The Mirror Master

An unknown amount of time passed before Li Yue’er was startled awake by a burning heat in her arms.

Xiaodie was covered in sweat and delirious. Her entire body was scorching hot; the yin affliction had taken deeper root, and her symptoms had clearly worsened.

Li Yue’er looked up.

Lu Bai was standing nearby, his eyes sharp and alert. He clearly hadn’t slept, standing guard over the two of them.

A wave of shame washed over Li Yue’er.

’How could I have been so careless as to fall asleep?’

’Thank goodness Young Master Lu was here to stand guard.’

Lu Bai had kept watch until now because he was worried the two burly men might return to seek revenge.

It was now past midnight with no sign of them. He figured that, just as Li Yue’er had said, the two men had been cowed by her display and had long since fled.

"Her condition has worsened. I’m going out to find some medicinal herbs."

Lu Bai said as he stood up.

Xiaodie’s condition resembled a high fever. If it wasn’t brought down in time, she could suffer permanent damage.

"You stay and look after her. Be extra careful."

Lu Bai added the warning before he left, still a little worried.

"Don’t worry, Young Master Lu."

Li Yue’er replied, "I’ve rested enough. I’m wide awake now, and I won’t fall asleep again.

You be careful of the beasts that hunt at night while you’re out looking for herbs."

Lu Bai nodded and headed outside.

Outside, the rain was still pouring, a sheet of white obscuring everything.

Lu Bai reached the temple entrance and saw the Black Dog was still following him. He said, "You stay here and keep an eye on them. If anything happens, come find me immediately."

The Black Dog had an excellent sense of smell and would be able to track him by scent.

As if it understood, the Black Dog sat down and stopped following him.

Braving the downpour, Lu Bai sped away.

The previous owner of his body hadn’t cared for the Martial Dao, but he had known a great deal about medicinal herbs.

After searching for less than half a mile, Lu Bai had already gathered all the herbs he needed.

’This is the perfect opportunity to try using that ball of Soul Light to repair the Mountain Monarch Bone Forging Technique.’

Lu Bai focused his mind, sinking his consciousness into the Ancient Mirror and gazing at the ball of Soul Light in the corner of its surface.

As he did, he noticed something unusual.

This ball of Soul Light was clearly brighter than those the Ancient Mirror had devoured before, and it was surrounded by a faint halo.

’This must be the difference between a Little Ghost and a Yin Soul.’

With that thought, Lu Bai controlled the ball of Soul Light, making it float toward the line of text for the Mountain Monarch Bone Forging Technique.

Once the Soul Light merged with the text, Lu Bai silently commanded, ’Repair!’

The surface of the mirror rippled and changed.

A moment later, the original text vanished.

In its place, a new line of text appeared.

[White Tiger Stance·Ultimate]

In the Secret Technique section at the bottom, two more words appeared.

[Silent Shock]

BOOM!

Lu Bai felt as if he’d been struck by lightning. A massive influx of memories flooded his mind, containing countless insights and experiences related to the technique.

"Geng Metal Marrow Tempering, Destruction and Rebirth, Tiger Soul Illuminating the Void!"

Unlike the previous Fierce Tiger Stance and Mountain Monarch Bone Forging Technique,

the White Tiger Stance had no fixed forms; walking, standing, sitting, or lying down—any posture could be a stance.

Lu Bai stood motionless. With every breath, a strange, resonant hum emanated from deep within his throat, causing his very marrow to vibrate.

The pores all over his body opened wide, seemingly inhaling and exhaling countless sharp, white rays of light.

These white rays surged madly into his body, seeping into his very bones and transforming into sharp blades that tempered his marrow, churning it to a near boil and giving it a silvery sheen!

Marrow like frost!

Waves of excruciating pain washed over Lu Bai, as if he were being sliced by a thousand blades. His black hair whipped wildly in the wind and rain.

Even his hair seemed to radiate a sharp, cutting aura!

TZZZT!

Lu Bai’s body seemed to expand. His bones grew wildly, and under the stimulation of the sharp white light, his muscles bulged and knotted, the veins on their surface standing out in stark relief!

Even his cultivated Copper Skin couldn’t withstand the strain and began to crack, revealing bloody gashes all over.

