After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Started Pursuing My Master-Chapter 22 - Immaculate Golden Body

Chapter 22: Immaculate Golden Body

Now I can continue to sleep soundly on Luo Qingyu’s lap.

Jiang Huai returned to the spectator seats with many eyes fixed on him along the way. Seeing this, Luo Qingyu quickly smoothed out her skirt, and with her hands, she patted her thigh lightly. Jiang Huai promptly lay down and looked up at the sky.

Ugh, lying like this, I can’t see Luo Qingyu’s face; it’s all hidden by her clothes and the snow-white folds.

“What did Jiang Huai brother give her?”

“A soul cultivation method I found in a secret realm.” Jiang Huai answered casually.

Luo Qingyu’s tone was casual as if she was just asking in passing. Perhaps she wasn’t as wary because the Junior Sister just now wasn’t as pretty as Wen Wanwan.

So Luo Qingyu obediently responded with an “Oh,” and her hands began to gently pinch Jiang Huai’s face.

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The sun set in the west, and today’s inner sect competition was finally coming to an end. Jiang Huai was waiting for his second match.

This time his opponent was the Second Senior Brother from Huangjian Mountain, Chen Ke.

Huangjian Mountain was one of the major sects within the Tianxuan Sect, mainly consisting of sword cultivators who practiced the Tianxuan Thirteen Swords. Jiang Huai had previously encountered Zhao Shiyi, who after advancing to the inner sect, was also a disciple of Huangjian Mountain.

Among the young disciples of the Tianxuan Sect, Jiang Huai was not the one with the highest cultivation level. Before he was crippled, he was at the mid-stage of Core Formation, but his mid-stage Core Formation was different from others because he formed a Heavenly Dao spiritual core, which required more than five times the spiritual energy of a normal Core Formation, and due to some other factors, his cultivation level was not the highest, but his strength was the strongest.

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Disciples ranked in the top twenty of the Tianxuan Sect’s inner sect generally had cultivation levels within the Core Formation realm, mostly at the early stage, some at the mid-stage, and the first cultivator of Huangjian Mountain, who was once ranked second in the inner sect, was at the late stage of Core Formation.

Jiang Huai stepped onto the sword-fighting platform and looked at the green-clothed swordsman opposite him. The swordsman had a three-foot-long sword on his back, which he slowly drew.

“Huangjian Mountain, Chen Ke,” he said softly.

“Guangxue Mountain, Jiang Huai.” Jiang Huai nodded slightly, but did not draw his sword, standing quietly in his place.

The sun was setting, and the sky was blood-red.

A flock of white birds flew by.

“Why doesn’t Jiang Huai Senior Brother draw his sword?” Chen Ke asked, puzzled.

“I lent my sword to someone else, but it doesn’t matter. You can make your move.” Jiang Huai scratched his head, slightly embarrassed.

The entire Tianxuan Sect knew that aside from finding Heavenly Dao spiritual energy in a secret realm and forming a Golden Core, Jiang Huai had also gained the recognition of the heavenly-grade spirit sword 【Ye Ning】 in the Desolate Valley secret realm, which willingly acknowledged him as its master.

But now, without his sword in hand, how would he conduct this sword fight?

Chen Ke didn’t understand but didn’t say anything more.

He just gripped the hilt of his sword and said solemnly, “Then, please be careful, Jiang Huai Senior Brother.”

“Okay.”

The moment his words fell, his sword thrust forward, aiming directly at Jiang Huai’s throat. Jiang Huai, as if he had anticipated this, slightly sidestepped at the exact moment Chen Ke drew his sword, dodging the attack.

Chen Ke quickly changed his move, lifting his sword and tilting it to the left. Jiang Huai sidestepped again, the blade grazing past his clothes.

Chen Ke was stunned for half a breath before striking again with his sword. However, after only a dozen or so breaths, his hand holding the sword began to tremble.

No matter how he attacked, Jiang Huai seemed to anticipate the landing point of his sword tip. Every time, Jiang Huai dodged just right, not a hair’s breadth off. If he were even half a second slower, the sword tip would likely cut through his body, spilling blood.

But at this moment, his white clothes remained unstained.

Chu Xianning sat calmly on the platform, watching Jiang Huai dodge continuously on the stage. The sect master quickly turned his puzzled gaze to her, but her eyes were clear and cold, as if she had no intention of responding.

Because she didn’t know when Jiang Huai had secretly practiced the Immaculate Golden Body either.

The Immaculate Golden Body was a physical cultivation technique that required enduring great pain to temper one’s muscles, bones, and skin with the spiritual energy in one’s acupoints. The technique of the Immaculate Golden Body had always existed and had not been lost, but very few people were truly willing to practice it.

First, because the cultivation of the Immaculate Golden Body required a large amount of spiritual energy, which would greatly hinder the advancement of one’s cultivation level.

Second, because the medicinal materials needed were too costly, it was not worth it.

Third, because of the pain during the cultivation process, very few could endure it completely.

Fourth, and most importantly, the cultivation of the Immaculate Golden Body required sufficient talent.

Every cultivator had forty-nine acupoints, but not all of these acupoints were fully open from birth. For example, Chu Xianning, who had exceptional talent, had only opened forty-five acupoints, while Jiang Huai himself had thirty-seven.

When Chu Xianning was annoyed by him on ordinary days, just tapping on his head would make him cry out in pain.

