C28 Herba Orchidis

After taking back his luggage, Lin Xiu took out a new set of clothes and put them on.

After this battle with the Stone Rhinocero, Lin Xiu felt that his gains were great, not only did he become more proficient in using all kinds of martial skills, more importantly, Lin Xiu could feel that his physique had improved again in this battle. Lin Xiu believed that when his cultivation reached the late stage of Blood Refining Stage, his physique would be enough to compete with the Stone Rhinocero, and there was no need to fight so hard.

Of course, this was also related to the fact that Lin Xiu didn't use the Gale Fist Art. If he used the Gale Fist Art in the match, the fight would have ended long ago. There would be no need to go through so much trouble now.

Along the way, Lin Xiu just so happened to encounter a few Demonic Beast. These Demonic Beast at the outermost edge of the Black Wind Mountain Range were weak for the most part, and would only have the strength of a middle stage Blood Refining Stage. It wouldn't be difficult to deal with them.

As Lin Xiu went deeper, the Demonic Beast he met also became stronger and stronger. Occasionally, the cries of apes could be heard in the quiet mountain, and a large group of birds could be seen hurriedly flying from the treetops as if they were frightened.

Lin Xiu controlled his body and tried to make as little noise as possible. During the journey, Lin Xiu also put on the Wind Chaser Gloves on his right hand. When they were about a hundred miles deep, Lin Xiu saw a quiet pool.

Overjoyed, he immediately took off his clothes and jumped into the pool after confirming that there were no Demonic Beast around.

It had to be said that Lin Xiu's physique could already be considered quite strong, but he still felt an indescribable chill in the pool. In the time it took him to stay in the water for an incense stick of time, Lin Xiu's blood seemed to have congealed. Even the circulation of his elemental energy was sluggish at this moment.

Lin Xiu suddenly realized that it was no wonder why it was so hard to see the figures of wild beasts beside the pool. Such a low temperature was enough to freeze to death some of the weaker Demonic Beast.

However, there must be something strange going on. After getting on the shore, Lin Xiu put on his clothes and ran to a distant place to kill a huge hare that was the size of an adult.

At first, Lin Xiu didn't feel anything, but when he fished out the hare from the pool, he was shocked to find that there was not a single trace of blood on the hare's body.

From the time he had killed the hare until now, it had only been the time it took to make a cup of tea. How could there be no traces of blood at all?

Lin Xiu's gaze gradually turned serious as he looked suspiciously towards the bottom of the pool, trying to find some clues.

What made him disappointed was that the pool was still calm and he couldn't see anything unusual about it. He didn't even feel that bone-piercing chill when he stood by the pool.

The sun had already set, and fighting the Stone Rhinocero before was a waste of stamina. Lin Xiu, who was already starving, prepared to fill his stomach, and when it was completely dark, he would go to the lake to investigate.

Lin Xiu skillfully started a fire, broke off a branch from a tree, and slowly walked through the hare. Then, he started his own picnic.

Not long after, the fragrance of meat permeated everywhere. Lin Xiu then took out the salt bar that was already prepared, rolled the golden hare that was already roasted, and sprinkled the salt bar evenly on top of it.

Satisfied with the smell of the rabbit, Lin Xiu put the meat into his mouth piece by piece with his knife. Finally, he burped.

After erasing the traces of the fire on the ground, Lin Xiu walked over to a big tree branch and sat down cross-legged on a spot where the thickest branches split. He started to seriously think about his fight with the Stone Rhinocero during the day.

Only after the battle could Lord Fenghuo seriously reflect on his shortcomings and then find out the problems and correct them would he be able to stand as high as possible on the path of a fighter. Lin Xiu's way of doing things was also very satisfactory to Lord Fenghuo.

When the moon was high in the sky, Lin Xiu opened his eyes wide. His body floated down from the tree and when his feet touched the ground, he didn't make a sound.

After taking off his clothes, Lin Xiu took a deep breath and dived into the pool.

Cold, bone-piercing cold, this was the only feeling Lin Xiu had.

Gritting his teeth, Lin Xiu continued to dive deeper into the pool.

"Pa, pa."

A burst of crackling sounds came from the inside of Lin Xiu's body. This was because the water pressure was too strong, and Lin Xiu's body was unable to withstand it.

The water was too cold, a layer of frost started to appear on Lin Xiu's eyebrows, he had to endure the cold outside, and the sensation of his body gradually becoming numb due to the external pressure, Lin Xiu did not give up, the Thousand Layers Body Refinement Method was pushed to the extreme by him, at the same time, he injected a part of the body's elemental energy into the Nine Dragons Sky Locking Armor that he had never used before!

The Nine Dragons Sky Locking Armor was indeed worthy of being known as the supreme treasure that had set off bloody storms on the continent. The moment it was used, Lin Xiu clearly felt the pressure on his body decrease by a lot.

With the Nine Dragons Sky Locking Armor, Lin Xiu's movements became even faster. Although the Nine Dragons Sky Locking Armor could help him withstand the cold and the strong water pressure, he still needed Lin Xiu's own soul force. Lin Xiu secretly experienced the speed at which the Nine Dragons Sky Locking Armor was consuming soul force and could not help but have a change in expression.

Damn it! At most twenty breaths of time, his Yuan Power would be completely depleted. If he was unable to return to the surface of the water after twenty breaths of time, he would be frozen to death with the cold in the depths of the pool.

