Chapter 12

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The next morning.

Li Ran was full of energy. After experiencing the tempering from the medicinal paste, the effects were astonishing!

Putting aside physical strength, the medicinal paste was the essence of all things in the world. It allowed one’s body and spirit to receive two layers of nourishment, making Li Ran feel unprecedented comfort.

For others, it was a painful tempering but for Li Ran, it became a comfortable bath experience!

He packed up briefly and rushed to his father’s courtyard, wanting to start a new round of tempering.

When Li Ran arrived, the backyard was filled with dense smoke. The medicinal paste had long been prepared in the stone cauldron, and the finishing work had begun.

He felt a little regretful, missing an opportunity to absorb Soul Rings.

This time, the concentration of the medicinal paste was very high.. The inside of the stone cauldron was pitch black, and it was impossible to tell how many magical monsters and spiritual materials were inside.

“It’s here. The medicinal paste inside the stone cauldron is almost done. You can go in now!”

Li Xun walked out of the room in the backyard and nodded with satisfaction.

‘Not bad.

‘His body doesn’t look so weak anymore.’

Li Ran’s movements were straightforward and neat. He took off his clothes in a few seconds and jumped into the stone cauldron.

The first tempering had unleashed the effects of the Heavenly Spirit Cleansing Holy Water to its extreme. His body was not something that ordinary people could compare to anymore.

For the second time, the concentration of the medicinal paste was very high. Li Ran felt even more comfortable because the energies that seeped into his body were purer and stronger. The nourishing effect had increased by several times!

He immersed himself in the paste comfortably, but his face did not reveal much. Considering that his father was still beside him, he groaned in pain. His eyebrows were tightly knitted, and pain was written all over his face.

The corner of Li Xun’s mouth lifted slightly in the distance.

‘That’s more like it!

‘The concentration of the medicinal paste is so high today, so pain is a normal phenomenon.’ He was not surprised at all by Li Ran’s reaction.

He was indeed thinking too much yesterday.

Li Xun withdrew his gaze and turned around to return to the front yard, no longer disturbing the youth’s refinement.

After he left, the originally quiet backyard would occasionally be filled with moans coming from within the stone cauldron, but it was mostly quiet.

The second tempering took an even longer time. A total of six hours had passed!

During this time, Li Xun came countless times. Whenever he left, he was always more surprised.

The high concentration of the medicinal paste made the tempering even more painful so the time that one could endure should be even shorter.

‘Why.. Why is my son taking a longer time instead?’

In his daze, Li Xun had the illusion that the young man seemed to be very comfortable.

Only after 10 hours of tempering did Li Ran reluctantly come out of the stone cauldron. The medicinal paste was too nourishing!

Other than the fact that the concentration was insufficient…

After every tempering, he would deliberately show Li Xun more changes in his physique. He went step by step.

“The change is huge.”

Li Xun was very surprised at the change in the youth’s physique. It was not that he had not tried using the medicinal paste to change Li Ran’s physique to treat his old illness in the past.

Nonetheless, he had not tried it many times back then because Li Ran’s body was weak, so he would usually give up after a short time. Moreover, the young man’s old illness would definitely relapse the next day.

As such, after a while, Li Xun did not try to temper Li Ran’s body anymore.

“I believe that I won’t need to use it many times before my old illness will be cured!”

Li Ran beamed.

Even Li Xun was a little moved.

“Father, the concentration of the medicinal paste tomorrow can still be increased. Don’t lower the concentration of the medicinal paste just because of my body. It’ll only bring no benefits. Do It according to the concentration of the body tempering for my senior brothers and the others!

“I can endure it.”

Li Ran reminded Li Xun worriedly.

“Don’t worry.”

Li Xun suddenly felt that he had done too much. Who would have thought that his son’s endurance was so amazing that he could endure the tempering of the medicinal paste?

For the next few days, Li Xun continuously increased the concentration of the medicinal paste in the stone cauldron. When he saw Li Ran’s performance, he went from surprise to shock and finally, he was elated.

Especially on the third day, when Li Xun saw Li Ran lifting the stone cauldron with his bare hands, the shock in his heart could not be described with any words!

His son was a genius in Body Cultivation!

The stone cauldron weighed 1,000 kilograms, yet it was lifted by Li Ran with one hand?!

Given the weight, it could only be achieved by the disciples of the Pure Wind Clan who cultivated their bodies all year round. Who knew, Li Ran did it after just three days of body tempering.

