Chapter 45 of 100

Chapter 45

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After dealing with the matter of the merit beads, Lin Haoming took out the jade slip containing the cultivation technique of the "Divine Bone Art." He first carefully read through it, then began to carefully ponder some of the important sections.

The "Divine Bone Art" is a body-strengthening cultivation technique that Lin Haoming had never encountered before. Although he had been a shopkeeper for a long time and seen many things, the sect had strict rules against privately teaching cultivation techniques beyond the Qi Condensation stage. Therefore, this was the first time he had seen such a technique.

Lin Haoming soon realized that with his current knowledge, it would be quite difficult to fully comprehend it. This made him curious about how Qian Yuanshu had cultivated.

Thinking of another jade slip, Lin Haoming immediately checked it and found that it contained explanations and techniques for the cultivation method, including the method of using bone marrow worms to devour spiritual marrow. Additionally, it mentioned that to cultivate the "Divine Bone Art," one needed sufficient demonic qi, as the "Divine Bone Art" itself is a demonic technique.

Upon learning that demonic qi was required, Lin Haoming couldn't help but feel a bit regretful for using his merit so quickly to unseal the spirit bead. Fortunately, he still had a small amount of merit left, which was enough to unseal the second layer of the demon bead.

Carefully studying the annotations of the "Divine Bone Art" technique, Lin Haoming learned that the author was a Golden Core elder named Divine Bone Elder. According to the information left in the annotations, the Divine Bone Elder had only cultivated the "Divine Bone Art" to the seventh level and could not proceed further.

This was not only because cultivating the "Divine Bone Art" required many auxiliary materials, but more importantly, the cultivation process brought extraordinary pain. Although cultivation success could allow one to compete with those one level higher, from the words, Lin Haoming could see that the Divine Bone Elder had become afraid of the pain after reaching the seventh level.

After reading this, Lin Haoming couldn't help but draw a deep breath.

The annotations opened up his thinking, but the potential pain of cultivation made him hesitate.

"Should I cultivate or not?" Lin Haoming pondered.

However, Lin Haoming only hesitated for a moment. His eyes soon showed a determined look. Since the technique was already in his hands and he had the demon bead, he had no reason not to cultivate. The Divine Bone Elder couldn't endure the pain, but that didn't mean he couldn't. Compared to physical pain, being controlled by others was even more unbearable. Without a powerful cultivation technique, how could he suppress Xie Ruolan in the future? Was he going to be bullied by her for the rest of his life?

Lin Haoming suddenly realized that it was Xie Ruolan who had made him decide.

After making up his mind, Lin Haoming no longer hesitated and began to carefully study the annotations.

Three days passed in this manner.

After three days, Lin Haoming felt that he had almost comprehended the first level of the "Divine Bone Art," mainly due to the annotations.

Next, he did not immediately start cultivating but instead brought out Qian Yuanshu's corpse again.

Placing the corpse directly on the ground in front of him, Lin Haoming took out a flying knife as a surgical tool and began to dissect Qian Yuanshu.

In his previous life, Lin Haoming had done this countless times and was very proficient. He skillfully removed the bones from Qian Yuanshu.

From the bones, Lin Haoming clearly saw that after cultivating the "Divine Bone Art," Qian Yuanshu's bones had become much tougher and could move in ways far beyond normal imagination. For example, the ribs in the chest of the skeleton, though split in half, were tightly combined into a shield-like structure, protecting the chest.

Recalling his initial sneak attack with the mother and child swords, Lin Haoming realized that Qian Yuanshu must have moved his bones in this way. Moreover, Qian Yuanshu's bones were already as hard as a low-grade magical shield, which is why the child sword couldn't penetrate.

Seeing this, Lin Haoming felt even more excited.

Next, Lin Haoming continuously cast several spells on the skeleton. As the spells took effect, each bone, which looked like white jade, began to vibrate slightly. With the continuous infusion of magical power, the frequency of the vibrations increased.

At this moment, Lin Haoming took out a palm-sized bottle, opened it, and placed it nearby, continuously infusing magical power with his hands.

He saw a bright, milky white substance emerge from the skeleton, and under his control, the glowing points fell into the bottle.

This process lasted about half an hour before it ended. When Lin Haoming finished, the originally white jade-like bones had become riddled with holes and shattered.

Lin Haoming casually released a fireball to burn the skeleton and flesh clean, then tapped his spirit beast bag, and the bone marrow worms flew out.

Lin Haoming cast several spells on the bone marrow worms, and they spat out some light points.

Lin Haoming took out another small bottle and collected these light points.

After completing these tasks, Lin Haoming nodded in satisfaction, then studied the cultivation technique again and used the last small amount of merit to unseal the second layer of the demon bead. After unsealing, Lin Haoming knew that unsealing the third layer of the demon bead would require nine small merits, and since he had none, he didn't think about it further.

After the second layer of the demon bead was unsealed, its effect was similar to the spirit bead, but it provided demonic qi.

Feeling the demonic qi, Lin Haoming found that it was not much different from spiritual qi and could also be used for cultivation. However, because demonic qi and spiritual qi are different, Lin Haoming adapted for three days before officially starting his cultivation.

Taking out the small bottle, he poured a drop of the bright, milk-like substance into his mouth.

This was the spiritual marrow extracted from the bone marrow worms. After swallowing it, Lin Haoming held the demon bead in one hand and supported himself with the other, performing a one-handed handstand. He then began to circulate the cultivation technique.

Lin Haoming guided the essence of the spiritual marrow to be absorbed into his dantian, followed by absorbing a large amount of demonic qi, which mixed with the spiritual marrow. The mixture then flowed evenly into his meridians and gradually seeped into his bones.

The initial process was warm and comfortable, making Lin Haoming feel good. However, when the spiritual marrow entered his bones, he felt as if bone spurs were growing, causing pain. Although it was far from unbearable, it made Lin Haoming understand why the Divine Bone Elder could not continue.

Because if this pain gradually increased, it might eventually feel like the pain those young men experienced when their spiritual marrow was devoured by bone marrow worms, a pain akin to falling into hell.

However, since he had already started, Lin Haoming had no reason to stop. He continued to draw demonic qi and cultivate.

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