Martial Saint through Reading

If all the bones in the body are tempered to be as hard as gold and iron, that is the Perfection of the Strong Bone.

At this time, the quantity of Qi and Blood Power is already sufficient to enter the internal organs from the outside. Once the Qi and Blood Power successfully enters, it becomes the Refining Organ Realm.

However, refining the internal organs is still some distance away for Chu Ming. What he needs to do now is control the thirteenth channel of Qi and Blood Power to temper his bones.

Once the right leg is tempered, this channel of Qi and Blood Power is nearly exhausted.

Fortunately, the "Mountain and Sea Tiger and Python Fierce Blood Refining Scripture - Strong Bone" is extraordinary, and the speed of recovery for Qi and Blood Power is very fast.

While Chu Ming is controlling the original twelve channels of Qi and Blood Power to temper the bones, the thirteenth channel of Qi and Blood Power re-condenses.

Because his Qi and Blood Power is thicker and more robust, after trying to temper the limbs a few times, Chu Ming discovers the peculiar aspect of the "Mountain and Sea Tiger and Python Fierce Blood Refining Scripture - Strong Bone."

He can temper the bones of the limbs and the trunk at the same time.

As for the bones above the neck, the current Strong Bone Realm Technique is not yet perfect enough to temper them.

"Even though I’ve read many books, it’s still not enough. I always feel like something is missing. If I could study one or two more other Cultivation Techniques, I should be able to deduce the subsequent techniques of the Strong Bone Realm..."

...

The next day.

East City, Chu Family.

"The Criminal Defense Bureau is handling a case. Anyone who dares to obstruct will be executed without mercy!"

Lin Zhenwu and Shao Pengshu lead a group of constables from the Criminal Defense Bureau to block the gate of the Chu Family.

"My lord, I don’t know what crime the Chu Family has committed..."

A man who looks like a butler stands at the gate, speaking cautiously.

However, before he finishes his sentence, he sees a flash of cold light, then feels his neck turn cold, and crimson sprays forth.

"Search!"

The Criminal Defense Bureau rushes in, and all the house servants of the Chu Family are so frightened they hardly dare to breathe.

The constables are fierce and intimidating, searching every room and seizing anyone they see.

In no time, the entire Chu Family is in turmoil.

Soon, several figures rush out quickly.

"My lord, the Criminal Defense Bureau is making such a big move. I don’t know what the Chu Family has done?" Wan Yuan, supported by two maidservants, walks out with a pale face.

She looks like she is gravely ill.

Lin Zhenwu and Shao Pengshu turn to look upon hearing her voice, saying coldly, "In the case of poisoning at Baiyuan Academy’s dining hall, the Chu Family’s butler, Wu Tian, voluntarily confessed to the crime. Does your Chu Family dare say it has nothing to do with it?"

"Cough cough..." Wan Yuan coughs a few times, her voice somewhat agitated, "Wu Tian is the culprit behind the poisoning at the academy dining hall!"

In her words, the Madam seems to have only just learned that Wu Tian confessed.

Then she coughs a few more times, "Wu Tian is my butler, and he’s committed such a crime. I’m inevitably implicated by association,"

Saying this, she lets go of the maidservants’ support and extends her fair hands towards Lin Zhenwu and Shao Pengshu.

The implication is clear, Wan Yuan is voluntarily allowing the Criminal Defense Bureau to arrest her.

Lin Zhenwu stares at Wan Yuan with a stern face.

He’s come to investigate the Chu Family today, merely to prod and provoke, to see what reaction the Blood Evil Sect hidden behind the Chu Family would have.

But he didn’t expect the Madam to be so shrewd.

On the surface, she submits, letting the Criminal Defense Bureau arrest her, but in truth, she’s trying to pin the blame on Wu Tian, while she herself is an innocent and frail ill woman wrongfully imprisoned.

Wu Tian is already dead, and Wan Yuan wants to close the case without a witness, believing that as long as the Blood Evil Sect remains concealed, the Criminal Defense Bureau cannot touch them?

"Lord Lin..." Shao Pengshu also realized this, frowning as he looks at Lin Zhenwu, "Do we arrest or not?"

If not, it will make the Blood Evil Sect even more arrogant, and the Criminal Defense Bureau will seem worthless.

If they arrest, the Criminal Defense Bureau would appear as though they arrest without concrete evidence.

