Chapter 7: Diamond Body

《Dragon Roar Iron Cloth Shirt！》

Wang Ping frowned, this looked like mundane martial arts, he shook his head and put it down.

He picked up another volume, 《Fire Forged Golden Body！》

Wang Ping's eyes lit up, he hurriedly read on; after a minute, Wang Ping put it down with a grim face.

The name sounded good, but the content was empty; it wasn't as good as Dragon Roar Iron Cloth Shirt.

He picked up another one, 《Record of the Boundless Heaven and Earth！》

He set it aside again; time quietly passed, and Wang Ping had finished reading all thirty jade slips on the shelf.

Most of them had empty content; only a few could be considered body cultivation methods.

The two he held were the best among them, namely 《Profound Tiger Body Training！》 and 《Diamond Body！》

The Profound Tiger Body Training requires bathing in the blood of a first‑grade demon tiger, then soaking its bones in liquor; normally one nurtures the body with tiger‑bone liquor.

According to the method's description, once the Profound Tiger Body is achieved, one enters the second stage of body tempering, equivalent to the Foundation Establishment stage of the second realm in cultivation.

Even a minor accomplishment grants tremendous speed, strength, and defensive power.

Among peers, unless the opponent wields a supreme magical artifact, it is hard for anyone to defeat a cultivator who has cultivated the Profound Tiger Body.

What Wang Ping valued was its offensive power; compared to the formidable offensive power of the Profound Tiger Body Training, the Diamond Body is undoubtedly inferior.

But Wang Ping brought it out because at the end of this Diamond Body method there is a passage composed of strange symbols.

Wang Ping had seen these strange symbols before; they also appear on the silver gate formed from the energy strip.

Only they do not emit a silver light.

「Ding！」

The time had come; Wang Ping looked at the two techniques in his hand, gritted his teeth, and ultimately chose the Diamond Body.

Hall of the Scripture Storage Pavilion, first floor!

「Huh! You chose the Diamond Body, why not choose the Profound Tiger Body Training？」

Heh! What cultivation method I choose is none of your business!

Wang Ping silently complained in his heart; last time he came it was still this voice, but he had never seen him show such concern for anyone before.

But for the gatekeeper to break protocol and ask, could the Diamond Body have something different?

He couldn't be fishing, could he?

Wang Ping was actually quite smart and cautious; the gatekeeper merely asking a single sentence made him feel something was off.

Perhaps it is related to that final passage of strange symbols.

All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant; Wang Ping bowed and replied:

「Reporting, Sir, cultivating the Profound Tiger Body would indeed be good, but with only my current strength, successfully hunting a first‑grade demon tiger would be too dangerous; after weighing the options, I have no choice but to choose the relatively mild cultivation method of the Diamond Body！」

「Sir, look, even my qi cultivation method I chose is the Verdant Wood Longevity Technique; although it lacks offensive power, it is sufficiently mild and not too difficult to cultivate！」

Wang Ping spoke while circulating the Verdant Wood Longevity Technique; after the technique circulated, his body emitted a faint cyan glow, completely different from when he broke through.

All this is naturally because he is concealing something; the Verdant Wood Longevity Technique, besides being balanced, mild, and not prone to deviation, also has a unique merit in restraining breath.

Wang Ping painstakingly cultivated in his cave dwelling for three months, just to master this breath‑restraining method to perfection.

Now, when he circulates his longevity technique, unless the gatekeeper personally examines his body, there is no way he would be discovered.

The gatekeeper in the dark was speechless; the Verdant Wood Longevity Technique—someone actually cultivates this? I originally thought I had found a disciple who could uncover the Diamond Body's secret, but now it seems this person is merely afraid of death.

In a bad mood, his tone severe, he lectured bluntly:

「Hmph! Cultivators must slash through thorns, fear no life or death, forge ahead on the path of immortality; how can you cultivate while being greedy for life and afraid of death？」

Although Wang Ping appeared respectful on the surface, he did not agree in his heart; fearless of death, pressing forward—you're probably just annoyed that you're not dying fast enough!

Of course, what he thought in his heart stayed there, but on the surface he still spoke respectfully:

「Disciple, I possess inferior spiritual roots; the path of immortality is inherently arduous, and if I were to engage in slaughter again, I fear I would eventually perish and lose the Dao！」

「Hmph, you're just a qi‑refining disciple—what Dao extinction? You simply don't know what you're talking about。」

Wang Ping said nothing, silently handing over his tablet; it was obvious this sir didn't know what wind had blown him, his temper was somewhat bad.

He figured it was better to say less.

Finally, Wang Ping spent five hundred contribution points to exchange for the Diamond Body; his three‑year accumulation of contribution points was instantly cut by more than half, leaving him with two hundred forty contribution points on his waist tablet.

He still needed to go to the Mission Hall to exchange five spirit stones, to increase the area of the silver stone blocks.

After applying another speed talisman, Wang Ping hurried toward the Implement Hall fifty li away.

After lying down, upon returning to his residence, the sky was already dark.

Today he had run back and forth nearly three hundred li; even with a body equivalent to an early‑stage first‑grade body temperer, Wang Ping still felt somewhat mentally fatigued.

So upon returning to his room, he fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

After that sleep, when he woke up, the sun was already high.

Wang Ping did not wake naturally; he was roused by the sound of someone knocking on the door.

When he finally opened the door and stepped out, he was momentarily stunned.

Standing before his door was a girl clad in purple gauze, with bright eyes and white teeth, skin fairer than snow, and long hair hanging to her waist.

Merely standing there, she seemed to radiate an immortal aura.

「Hey! Brat! What are you looking at? Put away your dog eyes! 」

Hearing the voice, Wang Ping's face flushed, then he casually glanced at the green‑clad little girl beside him and asked:

「Fairies, what business do you have with me? 」

The green‑clad little girl said sternly: 「Are you the one who planted the Purifying Heart Grass and Fire Spirit Fruit in the spirit field behind? 」

Although Wang Ping was doubtful, he also nodded and said:

「The Purifying Heart Grass and Fire Spirit Fruit trees in that spirit field behind are indeed under my responsibility for planting, though my skill is lacking and I haven't taken good care of them! 」

Unskillful!

Ling Ruoxian's lips slightly parted, thinking of the clear-heart grass that grew almost well on that spiritual field, and the fire spirit fruit tree that bore forty-nine fruits.

Such a striking effect, yet the other party humbly said their skill was unrefined; she possessed innate perceptive eyes, able to see that this disciple truly wasn't lying.

Ling Ruoxian nodded silently; such a striving-for-perfection attitude, no wonder she could cultivate such spiritual grass and fruit.

Immediately she parted her vermilion lips and softly asked, "May I inquire if you would sell the spiritual grass and fire spirit fruit from your backyard to me?"

This?

Wang Ping found it puzzling; who would want that mess of spiritual grass back there? The other party must be mistaken, so he replied:

"Fairy maiden, the spiritual grass and fruit back there are failed cultivars; they're really not fit to show. If you want them, I can grow another batch for you."

Ling Ruoxian's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and she eagerly asked, "Is what you say true? Can you truly cultivate clear-heart grass and fire spirit fruit better than those back there?"

Wang Ping confidently replied: "Yes!"