Body Forging - The Basics

Time ticked away, and less than an hour passed.

Ye Wudao watched as his realm experience points climbed upward, bit by bit.

When the experience points broke through to 1,000, a warm current radiated from his dantian toward his four limbs.

Immediately following this, the muscles in his body began to tremble slightly.

It was not the kind of twitching caused by spasms, but a rhythmic vibration.

"Thump, thump, thump..."

His heart began to beat violently, as if it were trying to leap out of his chest.

The next second, his body began to heat up, and sweat began to seep from his skin, instantly soaking the gauze wrapped around his body.

At the same time, waves of itching sensation came from the damaged areas of his skin.

He could even feel something slowly growing where his bones had fractured.

"Hoo... hoo..."

Because of the intense heat in his body, he began to pant heavily, trying to dissipate the internal heat in this way.

This movement caught the attention of Hu Lianfeng.

Hu Lianfeng had been lying on the bed, but upon hearing the commotion from Ye Wudao, he immediately sat up.

He looked at Ye Wudao and asked in a deep voice, "Disciple, what is wrong? Are you alright!"

He assumed Ye Wudao's injuries had worsened; after all, they had only performed a simple examination back in the Rift World.

If he had truly suffered internal injuries from the fall, the medical equipment in the Rift World might not have been able to detect them.

However, after observing Ye Wudao's state for a moment, he froze.

"You... you have promoted to the Body Forging Realm?"

He was, at the very least, a Houtian Realm martial artist who had experienced the Body Forging Realm himself, so after watching for a short while, he realized Ye Wudao was in the middle of a promotion.

Although Ye Wudao's body was wrapped in gauze, the muscle tremors and the sweating were both signs of the "body tempering" process of the Body Forging Realm.

These muscle tremors were not simple twitches, but the use of high-frequency vibrations to mobilize the skin, flesh, and fascia to achieve resonance.

It was just that he had been practicing martial arts for decades, and this was the first time he had ever seen someone promote to the Body Forging Realm while lying down.

Although the Northern Dark Divine Art did not explicitly state that one must sit to practice, lying down to do so seemed a bit too outrageous.

He also saw Ye Wudao's current predicament: the promotion to the Body Forging Realm was generating a massive amount of heat that could not be expelled.

He moved in two strides, instantly arriving at Ye Wudao's side, grabbed the gauze wrapped around him, and tore it open forcefully.

When he saw the rise and fall of Ye Wudao's chest and felt the vigorous, powerful heartbeat with his hand, he knew that Ye Wudao had truly promoted to the Body Forging Realm.

Hu Lianfeng stood where he was, looking at Ye Wudao, his heart filled with shock.

He had been teaching Ye Wudao the Northern Dark Divine Art for four hours at most, and that included the time Ye Wudao spent comprehending the technique!

In other words, Ye Wudao had gone from a mortal to the Body Forging Realm in a mere three or four hours.

He had never seen such speed before.

Back in the day, it had taken him a full month to promote from the mortal realm to the Body Forging Realm.

And even then, his master had praised his martial arts talent!

If that counted as good talent, then what did Ye Wudao belong to?

A martial arts genius?

It was not as if he had never seen martial arts geniuses; disciples of major families, piled high with resources, could also promote to the Body Forging Realm within a few days.

However, he had never seen any genius who could promote to the Body Forging Realm in three or four hours.

"Could it be... that I really picked up a treasure?"

Hu Lianfeng muttered softly. Watching the redness on Ye Wudao's skin slowly fade, he knew that Ye Wudao's Body Forging promotion had concluded.

Ye Wudao slowly opened his eyes and lifted his left hand to take a look.

The forearm bone of this hand had been broken in the Rift World, and it was the most severe fracture he had sustained.

When he had first returned, he could feel excruciating pain at the fracture site and could not lift it at all.

But now, he could lift his arm, and there was only a slight, dull ache.

He glanced at the torn gauze; the abrasions had already scabbed over.

He looked at Hu Lianfeng standing to the side and asked in a low voice, "Master, are the injuries on my body healed?"

Hu Lianfeng smiled slightly and asked, "Do you know what just happened to you?"

Ye Wudao nodded, "It should be that I promoted to the Body Forging Realm!"

Hu Lianfeng was somewhat surprised; he had not expected Ye Wudao to know about this.

In other words, Ye Wudao was actually aware of his own cultivation progress.

For someone who had just come into contact with martial arts, this was extremely rare.

To know what realm one was in, to know when one was about to break through, and to know whether one had encountered a bottleneck.

He looked at Ye Wudao and said softly, "You did indeed reach the entry level of the Body Forging Realm just now. Your body received a significant strengthening, and it also helped repair your injuries in the process."

Ye Wudao nodded, gently braced his hands against the bed, and slowly sat up.

His body still felt some pain; the scabs had not completely fallen off, and any movement tugged at them.

Furthermore, his fractures had not fully recovered, though he could no longer feel anything in his ribs.

He could still feel distinct pain in his right lower leg bone and his left forearm bone, but it was much better than before.

Hu Lianfeng watched Ye Wudao slowly sit up, pursed his lips, and asked, "Disciple, did you feel anything while you were cultivating?"

Ye Wudao was taken aback. He looked at Hu Lianfeng and shook his head, saying, "I didn't feel anything!"

The corners of Hu Lianfeng's mouth twitched slightly as he muttered, "That's strange. How could you have advanced to the Body Forging Realm in such a short time?"

"This defies common sense!"

Ye Wudao looked at the puzzled Hu Lianfeng and asked, "Master, what kind of feeling are you referring to?"

"I don't understand what you mean by that!"

Hu Lianfeng sat on the bed beside Ye Wudao and said softly, "Do you know how long it takes an ordinary person to cultivate to the Body Forging Realm?"

Ye Wudao shook his head; he truly did not know that.

However, he knew that his own cultivation speed was definitely very fast.

His cultivation process did not require his participation; the technique would operate on its own and cultivate automatically, continuously providing him with realm experience.

To him, it made no difference whether his martial arts talent was good or bad.

He only needed to constantly motivate the technique to improve itself.

Therefore, he would not have any bottlenecks!

Hu Lianfeng shook his head helplessly and continued, "It took me a month to advance from a mortal to the entry level of the Body Forging Realm."

"My master said my martial arts talent was quite good!"

"But compared to you, I feel my martial arts talent is not worth mentioning!"

"That is why I asked if you had any special sensations while cultivating."

"Because my master once told me that there are many strange people and events on Blue Star, and there are also many martial arts geniuses."

"Among them, there is a type of person who possesses a Sacred Martial Body, naturally possessing a special sensitivity to martial arts."

"For them, cultivating martial arts is as simple as eating and drinking water; a little casual practice is enough to surpass what an ordinary person achieves in a lifetime."

"In all my years wandering the world, the most formidable martial arts genius I ever encountered still took three days to advance to the initial stage of the Body Forging Realm."

"And you, you only took a little over three hours!"

"So, I suspect you might be the legendary Sacred Martial Body."

Ye Wudao was stunned. He realized that Hu Lianfeng really loved to overthink things.

However, this was for the best; it saved him a lot of trouble.

As long as everyone imagined him to be a Sacred Martial Body, then no matter how fast he cultivated, it would be taken for granted.

He shook his head and said, "I don't know. I didn't have any special feelings; it just felt quite easy."

"Once I grasped the technique you taught me, it automatically became second nature."

"Moreover, from time to time, a warm current flows through my body, as if it is cultivating automatically."

In order to better solidify his identity as a martial arts genius, he simply rephrased the system's functions and spoke them aloud.