Old Man of the Imperial Ancestral Temple Discussed Prodigies Over Wine; An Le Rose to Eighteenth on the Minor Saint Ranking

Spring mud, blessed by rain, was slicker than a mirror; dawn trees, draped in clouds, were pale as a painting.

An Le sat beneath the entrance just like that. Spring rain came with the breeze, and a few droplets suddenly leaped onto his face, only to be evaporated by the roiling Qi and blood circulating beneath his skin, turning into misty vapor like clouds.

Several days of secluded, arduous cultivation, the high-intensity mobilization and circulation of his essence, Qi, and spirit, and the ceaseless practice of the Ancient Demon Five Animals had finally borne fruit today.

Spiritual energy set the spring rain swaying. Wind and waves abruptly rose within the small courtyard, rustling the leaves of the Old Scholar Tree.

An Le closed his eyes and sank his mind into his dantian.

His dantian was like a furnace. Qi and blood birthed flames, burning and forging, and a Qi and Blood Inner Core could faintly be seen taking shape within it, suspended in the air and spinning round and round!

Opening Qi and Blood, Casting Spirit Bone, Condensing Inner Elixir... these were the first three realms of the Body Forging Martial Dao.

His Spirit Refinement had entered the Transcending Worldliness realm several days ago. Madam Hua believed that the Five-Animal Body Tempering Technique had held An Le back, so she had sent him to observe the stones at the Martial Temple, where he could witness the various Martial Champions demonstrate the new Martial Scripture.

Yet after obtaining the Martial Scripture, An Le had been tempered by the Azure Mountain Sword Qi and the Qi and blood of the Martial Champion Stone. Still, he had not immediately condensed an inner core. At first, An Le had felt somewhat disappointed.

Now, however, he was much calmer. The more one forcibly sought certain