After breaking through to the Muscle Refining Realm, Chen Yue continued practicing the Mountain-Crushing Art. His daily progress, which had been around 10 points a day back in the Skin Refining Realm, suddenly dropped to only about 3.
The higher the realm, the harder each point of progress became.
Three points a day seemed slow, but with steady effort, it would be enough to break through to the Bone Forging Realm within a year. In fact, that pace was already far faster than that of most martial artists at the same realm.
If he could push the Mountain-Crushing Art to the Limit-Breaking Realm, his cultivation efficiency would increase again. His daily progress might return to around 5 points, which would shorten the time needed to break through to the Bone Forging Realm even further.
In other words, if he gained 5 points of progress a day after breaking the Mountain-Crushing Art's limits, he would theoretically need only about 200 days to reach completion and attempt to break through to the Bone Forging Realm.
"Less than a year—perhaps even just over half a year—and I might have a chance to glimpse the Bone Forging Realm." Chen Yue's eyes lit with a smile at the calculation.
In Hepu County, anyone who reached the Bone Forging Realm was a true expert, qualified to open a martial arts school and take students! If he could enter this realm, he would finally have the strength to protect his family, and threats from the likes of the Sea Shark Gang would be greatly diminished.
Chen Yue returned to his courtyard with the three newly purchased doses of Blood-Qi Medicine. He lit the little clay stove, took out one dose, and carefully boiled it, strictly following the recipe's instructions for the method and heat.
An hour later,