The dim and secluded grand hall.
On the ground sat a huge bathing pool.
Behind a wide ebony desk beside the bathing pool, a person sat cross-legged.
He wore a loose, wide black robe.
A flow of vital energy surged ceaselessly around his body, causing his robes to snap and flutter.
Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy dispersed among his skin, muscles, blood, and bones.
A non-stop popping sound echoed continuously, and at the same time, the entire room was filled with a pungent, fishy stench.
Indeed, tempering the physical body is always this painful no matter when it is.
A slightly hoarse voice sounded, and then he slowly stood up and stepped into the bathing pool.
The clear and limpid pool water, as the man entered, first turned red and then transformed into black.
In the end, it exaggeratedly grew viscous.
This was Wang Ming tempering his own physical body.
No!
To be precise, it was the physical body of Tang Emperor Li Shimin.
This was not cultivating immortal methods, but rather directly rebuilding the Martial Dao.
Immortal and Buddhist magical powers clashed with Human Sovereign Qi Luck!
Practitioners of immortal and Buddhist methods who attacked a Human King would suffer backlash from the Human Sovereign Qi Luck; however, for a Human King to cultivate immortal and Buddhist powers, he would likewise suffer backlash.
Wang Ming could only use Martial Dao means to increase the strength of the physical body. The purpose was not primarily to boost Li Shimin's personal combat power, but rather to enhance the vitality of the flesh.
After all, Wang Ming would lead troops on a western expedition before long.
Li Shimin was no longer young.
This year was the thirteenth year of Zhenguan.
Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, was forty years old. At this