Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint-Chapter 353 - 57: Swimming Breaks Limit, The Path of God?_2

Chapter 353 -57: Swimming Breaks Limit, The Path of God?_2

Mastery of Water Technique+

This was the first time he had seen such a change on his panel.

Immediately,

He looked at his panel, deep in thought.

Recalling the fleeting glimpse of blue light, his eyes deepened.

“Is it authority?” Jiang Ning murmured to himself.

His gaze shifted back to the sky outside the window.

“Could it be that breaking the limit of Swimming is to seize the authority of the Water God from between heaven and earth?”

This speculation couldn’t help but surface in his mind.

Because the traits listed on the panel were quite telling.

Seeing again the blue watery characters he had just glimpsed,

“Perhaps… there is such a possibility!” Jiang Ning silently pondered.

Then he looked at his panel again.

[Mastery of Water Technique+]: A kind of authority, a natural ability to control sources of water.

Seeing the description on the panel, Jiang Ning’s eyes suddenly sharpened.

Authority!

The term clearly differed from before.

Previously, the Mastery of Water Technique was described as Divine Skills.

Now, it had transformed into authority.

The word “authority” carried an incredibly large amount of information.

Which led him to reflect on his previous speculation once more.

The next moment,

He went to the door and pushed it open.

Just as he opened a crack, the fluttering goose feather-like snow fell through the gap and onto the floor of the room.

Soon after, a world draped in silver unfolded before his eyes.

The somber sky, with a faint light starting to appear, was filled with goose feather-like snowflakes, and the ground was covered in half a foot of snow.

As Jiang Ning stepped out of the door, snowflakes fell onto his neck

And immediately melted into water and dissipated.

“So beautiful!!”

Admiring the silver-clad scenery, with everything covered in snow, Jiang Ning couldn’t help but marvel.

As a child from the South, he had never witnessed such a beautiful scene in his past life.

The world was silent except for the constantly falling snowflakes and the vast expanse of white.

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After admiring it for a moment, he moved.

Snowflakes swirled behind him, and in an instant, his figure disappeared from the courtyard, over the high walls, arriving at the stony beach.

By now, after two days of heavy snow, a layer of ice had begun to form on the lake.

Although the ice layer was thin and couldn’t support the weight of an ordinary person, it was sufficient to lock the lake’s surface from the waves.

With the ice sealing the lake, the snowflakes falling on the ice layer turned the vast Luoshui Lake into a boundless white expanse.

“What a scene, ice fishing by the lake would indeed be quite a mood!” Jiang Ning chuckled to himself.

Then, he solemnly focused his gaze on the lake ahead.

He came here with a simple intent, to test the upgraded version of the Mastery of Water Technique.

The Mastery of Water Technique, which had gone from being called a Divine Skill to an authority.

The next moment,

He gazed ahead, a thought crossing his mind.

Crack, crack, crack—

Across the lake surface, a web of cracks spread like a spider’s web.

After one breath,

Boom—

The ice layer burst, and the snow flew in all directions.

Immediately after, the water within a hundred meters began to rise, appearing as if the riverbed itself was being elevated.

As the water kept rising, surpassing the rocks and the shore,

Sweat began to appear on Jiang Ning’s forehead.

His face grew even more solemn.

A few breaths later,

The water within a hundred meters had risen above Jiang Ning’s head.

And at that moment, his face had turned red, seemingly reaching a limit.

Boom—

With a release of breath, the wall of water, several zhang high, crashed down, sending up mounds of snow.

And producing a deafening boom.

At that moment, Jiang Ning’s figure vanished from the spot.

He returned to his own courtyard.

Looking at his panel once again, Jiang Ning was inwardly excited.

[Skill]: Swimming (Six times breaking limit 3173/7000) (Traits: Underwater Breathing, Mastery of Water Technique+, Water Spirit Affinity, Cloud Formation and Rainfall, Water Spirit Body)

The Mastery of Water Technique had upgraded.

Its water-controlling ability was simply incomparable to before.

It wasn’t a difference of multiples, but a gap in quality.

The chasm between heaven and earth.

One could imagine that, with his future growth in essence Qi, he would have the complete capacity to invoke a deluge or even trigger a tsunami.

Such power was not within human reach, it was a display of divine might.

“This five hundred points, well spent!” Jiang Ning nodded to himself satisfied as he looked at his panel.

…

Morning.

