A smile touched Xiao Jinghong's lips. She stepped forward and picked Xiao Wuge up, chuckling. "You've made quite some progress lately, Wuge."
The moment she touched him, she sensed that he had already attained ninth-rank cultivation. His sinews and bones were far tougher than before, clear proof of how hard he practiced every day.
At her praise, Xiao Wuge beamed. "Second Uncle said my stake training was progressing well. Achieving results in three months means my aptitude is above average."
Xiao Jinghong nodded with a smile and encouraged him. "Listen to your Second Uncle. Once your cultivation base reaches the ninth rank, upper stage, Second Sister will give you a present."
Ninth-rank body tempering aimed to hone the sinews, bones, skin, and flesh. It was slow, painstaking work, with no shortcuts.
Even Heaven Rank stake training required uninterrupted daily practice, with differences measured by a hair's breadth.
After all, the Central Plains Martial Dao placed little emphasis on the physical body. Sufficient strength was enough.
Things became somewhat different from the eighth rank onward, however.
Among internal cultivation methods of the Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow ranks, the difference between each rank was as vast as heaven and earth.
Thus, Xiao Jinghong planned to teach Xiao Wuge a Heaven Rank internal cultivation method.
It was not the Sword Scripture she had learned from Li Wudang, of course, but the Boundless Art she had obtained from a Jianghu guest she had killed earlier.
It was the supreme sect-guarding art of the Profound Heaven Sect, the foremost Daoist sect of the Qianyang Dynasty. It could greatly increase the amount of true essence within the qi sea. In years past, the Profound Heaven Sect's master had used this cultivation technique to dominate the southern Daoist sects, his brilliance unrivaled for a time.
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