Mountain Splitting Fist Reaches Major Accomplishment!

As Xiao Yang began absorbing the energy around him, he discovered how using Demonic Beast Essence Blood differed from his previous cultivation.

After the surrounding energy surged into his meridians, it carried a scorching sensation he had never felt before.

Not only that, Xiao Yang also felt a swelling pain in his meridians.

If the energy in his body had once flowed through his meridians like a gently trickling stream when he cultivated,

then now it was like seawater bursting through a breached dam, wild and surging.

Even the original riverbed had been forced wider.

Xiao Yang guessed that even Foundation Building Elixir might not be this effective.

However, compared to Foundation Building Elixir, Demonic Beast Essence Blood had a considerable drawback.

It could not be used continuously.

Having experienced it himself, Xiao Yang now understood why he could not use it consecutively and had to wait at least three days between each use.

If his meridians remained crammed full of this scorching energy, they would split apart sooner or later.

Still, the feeling of his cultivation rising rapidly while his body brimmed with searing energy made Xiao Yang reluctant to stop.

Soon, an hour passed.

Xiao Yang could clearly feel that the energy from the Demonic Beast Essence Blood in his body had vanished.

His cultivation speed had now returned to what it had been before.

"Ah..."

After sighing, Xiao Yang did not stop and instead continued cultivating.

Although his cultivation speed had slowed, he still needed to continue cultivating.

After all, cultivation had always been like this. It required steady, down-to-earth accumulation, little by little.

The next morning, after Xiao Yang finished eating Monster Beast Meat, he immediately created a mission and began practicing Mountain Splitting Fist.

Once he began practicing, he noticed that his body was a little different from before.

His stamina was somewhat stronger than it had been before.

Sure enough, after practicing Mountain Splitting Fist a hundred times, Xiao Yang checked the time.

This time, he had actually taken only about four and a half hours to practice Mountain Splitting Fist a hundred times!

That was half an hour shorter than the first time he had practiced Mountain Splitting Fist!

Soaking in the bath barrel, Xiao Yang looked at the System Panel, where the proficiency of Mountain Splitting Fist had already reached Minor Accomplishment 6/10.

He was curious how much the power of Mountain Splitting Fist would increase after it reached Major Accomplishment.

There was no helping it. The only Dou Skills suitable for Xiao Yang to practice in the Xiao Clan were these Yellow Tier Dou Techniques.

In the Xiao Clan, he simply had no access to better Dou Skills.

He had neither a teacher like Elder Yao nor a background like Xun'er's.

Therefore, Xiao Yang could only temporarily cultivate the Dou Skills he possessed to their utmost limits.

He began creating a new mission.

[Mission: Cultivate Mountain Splitting Fist to the Major Accomplishment realm. Reward: Physique +1, Body Recovery Elixir +1]

Physique increase?

Looking at the Mission Reward, Xiao Yang's eyes lit up.

Although there were not many cultivation techniques for tempering the body on the Dou Qi Continent,

physique was still extremely important.

For example, when Xiao Yan refined Heavenly Flames, if his physique were strong enough, refining them would be much easier.

If Xiao Yang's physique were strong enough now, perhaps he could withstand the medicinal potency of pills.

Physique was also very important for cultivating all kinds of close-combat techniques.

If his physique were strong enough, even a casual punch might be more powerful than another person's Dou Skill.

Looking at the Mission Reward, Xiao Yang began calculating.

He still needed to complete four proficiency missions before he could cultivate Mountain Splitting Fist to Major Accomplishment.

If he wanted to, he could completely finish them within these two days.

Xiao Yang decided that he would stay in the courtyard and enter seclusion for the next two days, focusing entirely on practicing Mountain Splitting Fist!

And so, two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Under the bright moonlight, Xiao Yang stood in the courtyard practicing Mountain Splitting Fist.

From outside the courtyard came the occasional chirping of cicadas and croaking of frogs.

Several candles were lit not far from Xiao Yang.

Their flames flickered from time to time.

"Ha... ha... Ninety-ninth time!"

Without hesitation, Xiao Yang immediately began his hundredth practice of Mountain Splitting Fist.

As soon as he completed the hundredth practice, a familiar voice sounded in Xiao Yang's mind.

[Mission: Practice Mountain Splitting Fist 100 times. Reward: Mountain Splitting Fist Proficiency +1. Completed. Claim reward?]

Xiao Yang could not even wait to get into the bath barrel. Collapsing onto the ground, he silently said,

"System, claim the reward!"

The next moment, another wave of insight flooded into Xiao Yang's mind.

This time, it took far longer than before to receive the insight.

Xiao Yang discovered that his Mountain Splitting Fist had contained so many more flaws than he had realized!

As he absorbed these insights, he failed to notice that Minor Accomplishment 9/10 behind Mountain Splitting Fist on the System Panel had changed to Major Accomplishment 0/10.

Just then, the system's voice sounded again.

[Mission: Cultivate Mountain Splitting Fist to the Major Accomplishment realm. Reward: Physique +1, Body Recovery Elixir +1. Completed. Claim reward?]

Xiao Yang ignored it and continued absorbing the insights into Mountain Splitting Fist.

And so, an unknown amount of time passed.

He finally opened his eyes.

Xiao Yang got up and performed another set of Mountain Splitting Fist.

His fist wind was fierce, making even the candle flames in the distance sway.

This time, Xiao Yang took much less time to perform a set of Mountain Splitting Fist.

It was also far smoother.

Unfortunately, without actual combat, Xiao Yang did not know how powerful his Mountain Splitting Fist was.

He planned to find a chance to test it.

After taking off his clothes, Xiao Yang entered the bath barrel again.

Seeing that the System Panel still displayed a completed mission notification, he hurriedly claimed the Mission Reward.

A bottle of Body Recovery Elixir immediately appeared in Xiao Yang's System Space.

Besides that, he clearly felt a warm current suddenly emerge within his body.

This warm current flowed throughout his entire body.

Xiao Yang could distinctly feel that his fleshly body had grown somewhat stronger!

It was more powerful than before!

And the change was extremely obvious.

He left the bath barrel, dried himself, put on his clothes, and walked over to the stone table in the Small Courtyard.

Xiao Yang placed both hands on the stone table and lifted with all his strength.

"Hey—"

The heavy stone table was actually lifted by Xiao Yang.

"Bang!"

After he set down the stone table, a dull sound echoed from the ground.

At this moment, Xiao Yang's face was filled with joy.

His strength had increased greatly!

He had to know that before this, he could at most lift one corner of the stone table.

Who would have thought that he could now lift the entire thing?

This stone table was not light.

It was solid all the way through. Even adults needed four or five people working together to carry it, and even then, it was extremely strenuous.

Yet Xiao Yang could now barely lift it by himself!

Although cultivating Dou Qi would strengthen one's physique,

Xiao Yang had only reached the Seventh Stage Dou Qi after all.

Moreover, he had not yet fully come of age.

Although his strength had increased, it should not have increased to this extent.

Yet after Physique +1, his strength had actually grown so much.

This made Xiao Yang secretly delighted.

It seemed completing more System Missions was indeed the practical choice!

After dealing with the bath barrel, Xiao Yang returned to his room and continued cultivating Dou Qi.