Barren Cloud Peak, inside Li Qing's cave abode.
Thump! Thump!
The drumbeat-like sound was not someone actually beating a drum, but the sound of a heartbeat!
After obtaining the "True Body of the Brahma King," Li Qing began quietly comprehending it the moment he returned to his cave abode, attempting to cultivate this Body Tempering Secret Art.
As his heartbeat grew increasingly heavy and muffled, Li Qing felt the skin all over his body turn bright red.
His heart was like a pump; every contraction swallowed and expelled an immense amount of blood, terrifying to behold!
Thanks to the qi and blood within him now being as vast and abundant as rivers and seas, even without spiritual objects brimming with vitality, he could barely adapt to his first attempt at cultivation.
To be honest, after body tempering to this level, Li Qing's blood itself had acquired a certain value. If an ordinary mortal drank a bowl of it, it would absolutely surpass any tonic found in the secular world.
It was precisely because of this that Li Qing dared to cultivate this body-tempering secret art without relying on spiritual objects full of vitality.
Thump! Thump!
As his heartbeat trembled again and again, Li Qing's face gradually turned pale instead of flushed red.
A great amount of qi and blood began to be consumed, while his physique and fleshly body strengthened bit by bit.
"Hiss!"
Unable to persist for long, Li Qing immediately stopped cultivating, afraid that excessive loss of qi and blood would damage his foundation.
"This body-tempering cultivation art is somewhat too terrifying. It is absolutely not something meant for the human race to cultivate."
"In such a short time, it consumed so much of my qi and blood. It truly is terrifying."
As the words fell, Li Qing