Chapter 17: The Potential of the Rat Pack

"A Body Cultivator genius?"

"Heh, there's no such thing as a Body Cultivator genius!"

"I am merely practicing by popping pills more diligently than others."

After seeing off the Ji Family disciples, Su Ping toyed with the Body Tempering Pill they had gifted; possessing the Purification Spirit Medicine, he did not fear any hidden dangers in this pill.

He swallowed it in one gulp.

Hum! As the medicinal power of the Body Tempering Pill took effect, Su Ping felt as if a hot ball of light had appeared in his abdomen, and then heat continuously surged from his abdomen toward his limbs and bones.

Feeling increasingly hot, Su Ping hurriedly circulated the Ten Directions Body Strengthening Art, continuously converting the medicinal power into energy to nourish his own physique.

"Potent! It truly lives up to being an extraordinary pill produced by a Cultivator; it's much fiercer than a Body Tempering Medicine Pack!"

Half an hour later, Su Ping stopped circulating his energy; feeling drenched in sweat, he clicked his tongue in wonder while also making a mental note of the Body Tempering Pill.

Although, in terms of efficacy, this pill was only twenty or thirty percent better for a Body Cultivator than a Blood Qi Waste Pill.

Its focus, however, was on clearing the meridians of the physical body, which the Blood Qi Pill could not compare to.

And for Body Tempering to reach the middle or even late stage, one of the hard requirements was to have all one hundred meridians throughout the body fully opened.

The earlier one raises their realm, the more Waste Pills one can consume in the same amount of time, and the faster their cultivation will improve!

Su Ping already intended to inquire about where to find an alchemist capable of refining Body Tempering Pills when he had time to visit the Market.

He could offer Spirit Stones to purchase the other party's Waste Pills.

Compared to the Pei Yuan Waste Pills and Blood Qi Waste Pills that still had some minor uses.

For this kind of Body Tempering Waste Pill, which perhaps only mortal martial artists would be willing to take, if he were willing to accept them, the other party... should have no reason to refuse the trade.

That night, Su Ping continued to lose himself in cultivation, unable to pull away.

Relying on the use of five Body Tempering Medicine Packs and three Blood Qi Waste Pills.

As the Purification Spirit Medicine took effect.

Su Ping's bones emitted a series of crisp cracks, and on the second day of practicing the Ten Directions Body Strengthening Art... he officially stepped into the first layer of Body Tempering! In the Cultivation World.

Su Ping could be considered to have officially made his Entry into the Body Cultivator lineage! Do not be fooled by the fact that Body Cultivation only requires a Cultivator to be willing to endure hardship to make an Entry.

Most Loose Cultivators need at least half a year or even a year to achieve this progress.

Those with better talent, like Su Ping who transferred to this path after already having cultivation, could be faster, but it would still take at least three months or more to make an Entry.

If Su Ping were to let that Ji Family Body Cultivator take his pulse again.

The other party would not just offer flattery in front of Su Ping, but would sincerely believe that Su Ping was a one-in-ten-thousand Body Cultivator genius in the entire Cultivation World! Making an Entry in Body Cultivation in two nights! Even the novelists in the Immortal Sects wouldn't dare to write it like this! "Body Cultivation Entry, my physical strength has increased by at least fifty percent compared to before!"

"My ability to protect myself on Water Blue Star is even stronger now!"

"The cooldown for the Return to City Talisman has long since passed; it is time to go back for a trip."

"I can also take the opportunity to test if the secret technique the Shu Daoren gave me is effective on the rodents of another world."

Su Ping did not teleport from Linyue Villa, but instead used his old trick, running to another pre-selected cave before activating the Return to City Talisman and disappearing from the Cultivation World.

Water Blue Star, the outer layer of the mountain forest area on the outskirts of Yushu City.

The rat tide caused by Spirit Mouse Xiaobai and Xiaohui only held heat on the internet for half a day before it was quickly replaced by other news highlights in people's fragmented time.

