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After testing the effects of true qi, Mu Yang turned his attention to the equipment slots.

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【已装备物品：1.驴妖尸首+、2.小型袖袋+、3.《浩瀚大丹田构筑法》+、4.风乾猪肉+1+、5.无】

Current number of available equipment slots: 1

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Having broken through to the Qi Condensation Realm, the number of equipment slots has increased by one again.

"I wonder if the enhancement function has improved after the breakthrough in realm."

Thinking about it, Mu Yang took out a small stack of dried pork strips from his sleeve pocket.

He bought this in the morning, thinking he would equip it when he had a spare slot.

Mu Yang casually picked up three pieces of dried pork and put them into the enhancement slot.

Before long, three more pieces of air-dried pork with blue quality tags and a "+1" rating appeared in Mu Yang's field of vision.

As usual, Mu Yang dragged it into the main body and material enhancement sections.

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[Ding! Detected that the host has selected (Dried Pork +1), (Dried Pork +1), (Dried Pork +1) as enhancement materials. Would you like to use them to enhance the main item -- Dried Pork +1?]

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"It actually works!"

Mu Yang's eyes lit up.

It seems that the upper limit of the enhancement function is most likely related to his own martial arts realm.

After his initial joy, he immediately confirmed it to himself.

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[Ding! Detected that the main body's tier is unranked, with the lowest affix quality being blue; the material's tier is unranked, with the lowest affix quality being blue. The enhancement conditions are met; the quality of any affix on the main body will be upgraded!]

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As the notification sound rang, on the semi-transparent ink-colored panel, three pieces of dried pork +1 gradually weathered and crumbled, turning into light blue particles that merged into the dried pork +1.

As the pale blue particles were completely absorbed, a faint purple light quietly emerged.

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[Ding! Main item - Dried Pork - +1 enhancement complete, attribute quality improved!]

[Muscle growth (blue) → Muscle growth (purple)]

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[Item: Dried Pork +2]

[Rank: Not Ranked]

【Equipment Effect: ① Muscle Growth (Purple): Strength receives a massive boost.】

[Permanent fixation condition: Equip this item for one full hour, or slay any unranked wild beast or ranked demon beast while equipping this item.]

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"Small amplitude, large amplitude, super large amplitude..."

Mu Yang glanced at the +2 effect of the dried pork and immediately put it into his equipment slot.

The extremely faint warmth vanished in a flash.

Mu Yang clenched his fist and carefully felt it.

150 pounds!

"The power boost from the non-ranked dried pork after two enhancements is actually better than the effect of a first-rank flesh and skin realm martial artist completing one-tenth of the flesh and skin hammering technique," Mu Yang sighed to himself.

It truly delivers a significant improvement; the effect is indeed excellent.

However, the losses involved are also substantial.

A full sixteen pieces of dried pork, if used alone, would provide a strength boost equivalent to about 250 jin (125 catties).

Even if each one is strengthened once, resulting in four strengthened ones plus one, the strength increase is 200 jin.

However, after further strengthening, the power-enhancing effect was reduced to only 150 jin.

This means there is some loss each time.

However, the efficiency of power enhancement has been greatly improved.

A piece of enhanced +2 dried pork and a piece of ordinary dried pork can both be permanently solidified in just one hour, but the difference in strength is as much as ten times.

That's equivalent to a tenfold increase in efficiency.

Therefore, equipment with high-quality attributes is still better.

Thinking it over, Mu Yang upgraded all the remaining dried pork to +2 quality.

Then put four +2 dried pork into the enhancement panel again.

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[Ding! The current quality of the main item being enhanced has reached its limit and cannot be enhanced further!]

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"It has indeed reached its limit."

Mu Yang understood.

"It's a pity I don't have any Tier 4 items, otherwise I could have used them to enhance the 'Vast Dantian Construction Method'."

"I wonder what the effects of strengthening the Vast Dantian will be."

"An even larger dantian?"

After enjoying the moment, Mu Yang snapped out of his reverie and placed "Dried Pork +2" into the last available equipment slot.

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【已装备物品：1.驴妖尸首+、2.小型袖袋+、3.《浩瀚大丹田构筑法》+、4.风乾猪肉+2、5.风乾猪肉+2】

Current number of available equipment slots: 0

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After doing all this, he put the remaining dried pork into his sleeve pocket and got up to leave the cultivation room.

He walked through the corridor and returned to the front hall.

Fan Duan, who was chatting with Zhao Mingli, lit up when he saw Mu Yang and immediately stood up.

However, the next second, he froze on the spot.

Not only him, but even Zhao Mingli, who was always calm and composed, as if nothing could affect his state of mind, suddenly sat up from the rattan chair.

He opened his eyes, which had been half-closed, completely, as if he had seen some rare creature, and looked Mu Yang up and down.

"You broke through?"

Zhao Mingli couldn't help but ask a question.

He had just told Fan Duan things like "There are always people better than you, and there's always something beyond your understanding," and "Martial arts are difficult to master; if you know it's difficult, you should give up."

Unexpectedly, in such a short time, he broke through!

If we exclude the time spent walking back and forth, is it possible to have 25 minutes?

"Just lucky."

Mu Yang looked at the two surprised people and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

At this moment, who wouldn't want to say one of Brother Lucky's catchphrases?

"You're really full of surprises!" Fan Duan exclaimed.

He was born with superhuman strength, but I never expected his comprehension to be so exaggerated.

Back then, it took him nearly a week just to memorize and understand the Qi Condensation martial arts.

It took another half month to try and find the location for building the dantian.

After preparing for about a week, he finally broke through to the Qi Condensation Realm.

Are you watching Mu Yang?

It probably won't even take an hour.

The difference between people can sometimes be even greater than the difference between humans and demons!

"Since you have such remarkable comprehension, then I will give you a few more pointers." Zhao Mingli stood up from the rattan chair, put his hands behind his back, and looked like a wise hermit.

Mu Yang looked over curiously.

Unexpectedly, Fan Duan slapped Zhao Mingli on the back of the neck, instantly breaking his spell.

"Old Fan, what are you doing!" Zhao Mingli glared at him.

"It's nothing, I just don't want to see you pretending here."

Fan Duan chuckled, then looked at Mu Yang with a serious expression: "Although you have successfully mastered the 'Great Dantian Construction Method,' you must not let your guard down."

"Your success today is most likely due to your naturally strong physique and abundant blood and energy, which allowed you to achieve your goals in one fell swoop."

"But your cultivation will not be as easy as it is today. I suggest that you also learn a martial art for the Qi Condensation Realm to further strengthen your physique, in order to prevent your dantian from becoming too large and your meridians from being unable to withstand the pressure, which would make it difficult to break through later."

"Thank you for the reminder, senior."

Mu Yang thanked him.

He already knew this.

After all, he had already mastered this martial art to perfection, and he already knew exactly what physical strength was required for each breakthrough.

However, there was one thing he didn't understand: why his true energy was somewhat special.

Is this an isolated case?

Or is it similar to the characteristics of the Muscle and Bone stage?

Thinking it over, Mu Yang asked, "Elder Fan, there was something I didn't understand when I first started learning. I hope you can enlighten me."

"Oh?"

Fan Duan's spirits lifted; he loved nothing more than offering advice to geniuses: "Tell me about it."

Mu Yang: "It's like this, when I was in the Bone and Tendon stage, I heard that the tempering of tendons and bones could be repeated. Is there a similar situation in the path of True Qi?"