Battle Through the Heavens: Inward Cultivation, Crying Xiao Yan

However, it hasn't become transparent yet.

This indicates that the medicinal effects of the elixir were not completely used up.

He can use it again later.

This surprised Xiao Yang.

After carefully hiding the bathtub and the water inside in his room, Xiao Yang planned to have a meal before returning to his meditation practice.

……

Let's rewind a few hours.

After parting ways with Xiao Yang, Xiao Yan went to the back mountain to begin his cultivation.

Since his talent disappeared, he has often come here.

He went to a rock, sat down cross-legged, and began to absorb the surrounding energy as usual, transforming it into his own fighting spirit.

However, soon, a look of disappointment appeared on Xiao Yan's face.

Just like before, the fighting spirit he had transformed mysteriously disappeared again when he was about to store it away!

"Damn it!"

Xiao Yan clenched his fists and rested them on the stone beneath him.

Why is it happening again?!

The wound on my hand, which had stopped bleeding, started bleeding again.

Looking at the bloodstains dripping onto the stone, Xiao Yan gritted his teeth.

"I don't want to suffer this humiliation again!"

After saying that, he prepared to continue his cultivation.

Just then, a voice rang out.

"Hehe, little guy, it looks like you need some help!"

……

After finishing his meal at the Xiao family canteen, Xiao Yang suddenly wondered, since obtaining medicinal herbs for bathing could earn him a reward, could obtaining monster meat do the same?

With that in mind, he immediately started trying it out.

Soon, Xiao Yang successfully created a mission.

[Quest: Obtain 100 jin of Tier 1 magical beast meat. Reward: A specially processed Tier 1 magical beast blood essence.]

Upon seeing the mission reward, Xiao Yang immediately smiled.

He ran straight to the back kitchen.

Soon, he bought 100 catties of first-grade monster meat from the person in charge of the kitchen.

Monster meat is far less expensive than magic cores.

However, it's not cheap either.

As for meat, even the cheapest Tier 1 Rock Pork costs one gold coin per pound.

A gold coin isn't cheap.

Keep in mind that twenty gold coins are enough to feed an ordinary family for a year.

This is enough to show how expensive monster meat is.

Even if this monster meat is only of the first grade, it is still quite expensive.

However, compared to the meat of ordinary livestock, there are indeed benefits to consuming monster meat over a long period of time.

Most Tier 1 monsters do not have magic cores.

Therefore, the energy in the body will be dispersed to various parts of the body after death.

If you eat enough monster meat, your physique will become stronger.

After paying, Xiao Yang carried a large piece of pork straight to his courtyard.

The moment he received the rock pork, the system's familiar voice echoed in his mind.

[Quest: Obtain 100 jin of Tier 1 magical beast meat. Reward: A specially processed Tier 1 magical beast essence blood. Completed. Claim reward?]

Back in the courtyard, he immediately threw the rock-crusted pork onto the table.

"System, claim your reward!"

Xiao Yang said somewhat impatiently.

The next moment, information about the magical beast's blood essence appeared in his mind.

At the same time, a portion of monster blood essence also appeared in the system space.

After reviewing the information in his mind, a hint of joy flashed across Xiao Yang's face.

This first-tier magical beast blood essence is made from the entire magical beast through a special process.

All the fighting spirit contained in this first-tier magical beast has been well preserved in this magical beast blood essence.

Normally, only fighters can take it directly.

However, due to special processing, this first-tier magical beast blood essence can be used in small quantities even at the Battle Aura stage.

Xiao Yang took out the beast's essence blood from the system space and examined it.

Inside a specially made glass bottle was some deep red essence blood.

According to the system information, before cultivating battle qi, one can pour out a little bit of magical beast essence blood and smear it on their body.

This bottle of monster blood should be enough for me to use about five times.

However, even if Xiao Yang can use it now.

However, in order to protect his delicate meridians, he could only use it once every three days.

He didn't use it immediately, but instead stored it in the system space.

He planned to use it during his evening meditation session.

It's only afternoon now, and Xiao Yang can practice the Mountain-Opening Fist a hundred more times.

[Task: Practice the Mountain-Opening Fist 100 times. Reward: Mountain-Opening Fist Proficiency +1.]