So how did he manage to patiently cultivate the painful Immaculate Golden Body to such a level?

A stick of incense had passed on the stage, but Chen Ke’s sword still hadn’t touched Jiang Huai. Chen Ke was the eighth-ranked swordsman in the inner sect, and he had cultivated the Tianxuan Thirteen Swords to the eleventh level. His swordsmanship was unpredictable and versatile, which made the current scene on the stage all the more absurd.

Jiang Huai was timing the match and realized that the time of one stick of incense had passed.

“I’m going to make a move now.”

Jiang Huai, who had been seriously dodging sword moves, suddenly spoke.

Chen Ke was startled and braced himself for the attack. In the next second, in his field of vision, Jiang Huai clenched his fist, and then… by the time he realized the fist had reached his chest, he had already been punched off the stage.

So fast.

Even faster was that Jiang Huai seemed to have anticipated this outcome and immediately jumped down after him, taking out two healing pills from his pocket. Looking at Chen Ke, who was lying on the ground with blood on his lips, Jiang Huai stuffed the pills into his hand,

“This… I don’t usually use the Immaculate Golden Body, so I might not know my own strength. How are your injuries? Maybe you should take some healing pills first?”

Chen Ke slowly sat up, about to reply but first spat out a mouthful of blood. Jiang Huai’s head ached, and he quickly fed the healing pills to Chen Ke, who shakily swallowed them.

Jiang Huai placed his hand over Chen Ke’s heart meridian, sensing his body’s injuries, “It’s not too bad. After taking my healing pills and resting for a night, you should be fine. If you still feel unwell later, come find me at Guangxue Mountain, and I’ll prepare some medicine for you.”

Chen Ke’s eyes fixed on Jiang Huai for a long time before he finally replied with a wry smile, “Thank you, Jiang Huai Senior Brother.”

“No need to be polite.”

Jiang Huai helped him up, and the victory was already announced on the stage.

The disciples below were in an uproar, the noise unceasing. Once Jiang Huai confirmed that Chen Ke was alright, he returned to Luo Qingyu’s side, waiting for the end of the inner sect competition.

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He took Luo Qingyu’s hand and returned to the courtyard. Chu Xianning also came back, and Jiang Huai, seeing her expression, knew she had something to say, so he went to make tea for her.

“When did you practice the Immaculate Golden Body?”

Chu Xianning’s eyebrows were slightly furrowed.

“A few years ago,” Jiang Huai obediently replied.

“Why did you practice it at that time?”

Chu Xianning had been wondering why his cultivation progress had been so slow over those years. She had assumed he was just lazy, and she never liked to force others. If Jiang Huai wanted to be lazy, then so be it. After all, he had no rivals on Eastern Region’s Yuelan Continent. But she never imagined that the reason for his slow cultivation progress was that he had secretly cultivated the Immaculate Golden Body.

“At that time, I found the technique for the Immaculate Golden Body in the scripture vault. It seemed interesting, but I thought there was a problem with the prescription. It could be optimized to practice without pain. So I caught a few creatures from the mountain and tested the medicine a few times. I improved the medicinal ingredients for the Immaculate Golden Body, eliminating the painful part of the practice, and also saved a few expensive spiritual herbs, replacing them with cheaper ones.”

“What level have you cultivated your Immaculate Golden Body to?”

“I reached the seventh level, which cost me thirty thousand spirit stones. I couldn’t afford to continue, so I put it aside for a while.” Jiang Huai scratched his head, answering truthfully.

The seventh level of the Immaculate Golden Body meant that even without any spiritual energy, one could withstand a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator.

Chu Xianning was taken aback, “No, how did you cultivate to the seventh level with only thirty-seven acupoints?”

“I found a secret method to open acupoints from ancient texts and opened all of mine.” Jiang Huai replied innocently.

The method to open acupoints was not actually from ancient texts.

It was something he got from the system task 【Washing Master’s Feet to Show Filial Piety】 when he was a child.

Chu Xianning’s pupils constricted, and she extended her fingertip to gently press against his forehead, using her spiritual energy to scan his entire body. She could clearly sense that all forty-nine acupoints in Jiang Huai’s body were fully opened, a feat unparalleled in the entire Eastern Region.

Jiang Huai kept this matter to himself, knowing that it was better not to draw attention. He was aware that if people learned he had opened all forty-nine acupoints using a secret method, many would covet this secret and it could lead to unwanted attention.

Chu Xianning’s eyes became complicated, and she silently watched Jiang Huai for a long time.

Jiang Huai could only try to guess what Chu Xianning was thinking. Was she feeling regret that all his acupoints were now open and he couldn’t cultivate further? Or was she angry that he had kept this secret from even her?

After hesitating for a while, Jiang Huai said, “I also wanted to open the remaining acupoints for Master before, but I was afraid Master would kill me.”

Chu Xianning remained silent, not speaking.

Jiang Huai hesitated again and then muttered softly, “Because opening acupoints for others… requires them to be undressed, and then I have to apply needles to their acupoints, followed by a special massage technique, and apply a specially prepared medicinal liquid all over their body, then use spiritual energy to loosen the acupoints…”

Chu Xianning fell silent for a moment, then turned her face away, “I don’t need it.”

She thought as much.

If one day she were to be humiliated by this little wolf, she would indeed want to strike him down with a sword.