If he was not a genius, what was he?!

No matter how high the concentration of the medicinal paste was, Li Ran stayed in the stone cauldron for more than ten hours without making a sound. He did not make a single sound.

He had cried out once… Nevertheless, judging from his comfortable face, it was not painful at all.

His physique was getting better day by day. There was no trace of his previous weakness at all.

Li Ran had gained a lot these few days. After his body had been tempered, his strength had obviously increased by several times.

His physique had strengthened a lot from its original foundation. During the process of tempering, he had suddenly comprehended a lot, and his use of his Soul Skill became even smoother.

Even so…

“Father, apart from tempering the body, can’t I also devour the blood essence of magical beasts for Body Cultivation too?”

Li Ran had not encountered a suitable magical beast that was more than 600 years old even after a few days. His Body Cultivation had to be carried out, but the fusion of Soul Rings could not be left behind either.

“That’s right. Body tempering isn’t the only way to strengthen one’s physique and increase the strength of one’s body. The blood essence and flesh of magical beasts are excellent tonics. I’ve only been letting you use medicinal paste to temper your body these few days because I was afraid that you wouldn’t be able to adapt so quickly.”

Li Xun did not hide anything. The method of Body Cultivation was very simple. Compared to the path of Soul Dao, it was much simpler and had a bit of a primitive feeling.

“As for personally engaging in a life-or-death battle with magical beasts, when your strength has increased, it’ll be safer to enter the Magical Beast Mountain Range.”

Li Ran nodded. With his ability at the moment, there was no way he could kill magical beasts.

“I want to try devouring magical beasts. There’s always a first time. Besides, didn’t you say that I’m a Body Cultivation genius, Father? If I can’t even eat the flesh of magical beasts, how can I go far on the path of Body Cultivation?”

“Good. As expected of my son. I have a 300-year-old Tiger-Backed Bear here.”

Li Xun took out his storage ring. Inside it were the magical beasts he had harvested from the Magical Beast Mountain Range, as well as all kinds of spiritual materials.

Despite that, there were not many of them left. In the past few days, he had spent a lot of his precious spiritual materials and magical beasts in the stone cauldron’s medicinal paste.

“Aren’t there any magical beasts that are more than 600 years old?”

Li Ran felt a little guilty. The main reason was that his Soul Ring had reached 600 years old. Soul Rings that were less than 600 years old could not be fused with his at all.

Hearing this, Li Xun stopped. ‘Monsters that were more than 600 years old?’

The higher the age of a monster, the higher its value. He suddenly laughed.

“Look, I forgot. Those high-age monsters have been used on the stone cauldron’s medicinal paste for the past few days. For the time being, only this 300-year-old Tiger-Back Bear is left.

“That said, the Tiger-Back Bear’s blood from its heart has an astonishing healing effect. Its value far surpasses that of many high-aged monsters.”

As expected, he was misunderstood.

Li Ran said with a bitter smile, “Father, I don’t dislike it at all. I’ve only heard from the senior brothers that the flesh of monsters that are more than 600 years old is delicious and has an endless aftertaste. I’ve always wanted to know whether what they said is true or not.”

He casually found a reason. After all, it was not appropriate to reveal too much about the matter of his Soul Ring’s fusion.

“What they said isn’t false. Lil’ Ran, there’s something you must know. If you want to plunder and kill high-aged monsters, it means that you have to bear the same level of danger.”

High risk, high reward.

If one did not have the corresponding strength, running to hunt high-aged monsters would be courting death.

“I understand.”

Li Ran took a small bowl from his father. It was filled with the blood essence of the Tiger-Back Bear. He raised his head and drank it all, but he could not taste anything. The moment the essence entered his mouth, it turned into gurgling energies and surged to every part of his body.

This kind of energy was different from the medicinal paste. It was very pure and did not contain any impurities.

Li Ran could even feel where the pure energies flowed to and what kind of changes occurred in his body.

As if he could see the surprise in Li Ran’s eyes, Li Xun smiled and explained, “The heart blood of the Tiger-Back Bear isn’t only pure but also very gentle. The nourishing effect is the best!

“That’s why the heart blood of the Tiger-Back Bear is more valuable than that of many high-age monsters. That’s the reason.”

‘No wonder!’

Li Ran immediately realized that the flesh and blood of the Tiger-Back Bear also had a lot of effects. The energies could not be compared to blood essence, but they were still a good tonic.