Chen Qing slowly opened his eyes, an indescribable sense of clarity filling his entire body.
He subconsciously clenched his fist, and his knuckles cracked sharply.
The Qingmu True Qi surging through him was like spring water flowing through a widened and reinforced riverbed. It moved faster, circulated more smoothly and naturally, and wherever his thoughts reached, the True Qi arrived instantly without the slightest hitch or delay.
"Judging by my bone structure, I should be at Five-Form now."
Chen Qing touched his ribs, sensing the earth-shaking changes in his body.
His tendons, bones, skin, and flesh seemed to have been washed and tempered anew, becoming tougher and denser, containing greater explosive power and endurance.
His meridians seemed to have been widened and reinforced by an invisible force. Not only had their capacity greatly increased, but his True Qi now flowed through them more smoothly.
Chen Qing carefully experienced the all-round benefits brought by the improvement in his bone structure.
"Bone structure is the foundation of martial cultivation. The stronger the foundation, the faster one cultivates, and the easier it is to break through bottlenecks. A Five-Form Bone Structure would count as middling even among Wutai Sect disciples."
With a thought, Chen Qing sank his consciousness deep into his Sea of Consciousness.
Within his mind, his Fate Pattern still shimmered with golden light.
He could clearly sense that as his bone structure improved, the efficiency of the [Heaven Rewards Diligence] Fate Pattern seemed to have increased as well.
Realization dawned on Chen Qing, and he muttered, "Improving my bone structure has raised the conversion rate of the Fate Pattern's diligence rewards! The same effort brings greater gains!"
He immediately sat cross-legged, cast aside all distracting thoughts, and began circulating the Qingmu Everlasting Spring Art.
As his True Qi circulated at high