Chapter 652: Three Body-Refining Methods

"Wrong! Damn it! You've led me off into the weeds, you old bastard."

"It doesn't matter if you can hang upside down, you jerk! Is that what I was asking you?"

Man Yin hammered a fist directly onto Ye Lin's head.

Ye Lin only felt a massive force descend, and half his body was already buried in the dirt.

Ye Lin gasped; how did he feel like this old man's physical strength seemed even more terrifying than Xu Minxuan's?

The other old men just watched, none of them having any intention to speak.

Long before Ye Lin arrived, they had already discussed the order of instruction.

Cultivation is like sailing in the middle of a vast, boundless ocean.

The physical body is the boat, immortal power is the oars, and the soul is the rudder; the three complement each other, so Man Yin, who specializes in body refining, was placed first.

Originally, the other peak masters didn't need to appear, but they all wanted to see with their own eyes the owner of this legendary nascent spiritual root, which is why they all gathered here.

Man Yin stepped forward and pulled Ye Lin back out of the dirt.

He wanted to first examine Ye Lin's constitution; although they knew Ye Lin had a nascent spiritual root, they didn't know what his specific constitution was.

It didn't matter until he checked, but upon checking, Man Yin couldn't help but let out a soft sound of surprise.

"Bone age of one day? How are you growing backward, kid?"

Once these words were spoken, Ye Lin felt even more that this nursing home was not right.

"Who are you?"

"Why should I tell you?"

Man Yin snorted coldly, then began to probe Ye Lin's Qi, blood, and bones bit by bit.

"You've practiced body-tempering methods before. This power is very pure; it must be from using the residual dragon Qi left after a true dragon died to temper your body? You certainly have quite the fortuitous encounter, kid!"

As Man Yin's power gradually increased, the dragon transformation that Ye Lin hadn't used for a long time was uncontrollably unleashed at this moment.

A dragon's roar sounded, fine dragon scales covered Ye Lin's body, and his eyes turned into golden vertical pupils.

"What a pity. You are merely a mortal body, and the body-tempering method you used is extremely crude. So, even with dragon Qi tempering, your physical strength remains limited, and this dragon transformation looks even more incongruous; it can't compare to a true dragon race at all."

Upon hearing this, Ye Lin's pupils shrank violently.

He had indeed found a body-tempering technique from the previous generation's Old Human Emperor and had cultivated it to perfection.

He hadn't expected that the old man before him could even see through this.

Man Yin was somewhat disappointed.

But then again, the spiritual root was already at the forbidden level of 'nascent,' so it was normal for his constitution to be a bit poor.

But it didn't matter; with him, Man Yin, around, even a mortal body could be cultivated to be no weaker than an Imperial Body!

Man Yin extended a finger and poked Ye Lin's body sharply.

Ye Lin felt the immortal power in his body disappear without a trace in an instant, like a deflated balloon.

"Kid, I'll give you a task."

Man Yin pointed to a well not far away.

"See that well? I want you to draw water from it and fill both water vats in the courtyard."

Ye Lin realized at this moment that he must have encountered a master, so he happily ran to the well, picked up the large bucket beside it, and prepared to start drawing water.

"Man Yin, isn't it a bit too hasty to have him carry Mountain Peak Profound Water right from the start? I remember Xu Minxuan didn't start doing this until she had been initiated for half a year," Xuan Jizi couldn't help but ask.

"Severe illnesses require strong medicine. He is only a mortal body; if he doesn't cultivate his physical body quickly, once his realm gets higher, his physical body will hold him back. Rest assured, no one in the entire Immortal Cloud Sect understands body refining better than I do."

Just as Man Yin finished speaking, Ye Lin threw the bucket into the well.

But as he pulled, Ye Lin realized something was wrong!

He couldn't pull it; he absolutely couldn't pull it!

With his current strength, even if the immortal power in his body was sealed, he could pull down a mountain with his physical body alone.

But now, he couldn't even draw water from the well?

Ye Lin took a deep breath, his eyes becoming determined; he spread his feet apart and gripped the rope tightly with both hands.

"Three, two, one, lift!"

Ye Lin used every ounce of his strength, and the wooden bucket filled with water only began to move upward bit by bit.

When he pulled the whole bucket of water up and placed it on the ground, Ye Lin clearly felt the entire ground shake.

"Bai San, what is the origin of this water?"

Ye Lin scooped up a handful of water and felt as if he were holding a massive mountain in his hand.

This nursing home was too bizarre; it was one thing for the old men to be weird, but why was even the water in the well so strange?

"This is Mountain Peak Profound Water. The weight of every drop is comparable to a mountain. Body cultivators on the Longevity Continent often use this to complete their basic body refining," Bai San's voice rang out in Ye Lin's mind.

Ye Lin was now more certain than ever that the old men in this nursing home were all masters.

Had he encountered masters passing on their techniques?

Ye Lin became excited, and that bucket of Mountain Peak Profound Water no longer felt heavy to him. Ye Lin used all his might to draw another bucket, then picked up the shoulder pole nearby and walked away.

His shoulder blades were crushed, but Ye Lin didn't even blink.

Just kidding, if a goddess asks you to get a room, would you care about the price of the room?

Ye Lin happily carried the water to the large vats; three days and three nights passed, and both large vats were completely filled by Ye Lin.

A look of satisfaction appeared in Man Yin's eyes.

Although this kid's physical talent was a bit lacking, his perseverance was truly beyond reproach.

For these three days and three nights, Ye Lin had been in a state of neither eating, drinking, nor resting, as if he didn't know what fatigue was at all.

With such perseverance, he would succeed in whatever he did.

"Old... Senior, what do I do now?" Ye Lin asked humbly for guidance.

"Strip naked and jump in," Man Yin said.

"No problem."

Ye Lin stripped naked and jumped right in.

The weight of the Mountain Peak Profound Water constantly squeezed his body, and the bones all over his body began to creak.

Man Yin stood before the large vat, looked at Ye Lin, and asked.

"I have three body-tempering methods here."

"The first is called the Heavenly Demon Body Refining Art. It uses demonic power to temper the body, allowing the physical form to rival that of demonic beasts. It has the same effect as the dragon Qi you used to temper your body before, and it can make this dragon body of yours even more terrifying. If you can obtain more dragon Qi later, your physical body can rival the dragon race."

"The second is called the Twelve Changes of the Savage Bone, which is a cultivation method of the ancient Savage Tribe. For every change you cultivate, your physical strength doubles. The better your constitution, the better the effect. If you cultivate it to the twelfth change of Great Perfection, you can sweep through your peers with your physical body alone. That Senior Sister Xu Minxuan you met during the disciple assessment practices this one."

"The third is called the Heavenly Dipper Tyrant Body Technique. It draws upon the power of the Heavenly Dipper stars to temper the body. It is the slowest to cultivate, but it is the most standard and steady technique. You only need to spend a certain amount of time to achieve the Heavenly Dipper Tyrant Body, and its power is no weaker than a Primordial Heavenly Body!"

"Which one do you want to learn?"

Ye Lin thought carefully; on the surface, the Heavenly Demon Body Refining Art seemed most suitable for him.

But the Undying Demon Dragon's corpse had already been reduced to ashes by him; where would he find dragon Qi?

As for the latter two, the cost-effectiveness was especially low for him.

"Um, Old Senior, is there any body-tempering method that is fast-acting but very damaging to the body?"