Chapter 490 - 308: Gongbo, Three Bestowments! Hu Ben? Private Army!_3

"Breaking enlightenment?" The Master of North Snow remained calm, gently shook his head, and smiled, "The mysteriousness of the Star Golden List can lead people into a state of enlightenment. Although the enlightenment was broken, the potential remains, and they should be able to make the list again next year."

"They can make the list again?" Yien Yang’s heart trembled slightly.

"Tell Yien Chong to find a way to make contact with this young man and treat him with courtesy."

"Understood."

"..."

Yien Yang bowed and retreated. The Master of North Snow looked outside the hall, paused, and took out an ice-colored jade scroll, used for communication.

"Blood Evil Brother." He communicated through his heart thought.

In the Blood Evil Sect, an underground blood pool churned with blood bubbles.

Blood Evil stepped out of the pool.

"King Shuo." He also took out a jade scroll interlaced with ice and blood colors.

"Capture Chu Ming alive." The message was conveyed again through the jade scroll.

Capture Chu Ming alive?

Bloodlight flashed in Blood Evil’s eyes.

"Sect Leader." Two people entered from outside.

The one in a blood robe was Evil Moon, and the one with a blood-colored mask was Pei Yan.

"What is it?"

"In Qin Capital, someone made the Golden List." Pei Yan said in a low voice.

"Made the Golden List? Chu Ming!" Blood Evil immediately thought of the recent communication.

"It’s this young man." Pei Yan’s voice contained a trace of anger.

The blood pool roiled, and Blood Evil Qi surged.

"Pei Yan."

"Here."

"Go to Qin Capital and capture Chu Ming alive."

Pei Yan paused for a moment, then a fierce light shot out from the blood eyes under the blood-colored mask.

"Understood."

"..."

...

In Qin Capital, inner city, Chu Mansion.

Chu Ming was sitting cross-legged in his room, immersed in comprehending the Scroll of the Sea of Consciousness and the vast sky.

The current vast sky is more aptly described as a starry sky.

Deep and boundless, like the starlight spread across the night sky, this is the change produced after the connection between the Scroll of the Vast Sky and the Star Golden List.

The starry sky resonates with the four great lakes below: cultivation techniques, Primordial Qi, mountains and seas, and book collection, greatly enhancing the capability of deduction.

"Bone Marrow Cleansing... Reshape... Rebirth..."

After a long while, Chu Ming exited this state of enlightenment, still wanting more.

As Grandmaster Ji Wujiang said, so-called enlightenment captures opportunities and understands innate potential and accumulated knowledge.

Innate potential is determined at birth and cannot be changed, but accumulated knowledge can grow through effort.

"The Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm..."

The bone marrow cleansing that Chu Ming comprehended was to reshape the skin, muscles, bones, five viscera, six bowels, meridians, and apertures using the power of Qi and Blood, allowing the entire body to be reborn under the power of Qi and Blood.

The previous realms of Blood Circulation, Strong Bone, Refining the Internal Organs, Meridian Unlocking used the power of Qi and Blood to strengthen the physical body, differing fundamentally.

Reshaping the skin, muscles, and bones is the early stage of the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm, reshaping the five viscera and six bowels as the middle stage, and reshaping the meridians and apertures as the late stage.

The early stage of the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm can be further divided into skin, muscles, tendons, and bones; the middle and late stages can also be further subdivided.

Therefore, every step in the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm is a transformative change, with great differences.

During the Golden Pillar Toppling, Chu Ming managed to complete the reshaping of the skin and muscles through accumulation and is now reshaping the tendons and bones.

In this manner, he continued cultivating for quite a while.

"Young master." Fang Xiao reported, "Xiao Jieshi has arrived."

"Alright, I know."

Chu Ming opened his eyes, got up, and walked out of the room.

"Xiao Jieshi and Xiao Jianxin are in the front hall."

"Mm."

Chu Ming donned the Snow Qilin Cloak and headed to the front hall with Fang Xiao.

In fact, not only Xiao Wen arrived, but the Sword Gourd Spirit also detected others approaching the mansion.

In the front hall.

"Attendant Reader Chu." Xiao Wen and Xiao Jianxin saw the young man in white and came forward to greet him proactively.

"Xiao Jieshi, Xiao Mansion Guard." Chu Ming cupped his hands in greeting.

The Mansion Guard was Xiao Jianxin’s position when he guarded the Xirong County Government.

Xiao Wen looked at Chu Ming, his expression complex, with regret and a sigh.

"Due to my identity, I hadn’t planned to come." Xiao Wen spoke first.

Chu Ming is a First-Grade Cold Scholar, while Xiao Wen is from the Xiao Family, and excessive contact would be disadvantageous for Chu Ming.

"But when I thought of your enlightenment by the Golden List being disrupted, I just... sigh..." Xiao Wen sighed deeply.

It was clear that he felt indignant for Chu Ming and worried that Chu Ming wouldn’t accept it and might do something out of the ordinary.

"Xiao Jieshi, it’s alright, there’s still a chance." Chu Ming said with a smile.

"Still a chance?" Xiao Wen’s eyes moved slightly, "It’s good Attendant Reader Chu can think like that."

Making the Golden List is immensely difficult and precious; having already made it this year, could it happen again next year?

Xiao Wen didn’t know, and history never recorded it.

Suddenly, a servant reported from outside the hall.

"Sir, the Fifth Prince and Seventh Prince are visiting."

Fifth Prince, Seventh Prince?

Xiao Wen’s expression changed slightly, "Attendant Reader Chu, I’ll take my leave first."

He didn’t want Chu Ming to be misunderstood by the Fifth and Seventh Princes and intended to leave quickly to avoid suspicion.

"Xiao Jieshi, Xiao Mansion Guard, I’ve prepared a banquet." Chu Ming didn’t mind.

"..." Xiao Wen paused, "I have official duties..."

Before he could finish, the Fifth Prince and Seventh Prince strode in with large steps.

"Xiao Jieshi is here too." The Fifth Prince smiled.

"Your Fifth Highness, Your Seventh Highness." Xiao Wen and Xiao Jianxin quickly saluted.

"My humble self is merely passing by..." Xiao Wen wanted to explain.

"Your Fifth Highness, Your Seventh Highness." Chu Ming and Fang Xiao followed with their salutes.

"No need for formalities, no need for formalities, Attendant Reader Chu, there’s no need for excess courtesy." The Fifth Prince personally stepped forward to support Chu Ming.

"..." Xiao Wen and Xiao Jianxin, seeing this scene, were momentarily stunned.

The Fifth Prince was surprisingly polite to Chu Ming?!

"Xiao Jieshi, since you’re here, sit down and have a chat." The Seventh Prince looked at Xiao Wen, his eyes moving, as if conveying some meaning.

Xiao Wen was dazed for a moment and then understood the implication.

The Seventh Prince wanted him to stay and offer guidance and comfort to Chu Ming.

With this thought, Xiao Wen’s suspended heart was finally at ease.

It seemed that Chu Ming was highly valued in the First-Grade Cold Families, to the extent that he no longer needed to avoid suspicion from the eminent. Otherwise, why would the two princes come personally at this time?

"Chu Ming, here are two bottles of Peaceful Mind Concentration Pills." The Seventh Prince took out two white porcelain bottles and handed them to Chu Ming, "Take one each day to dispel distracting thoughts."