Name: Qin Shujian
Identity: Cold Mountain Stronghold Master
Affiliation: Cold Mountain Stronghold
Realm: Seventh stage of the Basic Realm (Cold Mountain Stronghold's territory, Realm + 1)
Cultivation Techniques: Body Tempering Scripture Sixth Layer (+) (Power Flowing at Will) (Qi and Blood Flourishing) (Mortal Middle Grade), Black Tiger Saber Technique (Greater Heights) (Mortal Middle Grade), Eternal Spring Art (+) (Eternal Vitality) (Mortal Low Grade), Seven Leaf Flower Piercing Palm (+) (Greater Heights) (Mortal Low Grade)
Life Source: 503
Equipment: Level 9 Tiger Head Saber, Level 9 Tiger Skin Set (Tiger Skin Coat, Tiger Skin Trousers, Tiger Skin Belt, Tiger Skin Thick Boots)
These were Qin Shujian's current stats.
In just a few days, countless players had died in the hands of the bandits, causing his life source to increase at every moment. That unknown cultivation technique had been renamed Body Tempering Scripture.
Therefore, he had increased the Eternal Spring Art's fifth layer to the Perfection stage, gaining the additional effect of Eternal Vitality.
However, his Seven Leaf Piercing Flower Palm was only a symbolic upgrade to the next level.
With the Black Tiger Saber Technique as an offensive technique, this palm technique was not very useful.
However, Qin Shujian had increased the Five Element Eight Trigram Steps to the Greater Heights stage.
Although there was no change in his realm, it was still the same.
Only Qin Shujian himself knew how much his strength had increased by combining the Body Tempering Scripture's sixth layer with the Eternal Spring Art's Perfection stage.
Now —
Qin Shujian looked at the five hundred plus life source on his status panel, as well as the plus sign behind all the martial arts. Without any hesitation, he directly chose the sixth layer of the Body Tempering Scripture.
In an instant.
His five hundred plus life source decreased by three hundred points.
The words "Body Tempering Scripture's sixth layer" twisted and became "Body Tempering Scripture's seventh layer".
"Boom!"
At this moment, Qin Shujian suddenly felt as if there was a ball of fire burning in his body. His skin felt like it was being torn apart.
His originally normal skin was now rapidly withering, falling off inch by inch like fallen leaves.
Behind the falling dead skin was his normal skin color.
This cycle continued for nine times before the change finally stopped.
Now, when he looked at Qin Shujian again, his skin seemed to be made of bronze and indestructible.
Seventh stage of the Basic Realm!
Copper Skin!
Qin Shujian's eyes lit up.
When he looked at his status panel, his realm had changed to the eighth stage of the Basic Realm.
As for the Body Tempering Scripture, it had been upgraded from the sixth tier to the seventh tier, and there was an additional Copper Skin attribute behind it.
"Copper skin?" Qin Shujian pinched the skin on his arm with two fingers. Immediately, he felt a soft and tough feeling, as if he had touched some kind of metallic texture.
Seeing this, he took out the tiger-headed saber and gently cut his arm.
The blade slashed across, and there was a cold sensation.
When he took a closer look, there were no changes to his skin.
Seeing this.
Qin Shujian immediately made another stroke.
What was different from before was that this time, he used his normal strength.
The blade slashed across, leaving a shallow white mark.
When he used thirty percent of his strength, there was a slight pain in his arm. Qin Shujian immediately stopped.
When he looked at his arm again, there was a faint dark red color.
Hiss!
"What a powerful defense!"
Qin Shujian couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.
He now knew how powerful the Copper Skin ability of the seventh tier of the Body Tempering Scripture was.
It must be known that the tiger-headed saber was a ninth-grade Refined Weapon. It was much sharper than ordinary sabers and swords. At least until now, Qin Shujian hadn't met anything that the tiger-headed saber couldn't cut.
In addition, he was now in the eighth stage of the Basic Realm, and had a strength of several thousand pounds.
Even if he only used thirty percent of his strength, it was enough to easily suppress an expert of the fifth stage of the Basic Realm.
With such strength, coupled with the ninth-grade tiger-headed saber, he could only break through the Copper Skin defense.
This was equal to —
Even if he stood there motionless, an expert of the fifth stage of the Basic Realm without a ninth-grade weapon would have no chance of breaking through his defense.
Only those above the sixth stage of the Basic Realm could pose a threat to him.
"Invincible under the sixth stage of the Basic Realm!"
Such a phrase appeared in Qin Shujian's mind.
This wasn't invincibility in a certain sense, but true invincibility.
Even if he stood there and let others hack at him, they might not be able to break through his defense.
Afterwards, he looked at the remaining two hundred plus points of life force.
Qin Shujian looked at the plus sign behind the Eternal Spring Art. Since it would be a waste to keep it, he directly deduced the complete Eternal Spring Art to another level.
Unknown sixth tier of the cultivation technique!
Special effect: 'Life Extension'!
His body slightly trembled as a warm current surged through his body. Qin Shujian felt that his body seemed to be a bit younger. He, who was originally in his peak state, seemed to be glowing with surging vitality.
There weren't any changes. He still deduced the unknown cultivation technique to the sixth tier and directly used the name of the Eternal Spring Art.
Looking at the words "Life Extension", Qin Shujian thought to himself, "Life Extension. It seems that this Eternal Spring Art is more of a cultivation technique for maintaining one's health. I don't know if I can truly achieve eternal youth after deducing it."
However, these were all things for later.
After deducing the Eternal Spring Art to the sixth tier and cultivating the Body Tempering Scripture to the seventh tier, Qin Shujian felt that his strength had increased to a certain extent.
Regarding this,
Qin Shujian was quite satisfied.
Tomorrow, he would make a move on Novice Village 10021. Whether or not there was a powerful expert hidden within was still an unknown factor.
Increasing his strength by a bit meant increasing his chances of victory by a bit.
However, from the first time he fought with those three NPCs, there was a high probability that there was an expert in Novice Village 10021 that surpassed the fifth tier of the martial arts realm.
However, his actual realm was already the seventh tier of the martial arts realm. With the support of his faction, he had risen to the eighth tier of the martial arts realm.
Even if it was only a fake eighth tier.
However, with the Eternal Spring Art, Qin Shujian was confident that he wouldn't be much weaker than someone of the eighth tier of the martial arts realm.
He also didn't believe that a Novice Village could hide an even more powerful expert.
If there really was, then he could only admit defeat.
The next day.
In the Cold Mountain Stronghold.
Qin Shujian stood there. Behind him were seventy-three strong bandits.
Excluding the old, the young, and the bandits that hadn't respawned yet, in front of him was the full strength of Cold Mountain Stronghold.
Among the seventy-three bandits.
There was one person of the fourth tier of the martial arts realm, six of the third tier of the martial arts realm, seventeen of the second tier of the martial arts realm, and the rest of the bandits were of the first tier of the martial arts realm.
The scene was silent.
No one spoke. Only the almost inaudible sound of breathing could be heard.
Looking at the rising sun in the distance, the first ray of light sprinkled over Cold Mountain.
Qin Shujian waved his hand and said with a calm expression, "Let's go!"
After saying that.
Qin Shujian took the first step forward. Behind him, Zheng Fang, Zhang Tieniu, and the rest of the group immediately followed.
Most of the bandits also followed down the mountain.
Only a dozen bandits led by Wang Tiezhu remained. They stayed behind as a defensive force.
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