Tenfold Feedback, Second Layer of the Body Forging Realm!

"Cultivate diligently. This Cultivation Method is very painful to practice, so you can prepare a towel to stuff in your mouth beforehand." Lin Ye gave him a well-meant warning, lest Ye Chen be unable to bear it.

"Master, I'm not afraid of pain." Ye Chen was brimming with confidence.

Lin Ye said no more and left.

Ye Chen picked up Pain Dao-Body Forging and began studying it slowly on the spot. His comprehension was not poor, but the Body Refining Cultivation Method he had practiced before was far too ordinary and not very suitable for him. On top of that, his physical aptitude was not very high.

Pain Dao-Body Forging, however, did not demand much aptitude, though it did have certain requirements for comprehension. He soon grasped a little of its profundity and prepared to cultivate it.

He then assumed the posture for cultivating Pain Dao-Body Forging.

But the very next second, endless pain swept over him, and he could not help screaming in agony. "Agh!!!"

Unable to endure it for even a moment, he fell to his knees. Sweat poured from his body, and veins bulged on his face. He had never imagined Pain Dao-Body Forging would be so painful. It was practically inhuman torture.

In the past, he certainly would not have cultivated it, but now his meridians were severed, and Xu Yan was still a threat. What other path did he have?

"I'll cultivate. As long as it doesn't kill me, I'll cultivate like my life depends on it."

Before continuing, though, he obediently returned to his room from the back mountain, found a towel, and stuffed it into his mouth. Only then did he resume cultivating Pain Dao-Body Forging.

"Mmmph..."

Faint, miserable cries slipped through the gaps at the corners of his mouth, but the sounds echoed only within the room.

Yet he lasted only a minute before passing out.

Lin Ye had been keeping an eye on Ye Chen's cultivation. When Ye Chen stopped crying out, he opened the door to his room and placed a finger beneath his nose. Only after confirming that Ye Chen had merely fainted and was not dead did he breathe a sigh of relief. He had finally found a disciple, and he did not want Ye Chen to drop dead.

He left Ye Chen where he was, put down some food, and departed.

Not long afterward, Ye Chen woke up, ravenously hungry. He saw the food and knew his master had left it for him. After eating his fill, he resumed cultivating Pain Dao-Body Forging. This time, he lasted a full two minutes before fainting.

Over the next few days, he persevered in his arduous cultivation again and again, lasting longer each time. Gradually, he could hold out for a quarter of an hour before fainting.

On the seventh day, Ye Chen endured for a full two hours and cultivated Pain Dao-Body Forging straight to the beginner level. His body underwent a qualitative transformation, his strength returned to its former level, and even his body became tougher.

"Pain Dao-Body Forging really can increase my strength. Master didn't lie to me."

Thrilled, Ye Chen continued cultivating Pain Dao-Body Forging with all his might.

"Ding! Congratulations, host. Your first disciple, Ye Chen, has mastered the Hell Devil-Forging Body. You have received tenfold feedback and have been awarded the major accomplishment level of the Hell Devil-Forging Body."

In an instant, Lin Ye's body began to transform. The major accomplishment level of the Hell Devil-Forging Body was terrifying indeed. His previous foundation in body refinement was rapidly shattered and replaced by the Hell Devil-Forging Body, and his physical strength soared.

Twice as strong!

Three times!

Five times!

Ten times!

Lin Ye's body had grown a full ten times stronger, and his body refinement had reached its limit, the Peak of the Ninth Heaven of Body Refining. He was only one step away from the Body Forging Realm.

"What a powerful body! Only those in the Body Forging Realm can become impervious to blades and spears. With my body's current toughness, I should be able to do that too, right?"

Lin Ye was confident in his current strength and even dared to fight an ordinary Body Forging Realm martial artist. But he soon became modest again. The Body Refining Realm was still too weak, and he had only obtained the major accomplishment level of the Hell Devil-Forging Body. He could not even defeat his junior sister, much less those experts beyond the Body Forging Realm.

