12 Body Tempering Realm

"Now, you two should focus on entering the Body Tempering Realm. When that happens, you can go on missions as you like" Daoist Li said as they landed while he withdrew his flying sword.

The two nodded as they headed back inside their quarters to rest. Opening the door, Mo Yingyue ran out and greeted the two.

"Ge, you're back!" she said.

"En" Mo Fan replied as the three of them headed inside. As for daoist Li, he went to have a nice chat with the elders as well as the Sect Leader.

"It seems the problem has been resolved, Grand elder," one of the elders said. Daoist Li nodded, "It's fine, just two brats making trouble" he replied.

"If I remember correctly, the sect only has twenty or so Core disciples while over half of them are out on missions. Only twelve of the twenty are at the Qi Controlling Realm while three are at the peak of the Body Tempering Realm, those two fighting couldn't have been one of them could they?"

"It can't be, I know the names and faces of all twenty" that same elder pondered. Daoist Li shook his hand and replied, "It seems you couldn't see properly with your Spiritual Sense, the two that were fighting were disciples from another sect. As for why they were fighting in front of our sect, I have no idea"

The elders all nodded hearing his explanation, they whispered amongst each other while one elder, in particular, didn't buy the story. That elder is a female who appeared to be in her twenties, as for her real age, only the elders knew.

The young elder who is the most youthful of the group while also boasting the most talent along with her dazzling beauty looked at daoist Li as her mouth formed a slight smile, Naturally, Daoist Li noticed and asked, "Elder Ling Xi, are you not satisfied with my explanation?"

"Of course not, how could I Grand elder?" elder Ling Xi replied. "En, that's good. Now the meeting is over, I would like to speak to the Sect leader personally" Daoist Li dismissed as every elder turned into flashes of light and disappeared from the room, elder Ling Xi was the last to leave while also slowly left as daoist Li looked at her disappear.

Whoosh!

The Sect leader appeared in front of Daoist Li, "Greetings, Martial Uncle" he said. "No need, I have something to discuss with you" daoist Li replied as the two began talking.

That afternoon, Mo Fan watched Mo Yingyue practice and teased Tang Mei 'er as per usual while Ye Wen shut himself inside his room.

This continued on a daily basis until both Mo Fan and Ye Wen had completed their tempering and officially entered the Body Tempering stage one. That day, the two of them didn't temper themselves inside the bath, instead, they went outside where no one was watching.

When they completed their tempering, at the exact same time, an oppressive aura leaked from every corner of their body scaring away all life forms besides humans within a ten-kilometer diameter. As for the disciples, all of them shuddered and felt as though a heavy mountain was placed on them, crushing them as they had trouble breathing.

Every elder in the sect, as well as the Sect leader, opened their eyes at the same time as they tried to determine the location of the unique auras that caused fear to even them.

Behind Mo Fan, a golden dragon, phoenix, tiger and turtle all appeared vividly and cried at the same time, behind Ye Wen, a pitch-black dragon roared. The cries of the mythical beasts shook the heaven and earth!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

In an unknown place far, far away from the Tianhai Continent, an unknown figure awakened when they felt two faint but powerful auras being given off at the exact same time.

Whoosh!

The figure raised his arm as multiple shadows appeared and bowed in front of him. "Go! Find out what the source of these two energies are"

The shadows all replied at the same time, "Yes, my King" before turning into wisps of energy and all scattered in different directions.

At the same time in multiple other places, the same happened as many different parties all sent scouts in search of Mo Fan and Ye Wen.

Naturally, Mo Fan and Ye Wen didn't know of the trouble they would cause themselves in the future. Even though the beings in the Beast Monument contained over ninety percent of their intimidating auras, the small amount that was leftover was more than enough to strike fear into the hearts of many powerful individuals.

As the mythical beasts withdrew into the bodies of the brothers, they opened their eyes at the same time. Looking at each other, they both sent a punch out in front of them.

Whoosh!

The pressure from their fists created a huge storm of dust that wiped away anything in the direction of their fists. In front of them, two large pits that were over ten meters wide and thirty meters long could be seen in the ground.

The two took in deep breaths seeing the power of their fists, just the pressure alone was enough to cause such destruction, if they had directly punched a human, they wouldn't even leave behind even blood after death.

Now that the two were so strong, they had to think of a way to enjoy their battles without killing their opponents with a single attack. "Maybe one finger is enough?" Mo Fan suggested.

