Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint

"Fine then, from now on it's up to you!" Jiang Ning said.

As his words fell, he too rose to his feet.

"Clean up a bit, and go to sleep early! I'll go to the yard to practice for a while, and later I will find somewhere outside to sleep."

"There's more..." Jiang Ning paused in his steps. "It's not good to be tied up all the time, it's bad for the body! I won't come inside the house tonight."

"Sir, you mustn't!!" Xie Xiaojiu spoke up, then continued, "Sir, the autumn wind has already started to blow, and the temperature is going to drop tonight. If you spend the night outside, you're bound to catch cold."

"It doesn't matter!" Jiang Ning, without turning his head, walked towards the inside of the house while continuing, "As a Seventh Grade martial artist, I'm already not afraid of ordinary changes in temperature."

Watching Jiang Ning leave without looking back, Xie Xiaojiu opened her mouth but for a moment didn't know how to make him stay.

After pondering for a long time, Xie Xiaojiu approached the window, opened it, and saw that Jiang Ning was already sitting cross-legged in the courtyard, his eyes slightly closed.

After watching him for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Xie Xiaojiu quietly went back and undid the bindings at her chest.

"Sir, good night..." she murmured in the direction of Jiang Ning.

On the other side.

At this moment, Jiang Ning's Qi Blood Power had fully recovered, and he returned to his best state.

He therefore continued to visualize the furnace, using his Qi Blood Power as kindling, constantly melting the pills within his body.

...

Under the moonlit willow tip.

Jiang Ning slowly opened his eyes.

"Whew—" He let out a breath of impure energy and immediately felt a cool breeze blowing over him.

The heat that had just formed on his body was continually taken away by the autumn wind.

"The temperature really dropped fast!" Jiang Ning tightened his clothes, feeling somewhat uncomfortable.

In terms of body temperature, he felt that compared to the daytime it had dropped by nearly twenty degrees.

Even with the physique of a martial artist, such a change in temperature would not make him sick.

But the chill entering his collar and neck made him uncomfortable.

"Never mind!" He glanced at the house where Xie Xiaojiu was and dismissed the thought in his mind.

...

The next day.

"Sir!" Xie Xiaojiu's voice rang in Jiang Ning's ears.

Jiang Ning opened his eyes and looked down, the high and lofty perspective suddenly revealing a stunning glimpse of spring beauty.

Her thin gown could not conceal Xie Xiaojiu's graceful figure.

From this angle, Jiang Ning could not see Xie Xiaojiu's feet.

A woman whose feet are hidden when she bows her head is surely a peerless beauty!

This phrase suddenly popped into Jiang Ning's mind.

"Sir, why are you sleeping here?" Xie Xiaojiu looked up at Jiang Ning.

At this moment, Jiang Ning was waking up under the eaves of the roof beam.

Hearing this question from Xie Xiaojiu, Jiang Ning felt a slight helplessness in his heart.

The autumn wind had blown all night long.

Where else could he have slept if not here?

Under the eaves, at least, there was no wind.

He couldn't possibly go into the room and sleep with Xie Xiaojiu, could he?

Having said those words the night before, to spit and nail it, he was not yet able to be so shameless.

These few thoughts passed through Jiang Ning's heart, and then he jumped down from above.

"It's safe to sleep here," Jiang Ning replied indifferently, then said, "Change clothes, it's time to go to the Inspection Office."

Hearing this, Xie Xiaojiu looked down at herself and immediately realized she had unconsciously opened the door without changing her clothes.

Usually, it would not matter for her to live alone, but now there was Jiang Ning in the yard as well.

Thinking back to the scene just now, and Jiang Ning's lofty perspective, her ears immediately turned scarlet red.

Slam—

She turned around and closed the door, then leaned against it.

After several breaths, her frantic heartbeat then gradually began to calm down.

Elsewhere.

Outside the house, Jiang Ning.

"Not bad!" he chuckled.

Then he snapped a willow branch from the courtyard's willow tree.

Chewing the willow twig, he had used it many times before when at the Martial Arts Hall, and now he did it with practiced ease, thoroughly kneading open the fibers of the twig.

He then used his Water Control Divine Ability to gather dew from the surrounding leaves to before him.

...

Moments later.

By the time Xie Xiaojiu reopened the door, Jiang Ning had already finished washing up.

"Sir!" Xie Xiaojiu called out.

Jiang Ning turned around and immediately his eyes brightened.

At this moment, Xie Xiaojiu clearly wasn't binding her chest.

Noticing Jiang Ning's gaze, a flicker of secret joy couldn't help but flash through Xie Xiaojiu's heart.

Just now, inside the room, she had pondered for a long time before making this choice.

"Shall we leave now?" Jiang Ning asked.

Xie Xiaojiu said, "Please wait a moment, my lord, I need to wash up first."

