Chapter 71: Skill Upgrade

However, Ye Liuyun was now quite content.

With these resources, he basically no longer had to worry about his True Essence Realm cultivation resources.

That day after returning, he used up all the remaining Blood Vein Pills and Five Elements Powder. m.

Although better materials will be available right away, these leftovers also shouldn't be wasted, right?

One day later, Han Shan sent over all the items he needed to exchange.

Ye Liuyun got busy again, using the newly exchanged pill furnace to concoct various pills. However, this time he didn't use up all the materials; he only refined enough for a month's supply.

He felt that in the future, as his realm improved, his pill-concocting level could still improve.

Even so, using the newly exchanged pill furnace to concoct pills, the average yield of Mysterious Tier medium-grade pills reached fifty percent, and the remaining fifty percent were all Mysterious Tier low-grade pills.

This result was already much better than his original one or two tenths! A good pill furnace really does work.

Next, he didn't rush to train his body. Having just broken through the third layer of the Immortal Overlord Body not long ago, he wasn't in a hurry to enter the fourth layer.

He first busied himself strengthening the Blazing Sun Bow. First, he inscribed the Spiritual Sense Lock formation into the Blazing Sun Bow, then he added the power of thunder and lightning.

As for deadly poison, he thought about it but decided not to add it. The power of thunder and lightning and fire was already strong; adding deadly poison would be a bit like overdoing it.

Moreover, after this modification, the Blazing Sun Bow had reached Earth Tier medium grade, so he no longer added any further functions to it.

As for the Azure Cloud Sword, he merely modified its offensive and defensive formations, making the sword's attacks sharper and its defenses sturdier. Unexpectedly, this also elevated its grade to Earth Tier low grade—a pleasant surprise.

As for that dagger, he really used it just to cut meat, so he didn't bother modifying it.

After Ye Liuyun had upgraded all his pills and weapons, he then began to cultivate in peace. He first used Blood Vein Pills to increase the awakening of his blood vessels, then he used Condensing Essence Pills to cultivate his True Essence.

The current Condensing Essence Pills have higher-grade ingredients and stronger effects. Taking one pill directly raises his realm from the early stage of True Essence Double to the middle stage.

However, he felt that after reconstructing the nine main meridians inside his body, their load-bearing capacity had greatly increased, but some ordinary tiny branch meridines remained just as fragile.

Thus he began reconstructing them one by one. Those small meridians were repaired quickly; Ye Liuyun could rebuild three small meridians each time he cultivated.

He estimated that in about a month, pretty much all meridians would have been rebuilt once. Although this was a bit slower, his bodily foundation became much better.

Next, he began to cultivate a new technique.

Violet Lightning Mad Thunder, although it's an upgraded version of the Thunder Rush Fist, the True Essence's circulation path is more complex, making the difficulty much greater. Therefore, it's impossible to master it to perfection all at once.

Moreover, Violet Lightning Mad Thunder is not just a fist technique; it includes various moves that utilize thunder and lightning. For the Thunder Rush Fist, it merely enhances its power.

Besides, there are also techniques like Violet Lightning Prison and Violet Lightning Whip, which are no longer fist techniques but rather comprehensive applications of thunder and lightning power.

However, this also opened a door for Ye Liuyun to apply elemental powers.

Who would have thought that thunder and lightning power could have so many uses!

He can now only proceed step by step. However, because he has a foundation, getting started is actually quick.

Thereafter, Ye Liuyun began sparring with the puppet, no longer minding its consumption. He practiced at least three hours each day.

In just a few days, he brought this technique to Minor Achievement.

As for sword techniques, he didn't practice the basic sword skills he had recorded. Instead, he integrated the essences of various sword techniques into the Overlord Blade Technique to perfect and enrich it.

Over the next ten-plus days, Ye Liuyun finally brought Violet Lightning Mad Thunder to Great Achievement.

As for the Overlord Blade Technique, he focused more on cultivating its artistic conception.