After setting up the mission, Xiao Yang immediately began practicing the Mountain-Opening Fist.

……

Soon, more than four hours had passed.

After receiving the mission reward, Xiao Yang returned to the bathtub where he still had some energy left.

Soon, as he absorbed the remaining energy in the bathtub, the water inside became clear and transparent again.

Xiao Yang got up, dried himself off, and changed his clothes.

He discovered that the remaining energy in the bathtub was not enough to fully restore his physical strength.

However, after eating some monster meat he bought at noon, his strength recovered to more than 80%.

Anyway, he wasn't planning to continue practicing the Mountain-Opening Fist right away, so it didn't matter that his physical strength hadn't fully recovered.

Xiao Yang arrived at the center of the courtyard by the moonlight.

Next, he took out the essence blood of the magical beast from the system space.

Without the slightest hesitation, he dripped some of the magical beast's essence blood directly onto his body from a specially made glass bottle.

The moment the essence blood touched his skin, Xiao Yang immediately felt a burning sensation.

He quickly wiped the demonic beast's blood off his body.

As the essence of the magical beast spread, Xiao Yang felt a burning sensation throughout his body.

He felt as if he were being scorched by flames.

"grass!"

Xiao Yang couldn't help but cry out in pain.

However, he endured the pain, got into position, and began to cultivate his fighting spirit.

Chapter 6: Mastery of the Mountain-Opening Fist!

As Xiao Yang began to absorb the surrounding energy, he discovered the difference between using the essence blood of magical beasts and his previous cultivation methods.

The surrounding energy surged into his meridians, bringing with it a burning sensation he had never experienced before.

Not only that, Xiao Yang also felt some swelling and pain in his meridians.

If, during his previous cultivation, the energy within his body flowed gently through his meridians like a stream, then...

Now, the turmoil is like a dam bursting.

Even the original riverbed was breached.

Xiao Yang guessed that even the Foundation Building Elixir might not be this effective.

However, compared to Foundation Building Elixir, Monster Essence Blood still has more drawbacks.

That means it can't be used continuously.

After experiencing it firsthand, Xiao Yang understood why he couldn't use it continuously; there had to be at least a three-day interval between each use.

If your meridians are constantly filled with this scorching energy, they will eventually burst.

However, the feeling of rapidly improving cultivation and being filled with scalding energy was still somewhat irresistible to Xiao Yang.

Soon, an hour passed.

Xiao Yang could clearly feel that the energy of the magical beast blood essence in his body had disappeared.

Now my cultivation speed has returned to the same level as before.

"Ugh……"

After sighing, Xiao Yang did not stop, but continued to cultivate.

Although the cultivation speed has slowed down, I still need to continue cultivating.

After all, that's how cultivation is; it requires gradual, down-to-earth accumulation.

……

The next morning, after eating the monster meat, Xiao Yang immediately started setting up a quest and practicing the Mountain-Splitting Fist.

When he began his training, he noticed that his body was somewhat different from before.

My physical strength is a bit better than before.

Sure enough, after practicing the Mountain-Splitting Fist a hundred times, Xiao Yang glanced at the time.

This time, I practiced the Mountain-Opening Fist a hundred times in just about four and a half hours!

Compared to the first time I practiced the Mountain-Opening Fist, it took half an hour less!

The little lamb, soaking in the bathtub, looked at the system panel and saw that its proficiency level for the Mountain-Opening Fist had reached 6/10 of the minor mastery level.

He was curious about how much the power of the Mountain-Splitting Fist would increase after reaching its peak.

Unfortunately, the only fighting techniques suitable for Xiao Yang to cultivate in the Xiao family right now are these Yellow-Rank fighting techniques.

Within the Xiao family, there was simply no access to better fighting techniques.

I don't have a teacher like Master Yao, nor do I have a background like Xuan'er.

Therefore, Xiao Yang can only hone his fighting skills to the extreme for the time being.

He began to establish a new mission.

[Task: Master the Mountain-Splitting Fist technique to the highest level. Reward: Constitution +1, Restoration Elixir +1]

Improve physical fitness?

Xiao Yang's eyes lit up when he saw the mission reward.