But is there truly no evidence...

A glimmer of brilliance flashes in Lin Zhenwu’s eyes.

Just a few more days, and when Fang Xiao’s Cultivation Technique spreads, those members of the Blood Evil Sect will automatically surface.

Control those insiders, and the Criminal Defense Bureau’s actions will no longer feel restricted.

"Arrest!"

The relationship between the Chu Family and the Blood Evil Sect is undeniable, it’s just that there’s no direct evidence.

Once the insiders are caught and harshly interrogated, will there still be a worry about a lack of evidence?

Once Lin Zhenwu gives the order, Shao Pengshu personally steps forward to arrest Madam Chu, Wan Yuan.

The people of the Criminal Defense Bureau take Wan Yuan away.

Deep in the Chu Family, in a courtyard.

An elegant lady and a middle-aged man sit across from each other.

"Alas... I didn’t expect the Criminal Defense Bureau to act so quickly; we can only let the third sister bear the brunt for now." Wan Lin sighs, "The third sister will likely suffer greatly this time. Even with father’s connections, it won’t be easy to get her out quickly."

Then, he fiercely rebukes, "That Wu Tian is truly useless, unable to carry out even a small task like poisoning an illegitimate son!"

"That illegitimate son is also fortunate to have been able to dine with an official of the Senior Eighth Grade, a Criminal Captain. That’s the only reason the poisoning was blown out of proportion to such a state!"

"I owe the third sister, my elder brother, and father too much," Wan Yuan says with a heavy voice.

Is it just good luck?

She looks displeased, having a hunch that the poisoning case was not a coincidence but rather someone deliberately acting as planned, enlarging the incident. This is an intuition she has developed over years of strategic planning for the Chu Family in Baiyuan County.

Sitting here is the real Wan Yuan, whereas the one the Criminal Defense Bureau took away was her younger sister, Wan Qin, who resembles her and was disguised.

"No point discussing this. The third sister can’t hide for long. Second sister, you’ll have to come with me tonight," Wan Lin says solemnly, "I’ve already arranged everything..."

"Big brother," Wan Yuan interrupts before Wan Lin can finish, "I can’t leave just yet!"

"Why?" Wan Lin is instantly anxious.

Why?

Wan Yuan remains silent.

As long as the Blood Evil Sect’s Young Master doesn’t leave, she can’t leave either!

"Big brother, I’m tired." Wan Yuan doesn’t give Wan Lin a chance to continue speaking, getting up and leaving the courtyard.

Soon, she arrives at the tower.

By this time, there are already three figures inside the building.

A little girl is feeding on something dripping with blood.

Next to the girl is someone wearing a cold mask.

And opposite, a person in a Criminal Defense Bureau uniform stands, though on closer inspection, the attire slightly differs from what Lin Zhenwu and Shao Pengshu wear.

This person’s complexion is pale, devoid of blood, as if it’s been covered with makeup like an actor’s.

Zheng Xiguan glances coldly at Wan Yuan as she comes up, while the little girl and the Strong Bone Realm Master, Qi Huanrong, don’t even look at her.

"Young Master, Guardian Zheng, Elder Qee."

Wan Yuan greets the three of them individually.

"What took you so long? We’ve been waiting for you." The little girl stops her feasting, looking up at Wan Yuan.

The little girl’s lips are stained red, with bits of flesh at the corners, her eyes twinkling with a peculiar glint, "Mother Twenty-Nine, I’ve had enough fun. I’ve decided to leave tonight."

Hearing this, Wan Yuan immediately looks at the little girl.

"Hee hee, Uncle Qee, Guardian Zheng, look at the expression on Mother Twenty-Nine’s face." Sitting in a somewhat high chair, the little girl laughs, shaking her feet gleefully at Wan Yuan’s surprised look.

"You...!" Wan Yuan now understands, the little girl is teasing her!

"What, have you forgotten your status, Mother Twenty-Nine? Twenty-Nine, Twenty-Nine, you’re only the twenty-ninth woman of my father, and there are twenty-eight before you!"

"If it weren’t for Brother Feng being nice to me, I’d have Uncle Qee strip your clothes and pull out your organs..."

The little girl jumps onto the chair, pointing mockingly at Wan Yuan, "I’m sure Guardian Zheng and Uncle Qee would be more than willing."