Advancing to the Hundred Refinements Realm (Please Follow, Bookmark, Recommend)

After the meal.

Zhao Meixian asked curiously, "Where did you get this High-Grade Spirit Rice and fifth-rank Ferocious Beast Meat?"

Yang Lie said, "When Beihe Base City fell, I raided the city lord's warehouse!"

"Good raid! Beihe Base City fell this time because Luo Heng, the city lord, betrayed it!"

Zhao Meixian smiled sweetly, then turned serious. "Yang Lie, both the High-Grade Spirit Rice and fifth-rank Ferocious Beast Meat are extremely valuable. Other than me, you'd better not tell anyone else that you have such treasures."

Yang Lie asked in confusion, "I understand why fifth-rank Ferocious Beast Meat is valuable, but why is High-Grade Spirit Rice so precious?"

"Because Konghe Star has not mastered the technology to grow High-Grade Spirit Rice. All High-Grade Spirit Rice is actually imported. The import price is five million per pound, and there are quotas as well."

"High-Grade Spirit Rice is the most cost-effective cultivation resource for Golden Core Realm martial artists and those above them. After all, even Golden Core Realm martial artists can't eat fifth-rank beast meat for every meal."

"High-Grade Spirit Rice can greatly accelerate the cultivation speed of martial artists below the Golden Core Realm. Eating it is equivalent to taking spiritual medicine without any pill toxins."

"Even among the direct descendants of the Four Great Families, only the most favored geniuses with the greatest chance of entering a Super First-Rate University can eat High-Grade Spirit Rice every day."

"If you only had a pound or two of High-Grade Spirit Rice, it would be one thing. But if you have a large amount, others may very well covet it."

Zhao Meixian gave Yang Lie a meaningful look. She was no fool and had vaguely guessed that Yang Lie carried secrets. However, she had no desire to dig too deeply. As long as Yang Lie was not Evil God's Kin, she could accept everything else.

"I understand! Also, I feel that my opportunity to advance to the Hundred Refinements Realm has arrived!"

Yang Lie rose directly and headed toward the manor's Martial Arts Practice Field.

Zhao Meixian followed alongside him.

After arriving at the Martial Arts Practice Field, Yang Lie immediately performed the Flood Dragon Fist. Like a humanoid flood dragon, he continued using its special breathing technique. His blood and qi boiled throughout his body, and his true qi transformed without pause until he broke through in one stroke and advanced to the Hundred Refinements Realm.

Once Yang Lie advanced to the Hundred Refinements Realm, he felt his true qi become purer as it continuously strengthened every part of his body.

Zhao Meixian said with a smile, "Congratulations on advancing to the Hundred Refinements Realm! By the way, would you like to test what level your first realm of the Hundred Refinements Realm, the Skin Refining Stage, has reached?"

Yang Lie asked curiously, "The Skin Refining Stage has levels too?"

"Of course! The first realm of the Hundred Refinements Realm, the Skin Refining Stage, has six levels: unranked, Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Jade. Once you reach Iron Grade, you can choose to break through into the Blood Refining Realm."

"The Hundred Refinements Realm is a realm focused on physical strength, so martial artists who mainly cultivate martial dao will also train in an External Training Martial Art to increase their cultivation speed in the Hundred Refinements Realm."

"Many martial artists planning to pilot mechs or command starships do not care much about the first seven realms of the Hundred Refinements Realm. They devote every resource they have to cultivating the eighth and ninth realms instead."

"Although everyone knows that the Hundred Refinements Realm is extremely important and forms the foundation for one's future martial dao path, apart from geniuses born into the most elite great families, not many can cultivate all nine major realms of the Hundred Refinements Realm to perfection."

"As long as the first realm of the Hundred Refinements Realm, the Skin Refining Stage, reaches Silver Grade, it will not affect your future ability to condense a Martial Dao Golden Core. Below Silver Grade, condensing a Martial Dao Golden Core becomes rather difficult, and it is basically impossible to condense a First Grade Martial Dao Golden Core."

Zhao Meixian explained all kinds of knowledge about the Hundred Refinements Realm in detail. She came from a great family and had advanced to the Hundred Refinements Realm earlier than Yang Lie, so the martial dao knowledge and secrets she possessed far surpassed his.

Yang Lie's eyes lit up. "Then let's test it!"

"Alright!"

Zhao Meixian led Yang Lie into a testing room.

Yang Lie stood inside the testing room when a 5.58-millimeter gun barrel suddenly extended and aimed at him.

"The Iron Grade standard for the Skin Refining Stage is using your physical body to withstand shots from a 5.58-millimeter pistol without activating protective true qi. Which part of your body do you intend to test?"

From behind a glass screen on the other side of the testing room, Zhao Meixian chuckled.

"My left palm!"

Yang Lie possessed the power of a third-rank Blood Clan. Only his heart and head were weak points. Still, he cautiously chose his left palm.

A red light shot out from the testing room and landed on Yang Lie's left palm.

"Starting now!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Bullets struck Yang Lie's left palm one after another. Sparks flew everywhere as the bullets bounced away, unable to harm him in the slightest.

After the shooting ended, Yang Lie's left palm was completely uninjured. Not even a faint white mark remained.

"Congratulations. You have reached Iron Grade. Would you like to continue the test?"

"Continue!"

A 12.7-millimeter heavy rifle barrel suddenly extended from the testing room, and a red light locked onto Yang Lie's left palm.

"The Bronze Grade standard is being able to withstand shots from a 12.7-millimeter heavy rifle without the protection of true qi. Now, begin!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

One 12.7-millimeter heavy rifle bullet after another struck Yang Lie's left hand, once again throwing up sparks. The bullets ricocheted away and likewise failed to injure him in the slightest.

"The Silver Grade standard is resisting fire from a 20-millimeter autocannon. Do you wish to continue?"

As soon as the shooting ended, Zhao Meixian's voice came from above. The shells of a 20-millimeter autocannon were incredibly powerful. Many ordinary Hundred Refinements Realm martial artists could not withstand them even after activating their true qi, much less in a test where true qi was forbidden.

Yang Lie said, "Continue, but this time, only one shot! The target is still my left palm!"

Bang!!

With a thunderous boom, a shell fired from the testing room's autocannon slammed into Yang Lie's left hand, forcibly tearing open a wound.

Yang Lie looked at the wound on his left hand and said slowly, "I'm bleeding!! It seems my current Skin Refining level is between Bronze and Silver Grade!"

A strange light flashed in Zhao Meixian's eyes. "You just advanced to the Hundred Refinements Realm, yet your Skin Refining Stage is already close to Silver Grade. That is already remarkable! Usually, only those who cultivate Heaven Grade External Training Martial Arts or bloodline martial artists with exceptional talents can achieve this! As far as I know, many Heaven and Human Realm martial artists are only at Iron or Bronze Grade in the Skin Refining Stage!"

Yang Lie asked curiously, "What are the Gold Grade and Jade Grade standards?"

Zhao Meixian said, "If you can withstand a 25-millimeter armor-piercing round without injury, you have reached the Gold Grade standard. If you can withstand fire from a 10-millimeter Gauss Rifle, you have reached the Jade Grade standard."

"However, aside from certain exceptionally gifted monsters, under normal circumstances, only geniuses who cultivate Heaven Grade External Training Martial Arts can reach the Gold Grade standard. To reach the Jade Grade standard, one generally needs to cultivate Saint Grade External Training Martial Arts. Of course, some exceptionally gifted monsters can also reach the Jade Grade standard with Heaven Grade External Training Martial Arts."