Chapter 12: First Snow Nine Yin Cheng

There is no year in the mountains, and I don’t know the year when the cold comes.

Apart from going out hunting for food, Yang Chong spent all his time practicing. As an encyclopedia of martial arts, the Nine Yin Scriptures contained all the internal, external, dynamic and static skills. He was not worried about over-practicing at all. With his wholehearted devotion, time naturally left no trace.

At some point, dark clouds appeared in the sky, stirred by the cold wind, and snowflakes floated down from them, landing between the dry rocks.

Yang Chong woke up from his meditation and felt a slight chill on his temples. He reached out to wipe it away, but the snowflakes had already turned into water droplets between his fingers.

"It's snowing!" Yang Chong stood up and looked at the sky. The snowflakes were falling more and more densely. Winter had already come, so how far could the New Year be?
Only then did Yang Chong realize that a long time had passed, but it was all worth it.

Yang Chong raised his palms. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that his fingers seemed to become longer than before. The true energy flowed into his palms as Yang Chong mobilized them, and then his palms turned into claws, which he swung and directly tore at a huge tree next to him.

The Nine Yin White Bone Claws were eerie when activated, but more importantly, they were sharp. The claws had not yet reached the tree trunk, but the fierce claw force had already left claw marks on the trunk. The originally hard trunk had now turned into rotten wood. Yang Chong simply picked out a piece of broken wood from the trunk with his hand.

Yang Chong, who was using the sharp claws for the first time, was quite satisfied. He stretched his muscles and bones, moved his feet slightly, and his claws turned into afterimages as he danced. His speed was getting faster and faster. In an instant, countless claw marks covered half a meter around his body. The sharp claw shadows were like sharp blades, and wherever they passed, the grass and trees flew everywhere.

As Yang Chong moved, his claws borrowed the speed of the person, and the speed of the claws became faster and faster, and the person's figure was almost invisible. When the Nine Yin White Bone Claws were used, he also moved across the air, moving forward and backward, turning left and right, with almost no trace.

As a body movement technique in the Nine Yin Scriptures, alongside the Snake Walk and the Cat Twist, the Aerial Teleport is known for its swiftness. In particular, it is able to make sudden turns that are difficult to achieve with ordinary light skills, making it even more mysterious.

For martial arts related to light work and body movement, the faster the speed, the more difficult it is to turn. However, this principle does not apply to horizontal movement. When moving horizontally, often when others think that the forward momentum has reached its peak and cannot turn, it will suddenly move horizontally at an angle that is difficult for ordinary people to understand, and between the horizontal and forward movements, it will attack the enemy again at an incredible angle.

Moreover, there are advanced techniques for Teleporting Across the Sky and Snake-like Flipping, which is the strongest technique in the Nine Yin Scriptures, the Spiral Nine Shadows. When it is practiced to perfection, it can split into nine clones to attack the enemy at the same time. However, Yang Chong is still far away from that. Now he just uses the speed of Teleporting Across the Sky to increase the sharpness and weirdness of the Nine Yin White Bone Claw.

At this moment, between the mountains and forests, dead trees were covered with debris, and claw marks were accompanied by afterimages. Suddenly, all the afterimages and claw marks disappeared, and then suddenly turned into a black line that rushed towards the boulder. The claws, which were emitting black air, directly inserted into the boulder. The indestructible boulder seemed to have turned into soft mud at this time, and the claws penetrated into it without any resistance, going straight into it for an inch.

Yang Chong, the owner of the claws, not only did not feel any pain at this time, but he was only excited. Although this quick method had many disadvantages, it was indeed the most suitable method of cultivation at this stage, but...

Yang Ming retracted his palm, and ten deep holes appeared on the boulder, but there were cracks around the holes like a spider web, and his brows were slightly frowned, not very satisfied. Although his claw force was enough to penetrate the hard stone, the force was not condensed and perfect, otherwise there would be no cracks around the finger holes on the boulder at this time, which was the reason why the force was not perfectly condensed. If the force could not be perfectly condensed, the Nine Yin White Bone Claw could not exert the strongest penetration force.

“But this is the only way for now. It’s already good enough to reach this level in two months.” Yang Chong looked at his palms. They were more slender and whiter, but that white was not a healthy white. Instead, it was a dark white with a faint black air flowing in it. That was the air of death. In order to enhance the lethality of the Nine Yin White Melon Claw, Yang Chong would even add poison into it.

The physical attack of the Nine Yin White Bone Claw is difficult to increase in a short period of time, so it can only be enchanted. Yang Chong understood this principle in his previous life.

Now it’s time to find out the secret that old man Li told me. I want to see what the secret is that I spent six years to get.

Yang Chong walked towards the stone wall in the distance while thinking. There was a roasted leg of lamb underneath. It was snowing now, so he didn't have to bother looking for water. If he was thirsty, he could just make a snowball.

Although Yangdi is not in good condition now, it was once prosperous. Before Han State conquered Zheng State, it was the capital of Han State for a long time. Even now, there is still the Palace of the King of Han in Yangdi City. Therefore, Yangdi is not far from Xinzheng. It can be said that there is only a mountain between them. It’s just that this section of the mountain was called Dalong Mountain in Yangdi, but became Juci Mountain when it reached Xinzheng.

Yang Chong walked on the snow, heading northeast, but the mountain road was difficult to travel on, not to mention the mountain road in the snow, so it was a long journey. But without experiencing the wind and snow, how could he see the beautiful scenery that others could not see?
In a hidden valley in Mount Juci, the blue-brown rocks are completely covered with snow, and the cold wind adds a bit of bleak atmosphere.

But even in this valley, which should be sparsely populated, human voices were heard at this moment.

"This damn weather is really freezing." In the valley, five or six soldiers gathered around a campfire, breathing out white air. Even in front of the campfire, they felt cold. The front facing the flames was not cold, but what about behind them?
Especially the leather armor on his body was hard and cold. Even if his skin accidentally touched it when he twisted his neck, he would be startled by the ice. At this time of year, even the soldiers would not train and could live a comfortable life at home or in the barracks. It was not like now, living in these desolate mountains and wildernesses with jackals, tigers and leopards, and accompanied by wind and snow.

"Be patient, we can change shifts in half a month." said another soldier.

"There's still a month left, Sergeant. Who do you think is imprisoned in that cave that has turned us into jailers?" A younger soldier looked at the soldier who was speaking. Although their leather armor and weapons were roughly the same, there were still slight differences. For example, the sergeant's leather armor had an iron plate on the chest as a heart guard.

These people are the captain's personal soldiers, true confidants. They were originally the elite in the army, but now they have become jailers. Although they are loyal to the captain, they still have complaints, especially in the current weather.

(End of this chapter)