After figuring that out, Lin Xiu no longer hesitated. As he swung his legs, he quickly approached the bottom of the pool like a fish.

Five breaths, ten breaths …

Lin Xiu was finally close to the bottom of the pool. The temperature here couldn't even be isolated by Nine Dragons Sky Locking Armor.

Lin Xiu didn't have time to see what was at the bottom of the pool. He just stretched out his hands and grabbed randomly at the bottom of the pool. Then, he quickly floated towards the surface.

With the help of the water's buoyancy, Lin Xiu quickly left the deep pool. His teeth were chattering from the cold, and the frost on his body scattered. At this moment, he had time to observe what he brought up from the bottom of the pool.

It was a plant with a faint purple aura. Strangely, as it grew in such a cold underwater environment, the orchid-shaped plant actually gave off a warm aura.

Many times, he finally remembered the name of this plant and was so excited that he almost howled into the sky, suppressing the excitement in his heart. Lin Xiu carefully held this purple orchid in his hand and believed that even if he were to marry into a family in the future, he wouldn't be this careful when facing his newlyweds.

This orchid grass was called Serene Orchid Grass. It was recorded in the books that it only grew in the coldest of places. Due to the fact that all living things restrained each other, it was able to grow safely in the coldest of environments.

And the biggest effect of the Serene Orchid Grass was to help a martial artist break through their own shackles and use it to cleanse their bones.

This was one of the best supplementary spirit grasses to break through to the Bone Quenching Stage. With the Nether Orchid Grass, the probability of a martial artist breaking through to the Bone Quenching Stage would be greatly increased. At the same time, it would also have an extremely low probability of causing a martial practitioner's spirit energy to have characteristics of fire attributed spirit energy.

However, this was even more precious to Lin Xiu who was about to break through to the late stage of the Blood Refining Stage. His current elemental energy level alone was enough to rival an ordinary expert at the peak of the Blood Refining Stage, or even surpass it. With the help of the Nether Orchid Grass, not only would he be able to easily break through that thin layer of paper which had broken through to the late stage of the Blood Refining Stage, he could also borrow the immense medicinal power of the paper to attempt another breakthrough of the Thousand Layered Body Refinement Technique.

After consuming the Nether Orchid Grass, Lin Xiu's spirit energy would become the peak existence within the Blood Refining Stage, and at that time, his physique would not lose out to Tempering Bone, and his spirit energy would also be on par with the Bone Quenching Stage experts. Then, he would be Tempering Bone!

Lin Xiu no longer hesitated and picked a leaf from the Youlan Grass and put it into his mouth.

Boom!

A strong medicinal effect suddenly filled Lin Xiu's limbs and bones. Violent fire elemental energy circulated throughout his meridians as Lin Xiu's tendons and veins faintly felt a burning pain.

The effect of the pill gradually merged with the last remnants of the pill that he had taken. This power was too great, he couldn't find an outlet to vent it out in Lin Xiu's body, so he started to attack Lin Xiu's meridians.

Lin Xiu's face was covered in beads of sweat. His entire body was curled up like a cooked prawn. Waves of hot air were emitted from the top of his head. A faint layer of red light was flashing non-stop.

However, the situation in Lin Xiu's body was extremely bad. His cultivation progress was too fast, breaking through to the middle and late stage of the Blood Refinement Realm in just two months time was too much for his body.

Although he had cultivated the Thousand Layers Body Refinement Art, allowing his body to be incomparably strong, and he had even comprehended the true meaning of Blood Refining Stage, none of these could help his meridians.

Only when he broke through the Bone Quenching Stage would he be able to gradually train his muscles and veins, and Lin Xiu was in a bit of a hurry.

What should he do? At this moment, Lin Xiu's heart was in a mess. He started to call Lord Fenghuo in his mind, but Lord Fenghuo was in a deep sleep and could not hear his voice.

Confusion did not help the situation in front of him at all. Lin Xiu gradually calmed down, hoping to find a solution.

Suddenly, Lin Xiu's eyes lit up. He no longer suppressed the berserk medicinal strength and even desperately circulated the Thousand Layered Body Refinement Method to absorb the outside spiritual energy.

Spiritual energy crazily poured in and slowly fused with the medicinal energy. Lin Xiu actually wanted to rely on his spiritual energy to familiarize himself with the Thousand Layers Body Refinement Method's cultivation route to gradually guide the medicinal energy to break through!

It had to be said that this idea was quite crazy.

If he was unable to withstand the influx of such a huge amount of spiritual power, it would likely result in his meridians exploding. But if he succeeded, not only would he be able to advance to the late stage of blood refining, but he would also be able to expand his muscles and veins by using brute force, which would greatly improve the endurance of his elemental energy. In the future, when he fought with others, he would be able to use more elemental energy, which would naturally result in a greater increase in his might.

This was a gamble!

Blood started to flow out of the corner of Lin Xiu's mouth, but he ignored it and resolutely controlled the power within his body to charge towards that invisible film.

Boom!

A loud noise was heard from Lin Xiu's body. At this moment, Lin Xiu's eyes also rolled up and he fainted on the spot.

This was Lin Xiu, the Lin Xiu who could crazily cultivate in order to protect his family, and who could sacrifice everything for power.

This year, Lin Xiu was fifteen years old, and there were still fifteen days until the City Lord Palace's Guiyuan Sect selection.