Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint

Before him, who could have enjoyed such treatment and luxury?

"Alright, Young Master!" Lv Yi clapped her hands, a smile spreading across her face, satisfaction filling her expression.

"You should go back to sleep," Jiang Ning stood up and said.

"Yes!" Lv Yi nodded immediately.

She had woken up before dawn, struggled through the dark and the blizzard to reach the kitchen, started a fire, and stewed a bowl of meat soup, all to warm Jiang Ning's stomach and give him something to eat after waking up.

By now, she was naturally filled with drowsiness.

Afterward,

Lv Yi came to Jiang Ning's bedside.

Jiang Ning had never been in the habit of making his bed or folding his quilt after getting up.

Thus, every time he got up, the bed was left in a particularly messy state.

Today, Lv Yi was by his bed, beginning to straighten the sheets and quilt.

Jiang Ning glanced over and saw Lv Yi kneeling on the bed, smoothing out his disheveled sheets.

"Not bad," he chuckled.

With Lv Yi looking after his daily life, he found himself internally praising his earlier decision.

Not having to worry about trivial matters or day-to-day living was far too comfortable.

It gave him a gentle sense of pleasure.

Moreover, this arrangement allowed him to increase the time he spent on his Martial Arts training each day.

...

After arriving in the courtyard,

Jiang Ning quickly prepared a training ground furnished with all the Five Elements.

The next moment,

he gently exhaled a breath of impure energy from his abdomen, calmed his mind, and after slightly adjusting his state, began practicing his Boxing.

At the same time, he also stimulated the Qi-Blood within his body, an action aimed at refining his bones.

Time kept passing.

...

The intermittent blizzards over the past few days

made it impossible for anyone to leave their homes.

Even though the New Year was near, just over a week away, the townspeople could not make their New Year purchases.

They could only stay at home, quietly waiting for the blizzard to end.

And occasionally, they had to clear the snow accumulating on their roofs.

Allowing too much snow to build up on the roofs risked collapsing the buildings.

In such harsh weather, being without shelter

was a common cause of death, frozen amidst the snowstorm.

These days, during meals,

Jiang Ning also heard Jiang Li speak of finding frozen corpses along the roadside.

During the blizzard, as a constable who now worked a desk job, Jiang Li was not required to patrol the streets.

But he had volunteered to patrol for the sake of several older, ailing brothers.

He had seen for himself how, amidst the blizzard, corpses frozen to death occasionally appeared alongside the roads.

Whenever Jiang Li spoke of these matters, he would clutch his wrists and sigh deeply.

At such times, Jiang Ning chose only to be a listener nearby.

In the face of natural disasters, there was nothing he could do, even with his abilities.

And because of the weather, Jiang Ning had not been disturbed by any external influences these days.

Each day, aside from training, was spent in more training.

Undeterred by wind or snow!

These days, he had not stepped out of his own mansion even once.

Every day, he confined himself to his courtyard to train.

...

Cloud Inn.

Guardian Xing had just arrived at an ordinary room in Cloud Inn, following the directions left by markers from his sect.

"Is it you, Guardian Xing?"

"Met Wind God Envoy!" Upon recognizing the person in front of him, Guardian Xing immediately bowed in salute.

Wind, Fire, Mountain, Forest were the Four Great Guardian Gods of the God Worship Sect.

What is a Guardian God?

It is someone who has undergone a baptism of the God's blood, absorbing the God's blood into their divine form.

Only through this does one become a Guardian God.

Within the God Worship Sect, only those revered as Guardian Gods were called Divine Envoys.

Because the Guardian Gods absorbed the God's blood, this also represented the will of the God.

Their transformation into a Divine Descendant also brought them closer to resembling the Honorable God, which significantly enhanced their strength.

Thus, within the sect, the Guardian Gods ranked only below the Vice Sect Hierarch and the Sect Hierarch.

As for that Honorable God, He was exalted above all.

And being a guardian himself, even though his Martial Arts level was comparable to that of the Wind God Envoy, his status was still below that of the Envoy.

Seeing Guardian Xing bowing to him, the Wind God Envoy nodded immediately.

He said, "I have been leaving marks around various places for days, how come only Guardian Xing has shown up today?"

