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Liao Ya began to concoct the legitimate "Golden Elixir Brew."
She found a huge medicinal liquor jar, poured in twenty kilograms of white liquor, and then submerged the required medicinal ingredients in the high-proof alcohol, finally dipping both hands in to channel an immense amount of Inner Breath.
The medicinal ingredients in the liquor seemed to become somewhat crystalline, and the Dragon Sparrow Eggs added to it shone like luminous pearls,
Liao Ya nodded with satisfaction and said, "With this weather, it'll be ready to drink in 7 days~ And this time, thanks to my junior brother's luck in getting a Demon Beast Egg. The legendary Golden Elixir Brew with the addition of a Demon Beast Egg, who knows what kind of divine product it will brew!"
The girl carefully sealed the medicinal liquor jar, filled with anticipation.
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Seeing this side wrapped up, Liao Qe pulled Lu Yao inside and said, "Elbow, follow me into the room~"
Not seeing each other for three days, she missed him deeply. As martial artists possess strong vitality and desires, what they wanted to do was self-explanatory.
Lu Yao laughed and said, "Master, you promised to teach me how to advance to the Bone Tempering Realm."
Liao Qe glanced at him and said, "Come, let me show you the prowess of my 'Carp Stance' today."
Lu Yao was somewhat puzzled. He had seen the girl's "Carp Stance" several times, and it was indeed a delight to the eyes, but where was the power in it?
He soon found out.
Liao Qe took the initiative to be the attacker, demonstrating the use of the "Carp Stance," swaying her waist flexibly to move forward, backward, left, and right using the strength of her spine, swift and silky.
Lu Yao gained a profound understanding of the stance.
"You mean to use the 'Carp Stance' to temper the spine."
"Mhm mhm... Other bones are easy to handle, but the Carp Stance requires diligent practice."
"Thank you for the guidance, Master~"
Liao Qe coquettishly 'activated' the full effect of the 'Carp Stance,' resembling a nimble brocade carp.
"Lu Yao, this is really too much fun. Hurry up and advance to the Jin Realm."
"I'll do it soon! I'm definitely going to show you how formidable I am!"
Lu Yao was brimming with confidence, able to easily handle any physical training.
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Early the next day, the two got up and Liao Qe began to guide Lu Yao in advancing to the next realm.
"In the Bone Tempering Realm, every move must be performed with enough energy to penetrate the bones, achieving the effect of tempering the entire skeleton."
Lu Yao followed the girl's instructions and swung his fists vigorously, his arms and shoulders creaking, the soreness, swelling, and stinging pain coming wave after wave, terribly uncomfortable.
Liao Ya laughed, "You won't have Inner Breath until you're in the Organ Refining Realm. You need to hurry up."
She didn't take Lu Yao's words to heart as she expected her sister would have learned it by then, so there wouldn't be a need for her junior brother to do so.
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With so many advantages, Lu Yao finally made a breakthrough to the Bone-Tempering Realm on the third day.
At that moment, he stood near a wooden post, slowly gathering his strength before suddenly shouting and throwing a punch, which was accompanied by a "crack" as the post, as thick as the mouth of a bowl, was punched through.
Only when the force extended through the bones to emerge could one tear through the air to create a sound, and moreover, the destructive power was greatly increased, allowing one to break a wooden post with a punch.
Liao Qe rushed over to hug Lu Yao, jumping and bouncing in celebration of his advancement to the new realm.
Lu Yao was quite excited. In Blue Star's Xia Country, breaking a wooden post as thick as the mouth of a bowl with one punch would surely make one a great master.
Liao Ya assumed her mature and serious demeanor, reminding him, "Well done, junior brother, but you must not become complacent, and don't forget your goal is Blood-Exchange."
"Don't worry, senior sister, I always keep it in mind," Lu Yao didn't find his senior sister's lectures tedious, because he knew she had his best interests at heart.
However, seeing such a delicate girl putting on a front of being steady and mature was quite endearing.
Liao Ya continued, "You have just entered the initial stage of Bone Tempering and need to keep hitting your bones to make them as hard as iron. Today you have just broken through, it's better to rest and stabilize your condition. The Commandery Princess happens to be distributing porridge outside the city, let's go have a look."
This Commandery Princess was quite magnanimous and generous, and Lu Yao certainly had no objections.
Moreover, having been cooped up at home for several days, it would be good to go out for a breath of fresh air.
Lu Yao looked towards the old car parked in the yard and gestured for the two sisters to get on.
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Outside the city, the boy clung tightly to his father's side, lining up to receive today's rice porridge.
The queue was orderly; the disorderly folk had already been dealt with by the State Soldiers.
Soon, it was the father and son's turn.
The person serving the porridge was also a disaster victim, scooping out a ladle of rice porridge mixed with bran, wild vegetables, and grass roots from the big iron pot.
Mixed in such a way, the million kilograms of rice donated by Lu Yao could last for 2 months.
Although such food would not necessarily be fit for pigs in Blue Star's Xia Country, the disaster victims were already content.
Both father and son had no bowls, so they used their hands to eat, licking each finger clean.
Li Pei, watching from a distance, also breathed a sigh of relief, feeling satisfied that the situation was stable.
But in a small grove, some seemingly emaciated but actually quite fierce "disaster victims" dumped their rice porridge and looked towards Yunzhou City with fierce expressions.