15: Chapter 15 Brother Tong, you're a really nice guy!

The cultivation room on the third basement level was fully equipped.

Ning Yuan sat down cross-legged.

He glanced at the precision instruments nearby used for testing Qi and blood strength, but he had no intention of stepping forward.

Are you kidding? One punch from him now would have a conservative estimate of five million jin of massive force. These instruments meant for ordinary students would probably explode on the spot if he hit them.

The cultivation environment here was naturally far inferior to the cave dwelling at the peak of Thunder God Mountain.

However, it didn't matter.

He had medicine.

With a flash of light from the dimensional bracelet on his wrist, a warm jade bottle appeared in his palm.

heavenly bear pill.

The name sounded unremarkable, but its effects were astonishingly domineering.

Its main ingredient was the heart's blood of an adult Emperor-level Starry Sky Behemoth, the Heaven-Shaking Divine Bear, supplemented by hundreds of rare spiritual herbs, and personally refined by the Pill Saint.

This pill was one of the best divine products for those in the Qi and Blood Realm to consolidate their foundation and increase their strength.

In the outside world, countless Martial Emperor experts had personally visited his grandmother, Bai Xiuning, to request this pill, and even then, they might not get what they wanted.

But for Ning Yuan...

He had more than enough of this stuff.

He focused his mind and calmed his breath. Without the slightest hesitation, he poured one out and tossed it into his mouth like a jelly bean.

Then, he circulated the Dragon Elephant Suppressing Heaven Art with all his might!

In an instant, the bones in his body burst forth with brilliant starlight. A high-pitched dragon roar and a dull elephant trumpeting exploded inside him simultaneously!

The medicinal power of that heavenly bear pill, which was enough to burst an ordinary high-level martial artist, was completely digested and absorbed by him within a few breaths!

If outsiders knew about this scene, they would be shocked beyond measure.

Even those so-called Galaxy-level geniuses would need at least several days of hard work to completely digest a single heavenly bear pill.

However, Ning Yuan was still not quite satisfied.

He simply unscrewed the cap and poured the rest of the entire bottle of pills into his mouth!

Rumble!

Terrifying energy erupted within his body like a mountain torrent or a tsunami!

New Dragon Elephant Particle were frantically born at an unprecedented speed!

Just then, the system's voice rang out once again.

[Congratulations Host, you have formally opened the gates of cultivation! You must have already experienced the thrill of the tenfold aptitude bonus, right?]

[But please remember, Host: A tenfold trash is still trash at its core! Prodigys in this world are as numerous as crucian carp crossing a river; you need to remain diligent at all times and strive to be the first!]

[Now issuing a long-term cultivation task: Breakthrough of the Qi and Blood Realm!]

[Stage 1: Breakthrough to Intermediate Warrior. Rewards will be automatically settled in ten days.]

[Stage 2: Breakthrough to Advanced Warrior. Rewards will be automatically settled in thirty days.]

[Stage 3: Step into the Transcendent Warrior Realm. Rewards will be automatically settled in three months.]

"Holy crap? It's a multi-stage task?"

Ning Yuan's mind stirred as he sensed his cultivation, which had long since stabilized at the Advanced Warrior level.

Isn't this task basically a freebie?

The only restriction was having to wait for a while.

He couldn't help but smile.

Wait then. It's not like I'm losing anything anyway.

After all, in brother tongzi's perception, he was still just a piece of trash struggling at the limit of a Junior Warrior.

Breaking through to Intermediate in ten days, Advanced in thirty days, and stepping into Transcendent within three months... for a piece of trash, this requirement was considered super exploitative and an almost impossible task.

"But brother tongzi, speak from your conscience, do you really think a piece of trash can complete such a perverted task?"

Ning Yuan couldn't help but tease in his heart.

[...Upon detection, the difficulty of this task is indeed challenging for a Host with such trashy aptitude. It was a lapse in consideration by this system.]

[Now issuing an advance on the newbie benefits for the Host: One hundred blood dragon pills! To help the Host better complete the task.]

Ning Yuan was dumbfounded on the spot.

Uh, what? For real?

brother tongzi, you're actually quite a good guy!