"Wind God Envoy is unaware!" Guardian Xing paused, seemingly organizing his thoughts, then resumed speaking, "Have all the sect members in this area been eradicated?"

"All eradicated?" The expression of the Wind God Envoy shifted.

For the past few months, even though the activities of the sect had been greatly curtailed due to the establishment of the Inspection Office,

But a base left by such a large county town was completely eradicated, which was rare.

"What exactly happened? Tell me!" said the Wind God Envoy.

Upon hearing this, Guardian Xing carefully recounted the events that had happened, as well as his current investigations.

Thirty minutes later,

the two finished their conversation.

"So that's how it is!" the Wind God Envoy nodded slightly.

He then continued, "So you mean the divine embryo was destroyed by Deputy Commander Jiang Ning of the Inspection Office?"

"Divine embryo?" Guardian Xing appeared surprised.

The Wind God Envoy added, "I came here carrying a divine decree."

Afterward, the Wind God Envoy also laid out his own intentions.

Coming to this place, he understood very little.

Months ago, he would have chosen to attack directly.

But now it was different.

With the Inspection Office widespread across the land, he dared not act recklessly.

Once he drew the attention of the powerful from the Inspection Office, it would be troublesome for him.

When the Wind God Envoy revealed the purpose of his visit, Guardian Xing finally understood.

"What do you plan to do now, God Envoy?"

"Do you know where Jiang Ning is currently?" asked the Wind God Envoy.

"I do!" Guardian Xing immediately nodded.

He had personally witnessed Jiang Ning in action and had been gathering information about him these days in Luoshui County.

He indeed knew the location of Jiang Ning's residence.

"Take me there!" the Wind God Envoy spoke, "Let me make a visit. According to the guidance of our god's hand, we will find out if the divine embryo was indeed destroyed by him."

"Yes, God Envoy!" responded Guardian Xing immediately.

...

Elsewhere,

Jiang Ning was sweating profusely, his clothes soaked with sweat.

His boxing was at the final Deer stance, gradually becoming calmer.

But the progress in refining his bones was reaching its climax.

A hundred and eight hits, totaling a full circle of the heavens; now only three hits remained.

Clang—

One hit fell, shaking his entire body.

Clang—

Another hit fell, shaking him again.

Clang—

The final hit.

"Hu—"

He slowly exhaled a breath of impure energy, gathered his stance, and stood amidst the snow, eyes slightly closed.

In that moment,

he saw the Qi-Blood in his body surging like a great river.

He saw his bones emitting a bright black glow after his recent refinement.

Then,

he opened his eyes and waved his hand.

In front of him floated a white jade bottle.

Inside the bottle were the Xuan Bone Pills.

When nine Xuan Bone Pills entered his stomach, dissolving and melding into his bones, he finally felt a sense of satisfaction.

Then he saw the black Xuan iron marrow merging into his bones, the last strands of silver-like threads in the cracks being slowly overtaken by black.

Piece by piece, his bones became devoid of any other color, all shining with a pure dark gleam.

Seeing the two hundred and six bones in his body gleaming darkly, a look of obsession flashed across Jiang Ning's eyes.

The gleam of these bones was like that of incredibly precious gems, absolutely free of impurities.

Such bones, taken out in his past life, were worth a fortune.

"The Xuan Bones are formed; even I can relax a bit now!"

Looking at the flawless two hundred and six bones within him, Jiang Ning mused to himself.

...

Meanwhile,

On a distant high-rise covered with snow,

"Is that Jiang Ning?" the Wind God Envoy spoke without any hesitation.

At this moment, he was a good kilometer away from Jiang Ning.

Combined with the howling cold wind and the snowy weather,

both he and Guardian Xing were clad in cloaks and hoods that blended into the environment.

Cloaked and hooded, standing amidst the snow, let alone being a kilometer away,

even tens of meters would make it hard to spot them.

Thus, they talked without any worries.

Hearing this, Guardian Xing immediately nodded, "That's Jiang Ning!"

Hearing this,

the Wind God Envoy nodded.

Then he pulled out a black, worm-like wriggling finger from his chest.

The finger in his hand pointed directly toward Jiang Ning.

"It's him!!" a fierce light burst from the eyes of the Wind God Envoy, "It was he who destroyed the divine embryo of the Sect!"