Tiger Leopard Bone Refining Technique

The Body Tempering Pill entered Wu Yuan's stomach, and he immediately sensed it beginning to break down!

"Low-grade Body Tempering Pills truly deserved the name of poison pills. Their impurities far exceed those of High-grade Body Tempering Pills." Wu Yuan thought to himself, clearly sensing the vast amount of impurities contained within the pill.

Medicine was poison to some degree.

And Low-grade Body Tempering Pills could even be called "ninety percent poison."

Body Tempering Pills were the most common basic pills refined by Pill Masters. Even some alchemy apprentices could make them. They were auxiliary pills used to help martial artists below the Fourth Grade temper their bodies.

Their ingredients were relatively ordinary, so their price was not overly expensive. Even disciples from ordinary wealthy families could use them.

At the Prefectural Sect Martial Academy, disciples who placed in the top ten of each minor competition would be awarded Body Tempering Pills as rewards.

Of course, the rewards were all "High-grade Body Tempering Pills."

The reason was simple. Such ordinary pills contained many impurities. Taken in moderation, they caused little harm to a martial artist's physique, and the benefits outweighed the drawbacks.

But they could not be taken excessively!

If used too often, the large amount of impurities would accumulate within the body instead, damaging one's life potential.

Mid-grade Body Tempering Pills had far greater side effects. Usually, only martial artists whose strength could no longer advance much would use them.

The Martial Academy strictly forbade disciples from taking Mid-grade Body Tempering Pills to improve their strength.

As for Low-grade Body Tempering Pills? They had their uses too, but they were closer to "poison pills." The harm outweighed the benefit, and eating too many could even kill someone. They were usually failed "waste pills" produced by alchemy apprentices.

"High-grade Body Tempering Pills are indeed good, but they're far too expensive. Fifty taels per pill?" Wu Yuan shook his head slightly.

He had taken one before, and its effects had been excellent.

But if he wanted to buy five hundred of them, it would cost Twenty-five Thousand Taels of Silver!

Looking across all of Li City, how many people could afford that?

"Even if I had that much silver, directly purchasing so many would probably alarm Stellar Tower." Wu Yuan thought to himself.

It was only a prefectural city. A transaction worth tens of thousands of taels of silver was already astonishing.

Though Stellar Tower was renowned for its "neutral reputation," how could Wu Yuan naively hand his fate over to others?

A good reputation? It was merely because the price offered was not high enough!

Moreover, Wu Yuan could not afford to wait. From twelve to eighteen was the golden age of development. Every single day was a period of rapid physical growth; every day delayed was a loss.

Therefore.

Wu Yuan chose the inconspicuous "Low-grade Body Tempering Pills."

"Other Martial Academy disciples, even some powerful martial artists, dare not use Low-grade Body Tempering Pills because they contain too many impurities," Wu Yuan murmured.

"Gulp~"

"Buzz, buzz~" A series of low rumbles came from Wu Yuan's stomach and intestines, as though shells were constantly exploding within.

If a martial arts expert had been present, they would have been shocked to discover that Wu Yuan's muscles, tendons, and bones were all trembling faintly.

This state lasted only about half a minute.

"Puh!" Wu Yuan suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a large mass of black and purple intertwined impurities, which landed on the riverbank.

These were all pill impurities.

"What a pity. I haven't yet reached the stage of Viscera Refining and Marrow Cleansing. Otherwise, these impurities could be expelled through the pores across my limbs and body, and the purity would be even higher." Wu Yuan thought to himself.

If High-grade Body Tempering Pills consisted of ninety-nine percent essence and One Percent impurities,

Then Low-grade Body Tempering Pills contained eighty percent essence and twenty percent impurities. Yet after Wu Yuan controlled his stomach to break them down and purify them, they truly reached a purity of ninety-nine point nine-nine percent!

The impurities were almost nonexistent!

They could truly be taken in large quantities.

"Before, I had never reached Triple Extreme Strength. Even though I could use Internal Vision, I did not dare attempt this lightly." Wu Yuan smiled. He had been unwilling to take risks.

Internal Vision relied on powerful spiritual perception to forcibly control the body's muscles, tendons, and bones. It consumed a great deal of mental energy.

