, Lu Qing did not go fishing.

As a result, the fish stored at home were almost eaten up.

Lu Qing picked up the remaining small fish and brought them to Xiao Li.

“Xiao Li, these are the only few fish left. Are they enough for you to eat?”

Xiao Li looked at the few small fish jumping in the basin, then looked at Lu Qing, with tears in his big eyes.

“Stop, stop! I get it, I’ll go fishing for you later, don’t cry!”

Lu Qing shouted immediately when he saw his look.

The tears in Xiao Li’s eyes slowly dissipated.

“Brother, have Xiao Li eaten all the fish?” Xiao Yan asked at this time.

“Well, brother hasn’t had time to go fishing these days because we’ve eaten all the fish at home.”

Xiao Li’s eyes were about to tear up when he heard this.

“Xiao Li, be good. We can go fishing with brother later. That way you can eat the freshest fish.”

Xiao Yan patted Xiao Li’s back to comfort him.

After hearing this, Xiao Li immediately looked up at Lu Qing.

Lu Qing nodded directly: “Sure, let’s go fishing together.”

After all, Xiao Li has a natural talent for invisibility, so there is no need to worry about being seen.

It had gone fishing with them several times before.

Seeing Lu Qing’s permission, the black beast suddenly became happy again, its tail sticking up high.

It loved going fishing with Lu Qing.

It thought it was amazing and remarkable that Lu Qing could use a bamboo pole to continuously reel in fish from the water that it could only watch but not catch.

Knowing that they would be going out to play soon, Xiaoyan ate much faster.

With a few gulps, she had scraped away the rice in her bowl.

“Brother, I’m full. Let’s go fishing!”

“Wait a minute, I’ll wash the dishes first.”

Lu Qing shook his head and took the dishes into the kitchen, cleaning them and putting them away.

Then he went to get the fishing gear.

Fishing rod, fishing basket, landing net, bait…

Once everything was ready, the two little guys were already waiting obediently.

Xiaoyan was also carrying a small backpack on her back.

Lu Qing had asked an elderly village expert in bamboo weaving to make it. The little one often followed him around, even when he went fishing.

She needed her own backpack to carry her small belongings, like toys.

“Brother, let me get some for you,”

Xiaoyan said, deftly taking the bamboo tube of earthworms and slinging it around her neck.

She then slung the landing net over her shoulder, pointed ahead with a confident, “Let’s go!”

and rushed out first.

Lu Qing watched with amusement, locked the door, and followed.

As for Xiaoli, he had already gone invisible and jumped into Xiaoyan’s backpack.

Xiaoyan was in excellent physical condition now, so the weight was no problem for her.

In the village, Xiaoyan ran ahead, Lu Qing following at a leisurely pace.

A villager saw them and immediately understood what was going on.

“Ah Qing, fishing again?” one asked.

“Yeah, just a few lines,” Lu Qing nodded.

“I really don’t understand why you like fishing so much. You catch so many fish, don’t you get tired of it?” The villagers expressed their confusion.

They often saw Lu Qing go fishing, and he always caught a lot.

If they ate fish every day, they would have been tired of it long ago.

It’s okay to taste it occasionally, but if you eat it every day, how can you stand the fishy smell?

“It’s okay, it’s just my hobby. Besides, I like eating fish. Master also likes to eat fried small fish with wine.” Lu Qing smiled.

You can’t say that there is a fish lover in the family.

“Fried in oil, how delicious it must be, no wonder the old doctor likes it!”

The villagers’ eyes widened immediately.

They couldn’t imagine how delicious the fried fish would be.

Unfortunately, oil is not cheap. Even if they knew how to make it, they dared not waste it.

“It’s quite good. If you have time, you can come and try it.”

“Haha, then if you get the chance, you really should.”

After chatting with a few villagers, Lu Qing took Xiaoyan and left, heading to the river outside the village.

His first stop was the strange fish fishing spot.

This was Lu Qing’s habit.

