Body Tempering (1)

A gigantic Jade-made Kong-Que is hovering just above the High-Quality Residence. For the sake of letting his elder brother and uncle know about the existence of this treasure, he purposely holds himself from keeping this treasure away.

"Damn brat! How many time I tell you that no personal flying tool is allowed within the Seven Heaven Sect! Only top ten disciples of each mountain are allowed to do so with Flying Swords!" Wu Jing yelled at the person sitting on the neck of the Jade Kong-Que.

"He's number seven, you forgetful brat." the elder added.

"Number seven my head! Wu Ming! Come down now!" he ordered.

"Coming!" Wu Ming deactivates the Flying Tool and lands on the ground. With a big smile on his face, Wu Ming quickly went to his brother's side. Unfortunately, his good results and the Jade Kong-Que failed to convince his brother and calm his anger, where it leaves him crying in pain.

"Aww! Big brother, I did well in the Mysterious Legacy Realm Challenge, why you pinch me?" Wu Ming is crying for help.

"You! Don't think I don't know about the thing you did inside of the spatial realm. Who ordered you to kick the five disciples from the Celestial Gate into the abyss and send them back to our world?" Wu Jing put more pressure into his fingers and pinches his brother harder.

"Aww! Aww! Brother, softer, softer..." Wu Ming retaliates with cries of pain, where it finally succeeds in getting Wu Jing to stop torturing him. Following that, the three went inside of the residence where Wu Jing started to share his haul from this challenge.

Altogether, Wu Ming collected six inheritance treasure from the Mysterious Legacy Realm Challenge and taking the top spot as the number one winner in this challenge. And of course, the Jade Kong-Que comes from the treasure trove as well.

As for the remaining five treasures, it was a Mortal Heaven Grade Weapon in its 2nd-Tier, a necklace made from Moon Silver, which boosts the recovery ability of an Inner Qi Warrior, one Cultivation Art Manual, and two Martial Art Manuals.

"Very good, very good... I think that in another fifteen days, the two of you will go into the Third Heaven Mountain for sure. Cultivates yourself well, and I will get ready to see you both in the next mountain." their uncle completes what he wanted to say, and left the residence.

"Big brother, I feel like going to challenge another... Aww!!! Pain!" with their uncle is gone, Wu Ming wanted to go try something else. But before he managed to finish his sentence, the finger came close to his face again.

"Uncle says, MEDITATE!" Wu Jing pulled his younger brother back into the meditation room and locked Wu Ming inside. In return, he went back to his room opposite Wu Ming.

"Brother, I'll behave... Let me out..."

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Although his name is spreading almost everywhere, Zhang Wu Ji was not a bit bothered by them. Instead, he gives all his attention in his work to refine the Ingots correctly so they can fetch a better price. But for now, his best results were the stack of eleven 38% Purity Fool Silver Ingots.

As for the others, they were all sold to the Material Hall to exchange for more Qi Accumulating Pills, where Zhang Wu Ji decided to swap them for the opportunity to borrow another book.

The total of 280 Qi Accumulating Pills is enough for him to take two of them, but he did not go ahead with this suggestion because of a few reasons that restrict him from abusing his ability.

The first reason is due to his limited number of Qi Accumulating Pills within his pocket, and the second reason is due to the restriction in his cultivation. The Knowledge Unlocking process cost him a strand of Warrior Qi for every word he tried to unlock, where Zhang Wu Ji wasn't dared to try.

Luckily, his memorizing ability is better compared to many people. By remembering the techniques taught inside of the Silver Processing Art, it will not be a problem for him to return the book, although it means he will lose the useful ability inside the book.

"Disciple Wu Ji pay his respect to the elder and also for the sake of returning the book." Zhang Wu Ji bowed at the elder with both hands holding the book he extends to the elder. Like before, his manner obtained a good impression for the elder.

