Upon hearing this, Yin Hong thought for a moment and refused, saying, "You are only sixteen years old, while Xu Yunfan is much older than you. You would be at a disadvantage. No way."
Looking up at the boy's stubborn eyes, he was speechless: "If you can break through the three barriers of 'Jade Network, Star Pivot, and Purple Star' next year on the day of Awakening of Insects, I will allow you to pass."
The so-called Jade Network, Star Pivot, and Purple Star Passes correspond to the three training methods for muscles, bones, and skin.
The Nine Luminaries Sect's method of refining muscles, bones, and skin naturally has its own profound mysteries.
Before he could finish speaking, Teng Lingchuan suddenly ripped open the bandage on his chest.
Three jagged hammer marks extended from the collarbone to the abdomen. Underneath the dark gold ointment, jade-colored veins could be faintly seen writhing, and a hint of gold could be seen beneath the skin.
"Master, seven days ago, I touched the threshold of Ziwei (Purple Star} Pass. I am about to reach the perfection of skin refining. Even if I reach the Star Pivot, with the blessing of the second perfection of refining, I will definitely break through tomorrow when spring begins and the insects awaken."
Yin Hong was overjoyed and immediately noticed that the bulging veins on his disciple's temples were spiral-shaped, which was the extraordinary phenomenon of the completion of the "Xuanji Yuluo Jing" (Mystic Jade Net Scripture}.
After a long pause, he said, "You possess true blood, why are you getting angry with those petty people? Given time, Xu Yunfan will be left far behind by you."
"Didn't Master say that those former supreme immortals were nothing more than ordinary mortals who cultivated step by step? If I am weak today, how can I bravely advance and reach the peak?"
Yin Hong suddenly burst into laughter, causing the iron chains along the cliff to rattle loudly: "Good! Good! Now you're worthy of being my true disciple of Tian Shu Peak (Heavenly Pivot Peak}!"
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On this day, Xu Yunfan stood in the courtyard, his feet neither on the ground nor in the center, his whole body looking loose and unsteady. As his bones trembled, it sounded like the chirping of cicadas, which made the cicadas climbing on the treetops outside the courtyard unable to resist chirping as well.
"You are simultaneously vibrating all 365 bones in your body. As the bones vibrate, the muscles and skin move in unison, attempting to find a resonant frequency. Your proficiency in the Heavenly Cicada Force has improved."
'...'
Looking at the increasing proficiency prompts appearing on his screen, Xu Yunfan let out a soft breath.
For three consecutive months, Xu Yunfan did not slack off at all. His proficiency in the Heavenly Cicada Force increased by at least thirty points every day. In between, due to various sudden enlightenments or moments of inspiration, his proficiency would also increase significantly.
It took almost a month earlier than I expected (four months).
Today is the time to perfect one's bone training and elevate it to its peak.
As the sun began to set, Xu Yunfan's body was gradually pushed to its limit. His muscles trembled, and his bones felt almost numb.
"Tianchanjin (Heavenly Cicada Power}, 4999/5000 (Great Success)"
Xu Yunfan's bones trembled as he glanced at the information floating in his field of vision, and the cicada's chirping that emanated from it grew louder and more urgent.
When the last bit of proficiency appeared in his field of vision, Xu Yunfan's body trembled slightly.
"Through your diligent practice, you've reshaped your bone marrow structure using the resonance of vibrating sound waves. When your Qi and blood are perfectly synchronized with the frequency of bone vibrations, your bones emit a clear, melodious cicada chirp, and your mastery of the Heavenly Cicada Force has increased."
"Your Heavenly Cicada Technique is now complete."
"Heavenly Cicada Force (Perfect)"
Special Effects: Bone-Piercing Wing Patterns, Cicada's Cry Power, Cicada's Cry Across Layers, Pulse Harmonizing with Cicada's Rhythm, Vajra Iron Cauldron, Myriad Bone Armor, Startling Cicada Piercing the Sky, Vibrating Pulse Severing Gold, Vajra Return
In an instant, Xu Yunfan's spine suddenly exploded with a popping sound like popping beans, and the tremor lurking deep in his bone marrow broke through the critical point.
