As a matter of fact, his defensive improvements were nothing strange. After all, it was a defensive martial art. What excited him was the improvement to his physical strength.
For a martial artist, physical strength played a huge role.
At the same realm with equal gang qi, physical strength could play a decisive role.
If he could cultivate <Nine Transformation Golden Body Art> to the sixth transformation, his strength would improve by leaps and bounds.
Considering that other people wouldn’t stand still, he naturally wouldn’t be complacent. Still, the stronger he became, the more satisfied he would be .
At the seventh transformation, you would refine a golden body. Upon using <Nine Transformation Golden Body Art>, your entire body would turn gold. A film would appear above your skin that could rebound an enemy’s attacks.
The eighth transformation was even more powerful. Other martial artists at the same level would find it difficult to cause any damage. In addition, it could reduce the damage of martial artists one level higher by 50% and two levels higher by 30%!
The ninth transformation, also known as nine transformation golden body, would even let you heal and regrow severed limbs so long as you had gold and were not fatally injured!
……
Looking at the ninth transformation’s effect, Ling Xiao’s heart trembled.
This was too amazing. Although it consumed gold, which was more valuable than silver, it could even regrow severed limbs. As long as he didn’t die, he would have a chance to survive.
What kind of terrifying effect was this?
It truly didn’t tarnish the reputation of peak advanced martial arts!
As long as he successfully cultivated the ninth transformation of <Nine Transformation Golden Body Art>, unless other people cut off his head or instantly killed him, he would remain invincible.
“Where exactly did he pick up such a good defensive martial art?”
His loved ones appeared in his mind, and he couldn’t conceal his sorrow.
I’m still too weak.
If he had been stronger, who would have dared to make a move against his loved ones?
“I must become stronger until no one dares to provoke me!”
Thinking this, he took out a piece of gold from Li Xingyun’s storage ring.
As he cultivated, the ingot unexpectedly crumbled into a golden powder that slowly entered his arm before spreading all over his body.
Although it felt uncomfortable in the beginning, he quickly adapted to it.
It was relatively simple to cultivate the first transformation. He only needed two hours and ten taels of gold.
After cultivating <Nine Transformation Golden Body Art>’s first transformation, Ling Xiao observed his body. Now, his skin’s outer membrane was noticeably tougher like his skin had been forged with steel.
He excitedly continued to cultivate.
Sure enough, the second transformation was a lot harder, taking six hours and 100 taels of gold.
This time, his bones and muscles were strengthened, which he could clearly discern.
However, the tenfold increase in consumption truly made him suffer unspeakable misery.
The price of this breakthrough was all the gold in Li Xingyun’s storage ring.
“Now, there’s only one piece of golden inner armor left. Its quality is very good, so it should be about 1,000 taels of gold. Coupled with some gold bits and pieces in the house, it should be enough to breakthrough to the third transformation.”
Thinking this, Ling Xiao left his training room and ransacked his house.
These gold items had been left behind by Uncle Ling Er and amounted to about 100 taels of gold in total.
However, it ought to be enough with that golden inner armor.
After returning to the training room, Lin Xiao cultivated once more.
This time, his cultivation took even longer. After no less than twelve hours, he finally broke through to <Nine Transformation Golden Body Art>’s third transformation.
Now, Ling Xiao’s qi and blood vigorous roared through his meridians and veins as if he were full of energy. Even without sleeping for more than ten days, there wouldn’t be any problems.
He had never expected for this defense martial art to have this kind of benefit.
Although he wanted to continue, he didn’t have any gold. No wonder very few cultivated this defensive martial art.
This was a defensive martial art for the nouveau riche.
It consumed vast quantities of gold!
Ling Xiao hesitated for a while before heading to Heavenly Peak City where he exchanged all his silver and the herbs and demonic beast younglings he had previously harvested in the Landscape Painting for gold.
In the end, he got more than 20,000 taels of gold.
“Well, I am a poor wretch again.”
Ling Xiao remarked with a bitter smile. Originally, he had had a lot of silver, but now, he only had 20,000 taels of gold, which would quickly disappear into his <Nine Transformation Golden Body Art>.
Before the finals, he planned to cultivate <Nine Transformation Golden Body Art> to at least fifth transformation, or small success.
Thus, he needed tens of thousands of taels of gold.
However, he didn’t have that much, but 20,000 taels of gold was sufficient to cultivate this defensive martial art to the fourth transformation.
To simultaneously increase his gang qi and the cultivation speed of <Nine Transformation Golden Body Art>, Ling Xiao swallowed his gang qi pills.
In the training room was a pile of 20,000 taels of gold. If someone saw him cultivating like this, they would be shocked.
In the past, the gold powder had entered his body via his hands.
However, it was different this time.
All the gold around him unexpectedly disintegrated and entered his body via his pores. Then, along with his gang qi, it continued strengthening his body.
Eh?
When cultivating this time, his Landscape Martial Soul finally had an unusual change, and a strand of energy from it seeped into this circulating gold powder and gang qi.
Starting from the fourth transformation, his <Nine Transformation Golden Body Art> obviously differed from the norm.
His defensive martial art not only had stronger effects, but it also strengthened his martial soul.
Shockingly, after that strand of the Landscape Martial Soul’s energy merged with his body, not only did it not slow down his cultivation speed, it also made him progress faster.
The full efficacy of the gang qi pills and gold powder were thoroughly absorbed by his body. Now, he could clearly determine that the Landscape Martial Soul which he now realized had once been somewhat detached from him seemed to have linked with his own blood vessels.
Ling Xiao didn’t know other things, but he was certain that his cultivation speed and his efficiency at absorbing pills were much better than ordinary people.
This was the special aspect provided by the Landscape Martial Soul.
When ordinary people took pills, absorbing 50% of its efficacy was pretty good, but he could absorb almost 100% without any waste.
Just this point alone was a big advantage.
It was tantamount to saying that pills were twice as effective for him.
However, although the effects were quite good, that only let him consume resources even faster. Eyening the rapidly shrinking pile of gold, his heart ached.
How could his heart not ache? These represented the fortune he had toiled to receive.
Fortunately, the gold had not been wasted. With the absorption of the gold powder, Ling Xiao could clearly feel the rapid increase in his gang qi.
Naturally, the fastest improvement was still his physical strength and the resilience of his body.
Especially his soft internal organs were being continuously strengthened. Even his hidden injuries caused by Ling Chong’s past beatings were fully healed.
The gold truly hadn’t been wasted.
