Liu Yu was not surprised by this, and his hands never paused.
Before long, all the peel had come off, dissolving into pure spiritual energy and leaving nothing behind.
As the peel fell away, the Golden-Scale Fruit's gleaming golden flesh came into view, giving off a distinctive fragrance.
One whiff of that fragrance seemed to make his body feel much lighter, as though he had grown several years younger.
Gulp.
To keep its medicinal potency from dissipating, Liu Yu swallowed the tangerine-sized Golden-Scale Fruit in one mouthful without hesitation.
He did not chew, swallowing it straight into his stomach.
Once the flesh reached his stomach, threads of medicinal power immediately began taking effect, much like a pill.
Without any deliberate refining, a warm, gentle current began emanating from the gleaming golden flesh.
The current was like warm water, its essence exceptionally potent yet far from violent.
It could cleanse the meridians and marrow, rejuvenate the flesh, and slow the aging of the body.
As the warm current emerged, Liu Yu clearly felt the qi and blood within him instantly become much more active.
Stimulated by that current, they grew more concentrated and pure, improving little by little.
It truly has the extraordinary effects described in the records.
Excellent.
Feeling the Golden-Scale Fruit's immediate effects, Liu Yu felt a flicker of delight.
Then he focused his mind and began circulating the Astral True Form technique, steadily refining the Golden-Scale Fruit.
As he actively refined it, the tangerine-sized Golden-Scale Fruit gradually shrank, releasing copious amounts of the warm current.
Liu Yu guided that current throughout his body along the pathways prescribed by the technique, completing full circulations and tempering every limb and bone.
He neglected neither a single acupoint nor an inch of flesh.
Under the warm current's tempering, his already resilient