5: Surely there won't be any problems this time?

Hong Yu opened the porcelain bottle, poured all ten bright red pills into his hand, and thinking of the System's previous operation, he steeled his heart and swallowed them all at once.

The Medicinal Pill melted the moment it entered his mouth, and a massive medicinal power instantly surged within his body. Hong Yu felt his Meridians beginning to swell with pain. Not daring to delay, he immediately called for the System.

"System, start management! Body Tempering Art, intelligent cultivation, hurry!"

"The fully automatic managed idle cultivation system is starting up. Startup complete. Entering intelligent idle mode. Friendly reminder: During the idle period, the Host will temporarily lose control of his body. Please do not worry; just leave everything to the System."

As the System's notification sound rang out, his body once again went out of control, but this time Hong Yu felt the System's voice was actually quite pleasant.

As the System took over his body, the swelling pain in his Meridians instantly weakened. The massive medicinal power was restrained by an inexplicable great force like an obedient child. The technique operated at full speed within his body, and a large amount of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was drawn in. Blood Tempering began!

Although Hong Yu could not yet achieve internal vision with his current Realm, he could feel the blood in his body flowing rapidly. Under the effect of the medicinal power, the Impurities in his blood were constantly decreasing, and his strength began to gradually increase.

The quality of the Blood Tempering stage also varied. From lowest to highest, they were Mortal Blood, Yuan Blood, and dao blood. Ordinary Cultivators without the assistance of Medicinal Pills could generally only temper to the Mortal Blood stage before raising their Realm to the Bone Tempering stage.

Even with the help of Medicinal Pills, many people could only temper to Yuan Blood. However, Hong Yu had confidence in the System. Since he had already achieved Golden Skin during Body Tempering, he naturally desired to temper dao blood during the Blood Tempering stage with the System's help.

It was recorded in ancient texts that the better the foundation laid during the Qi Refining Stage, the higher the future ceiling would be.

With the System Cultivating, Hong Yu was soon immersed in the pleasure of his strength rapidly increasing. With Medicinal Pills this time, the System shouldn't have any more problems.

Just as Hong Yu was slowly relaxing, if nothing unexpected happened, something unexpected was about to happen.

The familiar System notification sound rang in his ears again. Hong Yu felt his heart sink, and a premonition of disaster welled up in his mind.

" bite! Detected a lack of the Cultivation Medicinal Pill, qi nurturing pill. Searching... please wait..."

"Search complete. The System will provide you with ten qi nurturing pills for free. Gifting to the Host now."

Then, under Hong Yu's horrified gaze, the System manipulated his body to stand up and dash toward the wooden hut without looking back, at a speed even faster than Hong Yu's full sprint.

"Fuck! Stop right now, damn it! Where the hell are you going to get a gift for me in this wilderness?"

"God damn it, you can't go there! There are traps! You moronic System, get lost!"

Only then did Hong Yu realize that the supply of Spiritual Qi probably couldn't keep up with the Blood Tempering process, which was why the System needed the yang yuan pill.

The yang yuan pill is also a precious Medicinal Pill of the Qi Refining Stage. After taking it, it can continuously provide Spiritual Qi for a short period, mainly used for breaking through Realms.

Ignoring Hong Yu's inward screams, the System appeared resolute, possessing an Aura of "I shall go forth, though thousands oppose me."

The scenery before him gradually grew larger as Hong Yu watched helplessly as the System arrived in front of the wall of people.

*Bang!*

With a stylish kick, he sent the person blocking his way flying, then ran straight toward the skeleton in the wooden hut. He picked through the clutter in front of the skeleton and quickly selected a porcelain bottle. He skillfully opened the cap, poured out ten jade-like white pills, and swallowed them in one gulp.

" bite! Gift complete. Resuming automatic idle mode."

The System placed Hong Yu's body into a Cultivation posture, and just like that, he sat sideways next to the skeleton to continue his Cultivation.

At this moment, the Disciples ten zhang away from the wooden hut stared with wide eyes.

Where did this monster come from, actually running right up to the skeleton?

Why didn't he faint like the others?

And why didn't he take the treasure and leave, but instead sat arrogantly next to the skeleton to Cultivate?

Are you fucking trying to mock the skeleton, or are you trying to mock us?

Many people's eyes turned red with envy. Seeing that Hong Yu was fine, they also began to charge forward.

Unsurprisingly, as soon as they entered the ten-zhang range, their eyes inevitably snapped shut, and they went limp and fainted.

The wall of people grew even thicker.

Hong Yu first glanced at the skeleton beside him. The skeleton had a half-smile, and its dark, hollow eye sockets looked terrifying.

Then he shifted his gaze to the crowd lying outside. They didn't seem to be dead; the expressions on their faces were constantly changing. Could they be undergoing some kind of trial?

But why was he fine?

Before he could think further, Hong Yu heard the System's voice again.

" bite! Detected an external unknown technique. The System will automatically record it for you..."

Hong Yu moved his gaze to the Jade Slip in front of him, overjoyed. Could it be this?

If the skeleton really was the Core Formation Cultivator Shu Wangnian, was the Cultivation Technique recorded in this Jade Slip his primary one?

Without waiting long, the System's recording was complete.

" bite! Unknown technique recording complete. Host, please provide a name."

"Don't name it yet."

Unexpectedly, the System let out another " bite."

"'Don't Name It Yet Technique' named successfully."

Hong Yu was dumbfounded. He didn't know if he could change the name later. He cursed in his heart: "Stupid System, can't you be a bit more intelligent? I said 'don't name it yet,' and you actually changed the technique's name to 'Don't Name It Yet Technique.' What a piece of trash System."

Perhaps sensing Hong Yu's intense psychological fluctuations, the System's rigid mechanical voice continued, sounding almost like it was mocking him.

"The fully automatic managed idle cultivation system is honored to serve you. Intelligent management, ignoring Bottlenecks, safe Breakthroughs, no Heart Demons—it is your most loyal assistant on the path of immortal cultivation."

"Fuck!"

Hong Yu was speechless. At this moment, he really felt exhausted. Fine, let it all be destroyed.

The System continued to diligently manipulate Hong Yu's body for Cultivation. Under the dual effects of the Medicinal Pills and the System, Hong Yu's strength improved rapidly.

However, Hong Yu was no longer in the mood to care, feeling somewhat like he was just giving up. Although the increase in strength was fast and satisfying, the feeling of everything being out of control was truly terrible.

And he didn't know when the System would stop. Would it keep going until he reached the Sixth Level of Qi Refining and produced dao blood?

But if that were really the case, it wouldn't be bad.

Just as Hong Yu's mind was wandering, one person among the crowd fainted outside actually opened their eyes and slowly woke up.

When he first opened his eyes, there was a trace of confusion, but it soon became firm. He aimed straight for the skeleton and charged forward rapidly.