"Good. Had you learn and remember all the valuable insight inside of this book?" the elder rarely pay attention to the disciples borrowing the books, but this time is an exception. The way this disciple behaves managed to obtains his approval.

"Answering to the elder, disciple did learn about the insight recorded and personally executes them in his practice. Hopefully, the elder will give this disciple a little guidance from appraising this Fool Silver Ingot." Zhang Wu Ji withdraws one of the eleven 38% Purity ingots for the elder's inspection.

The High-Grade Fool Silver attracted the elder's interest. From the second he received the metal, he infused a large amount of Qi into the Fool Silver Ingot to begin his appraisal.

"Hmm... Good. The technique is applied to refine this Fool Silver Ingot is very uniform and stable. The impurities inside are removed by 38% which is an excellent result considering its a High-Grade Fool Silver Ingot. Good product!" the elder came out with his evaluation on this piece of High-Grade Silver Ingot.

"Disciple hope elder will not look down on this gift." Zhang Wu Ji speaks his intention in giving this Silver Ingot to the elder.

"As an elder, accepting a gift from a disciple is very unethical in the eyes of the others. How about this elder exchange them with a suggestion instead?" the elder caress his long beard as he speaks about the issue related to his ethics.

"Disciple thanks elder for his kind suggestion." Zhang Wu Ji bowed again at the elder.

"With your ability in comprehension, I suggest that you focus on cultivating the Qingyang Fortress Body. This Cultivating Technique not only focused on body strengthening but also to build a proper foundation before entering the Soldier Tier."

"Of course, a body strengthening cultivating technique is very hard to advance, unless he's trying to become a punching bag for the sect. To counter these difficulties, I will provide you with a supporting Cultivating Manual I obtained in my younger time exploration." the elder withdraws a manual from his side Spatial Ring.

"This is the Inner Scorching Vein Art. It was a proper Body Tempering Technique of Huo Clan. The main reason to cultivates with this Inner Scorching Vein Art is to increase the stress your Martial Body can accept. The stronger a Martial Body, the easier it is to refine the Qingyang Fortress Body." the elder extends his hand with the manual.

"Wu Ji thanked the elder for his kind suggestion. Please rest assure that this youth will do his best in cultivating this body tempering art!" Zhang Wu Ji accepted the Scorching Vein Art, but he cannot help himself to ask.

"Erm... Elder, what about the manual for Qingyang Fortress Body?" he asked.

"This manual belonged to the sect so you will have to pay 100 Qi Accumulating Pills to rent it." the elder answered.

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"Here you go, dear elder." Zhang Wu Ji handed a hundred of the Qi Accumulating Pills to the elder and obtained the second copy of Manual. After he returned to his residence, Zhang Wu Ji took the two manual out from his Spatial Ring for inspection.

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Qingyang Fortress Body (Tai Yang)

-Ability Acquired (1): By cultivating the Body Tempering Art, the user can increase the defensive point of his body by (1) for every 10,000 points worth of 2nd-Tier Natural Energy converted.

-Ability Acquired (2): Every (100) point of defense worth 1% of the Qingyang Fortress Body. Different percentage of completion grants the user with different bonuses.

-Bonuses:

-> 12% (User's Defense are capable of ignoring 10% of the damage)

-> 26% (User's Stability is capable of resisting 15% pressure from pushback)

-> 40% (User can now resist range attack from opponents 3 stage above. The effect varies if opponent weapon above Mortal Heaven Grade)

-> 58% (User can now deploy a barrier of Qingyang Fortress Stance. Defensive Diameter is 3 meters / Defensive Point is 5,000)

-> 75% (Defensive Point increased to 15,000 Points. The user can now ignore 35% of the overall damage)

-> 95% (User's Defensive ability is now able to defend against all physical attack from any 2nd-tier weapon or martial arts.)

