160: Chapter 160 Body Refining Techniques

Danxia Spirit Stone Mine.

Inside the Guardian Hall.

Li Hu sat upright on a stone chair in the center of the hall, dressed in a brocade robe, the aura of his third-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivation stable and imposing. His gaze slowly swept over the people standing below.

These people were all core Overseers and key guards of the mine, their expressions respectful, standing with eyes cast down, not daring to make the slightest move.

Qin Changsheng's Incarnation, Wang Cheng, was also standing here.

"Has the revenue for the Danxia Spirit Stone Mine this year been tallied?" Li Hu asked aloud.

As his voice fell, a middle-aged Cultivator dressed in deep blue Overseer attire immediately stepped forward: "Reporting to the Young Lord, the total mineral output for this year is 350,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones."

This person was the mine's Overseer, who was in charge of tallying and summarizing the Spirit Stones of the mine.

"350,000?"

"Why is the revenue only this little?" Li Hu looked at the Overseer with some confusion.

One had to know that last year, the Danxia Spirit Stone Mine had harvested a full 600,000 Spirit Stones.

Yet today, the production had decreased by half for no apparent reason.

"Reporting to the Young Lord, since February this year, mining for Spirit Stones in the mine has become exceptionally difficult. In the past, each miner could dig up over a dozen Spirit Stones daily, but this year, even if they exhausted all their strength, they could only dig up a few Spirit Stones a day, and some even failed to dig up a single one for days on end." The Overseer replied.

"Could it be that those mine slaves are slacking off?" Li Hu asked.

"Young Lord, those mine slaves are not slacking off!"

The Overseer did not know what was going on at this moment either.

Initially, he thought it was those mine slaves slacking off.

But those mine slaves were digging very seriously and putting in a lot of effort every day, yet they just couldn't see any Spirit Stones.

The Spirit Stones hidden in the mine tunnels had also decreased for some unknown reason.

Hearing the Overseer's words, Li Hu was also very confused.

At the same time, Qin Changsheng, who was in a hidden mine tunnel, clearly heard the conversation inside the Guardian Hall.

Qin Changsheng was very clear about why the Spirit Stone Mine had decreased this year.

All of this was the effect of the Golden Trait [Cultivation] in his hands.

The Heavenly Dao Trait [Cultivation] could not conjure up so many Spirit Stones out of thin air.

It must have been transforming the Spirit Stones within the Danxia Spirit Stone Mine.

Over time, the Spiritual Qi and Spirit Stones in other areas of the mine would become increasingly sparse, and the difficulty of mining would increase significantly accordingly.

Inside the hall, Li Hu's brows furrowed once again.

His heart was full of confusion as well.

He always felt that this matter was very suspicious.

But even after pondering for a long time, he didn't know where the anomaly had appeared.

Li Hu's gaze looked towards Wang Cheng below, then asked: "Wang Cheng, you have been patrolling the mine tunnels for this past year, have you discovered any anomalies?"

"Over this past year, your subordinate has patrolled every part of the mine daily, from the outer mining tunnels to the deep mine pits, checking them one by one, and has not discovered any anomalies."

Wang Cheng stepped forward to report.

Hearing Wang Cheng's words, the suspicion in the depths of Li Hu's eyes gradually dissipated a little.

After all, Wang Cheng was a person from the Blood Demon Sect and could not possibly betray him.

Since Wang Cheng hadn't found any anomalies after patrolling for so long.

The decrease of Spirit Stones in the Spirit Stone Mine was likely an accidental phenomenon.

Li Hu sat back on his chair, his gaze looking at the Overseer below: "How are the preparations for the Materials required for Possession, which I instructed you to prepare, going now? Is there any progress?"

"Reporting to the Young Lord, they are already prepared!" The Overseer replied.

"Good!" Li Hu's face was full of joy.

Now that all the Materials had been collected.

As long as he cultivated the Blood Demon Great Technique to Perfection, he would be able to begin the Possession.

As long as he successfully performed Possession on Hu Nan, their Blood Demon Sect's great cause could succeed.

He would also be able to obtain the Ancient Divine Ability, Rebirth!

Far away in the depths of the mine pit, Qin Changsheng heard Li Hu's words but did not have any reaction.

After all, the target of Li Hu's Possession was Hu Nan.

And Hu Nan was just an External Incarnation.

Li Hu's Possession attempt this time was destined to be a futile effort.

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Heavenly Sword Sect.

Qingyun Tower.

Qingyun Tower was a place where many Heavenly Sword Sect Cultivators gathered.

Every year, many fellow villagers, or people with similar Cultivation levels, gathered here.