"Alright!" Jiang Ning nodded at her words.

...

Half an hour later.

The two appeared at the Inspection Office.

The sky had just begun to brighten, and the sun hadn't yet risen.

Returning to his own residence, Jiang Ning continued his martial arts practices and cultivation.

...

For the entire day, Jiang Ning stayed within the Inspection Office.

Morning, noon, and evening, Xie Xiaojiu reported news from the Yellow Heaven Sect to Jiang Ning.

Throughout the day, the Yellow Heaven Sect began to stir, spreading its teachings in the East District of the external city, and using talismans to heal and treat the sick.

According to the information passed on by Xie Xiaojiu, the followers of the Yellow Heaven Sect indeed had some skills.

For common ailments, drinking talisman water made from the ash of burned talisman paper from the Yellow Heaven Sect would drive away the illness and relieve pain within less than an hour.

Even for injuries with significant bleeding, sprinkling the ash on the wound after burning the talisman paper had a similarly strong effect on stopping blood flow and also provided pain relief.

If he had heard such claims in his previous life, he would have treated it as feudal superstition, certainly a scheme to swindle people.

But in this world, he believed it, at least for the most part.

That day, according to the news explored by the Bamboo Gang, Liu Linmen had an eye injury, and he even invited a rather famous doctor from Luoshui County to treat his eye injury.

This piece of information was only confirmed through this source.

Hearing this news, Jiang Ning felt somewhat more at ease in his heart.

The person who most undoubtedly gave him a sense of pressure at the moment was Liu Linmen.

Individuals like Cao Rong, if their strengths didn't change, were not worth mentioning in Jiang Ning's eyes.

Given the chance, he could employ the Wind Thunder Arrow Skill, easily shooting down Cao Rong.

As for that Earth King of the Yellow Heaven Sect, Jiang Ning wasn't particularly worried either.

The one who had wounded him wasn't himself, but Lin Qingyi.

Furthermore, according to Lin Qingyi, that Earth King's Yin God was damaged.

Without one or two years of time, it would be impossible to recover from the damage to the Yin God.

Injuries to the Yin God were not to be taken lightly by anyone.

Such injuries, if delayed, could at the least cause lasting harm to the Yin God, or at worst, scatter the Three Souls and Seven Spirits.

In addition, with the Earth King's status, firstly, it was beneath him to entangle himself with a junior like himself, and secondly, that Earth King wouldn't have the time to travel thousands of miles to find trouble with him in Luoshui County.

Important figures didn't have so much time to trouble themselves over small fry.

This was the fundamental judgment in Jiang Ning's heart.

Furthermore, given the previous injury of that Earth King, so Jiang Ning wasn't very worried about the potential threat from that Earth King.

As for Medicine King Valley, there had been no movement for so many days, so Jiang Ning was not very worried anymore.

So, at this moment in Jiang Ning's eyes, the only potential biggest threat was Liu Linmen, the Incense Master of the Yellow Heaven Sect with Martial Arts Fifth Grade strength, in control of Inner Breath.

That night, after he was ambushed by himself, he had the Earth King of the Yellow Heaven Sect employ the Yin God Projection to find that it was his doing.

Under such circumstances, as long as he was sought out by Liu Linmen, who had locked onto him.

He would find himself in trouble.

With Liu Linmen's strength, right now, he most probably couldn't compete with him.

And this was why Jiang Ning chose to stay at Xie Xiaojiu's place.

The Xie family, being one of the three major, now two major, local families of Luoshui County, were quite vigilant and not so easy to infiltrate.

Additionally, others would find it hard to imagine that he would spend the night at the Xie family's residence.

The longer he could avoid being found by Liu Linmen or having the mark placed on him by that Earth King detected with the Heavenly Eye, the more time he would have each day to strengthen himself.

Given some time, he would eventually be able to contend with Liu Linmen.

This day, knowing about Liu Linmen's eye injury, Jiang Ning instantly felt much more at ease.

This meant he had a few more days of safety than initially estimated.

With the Dragon Tiger Refining Muscle Pill, each day, Jiang Ning could feel his strength making clear improvements and progress.

Moreover, the daily increase in his Source Energy Points also gave him an increasing sense of security.

Having stayed a night at Xie Xiaojiu's house, when Jiang Ning woke up the next day, he found that he had easily broken through the significant barrier of five hundred Source Energy Points once more.

He knew that the Dragon Tiger Refining Muscle Pill also had an exceptional effect on the improvement of his Source Energy Points.

The increase in Source Energy Points was also a tremendous help to his strength.

Now, if necessary, relying on more than five hundred Source Energy Points, he could easily choose to Break Limit of either the Chopping Wood Blade Skill or Swimming.

With this, in a critical moment, he could once again enhance his strength.