Every time he went fishing, he would come to this spot and fish for a while, hoping to catch another strange fish.

After all, he had promised Xiaoli that he would give it another taste of strange fish.

Unfortunately, since catching those two golden loaches, he hadn’t caught another strange fish.

Lu Qing used to marvel at the unexpected abundance of strange fish in the small river outside the village.

Now it seemed that it wasn’t just the abundance of strange fish; it was the novice protection period when he first arrived in this world that allowed him to catch strange fish so consistently.

Now that the novice protection period was over, not only could he not catch a single strange fish, but even a single scale.

Lu Qing had tried searching other stretches of the river, hoping to find another spot for the strange fish.

But he’d traveled ten miles along the small river outside the village and hadn’t found a single spot with the strange fish.

There were some elementary fishing spots, but none of the information displayed mentioned the strange fish.

Ultimately, Lu Qing concluded that this was probably the only spot in the river outside the village where the strange fish were found.

The reason for this was likely the blood apricot trees lining the shore.

That was the fundamental attraction for the strange fish.

However, Lu Qing never fully understood the origins of the blood apricot trees.

He had once brought a few blood apricot nuts to his master, but the master didn’t recognize the fruit. He had only tasted its medicinal properties and found it to be a very useful herb.

He couldn’t explain why it attracted the strange fish.

Sitting at his fishing spot, Lu Qing expertly placed two blood apricot nuts on his hook and cast it into the spot.

Recently, Lu Qing had upgraded his fishing rod.

While the line remained made of snow silk, both the rod and the hook had been replaced.

The fish hooks, in particular, were specially made by a master blacksmith in a blacksmith’s shop in the city a while ago. They cost a fortune.

Ten fish hooks cost him a full ten taels of silver, one tael per hook.

If you really calculated them by weight, each fish hook was worth more than its equivalent in gold.

When Ma Gu heard the price of the fish hooks, he was also shocked, and he looked at Lu Qing with a strange look.

He hadn’t expected Lu Qing to have such an extravagant hobby, spending so much on just a few fish hooks.

Of course, Lu Qing didn’t care about Ma Gu’s opinion.

After all, he had plenty of money to spend. Not to mention the silver he received from Happy Village, his master alone had a large amount of gold and silver that they didn’t know what to do with.

He didn’t care about spending a little money to customize a few fish hooks.

Besides, you get what you pay for, and the fish hooks made by this master blacksmith were indeed of excellent quality.

Their toughness was almost as strong as his sword, and they were more than enough for fishing, not to mention as a weapon.

After casting the hooks into the water, Lu Qing waited patiently.

Xiao Li appeared and squatted beside him, also staring at the float.

As for Xiao Yan, she had already taken her toys from the small backpack.

She knew that Xiao Li was just like his brother. Every time he came to the river, he would be obsessed with fishing and would not care about playing with her, so she simply entertained herself.

Seeing Xiao Li’s serious look, Lu Qing felt funny.

The little guy really had the potential to become a little fisherman. If it weren’t for its claws that were difficult to hold things, he would have made it a small fishing rod to play with.

The hook was in the water, and after a long time, there was no movement.

Lu Qing had long been accustomed to this.

He even suspected that there should be no more strange fish in this river.

The reason he came here every time was just because of habit.

There was also a glimmer of luck in his heart, “What if there is still one?”

After a while, seeing that the float still did not move, Lu Qing prepared to put away the rod and move to other fishing spots to catch ordinary fish.

He had fished at this fishing spot many times before, and there were not many fish below, so he had to give it some time to recuperate.

Just as Lu Qing stretched out his hand and prepared to put away the rod.

The next moment, the fish float, which had been floating motionless on the surface, suddenly trembled and then plunged to the bottom of the water.

“Good fellow, another sneak attack!”

Lu Qing instantly grabbed the fishing rod.

At the same time, Xiao Li’s eyes suddenly widened.

(End of this chapter)