Chen Xiao sat on the bed, eyes tightly shut, hands forming seals as he began to activate the God Slaying Art. The spiritual energy around the Zheng Yi Pavilion surged towards his body at a terrifying speed.
After the spiritual energy entered his body, the spiritual seed began to operate frantically, absorbing this spiritual energy, and then transforming it into strands of primal energy. This primal energy flowed from the dantian to the meridians of the body, seeping into the bones and muscles, ultimately strengthening the physical body and making it indestructible. This process is known as body refinement.
Chen Xiao could feel that cultivating the God Slaying Art allowed him to better utilize primal energy to temper his body, greatly increasing both his strength and physical resilience, far surpassing others of the same realm.
The first three stages of body refinement were the Strength Training stage. During this phase, a martial artist's cultivation speed was extremely fast. However, Chen Xiao knew that these three stages could not be taken lightly. A ten-thousand-foot-high building was erected from the ground up, and the body refinement stage laid the foundation for future cultivation. Its importance was self-evident, and the first three stages were even more crucial.
Now, Chen Xiao actually began to be grateful for his predecessor's weak physique. His body in the first stage of body refinement was like a blank sheet of paper, allowing Chen Xiao to start from scratch and lay a solid foundation.
Activating the God Slaying Art consumed a high amount of primal energy from the dantian. The primal energy released by the spiritual seed was used to temper the body, making it completely insufficient. In just a short while, Chen Xiao's dantian ran out of primal energy. Storing primal energy in the dantian would inevitably affect the cultivation speed.
At this point, the support of medicinal pills was needed. Chen Xiao swallowed a Yuan Cultivating Pill, and the primal energy in his dantian began to recover slowly.
This was the importance of medicinal pills in cultivation, and it was also why the cultivation speed of disciples from large families was far superior to that of children from ordinary families.
Time ticked by, and Chen Xiao had just swallowed his third Yuan Cultivating Pill. Waves of energy rolled around him, and the temperature of the air suddenly rose.
At this moment, Chen Xiao's muscles bulged, his small face turned flushed, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He then felt a warm current flow through his body. This sensation was all too familiar; he had broken through and entered the second stage of body refinement!
After the breakthrough, Chen Xiao did not stop to rest but instead, with all his might, continued to activate the primal energy within him and cultivate madly.
This was Chen Xiao. Once he started cultivating, he became like a madman, which was why he was able to reach the Profound Connection realm at the mere age of forty in his previous life.
However, this was also thanks to Chen Xiao having a top-grade spiritual seed. If someone else cultivated at his speed, let alone whether they would be mentally fatigued, their spiritual seed would have long since malfunctioned under such frantic operation. Spiritual seeds were very fragile in the early stages.
It had to be said that a top-grade spiritual seed was indeed a top-grade spiritual seed. Under such frantic operation, Chen Xiao did not feel the slightest discomfort. It was awesome!
Later on, the recovery speed of a single Yuan Cultivating Pill was no longer enough to support Chen Xiao's cultivation, so he had to swallow two at a time. After using up the remaining seven Yuan Cultivating Pills, Chen Xiao finally stopped.
Chen Xiao opened his eyes, but a hint of confusion flashed within them. He had used up ten Yuan Cultivating Pills but had not broken through again, only reaching the late stage of the second stage of body refinement, still a step away from the third stage.
It was known that these ten Yuan Cultivating Pills would have been enough for an ordinary person to reach the fourth stage of body refinement, yet Chen Xiao had not even reached the third stage.
"Could it be that cultivating the God Slaying Art actually slows down the cultivation speed?" Chen Xiao muttered, somewhat puzzled.
However, feeling the power within his body, Chen Xiao began to understand. Although he was only in the second stage of body refinement, Chen Xiao felt that his physical strength was as much as three thousand jin, comparable to a martial artist in the fourth stage of body refinement.
Moreover, with the breakthrough, the amount of primal energy he could store in his dantian had increased, no less than that of a martial artist in the fourth stage of body refinement. It was known that in a battle between two people of equal level, it was difficult to determine a winner in a short period, and at such times, whoever had more abundant primal energy would certainly have a greater chance of winning.
"A body comparable to the fourth stage of body refinement, coupled with my combat experience, is enough to sweep aside all martial artists in the fourth stage of body refinement, and I even have the strength to fight against a martial artist in the fifth stage of body refinement," Chen Xiao said with excitement.
It was understandable. Generally, the gap in levels had a huge impact on strength, and as the level increased, the impact would become even greater.
Although Chen Xiao could challenge martial artists in the second and third stages of body refinement when he was in the first stage, the difference between the second stage and the fifth stage of body refinement was not just a gap of two levels, but a gap of two minor realms.
Therefore, Chen Xiao could fight against a martial artist in the fifth stage of body refinement when he was in the second stage of body refinement. How could he not be excited?
Just then, Chen Xiao noticed that the God Slaying Book within his dantian reacted again, flashing on and off.
With the experience from last time, Chen Xiao decisively used his divine sense to touch the God Slaying Book. As expected, to Chen Xiao's anticipation, the God Slaying Book slowly unfolded its second page, which recorded the "Six Harmony Fist," a martial skill by its name.
"It must be because of the recent breakthrough!" A hint of surprise flashed in Chen Xiao's eyes. It was indeed as he had thought; as his cultivation improved, the legacies revealed by the God Slaying Book also increased.
However, when the contents of the Six Harmony Fist flooded into Chen Xiao's mind, Chen Xiao was stunned: "Yellow, Yellow-grade martial skill? Are you kidding me?"
The Six Harmony Fist was a Yellow-grade martial skill, containing six fist moves, a set of powerful and unrestrained fist techniques.
"There are really only six punches, which truly lives up to your name!" Chen Xiao was helpless. He truly couldn't understand why the dignified Sage Wuzhe would consider a mere Yellow-grade martial skill as his legacy. It was too unbelievable.
"Forget it, it's part of the God Slaying Book anyway. I'll practice it first." Chen Xiao put away his disdain and began to practice according to the information in his mind.
The indoor space was small, and it was generally not suitable for practicing martial skills, as some martial skills, when unleashed, had immense power and could cause unnecessary damage.
However, the Six Harmony Fist was only a Yellow-grade martial skill, which eliminated this concern. A Yellow-grade martial skill was a Yellow-grade martial skill; even if it was the legacy of Sage Wuzhe, its power wouldn't be that high.
Chen Xiao activated the primal energy within his body, circulating it according to the routes in the martial skill, and finally gathered the primal energy in his fist before unleashing it.
In a short while, Chen Xiao had basically mastered the Six Harmony Fist. It wasn't that the Yellow-grade martial skill was simple and could be learned so quickly by anyone.
It was precisely because Chen Xiao was exceptionally intelligent and had strong comprehension abilities, coupled with his cultivation experience from his previous life, that learning a Yellow-grade martial skill in a short period was naturally not a problem.