Breakthrough to the First Level of the Body Tempering Realm!

"Alright, I'll consider it," Chen Huai'an said calmly, without arguing with him.

"Trash, at least you know your place. I don't know what my cousin sees in you, but let me tell you this: in the Qingyun Sect, there's nothing the Zhang Family can't get." Zhang Long was rather surprised by Chen Huai'an's attitude. He looked at him with arrogant disdain.

"Alright, I understand." Chen Huai'an forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart.

Though hearing himself called trash over and over made him very uncomfortable, he had to endure it today.

If he couldn't afford to provoke them, couldn't he at least avoid them?

"Trash. Coward." Seeing Chen Huai'an like this, Zhang Long spat viciously before leaving with his men.

Zhang Long knew that Chen Huai'an had opened thirty meridians, more than he himself had opened. He had come specifically to compete with Chen Huai'an, but he had not expected this guy to be such a coward that he did not even dare fight him.

Watching Zhang Long's departing back, Chen Huai'an clenched his fists tightly before slowly relaxing them.

Just give him a few more days. Once he broke through, he would definitely kill those two arrogant bastards.

Especially Zhang Hu and Zhang Long. He had to kill them as soon as possible, or they would become a serious problem later.

The secret of the Spirit Spring Water could not be exposed.

For the sake of his future development, he had to put a perfect end to the matter of the Spirit Spring Water.

But he needed to plan it carefully.

Otherwise, it would bring even more trouble.

As Chen Huai'an saw it, there was no need to argue with dead men.

After returning to his residence, Chen Huai'an was not discouraged. Instead, his fighting spirit burned fiercely.

He immediately immersed himself in cultivation.

Anger could not solve anything. The best thing he could do was seize the time to increase his strength.

This time, Chen Huai'an cultivated with a ruthless determination.

These people had bullied and humiliated him. One day, he would make them repay it a hundredfold.

Zhang Hu was a disciple who had entered the sect last year. He was already at the second level of the Body Tempering Realm and might soon break through to the third level.

As for him, he had not yet entered the Body Tempering Realm.

Zhang Hu would definitely come looking for trouble next, asking about the spirit spring.

Only if his strength matched Zhang Hu's would he be qualified to speak with him. Otherwise, he could only tuck his tail between his legs whenever he saw him.

Five meridians meant five high-grade Body Tempering Pills. He would be able to break through tonight.

Tomorrow, he would have to accept the sect's assigned servant task.

No matter what task he had to complete tomorrow, having more strength meant having more security.

The weak were bullied wherever they went.

The night passed without incident as Chen Huai'an cultivated painstakingly.

After absorbing one high-grade Body Tempering Pill, he immediately took the second.

After swallowing five Body Tempering Pills, he had opened all thirty-five primary meridians, extraordinary meridians, and collateral channels in his body.

With a thunderous boom, his body shook violently, and the Qingyun Sect's Body-Refining Formula formed a perfect cycle.

"I broke through. I'm finally an immortal cultivator at the first level of the Body Tempering Realm." Feeling the surging power within his body, Chen Huai'an was overcome with emotion.

His breakthrough had truly been hard-won.

With so many cultivation resources, a genius possessing a high-grade spirit root might even have broken through the Body Tempering Realm and reached the Qi Refining Realm.

"Wan Ying, I've already broken through to the first level of the Body Tempering Realm. I wonder what realm you're at now?" Chen Huai'an stopped cultivating and looked toward the inner sect.

She possessed a supreme-grade spirit root, so her cultivation speed would only be faster than his. He had to work even harder.

At the first level of the Body Tempering Realm, the first step was to open the thirty-five primary meridians, extraordinary meridians, and collateral channels within the body. Then, using those thirty-five primary meridians as a foundation, one would spread outward and open the tiny terminal channels throughout the body.

There were as many as three hundred and sixty-five of these terminal channels.

The poorer one's aptitude, the harder it was to open these terminal channels. For some geniuses, certain meridians in their bodies were naturally unobstructed. Even if there were blockages, they could be opened with only a little effort.

Body tempering was merely the first step of cultivation.

Some martial artists in the mortal world also tempered their bodies, focusing on opening the meridians within them, especially the Ren and Du Meridians.

Now that Chen Huai'an had broken through to the first level of the Body Tempering Realm, he was still only a low-ranking servant disciple in the Qingyun Sect. But if he were placed in the martial world of mortals, he would be a top-tier expert.

Chen Huai'an had already opened some terminal channels before. With this breakthrough, he directly reached the peak of the early stage of the first level of the Body Tempering Realm. Once he opened all the terminal channels in his body, he would be able to break through to the second level.

If Chen Huai'an had focused on the thirty-five primary meridians from the very beginning, he would have broken through to the first level of the Body Tempering Realm long ago.

However, Chen Huai'an did not regret it in the slightest. A setback made one wiser, and he had come to understand the survival rules for a low-level immortal cultivator.

The next day, Chen Huai'an and the other newly admitted outer sect servant disciples gathered at the mission hall.

Today was the day they would receive sect assignments.

On the way there, he heard a piece of gossip: if one wanted to be assigned a better task, one had to spend money to avert disaster.

If the steward in charge of assignments accepted one's gift, he would naturally assign an easy and simple task.

Unfortunately, apart from the few servant disciples with influential backgrounds, many of the newly admitted disciples came from poor families. The two low-grade Body Tempering Pills issued upon entering the sect had long been consumed, so where could they find anything valuable to grease the right palms?

"Where there are people, there is strife. Even these lofty immortal cultivators can't escape worldly ways," Chen Huai'an could not help but sigh.

Chen Huai'an was now considering whether he should offer the steward responsible for assignments a little something.

But everything Chen Huai'an could offer now was valuable, and he did not want to be targeted as some wealthy upstart.

As long as these people did not go too far, he would endure it. At worst, he could refrain from cultivating during the day and cultivate at night instead.

As long as he had enough cultivation resources, his cultivation would certainly soar.

Chen Huai'an and the other servant disciples lined up in a long queue, using their identity tokens to receive their assignments.

Soon, it was Chen Huai'an's turn.

When the steward disciple assigning tasks looked at Chen Huai'an, he examined him from head to toe as though they were well acquainted.

"You're Chen Huai'an?"

Chen Huai'an had not expected preferential treatment to begin with, but upon hearing those words, a sense of foreboding rose in his heart. Some petty villain had set his sights on him again.

"Senior Brother, I am Chen Huai'an." Chen Huai'an maintained the utmost respect.

Those who could serve as stewards in the mission hall were all highly cultivated, having reached the late stage of the Body Tempering Realm.

The steward disciple swept his gaze over Chen Huai'an several times, as if he had something to say, yet also as if he were waiting for something. But Chen Huai'an acted as though he were blind, maintaining his respectful posture all the while.

"You have two possible assignments. One is to go to the kitchen and be responsible for fetching water. The other is to go to the kitchen and be responsible for chopping firewood. Which task do you choose?" the steward disciple asked coldly.

"Chopping firewood, fetching water?" Upon hearing that he had to choose one of those two tasks, Chen Huai'an straightened up and frowned.

On Servant Peak, those were the hardest and most exhausting assignments. There was not a moment of rest throughout the day.

Yet now, a genius who had ranked among the top three in the entrance test was being made to start with the lowest-level, most grueling servant tasks.

It was impossible for Chen Huai'an not to feel resentful.

But what could he say? Could he refuse?

What frustrated the steward disciple was that he had hinted at it several times while speaking, but this fellow was like a block of wood, completely ignoring his hints. It made him rather angry.

Why did this guy have no sense at all?