The high-frequency vibrations of his bones caused an air resonance phenomenon, which made the dust floating on the brick surface beneath Xu Yunfan's feet move without wind, and actually outlined a complete human figure on the blue brick.
"Crack!"
Xu Yunfan felt that under the nourishment of a massive heat flow that suddenly appeared in his body, the distal phalanx of his left little finger began to rapidly turn into jade, and a honeycomb-like crystal structure could be seen under the translucent bone.
This mutation spread throughout his body like a plague. The moment his skull completed its transformation, the old locust tree outside the courtyard suddenly shed leaves like rain.
The frequency of his bone chirping had exceeded the perception limit of cicadas, and even the cicadas on the tree burst open in this high-frequency vibration.
If anyone were to enter the courtyard without permission, their internal organs would likely be instantly disrupted by the terrifying tremor, causing their blood and qi to become disordered, and they would be unable to exert even 30% of their strength.
Immediately afterwards, his retina trembled slightly in sync with the resonance of his skull, and the world in his eyes transformed into countless vibrating strings.
The air current disturbance of an ant's antennae swaying thirty feet away, and the faint shockwave of an earthworm burrowing into the soil, were all clearly visible through bone conduction.
The sound of cicadas seems to indicate that they can sense subtle changes in their surroundings through vibrations.
The previously constricted trapezius muscle suddenly collapsed, and the muscle fibers were arranged in layers like harp strings.
With his muscles, bones, and skin all in perfect condition, Xu Yunfan could clearly feel his body undergoing an astonishing transformation.
Xu Yunfan gripped the Thunderfire Qilin Hammer with his backhand, the meteorite iron spring on the hammer handle perfectly matching the resonance frequency of his bones.
He had a sudden inspiration and swung his hammer into the void, the nearly 400-pound hammer tearing a visible vacuum turbulence in the air.
The swift legs and tendons twitched, and the combined shockwaves of the crimson copper body, the hammer-like skin and flesh, and the Heavenly Zen Force created an airburst effect.
"boom!"
The water vat, located thirty feet away, shattered instantly, the water turning into mist before it even hit the ground.
It seems that the transformation of the Heavenly Cicada Force Bone Refining Technique is complete.
Just as Xu Yunfan was receiving a sudden burst of memories about the Heavenly Cicada Force in his mind, his muscles and skin trembled violently.
"Um?"
Before Xu Yunfan could investigate further, his muscles suddenly began to tremble.
In an instant, Xu Yunfan's sternum suddenly roared like a war drum, and his heart rate defied all reason.
The twelve pulses per breath pushed the thick, mercury-like blood plasma to every part of the body, causing the veins on the skin to bulge out like the roots of an old tree, but they quickly subsided under the pressure of the bones and skin.
The fusion of "Red Copper Body," "Heavenly Cicada Force," and "Swift Legs" caused a mutation to occur beneath the perfected muscles, bones, and skin. The viscosity of the blood tripled in that short breath, and its oxygen-carrying capacity was comparable to that of a dragon in the ocean.
The next instant, before Xu Yunfan could react, his trapezius muscle collapsed to one-third of its original volume, with the muscle fibers arranged in a complex spring-like pattern.
In the instant he subconsciously bent his elbow, his muscle groups released kinetic energy through a seven-stage contraction. The cone-shaped air wave generated by his fist breaking the sound barrier tore the stone lock a dozen feet away to pieces with a horizontal push.
Even more bizarre were the dark golden fascia growing between the muscle bundles. These mutated tissues, generated from the perfection of the three martial arts, were far stronger and more powerful than he had imagined.
Golden skin and jade-like veins, jade bones and coiled dragons!
At least, it far exceeded the power he had previously unleashed at full strength.
Even the mountain beneath his feet, as his body rapidly transformed, gave him a feeling of hating the earth for having no ring and the sky for having no handle.
What made him even more uneasy was that the periosteum began to grow rapidly from between his ribs, quickly filling the gaps between the bones.
This is! ?
Ribs and tendons!
One of his extraordinary martial arts talents actually emerged when he was in a state of perfect physical and mental development.