High Martial: I Can Copy All Root Bones!

Each of Lu Changfeng’s five Demon Fiend Bloodlines had its own use.

Of them all, the one Lu Changfeng found most novel and practical for daily use was the 10% Ancient Ba Snake bloodline.

At 5% concentration, this Demon Fiend Bloodline had granted him the Demon Fiend Skill "Ba Snake Devouring Heaven."

This skill allowed Lu Changfeng to open a gate to a Dimensional Space and generate an immense suction, pulling his target inside.

Anyone without enough strength to resist the pull, or anyone caught off guard, would be banished to an Alternate Space.

Once there, returning would be nearly impossible.

This was the first spatial skill granted by the Ancient Ba Snake bloodline.

And when the Ancient Ba Snake concentration reached 10%, the newly emerged spatial Demon Fiend Skill, "Ba Snake Space," left Lu Changfeng overjoyed for several days.

Ba Snake Space: The Ancient Ba Snake could create a fully controllable Dimensional Space within its belly for long-term food storage.

After using this skill, Lu Changfeng discovered a space he could perceive with his mind had indeed appeared in his chest and abdomen.

The space was approximately one hundred cubic meters, and its size would increase along with the concentration of the Ancient Ba Snake bloodline within his body.

Now, Lu Changfeng could open the space at will to store and retrieve items, effectively giving him a personal storage space of one hundred cubic meters.

The only drawback was that the portal to the space was located on his stomach.

When using the Ba Snake Space, it looked as though Lu Changfeng was prying his own stomach open.

Pulling things out of and stuffing things into his stomach was an extremely unsightly process.

However, this lack of aesthetic appeal meant nothing compared to its practicality...

Xuansha, who possessed the same Demon Fiend Bloodline, naturally had the same skill.

In fact, Xuansha had acquired the "Ba Snake Space" first. For several days, he had demonstrated it for Lu Changfeng, stuffing things in and pulling them out.

It was then that Lu Changfeng decided he absolutely had to replicate the Ancient Ba Snake bloodline and increase its concentration to ten percent.

While testing the practical applications of the "Ba Snake Space," Xuansha had even stuffed Lu Changfeng into his stomach.

Upon entering the Ba Snake Space with his physical body, Lu Changfeng discovered it was a vacuum.

Floating in mid-air was rather fun, but the lack of air made it easy to suffocate.

Luckily, Lu Changfeng could hold his breath for several hours.

Lu Changfeng explored the Ba Snake Space for a while and discovered its barrier was very fragile; an ordinary Tendon Transformation Martial Artist could shatter the "Ba Snake Space’s" barrier with a strike fueled by Inner Strength.

Furthermore, the space was truly anchored to the host’s abdomen, so it couldn’t be used to trap enemies.

Otherwise, if an enemy went berserk and shattered the Ba Snake Space from within, losing the contents would be a minor issue.

The resulting spatial collapse would cause severe problems for the host’s abdomen.

"Alright, Xuansha. Let’s head back to Jiangzhou and take a look," Lu Changfeng said, getting to his feet.

"Understood," Xuansha replied simply.

Lu Changfeng activated his Lightweight Skill and departed from the Dark Buddha Demon Sect’s mountain gate.

Powered by his abundant Inner Strength, his Flying Swan Stepping on Snow technique made it nearly impossible for ordinary people to track his movements.

A single, graceful leap carried him over ten meters.

Xuansha’s method was even simpler. As a cultivator at the Spirit Body First Layer of the Rebirth Realm, he could levitate a foot off the ground.

By channeling a bit of the Spiritual Power in his Spirit Body, he steadily caught up with Lu Changfeng, maintaining a distance of less than ten meters.

If Xuansha were to travel at full speed, Lu Changfeng wouldn’t stand a chance of keeping up.

Traveling at full speed, the two soon arrived at the pier outside Jia City.

Lu Changfeng shed his image as the cold and domineering Demon Dao Saint Master, once again becoming the handsome and elegant hero of Jiangzhou.

It was early spring, and the pier was bustling with activity. The two squeezed onto a small boat and headed toward Jiangzhou City.

...

「Noon.」

「Jiangzhou Pier.」

Lu Changfeng and a plain-clothed Xuansha stepped off the small boat and onto the shore.

Jiangzhou hadn’t changed much in three years; everything was just as before.

Lu Changfeng hailed a horse-drawn carriage and headed for the Changle Martial Arts Hall on Five Horses Street.

"Huh? The Hall Master is back from his travels!"

"It’s the Hall Master! The Hall Master is back!"

The two disciples at the gate were senior members who recognized Lu Changfeng at a glance and shouted in excitement.

Before long, a crowd of disciples had come out to greet him.

For the past three years, aside from occasionally returning to meet with Chunzhu, Lu Changfeng had not appeared before his disciples.

The official story was that he had gone away to travel.

Lu Changfeng examined his disciples’ cultivation progress.

The disciple who had progressed the fastest was Han Fan. With his Lower A Class Root Bone and Middle Level Talent in Swordsmanship, Han Fan was perfectly suited for the Body Forging Swordsmanship.

In those three years, Han Fan had come from behind to surpass the others, his cultivation reaching the Fourth Level of the Blood Forging Realm.

He had also become exceptionally skilled in the Storm Sword Technique.

Another exceptionally talented disciple, Nie Xiaohu, had left Changle Martial Arts Hall.

Apparently, his father had died suddenly, leaving no one to run the family’s Escort Agency. With his brothers being incapable, he had to return and take over.

Upon hearing this, Lu Changfeng couldn’t help but glance at Xuansha.

Nie Xiaohu’s father was the very man who had died at Xuansha’s hands that night at the Lan Family’s estate.

Xuansha mentally chanted "Amitabha Buddha." ’If I had known of this connection, I absolutely would not have dealt a fatal blow to Father Nie that night,’ he thought.

Now that the mistake had been made, all they could do was let nature take its course.

Han Fan was indeed a young man with excellent Root Bone and Talent. On top of that, his disposition was reliable.

Throughout his three years at the Martial Arts Hall, he had always respected his teachers and their teachings, never once slacking in his efforts.

His background was also clean; he was a commoner by birth and was now all alone.

Therefore, on the very day he returned, Lu Changfeng announced that he was taking Han Fan as his first Direct Disciple.