On Lingxi Peak, halfway up the mountainside, stood a spacious Grade-C Training Room in the training room area.
Yang Jing was concentrating on practicing "Crossing the River."
The Marrow Tempering Pill's medicinal potency had yet to dissipate completely and still flowed slowly through his limbs and bones.
His movements grew ever more nimble. His feet pressed against the bluestone slabs as internal qi flowed into his soles according to the movement art's essential principles.
With a light tap of his toes, he glided several yards like a wisp of blue smoke, landing soundlessly without stirring so much as a speck of dust.
Suddenly, he twisted sharply at the waist and changed direction in an instant, shifting like crashing waves striking the shore. His robes fluttered, stirring a faint gust of force.
At times, his feet crossed and shifted through a series of intricate steps, his figure darting left and right, forward and back within the stone room.
At his greatest speed, three overlapping afterimages appeared, their reality impossible to distinguish, as though three Yang Jings were practicing the movement art at once.
His elusive figure filled the entire training room, with only the faint swish of his robes cutting through the air echoing in the quiet stone chamber.
Two hours later, Yang Jing slowly came to a stop and let out a long breath of stale air.
He stood still with his eyes closed, carefully examining the changes in his body. At the same time, a slight stirring of his will brought the System Panel clearly into view-
[Mountain-Splitting Seal, minor achievement (751/2000)] [Indestructible True Art, second layer, minor achievement (125/2000)] [Crossing the River, initiation (393/500)]
Over the past two days, the Marrow Tempering Pill had made his progress in "Crossing the River" astonishingly fast, far surpassing his