Ye Xingchen separated from Ye Linger after returning to the clan. He wanted to refine the three Ice Soul Pills.
Back in his room, Ye Xingchen took out an Ice Soul Pill.
The Ice Soul Pill was a third-grade body-refining pill. The pill was the size of a cobblestone and emitted wisps of cold air, as if it could freeze anything.
"The Ice Soul Pill was refined using the third-grade Ice Soul Grass. Not only can it refine the body, but it can also strengthen the meridians." Ye Xingchen recalled the records about the Ice Soul Pill.
As a third-grade body-refining pill, the Ice Soul Pill was extremely potent. Ordinary Xiantian Realm martial artists would be corroded by the cold air within the pill. Martial artists with frost bloodlines would have to be careful when consuming it.
However, Ye Xingchen had the Sun and Moon True Qi to protect his body, so he wouldn't be corroded by the cold air.
Moreover, the god-tier cultivation technique he cultivated was extremely powerful, so he could absorb and refine the pill to the greatest extent.
Ye Xingchen placed an Ice Soul Pill in his mouth and swallowed it.
Suddenly, an unprecedented cold energy exploded in his body, rushing to his limbs, bones, and organs.
At the same time, a thick layer of ice particles formed on Ye Xingchen's body.
Ye Xingchen instantly felt as if he was placed in an iceberg that was thousands of years old. Wisps of cold light continuously pierced his flesh, bones, meridians, and organs.
When the cold light pierced into his body, it turned into a wisp of spiritual energy that nourished his body.
Ye Xingchen closed his eyes and circulated the Moon True Qi, combining it with the medicinal power of the Ice Soul Pill. Then, wisps of cold spiritual energy flowed through his meridians and into his flesh and bones.
At this moment, Ye Xingchen felt as if he could "see" the depths of his bones. His bone marrow was snow-white and crystal-clear like frost. It flowed rapidly, causing his blood to be as hot as flames.
His bone marrow was like mercury, full of vitality.
Ye Xingchen knew that this was an illusion.
However, it was enough to prove that his bone marrow had been refined and became stronger.
It took him fifteen minutes to completely refine the first Ice Soul Pill. After his flesh and blood absorbed it, an aura full of vitality spread out.
Ye Xingchen stood up and began to practice his fist techniques in the room. Every time he punched out, the roar of a ferocious tiger could be heard.
He had already mastered the Middle Grade Mortal Level Martial Skill, Howling Tiger Fist.
This martial skill was both an offensive martial skill and a body tempering martial skill.
Ye Xingchen used the Roaring Tiger Fist to refine the spiritual energy hidden in his flesh and blood, then adjusted his body's coordination, agility, and other aspects.
After practicing for an hour, he took the second Ice Soul Pill.
Since the first Ice Soul Pill had been refined by him, Ye Xingchen refined the second Ice Soul Pill with ease. Large amounts of spiritual energy surged into his blood and organs, tempering them.
At the peak of the Houtian realm, one's Qi and blood were like a furnace.
However, if a martial artist wanted to achieve the state of Qi and blood like a furnace, they would need to temper the inside and out of the body, such as the skin, flesh, meridians, bones, marrow, organs, blood, and so on.
Of course, the tempering of these aspects was not done from the outside to the inside, or from the inside to the outside, but all at the same time.
After a short while, the second Ice Soul Pill's medicinal energy was completely refined.
Ye Xingchen continued to take the third Ice Soul Pill.
Fifteen minutes later, Ye Xingchen finished refining the third Ice Soul Pill's medicinal energy. Bang!
Bang! Bang!
Ye Xingchen was practicing his fist technique in the courtyard. He did not use any true energy, but every time he threw a punch, his body would be as taut as a large bow, then suddenly released it. His fist was like a flying arrow, and the air around his fist made a slight sound, as if it was an explosion.
"Although the three Ice Soul Pills' medicinal energy has been absorbed by my flesh and bones, it has not been completely refined. The spiritual energy is hidden in the depths of my body, and I cannot completely fuse it."
Ye Xingchen sensed the changes in his body, and said, "It seems that in order to completely refine these hidden spiritual energies, I need to cultivate a powerful body tempering martial skill."
The so-called body tempering martial skill mainly relied on the physical body to perform. The stronger the physical body, the more powerful the body tempering martial skill.
Ye Xingchen opened the system's rewards and looked at the martial skills one by one.
