Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint-Chapter 397 - 76: The Magic of Water and Fire Immortal Clothes, Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill Skyrockets!

In the courtyard.

"Sir is practicing boxing again!" Xie Xiaojiu said.

"Yes!" Feng Jiuge nodded.

"The muscle lines on Sir’s body look really great!" Xie Xiaojiu exclaimed in admiration.

"I want to pinch them!" she suddenly blurted out, startling everyone.

Feng Jiuge glanced at her suddenly, "Didn’t you get enough of pinching when you slept together with Sir before?"

Upon hearing this, Xie Xiaojiu immediately understood what Feng Jiuge meant.

She hurriedly shook her head, "Don’t talk nonsense!"

"Sir is a gentleman and has never slept with me!"

"Even when Sir stayed over at my house before, he slept on the floor."

Hearing these words, Feng Jiuge looked at Xie Xiaojiu with surprise, "Really?"

"Of course it’s true!" Xie Xiaojiu affirmed.

Upon hearing this, Feng Jiuge’s expression brightened slightly.

Elsewhere.

Jiang Ning, his upper body bare, practiced his boxing in the courtyard, with droplets of sweat occasionally falling from his nose and steam rising from his body.

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With each practice of the boxing technique, a prompt appeared in front of him.

As time passed, his experience value continually accumulated, bringing him ever closer to his Second Limit Breaking.

At noon.

After lunch.

Jiang Ning soaked in a bath tub.

[Skill]: Five Animals Fist (One Limit Break 1288/2000) (Trait: Five Internal Organs Store Essence)

He glanced briefly at his own panel and then closed it.

Then, his body slowly submerged into the tub.

Nourished by the water, he felt his condition recovering steadily.

An hour later.

Jiang Ning emerged from the room and stood in the courtyard, where the snow had already been cleared, to continue his boxing practice.

...

Elsewhere.

Wanhua Building.

"Sister-in-law, when will I get to meet this Jiang Ning you’ve mentioned?" The girl in the goose-yellow dress slumped her head on the table in front of her like a wilted mud.

Lin Qingyi looked at the girl in front of her and smiled faintly.

"Is Little Seventeen that eager?"

"This place is no fun at all, it’s so boring!" The girl swayed from side to side.

Just at that moment, a handsome and imposing man beside her said, "Little Seventeen, we didn’t come out to have fun, we’re here to travel the world, to see what this world is like."

The girl replied, "Didn’t we see it yesterday? Luoshui County looked to be in peace and the people content."

Hearing this, Lin Qingyi spoke, "Little Seventeen, yesterday you and Eighth Prince only saw the Inner City, where the residents are either rich or noble, naturally presenting a picture of peace and prosperity."

"If you both truly want to experience how ordinary people live, you should go to the Outer City!"

"The Outer City?" The man immediately stood up, "Since Sister-in-law suggests so, let’s go, Little Seventeen, let’s see what Luoshui County’s Outer City looks like!"

"Alright!" The girl got up.

...

Yellow Heaven Sect headquarters.

Looking at the man in front of him, dressed in a white robe exuding a gentle and scholarly air, Liu Linmen felt an unusual heaviness in his heart.

Because he recognized who this man was.

He was the second son of the Qinghe Marquis Mansion in Dongling County, He Jinseng.

Although not the eldest legitimate son, but merely the second son,

As far as he knew, the only one truly qualified to inherit the title of Qinghe Marquis was him.

Because in the realm of Martial Arts, the legitimate eldest son of the Qinghe Marquis Mansion had been a martial arts failure, with poor comprehension, at the age of thirty-three, he was still only at the Peak of Ninth Grade.

This second son, on the other hand, was exceptionally talented in Martial Arts, not yet thirty years old, yet he had reached the Peak of Sixth Grade and had once seized the title of Martial Arts Top Scholar. freёnovelkiss.com

After the spring, he would even be eligible to compete for the title of Martial Arts Top Scholar.

In Great Xia, to preserve one’s family business, only the strong could achieve it.

As the eldest legitimate son was no good in Martial Arts, the title of Earl would only fall to the second son, Liu Jinseng.

For this very reason, Liu Linmen felt so heavy when he saw He Jinseng visiting.

"Second Son, please come in," Liu Linmen spoke, gesturing with his hand, making way.

"No need!" He Jinseng shook his head, "I’ll keep it short and simple, my purpose for coming here today is straightforward! I want to know, in Luoshui County, who is the most likely to be the murderer who killed my younger brother, I believe you have a rough answer in mind, being called ’Heavenly Master’."

As expected!

Upon hearing He Jinseng’s words, Liu Linmen inwardly sighed.

The image of Jiang Ning flashed through his mind, and then with an apologetic face he said, "Second Son, sorry! As far as I know, the Fifth Son’s death was strange, I really don’t know who could accomplish this."

"Really don’t know, or pretending not to know?" He Jinsheng stared at Liu Linmen with narrowed eyes, a frown on his face, and the character for "river" forming between his eyebrows.

"I really don’t know!" Liu Linmen looked at He Jinseng, who was pressing hard, a helpless expression on his face.

And with that, silence fell, the air grew still.

A few breaths later.

"If Heavenly Master Liu happens to think of some clues in the future, you can come and tell me, I’ll remember this favor."

"Definitely!" Liu Linmen immediately agreed.

Afterward.

Watching He Jinseng’s retreating figure, Liu Linmen smiled and shook his head, then turned around and went back.

...

At the entrance to Luoshui County.

A man leading a horse stood a hundred meters from the city gate, looking up at the three characters for Luoshui County above the gate.

"Vice Officer Jin, Jiang Ning had the audacity to kill Cao Rong, what do you think I should do?"

"It’s up to you, Sir!" Vice Officer Jin spoke beside him, but in his heart he was complaining.

The heavy snow had blocked roads, and coming all this way had been extremely difficult.

Now to undertake such a thankless task, how could he not feel bitter?

He knew very well that Jiang Ning was a man from the Inspection Office, and not just any small figure, but an Eighth Grade official conferred by the court, one of the actual power holders of the Inspection Office in this place.

Even though everyone knew that Cao Rong was killed by Jiang Ning, in Luoshui County, how could anyone touch Jiang Ning, the Deputy Commander?