Ye Wen shrugged as he replied, "Let's hope that works"

Within his mind, Mo Fan heard two voices call out to him, "Good, you have completed the first stage, now you should focus on Spiritual Cultivation" one of the voices said.

"We have a technique that will allow you two to hold back your strength by as much as you want," the other voice told him.

"Great!" Mo Fan replied. "Let me go search for it, give me a moment," the voice said as it disappeared for a few moments before coming back with a scroll. "Here, take it," the voice said as the scroll flew into Mo Fan's hand.

Opening the scroll, Mo Fan read the contents with his full attention. The technique given to him is called the Lonely God's Limitation Seals, according to the information he read, the creator of the technique was known as the Lonely God during his time.

His name came from the fact that he had no opponent throughout his lifetime, so he devised a technique that enabled him to create seals all over his body that allowed him to suppress his own strength.

The technique is easy to learn, but if one was not deemed strong enough by the scroll, they would instantly turn into ashes by the seals instead of limiting their powers. In total, there are one hundred seals with each seal representing a percentage of one's power.

The seals are invisible to the naked eye and can be seen if the user wills it as such, otherwise, only those that are in a much higher cultivation plane could see the seals.

Mo Fan's eyes glistened like the dazzling stars in the sky as he read the scroll. According to the scroll, all he had to do was imagine the number of seals in order to seal his own power. The shape of the seal did not matter, to be able to use the seal, one just needed to simply drip a single drop of blood on anything as long as a certain symbol is drawn on it.

"Perfect, this is exactly what we need," Mo Fan said as he thanked the voices before leaving the Beast Monument. He then bobbed down and drew a circle on the ground beneath him then drew a couple of smaller circles inside before drawing some complicated runes.

Ye Wen wondered what the former was doing as Mo Fan spilled a drop of his blood on the drawing he had done.

Shoom!

The drawing glew gold as Mo Fan's blood disappeared while the drawing stopped glowing. Mo Fan then closed his eyes and imagined ninety circles as he started feeling strange. His body felt as though it had lost its strength.

Opening his eyes, he punched the air again as he saw another large pit in the ground. Only this time, it was just one-tenth of the previous size. Seeing this, he smiled and said to Ye Wen "Drip your blood just as I just did and imagine a shape that numbers from one to a hundred, the shape doesn't matter"

Ye Wen nodded as did the same, having the same feeling as Mo Fan, he too punched the air.

Whoosh!

Seeing that his punch was clearly much weaker than before, his eyes brightened. "Just now, I gained a technique that enabled us to suppress our strength as much as we want! Mo Fan said.

Ye Wen was about to ask where he got the technique from but swallowed it and kept his mouth shut before nodding.

Now that the two of them have entered the Body Tempering Realm, they could go out on missions. The Heavenly Sword Gate received requests from mortal villages such as gathering certain items or protecting their crops or personnel or have missions such as gathering certain items or collecting bounties from wanted criminals to trade in for points that can be used to exchange for resources.

These resources include pills whether they are for speeding up cultivation or to heal injuries or items and Spiritual Arts that are suitable for training or even Spiritual Artifacts.

Spiritual Weapons are a type of Spiritual Artifact, they come in many different forms such as weapons and armor or jewelry to even things as simple as a lamp. Naturally, they follow the same rankings as Spiritual Weapons since the latter is but a part of the former.

Heading back to their quarters, they went to daoist Li's quarters and entered after gaining his permission.

"Master" Mo Fan cupped his hands as Ye Wen did too without saying anything. "Good, it seems like you two have entered the Body Tempering Realm. Now I grant you this token that will allow you to take on sect missions" Daoist Li replied with his eyes open.

"Thank you, master" Mo Fan bowed. Just as he was about to leave, daoist Li said, "Hang on, you may not need these with your current strength, but just take them" as he passed an Interspatial ring to Ye Wen to hold onto.

"Many thanks, master" Mo Fan added as the two cupped their hands and left daoist Li's residence.

Outside, Mo Yingyue could be seen sitting on a wooden railing and swinging her exquisite legs slowly.

"Ge, I want to come too," she said as she hopped off the railing and hugged Mo Fan's arm. "Sure" he replied.

During the month and a half of their tempering, Mo Yingyue improved by leaps and bounds. Her previous level at the Body Tempering stage six has now improved to the Body Tempering stage seven.

Her improvement speed truly left others in envy, Mo Fan thought as the trio headed down towards the sect and headed for the Mission Hall in order to accept missions.

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