However, this abnormal rat tide did attract the attention of some people in higher positions.

A team focused on research was dispatched to this Yushu City to search for traces of the rats.

It was just as Su Ping had guessed earlier; the rat tide, which had not caused much destruction, was not a high priority.

The team leader was a professor of a relevant subject from a university, and the members were mainly his students.

Their group of more than ten people tracked the direction of the rat tide's movement, but soon lost the trail in the mountain forest area. The outskirts of Yushu City were densely forested, and further away lay a primeval forest nature reserve.

These factors all increased the difficulties for the research team.

However, they were not people who would give up easily.

Mainly because that professor had just turned fifty-five, a prime age where he was eager to advance further and leave his name in history.

He had been attracted by the two mice, Xiaobai and Xiaohui, who clearly stood out from the crowd in the video.

He vaguely guessed that these two mice might be some kind of special, undiscovered rodent species, such as one naturally possessing certain organs like pheromones that could attract rodent companions.

This was what had caused that unsettling scene in the video.

For this reason, he found a way to contact an old hunter to bring two hunting dogs to help.

Things stained with the scent of the rat tide were easy to find, and soon the two hunting dogs began to act under the hunter's command.

However, the hunting dogs had only entered the mountain forest a short distance with the team when they suddenly seemed to be extremely terrified, whimpering and firmly refusing to move forward.

This reaction left the old hunter completely baffled.

He did not know that it was actually because when the rat tide passed through here, Spirit Mouse Xiaohui had urinated on the nearby tree roots.

An extraordinary species is naturally one tier higher than a mortal beast! The urine of a Spirit Mouse is several times more intense than the bodily fluids of a fierce tiger.

When the hunting dogs smelled this scent, they felt a great terror deep within their souls, penetrating to their very marrow.

Naturally, their instincts made them cower.

And just as this group was at their wit's end and unwilling to leave.

Su Ping had already returned to East King Temple and immediately contacted his two Spirit Mice.

Then, through Spirit Mouse Xiaobai's perception, he discovered the traces of this group and leaped onto a tree trunk to monitor them.

Spirit Mouse Xiaohui, meanwhile, began to train the rat pack by squeaking according to Su Ping's method.

Su Ping arrived at the backyard warehouse of East King Temple, saw the neatly arranged daily necessities, as well as bags of white sugar and boxes of bread, and nodded slightly.

This young Daoist Zhou Xuan was a sensible and good Daoist; he had done everything he was told, and there was even an excess amount.

Not wanting to wake Zhou Xuan, who was still doing his homework in the room, Su Ping took a glance, stored a large amount of bread into his Storage Bag, applied an Invisibility Talisman, and turned to find his Spirit Mice.

According to the tips taught by Shu Daoren, relying solely on the Spirit Mice to exert their clan's charisma and group pressure was not enough to train a rat pack well.

It required extraordinary pressure combined with delicious, appetizing food.

Only by working together can the rat swarm be controlled as easily as one's own arm! How to produce the delicious food for the rat swarm is the secret of Shu Daoren.

Shu Daoren was still preparing to move out of Chishao Town, but Su Ping had already brought over all of his meager stock, a seasoning similar to salt.

Su Ping prepared to add it to bread to reward the elites within the rat swarm.

Afterwards, by using Xiaobai and Xiaohui to train this group of elites as the backbone, he could indirectly and quickly command the remaining rat swarm.

Once the rat swarm could obey orders.

He could then move from training the rat swarm to the path of strengthening and arming the rat swarm.

Compared to Shu Daoren, who could only blindly enhance the physique of the rats.

Su Ping felt he could broaden his thinking and let special-purpose mutant rats appear in the rat swarm.

For example, explosive rats carrying bombs, highly toxic rats using poison attacks, and so on.

As long as there are plenty of wild ideas and a willingness to experiment.

Su Ping was quite looking forward to the potential of the rat swarm! (End of chapter)