"I need to get that brat Ye Chen's strength up faster."

He took out the bottle of Blood Extreme Body Refining Pills and retrieved one of them. It was blood-red, with a somewhat eerie color. One look was enough to tell it was no proper pill!

"The pills need disguising too!"

He found some flour, moistened it with a little water, and smeared it over the pill. The coating concealed its red surface and turned it into a white pill.

"Hahaha, that looks normal now. Anyone can see it's a proper pill."

He disguised the rest of the pills the same way, then headed for Ye Chen's residence.

"Master!"

Ye Chen bent at the waist and bowed to Lin Ye.

"My disciple, you've already reached the beginner level of Pain Dao-Body Forging. Very good. But without resources, this Cultivation Method is quite difficult to practice. I'll give you some pills to aid your cultivation. Try to reach the minor accomplishment level of Pain Dao-Body Forging as soon as possible. I promise you this: if you reach the minor accomplishment level, I'll reward you with two Profound-rank martial arts."

The Profound-rank martial arts Lin Ye planned to reward Ye Chen with were naturally the low-grade Profound-rank Blood Escape Technique and the high-grade Profound-rank Blood Demon Finger. He could change their names and descriptions and still pass them off as righteous-path Cultivation Methods.

Ye Chen accepted the pills with both hands, overjoyed. "Thank you, Master."

"All right, go cultivate. I'll be leaving."

After Lin Ye left, Ye Chen returned to his room and opened the pill bottle. He saw the white pills and sniffed them. They smelled a little strange, but he had never taken many pills before. Perhaps high-level pills were simply like that.

He picked up a high-grade Yellow-rank Blood Extreme Body Refining Pill and swallowed it in one gulp. After he bit it apart, the pill flowed into his body like jade nectar, and he immediately began cultivating Pain Dao-Body Forging.

Boom!!!!

Incredibly powerful energy surged into his body, frantically tempering his flesh. The pain grew even more intense, but he gritted his teeth and endured it. Before long, he became immersed in the rapid improvement of his physical condition.

The next day.

Lin Ye was still lying in his courtyard, basking in the sun and eating fruit, when the system notification suddenly sounded.

"Congratulations, host. Your disciple Ye Chen has broken through to the Fourth Layer of the Body Refining Realm. You have received tenfold feedback. Your cultivation has broken through, and you have successfully entered the Second Layer of the Body Forging Realm."

Boom!!!

Lin Ye's physical condition improved rapidly. From the Ninth Layer of the Body Refining Realm, he swiftly shattered his shackles and advanced to the First Layer of the Body Forging Realm, then broke through again to the Second Layer of the Body Forging Realm.

Feeling that his body had grown many times stronger than before, Lin Ye smiled. He took out a sword and struck his own arm with it. A metallic clang rang out, and the shoddy sword snapped in two.

"As expected of the Body Forging Realm, especially one forged using the Hell Devil-Forging Body. My body should be comparable to black iron now."

Elsewhere.

Ye Chen was thrilled as well. With the aid of a single pill, he had broken through from the Third Layer of the Body Refining Realm to the Fourth Layer in one day. Cultivation had actually become so easy.

"With so many pills, perhaps I can break through to the Seventh Layer of the Body Refining Realm in a short time. And it would be a Seventh Layer of the Body Refining Realm forged with a high-grade Profound-rank Body Refining Cultivation Method. By then, Father and the few late-stage body refining martial artists in the Lineage won't come close to matching me."

Ye Chen rested for a while, then resumed his arduous cultivation of Pain Dao-Body Forging. Although the pain was still hard to bear, he longed so much for greater strength that he did not care about the pain.

Before he knew it, another ten or so days had passed.

By then, there was a problem: the sect's grain was nearly exhausted. Someone used to purchase grain, but now there was no one to do the job.

So Lin Ye called Ye Chen over.