Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint
Chapter 557 - 143 Skill Growth (Vote for Monthly Ticket!)

Chapter 557: Chapter 143 Skill Growth (Vote for Monthly Ticket!)

A week had passed.

He pushed open the door.

The courtyard was blanketed in white.

Buffeted by the icy wind, Jiang Ning squinted his eyes.

Several snowflakes, large as goose feathers, fell on his neck, melting into water from his body’s heat, and instantly released a chill.

"This weather has gotten even colder," Jiang Ning murmured to himself.

Then he glanced at his status panel.

[Skills]: Reading and Writing (Five times limit-breaking 5477/6000) (Trait: Unforgettable, Extraordinary Five Senses, Divine Thought Agility, Outstanding Comprehension, Heavenly Vision)

Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill (Small Success 4055/5000)

The biggest changes these days were these two skills on the panel.

The Reading and Writing, after several days of gaining experience, was now not far from the six thousand experience points needed to break the limit.

The progress of the Inner Elixir Cultivation Technique had also been fast in the past few days, mostly sunny, breaking past four thousand points already. The distance to the requirement of five thousand experience points for the technique to achieve great success and for the Inner Breath quality to transform and condensed into Gang was less than a thousand points away.

However, with the weather’s sudden drop in temperature and the heavy snow floating in the courtyard, the temperature had plummeted overnight.

He knew that he shouldn’t even think about practicing the Inner Elixir Cultivation for the next few days.

This technique could only be practiced on clear days without any obstruction from the sun.

Afterward, he glanced at the snowy scene in the courtyard, withdrew his gaze, and was too lazy to clear the snow.

He wasn’t practicing these days; he spent his time reading books.

To increase the experience of Reading and Writing, he had long finished reading all the books at home.

These days, he had also bought many books from the city’s bookshops that he hadn’t read before, each batch being replaced with a new one by Lv Yi purchasing more for him.

Now, he had read so many books that even he lost count.

But he knew that almost all books available in Luoshui County had been read by him.

Two days ago, Lv Yi had bought him a cartload of books after running around for half a day.

He took a glance and found that more than half were books he had read before, unknown to Lv Yi.

He then closed the status panel in front of his eyes and stepped into the courtyard.

A few days ago, Bai Luoyu and Xiao Emei had also returned to Dongling City.

And Xiao Emei had come to see him secretly before departing, as promised.

He had given Xiao Emei a task.

That was to monitor the actions of the Water Moon Sword Palace, especially those pertaining to Xiao Qiushui, and to report back to him in a timely manner.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ning couldn’t help but mutter to himself.

"Calculating the time, she should have returned to the Water Moon Sword Palace by now. I wonder what Xiao Qiushui will plan after her unfulfilled task? And I don’t know if she will keep her promise to convey the information to me, or betray me?"

A moment later.

Just after Jiang Ning had cleaned up, about to return to his room to read, he heard a fluttering sound overhead.

Looking up, he saw a large green bird circling in the sky above Luoshui County.

"A Flying Messenger?"

Surprise flashed in Jiang Ning’s eyes, as he instantly remembered what Xiao Emei had said to him before she left.

The next moment.

He quickly walked back into the house.

He picked up a green bamboo tube shaped like a fire stick and went out into the open courtyard.

Inside the courtyard, Lv Yi, who had just been there, was already gone, routinely bringing him meat soup to warm his stomach.

Next, in the courtyard.

Jiang Ning pulled off the cap of the bamboo tube, releasing an odd scent immediately.

He also saw what was contained within it, a substance that was slow to move and resembled red mud.

As the peculiar scent of the bamboo tube dispersed, after about a dozen breaths.

The Flying Messenger circling above Luoshui County seemed to find its direction and plummeted toward Jiang Ning’s courtyard like an arrow.

At a height of several meters above the ground, the Flying Messenger spread its wings again, with a wingspan reaching one and a half meters, instantly stirring up a gale.

As it spread its wings, the Messenger’s speed drastically decreased.

Flap flap—

It expertly flapped its wings, landing on Jiang Ning’s outstretched arm.

It was about the size of a fly.

Its claws were like steel hooks, white in color.

Its beak was bright red, exceptionally sharp.

After landing on Jiang Ning’s arm, the Flying Messenger "doot doot" twice and pecked at the layer of red mud on top of the bamboo tube Jiang Ning held.

Seeing this, Jiang Ning immediately understood.

With a slight effort, he tore open the bamboo tube.

Seeing the opening, the Flying Messenger hastily ate the red mud-like substance contained within.

Then it rubbed its head against Jiang Ning’s chest to show affection.

At that moment, Jiang Ning also noticed the message cylinder tied to the right leg of the Messenger.

He opened the cylinder and pulled out the scroll of paper.

After unfolding and looking it over, as he had expected, it was indeed a message from Xiao Emei.

A moment later.

He had finished reading it.

He let out a leisurely breath.

According to the note,

After Xiao Emei returned, although she did not complete Xiao Qiushui’s task, she was not punished.

However, Xiao Qiushui did not let the matter rest.

Instead, she had her second disciple, Yu Manyun, continue with the task, which was to invite Jiang Ning to the Water Moon Sword Palace.

Based on the report in the message,

Jiang Ning also learned that Xiao Qiushui’s own sister, Xiao Qiuyue, was currently in the Water Moon Sword Palace.

And she had been there for quite some time.

The reason Xiao Qiuyue, the mother of He Jinyun, had not left the Water Moon Sword Palace was that Xiao Qiushui didn’t dare let her go.

After the loss of her son, Xiao Qiuyue had developed a death wish.

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