Martial Saint through Reading

Chu Ming was poisoned. Little Shan found out, and Fang Xiao found out too. Only then did they rush over.

"Brother Fang, this way."

Lin Zhenwu led the way.

...

Inside the deep courtyard.

Chu Ming wiped the sweat from his forehead, walked into the small pavilion, and sat down.

Several young maidservants respectfully served tea and water, attending to him with diligence.

Chu Ming took a sip; it had become slightly cold...

To him, it didn’t matter if it was cold or not, but if it were a different master, these maidservants would be in trouble.

Although they had done well, it was far from the detailed attentiveness of Little Shan.

Thinking this, Chu Ming’s eyes suddenly brightened, he put down the teacup, and looked toward outside the courtyard.

After a moment, two figures entered one after the other.

"Young Master!"

An eager voice arrived before the person did.

Little Shan’s crisp voice broke the serenity of the courtyard; with her frail body, it was unknown how much energy it took to run so fast.

The other maidservants and servants in the courtyard all glanced aside.

Chu Ming stood up, a smile on his face.

"Young Master, are you okay?" Little Shan asked hurriedly.

Chu Ming shook his head, patted Little Shan’s hair, and smiled: "Thirsty, can Little Shan get me..."

"Alright, I’ll go right away, Young Master, you sit here."

Without waiting to finish, Little Shan rushed out, but as she left the pavilion, she realized she didn’t know where the kitchen was in the estate.

A clever maidservant quickly went up to guide Little Shan.

"Young Master."

Fang Xiao walked up to Chu Ming, saluted, and looked him over with concern.

"It’s nothing," Chu Ming waved his hand, dispersing the servants in the courtyard, then looked gravely at Fang Xiao: "Butler Fang, that letter..."

"I saw it, Young Master was not wrong, the wrong is the Chu Family!" Fang Xiao’s face was stern:

"The Chu Family colluded with the Blood Evil Sect, practicing cultivation with human organs and killing the innocent indiscriminately. Even if the Young Master didn’t take action, the Criminal Defense Bureau would never spare the Chu Family!"

Lin Zhenwu could deduce that the collective poisoning in the dining hall was intentional by Chu Ming, and Fang Xiao naturally could deduce that as well.

"Doesn’t the Young Master consider this alerting the enemy?"

"Since the Young Master called the old servant here, he certainly has already thought of a countermeasure."

"But, Young Master, behind the Madam of the Chu Family, do they really have a master at the Strong Bone Realm?" Fang Xiao frowned deeply.

In the letter, besides Chu Ming’s plan, it also subtly wrote about the information Chu Ming uncovered regarding the Blood Evil Sect.

"Young Master, martial artists at the Strong Bone Realm are different from the Blood Circulation Realm. They can already use the power of Qi and Blood to refine their own bones."

"At the initial stage of the Strong Bone Realm, one can block most blades, spears, and staffs. Once at the middle stage, even if gold and iron cut into flesh, the bones would stop it, and in the late stage, they can forcibly shatter weapons!"

"In the entire Baiyuan County, there’s only one martial artist at the Strong Bone Realm, who is the Prison Chief of the Criminal Defense Bureau, but even he is only at the initial stage."

When Fang Xiao mentioned the Prison Chief of the Criminal Defense Bureau, his emotions fluctuated slightly.

Chu Ming glanced at him and did not ask further.

This old butler never told him the reason why he left the Criminal Defense Bureau, thinking there wouldn’t be any special circumstances to discuss it in the future.

"If the Blood Evil Sect hides a master at the middle stage of the Strong Bone Realm, then the difficulty of wiping out the Chu Family and the Blood Evil Sect will be very high."

"It can be said that a martial artist at the middle stage of the Strong Bone Realm is the strongest in Baiyuan County."

"Therefore, Young Master’s plan to have the Criminal Defense Bureau actively investigate the Chu Family to intimidate that master at the middle stage of the Strong Bone Realm is unlikely to work."

Fang Xiao deduced what Lin Zhenwu deduced and understood Chu Ming’s real intention.

"Impossible to scare away..." Chu Ming’s eyes focused, looking at the sky outside the pavilion.

The continuous deduction of the [Mountain and Sea Tiger and Python Fierce Blood Refining Scripture - Strong Bone] increased the speed of refining Qi and Blood.

