For the next few days, Li Wei holed up in the Small Building at Gu Garden, rarely stepping outside her room.
Whenever she thought of what had happened that day, her toes would unconsciously curl tight.
Still, this rare stretch of staying home allowed her to calm down and carefully take stock of what she had gained from her trip into the rift.
First was her all-around leap in physical ability.
After filling the first One Lotus Petal, she could clearly feel that her skin had become tougher and her muscles much stronger.
Although on the surface, she still looked as delicate as ever—her skin whiter than snow, her bones and flesh like jade and ice, her limbs slender and long, and her waist so narrow it could be encircled with one hand.
But she knew all too well that beneath this seemingly frail shell lurked a surging, tremendous force.
As for the fact that both Two Lotus Petals had started at fifty percent progress, she had her suspicions.
Especially after recalling what had happened when she had spent Stat Points at the hotel, when filthy blood had poured from her body and black sludge had been vomited up.
Perhaps the Quasi-Martial Artist's so-called "blood cultivation" was not merely an accumulation of vital energy and blood, but something more akin to tempering and honing the body.
That was why her "First Order Skin Membrane Realm" and "Second Order Sinew Bone Realm" had both gained such substantial initial progress.
Regarding this guess, she had asked Gu Jinzhi for advice over dinner one evening.
He had given her an affirmative answer as well, confirming Li Wei's speculation.
The blood-cultivation stage did indeed temper the physical body. Not only did it shorten the training time for the Lower Third Order, it also laid