The Main City District, Jiang Clan New Residence.
"Whoosh!"
Jiang Chen sat cross-legged on the bed, having cultivated for half the night. He slowly exhaled a mouthful of stale air.
[Cultivation: True Martial Realm · First Level 4%] [Technique: White Ape Mountain-Suppressing Technique · First Three Levels (Not Yet Initiated 90%)]
On the Myriad Dao Chart, both his cultivation and technique had progressed.
His cultivation, however, was as slow as ever, creeping forward at a turtle's pace.
His technique, on the other hand, was advancing rapidly and was on the verge of formal initiation.
"It's time to temper my body."
After getting up and washing, Jiang Chen ate breakfast, soaked an iron whip in medicinal solution, then called over Head Guard Li and the others to begin tempering his skin.
Cultivation was an essential foundation that he had to improve.
But he also had to practice the Divine Phoenix Nirvana Sutra.
It concerned the transformation of his innate constitution. If it proved effective, he would reap endless benefits.
Besides that, he couldn't neglect the Return to Void Technique, the Wind-Thunder Precious Scroll, or Ninefold Strength.
The Martial Exam at the end of the year would involve real combat.
If he wanted to stand out and keep rising, his combat experience from his previous life alone wouldn't be enough to guarantee his safety. He had to combine it with martial combat techniques.
The martial combat techniques of this world were quite wondrous. He couldn't underestimate them.
Smack, smack, smack...
Soon, the sounds of the iron whip lashing and flesh tearing rang through the courtyard again and again.
Nearby, Jiang Sihai and Lin Shuyun watched with their hearts in their throats.
Every time Jiang Chen tempered his body with the iron whip, they worried that he'd be beaten to a