The state of extreme strength, however, meant knowing one's body to the utmost degree and controlling it naturally, without needing to expend much thought at all.

Only the combination of the two gave Wu Yuan the courage to attempt it.

That was still under the condition that Wu Yuan's Strength Training was weak, and he had not even fully refined his tendons and membranes.

If he could complete Viscera Refining and Marrow Cleansing, his control over his body would be even more outrageous!

"Among the Upper Three Grades martial arts experts of the Central Land Continent, and even the legendary Heavenly Ranking Experts, there are probably some who are no weaker than me." Wu Yuan sighed.

But how old were those top martial arts experts when they achieved Wu Yuan's current level?

Wu Yuan estimated that they would be at least twenty or thirty years old. They would have long passed their golden developmental age, and even taking pills would have little effect.

"After my control and purification, even if a single Low-grade Body Tempering Pill cannot compare to legendary Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, once the quantity piles up, it will be no worse." Wu Yuan smiled.

This world had legends of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

He had read many records about them in the Martial Academy's collection of books, and many copies of Heroic Legend sold in bookstores recorded the same things.

Some martial arts experts encountered fortuitous opportunities in their youth. Eating Vermillion Fruit, taking Python Pills, swallowing Extreme North Snow Lotus, and so on would greatly increase their strength, allowing them to become famous far and wide at a young age!

Wu Yuan did not envy them.

Whether Body Tempering Pills, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, or gravity chambers and the like, they were all "external environments." In the end, how far one walked along the martial path depended on oneself!

"Possessing the realm and cultivation experience of a top martial arts expert."

"And happening to be at the most golden age of development?" Wu Yuan stood up, then leaped into the air. His bearing abruptly changed, transforming from that of a youth into that of a fierce tiger. "And I also have the Human Federation's strongest martial arts method, the Optimal Martial Dao Solution."

"More than six hundred Body Tempering Pills are enough for me to cultivate for some time. With an ample supply, it's time to practice the Tiger Leopard Bone Refining Technique."

The Optimal Martial Dao Solution was the general outline of cultivation techniques formed by the Human Federation using cultivation data from tens of billions of humans, and it was constantly being summarized and optimized.

Different cultivation methods were formed for martial artists of different genders, ages, and levels.

Among them, the most famous were the Tiger Leopard Bone Refining Technique and the Dragon Marrow Cleansing Technique!

Of these two great methods, the former was hailed as the "strongest strength-training art," while the latter was called the "strongest viscera-refining art."

"Among the myriad spirits of Blue Star, felines are the finest Hunters. Lions, tigers, and leopards are the kings among felines, and their tendons and bones are the strongest. That is why this technique was named after 'tigers and leopards.'" Wu Yuan thought to himself. "This technique is powerful. Its only problem is that it is extraordinarily difficult to cultivate!"

Even with technological artificial intelligence assistance, many young martial artists suffered severe bodily injuries after attempting to cultivate it.

Thus, this technique was also known as a Forbidden Technique!

As for the Dragon Marrow Cleansing Technique? It was even more miraculous. In Wu Yuan's previous life, how had martial dao grandmasters like them broken through the limits of the human body and gained immense strength of tens of thousands of jin?

It was all thanks to this technique!

The names of Blue Star's living creatures could no longer describe it, so it was named after the mythical creature "dragon," displaying its wonder.

"In my previous life, I only cultivated the Dragon Marrow Cleansing Technique after reaching adulthood. I never cultivated the Tiger Leopard Bone Refining Technique." Wu Yuan sighed inwardly.

This was his regret!

If he could have cultivated both techniques at once, Wu Yuan did not dare imagine what level he might have reached in his previous life. He might even have had hope of becoming the Federation's number one grandmaster.

"In this life, perhaps I can truly charge toward the ultimate limit of the human body and attempt the Hundred Acupoint Spirit Communication Technique!" Desire shone in Wu Yuan's eyes.

This method had only been newly created by the Federation. It was the strongest cultivation method concerning "acupoints" after Strength Training and viscera refining. Yet because too few Martial Dao Grandmasters could cultivate acupoints, there was not enough data to perfectly support the technique. It remained incomplete, and no one had truly mastered it.

Before this technique could be perfected, Wu Yuan had transmigrated and descended into this world.

