Holy Fist
Chapter 455 - 230 He Xian Martial Arts Hall

Chapter 455: 230 He Xian Martial Arts Hall

Suddenly, half the room was enveloped in an inexplicable force, the air slightly distorted, like a thick layer of dark gray fog. Bai Xiao sat cross-legged in the middle of the fog, his specific appearance obscured, only a vague human form visible.

He slowly operated the Demon Bird Secret Book, feeling a mysterious power emanating in his mind.

His right hand opened, and a ferocious green mantis appeared at the tip of his index finger. Its wings spread open like those of a cicada, with a few wriggling black spots on them. One of the spots was particularly active, constantly wandering back and forth.

With a thought from Bai Xiao, the black spot suddenly enlarged, turning abruptly into the face of Crying Sword Feng Xun. The ghostly face twisted, continuously howling and struggling.

Silently floating in front of Bai Xiao.

It opened its mouth uncontrollably, releasing a thick dark mist so dense that one couldn’t see their hand in front of them. It shot out and instantly fell onto Bai Xiao’s forehead.

Then, it transformed into a cool, invisible liquid, spreading from the forehead to his entire brain, giving Bai Xiao a refreshingly cool and rejuvenating sensation.

He could silently sense that his senses had become sharper, his nerves more sensitive, his hearing and sight enhanced, his energy overflowing. Even the friction between his skin pores and his clothes felt coarse. However, this short-term sensory amplification soon returned to normal, retaining only a bit of it.

Bai Xiao took a deep breath, then opened his eyes.

At this moment, his pupils were pitch black, devoid of whites, resembling two top-quality pure obsidian stones. But in a blink, his eyes returned to normal.

Bai Xiao paused slightly, checking his four-dimensional attributes panel.

[Will: 73.1→74.6]

Not bad, Crying Sword Feng Xun, worthy of being the number two in the Ghost Face Organization, and with the Fear Qi transferred from Ghost Snake Xie Yang, provided him a total of one and a half spirit attribute points. This was just the beginning; as more and more people under his control through demon seed become stronger, Bai Xiao would amass a formidable force specifically to collect massive amounts of Fear Qi.

In time, Bai Xiao’s spiritual attributes might even surpass his physique.

He pondered for a moment, then turned his gaze back to the Demon Bird Secret Book.

So far, Bai Xiao had only scratched the surface of the Demon Bird Secret Book, many of its functions still unmanifested. He estimated that to activate these abilities, he needed to at least advance the Demon Bird Secret Book to the first level. However, the Secret Martial Arts Expert occupation panel had shown no progress in the Demon Bird Secret Book since the beginning, as if there was a display error; no Experience gain, no upgrade prompts. Regarding this, Bai Xiao had considered two possibilities.

First, either the Potential Points were insufficient—fifty or so Potential Points were too few to raise the Demon Bird Secret Book from the beginner level to the first level. He was somewhat uncertain about this guess because, judging from the Second-class, Third-rank, and lesser Secret Martial Arts he had cultivated, the Potential Points required for each upgrade indeed increases substantially.

It wouldn’t require two or three thousand Experience points just to step into the first level of the Demon Bird Secret Book, would it? What level of power would that be?

Second, perhaps certain conditions were not met, needing special conditions to activate. Regarding this, Bai Xiao had a vague premonition that it might be related to his own demon seeds. It seemed that when the number of demon seeds reached a certain level, the Demon Bird Secret Book would change. He had only activated five demon seeds so far, which was too few. It felt like he needed at least ten or more to be effective.

Realizing this, Bai Xiao suddenly remembered that he had implanted demon seeds into five Martial Artists? Xing Lie of Fiery Fire Martial Arts Hall, Ghost Wolf He Xiang, Crack Water Fist Lei Yu, Ghost Snake Xie Yang, Crying Sword Feng Xun. Although these five were said to be geniuses of the younger generation, their strength was actually comparable to some sect Elders. Together, the five were almost equivalent to the number of Elders in a small sect. What they lacked was only someone of the sect leader’s caliber.

"Have I already met some of the conditions to be a Martial Arts Hall Master?"

He stroked his chin, gradually coming back to his senses.

Bai Xiao looked out the window at the bustling neon-lit streets for a while.

He turned his head and began reading the black book in his hand again.

"Jade Bone Skill"

Flipping open the first page, the content directly revealed the effects of this Cross Training Method: tempering the bones, toughening the skeleton, like jade and steel. The human body is a precision instrument; if one wants to unleash astonishing power, becoming a real combat weapon, then the initial basic structure must be well-established.

And the entire skeletal system is this so-called basic structure.

Some people who train only their skin and muscles throughout, not the bones, may find as their strength increases, during explosive fights. They might end up trading blows with someone, their muscles and skin unscathed, but the underlying bones shattered.

If an arm, covered in skin and muscle, is injured, it might be extremely painful, but one could still fight desperately. However, if the bones are broken and shattered, even gritting your teeth is futile—the support for exerting force is gone.

This Jade Bone Skill is a Secret Martial Arts for nourishing the bones. Through special internal and external Secret Medicines, training the framework, Qi-Blood breathing methods, one can create a jade-stone-colliding vibration sound in the body during cultivation. This vibration shatters the medicinal effects, allowing it to integrate and nourish the bones, making them increasingly robust and tough. Ultimately, it could even achieve a jade-stone skeleton, heavy and resilient.

Once the Jade Bone Skill is greatly achieved, the cultivator’s ability to withstand hits would soar.