Only then did he feel that these two techniques could barely be considered presentable!

Then he began body refinement.

With the practice of the Cutting Heaven Finger, the demands on the body's endurance, especially the fingers, became higher.

After this period of adjustment, the third layer of the Immortal Overlord Body was also quite solid, and entering the fourth layer's training posed no problem.

Thus, he took one piece each of the Five Elements Spirit Stones, placed them around, activated the Mysterious Origin Qi Refining Technique, and began absorbing the attribute elements within the crystal stones.

Previously, when refining his body, he soaked it in medicinal liquids, which made the flesh comparatively painful. After reaching the fourth layer, he switched to this method of absorbing attributes; the absorbed attribute energy was also taken in by the bones throughout his body.

This time he finally experienced the feeling of pain penetrating to the marrow! Moreover, the five different stimuli alternated between burning and cutting, various sensations of pain bombarding his brain.

Yet he wouldn't pass out. Each time the pain threatened to make him faint, the Ten Thousand Gods Command would emit golden light, awakening his soul, and then let him continue suffering the agony of near-death.

After he had fully absorbed those crystal stones, Ye Liuyun's whole body felt like it had been fished out of water, completely soaked. He lay on the ground, panting.

He immediately took a Calming Spirit Pill, then lay where he was and fell asleep right away.

Upon waking in the morning, he found his hands smooth and soft. Opening his eyes, he saw himself lying on the bed, clothes completely stripped off. And Lei Ming was also naked, lying in his arms.

He suddenly sat up in shock, waking Lei Ming as well.

"Hey little brother, you're awake?" Lei Ming asked, rubbing his eyes.

"Where are my clothes? Why aren't you wearing any either?" Ye Liuyun exclaimed in surprise.

"Your clothes got soaked from last night's cultivation practice, so I just helped you take them off! I don't like wearing clothes myself, so I took mine off too, to sleep with you!" Lei Ming replied innocently.

Ye Liuyun looked at her clear eyes, thought that perhaps the monster beast also didn't understand the need for men and women to avoid suspicion. He didn't feel comfortable scolding Lei Ming, so he said: "From now on, you must wear clothes when sleeping, got it?"

"Geez, humans are so troublesome! But I don't like wearing clothes!" Lei Ming said, pouting.

"No way, you have to wear them!" Ye Liuyun said, hurriedly taking out clothes and putting them on.

Lei Ming, however, paid him no heed, directly transforming into a Thunder Dragon Beast and leaping into his embrace.

"This way I don't need to wear clothes!" Lei Ming laughed.

Ye Liuyun also stared for a moment. "Whatever, I don't care either!" he said, then got up to go eat breakfast.

After a night's sleep, his spirits were much improved.

"Training the Immortal Overlord Body is practically deadly! Fortunately, my bones have become strong; otherwise, that pain would have been for nothing!"

He inwardly inspected his bones and found that they were originally ordinary bone, but now they were as hard as steel!

"If I keep training like this, my bones could be taken out and used as weapons!" Ye Liuyun secretly smiled in his heart.

Lei Ming also leapt over, jumping onto his shoulder: "I'm hungry too!"

"You need to pay attention: after you transform into a Thunder Dragon Beast, you must communicate with me via Divine Sense, otherwise people will discover you're a monster beast and seize you!" Ye Liuyun reminded her.

Lei Ming rolled his eyes. "Using Divine Sense is too tiring; why don't we sign a contract instead? That way future communication will be convenient!"

Ye Liuyun thought it would also work, so he then made an equal contract with her using Soul. After having this contract, between them they don't need to speak, they can also know what the other wants to say. They can also sense each other's position.

This contract is different from the one Ye Liuyun made with the Black Python and the Bald Vulture; that one is of a master-servant nature and must be centered on Ye Liuyun.

As for the equal contract, both parties can act autonomously, and it will not restrict Lei Ming's freedom.