Chapter 4: The Phantom Shadow Technique

"Ouch, it seems that using the Phantom Shadow Technique is still a bit of a stretch for this body."

In the room, Chu Feng Mian lay on the bed, feeling a near-paralyzing pain in his legs. He pressed on them and muttered to himself.

Chu Feng Mian's current realm was merely the first stage of the Bone Tempering Realm, having just opened his first spiritual meridian.

In terms of strength, Cao Dahai still surpassed Chu Feng Mian. Chu Feng Mian was able to defeat Cao Dahai by relying on another kind of power.

Movement technique.

This kind of movement technique is extremely rare in the Wu Sheng Kingdom. In the vast Lin Manor, there was only one Light Body Technique, a movement technique ranked as a lower-grade Yellow level.

Even this Light Body Technique was considered a top priority in the Lin Manor, and only genius disciples were allowed to practice it.

In his previous life, Chu Feng Mian could not cultivate, but he had read countless books on swordsmanship. The movement technique he just used was one he had learned before, a lower-grade Heavenly level movement technique called the Phantom Shadow Technique.

Whether it's martial techniques, medicinal pills, movement techniques, or cultivation methods, they are all divided into four levels in the Wu Sheng Kingdom: Heavenly, Earthly, Mystical, and Yellow. Each level is further divided into four grades: supreme, upper, middle, and lower.

However, even a lower-grade Yellow level is something that ordinary martial artists dream of. The entire Lin Manor has only one middle-grade Mystical level martial technique, which is considered the manor's treasure.

In his previous life, Chu Feng Mian had seen countless martial techniques, movement techniques, and cultivation methods. His memory was astonishing, allowing him to remember everything he read. However, at that time, Chu Feng Mian had no spiritual energy and could only read them out of boredom. Now, with this rebirth, Chu Feng Mian finally has the opportunity to use them.

"Although I defeated Cao Dahai using the Phantom Shadow Technique, it was a case of a thousand injuries to the enemy and eight hundred to myself."

Chu Feng Mian lowered his head, and on his legs, there were obvious bruises. These bruises were left from the use of the Phantom Shadow Technique.

Whether it's martial techniques, movement techniques, or cultivation methods, they all require a body with strength. Forcing their use without sufficient strength can cause damage to the body.

Although the Phantom Shadow Technique is less dependent on physical strength, Chu Feng Mian's current body is too weak, and he had to pay a certain price for its use.

"Once I reach the third stage of the Bone Tempering Realm, I can use the Phantom Shadow Technique without any damage. At that time, I will be able to defeat even a fifth-stage Bone Tempering Realm martial artist."

Chu Feng Mian muttered to himself as he searched the room.

After a while, he found several jade bottles in a cabinet in the room.

Each bottle was filled with spirit pills.

The spirit pills inside were the size of longan, light blue in color, and emitted a fragrant spiritual energy as soon as they were opened.

"A total of thirty-five Bone Tempering Pills."

The Bone Tempering Pills are the lowest-grade pills in the outer manor of the Lin Manor, used by Bone Tempering Realm martial artists in their cultivation. They are effective for martial artists below the fifth stage of the Bone Tempering Realm.

These thirty-five Bone Tempering Pills were accumulated by Chu Feng Mian over more than a year.

Although Chu Feng Mian was nominally the chief steward of the outer manor, in reality, most of his salary was deducted by the people of the outer manor, leaving him with less than one-tenth.

These thirty-five Bone Tempering Pills were the maximum he could accumulate. He had planned to use them after reaching the Bone Tempering Realm.

However, he was killed before he could reach the Bone Tempering Realm.

Now that Chu Feng Mian has been reborn, these Bone Tempering Pills finally have a use.

"Refine!"

Chu Feng Mian sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes, and took out one of the Bone Tempering Pills, placing it in his mouth.

The Bone Tempering Pill quickly dissolved upon entering his mouth, turning into a refined spiritual energy that spread throughout his body.

In his previous life, Chu Feng Mian had refined countless pills. Not to mention the most common lower-grade Yellow level spirit pills, even Earthly and Heavenly level pills, he had refined many times.

In an instant, he gathered the spiritual energy of the Bone Tempering Pill and integrated it into his body.

If one lacks experience, they might only absorb fifty or even forty percent of the spiritual energy, with the rest dissipating.

However, for someone like Chu Feng Mian, who has refined countless pills, refining this small Bone Tempering Pill was almost instantaneous.

In less than half a minute, the Bone Tempering Pill was completely refined.

Chu Feng Mian could feel that his body was now stronger than before, and the pain in his legs had clearly improved.

What delighted Chu Feng Mian even more was that the second spiritual meridian in his body was now showing signs of loosening due to the spiritual energy of the Bone Tempering Pill.

If he could open the second spiritual meridian, his strength would experience a qualitative leap.

"Continue!"

Chu Feng Mian's eyes showed determination as he took another Bone Tempering Pill and placed it in his mouth.

After a few minutes, most of the Bone Tempering Pills in front of Chu Feng Mian had been refined, and a golden thread was slowly forming on his arm.

If someone saw Chu Feng Mian now, they would be greatly surprised. This was the appearance of someone about to open a spiritual meridian.

Opening a spiritual meridian requires a vast amount of resources and the assistance of powerful cultivators.

For example, Lin Yunfeng, the current top genius of the Lin Manor, was born with five spiritual meridians. To further enhance his talent, the Lin Manor spent a fortune to purchase two Earthly level spirit pills, the Cold Soul Pills.

They also spent a large sum to invite two Wind Mastery Realm cultivators to jointly activate the Cold Soul Pills, opening two more spiritual meridians for Lin Yunfeng, making him have seven open spiritual meridians.

However, the cost of this was so great that the Lin Manor would struggle to recover for a hundred years. The entire Lin Manor is now conserving resources due to this.

For someone like Chu Feng Mian, who is trying to open a spiritual meridian with just a few Bone Tempering Pills, this is an unprecedented feat.

"Just a little more!"

Chu Feng Mian shouted in his mind.

He could feel that the second spiritual meridian was almost open, but it lacked a bit of spiritual energy.

Chu Feng Mian grabbed the remaining eight Bone Tempering Pills and put them in his mouth at once.

He immediately gathered their spiritual energy and directed it towards the second spiritual meridian.

The pain of breaking the spiritual meridian came again, but Chu Feng Mian's expression remained unchanged. Sweat dripped from his face, but he remained focused on the spiritual meridian in his body.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a sound echoed in Chu Feng Mian's mind.

After the sound, a surge of refined spiritual energy flooded his body, filling him with power.

At the same time, the second bright spiritual meridian on his arm was activated.

Seeing this, Chu Feng Mian's lips curled into a smile.

"The second spiritual meridian is open."

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