With her pretty face set in a tense expression, Lu Hongyu clenched her jaw and whipped her horse, galloping straight to the gates of the Tiger and Leopard Hall.
The sun was setting. The woman in red recalled the words of Hong River, who had rushed back from the Duan Residence. As she looked at the headquarters of one of the Three Great Gangs, worry filled her eyes.
Her own brother had paid five hundred Silver to that mysterious Armless Martial Artist to learn a Secret Inheritance called 'Cast Silver Bone'—a massive bargain.
From him, Lu Hongyu knew that Ji Xiu's Master was a man of true skill.
But even if he had reached the second step of Skin Refining, Outer Gang, in his prime, someone in the Power Barrier Realm was, at the end of the day, still made of mortal flesh.
Three years for tendons, ten for bones, and a lifetime for skin—all of it rested upon the flesh supported by a skeleton.
Losing an arm meant losing at least thirty percent of his skill!
