Boom!
Not long after the pill went down, a powerful medicinal force rose within Lin Yi.
Seeing this, Lin Yi wasted no time. He immediately practiced the Sixth-Rank Breathing Technique he had focused on: the Whale Swallowing Breathing Technique.
"Whoosh! Inhale! Whoosh! Inhale..."
On the ground, Lin Yi's breathing flowed without pause, like a giant whale drawing in water. Each breath lasted the time it took an incense stick to burn—long and unhurried.
Under this marvelous breathing technique, the surging medicinal force from the Tiger Tendon Leopard Blood Pill was rapidly absorbed and refined by Lin Yi, turning into a torrent of energy that increased his cultivation.
[Martial Cultivation: Seventh Grade Mid Stage (3%)] [Martial Cultivation: Seventh Grade Mid Stage (4%)] [Martial Cultivation: Seventh Grade Mid Stage (8%)] [Martial Cultivation: Seventh Grade Mid Stage (12%)]
As Lin Yi refined the pill, his cultivation on the Attribute Panel surged at incredible speed. He trained without pause for nearly half an hour.
Finally...
Buzz!
When Lin Yi opened his eyes again, his cultivation on the Attribute Panel had changed dramatically.
[Martial Cultivation: Seventh Grade Mid Stage (28%)]
"28%! That much!"
At the sight of the number, Lin Yi's pupils contracted.
One Tiger Tendon Leopard Blood Pill had raised his cultivation progress from 3% to 28%. Didn't that mean he'd gained a full 25% in a single session?
Wasn't the Tiger Tendon Leopard Blood Pill's effect a little too powerful?
Lin Yi was stunned.
But just a few moments later, he suddenly realized:
"No! Although the Tiger Tendon Leopard Blood Pill is one of the best cultivation pills for Seventh Grade Martial Artists, its effect could never be this strong."
"Just look at Wang Kai. When he advanced from the Seventh Grade Mid Stage to the Late Seventh Rank, he took more than thirty Tiger Tendon Leopard Blood Pills. Other Seventh Grade disciples at the Martial Arts Academy even took more before they finally broke through."
"Based on my current progress, even accounting for how cultivation gets harder to raise at higher levels and the body's resistance to medicine, I should need no more than five Tiger Leopard Qi and Blood Pills to break through to the Late Seventh Rank."
"So the Tiger Tendon Leopard Blood Pill isn't that powerful. It's my Martial Saint Body that's too powerful!"
At this thought, Lin Yi's gaze shifted to the four shining words, "Martial Saint Body," on the Attribute Panel.
The Martial Saint Body was his strongest—and only—Mystic Purple Grade Talent, a supreme, terrifying gift that appeared once in a trillion people!
In the past, Lin Yi had thought it was impressive, but it didn't seem as exaggerated as the Attribute Panel made it out to be. Only after taking the Tiger Tendon Leopard Blood Pill did he realize the truth: it wasn't that the Martial Saint Body was weak; he had been too weak before!
Because he had been weak, he'd never been able to get his hands on good pills or resources. He could only use Qi and Blood Pills.
But Qi and Blood Pills were merely Ninth Grade pills, and among Ninth Grade pills they were the most ordinary. They contained little medicinal energy, and weren't difficult to absorb.
Thus, Qi and Blood Pills were like an ordinary math test with a perfect score of 100. No matter how talented Lin Yi was, the most he could score was 100, while everyone else, even with poorer aptitude, could still score 50.
In that situation, Lin Yi might have been impressive, but at most he was only twice as strong as ordinary people. The Martial Saint Body hardly seemed worthy of the title of a peerless talent found once in a trillion.
The Tiger Tendon Leopard Blood Pill was different. As the most effective of the common cultivation pills for Seventh Grade Martial Artists, it contained an astonishing amount of medicinal energy.
It was like an incredibly difficult Olympiad exam, with a perfect score of 100.
Ordinary people might score only one or two points on such a test.
A genius might manage seven or eight, which would already be remarkable. Yet Lin Yi could still score 100!
In an instant, the gap between Lin Yi and ordinary people had widened from double to dozens, even hundreds, of times!
How terrifying was that?
At the thought, a smile spread across Lin Yi's face:
"Martial Saint Body! Truly worthy of the name! With this talent, the biggest obstacle to breaking through to the Late Seventh Rank—the lack of energy—has already been overcome."
"Now the only question left is how long it'll take me to absorb all five Tiger Tendon Leopard Blood Pills."
"After all, there's a limit to how much medicinal energy the human body can absorb in a day. When Wang Kai absorbed more than thirty of those pills, it took him nearly half a year."
"On average, it took him four or five days to absorb each pill. The other Martial Arts Academy disciples took even longer."
"My aptitude is far beyond Wang Kai's and those disciples', but how long it'll take me to absorb five whole pills is still anyone's guess."
"All I can do is hope I finish within a day!"
Lin Yi thought to himself.
If he could finish absorbing them within a day, he'd break through to the Late Seventh Rank before the Entrance Examination.
With cultivation at the Late Seventh Rank and the Bright Moon Saber Art at Sixth Rank Perfection (75%), Lin Yi would have the combat strength of the Sixth Rank Early Stage in his normal state—not much weaker than Wang Kai.
If he unleashed his full explosive power, he'd be formidable even among those in the Late Sixth Rank. He could probably kill Wang Kai with a single slash.
That would make taking first place in the Entrance Examination much easier.
As his thoughts turned, Lin Yi closed his eyes once more, swallowed another Tiger Tendon Leopard Blood Pill, and circulated the Whale Swallowing Breathing Technique to rapidly absorb its powerful medicinal energy.
And so, time passed swiftly as Lin Yi trained. In the blink of an eye, it was the next day.
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