Qingyun Tower was divided into five floors. The higher one went, the higher the status of the Cultivators received, and the Spiritual Qi became increasingly pure. The fourth floor was often occupied by Foundation Establishment Cultivators all year round, making it difficult for ordinary Cultivators to set foot there.

On this day, Qin Changsheng controlled Hu Nan and arrived outside Qingyun Tower.

The reason Qin Changsheng let Hu Nan come here was to have Hu Nan inquire about the major events that had happened in the Sect over the past year.

And also some special Materials, clues about Body Refining Cultivation Techniques, and clues about heavenly dao fragments.

Hu Nan had just arrived on the second floor when he saw those fellow villagers from Beihai Prefecture.

Seeing Hu Nan walk over, those fellow villagers stood up one after another to greet him.

However, Hu Nan did not pay attention to these people and walked straight towards the fourth floor.

Inside the private room on the fourth floor, quite a few people had already gathered, mostly Foundation Establishment Cultivators that Qin Changsheng knew, and also people who had just reached Foundation Establishment not long ago.

These people were sitting together in twos and threes, either chatting about Cultivation insights or discussing the Exchange of resources, the atmosphere lively and harmonious.

Hu Nan had just entered the private room when he felt two powerful waves of hostility.

Hu Nan looked up and soon discovered that these two waves of hostility came from Li Hu and Lin Hao.

However, Li Hu's killing intent was quickly hidden, while Lin Hao's hostility was not hidden at all.

"Senior Brother Hu! We were just waiting for you!" Li Hu came to a spot not far from Hu Nan with a smile.

"Sorry, I was delayed by some matters on the way!" Hu Nan explained.

Li Hu then exchanged pleasantries with Hu Nan, from Cultivation insights to trivial matters of the Sect, and then to the situation at the mine. His tone was intimate, and every word exuded "familiarity," as if the two were close friends who had known each other for many years.

The surrounding Cultivators watched this scene and all assumed that Li Hu and Hu Nan were a pair of good friends.

Not a single person would have thought that the two people "chatting happily" before them were actually mortal enemies.

Not long after, Jiang Lijuan raised her hand to signal everyone to be quiet: "Fellow Disciples, gathering at Qingyun Tower today is a rare Opportunity. Why don't we all talk about our Cultivation insights from this past year, Exchange them with each other, and improve together? I wonder what you all think?"

As her voice fell, everyone also began to speak about their own Cultivation insights one after another.

Some spoke about their insights on the Sword Flight Technique.

Some spoke about their Cultivation insights on Spells.

Some spoke about their insights on Sword Techniques.

"Senior Brother Lin, didn't you obtain a Body Refining technique?"

"Why don't you talk about your insights on that Body Refining technique?" Half an hour later, Junior Brother Wu suddenly looked at Lin Hao beside him.

Far away in the Spirit Stone Mine tunnel, Qin Changsheng heard this news, and his heart suddenly stirred.

He had been searching for a Body Refining technique all along.

But he didn't expect that Lin Hao actually possessed a Body Refining technique.

Lin Hao was Lin Zhentian's son, and the Body Refining technique given to Lin Hao by Lin Zhentian was definitely above Medium Grade Xuan-Grade.

If he could get his hands on Lin Hao's Body Refining technique, then he wouldn't have to toil away searching for a Body Refining technique anymore.

At this moment, Lin Hao also stood up and said: "Over this past year, I have indeed been bitterly cultivating the Body Refining technique, but the results have been minimal."

Hearing this, everyone revealed curious expressions, and someone asked: "Senior Brother Lin, your father is the Law Enforcement Elder, he would surely give you the best Cultivation resources, how could your Cultivation not go smoothly? Could it be that you encountered some difficult barrier that is hard to overcome?"

Hearing this, Lin Hao smiled bitterly and said slowly: "It is shameful to say, but my father indeed places high hopes on me. Over a year ago, he specially sought out a Body Refining technique and bestowed it upon me, hoping that I could temper my Physical Body, make up for the shortcoming of insufficient spiritual energy, and achieve a Breakthrough early."

"Senior Brother Lin, what is the name of this Body Refining technique?" Someone suddenly asked.

"This Body Refining technique is the High Grade Xuan-Grade 'Vajra Body Refining Art'. It is said that once cultivated to Perfection, the Physical Body can withstand a full-strength strike from a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, and can even block attacks from Earth-Grade Magical Artifacts. Its power is extremely formidable." Lin Hao replied.

Hearing Lin Hao's words, everyone looked at him with envy.

Most of these people were just ordinary Disciples.

All resources and Cultivation Techniques had to be found through their own efforts.

But Lin Hao's resources and Cultivation Techniques were all prepared for him by Lin Zhentian.