With a curious mindset, he chose to "claim the advance."

The next second, ten jade bottles, similar in packaging to the previous heavenly bear pills, appeared out of thin air before him.

He tried taking one.

Boom!

Energy ten times more violent than swallowing an entire bottle of heavenly bear pills just now instantly exploded within his limbs and bones!

"Holy crap! brother tongzi is awesome!"

Ning Yuan was truly shocked this time.

The medicinal effect of this blood dragon pill was actually more than ten times that of the heavenly bear pill!

It could be used perfectly in conjunction with the heavenly bear pills.

He immediately focused his mind and began to cultivate seriously.

No matter how strong his background was, his own strength had to keep up.

He didn't know how much time had passed.

When he felt a faint sense of fullness in his physical body, he decisively stopped his cultivation.

He understood the principle that too much is as bad as too little.

Looking inward, he was pleasantly surprised to find that in just these few short hours, two hundred more Dragon Elephant Particle had appeared in his body!

This meant that his current physical strength had reached a terrifying seven million jin!

In one day, it surged by two million jin!

This speed was even faster than when he was in his Golden Outburst Period!

If others knew about this, they would probably be scared silly.

There were three reasons for such a terrifying cultivation speed.

First, his physique that surpassed the Saint Bone after the tenfold permanent bonus.

Second, the heaven-defying divine art that was the Dragon Elephant Suppressing Heaven Art.

Third, the unlimited supply of massive top-tier resources.

All three were indispensable.

Moreover, this was achieved under the premise of ensuring an incredibly stable foundation.

Otherwise, with his current conditions, if he recklessly forced a breakthrough, he could probably step into the Transcendent Realm within a single day.

But doing so would greatly damage his potential, resulting in low combat power among those of the same rank, and he would be easily crushed by true geniuses in the future—the loss would outweigh the gain.

"According to this progress, it won't be long before I reach the limit of the Dragon Elephant Suppressing Heaven Art in the Qi and Blood Realm, and then I can try to step into the Transcendent Realm."

Ning Yuan was delighted.

Then, he smacked his lips with a bit of regret.

"However, I feel like a limit of twenty million jin is still a bit low..."

One must know that currently, in all recorded history of the starry sky, whether for the human race or alien races, the highest record for the Qi and Blood Realm was only infinitely close to ten million jin.

If outsiders heard his words, they would probably vomit three liters of blood from anger on the spot.

He stretched, his joints making a series of crackling sounds. A terrifying aura, like an ancient behemoth awakening, flashed and vanished.

"In ten days, I'll be able to claim the first stage's task reward. I can look forward to that."

Ning Yuan chuckled.

He began to ponder the Heaven Slaying Precious Technique rewarded earlier.

Having power wasn't enough; one had to be able to exert it.

...

In the villa hall.

Lu Sheng and Zhou Qi, who were fiddling with the mecha models Ning Yuan had given them, suddenly both shuddered.

The two exchanged a wary glance and then simultaneously turned their gazes toward the direction of the third-floor basement cultivation room.

Their eyes were filled with admiration.

"Boss is boss! He's only a Qi and Blood Warrior, right? The leaking aura is actually this fierce! This talent must be among the top tier of Prodigys in the starry sky!"

"Back then, my limit in the Qi and Blood Realm was only a mere three million jin," Lu Sheng lamented with emotion.

Zhou Qi chuckled and said humble-braggingly:

"I'm not much, I was at three and a half million jin back then!"

Lu Sheng immediately said sourly:

"So what? Neither of us is even worth one of Boss's hairs!"

The two of them were already Transcendent Warriors now.

The Great Xia Martial Academy's enrollment didn't have strict age limits; it valued a student's potential more.

Moreover, they had come in through the back door and were several years older than Ning Yuan.

Just then.

The villa's front door was gently pushed open.

A youth with fair skin and excessively delicate features slowly walked in, carrying a bag on his back.

Lu Sheng and Zhou Qi's eyes lit up immediately upon seeing him.

The fourth person for the dorm was here!

Hehe, an opportunity to perform in front of the Boss—here it is!