"Herculean Bull Fist, Spirit Grade Low Grade Body Tempering Martial Skill, at completion, the body will have the strength of nine oxen and two tigers, 15,000 luck points to exchange for."
The nine oxen and two tigers here referred to the strength of one hundred and eighty thousand pounds. One ox had the strength of ten thousand pounds, and one tiger had the strength of ninety thousand pounds.
"Explosive Qi Fist, Spirit Grade Mid Grade Body Tempering Martial Skill, using qi as power, at completion, each punch will cause the air to explode, and the body will be comparable to the True Fate Realm, 30,000 luck points to exchange for."
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Ye Xingchen looked at the Spirit Grade Body Tempering Martial Skills in the shop, and he was not satisfied.
If ordinary people obtained these body tempering martial skills, they would be wild with joy, but to him, they were not very attractive.
He cultivated a God Grade Body Tempering Technique, and also had the Saint Grade Upper Grade Body Tempering Nine Strikes, so ordinary martial skills were not worth his attention.
"Do I still need to draw?" Ye Xingchen opened the lottery area, and hesitated for a moment.
"Forget it, no matter what, there is no harm in trying!" Ye Xingchen spent 1000 luck points to draw ten times in a row.
'Ding, thank you for your patronage!'
'Ding, thank you for your patronage!'
'Ding, congratulations on drawing the Spirit Grade Lower Grade Body Tempering Palm!'
"…"
'Ding, thank you for your patronage!'
Ye Xingchen's face turned completely black, he should not have drawn the lottery.
But fortunately, he had obtained a Low-Grade Spirit Level Martial Skill, Heavenly Thunder Fist, which could be considered as consoling his wounded heart.
"Heaven Tempering Palm, Spirit Grade Lower Grade Body Tempering Martial Skill, at completion, the palm will be like thunder, slaying all evil and demons!"
Ye Xingchen looked at the introduction of the Heaven Tempering Palm in his hand, and with a wave of his hand, the book in his hand turned into a stream and flowed into his mind.
"I believe that I will not get the body tempering martial skill I need." Ye Xingchen drew the lottery again.
This time, he spent 10,000 luck points to draw a hundred times in a row.
'Ding, thank you for your patronage!'
'Ding, thank you for your patronage!'
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'Ding, thank you for your patronage!'
One hundred times, a full one hundred times, there was nothing.
In the previous ten draws, there was still a Heaven Tempering Palm to comfort him, but now, the one hundred draws were all 'thank you for your patronage'.
Ye Xingchen looked at the 'thank you for your patronage' in the lottery area, he felt that it was an eyesore.
"System, come out, why is it all 'thank you for your patronage'?
Come out, I won't beat you to death, at most I'll cripple you! "Ye Xingchen gritted his teeth and said.
"Host, please be honest, you clearly drew the Heaven Tempering Palm.
Heaven Tempering Palm is a Spirit Grade Lower Grade Body Tempering Palm, it requires more than 20,000 luck points to exchange. You've made a profit, don't be ungrateful. "The system's voice rang in Ye Xingchen's mind.
Ye Xingchen fell silent, after hearing the system's words, he felt that the system's words made some sense.
But, he felt that he definitely would not do the lottery in the future.
"My physical body is still a distance away from the Qi and Blood Furnace, but it's not too far." Ye Xingchen thought, "It's time for me to learn about spiritual runes."
Spiritual runes were the use of the Heaven and Earth Spirit Qi.
Spiritual runes were suitable for almost all occupations, for example, talisman masters needed to learn spiritual runes, spirit formation masters needed to learn spiritual runes, and weapon refiners needed to learn spiritual runes.
And the first requirement to learn spiritual runes was mental power, only martial artists with strong mental power could learn to inscribe spiritual runes.
Martial cultivation could be divided into three directions: physical body, True Qi, and mental power.
Those who cultivated the physical body were called Body Tempering, and they were called Body Tempering Warriors.
Those who cultivated True Qi were called Qi Refinement, and they were called Qi Refinement Warriors.
Those who cultivated Spirit were called Spirit Refinement, and they were called Spirit Refinement Warriors.
These three directions were collectively referred to as martial artists.
However, body tempering was too resource-intensive, and spirit refinement techniques and aptitude were too rare, so the Absolute Beginning Realm had the most Qi Refinement Warriors.
Spiritual runes were the direction that Spirit Refinement Warriors learned and grasped.