-> 100% (User body is indestructible by any mean against an opponent one large tier. Indestructible does not mean Invincible. Cautious advised)

-Durability: 12/12

-Special (+0): Side assistance worth tripled. Any damage user received from fighting or training worth 100 points of 2nd-Tier Natural Energy.

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Scorching Vein Art (Tai Yang)

-Ability Acquired (1): By putting the user's vein with a special kind of Scorching Flame, gradually expand the Martial Vein the user possess to increase his success rate when advancing through Martial Soldier Stage.

-Ability Acquired (2): Scorching Flame conversion (10 seconds = 1 Warrior Qi) The tormenting process contribute to user cultivating with Body Strengthening Art by 100 Points every minute.

-Caution: Tormenting session may leave trauma on user's body and soul. Attention needed.

-Durability: 12/12

-Special (+0): Scorching Flame can be used in a fight. The results will end up as both user and opponent will struggle with torment according to the amount of Warrior Qi converted.

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"Oh my god... This two Cultivating manual is designed solely for me!" Zhang Wu Ji wanted to jump when he finished reading the description of the two Cultivating Manuals. With the two complimenting each another as long he continues to cultivate both of them, it was a perfect match.

Without further ado, he started to cultivate according to the steps written inside of the first manual. Like other cultivators, Zhang Wu Ji began to absorb and refine the Natural Energy into usable strands of Inner Qi.

The Natural Energy conversion varies from one to another depending on their quality and growth. For cultivators without the UPGRADE System, Natural Energy possess no grading at all. And in exchange for this ignorance is why many cultivators focusing on Body Tempering failed miserably.

The Natural Energy Value varies in their different stages, depending on what kind of Natural Energy surrounding the cultivator. When one reaches the Fighter Tier, he's able to absorb the 1st-Tier Natural Energy. It is similar to Warrior Tier in absorbing 2nd-Tier Natural Energy, which worth even more.

And this is where the difficulties come.

In 1st-Tier, the most basic start required one to absorb 100 points worth of Natural Energy and forms a strand of Inner Qi. And the 10,000 Points worth is similar to a strand of Fighter Qi.

But in 2nd-tier, this means 100 points worth of 2nd-Tier Natural Energy is worth 1 strand of Fighter Qi. This means that to obtain a single point of defense in his Qingyang Fortress Body, he will need to assimilate a strand of Warrior Qi worth of 2nd-tier Natural Energy.

And, how easy can that be, when the issue with the quality of Natural energy around him not even worth 10 points in its 2nd-tier requirement? This is also why cultivators rarely utilize their Warrior Qi in a fight. It was because of all these difficulties.

"Body Tempering Technique huh? Let's start this with the support given by my Compassionate Meditation Manual... Compassionate Zone!" Zhang Wu Ji activated the special zone right in the middle of his residence and started to look at how many of the Natural Energy is gathering inside.

"Alright, time to start cultivating." Zhang Wu Ji speaks to himself. By reading the repetitive chants from the Compassionate Meditation Manual, Zhang Wu Ji bring the results much further as he started to refine them!

And without too much effort is needed, at least 3,000 points worth of 1st-tier Natural Energy is converging inside of his room!

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[Author's Note]

Alright guys, Let's play the cultivation game! Our MC finally starts to cultivate!

And for those that wanted to ask, why don't he upgrade the book first? My answer is, those 2nd-tier books will cost 1 strand of Warrior Qi to upgrade. If he falls [PLOP] inside his room, I seriously don't know what to do.

The reason his cultivation is too weak! He can't rewrite, nor upgrade any 2nd-Tier stuff at all now! Don't forget that from Warrior Tier onwards, everyone lost their auto-refill Strand of Qi capability. They will have to meditate and reform it through time.

Of course, A pill can complete the job. You just need to pay for it. And yeah, Qi Accumulating Pills = Compassionate Zone if anyone asked. Qi Sensing Pills allow you to sense the Natural Energy and Qi Accumulating Pills let you gather all of them together. What will be the next stage pill?