49: Chapter 49 First Level of Body Refinement
The medicinal herbs consumed here are just the system's optimal option; of course, one can also pile up cultivation using other herbs.
However, that blood energy could replace medicinal herbs was something Chi Anlin hadn't expected.
There were more and more places requiring blood energy, which gave Chi Anlin a headache.
After thinking about it, Chi Anlin directly learned the first layer, as he possessed quite a few spirit herbs.
The scene before him suddenly changed; Chi Anlin was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted.
Before him was a completely blue space with a large tripod in the center, inside which fiery red liquid was churning.
【Please insert medicinal herbs】
Beside the tripod was a progress bar. Chi Anlin approached and observed it; it looked like he was about to undergo a medicinal bath.
To come up with something like this just for the first layer—wouldn't future body refining simulate magma?
Without overthinking, Chi Anlin directly took out a pile of Mortal Rank medicinal herbs, and at this moment, he discovered that these herbs all had numbers written on them.
For example, that high-grade mortal rank Wind Leaf Grass had -10 written on it.
Not all medicinal herbs were suitable for his own body tempering. Chi Anlin hadn't expected the system to be so thoughtful, which saved him a lot of trouble.
Flame Orchid, Fire Buddha Fruit, Crimson Blood Fruit...
Throwing the medicinal herbs into the tripod one by one, Chi Anlin quickly filled the progress bar and flipped inside himself.
Just as he entered the large tripod, a scorching sensation traveled through his skin into his internal organs. Chi Anlin's eyes suddenly widened, his teeth clenched tight, and he almost let out a cry of pain.
His skin was torn, blood sprayed out, and at this moment, blue light flickered in the space, followed by waves of coolness.
His body's injuries slowly recovered, only to be torn apart again in the blink of an eye. Caught between these two extremes, Chi Anlin was like a blade of grass ready to be snapped at any moment, experiencing a feeling worse than death.
Chi Anlin's blood acted like some kind of medium, beginning to burn. These flames, ignited by the burning blood, were absorbed again by Chi Anlin's body, scorching those meridians and entering Chi Anlin's dantian.
The ice spiritual power in his dantian seemed to encounter a formidable enemy, constantly fleeing to the surroundings and being absorbed by the walls of the dantian, causing a trace of blue to appear on Chi Anlin's dantian.
Meanwhile, outside the Blood Energy Space, Xiao Yue seemed to sense something. Its body twitched, and it hurriedly curled into a ball, continuously emitting low whimpers.
Colorless flames inexplicably rose upon its white fur, yet they did not burn the surrounding furniture, as if they only existed on its body.
Chi Anlin did not know about Xiao Yue's changes, otherwise, he would definitely have felt a sense of 'happiness plus one'.
Sharing the hardship together!
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He didn't know how much time had passed when Chi Anlin woke up groggily.
The painful torture had long since ended, and he was kicked out of the Blood Energy Space.
Although his physical body didn't enter the Blood Energy Space, everything that happened inside was directly fed back to Chi Anlin's physical body, which made him feel bewildered.
Struggling to crawl up, Chi Anlin looked at his arms. His arms, which had been somewhat dark from the sun, were now like brand new. Chi Anlin hurriedly got up and walked to the mirror.
"No way!" Chi Anlin cried out in grief. After the body refining ended, his skin had become several shades fairer, making him look somewhat delicate.
This was because it was his first body refining, and his skin had been continuously torn and regenerated, so to a certain extent, his skin was now new.
He had thought that after body refining, he might have a physique like those muscle monsters, but he never expected it to turn out like this.
After being dazed for five minutes, Chi Anlin finally accepted this setting and sighed, hoping the next body refining wouldn't be like this.
Feeling carefully, Chi Anlin felt that not only had his own defensive power become stronger, but his strength had also reached double what it was before.
His strength had improved significantly again. Chi Anlin even felt that he could take on a Mortal Rank Seventh Stage body cultivator one-on-one.
Previously, in the Blood Energy Space, he had fought many battles and defeated many Mortal Rank Sixth Stage opponents, but those were ordinary people and didn't count as the type of geniuses who could fight across ranks.
Unfortunately, he needed to digest the excess energy now and couldn't immediately proceed to learn the second layer.
If Chi Xueyue knew that Chi Anlin actually wanted to learn the second layer, she would definitely want to send him off for research.
One had to know that the "Mysterious Lord Body Refining Method" was a yellow-grade high-grade cultivation technique. For Chi Anlin to enter the first layer at the Mortal Rank Ninth Stage was already considered a genius among geniuses.
In fact, if it weren't for the special nature of the Blood Energy Space, combined with Chi Anlin's own maxed-out pain tolerance, he might have exploded and died during the body refining.
Therefore, Chi Anlin's combat power had more than just doubled.
One must know that many cultivators of the First Realm had only just entered the first layer. The "Mysterious Lord Body Refining Method" became harder the further one progressed, and its power was comparable to Spirit Rank techniques.
This was also Chi Xueyue's prized collection.
After stretching, Chi Anlin looked at Xiao Yue on the side. The house had been messed up by this guy. It seemed Xiao Yue still had the lineage of a Husky; when he wasn't paying attention, it couldn't help but tear up the house.
It completely didn't match its usual personality...
"Since we've returned to the normal world, I have to improve your strength." Chi Anlin thought for a moment and said to Xiao Yue.
In the Otherworld, he mainly relied on the Ant Queen. Although Xiao Yue was also very powerful, the most blood energy he could get every day was only ten thousand points, and most of the time it just acted as his mount.
As the Ant Queen's Ant Soldiers developed, if he was lucky, he could obtain one hundred thousand blood energy in a day, so it was only natural that he would prioritize the Ant Queen's strength.
Looking at Xiao Yue's attributes, Chi Anlin rubbed his chin. It was still lacking some combat-oriented skills.
Just right, among the martial arts techniques given by Sister Xueyue, there was an ice-type technique. Why not let Xiao Yue try it?
No sooner said than done, Chi Anlin took out this martial arts technique, aimed it at Xiao Yue, and used Fusion.
"Ding, do you wish to perform Fusion on 【Wind Snow Wolf】 and 【Cold Ice Palm】?"
Required blood energy: 30,000.
Fusion success rate: 85%.
The success rate was quite high. Chi Anlin's mouth curled up slightly, and he decisively chose to confirm.
"Yes."
【Fusion started, remaining Fusion time: 1 hour】
blood energy once again enveloped Xiao Yue. Taking advantage of this time, Chi Anlin continued to think about how to improve Xiao Yue's combat capabilities.
He still had a lot of blood energy. In just a morning, he didn't know which monster nest the Ant Queen had poked, killing a Mortal Rank Eighth Stage monster and more than a dozen Mortal Rank Sixth Stage monsters.
Enough for him to splurge!
Catching sight of his bookshelf from the corner of his eye, Chi Anlin's eyes lit up.
Xiao Yue's combat ability was so strong, why not have it learn the martial arts he used to collect?
Chi Anlin ran to the bookshelf and pulled out a book titled "Baji Fist."