Time flew like a white colt flashing past a crack.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten days had passed.
The river flowed as the plains stretched wide; the moon surged with the great river's current.
As they drew ever closer to the Star River Sect's territory, the river grew broader, and the current gentler.
At the same time, the scenery along both banks gradually became more prosperous.
The wilderness and mountain forests, once devoid of any human trace, gradually gave way to more and more villages and towns.
The boats traveling back and forth upon the river also grew increasingly numerous.
At this moment, Fang Hong sat cross-legged at the bow.
His expression was somewhat strange as he looked at the secret manual he had written himself.
The manual was not thick, consisting of only a dozen or so pages.
On the cover page at the very top, several large characters had been written in a rather modern style.
"Body Refinement - Muscle Chapter."
Following this world's sequence of cultivation realms, after more than ten days of deep contemplation and wildly imaginative ideas,
Fang Hong had finally created a cultivation method that could be recorded by his Golden Finger panel.
As for the Body Refinement - Muscle Chapter, Fang Hong had actually wanted to call it the Muscle True Scripture.
But that name was simply too embarrassing.
In the end, Fang Hong decided it was better to keep a low profile.
Well, his Muscle True Scripture combined the scientific training methods of his previous life with the qi-and-blood and internal-force tempering methods of this world.
The human body's muscles were primarily composed of muscle tissue.
Muscle cells were long and slender, shaped like fibers, so they were usually called muscle fibers.
The muscles throughout the human body consisted of roughly six billion muscle fibers.
Fang Hong's ambitions were immense. From the very beginning, he had directly started with muscle fibers when creating his cultivation method.
Unfortunately, perhaps because this version of the cultivation method was too heaven-defying, the Golden Finger simply refused to acknowledge or record it.
Ridiculous!
Fang Hong felt that the problem was not with the contents of his cultivation method, but rather that it was too far ahead of its time.
After all, his current strength was too weak. He could not even sense the existence of muscle fibers.
So Fang Hong took a step back and instead began with the more distinct muscle groups visible to the naked eye.
And specifically, he focused on skeletal muscles.
Because structurally and functionally, muscles could be divided into skeletal muscles, smooth muscles, and cardiac muscles.
The latter two were entirely distributed within the body and were not all connected to the skeleton.
Therefore, they were extremely difficult to train.
Skeletal muscles, whose two ends were attached to bones, were comparatively easier to train.
There were approximately 639 skeletal muscles in the human body.
The focus of the Muscle True Scripture Fang Hong had currently created was to temper these 639 skeletal muscles.
Once all of them had been fully tempered and strengthened, Fang Hong's strength would surge to a terrifying level.
Combined with the explosive force of internal strength, as well as strength techniques and the like,
His true combat power would likewise rise to an unimaginable height.
And the fact that the Golden Finger panel had recorded this cultivation method proved that Fang Hong's ideas were correct.
Once the Golden Finger recorded a cultivation method, it meant that he could begin cultivating the method he had created himself.
Yet Fang Hong was very hesitant at this moment.
Because his Muscle True Scripture was rather grand in scope, and once successfully cultivated, it would greatly increase his strength.
And that also meant that advancing through its cultivation realms would require an enormous amount of energy.
He was uncertain whether the precious medicines he had accumulated, along with the Water Origin Spirit Liquid, would be enough to support it.
If possible, he still wanted to save the spirit liquid until after joining the Star River Sect.
But as he looked at the first cultivation method he had successfully created,
His heart itched unbearably.
This was a cultivation method he had created himself. How could he not cultivate it and test its effects?
The Golden Finger had already recorded it.
That showed that his cultivation method was theoretically viable and without problems.
There should not be any problems with cultivating it.
After thinking it over, Fang Hong hesitated for a moment before finally making his decision.
Cultivate!
He had to cultivate it!
This was the first cultivation method he had ever created.
If he did not try it immediately, the itch in his heart would be unbearable.
Even if it meant consuming a relatively large amount of Water Origin Spirit Liquid.
Even if he used it all up, it did not matter.
Whether he used it early or late, he would still be using it.
In any case, it would all be transformed into an increase in his strength.
As for what he would do if he needed energy for cultivation after joining the Star River Sect, he would think of a way when the time came.
There was another point as well.
He had already more or less reached the Star River Sect's territory, though he had not yet arrived at the sect itself.
If his strength increased greatly now, it should still be of some help when he joined the Star River Sect later.
Therefore, cultivate!
With that thought, Fang Hong did not hesitate any longer.
He immediately had the boatman dock at a nearby stretch of shore.
Because of the Golden Finger's effects, he would not need much time to cultivate.
It would not be too late to continue onward after he finished cultivating.
After going ashore, the boatman rested by the river while Fang Hong found a place to begin cultivating.
Body Refinement - Muscle Chapter: Beginner (1/100) ... Body Refinement - Muscle Chapter: Beginner (99/100)
At the instant his cultivation realm broke through, more than half of Fang Hong's formidable qi and blood was directly drained away.
His face instantly turned incomparably pale, and his aura weakened to the extreme.
Yet the muscles all over his body swelled wildly like balloons being inflated.
Weak and ravenous to the extreme, Fang Hong immediately took out a small porcelain bottle containing Water Origin Spirit Liquid and gulped down half of it.
The half-bottle of Water Origin Spirit Liquid, upon entering Fang Hong's stomach, rapidly transformed into streams of vast yet gentle energy that flooded into the muscles throughout his body.
A moment later, after recovering a little of his qi and blood, Fang Hong, whose face was still somewhat pale, began cultivating again.
Body Refinement - Muscle Chapter: Minor Accomplishment (2/100) ...
Later, when the Muscle Chapter broke through from Minor Accomplishment to Major Accomplishment, it directly consumed two bottles of Fang Hong's Water Origin Spirit Liquid.
Body Refinement - Muscle Chapter: Major Accomplishment (99/100)
When Fang Hong finished his final round of cultivation and his cultivation realm advanced to the Perfected realm,
The muscles throughout Fang Hong's body directly swelled to their limit.
At this moment, Fang Hong looked entirely like a huge ball of flesh.
And a giant ball of muscle at that.
The muscles across his body twisted and expanded to the extreme, forming protrusions like lumps of flesh.
Yet his consciousness had already completely sunk into that pitch-black space of awareness.
He cultivated madly, tireless and unaware of time's passing, frantically tempering all 639 skeletal muscles throughout his body.
Only after an unknown amount of time had passed did his consciousness suddenly awaken.
The instant he regained consciousness,
Fang Hong had no time for any thoughts at all.
He directly forced two small porcelain bottles filled with Water Origin Spirit Liquid into his mouth.
The next moment, the Water Origin Spirit Liquid swallowed into his stomach directly transformed into a vast tide of energy, splitting apart and flowing throughout his entire body.
Immediately afterward, Fang Hong's body, like a giant ball of flesh covered in countless muscular lumps, began to contract and expand without end.
Wuuu!!!
A sharp, piercing, ear-splitting sound gradually rose.
Streams of hot vapor frantically sprayed from every pore across Fang Hong's body.
Like boiling steam.
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