The Martial Saint, starting with daily intelligence.

Zhong Ming tried to practice the stance training, which had just reached the fifth level, but it only increased his proficiency in the stance training itself, without increasing his proficiency in the body refinement realm at all.

"This is troublesome!"

Zhong Ming frowned.

Zhong Ming could sense that the newly added [Body Refinement Realm] had immense potential.

But the inability to find the right method is incredibly frustrating.

"Let's try adding another experience point."

Zhong Ming frowned even more deeply.

Experience points can increase proficiency, but Zhong Ming still couldn't figure out the right method.

If you really have to rely on experience points to grind through everything, how many years would it take to reach the next level?

"Could it be that we need to cultivate a body-strengthening technique?"

"But that's not right either. The current body-forging techniques require reaching the Qi Refining Realm to cultivate, and their body-forging is more like a body-strengthening technique, using true qi and spiritual objects to temper the body in order to achieve invulnerability to swords and spears."

"The body refinement realm that suddenly appeared on my mind should be related to qi and blood."

One is based on true qi, and the other is based on blood qi. Can the two really be the same?

  

Zhong Ming felt it was a bit risky.

The three stages of body refinement are: Blood Refining Stage, Body Forging Stage, and Marrow Cleansing Stage.

These three realms are all closely related to essence and blood, and stance training.

Upon reaching the Qi Refining Realm, there is no further development of Qi and blood or the body; instead, the focus shifts to condensing true Qi.

For martial artists in this world, the Body Refinement Realm is more like a method to raise the limits of their physical abilities, providing more room for error in future Qi Refining.

The stronger the body, the more true qi it can condense, and the more refined the true qi, the more it can withstand the backlash from the true qi.

"The body refinement realm displayed by the system is probably another form of cultivation."

"It's quite different from the mainstream cultivation methods nowadays."

Zhong Ming pondered.

"Legend has it that ancient martial artists could move mountains and seas, reverse the Yin and Yang realms, and revive the dead and heal the bones with just their physical strength."

"Could the body refinement level displayed by the system be an ancient path of body refinement?"

"Then wouldn't we need to find an ancient body-refining technique?"

"Did this thing really exist?"

Zhong Ming felt a deep bitterness in his heart.

The things passed down from ancient times are already scarce, and with the great changes in the world, the ancient martial arts cultivation methods are no longer suitable for the present world.

"The ancient methods of body refinement are probably out of the question."

"Forget it, let's take it one step at a time. If it really doesn't work, we'll just have to fight it out with experience points."

"The slow growth of experience points in the past does not mean that it will continue to be so in the future."

Do as much as you have the ability to do.

Before this, Zhong Ming was weak, even though he had collected a lot of high-quality intelligence every day.

But Zhong Ming needs to have the ability!

Zhong Ming had to pass on any piece of information that involved martial artists at the Qi Refining level or above.

You can wait for the next time if you lose experience points, but you only have one life.

Zhong Ming would choose to stay away from any intelligence that carried even a slight risk.

Therefore, Zhong Ming's experience points increased very slowly.

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That night.

"On days when the blood moon used to shine, my blood was boiling with righteous indignation. Why am I not today?"

Zhong Ming woke up naturally in the middle of the night and felt no discomfort; on the contrary, he felt an indescribable sense of comfort.

Outside, red light and bright light alternated.

Tonight, two moons hang in the sky: a blood moon and a normal moon.

Thinking of a possibility, Zhong Ming carefully opened the door and went out.

As the red light emanating from the blood moon shone upon him, Zhong Ming felt more comfortable, and his blood and qi became more active, but there was no violent outburst or boiling.

In the past, whenever the blood moon shone directly on him, it was difficult to suppress the fluctuations in his blood energy.

Now, his blood and energy are still vigorous and active, but the feeling of wildness and disorder is gone, replaced by order and peace.

Under the glow of the blood moon, Zhong Ming seemed to be able to feel his body getting stronger.

A thought crossed my mind.

Zhong Ming circulated his internal blood and qi, and immediately the blood and qi manifested outwards, with the extraordinary phenomenon of the flower of essence and blood appearing on Zhong Ming's body.

Under the crimson light of the blood moon, the flower of essence and blood bloomed even more eerily. The flower of essence and blood absorbed the power emitted by the blood moon, transforming it into purer blood and energy, which was then absorbed by Zhong Ming.

As Zhong Ming absorbed this power, his vital energy grew stronger.

However, the amount of essence blood remained at 136 drops. Despite the significant improvement in both the level and grade of the stance training, the total amount of essence blood remained the same.

This seems to be the limit.

The quantity remained unchanged; what changed was the quality.

The golden wisp within the essence blood seemed to make it more condensed and substantial.

Zhong Ming could feel that under the infusion of blood moon energy, his blood and qi were increasing, his body was becoming stronger, his essence and blood were being condensed and refined, and that golden wisp was also growing stronger.

"Hiss~"

"This feeling seems to be more powerful than the energy of ten bowls of medicinal food, and it's only been a short while!"

In just a short while, Zhong Ming felt his internal energy and blood strength increase slightly.

"Try stance training and see if you can practice under these conditions."

Just do it.

Zhong Ming immediately began practicing stance training, circulating the Qi and blood and essence within his body.

"It worked!"

"Moreover, the cultivation effect is more than ten times that of before."

"The power of the Blood Moon is far greater than the blood and qi provided by medicinal cuisine, and this blood and qi energy is extremely pure."

"So this is the true use of the Flower of Essence Blood?"

Zhong Ming's face was beaming with joy.

"The ancient texts that Instructor Zhao consulted are correct; cultivation is possible on the day of the Blood Moon!"

"Hahaha~"

"It's just that martial artists these days don't know the right methods!"

That night, Zhong Ming cultivated all night long, and only after the blood moon faded did he look on with an expression of lingering satisfaction.

"One night of cultivation under the Blood Moon is equivalent to a month of cultivation in the past, no, it might even be more."

"If I continue to cultivate like this, I can't even imagine how strong my physical body will become, or how vigorous my blood and energy will be."

"Furthermore, the blood moon energy seems to have body-refining effects."

Body Refinement Realm: Blood Qi Manifestation (Proficiency: 13/10000)

"In just one night, my body refinement level increased by 12 points in proficiency."

"Hahaha~"

"It's truly a case of 'after the darkest hour comes the dawn'."

"Even without the ancient body-refining methods, I can still improve my body-refining realm with the power of the Blood Moon alone."

"And that's not all. The Blood Moon energy strengthens the physical body in every way, and it seems that the bones and internal organs are also slightly improved."

Zhong Ming was somewhat conflicted.

"However, as my Qi and blood become stronger, my strength has increased significantly, putting even more pressure on my bones and internal organs."

"Now, even a little bit of force could cause a fracture or even damage to internal organs."

Zhong Ming had no idea how powerful he was now.

However, the changes in essence and blood brought about by yesterday's breakthrough in stance training, as well as the outward manifestation of qi and blood, all demonstrate the strength of my physique at this moment.

Last night, I almost broke my finger bones just by clenching my fist.

Its strength definitely exceeds 10,000 jin, and may even reach tens of thousands of jin.

"I feel like I'm a piece of glass right now."

It's really hard, and it's really crispy!