The sun was setting in the west.
The evening sunlight spilled into the courtyard, making the strange flowers and exotic grasses appear even more brilliant and colorful.
Fang Hong stood rooted to the ground, his legs like pillars, his blood and qi surging throughout his body as inner strength churned without end.
His body was covered in dried bloodstains, making him look like a man drenched in blood.
That was all the foul blood expelled from his body during the Blood Replacement just now.
And at this moment, he had successfully broken through to the Organ Refinement Realm!
The Organ Refinement Realm!
The final realm in which martial artists tempered their flesh and refined their blood and qi!
The internal organs had always been incredibly fragile.
Yet after reaching the Organ Refinement Realm and undergoing the tempering of blood, qi, and inner strength, a martial artist's internal organs would become far stronger.
All their corresponding functions would undergo earth-shaking improvement.
Digestion and absorption, breathing and excretion—every function would be thoroughly transformed.
The human body's capabilities would directly reach a peak.
And it was an all-around improvement!
Upon reaching this realm, a martial artist's physical body would attain a certain degree of perfection.
And Fang Hong, with sufficient pills replenishing his energy, had spent merely a single day.
He had gone straight from Bone Refinement Great Accomplishment to the present state of perfected Organ Refinement!
Terrifying beyond belief! Impossible to imagine!
If one wanted to know just how unbelievable it was, they only needed to look at Zhao Tianchen right now.
Zhao Tianchen sat sprawled in his chair, his expression vacant and utterly dazed.
He was completely dumbfounded.
Everything he had known and believed for so many years had been utterly shattered by Fang Hong's performance today.
I'm afraid I've taken a monster as my disciple.
Zhao Tianchen had traveled far and wide, and he had once heard that certain heavenly treasures could cause a person's strength to soar overnight to an astonishing degree.
But those were merely legends!
At least, after all his years roaming the martial world, Zhao Tianchen had never personally witnessed such a thing.
But now, he had no choice but to believe.
Because it was all displayed before his very eyes, incomparably real.
Right beneath his nose.
Fang Hong had begun the morning at Bone Refinement Great Accomplishment. After nothing more than an ordinary day of cultivation, he had directly become a perfected Organ Refinement Realm martial artist.
Take note—this was only through cultivation!
Fang Hong had not consumed any incomparably precious, legendary heavenly treasure!
It gave him the disorienting feeling of seeing a legend materialize before his eyes.
After observing him for the entire day, he had also discovered the pattern behind Fang Hong's cultivation.
For every level of a cultivation method, as long as Fang Hong practiced it a hundred or so times, he would gain an insight and directly break through to the next realm.
What kind of terrifying comprehension was that?!
At any rate, Zhao Tianchen could not understand it at all.
They said that if one read a book a hundred times, its meaning would reveal itself. Was this how the hell you understood that saying?
Practice a hundred times, and directly attain enlightenment?!
By now, Zhao Tianchen no longer felt shock or horror.
All that remained was absurdity! Utter absurdity!
It was so absurd that Zhao Tianchen felt everything was profoundly unreal.
If not for the bruised thigh he had pinched and the unceasing pain reminding him otherwise, he would have thought he was completely dreaming.
Southern Dipper Body Shaping Method: Perfected
After glancing at the information on the panel, Fang Hong let out a breath and slowly withdrew his cultivation.
Only then did he look at Zhao Tianchen.
"Hm?"
"Master, what's wrong with you?"
Fang Hong looked curiously at Zhao Tianchen, whose eyes were dull and whose face seemed utterly devoid of life.
Hearing Fang Hong's voice, Zhao Tianchen's hollow gaze gradually changed, some color returning to his eyes.
"H-Hong'er, tell your master honestly."
"Are you human or ghost?"
Zhao Tianchen looked at Fang Hong with a complicated expression.
Even Fang Hong could not help but laugh. "What do you mean, human or ghost?"
"Master, what exactly is wrong with you? Of course I'm human."
Zhao Tianchen's mouth twitched.
"If you're human, how did you go from Bone Refinement Great Accomplishment to perfected Organ Refinement in one day?!"
Fang Hong raised his brows and chuckled. "What's so strange about that? Isn't that perfectly normal?"
"When the realm is reached, wouldn't a breakthrough naturally follow?"
Upon hearing that, Zhao Tianchen rolled his eyes speechlessly.
"Listen to yourself. Do those sound like human words?"
"What do you mean, when the realm is reached, a breakthrough naturally follows?"
"There's something seriously wrong with that!"