After finishing breakfast at home, Jiang Ning headed to the Inspection Office.

He hadn’t visited the Inspection Office for a few days, and as Deputy Commander, he needed to check in.

At the same time, he wanted to probe for information, to see the reaction of Qinghe Marquis of Dongling County and the military in Dongling County to the death of He Jinyun in Luoshui County.

Cao Rong had been shot dead by his two arrows.

Although the evidence pointed to him, it was he who had killed Cao Rong.

However, any intelligent person would know that Cao Rong’s death was surely at his hands.

He was indeed the murderer of Cao Rong.

It was clear to anyone with eyes.

…

Inspection Office.

“Father, what’s wrong?” Feng Jiuge looked at the middle-aged man who suddenly appeared before her, her face filled with surprise.

The middle-aged man in front of her was none other than the renowned Feng Xiaochen from Dongling County, a Secondary Sixth-rank Colonel.

A Sixth-rank Official held considerable prestige in Dongling City.

After all, the Prefectural Governor of Dongling County was only a Sixth-Grade official.

Which meant that Feng Xiaochen was only half a rank lower than the Prefectural Governor.

But the military authority he held was the true power.

The status that came with his military authority meant he was in no way inferior to that of the Prefectural Governor.

At this moment,

faced with his daughter’s perplexity, Feng Xiaochen showed a faint smile as he looked at his daughter whom he hadn’t seen for days.

“Cao Rong died at Yi Zhang Gorge; Capital Commandant Yan has sent me to find out who exactly the murderer is!”

“Capital Commandant Yan?” Feng Jiuge’s expression suddenly grew serious.

“Mm!” Feng Xiaochen nodded slightly, “Cao Rong led the team to Luoshui County under orders from Capital Commandant Yan! Moreover, before his departure, Cao Rong received considerable assistance from Capital Commandant Yan, allowing him to successfully enter the ranks of Martial Arts Sixth Grade.”

“It must be said, being able to shoot and kill Cao Rong with archery, in the very field he excelled in, the murderer is quite a figure!”

As he said this, Feng Xiaochen looked at his daughter in front of him with a half-smile, “I wonder who Jiuge thinks the murderer might be?”

“I don’t know,” Feng Jiuge said indifferently.

“Do you really not know, or are you pretending not to know?” Feng Xiaochen asked.

“Why ask when you already know?” Feng Jiuge looked up at her father.

Hearing this, Feng Xiaochen simply smiled without saying a word.

He had already gathered all the intelligence on Luoshui County before coming here.

Now he obviously knew who the murderer of Cao Rong was.

Besides that Commander Jiang, his own daughter’s direct superior, who else could it be?

Just then,

Tap tap tap—

The sound of footsteps approached from afar.

Soon, the footsteps reached a place very close to the two of them.

The next moment,

a figure appeared from the side of the main gate.

“Captain Feng, who is this?” Jiang Ning’s figure appeared, instantly noticing Feng Jiuge and the middle-aged man in the hall.

“Allow me to introduce myself, I am Feng Xiaochen!” the middle-aged man said lightly.

Hearing this name, Jiang Ning’s heart tightened for a moment.

Feng Xiaochen, how could he be unaware?

Once famous for his Sweeping Fire Spear Skill, domineering as fire.

This man was also Feng Jiuge’s father, known as Captain Feng of Dongling City.

Colonel.

In charge of a company of soldiers, totaling one thousand.

These one thousand soldiers were all well-trained and well-equipped.

Despite the apparent unrest and spreading rebellions in Great Xia,

the legitimacy and elite nature of the court’s soldiers had not declined in the slightest; they remained extremely fine troops, all of them armored and ready for battle.

This was why, despite so many rebellious cases, Great Xia was still relatively stable overall.

Because those soldiers were too elite, all armored and equipped, always in a state of readiness for battle.

In military camps, where food was plentiful, those who practiced martial arts had a much higher chance of becoming ranked martial artists compared to ordinary civilians.

“Greetings to Colonel Feng!” Jiang Ning immediately bowed his hands in respect.

“No need for formalities, Commander Jiang!” Feng Xiaochen replied with a faint smile, “I must also thank Commander Jiang for your care of my daughter these days.”

“It’s nothing of the sort!” Jiang Ning replied.

From the side, Feng Jiuge glanced at the two men.

“I’ll go make tea for you two,” she said indifferently.