"It was no wonder that quite a few warriors qualified to exchange for this stuff would rather improve their physical fitness through grueling training than take the potion!"
"But this potion actually helped improve Spiritual Power as well. And it wasn't the kind of improvement caused by pain tempering one's Spiritual Power—it truly increased Spiritual Power. This was quite an unexpected delight!"
At that thought, his brows furrowed slightly again. He thought to himself, Since this potion can strengthen Spiritual Power, shouldn't it be highly sought after by magicians? Why...
As he pondered it, he laughed at himself. "Tsk, I'm being foolish. This thing only improves Spiritual Power a little more than ordinary meditation."
"Yet the price is that even a warrior like me feels as though I'm being tortured. How could magicians, who hardly focus on physical cultivation at all, possibly endure it!"
"And leaving aside the pain, if one carelessly ends up with strained muscles and dislocated joints, even after being healed, they would still need several days of rest. With all that wasted time, they might as well obediently increase their Spiritual Power through meditation!"
After resting for forty-five minutes and waiting until the surging blood and qi within his body had completely settled, Fengyun did not hesitate to drink another Body Strengthening Potion and enter his body-tempering state once more.
The effects of a Body Strengthening Potion lasted around fifteen minutes. It took him roughly forty-five minutes to completely settle the boiling blood and qi caused by the potion.
If he used them continuously, excluding the reduced normal sleep time due to his increased strength and the adaptation time needed to familiarize himself with and control his newly gained power, he could take around fifteen bottles a day.
That made thirty bottles in two days. He had originally prepared over a hundred bottles. Taking into account the one bottle he had been drinking each day before, the remaining eighty-plus bottles would be used up in less than five or six days.
After doing some simple arithmetic, Fengyun cursed inwardly, "Damn it. If I hadn't kept taking Body Strengthening Potions, causing me—who had incidentally reached Level 3 Spiritual Power upon breaking through to the Lifting the Light as if Heavy realm—to notice that my progress in refining the elements of heaven and earth into Level 3 Magic Power had recently accelerated, I wouldn't even have noticed the increase in my Spiritual Power!"
"If I had noticed earlier..."
After thinking it over, Fengyun could only sigh inwardly. "Fine. Even if I had noticed it sooner, without enough merit, I still couldn't exchange for more Body Strengthening Potions!"
"Ah, forget it. I've already decided to follow the path of a warrior. My Spiritual Power has almost entirely risen passively, little by little, during warrior training. I've barely ever actively meditated to improve it!"
"Though discovering this method of using Body Strengthening Potions to improve Spiritual Power is good, there's no need to care too much about it."
"After all, even the potion's strengthening effect on the body has a level 6 limit. Its improvement to the mind certainly cannot be endless either. In fact, compared with its direct improvement to Spiritual Power, repeatedly experiencing that bone-deep pain might offer even greater benefits in tempering one's mental will."
"It's just that once I run out of Body Strengthening Potions, how am I supposed to pass the time when I'm bored? The effects of Blood Boil last for most of a day per bottle, and drinking them continuously would just waste the medicine's effects."
"Forget it. I should conserve the Body Strengthening Potions as much as possible. Five bottles a day will do. After all, that pain still affects me quite badly while the potion is active!"
"In that state, I can only exert around seventy percent of my strength. Though that's still far better than ordinary warriors, who, after taking a Body Strengthening Potion, lose control of their bodies and crawl around on the ground like maggots, completely losing their combat ability."
"But it still affects my combat power. My main task now is to watch over Lin Lei during his training, so it's better to be cautious!"
As he spoke, a tremendous commotion came from the distance. Then, a raptor emerged from the forest and came here to drink.
Looking at the raptor, Fengyun muttered, "A raptor... This must be the raptor from the original story that Beibei tortured into fleeing, right?"
Ever since Nina's sneak attack, Fengyun had become certain that although the timing was not entirely accurate, the events that were supposed to happen would likely still happen. Sure enough, not long afterward, Matt, who had fled after being attacked by an archer at the entrance to the Monster Mountain Range, also appeared.
However, Fengyun had no interest whatsoever in paying attention to such a minor character. After Matt went off to relieve himself and returned, he had already received his boxed lunch.
At the time, Fengyun had thought that the raptor's appearance would probably come next. He had not expected this unlucky fellow to show up so soon.
Squeak, squeak~
Beibei chirped happily beside him. In the Monster Mountain Range, this little fellow was both the happiest and the most bored.
To magical beasts, the Monster Mountain Range was home. Here, Beibei could feel a freedom and ease that life in human towns could never give him.
But in the outer regions of the Monster Mountain Range, there was nothing that could make Beibei feel threatened. Level 5 and level 6 magical beasts could not let him experience the joy of battle and slaughter. After staying for too long, he grew bored, and he had even begun to miss the various delicacies of Azure Paradise.
Whenever there was nothing else to do, he played little frontal offense-and-defense games with Fengyun. While helping Fengyun train himself, he also used Fengyun's attacks to loosen up his muscles and bones.
Today's raptor finally brought Beibei a trace of excitement. With his interest stirred, Beibei greeted Lin Lei, then fought the raptor like a Phantom.
Watching the completely disadvantaged raptor, Fengyun chatted with Lin Lei. "Lin Lei, you really struck it lucky by getting a little fellow like Beibei."
"I'd wager that Beibei has the potential to become a Saint Beast!"
Fengyun's words startled Lin Lei. But as he watched the raptor ahead being utterly suppressed and nearly unable to resist, he stroked his chin and said, "I never thought about that before, but now that you mention it, Brother Yun, it really isn't impossible for Beibei to reach the Saint Realm!"
"After all, magical beasts have always grown more slowly than us humans, but Beibei is completely different. His strength has grown far too quickly.
"Especially his speed. When he was little, he already had the speed of a level 5 or level 6 Warrior. Now that he has grown up, his speed is no less than that of a Level 8 or Level 9 warrior."
"This abnormal rate of growth already indirectly proves that Beibei's potential is extremely high. I also believe that Beibei may reach the Saint Realm in the future!"
"Actually, if I hadn't heard that there were no Saint Realm magical beasts among rats, I would have suspected that Beibei might be a legendary Saint Beast!"
Fengyun nodded. "Mm, he may have mutated. After all, Beibei looks almost exactly like an ordinary Little Shadow Mouse, so he is most likely a Shadow Rat."
"It's just that Beibei mutated, which is why his fur did not turn green or purple as his strength increased."
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