First Meal

This was also why trainee martial artists needed strong physiques. At the beginning of cultivation, if they wanted to condense a true qi seed, they could only generate a sense of qi by squeezing out their vitality and blood and taking Qi-Concentrating Pills, then gather it in their dantian.

Before his transmigration, Chen Wu had become so skinny and frail precisely because he had been unwilling to temper his body, leaving his vitality and blood somewhat depleted.

However, that had now changed.

With the Holy Demon Embryo's support, endless heaven-and-earth essence qi replaced vitality and blood as Chen Wu drew it into his body. Like trickling streams, it gathered from every part of his body toward his qi sea, transforming into a breath of true essence.

Chen Wu continued refining the heaven-and-earth essence qi, feeling incomparably smooth in his breathing as sensations of qi constantly arose within him.

Before long, he had condensed his true essence.

After condensing his true essence, Chen Wu continued absorbing the spiritual qi of heaven and earth to cultivate, advancing triumphantly all the way.

That breath of true essence within him began to rise under the ceaseless tempering of qi.

After spending more than an hour, he consecutively broke through to the first and second levels of the Essence Tempering Realm.

However, that was as far as he could go. Chen Wu chose to stop cultivating.

It was not that he lacked true qi, but that his current physical condition could only support him up to the second level.

Although he had awakened the Holy Demon Embryo, this body's foundation was still far too weak.

After all, the four years wasted by the previous owner of this body could not compare to those classmates who trained day and night, tempered their bodies, and consumed medicinal meals.

However, the Holy Demon Embryo would automatically absorb heaven-and-earth essence qi to nourish his body, allowing it to improve continuously.

Chen Wu walked into the bathroom and looked at himself in the mirror. His complexion was rosy and he looked radiant—the signs of an abundant source seed and full vitality and blood.

He checked the time. Hmm, it was time for dinner.

Chen Wu left the bathroom and went to the kitchen.

Even before his transmigration, Chen Wu had loved eating. His motto in life was, "Only good food must never be betrayed."

The path of cultivation was one where haste made waste. Balancing work and rest was the proper remedy.

He opened the double-door refrigerator at home and took a palm-sized piece of meat from the bottom freezer compartment.

This was first-grade ferocious beast Mane Ox meat that Chen Wu's older sister had prepared for him before she left.

This ferocious beast was famous for its plentiful meat and rich muscle fibers. It contained three times the nutrition of ordinary beef and was most suitable for students newly entering the martial path.

While on the subject, Chen Wu's older sister, who was not related to him by blood, had inherited their mother's legacy and entered the police academy as a martial arts prodigy.

After graduating from university, she became a police officer and worked her way up to precinct captain, achieving the rank of a seventh-grade martial artist.

She was currently away on a mission and was said to be unable to return for another three days.

During missions, phones could not be switched on.

If anyone wanted to contact her about something, they could only call and leave a message.

Once the mission was over, she would naturally call back.

After looking up how to cook Mane Ox meat online,

Chen Wu first rinsed the meat in warm water, then put it into a pressure cooker to boil.

Once it was cooked, he took it out of the pot and stir-fried it with washed and chopped garlic scapes. Thus, a dish of stir-fried garlic scapes with meat was complete.

Afterward, Chen Wu made another vegetable dish, beat up a bowl of seaweed egg-drop soup, and began eating it with steamed rice.

After dinner, he washed the bowls and dishes and cleared the table.

Chen Wu looked at his phone for a little while, then went to bed.

As Chen Wu slept, the Holy Demon Embryo continued to work. The Dual Qi Flow and the True-Absorbing Divine Formula continuously absorbed the qi of heaven and earth, nourishing his fleshly body.

The night passed without incident. Early the next morning, Chen Wu got up and felt refreshed and invigorated.

He stretched, and his bones crackled like fried soybeans.

"After a night of nourishment, it's just right to practice and see how much I've progressed."

"Morning is the key to the day." Chen Wu immediately sat cross-legged and refined the essence of heaven and earth that his body had absorbed.

Countless currents of qi emerged from every part of his body. Under his guidance, they transformed into several trickling streams and converged toward his qi sea.

In the blink of an eye, he reached the third level of the Essence Tempering Realm.

After reaching the third level, Chen Wu did not stop. Feeling that he still had strength to spare, he chose to press on in one burst and continue tempering himself.

After a night of nourishment by heaven-and-earth spiritual qi, Chen Wu was already able to look within himself.

He saw a cluster of dazzling true essence circulating endlessly above his chaotic qi sea, constantly absorbing the spiritual essence flowing in from every part of his body and growing ever more radiant.

Within only a few breaths, the tempering of his true essence reached its critical point. It suddenly contracted, becoming a point of light.

Chen Wu knew that the crucial moment had arrived, so he fully unleashed his innate martial art to consolidate his foundation.

Dual Qi Flow · True-Absorbing Divine Formula

Under its enhancement, the originally tranquil heaven-and-earth essence qi rushed into Chen Wu's body in a mad scramble.

Above the qi sea, where chaos had yet to be divided, that point of pure true essence constantly absorbed the essence qi entering his body, strengthening itself.

Only after it returned to its original size did Chen Wu begin to feel soreness and pain emerge throughout his body. Knowing this was a sign that his fleshly body had reached its limit, he immediately stopped absorbing any more.

Looking at the true essence above his qi sea, now more dazzling than before, Chen Wu could not help but marvel at the power of the Holy Demon Embryo.

If he told others that he had completed the fourth level of Essence Tempering in less than a day,

they would probably take him for a madman and send him to a mental hospital.

While cultivating, Chen Wu, bolstered by his three souls, clearly sensed that the essence qi required for the fourth level of Essence Tempering was almost twice the combined total of the first three levels.

No wonder nearly half of all martial arts examinees were stopped at this threshold.

By that calculation, the fifth level would require at least twice the combined total of the first four levels.

Under such conditions, anyone who could complete the fifth level of Essence Tempering before entering university was a talent chosen one in a hundred. No wonder the top martial arts universities admitted this group of people.

Talent truly was the most mysterious thing in the world.

Two poor students could have a top student for a child.

Two top students could have a poor student for a child.

Most people still chose to use their limited talent to accomplish limitless things.

The fourth level of Essence Tempering was the limit his current body could bear.

If Chen Wu wanted to advance further, he would have to wait until his fleshly body improved further under the nourishment of heaven-and-earth essence qi.

Of course, Chen Wu could not remain idle during this time. He intended to use it to practice martial techniques.

Powerful internal cultivation alone was not enough; he also needed means of killing and combat.

In the first year of high school, the state would uniformly provide students with three sets of martial techniques free of charge.

They were Primordial Palm, Eight Extremes Fist, and Trace-Hiding Step.

Among them, the palm and fist techniques were martial techniques that could temper the body, cultivate vitality and blood, and serve multiple purposes in combat.

The last one was a movement technique, used to increase one's chances of survival in secret realms.

Martial arts examinees would usually choose one of the first two as their main discipline and the other as a supplementary discipline. The movement technique, meanwhile, served as a means to fight enemies and preserve one's life.

As a martial artist's fundamental means of fending off enemies, the limbs were something Chen Wu did not intend to neglect in terms of fist and footwork, even if he planned to use weapons in the future.

With that in mind, Chen Wu put on his shoes and decided to go out.

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