40: Chapter 40 Frenzied Cultivation, Eighth-Grade Essence Blood

Ever since the night the Wild Boar King attacked Wang Family Village, Lin Ye's life had returned to its normal track.

He rose before dawn every day, first spending the morning blacksmithing at his second uncle's house, then heading to the Martial Arts Training Ground in the afternoon to practice various Cultivation Techniques.

Because Zhao Shanhe was injured, Lin Ye felt awkward about asking him to spar.

He couldn't exactly bully an injured person just to farm proficiency, could he?

He wasn't the type to do something so classless.

Practicing alone was ultimately no match for actual combat sparring, and the growth rate of his proficiency inevitably slowed down.

After practicing until sunset, Lin Ye would rush home without pause to Cultivate the Body Tempering Method.

Unfortunately, the wolf king essence blood was used up, and the Wild Boar King essence blood would take some time to be prepared. Consequently, Lin Ye had to make do with his previous medicinal packs for the past few days.

Fortunately, his physique was strong enough now that even practicing five or six times in one go wouldn't cause any damage to his body.

However, his Body Tempering efficiency had inevitably dropped significantly.

As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

Having grown accustomed to the tenfold experience bonus of the wolf king essence blood, being forced back to his original state was somewhat difficult to adjust to.

In truth, this was only because it was Lin Ye. For any other Ninth-Grade Martial Artist, no matter how much they cultivated the Basic Body Tempering Method, it wouldn't have any effect on their Physical Body.

But who could blame him when Lin Ye had a cheat?

The existence of Heaven Rewards Diligence was the source of Lin Ye's confidence in reaching the pinnacle of the Martial Dao!

After finishing his Body Tempering Method cultivation, he didn't even stop to rest before switching to cultivating the Basic Breathing Method and the Mind Ape Visualization Method.

It could be said that while Lin Ye's current achievements were certainly bolstered by Heaven Rewards Diligence, they were also inseparable from his own hard work.

Half a month passed quickly. Under Lin Ye's day-and-night efforts, all of his Cultivation Techniques took a major step forward.

Among them, the Basic Staff Technique had accumulated a large amount of proficiency from the previous battle with the Wild Boar King. With just a little subsequent practice, it successfully reached the Realm of Entering the Hall.

At this moment, the staff in his hand was no longer just a staff, but an extension of his arm, a part of his body.

Stabbing, sweeping, picking, parrying, and smashing—these most basic movements were no longer rigid Moves, but instinctive reactions of his body!

This was a qualitative change.

At this moment, Lin Ye's body already faintly carried that aura of natural charm that Zhao Shanhe had displayed when using the Basic Saber Technique.

Simultaneously, his Basic Qinggong had also improved from proficient to the Realm of Flowing Water.

As he ran, his posture became increasingly elegant and agile.

If he had possessed this movement technique when fighting the Wild Boar King, dodging would surely have been much more effortless and graceful.

In addition, his Basic Archery and Basic Saber Technique had both advanced by one Realm.

Although they didn't grant extra attributes, they served as a good supplement to Lin Ye's offensive methods.

It was worth mentioning that during this period, Lin Ye had actively initiated several Physical Body transformations.

By now, his skin and membranes had basically been thoroughly tempered by the innate qi.

Lin Ye tried pressing it with his finger and could clearly feel the toughness coming from beneath the skin; ordinary blades would already find it difficult to break through his physical defense.

After the completion of the Copper Skin transformation, the innate qi began to automatically spread deeper.

Every time he initiated a Physical Body transformation, Lin Ye could feel his muscle fibers being stretched, reorganized, and reinforced bit by bit.

This was the second stage of Physical Body transformation: Flesh Tempering!

And this stage was also the one that provided the most obvious boost to physical strength.

By tempering his flesh and blood only five times with innate qi, his essence attribute increased directly by two points.

Currently, Lin Ye's essence attribute had reached 30 points, 5 of which were natural increases during the Physical Body transformation process.

Additionally, his qi attribute had risen by 1 point, reaching 13.

Though the increase wasn't huge, this was something he had accumulated bit by bit through honest daily breathing and Tu Na; the sense of achievement was far beyond what the System's direct point allocation could compare to.

However, what surprised Lin Ye the most was his spirit attribute.

Although the Realm of the Mind Ape Visualization Method hadn't increased, his spirit attribute had risen from 6 points to 8.

This also significantly improved Lin Ye's efficiency in farming proficiency.

One shouldn't underestimate these two points of improvement; they were equivalent to saving Lin Ye a third of his time.

The fact that he could push several Cultivation Techniques up a Realm within half a month was definitely thanks to these 2 extra points of Spirit.

Of course, as powerful as the Mind Ape Visualization Method's effects were, its cultivation difficulty was also truly immense.

With Lin Ye's current Mental Energy, he could only visualize the Mind Ape once a day at most, for a maximum of half an hour each time.

Once he exceeded this time, his head would feel like it was about to explode, and he would become listless the entire next day.

As for why Lin Ye knew this so clearly, it was naturally because he had learned the hard way once.

It had wasted a whole day of his cultivation time.

He had behaved himself since then.

He visualized for exactly half an hour every day, not a minute more or less.

