Chapter 9 The Pain of Tempering the Body

When the rootless heavy water sank steadily into the lake of mana, Su Ming slowly closed his practice and opened his eyes, his light blue pupils becoming deeper.

Su Ming had a little fatigue on his face, and he closed the water virtue array to restore the mana in his body to normal.

Because of the influence of the rootless heavy water on mana, even if the water virtue array was closed, the originally transparent mana now exuded a faint blue halo, which was much purer and weighed ten kilograms.

After getting up and casting a spell to wash, Su Ming fell asleep on the stone bed after changing clothes.

The process of opening up the meridians for seven consecutive days made Su Ming physically and mentally exhausted. This was because it was easy for cultivators who practiced basic spiritual techniques to change their practice methods and they could complete the practice change at one time.

For cultivators who practiced some special practices in the Qi Refining Period, if there was no subsequent inheritance, it would be more difficult to change their practice methods. It was impossible to complete the practice change at one time. Some cultivators might need half a year just to change their practice methods.

This is also the reason why the sect gave cultivators three years without the need to perform tasks.

It seems like a long time, but as the cultivation level of the cultivators increases, the time they need to spend on cultivation also increases. The Jindan and Yuanying stage cultivators may spend dozens or hundreds of years in seclusion.

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The next morning, Su Ming woke up and his energy was fully restored. He began to awaken and practice the "Heavy Water Mysterious Art" with a bright and energetic look.

When the daily practice of the technique was over, Su Ming got up from the bed, opened the Water Virtue Formation, and stood in the practice room in a somewhat strange posture.

This is the heavy water quenching technique recorded in the "Heavy Water Mysterious Art".

The heavy water quenching technique also has nine levels, and each level will greatly increase the strength of the body.

The first level can be cultivated to withstand the full force of the low-grade magic weapon with the body alone, and the second level can withstand the middle-grade magic weapon...

By analogy, if you can cultivate to the ninth level of perfection, ordinary magic weapons can be directly resisted, and the physical strength is no less than that of ordinary Jindan body cultivators, but there is no physical magical power.

However, the practice of heavy water quenching technique is extremely slow. It is impossible to practice to the ninth level with the life span of the foundation-building period.

Normally, it only needs to practice to the fifth level, to reach the level where the body can resist the inferior spiritual weapon, to be able to carry twelve drops of rootless heavy water.

The core of practicing heavy water quenching technique is also rootless heavy water. The cultivator needs to use mana and consciousness to control the rootless heavy water to flow along a specific meridian route, and rely on its terrifying weight to continuously temper the body to achieve the effect of increasing the strength of the body.

The more rootless heavy water there is in the process of quenching the body, the better the effect, but also the more dangerous it is. If the operation is not done properly, the body may be seriously damaged by the rootless heavy water.

"Uh!"

As the rootless heavy water circulated, Su Ming only felt a tearing sensation in his body, followed by the mana constantly repairing the numbness and itching of the body, as if someone had opened his scalp and poured a bucket of mercury into it.

The pain of peeling skin and bones was accompanied by a strong numbness and itching. Even if Su Ming was prepared, he couldn't help but scream.

Why do physical cultivators often have iron wills and unparalleled perseverance?

It is true that the pain of tempering the body is far worse than human torture, and it is unbearable for ordinary people!

And this kind of torture is almost the daily routine of every physical cultivator. As long as they can endure it, their will will naturally improve gradually with the tempering of the body.

When normal cultivators practice heavy water tempering, they need to configure the special quenching liquid recorded in the "Heavy Water Mysterious Art" to protect the body and relieve pain.

However, Su Ming has a body of water virtue and a very high affinity for water spirit power. It doesn't matter if he practices heavy water tempering without quenching liquid to protect his body, but he can only bear the pain of tempering.

Big beads of sweat rolled down Su Ming's forehead, his muscles trembled unconsciously, his lips were tightly pursed, and he clenched his teeth to endure the heart-wrenching pain.

Behind greatness is suffering!

Qualification can only improve the lower limit of cultivators, but a tenacious heart of Tao can allow cultivators to break through their own upper limit. For the ambition in his heart, Su Ming is ready to face any hardships.

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An hour later, after controlling the rootless heavy water to operate the heavy water quenching technique for three cycles, even though Su Ming had a body of water virtue, he felt that his body had reached its limit, so he stopped practicing and sank the rootless heavy water into the lake of mana again.

"Hu! Hu! Hu..."

Su Ming's face was pale, and he was sweating all over and breathing heavily.

"No wonder the technique is specially marked. It is best to practice the "Heavy Water Mysterious Art" with a water-attributed spirit body. Normal cultivators can only practice the heavy water quenching technique once a day without the assistance of quenching fluid. In terms of the speed of physical quenching, those with a water-attributed body are three times faster than ordinary cultivators..."

Su Ming thought to himself that if he did not have a water-attributed spirit body, practicing the heavy water quenching technique would require a lot of resources to assist.

The prescription for quenching fluid in the technique made his scalp tingle at a glance.

Just the second-level spiritual materials require more than thirty kinds, and the body-quenching liquid refined from one spiritual material can only be used for a few months, and the amplification effect is almost the same as that of the water virtue body.

Not counting the daily cultivation consumption, the cost of tempering the body alone is almost catching up with the body cultivation known as the "gold-eating beast" in the world of immortal cultivation.

The more powerful the skills, the more restrictions and the stricter the requirements. This is a law since ancient times.

Glancing at his arms, Su Ming was covered with some gray dirt all over his body. This was the impurities discharged from the body by practicing the heavy water body-quenching technique.

He stood up and washed off the dirt and sweat on his body, changed into another set of clothes, sat cross-legged on the stone bed, and took out three jade slips from the storage bag.

It was the three spiritual secrets of "Ice Heart Art", "True Soul Flame" and "Exquisite Pagoda Visualization Method".

In addition to the rootless heavy water and heavy water quenching technique, "Heavy Water Mysterious Art" requires at least three drops of rootless heavy water to practice, whether it is the dripping sword or the heavy water protective seal, so he can't practice it for the time being.

After the main practice method is on the right track, Su Ming will naturally choose a spiritual secret method to practice according to the priorities, so as to further improve his spiritual foundation.

Moreover, after practicing the spiritual secret method, Su Ming's use of his own spiritual consciousness can be taken to a higher level, no longer limited to auxiliary functions, and can even directly affect the outcome of the battle through spiritual consciousness.

As the spiritual consciousness sank into the jade slip, Su Ming's eyes kept changing, sometimes shocked, sometimes amazed.

Two hours later, night fell, and Su Ming finally finished reading all three spiritual secrets.

However, just like when he chose the main practice method, Su Ming fell into contemplation again, thinking about which spiritual secret method was most suitable for him.

The three secret methods of spiritual consciousness have their own merits. The "Exquisite Pagoda Visualization Method" can refine the spiritual consciousness into an exquisite pagoda, greatly increasing the spiritual consciousness's defense power, and almost no offensive ability.

"Ice Heart Art" is more comprehensive. After practicing, the spiritual consciousness can obtain the characteristic called "Ice Mirror", greatly increasing the perception ability, and at the same time has the means of spiritual consciousness protection and attack.

As for "True Soul Flame"...

Su Ming looked at this spiritual consciousness secret method with a complicated look.

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