Attribute Body Refinement! (Please Vote)

After four instructors had finished teaching everyone their courses on different subjects, the morning had passed as well. Everyone went their separate ways, cultivating if they needed to cultivate, doing whatever they needed to do.

Qin Ze headed toward the courtyard where Xiao Kuangdao lived.

Ever since becoming Mad Saber Douluo's disciple, Qin Ze had gone to the courtyard every afternoon to receive Xiao Kuangdao's body-refinement assistance.

Thinking about the body refinement to come, Qin Ze's body could not help but tremble. It was too brutal.

Wu Feng stood downstairs, watching Qin Ze leave along the path. She knew that Qin Ze had already become the disciple of Mad Saber Douluo, one of the sect-protecting elders. Her grandfather had originally wanted to take on a disciple too, but he had been one step too late.

"Forget it, I'll go find the Young Mistress! I wonder how she's doing." A faint smile crossed Wu Feng's lips.

The courtyard was still secluded and deep. Half a year had passed, and the Flame Jade Bamboo had grown ever straighter and taller. When the breeze swept through it, it truly looked like flames rolling across the ground.

Xiao Kuangdao sat calmly in a rocking chair, with a pot of hot tea steeping beside him. He looked exceptionally relaxed.

"You're here." Xiao Kuangdao spoke with his eyes closed. "There's a meal box on the table. Eat, then we'll begin the body refinement."

"Yes." Qin Ze nodded and turned his gaze toward the wooden box on the table. Inside was the highly nutritious food Xiao Kuangdao had prepared for him.

Hundred-Year Deep Sea Cod, Hundred-Year Red Ox Tendon, and a bowl of crystal-clear Jade Rice.

This was the food Xiao Kuangdao had prepared for Qin Ze.

Body refinement required extremely high nutrition, and Xiao Kuangdao had specially selected all three ingredients.

Qin Ze picked up his bowl and chopsticks and began eating rapidly. The instant the first bite of cod entered his mouth, countless warm currents spread throughout his body.

The Red Ox was a soul beast with weak offensive power but exceptional toughness. Its tendons were greatly beneficial to the human body's muscles and bones.

After finishing, Qin Ze cleaned up the dishes, then sat cross-legged and used his Soul Power to absorb the energy brought by the ingredients.

Ten minutes later, Qin Ze stood up again and said to Xiao Kuangdao, who was reclining in the wooden chair, "Teacher, I'm ready."

Xiao Kuangdao opened his eyes and nodded. "It seems the body refinement over these past six months has been quite effective. Your physique should allow you to obtain a second soul ring of no less than sixteen hundred years."

"That's all thanks to your help, Teacher." Qin Ze smiled. His body refinement was not the usual kind, like carrying stones or enduring the pounding of a waterfall. Instead, Xiao Kuangdao used the nine attribute auras brought by his martial soul to bombard his entire body, thereby refining it.

The process was truly agonizing, but fortunately, Qin Ze was tough. As long as it helped him greatly, he did not care about the pain at all.

After taking off his clothes, Qin Ze lowered himself into a horse stance.

A proper horse stance could strengthen the kidneys and waist, reinforce the tendons and replenish qi, regulate one's vitality and spirit, stabilize one's lower body, improve balance, make one harder to knock down, and even enhance the body's reaction speed.

"Here it comes!" Xiao Kuangdao's voice rang out.

Qin Ze, still holding the horse stance, took a deep breath. "Come on, Teacher!"

Xiao Kuangdao smiled and stood. Soul Power surged within him, and a blood-red glow flashed as the Mad Soul Blade, resembling a horse-chopping saber, appeared once more.

This area had been sealed off, so there was no need to fear their auras leaking out.

The Mad Soul Blade floated several meters in front of Qin Ze. Xiao Kuangdao casually pointed, sending a wisp of Soul Power into the blade.

Buzz!

Suddenly, a blue gemstone within the Mad Soul Blade began to shine.

In an instant, a howling icy wind erupted forth. The plants on the ground were frozen over with frost by the frigid gale.

Whoosh!

