Body Sect, volcanic secret ground.
"Teacher Muye, has Xu Yue been training in a place like this for the past month?"
Mu Xi and Xu Xiaoyan stared at the hellish scene before them, their rosy lips falling open in shock.
When they saw their beloved standing at the center of that inferno, their beautiful eyes reddened almost instantly beyond control.
Training in a place like this... how much pain would that take?
At that thought, glittering tears began to shimmer incessantly in the corners of their eyes.
"Uh... well..." Muye scratched his head. He wanted to say something, yet had no idea how to begin.
He had spent most of his life with mechas as companions. The person he interacted with most regularly was Zhen Hua, and he had never really known how to get along with women.
Thus, faced with the two girls' tearful expressions, he truly had no idea how to handle the situation.
Only after a moment did Muye manage to organize his thoughts and speak.
"Little Xi, Xiaoyan, you two girls can rest easy. Xu Yue is the most talented person I've ever seen in my life—bar none!"
"Besides, this trial of his is nearly over."
As he spoke, his gaze turned toward Xu Yue at the crater, his eyes filled with nothing but amazement and appreciation.
Twenty-seven days to complete the first step of the innate secret method, body infusion.
And he had even used only the most basic medicinal materials.
This progress far surpassed Muye's expectations.
Even his eldest disciple, Ruheng, had required an enormous amount of time and resources to complete body infusion.
Within the lava lake.
Xu Yue sat cross-legged on the scorching ground, wearing nothing but a pair of specially made close-fitting shorts.
The skin all over his body was