"Um, I don't think I need to be so serious about body-tempering. I'm doing just fine as I am," Lu Yang said quietly, shivering like a quail caught in the cold. He didn't dare meet Senior Sister's or the immortal's eyes.
It wasn't that he was afraid of offending them. It was that whichever one he chose, he'd be risking his life.
But clearly, neither the Immortal Fairy nor Yun Zhi planned to let him off the hook.
"How can that be? Body-tempering is crucial for cultivators. Just look at me—oh, right, I don't have a body at the moment. But look at what I was like when I did have one. Why was I able to roam freely in ancient times? Because there wasn't a single weak point in my cultivation. Whether it was divine abilities and spells or tempering my body, I had it all."
The Immortal Fairy spoke from personal experience.
"Senior Immortal Fairy is right," Yun Zhi agreed with a nod.
Lu Yang's scalp prickled. It looked like there was no way out of this, no matter what. In that case, he'd have to find another solution.
"The body-tempering methods you and Senior Sister know must be the finest in the world. I was wondering if there's a way to combine them."
"For example, Senior Sister's orthodox method tempers the sinews and bones and pushes the body past its limits. Your method, Immortal Fairy, uses a pill furnace to help me absorb the essence of medicinal herbs."
"Then we could have me absorb the herbs' essence by soaking in a medicinal bath, using it to push my body past its limits, and supplementing that with suitable exercise to improve how efficiently I absorb it."
Lu Yang remembered that when Senior Sister had first taught him to