The icy wind slammed violently into Qin Ze's body. His skin immediately turned red, while strands of cold air drifted off him.

Cold—extreme cold!

That was Qin Ze's first sensation.

The freezing gale seemed intent on locking down every inch of his body—his muscles, blood, bones...

Within Qin Ze's body, his own Soul Power circulated rapidly, spreading into every corner as though trying to break through the chill of the icy wind. He exhaled a mouthful of white mist, closed his eyes, and steadied his entire body.

His body trembled slightly in the horse stance, but it soon stabilized again.

Then, the icy wind abruptly stopped. Qin Ze's frozen body stood immovable like a solid boulder.

The Soul Power contained within heaven and earth began rapidly pouring into his body, bringing abundant energy to his starving flesh and blood. His body, frozen by the icy wind, turned hot again. Qin Ze's heart pounded continuously, and with every beat, vast amounts of blood surged through him.

Buzz!

Another gemstone on the Mad Soul Blade lit up. This time, it was black!

The Mad Soul Blade flashed, and the sealed area instantly descended into utter darkness—so dark one could not see their hand before their face. No light could enter.

The darkness poured into Qin Ze's body, layer by layer sealing his senses and severing the connections between his flesh and limbs. Qin Ze did not panic. His breathing became rhythmic, taking one breath every five seconds before exhaling. Within his mind, a dark energy and a green energy resisted each other.

Ice tempered Qin Ze's resistance.

Darkness tempered Qin Ze's perception.

Buzz!

A red gemstone lit up on the Mad Soul Blade.

The moment it lit up, the air became incomparably scorching, and every breath became extremely difficult.

A large amount of heat poured into Qin Ze's body. The green Soul Power that had been resisting the darkness suddenly stalled, losing all force to push back.

"Flames and darkness together?"

Scorching energy roasted Qin Ze's body. His flesh, which had only just recovered from the ravages of the icy wind, was burned by flames once more. The pain of being roasted made Qin Ze frown deeply.

His body began trembling slightly as well.

The body refinement he underwent was different from ordinary body refinement. The method Xiao Kuangdao used on Qin Ze was called Attribute Body Refinement.

The nine gemstones on the Mad Soul Blade possessed nine different attributes. Every attribute could bring an experience as direct as contact with nature itself.

This kind of body refinement surpassed carrying stones or enduring the impact of waterfalls.

The darkness blocked Qin Ze's brain from sensing his body, but it also made the Spiritual Power within his mind surge rapidly, striking against the darkness's obstruction.

The impacts of the flame and ice attributes both tempered resistance. The clash between ice and fire forged Qin Ze's body like refined iron being hammered again and again, making it increasingly dense and resilient.

An hour passed. Qin Ze did not know how many attributes had battered his body. His entire body had gone numb, and even the limbs holding his horse stance had stiffened.

"That's about enough!" Xiao Kuangdao was very satisfied with Qin Ze's willpower. He had used this method on some juniors before, but unfortunately, none of them had persevered.

Whoosh!

A white gemstone on the Mad Soul Blade lit up, and a wisp of pure Life energy flowed into Qin Ze's body. Its arrival was like rain finally descending upon land that had long been parched. Qin Ze's body greedily absorbed the energy.

Several minutes later, Qin Ze opened his eyes. He looked at the Mad Soul Blade before him, then instinctively moved his body. Instantly, a series of crackling sounds rang from his joints, like beans popping in a pan.

"That feels amazing!" Qin Ze stretched his body and felt exceptionally light all over. A smile immediately appeared on his face. "Thank you, Teacher."

Smack!

Xiao Kuangdao slapped Qin Ze on the head and said irritably, "You're my disciple. Why are you always thanking me? You're making it sound like we're strangers."

"Teacher, I was wrong!" Qin Ze hurriedly admitted his mistake.

Over the past half year, Xiao Kuangdao had truly treated him well. The ingredients for his midday and evening meals were all of the finest quality. As for combat techniques and knowledge about soul beasts, whenever Xiao Kuangdao had time, he taught them to him.