Fang Hong narrowed his eyes slightly, the corners of his lips lifting. "Didn't I already tell you when I became your disciple, Master?"
"So long as there is enough energy replenishment, I will certainly be able to cultivate Senior Brother Wuming's Starry Sky Treasure Art successfully."
"If I cannot even achieve this little breakthrough, how could I fulfill the promise I made to you back then?"
Hearing Fang Hong suddenly bring this up, Zhao Tianchen abruptly came back to his senses.
That was right. The more terrifying Fang Hong's comprehension was, the more monstrous his performance.
Wouldn't that mean his chances of successfully cultivating the Starry Sky Treasure Art were greater?
So what was he even agonizing over?
Zhao Tianchen had simply been stunned speechless by Fang Hong's performance earlier. He had not considered anything else at all.
Now that he had recovered and thought of this, wild joy immediately surged in his heart.
"That's right! You're right, you're right!"
Zhao Tianchen spoke repeatedly, his expression exceedingly excited.
As he spoke, Zhao Tianchen rushed before Fang Hong in a burst of excitement and grabbed his shoulders with both hands.
"Hong'er, what else do you need next... No, your master is being too hasty."
Halfway through speaking, Zhao Tianchen suddenly realized he had lost his composure.
"Sorry, Hong'er. Your master merely thought of what happened to your senior brother back then, so I became somewhat agitated."
"You've cultivated for an entire day today and worked very hard. You should rest properly first."
Zhao Tianchen apologized profusely.
"Master, you worry too much," Fang Hong said understandingly.
If he could continue cultivating, he would have loved nothing more than to do so immediately.
But wasn't he stuck here now?
Cultivating the Starry Sky Treasure Art involved the Way of Formations within the Heavenly Star Array Formation.
He was still completely in the dark about formations, utterly clueless.
Without understanding formations, even if he wanted to cultivate now, he could not.
"I'm not tired. It's simply that I have no concept of formations right now, so even if I want to cultivate, I can't."
"Master, you should teach me formations first."
"Besides, Master, you must have noticed that my cultivation consumes a tremendous amount of energy."
"I've already reached perfected Organ Refinement, so you may need to hurry up with the heavenly treasures related to energy that I asked you to help find earlier."
After pondering for a moment, Fang Hong decided to put some pressure on Zhao Tianchen and urge him along.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Tianchen immediately promised, "Don't worry about that. This old face of mine still carries some weight in the Star River Sect."
"But the path of cultivation requires both tension and relaxation. You've cultivated long enough today, so you should rest properly."
"As for the Way of Formations, I am not particularly skilled in it."
"However, there are many experts in formations within our Myriad Star Lineage. I'll immediately find a formations master to teach you."
Having said that, Zhao Tianchen could not wait another moment. With a flash, he vanished from before Fang Hong.
It could not be helped. Zhao Tianchen could hardly be blamed for being so excited.
Fang Hong's performance had simply exceeded all his expectations.
Based on Fang Hong's talent and physique, he had previously estimated that Fang Hong would need one or two years to reach the Organ Refinement Realm.
Thus, although he had already begun handling Fang Hong's request for heavenly treasures related to energy, he had not considered it particularly urgent.
After all, it would still be a long time before Fang Hong began cultivating the Starry Sky Treasure Art.
The matter of learning the Heavenly Star Array Formation had been the same.
He had originally planned for Fang Hong to cultivate while studying the Way of Formations at the same time.
But who could have expected it?
In merely one day, Fang Hong had reached perfected Organ Refinement.
He had directly accomplished the cultivation goal Zhao Tianchen had set for one or two years.
Naturally, Zhao Tianchen had begun to panic now.
Furthermore, although Fang Hong had spoken with utter confidence before, words alone could not serve as proof.
Even though Zhao Tianchen had been willing to believe Fang Hong with the mindset of treating a dead horse as if it were alive, deep down, he had still harbored some doubts.
He doubted whether Fang Hong could truly cultivate the Starry Sky Treasure Art successfully.
But now, Zhao Tianchen no longer had the slightest doubt in his heart.
His confidence in Fang Hong was terrifyingly strong—so strong it beggared belief!
If even a monster like Fang Hong could not successfully cultivate that Starry Sky Treasure Art, then perhaps no one in this world could.
No matter how much he missed his son, and no matter how unwilling he was to believe it, he would completely give up hope.
He would believe that his son's idea back then had been wrong, that the Starry Sky Treasure Art his son had created was nothing more than a chaotic method born from wild imaginings.
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