"Whether the Dragon Marrow Cleansing Technique or the Hundred Acupoint Spirit Communication Technique, which I have never attempted, both are still too far away for me." Wu Yuan thought to himself. "Right now, what I need to do is use the Tiger Leopard Bone Refining Technique to truly reach the ultimate limit of Strength Training and lay the strongest foundation of tendons and bones."

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Wu Yuan swiftly adjusted his posture. Sometimes his legs shifted back and forth, sometimes both arms supported him against the ground, and sometimes he sprang like a fish.

It resembled the practice of some sort of fist technique, yet also seemed like legwork. But if one observed for longer, one would realize it was neither.

Many of the postures were bizarre and peculiar. One careless move could sprain tendons or injure bones. They were completely different from ordinary strength-training methods such as running, practicing punches, squats, and frog jumps. Only those with extremely high control over their tendons and bones could perform them.

"Breathe deeply. Control the flow of blood." Wu Yuan continued to ponder.

Even with his control over his body, he found it difficult.

When he learned of this technique in his previous life, he was already an adult, and his Strength Training had long been complete and perfected. Though he practiced it as well, its effects had not been obvious, so he had not paid it much attention.

Now that he was practicing it again, he gained a deeper understanding of its effects.

"Use special movements to mobilize the limbs and every part of the body, with the great spine in the back as the core. Ultimately, flesh, tendons, membranes, and bones throughout the body will be linked as one, perfect and unified." As Wu Yuan moved, he felt as though every bone in his body had begun to tingle.

All two hundred and six bones in the human body were colliding with one another!

It felt very comfortable.

"This will work even better." Wu Yuan continuously made minute adjustments.

The movements were the skin, the muscles, tendons, and bones were the inner substance, while the rhythm of breathing and the flow of blood were lubricants. Everything steadily advanced toward the most perfect state.

As he cultivated, Wu Yuan also began to clearly feel that his body's tendons and bones were growing at an astonishing rate.

The rate of growth was more than ten times what it had been before.

At the same time, the effects of the several Body Tempering Pills he had previously swallowed were rapidly being consumed and continuously converted into energy needed by his body.

"Ordinary people have a very low conversion rate for the energy in food. Ordinary martial artists are stronger, while I am dozens of times stronger than ordinary martial artists!" Wu Yuan felt his muscles, tendons, and bones greedily absorbing every bit of power contained in the pills.

Time passed.

Before long, Wu Yuan swallowed several more "Low-grade Body Tempering Pills" and continued cultivating, repeating the cycle over and over.

A full two hours passed, and the eastern sky gradually brightened.

"Whew!"

Wu Yuan leaped lightly. Feeling refreshed and filled with strength, his eyes lit up. "Not bad. My strength has increased by at least several hundred jin!"

This was pure physical strength.

One had to know that after cultivating for over a month, Wu Yuan's physical strength had only risen from two thousand five hundred jin to around three thousand eight hundred jin.

"However."

"This kind of cultivation is exhausting too!"

His mind was exhausted, and so was his body.

The human body was not a machine. Only by balancing exertion and rest could one endure for long; blindly squeezing oneself dry would only cause the body to collapse.

"I'll cultivate once every two days. The first session alone used fifteen Body Tempering Pills, and the further I go, the more I'll consume." Wu Yuan shook his head slightly.

It seemed that those six hundred-plus Body Tempering Pills would be used up before long.

One had to know that Wu Yuan was only using Low-grade Body Tempering Pills. If he used High-grade ones? Even a great family could not afford to supply them.

The birth of any martial arts expert required immense financial support behind it!

"Home!"

Wu Yuan quickly gathered the pill impurities on the ground and carefully discarded them along the riverbank. Only after seeing the river water wash them clean with his own eyes did he return home.

Days passed one after another. Wu Yuan trained his strength normally during the day and comprehended Martial Arts Technique, while at night, he crazily cultivated the Tiger Leopard Bone Refining Technique.

His physical qualities continued to rise at a terrifying pace.

In the blink of an eye, the day of the Martial Academy Grand Competition arrived.

PS: I changed the posting schedule and am starting my charge for the new book rankings. You can vote monthly tickets now, brothers—if you have recommendation tickets or monthly tickets, send them in!