Body Tempering

Name: Nalan Chaoge

Gender: Male

System Level: [D]

Dou Po Cultivation Level: One-star Dou Zhe.

System Pill Refining: Grade 2

Redeemed Ninjutsu: [Clone Technique] [Transformation Jutsu] [Eight Inner Gates]

Summoned Tailed Beast: None

Impure World Reincarnation: None

Points Owned: 28000

Taking a careful look, even Nalan Chaoge gave himself a fright.

This was the system's proper way of being used.

He had gained a full 28,000 Points.

To him, that meant strength.

However, he did not rush to act. He would go home first.

His level was too low. If the Mu Family blocked him here, he would be in danger.

So what if he had a system? If he died, the system would not pop out and help him kill anyone.

Following the original route, he secretly slipped back into the Marshal's Mansion of the Lionheart.

Only after he ducked into his room did Nalan Chaoge finally let out a sigh of relief.

Then, as though completely exhausted, he slumped into a chair.

It was his first time putting on such a huge act. His poor little heart could barely take it, and even now it was still thumping wildly.

After catching his breath, Nalan Chaoge spent 1,800 Points to raise his strength to Ten-star Dou Zhe.

However, he did not break through from Dou Zhe to Dou Master.

Raising his strength too quickly was not necessarily a good thing. If he failed to familiarize himself with the strength of a Dou Zhe before directly gaining the power of a Dou Master, it would likely harm his body.

Besides, Nalan Chaoge understood the meaning of taking things step by step.

Nalan Chaoge still had injuries on his body, wounds left behind from today's physical training.

He had Guo'er bring in a bucket of hot water. Nalan Chaoge removed his clothes and sat down inside.

After sending Guo'er away, Nalan Chaoge took out a Marrow Cleansing Pill.

The Marrow Cleansing Pill could cleanse the tendons and marrow. It was exactly what he needed.

The instant the pill entered the water, it dissolved into an inky green liquid, dyeing the entire wooden tub in an instant.

Nalan Chaoge did not hesitate. He immediately formed a cultivation hand seal, slowly closed his eyes, and focused on sensing the energy within the water.

With each breath, as time passed, streams of energy condensed from the bluish-green liquid in the tub slowly seeped into the youth's body through his opened pores.

As the energy entered his body, the youth's tender little face suddenly took on the luster of warm jade, while a faint glow shone through his skin.

Nalan Chaoge turned his consciousness inward and quietly watched the energy seeping into his body.

The pale green energy did not rush into his Qi Sea after entering his body. Instead, it directly attached itself to his bones and meridians.

One side was clusters of murky toxins; the other was pale green energy.

The two sides were like opponents locked in a tug-of-war.

Although the pale green energy could not do much to the Poison Mark at first,

it could not withstand the fact that the Poison Mark had not been spewed out by a Fifth-order Magical Beast, the Poison Mark Python. Moreover, the Poison Mark clinging to Nalan Chaoge's body was not even one ten-thousandth of the original amount. The Marrow Cleansing Pill actually had an effect on the Poison Mark.

Nalan Chaoge had originally considered borrowing the system's power to remove the Poison Mark from his body.

But then the effect of training his body would be lost.

Then so be it.

The Marrow Cleansing Pill was merely a Grade 2 Pill. It could only cleanse impurities from the human body. Even without it, after becoming a Dou Zhe, one would gradually eliminate the impurities within one's body.

However, Nalan Chaoge had not expected the Marrow Cleansing Pill to undergo a change after coming into contact with the Poison Mark.

On his bones, the pale green energy finally occupied a tiny spot. Yet that tiny spot shone with the luster of warm jade—it was his bone.

Nalan Chaoge was overjoyed!

As long as it worked, he could train this body into an impenetrable fortress.

Then, opening the Eight Inner Gates might produce miraculous results.

Eh, why wait until then to open them?

The moment he understood this,

Nalan Chaoge changed his hand seal.

"Eight Inner Gates, Gate of Opening, open!"

Once the Gate of Opening was opened, it removed the brain's restrictions in order to unleash 100% of the body's capabilities, consuming the body's energy beyond its limits.

Naturally, the speed at which he absorbed energy would also double.

The instant the Gate of Opening opened, the green energy in the tub also began flowing faster. Energy that originally required a full day to absorb was completely absorbed in merely one shichen after he opened the Eight Inner Gates.

When the green liquid in the tub turned clear once more, Nalan Chaoge let out a long breath. Turning his consciousness inward, he found that the five toes on his right foot had already turned the color of warm jade.

A Grade 2 Pill, plus a whole day of getting beaten up, had only cleansed the marrow in the toes of one foot? How many years would it take to transform his entire body?

However, the Poison Mark attached to Nalan Chaoge's bones had all been removed.

It seemed he had not taken those beatings for nothing.

Ever since Nalan Chaoge killed Mu Lu, he had not appeared in Holy City again.

Every morning, as soon as dawn broke, Nalan Chaoge's soul-stirring cries would ring out from the back mountain of the Nalan Royal Mansion. His "oh, ah" cries disturbed the entire mansion so badly that neither chickens nor dogs could rest.

Some people had curiously gone to the back mountain to take a look, but after only two glances, they could not bear to watch any longer.

It was said to be too cruel.

Young Master was hung from a tree, while Guo'er held a blood-red whip and lashed him again and again without showing the slightest mercy.

Was this training, or torture?

Tsk, tsk...

Mu Tong had been back for a month already, and he had even declared in Jia Ma Holy City that he would make Nalan Chaoge repay the blood debt with blood.

Nalan Chaoge had killed Mu Lu, so Mu Tong seeking revenge for his younger brother was only natural.

Mu Tong was a Two-star Dou Master. As long as Nalan Chaoge accepted the challenge this time, he would surely die.

The Nalan Family had few descendants. Forget Nalan Chaoge—even the genius Nalan Yanran was no match for Mu Tong.

For a time, the Nalan Family became the laughingstock of the entire Holy City.

Every day, Mu Tong would stand in front of the Marshal's Mansion of the Lionheart and curse for two hours.

Yet strangely enough, not a single person from the Nalan Royal Mansion came out to accept his challenge.

Among the younger generation, only Su Han possessed the strength of a Two-star Dou Master. Yet whenever Su Han faced Mu Tong's provocations, he merely snorted coldly, walked out of the Marshal's Mansion as though nothing had happened, and returned safely in the afternoon.

But any other disciple of the mansion who went outside would be beaten until their faces were bruised and swollen.

When they reported the matter to Elder Mu, Elder Mu merely snorted through his nose. "If you have the ability, hit them back. If you don't, stay inside the royal mansion and don't go out. Who told every one of you to be so weak?"

Just then, Nalan Chaoge's soul-stirring cries rang out from the back mountain again, and everyone began to understand why Nalan Chaoge was training so desperately.

For the marshal's honor, for the Nalan Family's honor.

Young Master was cultivating so diligently. What reason did they have not to work hard as well?

For a time, the entire Nalan Royal Mansion entered a strange cycle. Whenever the miserable cries from the back mountain sounded, everyone would consciously get up and begin cultivating.

Before they knew it, a month had passed.

Cultivation filled his days as he immersed himself in tireless, grueling training. The sunlight shining in through the window gradually weakened, and the scorching heat slowly subsided.

Inside the wooden tub, the youth with his eyes tightly shut absorbed the final stream of energy into his body. His eyelashes trembled slightly, and a moment later, his pitch-black eyes abruptly flew open.