Chapter 149: Dragon Scale Blade, Dragon Scale Armor

"Have I reached the limit?"

Who knows how much time had passed, but Lu Sheng, sitting within the Primordial Cauldron, finally stopped absorbing the vital energy.

At this moment, even though he was still inside the cauldron filled with vital energy, he could no longer feel its erosive force—

This meant he had forged the Golden Body.

"A martial artist with perfected body-refining, even after death when their soul returns to the heavens and earth, will not have their physical body assimilated by vital energy, and can preserve it for a long time."

"Such a body is what the pugilistic world often calls the Indestructible Golden Body!"

Feeling the powerful, consummated sensation surging through his body, Lu Sheng deeply realized—

He had successfully forged the Golden Body through the cauldron refinement!

"With the Golden Body achieved, those parts of my body that were not fully quenched before have all been tempered."

"I can even feel that after the quenching of my brain, not only has my thinking speed increased dramatically, but my control over my body is also incomparable to before."

Thinking this, Lu Sheng shifted his thoughts, and a muscle on his arm suddenly indented before springing back—

The force generated was enough to reach several hundred catties.

"A single feather cannot be added, and a fly cannot alight. If someone strikes me, my body can automatically dissipate the force and counterattack."

"Body-refining reaching this stage can truly be called perfected!"

With this thought, he summoned the Ruyi to check his bodily attributes:

"Vim: 36.00, Qi: 33.16, Spirit: 16.97; Karmic Luck: 3210 (396321), Merit: 1638232, Demerit: 888326"

"Hiss!"

"My Vim and Qi are more than twice their original values, and my Spirit has also increased by a point. As for my origin Karmic Luck, it is more than four times what it used to be—"

"This is truly massive progress!"

Although he did not know the exact Vim, Qi, and Spirit values of a Martial Ancestor, Lu Sheng knew that his own attributes were definitely not inferior to those of an ordinary Martial Ancestor.

It was even possible he was approaching someone at the perfection of the Martial Ancestor realm.

Pondering these things, Lu Sheng subconsciously mobilized the harmonization technique of the Three Treasures Ruyi Art, intending to bring his Qi and Spirit attributes up to par with his Vim.

However, right at that moment, a thought flashed through his mind:

"I am currently at the stage of refining Qi to transform Spirit. I should use Qi-refinement to push both Qi and Spirit to the limits of this realm."

"This way, I might be able to bring the realm of refining Qi to transform Spirit to perfection in one go!"

Therefore, he temporarily abandoned the technique of the Three Treasures Ruyi Art, intending to use the Nine-Nine Mysterious Art to achieve this instead.

"Also, with my origin Karmic Luck having increased by so much, my previous worries about the conversion of merit not being fast enough and wasting additional karmic luck should be resolved."

"What I need to worry about now, instead, is that the replenishment of additional karmic luck is not fast enough!"

Having been enfeoffed as a commandery prince, and having further become a compiler of the third rank and acting magistrate of the Martial Assembly, Lu Sheng's additional karmic luck had been growing rapidly these days.

However, compared to his now vastly increased origin karmic luck, he still needed to acquire more karmic luck to satisfy the requirements for its conversion.

"It seems I should head to my fief as soon as possible, win over the hearts of the people in Jinling County, and let them supplement my karmic luck."

Lu Sheng thought to himself.

His fief, Jinling County, was a large county close to Jinyang City, with a population of two to three hundred thousand. If these people completely surrendered their hearts to him, not only would it allow Lu Sheng to continue growing his karmic luck, but they could also serve as a reservoir to draw from and replenish himself whenever needed.

With this in mind, Lu Sheng used the Primordial True Meaning he had comprehended to communicate with the Primordial Cauldron and stepped out from within it.

"It's done!"

"Not bad! Not bad! The Golden Body has indeed been forged!"

Looking at Lu Sheng's full Vim, Qi, and vigorous blood, Lu Wanshan praised approvingly.

