On the flying vessel, inside a quiet room.
Luo Chen read a book while sipping Five Temples Immortal Brew.
It was one way he kept the pain within his body at bay.
It might have seemed that he had reached the Late-Stage Ancient Wilderness Fourth Order after just one year on Mi Realm Mountain. In truth, the Hundred Poisons Body Refinement Technique was no shortcut. It was a Cultivation Method that demanded steady effort over many years.
The toxins released by the Hundred Poisons King Gu tempered his entire body bit by bit.
Through constant destruction and reconstruction, places deep within his flesh that ordinary training could never reach grew stronger.
And that tempering never stopped.
Pain was his constant companion!
Why had the Purple Robe Marquis said this technique was so difficult to cultivate? He practiced Body Tempering himself, so why had he not taken up this technique too?
Because the pain was more than mere agony. It could disrupt normal Qi Refining cultivation.
With one body and four souls, Luo Chen could shut out some of it while breathing in spiritual energy to refine qi.
But in daily life, he could never avoid it entirely.
Fortunately, he still had some spirit wine from the Dieyun Sect. A sip now and then let the pleasure of good wine numb a great many things.
Five Temples Immortal Brew also nourished the five viscera remarkably well. Otherwise, he could never have withstood that terrifying backlash during his close-quarters fight with Demon Emperor Qing Shuang.
Now that I've reached the late stage of Body Tempering, could I match Qing Shuang in a head-on clash?
The thought flashed through his mind, and Luo Chen set down his book.
Just then, someone knocked on the door.
Luo Chen raised his eyes. "Come in!"
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