"Cultivate, and see how fast I'm refining now."
Lu Tao took out a bottle of blood, took a small sip, about a third of it, and then began to swallow and refine it.
The blood looked very fresh, with no fishy smell at all, but rather a faint, sweet fragrance, like cough syrup.
Calling it blood is somewhat inaccurate; it should be called a blood-nourishing medicine.
"boom……"
The blood medicine slid down his throat, and as Lu Tao circulated his internal energy, the blood medicine instantly merged into his heart, without a single drop entering his stomach to be digested.
"Demon Elephant Blood Tempering Technique (Perfect)".
As the blood medicine entered his heart, Lu Tao felt his blood boil instantly, as if it were cheering and jumping for joy. He felt as if his whole body was about to burst into flames.
Lu Tao steadied himself and continuously circulated his internal energy to refine the medicinal effects.
As the blood medicine was refined and its effects took hold, Lu Tao felt that his blood was changing little by little. Although it was very subtle, he could feel it.
This is a sign that the blood is undergoing a transformation.
This is the cultivation of the Blood Refining Realm, which mainly involves tempering the blood throughout the body and causing it to undergo a transformation.
One transformation is all it takes to advance to the mid-stage of Blood Refinement.
After two transformations, he advanced to the late stage of Blood Refinement.
After three attempts, one can naturally break through to the Bone Forging Realm.
...
Time passed, and an hour later, Lu Tao stopped.
"It took an hour to refine one-third of it. Wouldn't it take a full three hours to refine a whole bottle? This has drastically slowed down my cultivation speed."
Lu Tao was indeed somewhat dissatisfied with this speed; it was too slow.
Once you get used to rapid improvement, it's hard to adapt when the speed suddenly drops.
"Fortunately, there are pills that can improve aptitude. I am really grateful to Jiang Xiong. However, that bastard actually destroyed the spiritual herbs. Otherwise, with the intact spiritual herbs, the pills I refined would definitely be better. It's such a pity."
Lu Tao felt a little regretful, but there was nothing he could do about it now.
Next, Lu Tao began taking the Dust-Clearing Pill to improve his physical attributes.
The effects of the Dust-Clearing Pill are not as strong as those of the Blood-Clearing Pill. It has a rich medicinal fragrance, melts in the mouth, and then flows into the whole body through the blood.
Gradually, Lu Tao felt an itch all over his body, as if countless ants were crawling on him.
This applies not only to the skin, but also to the flesh and even the bones.
However, the itching was very mild, not to the point where I couldn't help but scratch it; it was a tingling, numb sensation that I could force myself to endure.
Once Lu Tao got used to this tingling sensation, he actually felt quite comfortable.
This reminded him of the blind massages he used to receive, which were more than ten times more pleasurable than that experience.
The comfort emanating from his bones was so intense that Lu Tao almost couldn't help but groan out loud.
...
Before long, an unpleasant smell filled the yard.
"Ugh, what's that smell? It stinks!"
Wu Ming, who was not far away, immediately smelled the odor and realized it was coming from Lu Tao. He exclaimed in surprise, "Brother Tao, why do you smell so bad? Do you have diarrhea?"
The big black dog had already given Lu Tao a disdainful look, but continued licking him.
"Shut up, this is the filth that Brother Tao expelled after his qualifications were improved."
Lu Tao rolled his eyes, then carefully sensed his entire body.
He discovered that after his aptitude improved, his whole body felt different; he seemed more relaxed... no, he should say more agile.
Moreover, even without activating his cultivation technique, he could vaguely sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the air.
He had never sensed this before.
It is evident how much his body changed after his qualifications were improved.
Lu Tao looked at the curious Wu Ming beside him and decided to provoke him, saying, "Xiao Ming, hurry up and lick the water. After your aptitude improves, you will be able to sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth without cultivating."
Sure enough, Wu Ming perked up immediately upon hearing this and exclaimed, "Really? That's amazing!"
Before Lu Tao could speak, he started licking her, full of enthusiasm.
Seeing this, the big black dog was not to be outdone and began to frantically lick the water.
Seeing the two guys working so hard, Lu Tao was very pleased.
After taking a shower in the outhouse, Lu Tao began cultivating again. This time, he swallowed the remaining two-thirds of the blood medicine.
boom!
As he cultivated, Lu Tao felt that his efficiency in refining blood medicine had indeed improved, and by quite a bit.
He couldn't determine exactly how big it was.
But half an hour later, Lu Tao found out.
He has already refined two-thirds of the blood medicine.
Previously, before the aptitude was improved, it took an hour to process one-third of the blood medicine; now, after the aptitude was improved, it only takes half an hour to process two-thirds of the blood medicine.
Clearly, his refining speed has increased fourfold.
This also means that upgrading from low-grade ordinary to medium-grade ordinary, and then to high-grade, should all involve a doubling of the quality.
This improvement is quite significant.
"This is so great! I must do my best to find spiritual herbs that can improve my aptitude in the future. I want to continue to improve."
Having tasted the sweetness of success, Lu Tao was far from satisfied.
However, this kind of spiritual herb is probably extremely rare, and he is already very fortunate to have obtained it.
"According to my estimate, after refining four more bottles of blood medicine, I should be able to advance to the mid-stage of the Blood Refining realm."
After refining one bottle of blood medicine, Lu Tao could feel that his blood was not far from transformation. He would be able to successfully transform after about five bottles of blood medicine, advancing from the early stage of blood refining to the middle stage of blood refining.
However, problems arose as a result.
He needed his blood-loss medication.
The pill shop's next restocking was in ten days, meaning Lu Tao wouldn't be able to cultivate for almost ten days, which made him somewhat uncomfortable.
"Does this mean we have to leave Dafeng Town ahead of schedule?"
His plan was to raise his cultivation level to a higher level before leaving Dafeng Town, the beginner village, for greater safety. However, he is now short of blood-replenishing medicine.
"Sigh, let's just take it one step at a time."
Lu Tao sighed helplessly, shook his head, and stopped thinking about it, ceasing his cultivation.
"Don't be lazy, I'm going to the back hill to collect firewood."
Lu Tao gave the two guys some instructions and then went to the back mountain alone.
After removing Jiang Xiong's body, Lu Tao put the iron armor on Jiang Xiong, hung him on a tree to use as a punching bag, and then began practicing boxing.
Of course, each punch was very light, mainly to gain experience.
Experience +100.
Experience +100.
...
[Iron Armor: 0/1,000,000 (Tier 8, Low-grade, extremely powerful defense. By inputting Qi and Blood, a shield can be formed on the body's surface, capable of withstanding all normal attacks below the late stage of Skin Refining (except attacks from entry-level weapons). Late-stage Skin Refining can break through it, but the remaining force will be insufficient to cause you damage. The shield cannot withstand attacks from the Blood Refining realm. Suitable for group battles. Note that it consumes a significant amount of Qi and Blood.)]
"Holy crap, it can actually protect the whole body?"
Lu Tao couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
The upgraded armor undoubtedly offers a significant improvement in defensive capabilities.
The shield, in particular, made up for the shortcomings of Lu Tao's armor, which only protected the upper body and lacked protection for the lower body and head.
Unlike armor, it doesn't provide comprehensive protection.
Unexpectedly, after the upgrade, I gained a shield that can protect my entire body.
This is a really big surprise.
"Keep going, keep going."
Then, Lu Tao took out his longsword and arrows and began grinding experience points on Jiang Xiong, all the while cursing, "You ruined my spirit herbs, you ruined my spirit herbs..."
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