Five days passed.
Inside Yi Yang's room.
For the past few days, Yi Yang had maintained the same posture on his prayer mat. His Five-Organ Internal Refining Force repeatedly washed over the fractures in his ribs, and the three broken bones healed faster with each passing day.
Finally, today was the day.
Yi Yang opened his eyes, stood up, and raised both arms overhead, stretching backward like a fully drawn bow.
The feedback from his body was unmistakable. With the help of the Treasure Pills and his cultivation over the past few days, the three bones broken in his earlier battle had finally healed.
That speed was undeniably impressive. His broken bones had mended in just five days, and Yi Yang suspected the Wood-Nurturing Longevity Art had played a part.
As he continued cultivating, this unassuming art had begun revealing some hidden effects.
After loosening his shoulders and neck, Yi Yang summoned his panel and glanced at it. He had not been slacking these past few days.
[Wood-Nurturing Longevity Art · Inner Energy Section, Second Level · Pure and Turbid Return to Origin (59200/250000)]
Over these few days, he had completely refined all six Low-Grade Treasure Pills. Together with the progress accumulated through his daily cultivation, his proficiency had finally surged from just over nine thousand to nearly sixty thousand.
That was certainly rapid progress, but he was still far from the two hundred and fifty thousand needed for completion. Moreover, he had completely exhausted his resources.
After stretching his limbs, Yi Yang sat back down on the prayer mat and unconsciously tapped his knee twice, considering whether it was time to retrieve the things he had hidden earlier.
That stash had been sitting in the cliff crevice for almost ten days.
Leaving it there too long made