Chapter 408 - 288: My Master’s Master? The Martial Arts Path Must Be Walked Alone

The lantern flickered, casting a dim, yellow halo that pierced the cold air, illuminating the snowflakes drifting into the courtyard, forming intertwining shadows of light.

Xiang Mansion.

Under the lantern light, two people sat facing each other.

"Master." Chu Ming bowed his hands in greeting.

"Is the snow outside heavy?"

Xiang Yue looked at the snowflakes on Chu Ming’s shoulders, his expression somewhat solemn.

Living in this mansion, he hadn’t gone out for a long time.

"It’s heavy." Chu Ming brushed his robe, and unmelting snowflakes fell.

There is a courtyard in the mansion where snow can fall, but he knew his master was not talking about the snow.

"Cold, right?"

"Quite cold."

"The north is colder."

"..."

The two conversed in such a plain manner, sounding like casual small talk.

"North Snow County has eleven months of winter, and it snows for eight months." Xiang Yue looked at the heavy snow outside, his expression turning somewhat grave again.

"I wonder if this big snowfall drifted from North Snow County." He said in a deep voice.

Drifted from North Snow County?

The master implied something; is the King of North Snow about to wage war?

"Master, I brought some things." Chu Ming waved his hand, and a pile of treasures appeared on the table.

There were books, elixirs, armor, weapons, and more.

Xiang Yue’s eyes instantly brightened as he looked at the heap of treasures on the table.

"What have you been doing out there, brat?"

Treasures don’t appear out of thin air; where did the treasures on the table come from?

No need for much explanation; surely it’s that good disciple, robbing another unwise household.

"Master," Chu Ming picked up a cultivation technique first, "I’ve re-inferred the Mountain and Sea Primordial Body Technique, based on the Tiger and Python Body Refining Technique."

The mountains and seas nourished by the Sea Scripture greatly enhanced inference capability, the cultivation technique, martial skills, secret techniques, all re-inferred, and he additionally inferred a more suitable technique for his master.

This newly inferred cultivation technique can be cultivated to the Lower Meridian Unlocking Realm Perfection, tripling the Qi Blood, very similar to his master’s own creation, the Tiger and Python Body Refining Technique, closer to his master’s cultivation habits.

"Oh? Based on the Tiger and Python Body Refining Technique?" Xiang Yue curiously flipped through the pages to check.

He didn’t dwell, directly flipping to the Meridian Unlocking Realm section, and in less than ten pages, his eyes were already shining with brilliance.

"Good! Good!" Xiang Yue couldn’t help but praise.

The Tiger and Python Body Refining Technique was created by him through combining and inferring multiple techniques, using himself as the standard for inference, his comprehension level higher than anyone else, naturally the most suitable for himself.

But the Mountain and Sea Primordial Body Technique given by Chu Ming earlier, though more mysterious, condensed Qi and Blood Power more robust, cannot compare in terms of compatibility with the self-inferred Tiger and Python Body Refining Technique.

But this newly inferred Mountain and Sea Primordial Body Technique is different; he saw the shadow of the Tiger and Python Body Refining Technique within it, with each few pages he read, a sudden understanding arose in his heart.

It was a long-standing confusion making sense enlightenment.

Xiang Yue continued flipping through several more pages, his face full of smiles.

"Master, oh master, didn’t expect it, I am actually inferring a technique compatible with myself through my own disciple..." He mumbled, somewhat whimsically.

Master?

"Master?" Chu Ming heard Xiang Yue’s sigh.

"Haha, it’s nothing," Xiang Yue looked at Chu Ming, with admiration and a sigh in his eyes, "you continue."

Chu Ming did not dwell much on who the master referred to; if his master wanted to tell, he surely would.

"Master, this is the inferred spear technique," Chu Ming picked up another book and a short spear, "named ’Thousand Spears of the Mountains and Seas’."

"This spear is the companion weapon for ’Thousand Spears of the Mountains and Seas,’ known as the Flowing Cloud Spear."

’Thousand Spears of the Mountains and Seas’ was inferred by Chu Ming through combining multiple martial skills, and the short spear was refined by himself, can communicate using Qi and Blood Power, extend and contract freely.

Knowing his master’s weapon is a spear, he particularly inferred a set of spear techniques and crafted a spear.

Xiang Yue flipped through the spear techniques, weighing the Flowing Cloud Spear, his eyes flickering with shock: "You brat can also infer martial skills?"

"Yes." Chu Ming nodded.

"Good, I accept the spear technique, but I can’t take this spear."

"Master," Chu Ming waved his hand, two Meridian Unlocking Realm weapons appeared in his hand, "I have."

Xiang Yue saw those two weapons, obviously stunned for a moment, then waved his hand too, and a silver long spear appeared in his hand: "I also have, you keep it."

The long spear in his hand, gleaming silver, its chill menacing, at a glance quite extraordinary, perhaps better than the Flowing Cloud Spear.

The Flowing Cloud Spear was crafted by Chu Ming using the best materials, able to easily break open the Lower Meridian Unlocking Realm’s defenses, better than the Flowing Cloud Spear, that silver spear is...

Sleeve sweeping lightly, Chu Ming put away the Flowing Cloud Spear, then continued explaining to his master about a few more treasures like elixirs, armor, etc.

Xiang Yue only chose several bottles of elixirs and a set of inner armor; the rest he did not want.

At last, Chu Ming took out two items, one was Dark Jade, the other purple wrist guards.

As soon as these items were taken out, Xiang Yue felt their extraordinariness.

"Master, both of these are Storage Treasures," Chu Ming picked up the Dark Jade, "the Storage Space of this Dark Jade is one meter wide and high, whereas the wrist guards are smaller, only half a meter."

"Two Storage Treasures?!" Xiang Yue’s heart slightly trembled.

Storage Treasures are precious and hard to find; many counties may not be able to find a few, and his disciple suddenly brought two?

One of which is even larger than his?

He possesses one Storage Treasure, its internal space less than a meter.

"This wrist guard already has cultivation techniques, elixirs, weapons, and other treasures inside, please master give them to Housekeeper Fang."