RRRIP!

Even Lu Bai’s clothes were torn apart by his expanding frame, ripping into shreds.

Pain!

Excruciating pain!

Unable to bear the agony, Lu Bai couldn’t help but let out a scream.

But the sound that erupted startled even himself.

It wasn’t a scream at all, but a clear, resounding tiger’s roar, powerful enough to shatter stone!

As the roar echoed, all other sounds of the night fell silent!

In the desolate wilderness, every beast out hunting in the night was terrified, dropping to the ground and trembling in absolute silence.

At that moment, Lu Bai stood like a divine White Tiger atop a snowy peak, radiating an aura of slaughter, transformation, and relentless advance—like a sovereign executing Heaven’s judgment.

With a single thought, his might became as oppressive as a prison!

Lu Bai realized his body was undergoing a metamorphosis.

But soon, waves of weakness surged through him.

Power doesn’t come from nothing.

Even when cultivating the Celestial Tier Mountain Monarch Bone Forging Technique, he had required a huge amount of energy supplementation through medicinal baths and a shocking appetite for fish and meat.

And now, the energy required by the Ultimate Skill, White Tiger Stance, was even more staggering!

Stopping the process now wouldn’t be a problem.

He could continue the transformation by cultivating slowly in the future.

But then, an idea struck Lu Bai. He reached into his robes and pulled out the two porcelain vials Luo Qing had given him, one containing a Bone Strengthening Pill and the other a Bone Forging Pill.

He had reached the Third Level of the Root Bone Stage long ago, but he had never used these two Elixirs.

Now, they would finally be useful.

Lu Bai swallowed both Elixirs in one gulp.

The Bone Strengthening Pill and Bone Forging Pill could help an ordinary person strengthen their muscles and forge their bones, improving their root bone. One could only imagine the energy they contained.

If anyone else had swallowed both at once as Lu Bai just did, their body would not have been able to withstand it.

But now, as the two Elixirs dissolved in his stomach, the immense energy they released was completely absorbed by the White Tiger Stance.

Lu Bai’s bones were growing, bit by bit!

Stimulated by the sharp white light, his flesh and blood were also expanding and strengthening!

In no time, Lu Bai had grown more than a head taller, and his entire frame had bulked up. From a distance, he looked like an iron tower standing firm in the downpour!

RRRIP!

The rest of Lu Bai’s clothes burst apart, turning into strips of cloth that hung from his waist and revealed a powerful, lean torso covered in bloody gashes.

The metallic sheen of his Copper Skin gradually faded, returning to its fair complexion, but the aura he now radiated was even more terrifyingly intimidating—like that of a peerless Demon Venerable!

The boiling in his bones gradually subsided. The frost-like marrow now held a faint, jade-colored luster.

In that short time, a layer of foul-smelling grime had been expelled from the pores all over Lu Bai’s body.

Stimulated by the White Tiger Stance, his body had purged its impurities, undergoing a complete metamorphosis—a true Muscle and Marrow Strengthening!

The heavy rain quickly washed the grime away, leaving no trace.

However, Lu Bai’s body was still covered in bloody gashes that throbbed with pain.

His body had grown so explosively that his skin had torn, and the wounds would not heal so quickly.

Just then, a voice suddenly echoed in Lu Bai’s mind.

"Bone Supreme Profound Scripture, Second Chapter: Visualize the skeleton as a jade tree, and in the sea of marrow, plant a green lotus—Bone Regeneration!"

At the same time, the text on the mirror’s surface changed again.

[Mirror Master: Lu Bai]

[Realm: Root Bone Stage, Fourth Level—Bone Marrow Cutting (Jade Marrow)]

[Cultivation Technique: Bone Supreme Profound Scripture·Ultimate

White Tiger Stance·Ultimate

Nine Netherworld·Earth (Repairable)]

[Martial Technique: Five-Step Fist: Yellow (Minor Success)

Eight Sword Skills: Yellow (Perfection)]

[Secret Technique: Eye of Illusion; Ghost Commanding Order; Silent Shock; Bone Regeneration]

Stimulated by his Blood Qi, the wounds on Lu Bai’s body began to heal at a rate visible to the naked eye...

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