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At this rate, if he did not quickly find a way to deal with it, he feared he would be carried out before long.

No, Wen Xu cared about his pride. Never mind finding the jade token—at the very least, he had to last longer than Chen Zui. Back then, Chen Zui had only been at the Qi Refining Stage. There was no reason Wen Xu, already at Foundation Establishment, should perform worse than Chen Zui had.

Since the secret realm was a place of trial, it certainly would not set up an impassable hurdle. Wen Xu raised his head and, without much hesitation, marked his spot before heading east.

He had long heard that the secret realm behind the mountain was vast, and that every disciple entered a separate space. Unless someone's life was in danger, the elders guarding the secret realm generally would not interfere.

Wen Xu walked for a long time. By the time his spiritual energy had fallen by half, he finally reached the end. Good heavens, it was actually a dead end—simple and brutal, with no room for maneuver. He could only choose another path.

Back and forth he went. Wen Xu no longer knew how long he had been walking. The farther he went, the heavier his steps became. Later on, he did not dare use spiritual energy at all, relying only on his body to resist the force hindering his advance. Yet even so, his stamina and mental strength were rapidly draining away.

He quickly realized that the Body Tempering Chen Zui had kept so tight-lipped about was bound to be extraordinarily intense.

For cultivators, Body Tempering had no shortcut and no room for slacking. Some people might be born with powerful physiques, their bloodline strength far surpassing that of ordinary people, but