After last night, the eleventh Qi Blood Power within him had coagulated, and the twelfth Qi Blood was taking shape.

At the current speed, by noon tomorrow at the latest, he could attempt to break through Blood Circulation and refine his bones.

"Furthermore, according to investigation, there are quite a few followers of the Blood Evil Sect hidden in Baiyuan County. If there’s one Zhang Yii, there are others, and the waters within the Criminal Defense Bureau are very murky."

"On my way here, I briefly discussed with Lin Zhenwu from the Criminal Defense Bureau; the Chu Family needs to be investigated, but we must control the direction and intensity of the investigation."

"We need the Blood Evil Sect to believe the Criminal Defense Bureau is about to find out something, yet also believe they will find nothing."

Confuse the enemy, buy time.

Fang Xiao paused, then continued: "The Criminal Defense Bureau has already sent people to Xirong County to request reinforcements; if we can hold out for a few days, that master from the Blood Evil Sect at the Strong Bone Realm would not be able to escape!"

Xirong County?

Chu Ming withdrew his gaze, with astonishment in his heart.

He didn’t expect a martial artist at the middle stage of the Strong Bone Realm to be so difficult to deal with.

Nor did he expect Baiyuan County to be so weak, with only the Prison Chief of the Criminal Defense Bureau at the initial stage of the Strong Bone Realm.

He reached into his chest and took out a book: "Butler Fang, take this."

"This is... huh?" Fang Xiao took the book, his pupils instantly contracted.

Tiger and Python Body Refining Technique - Strong Bone!

"A Strong Bone Realm Technique?!" Fang Xiao couldn’t believe it.

"Yes."

Chu Ming sat back down.

This technique was his overnight deduction based on the [Mountain and Sea Tiger and Python Fierce Blood Refining Scripture - Strong Bone], specifically tailored for Fang Xiao.

The cultivation difficulty was low, the speed fast, allowing for Qi and Blood to be more solid, more than twice as much as ordinary martial artists.

Most importantly, it was a Strong Bone Realm Technique.

Although it could only barely break through the Blood Circulation Realm bottleneck at present, given some time, he could continue to optimize and perfect this technique.

Fang Xiao stood still, looking at the technique in his hand, then with a look of disbelief towards Chu Ming.

Trying to calm his mind, he hurriedly opened the book.

Page by page he flipped, Fang Xiao’s expression visibly changed from doubt to shock, then from shock to disbelief.

At his peak, Fang Xiao was a martial artist condensing the eleventh Qi and Blood Power, even though his Qi and Blood were now declining, his eyesight was not.

After flipping through the whole technique, he confirmed that this technique indeed could be cultivated to the Strong Bone Realm!

Where did the Young Master get it?!

Is it, like martial arts skills, something the Young Master comprehended by himself?!

That would be too shocking!

A Strong Bone Realm Technique is a strategic resource even Xirong County wants to control.

In Baiyuan County, only the Prison Chief is at the Strong Bone Realm, not only because it’s extremely difficult to cultivate, but also because Strong Bone Realm Techniques are hard to obtain.

If a Bone Realm Technique appeared in the martial world, countless martial artists would fight over it.

The Tiger Armor Army in Xirong County needs to accumulate enough merit to exchange for a Strong Bone Realm Technique.

Back in the Tiger Armor Army, Fang Xiao achieved the rank of Squad Leader, and even his accumulated merit was not enough.

He never thought, having lived to this age, having basically given up on martial arts, that now...

What he had passionately fought for on the battlefield before, and couldn’t obtain, was now lying calmly in his hands?

Fang Xiao felt a bit dazed.

"Young Master..." His hands trembled a bit, bowing his old back: "What merit do I have to receive such favor from the Young Master..."

"Butler Fang!" Chu Ming noticed Fang Xiao’s emotional fluctuation was intense, firmly said: "Take it, it’s yours."

After a pause, he added: "If Butler Fang gets old, and can’t walk, who will manage this Chu Mansion?"

"Old servant..."

Chu Ming waved his hand to interrupt, then pulled out a few sheets of paper from under a pile of thick books on the stone table.

"Butler Fang, there’s one thing I need you to do."