“I do not know how Senior Sister Du and Senior Brother Hou are doing… whether they managed to escape or not…” Bai Xiaochun was deep in thought. He had not taken out the jade slip to try and contact them from fear that if the Fallen Chen Clan had not been exterminated, then the transmission from the jade slip might cause some trouble. He now opened his storage pouch and took out Feng Yan’s Wind Rider. He toyed around with it a little and quickly realised that the boat can actually be used.
There was joy in his eyes as his expectations were confirmed. He was also not in a rush to leave, so he had searched for a cave in this mountain range to rest inside. He took out the Turtle-shell Pot and refined the pill that the black-robed old man had given him.
Very quickly, silver light radiated from the pill as three spiritual lines appeared on it. Bai Xiaochun held the pill with a decisive look in his eyes and swallowed it in one gulp. In the instant that he swallowed the pill, there was a rumbling that filled his body; it was as if a ball of fire had suddenly exploded and turned into an indescribable vitality Qi, spreading rapidly throughout his whole body.
His body shook and he clenched his teeth, persevering as he operated the Unending Longevity Technique and slapped his body. Gradually, the skin on his whole body was no longer pitch-black in colour as a bronze hue appeared. This bronze colour became more and more noticeable until finally, he practically looked like a bronze statue.
The power in his body soared, and a powerful feeling emerged from the bottom of his heart.
However, the effects of this pill did not end there. After Bai Xiaochun had refined it three times, this pill seemed to have achieved a shocking quality. When the skin on Bai Xiaochun’s body had completely turned bronze, his whole body suddenly trembled and a “kaka” sound could be heard, as if something broke.
In that moment, cracks had actually appeared on his skin. More and more of these cracks appeared with each passing minute. They became more and more densely packed until finally, they covered his entire body, the pain similarly intensified. But under Bai Xiaochun’s perseverance, silver light gradually appeared underneath those cracks.
The Impenetrable Skin was divided into four levels which were Iron, Bronze, Silver and Gold.
Even the black-robed old man was unable to foresee that with Bai Xiaochun’s refinement, the pill that he had given to Bai Xiaochun would actually have the Impenetrable Skin breakthrough once again after the Bronze Skin.
A rumbling sound echoed yet again within Bai Xiaochun’s body, and this time, it continued for several days. Even more cracks appeared on his skin until finally, it started falling off like moulting. Every fragment that fell off revealed skin that amazingly had a silver hue.
Ten more days had passed by the time Bai Xiaochun had shed the last fragment of skin on his body. His whole body was now emitting a silver glow from head to toe. Even though it was a faint silver colour, when he opened both of his eyes, even they had a silver glow to them.
His body flashed with an immense speed that set off a shocking ripping sound. It was obvious that his speed had more than doubled as compared to before.
Bai Xiaochun’s eyes flashed with ecstasy. He clenched his right hand into a fist and threw a punch at a nearby rock. A monstrously loud sound echoed out as the rock crumbled in an instant, not into pieces, but into powder.
This power of his was several times greater than before.
Bai Xiaochun was thrilled as he sucked in a deep breath. Currently, he was confident that if he battled Chen Heng once again, he would definitely not end up as badly as he had before.
With these tests of his, he discovered that even more shocking was the strength of his protection. His whole body, covered in the Impenetrable Silver Skin, had actually made even the wooden sword that had been thrice refined unable to harm him at all.
Bai Xiaochun was overjoyed. After he saw that the Unending Longevity Technique had stopped changing his body and his fair and clear skin had been restored, Bai Xiaochun changed his clothes again and headed into the distance with full speed, pleased with himself.