Inside the Quiet Room.
With a light tap of Zhang Yu's fingertip, a clump of metal powder before him trembled with his Magical Power, drifting back and forth. At times it gathered into a sphere; at others, it scattered into a cloud of mist.
Turning Soil into Gold, the sixth of the Seven Wonders of Civil Engineering, was a Martial Arts technique that could refine metal with Magical Power.
But for Zhang Yu, cultivating this technique was not nearly as troublesome as it was for others. As long as he repeatedly manipulated the metal powder before him through all kinds of transformations, he could steadily increase his practice count.
Several hours later, Zhang Yu finally pushed Turning Soil into Gold to Level 10 and let out a long breath.
Just then, someone knocked on the door, and Xiao Yunjin's voice came from outside.
Xiao Yunjin said, "Zhang Yu, are you done? We're about to leave."
Zhang Yu opened the door and said, "Yeah, let's go."
Walking beside Zhang Yu, Xiao Yunjin suddenly asked, "Zhang Yu... why do you use your pure physical body instead of a Dharma Skeleton to cultivate your techniques?"
"If it's inconvenient to answer, you don't have to."
Zhang Yu thought for a moment, then said casually, "I want to keep cultivating my physical body and use a customized Dharma Skeleton later. By then, I can strengthen this body of mine, tempered through a thousand hammers and ten thousand fires, into a Dharma Skeleton and Dharma Treasure, while controlling it as I please with my own will. Wouldn't that make me even stronger?"
Xiao Yunjin said, "But that path... is very expensive."
Zhang Yu smiled. "Take it slow. Forge however much you can afford to earn."
Xiao Yunjin looked at Zhang Yu with a complicated expression. Then