5: Chapter 5 Body Tempering

"Of course not."

Lin Ming waved his hand and said.

The Medicinal Pills were, of course, refined by Lin Ming himself. As a Rank 9 Alchemist, producing mere top-grade Blood Qi Pills was child's play for him.

However, Lin Ming would not expose this for the time being.

"Revered Master prepared them for you."

Lin Ming said.

He could just push everything onto Revered Master. Since she was currently in seclusion, he had the final say in any explanation anyway.

Even when Revered Master came out of seclusion, she wouldn't care about such trivial matters. He could just casually fool her when the time came.

"Thank you, Revered Master."

Su Lianxue looked toward the peak and said.

Top-grade Blood Qi Pills. With these, she might be able to go further in the Body Tempering Realm, beyond just nine temperings.

Conventionally, in the Body Tempering Realm, after nine temperings, one can draw Heaven and Earth Origin Qi into the body and step into the Spirit Guiding Realm.

But nine temperings was not the limit of the Body Tempering Realm. There were ten, twelve, or even thirteen temperings.

The further one went, the greater the risk. A slight mishap could destroy one's body.

But once successful, it would be of immense benefit to future Cultivation.

Before Su Lianxue's reincarnation, she had reached eleven temperings in the Body Tempering Realm.

Before obtaining the top-grade Blood Qi Pills, Su Lianxue's goal for the Body Tempering Realm was also eleven times. But after getting them, her mindset changed; she might be able to take it a step further.

As long as there was a supply of top-grade Blood Qi Pills.

"After you get your Blood Qi Pills and Essence Stones every month, come to me to exchange them."

Lin Ming said.

She was his Junior Sister after all. Lin Ming felt he shouldn't be stingy with his own people.

Since Revered Master didn't care, as the Senior Brother, he had to take some responsibility.

"Mhm."

Su Lianxue nodded.

"If anything comes up, find me again. If not, don't come bothering your Senior Brother."

With that, Lin Ming turned and left.

"This Senior Brother seems alright."

Su Lianxue watched Lin Ming's departing back, the corners of her mouth curling up slightly as she spoke.

Immediately after, she went into the wooden cabin she had chosen.

After a simple tidying of the room, she went to the open space outside, poured out a top-grade Blood Qi Pill, and popped it into her mouth.

As the Blood Qi Pill entered her stomach, a warm current gradually flowed to the limbs of her body.

She immediately began performing a set of fist techniques, thoroughly dissolving the top-grade Blood Qi Pill into her frame to temper her body.

"It seems my little Junior Sister isn't simple either."

Lin Ming was walking on the path, his Divine Thought watching Su Lianxue. It wasn't that he had some voyeuristic fetish; it was just that since his Junior Sister had joined Zichen Peak on her first day, he was paying a bit of attention.

As a result, he saw Su Lianxue performing that set of fist techniques. Lin Ming saw at first glance that this technique was not simple and did not belong to Yuanxu Mountain.

After all, in these twenty years, he was familiar with almost all the Cultivation Techniques of Yuanxu Mountain, and Su Lianxue's fist technique was clearly not one of them.

His little Junior Sister had her own fortuitous encounters.

But Lin Ming didn't care. After all, everyone has secrets; she has hers, and he has his.

Lin Ming walked to the front of a waterfall. He stepped into the water, walked across the surface, and headed straight into the waterfall.

As the downward-rushing water approached Lin Ming's body, it automatically parted, and not a single drop fell on him.

Behind the waterfall was an Immortal Cave, one that Lin Ming had carved out himself—his secret base.

Walking into the Immortal Cave, one could see various Spiritual Plants growing in an open area, ranging from Rank 1 to Rank 9.

Lin Ming walked through the Spiritual Plant Garden and arrived at his Alchemy area, where a bronze Pill Furnace was placed.

A wisp of green flame appeared on Lin Ming's finger. With a flick, the green flame landed beneath the Pill Furnace, heating it up.

Next, he poured out the Blood Qi Pills he had obtained from Su Lianxue; twenty Blood Qi Pills floated in front of him.

With a move of Lin Ming's Divine Thought, these twenty Blood Qi Pills were sent into the Pill Furnace. Under the high temperature, they turned into liquid.

Wisps of black gas immediately drifted out from the Pill Furnace.

A moment later, the flames dissipated, and two blood-red Blood Qi Pills flew out of the furnace into Lin Ming's hand.

"My skills haven't gotten rusty."

Lin Ming looked at these two top-grade Blood Qi Pills and nodded slightly.

Then, Lin Ming walked out of the Alchemy Room, his gaze falling on certain plants in the Spiritual Plant Garden.

...

"Three times."

Su Lianxue stopped and stood in place, feeling the surging blood energy within her body.

With just one top-grade Blood Qi Pill, she had completed her third tempering.

This gave her even more confidence in her upcoming Body Tempering Realm cultivation; perhaps she really could break through the limits of her previous life.

"Whew..."

Thinking of this, Su Lianxue exhaled softly, a trace of turbid air being expelled from her mouth.

"Cultivation requires a balance of work and rest. Blindly cultivating might have the opposite effect."

Lin Ming walked over at this time and said to Su Lianxue.

It seemed this little Junior Sister was just like Revered Master—a cultivation maniac.

"Mhm, I understand, Senior Brother."

Su Lianxue nodded.

"By the way, Senior Brother, where is there a place to bathe?"

Su Lianxue asked.

"Keep going in this direction, there's a pool there."

Lin Ming said.

"Okay, I see."

Su Lianxue went into her room, picked up her change of clothes, and walked toward the pool.

Before long, she reached the pool, and a waterfall appeared in her sight.

Su Lianxue placed her clean clothes on a rock.

She scanned her surroundings, and after making sure no one was around, she shed her clothes one by one. Her snow-white body slowly walked into the pool, and she submerged herself completely.

About ten seconds later, she suddenly burst out from under the water, splashing droplets everywhere.

The water droplets fell on Su Lianxue's beautiful hair and slid down back into the pool, looking like a beautiful painting.

"Is there a problem?"

Suddenly, she sensed something was wrong with the waterfall, or rather, there seemed to be something behind it.

The reason she could detect something behind the waterfall was mainly due to her Divine Soul.

After her reincarnation, her cultivation was completely lost, and she had become an ordinary person, but her Divine Soul still retained some of its strength.

Although its strength was not even one-thousandth of what it was before her reincarnation, it was enough to give her a warning about her surroundings.

It was her Divine Soul that sensed there was something behind the waterfall.