Being able to reach this stage in three days made Lu Wanshan extremely satisfied. Therefore, he said to Lu Sheng:

"The *Primordial Scripture* left behind by Emperor Jing has four most famous derivative techniques: the *Primordial Pill Scripture*, the *Primordial Sword Scripture*, the *Primordial Heaven Scripture*, and the *Yin-Yang Scripture*, all of which were created by Void-Breaking mighty figures."

"Which of these four techniques do you still wish to comprehend?"

"Can I only comprehend one? Can I comprehend all of them?" Looking around and finding that Lu Chunyuan was no longer here, Lu Sheng asked, "Where is my teacher? Why isn't he here?"

"Your teacher had matters of his own to attend to, so he went out!" Explaining to Lu Sheng, Lu Wanshan added:

"It's fine if you comprehend all of them, but can your spirit bear so much information?"

The techniques passed down by Grand Masters contain an immense amount of information. An ordinary Martial Ancestor cannot even completely memorize a single technique. Had Lu Wanshan not seen that Lu Sheng still had spare capacity and known that he engaged in dual cultivation with people from the Yin-Yang Sect, he would never have allowed him to view a second one.

However, Lu Sheng intended to use the Ruyi to record these techniques, so naturally, he did not care whether he could bear it or not. He said to Lu Wanshan:

"If I cannot bear it, I will voluntarily stop!"

Then, led by Lu Wanshan, he began comprehending these four techniques.

"Although I have the Ruyi, I must not overdo it, lest I arouse suspicion!"

Thinking this, except for spending a slightly longer time comprehending the *Yin-Yang Scripture*, Lu Sheng merely glanced over the other techniques briefly.

Seeing this, Lu Wanshan nodded inwardly, assuming he was merely browsing to make a choice, and brought out other techniques left behind by Grand Masters for Lu Sheng to choose from together.

Finally, after Lu Sheng had viewed all the Grand Master techniques derived from the *Primordial Scripture*, as well as the *Mountains and Rivers Scripture* left by Emperor Jing, and the *Hundred Herbs Scripture* co-created by the Pill King Lu Ninghua and her husband the Bamboo Boy, Lu Wanshan stopped him, saying:

"Enough, stop looking!"

"When you become a Grand Master, not only these, but even the *Secrets* of the Three Martial Treasuries will be available for you to view at any time."

"Right now, what you need to do is become a Grand Master as soon as possible!"

He put away the technique inheritances again.

As for Lu Sheng, looking at the Ruyi, which had become much brighter after recording the Primordial True Meaning and the Mountains and Rivers True Meaning, he nodded with satisfaction:

"As expected of the Great Jing Lu clan, their accumulation is profound indeed. Aside from the *Primordial Scripture* and its related derivative techniques, they actually possess the *Yin-Yang Scripture* passed down by the Yin-Yang Sect, the *Hundred Herbs Scripture* passed down by the Hundred Herbs Gate, and the *Mountains and Rivers Scripture* which outsiders must pledge allegiance to the Mountains and Rivers Sect to comprehend."

"Had I not been a member of the Lu clan, I don't know when I would ever have seen these."

At this moment, he gained an even deeper understanding of why the Great Jing Lu clan was hailed as the number one faction under heaven!

"Your body has been completely tempered, and after dual cultivation with someone from the Yin-Yang Sect, the Mysterious Qi in your three dantians will soon reach its limit as well."

"At that time, you can attempt to merge the three dantians and give birth to an inner world within your body."

"According to the rules of the Great Jing Lu clan, those who give birth to an inner world are all allowed to choose two fourth-tier Mysterious Weapon embryos so that they can nurture a fourth-tier Mysterious Weapon after becoming a Grand Master."

"Now, choose two of these Mysterious Weapon embryos!"

Having put away the inheritances, Lu Wanshan took out a pile of weapons and said to Lu Sheng.

However, although he said Lu Sheng could choose freely, among these weapons, a saber and a suit of armor were suspended at the very top, clearly having been selected for Lu Sheng in advance.

"Dragon-Scale Saber, Dragon-Scale Armor! I like them!"

Chuckling, Lu Sheng took the two weapons refined from the scales and armor of the flood dragon he had slain, and urged by Lu Wanshan, stepped out of the inheritance grounds.