Late Skin Tempering Realm

After chatting with Uncle Wang for a while longer, he asked about the experiences along the journey.

Lin Fan returned to his thatched hut carrying a bundle of silver, several booklets, and some millet.

"Open the panel."

Lin Fan silently recited.

A pale blue screen instantly unfolded before his eyes. The balance displayed in the left section showed 8 taels of silver remaining. Adding the 32 taels Lin Fan had just received, along with the few taels he had not recharged last time—

Lin Fan now possessed more than forty taels of silver in total.

Lin Fan took out all 32 taels of silver from his home. Silently reciting the command to recharge, the balance on the pale blue screen instantly became 40 taels.

With a balance of 40 taels, if he continued going out to sell prey once every ten days, he could spend four taels of silver a day.

Lin Fan trained for roughly eight hours each day. That meant it would take three days to consume one twenty-four-hour cultivation multiplier.

Over three days, at four taels a day, he could spend twelve taels of silver to activate a 120-fold Cultivation Effect Doubling System effect.

One day of cultivation was equivalent to four months of cultivation for others. Moreover, his Fifth-Grade Bone Aptitude was already around three times faster than the ordinary Lower Three Grades bone aptitudes.

Now, eight hours of training a day was already equivalent to an ordinary person persistently cultivating eight hours a day for an entire year.

Lin Fan took the booklets from his chest and opened the Beast Taming Art first. After activating the cultivation effect multiplier, Lin Fan discovered that his speed in learning the Beast Taming Art seemed to have increased considerably as well.

Could the Cultivation Effect Doubling System also be used to learn techniques and cultivation methods? This discovery delighted Lin Fan greatly. It meant he could save an enormous amount of time in the future.

After roughly three shichen—about six hours—Lin Fan successfully grasped the basics of the Beast Taming Art.

According to the book, once the Beast Taming Art was cultivated to proficiency, one could not only sense animals' emotions and language. Once it reached perfection, one could even communicate with animals and command them to carry out specific tasks.

Lin Fan picked up the Beast Taming Art from the ground and studied it again. At his current cultivation speed, if he stopped cultivating the Azure Cloud Method and focused entirely on the Beast Taming Art, then in about a week, he could have the Golden Rat lead him through the mountains in search of spirit herbs.

Thinking of this, Lin Fan decided to wait until he had mastered the Beast Taming Art before continuing to cultivate the Azure Cloud Method and break through to the Muscle Refinement Realm.

The 120-fold training boost made Lin Fan constantly feel his proficiency in the Beast Taming Art deepening. The originally profound and difficult Beast Taming Art gradually became clear to him.

He still had to continue hunting in the mountains with the hunting team during the day.

Early morning.

After settling his younger sister Lin Ruoruo and feeding the Golden Rat until it was full, Lin Fan picked up his spear once more and followed the hunting team into the mountains.

Several days flashed by in the blink of an eye.

During those days, Lin Fan had not been idle while hunting in the mountains. He caught roughly two wild goats every day.

In seven or eight days, he had already caught more than ten live goats.

The villagers in the hunting team all marveled at Lin Fan's immense strength. A martial arts expert truly was extraordinary—hunting was as easy as turning over one's hand for him.

"Xiao Fan, your hunting speed is incredible. By yourself, you can catch more prey than our entire hunting team put together."

Looking at the goat pen packed full of wild goats Lin Fan had caught, the villagers were all filled with envy.

This many wild goats were already enough for the hunting team to make another trip out to sell them.

After all, keeping them penned up meant feeding them fodder every day. And if they were not cared for properly and lost weight or fell ill, their selling price would drop considerably.

Just as before, although each wild goat sold for five taels of silver, Lin Fan only took three taels for himself.

He gave the rest to the villagers as compensation for helping guard and feed the goats, as well as for the hardship of taking them out to sell.

This way, every time the hunting team went out to sell goats for Lin Fan, they earned more silver than they had previously received from selling the prey caught by their own village.

Lin Fan did not think there was anything improper about it. Once he reached the Bone Tempering Realm, he would soon leave this place anyway. Besides, each of these goats weighed over two hundred jin.

Along the rugged mountain roads, the villagers had to push wheelbarrows for two days to haul them to the town for sale. It truly was hard work.

After agreeing with Uncle Wang that the hunting team would set out for the town again early the next morning to sell this batch of prey,

Lin Fan also instructed Uncle Wang to buy some miscellaneous items and add a few furnishings to the house.

After returning to his house, Lin Fan sat on the bed, opened the panel, and calculated in his heart.

There were still around twenty taels of loose silver remaining on the panel. The Beast Taming Art was nearly cultivated to completion as well. Next, he could recharge and begin cultivating the Azure Cloud Method to charge toward the Muscle Refinement Realm.

As for the Disguise Art,

Lin Fan decided to wait until he reached the Bone Tempering Realm before going out. In any case, he had no reason that absolutely required him to leave now.

A single trip out and back would take three or four days. He still had his younger sister to care for. Although leaving for three or four days would allow him to earn a little more silver, Lin Fan had no intention of going out just to make that extra bit of money.

He would wait until he reached the Bone Tempering Realm before cultivating the Disguise Art. By then, with his realm higher, the difficulty of cultivation would decrease somewhat as well.

After mastering the Disguise Art, he would consider taking his younger sister away from the mountain village to seek new follow-up cultivation methods outside and break through to the Bright Force Realm. Those were matters for the future.

Over the past few days, Lin Fan and the Golden Rat had practiced coordinating and communicating many times. He could now make the Golden Rat understand many simple commands.

Lin Fan's current cultivation was at the Mid Skin Tempering Realm.

Since he still had twenty taels of silver in hand, Lin Fan decided that for the next three days, aside from sleeping, he would cultivate without stopping.

He would strive to step into the Late Skin Tempering Realm or the Muscle Refinement Realm after three days.

That way, when he went into the mountains again to gather medicinal herbs and spirit herbs, he would have much more confidence.

His strength and muscle toughness continuously increased. Lin Fan's skin and flesh had become extraordinarily tough; ordinary blades and swords could no longer injure him.

When Lin Fan ran, he resembled a humanoid war machine charging forward. If he held a spear, he might already be able to collide head-on with a running wild boar.

Lin Fan was very satisfied with his real improvement.

Time always passed swiftly when one was immersed in cultivation. Several days quickly went by.

"Late Skin Tempering Realm."

Feeling the strength of his skin and flesh suddenly rise another level, Lin Fan knew that the next step was to charge toward the Muscle Refinement Realm.

"Open the panel."

The pale blue screen unfolded. There were still a little over eight taels of silver left. Judging by the time, the hunting team should be returning within the next couple of days.

Previously, he had caught two goats every day in the mountains. The goat herds in the mountains beside Small Mountain Village had apparently dwindled somewhat after being frightened. He would have to wait a few days before catching wild goats again.

Lin Fan stopped cultivating.