Chapter 13: Tendon Refining, the Seventh Layer of Body Tempering

In the wooden house, green mountains surrounded it.

In Qin Yu's body, spiritual qi surged like a tide; he had already reached the limit of the third layer of Body Tempering. Although he could break through at any moment, he chose to suppress his cultivation, hoping to achieve a natural progression. Even though he possessed the Martial Arts Opening Apertures trait, which would not destabilize his foundation, he knew that only by cultivating each realm to the utmost could he step onto the path of proving the Dao.

Qin Yu could sense the emergence of the previous omen, realizing that this world was absolutely not simple, even the legendary divine beasts existed.

Buzz—

As he pondered, a faint buzzing sound came from beside his ear.

Blue light surrounded him; Qin Yu slowly opened his eyes, looking around in confusion, not understanding what had happened.

Just then, the method of inheritance appeared in his mind.

He seemed to personally witness an azure dragon coiling in the sky, emitting a heaven-shaking roar, stars shattering, all living beings annihilated.

Qin Yu immersed himself in this feeling, as if personally experiencing it; merely the Dragon's Roar made him feel his soul torn apart, his body shattered.

After a long time, he recovered, letting out a low roar. A faint Dragon's Roar sounded, its sound waves spreading like waves in all directions; everything in the wooden house turned to dust. Qin Yu did not exert his full strength.

【Qin Yu received the Azure Dragon's blessing, mastering the Divine Technique—Dragon's Roar.】

【He completely fused with the Azure Lamp Sword, grasping a hint of sword intent; while practicing swordsmanship, he gained deep insight and progressed rapidly.】

Qin Yu exhaled a breath of foul air, from the inheritance memory learning that Dragon's Roar is one of the Azure Dragon's innate divine techniques. When cultivated to the extreme, Dragon's Roar can split the earth, shatter stars, like the apocalypse descending. Of course, this requires long-term cultivation; he has only just begun to grasp some of it.

Moreover, this skill cannot be displayed casually, otherwise it would attract the attention of some old monsters. The Dragon's Roar emanating from a human's mouth would surely cause a great commotion, drawing others' covetousness. It can only serve as a secret weapon, but thus his trump cards increase.

Buzz—

At this moment, the buzzing sound rang out again; spiritual qi broke through the restraints, Qin Yu's aura surged once more, reaching the fourth layer of Body Tempering. A faint golden glow also appeared on his skin, marking the perfect completion of the skin-refining stage of the Vajra Method. His physical strength increased markedly; ordinary cultivators breaking through to the fourth layer of Body Tempering have a bodily strength of only three thousand catties, whereas Qin Yu felt that a single punch of his possessed at least five thousand catties of force.

Possessing the Martial Arts Opening Apertures trait, the Vajra Method had already reached the entry level, allowing cultivation without obstruction. Furthermore, adding his previously memorized cultivation rules and the trait of doubled speed, within half a day the Vajra Method could be used normally. When ordinarily mobilized, bodily strength could be increased by about 50%.

Of course, the process of the Vajra Method tempering the flesh is extremely painful, requiring constant washing and permeation of the skin with spiritual qi to make it as hard as iron; this is the most primitive tempering method. With the aid of various traits, the speed of increase becomes very fast.

Next, it's tendon refining.

But relying solely on spiritual qi……might not be enough.

Qin Yu exhaled a breath of foul air; he felt fatigue, that weakness coming from deep within his body's feedback.

Qin Yu flung out the Divine Farmer Cauldron, added boiling water, and directly placed all the spirit stones inside.

Moreover, the single spirit herb he had previously found in Li Xi's room was also completely merged into it.

He then immediately jumped into it.

Even if he used spiritual qi to shield, he could still feel the skin's stinging, burning sensation.

This was, in Qin Yu's memory, the simplest medicinal bath, far stronger than ordinary absorption of spiritual qi.

But it was also not something an ordinary cultivator at the fourth layer of Body Tempering could endure.

Hiss—

Qin Yu began to circulate the Vajra Method; that stinging pain emanated from every inch of his body, reaching the utmost of suffering.

In just a moment, Qin Yu felt completely drained, utterly exhausted.

【You are currently completing the suggestion of training to the point of death; the Nirvana trait activates, and when all bodily energy is exhausted, the power of Nirvana will cover the flesh, fully restoring it.】

Qin Yu's consciousness would wake up for a moment, then become blurry.

He did not know how long he had stayed in the medicinal bath; that sense of pain grew ever smaller.

The surging qi and blood within his body became increasingly abundant, faintly about to surge outward.

After a full day had passed, Qin Yu at this moment had already broken through to the fifth layer of Body Tempering, and had also completed tendon refining, connected to his flesh and blood; his bodily strength had fully reached eight thousand catties.

This increase was a leap.

At this moment, the Divine Farmer Cauldron contained no spirit stones left; they had all been merged into the water and completely absorbed.

But……at this moment, all the spiritual qi of the green mountains was gathering toward this direction, including the Azure Lamp Sword, constantly absorbing.

Then it was infused into the water.

Compared to the previous concentration of spiritual qi, it was even more terrifying.

【Blood Bond completed; the Azure Lamp Sword and the Divine Farmer Cauldron are now undergoing spiritual qi feedback.】

Another day passed; Qin Yu had already reached the peak of the sixth layer of Body Tempering, tendon refining had been perfected, and he was about to begin bone refining.

Of course, this also involved the Martial Arts Opening Apertures trait and the Nirvana trait; otherwise, with such consecutive breakthroughs, his essence and qi would have long been depleted.

Equivalent to being under various boosts, Qin Yu could only break through this quickly.

And just at this moment, a knocking sound came from outside the wooden house.

Qin Yu simply threw on his clothes, walked to the door of the wooden house, and opened it to look.

Lin Yu wore a white short skirt, her snow-white legs round and straight; at this moment her complexion was wan, she took out a bag, from which a rich spiritual qi emanated.

But……at the moment the room was opened.

Lin Yu froze.

Because……the boy before her had a more handsome visage, clad in a long robe, extremely heroic.

Most importantly……an intangible pressure emanating from him made Lin Yu's knees go weak, as if she bore the weight of mountains.

He……had risen again, and risen in a leap.

Qin Yu, he had truly unlocked the Martial Arts Opening Apertures!

At this moment, Lin Yu's heart was filled with regret, wondering why she had been so short-sighted back then.

"This……this is three years' worth of spirit stones; please forgive me, Senior Brother Qin Yu."

Her tone was extremely soft.

But Qin Yu never gave it a proper glance, directly took the bag, and shut the wooden house door.

Moreover……the humiliation she suffered would be countless times worse than that of her previous incarnation.

When one steps into the inner gate at that moment, countless people will, in order to curry favor invisibly, target one's former enemies.

For example, Lin Yu.

Her future in the Profound Yang Sect was nothing but darkness.

The stronger Qin Yu became in the future, the more bleak her life would become.

Back in the room, with the aid of the Vajra Method, Qin Yu would push his tendon tempering to the extreme…

Reaching the strength of ten thousand catties!

This is the physical pinnacle of an ordinary Body Tempering Realm cultivator who has reached perfection.

With the infusion of these thirty-six spirit stones, Qin Yu's cultivation formally entered the seventh layer of Body Tempering.

With the Martial Arts Aperture Opening, he now hardly has any bottlenecks; he just needs to blast open each barrier with spiritual qi!

This kind of training… is utterly exhilarating.

You must know, I have only been in the Cangyuan Jie for barely three days.

By now, I have already broken through seven minor realms in succession!

And the outer sect examination has only half a day left.