Although the efficiency of farming proficiency was a bit lower, the advantage was that he could increase his spirit attribute without having to break through Realms.

As long as his spirit attribute was high enough, the duration of his daily visualization would surely increase. When that time came, would he still need to worry about not farming proficiency fast enough?

...

"Xiao Ye, Captain Zhao wants you to go over to his place."

Early in the morning, just as Lin Ye finished visualizing the Mind Ape in his mind, Wang Gang's voice came from outside the door.

Lin Ye opened his eyes, a look of joy appearing on his face.

It seemed the Wild Boar King essence blood had been processed.

Without delay, Lin Ye immediately rushed to the Martial Arts Training Ground.

Half a month had passed, and the wound on Zhao Shanhe's abdomen had mostly healed, no longer affecting his normal movement.

Having one's stomach pierced might be considered a fatal injury to an ordinary person, but to a half-step Eighth-Grade Martial Artist, it was at most a minor injury.

Seeing Lin Ye dash into the courtyard, Zhao Shanhe pointed toward the large vat in the corner.

"You got here pretty fast. Go ahead and check the goods."

Lin Ye's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward quickly to lift the vat lid.

Immediately, a pungent medicinal smell mixed with the scent of blood rushed toward him.

Unlike the wolf king essence blood from last time, this vat of essence blood was clearly thicker and darker in color.

"The Wild Boar King is a Rank 8 exotic beast, so its Bloodline power is also more violent." Zhao Shanhe walked over and tapped his finger on the rim of the vat.

"To neutralize this vat of essence blood, it really took me quite a lot of effort; I even used century-old herbs.

My meager savings have almost been drained dry by you, kid."

"Hehe, Captain, thank you for your trouble!"

Lin Ye chuckled, knowing the Captain was joking.

If the man truly felt pained over those few century-old herbs, he wouldn't have agreed to help process the Wild Boar King's corpse in the first place.

"Alright, I know you're in a hurry, so hurry up and carry it back for your bath." Zhao Shanhe waved his hand with a smile.

Lin Ye expressed his thanks and was about to shoulder the large vat when Zhao Shanhe's voice rang out again:

"By the way, Rank 8 is not like Rank 9. Take it easy when you bathe, don't add too much at once, or you'll have a rough time."

"Understood! Then I'm taking it, Captain!"

Lin Ye responded and then hoisted the large vat onto his shoulder.

The vat was heavy, weighing at least five hundred catties.

But with his current physique, let alone five hundred catties, even five thousand catties would be no problem.

Back home, Lin Ye set the vat down and immediately began drawing and boiling water, the whole process extremely familiar.

While the water was boiling, Lin Ye began practicing the Basic Body Tempering Method.

After holding back for so long, now that he had this freshly prepared vat of Wild Boar King essence blood, he could finally experience the pleasure of his proficiency skyrocketing once again.

It had to be said that on the path of Martial Dao, the difference in cultivation speed between having resources and not having them was indeed massive.

Mountain Squat, Iron Bridge, Hanging Bell...

He performed five consecutive sets of the Basic Body Tempering Method until his physical strength was exhausted. Only then did Lin Ye lean against the vat rim, ladle a large scoop of essence blood into the wooden tub, strip naked, and jump in.

Even though Lin Ye was mentally prepared, he still couldn't help but gasp when his body submerged into the water.

The medicinal properties of the Wild Boar King essence blood were more than twice as fierce as the wolf king essence blood from before.

That medicinal power felt like countless red-hot steel needles stabbing into his body through every single pore.

That 'refreshing' sensation was practically comparable to the ten great tortures of the Qing Dynasty!

Fortunately, Lin Ye's willpower was astonishing; otherwise, he would have cried out on the spot.

Luckily, despite the pain, the effects were quite gratifying.

"Proficiency +8"

"Proficiency +8"

"Proficiency +8"

...

Listening to the System notifications that rang out from time to time, Lin Ye's mood could be described as 'painfully happy'.

Previously, when soaking in wolf king essence blood, his proficiency only increased once every minute on average. Now, it increased every half-minute, a speed twenty times faster than when he simply practiced the Body Tempering Method.

Moreover, the speed of his physical recovery was also much faster. After soaking for less than fifteen minutes, his legs weren't weak, his hands weren't shaking, and his waist wasn't sore anymore.

His whole person was instantly back to full health!

Lin Ye climbed out of the tub, simply wiped his body, and stood in the courtyard again.

Body Tempering had to be done while the iron was hot; he couldn't waste this precious essence blood.

After finishing five sets of movements, Lin Ye immediately jumped back in.

The Wild Boar King essence blood was even more durable than he had imagined. After soaking for half an hour, it still retained nearly half of its medicinal efficacy.

Lin Ye spent basically the entire morning in a cycle of Body Tempering, soaking, Body Tempering, and soaking, until the water in the tub became completely clear. Only then did he stop.

Lin Ye understood the principle that too much of a good thing could be harmful.

Therefore, even though the Body Tempering effect of the Wild Boar King essence blood was very strong, he didn't soak without restraint.

All medicine has a side effect; he had to give his body some time to expel the Impurities.