Taming beasts is not as good as taming yourself

"Alright, let's begin."

After spending a few more days and running the simulator several times to make sure there was nothing missing, Wu Xiao immediately began to strengthen his physique.

Once he was in peak condition, Wu Xiao took off his clothes and jumped into the bathtub that had been prepared beforehand. He absorbed the energy of the blood crystal through a medicinal bath, which was the only feasible solution that Wu Xiao had found through the simulator.

As for internal consumption, all attempts failed without exception. Only pets with naturally strong physiques could directly consume blood crystals to strengthen themselves. Given Wu Xiao's current physical strength, consuming blood crystals would be tantamount to suicide.

The powerful force of the blood crystal rushed directly into his body, tearing Wu Xiao's body apart, especially his fragile internal organs, which were simply unable to withstand the power of the blood crystal.

Although external application will waste a lot of blood crystal energy, one must eat one bite at a time. Only by improving his physical strength can Wu Xiao be able to directly consume blood crystals to strengthen his physique in the future.

Moreover, the martial arts body-forging method that Wu Xiao has mastered also starts with refining the skin, then the flesh, then the bones, and finally the genitals. This order is the best body-forging procedure.

Of course, the martial arts body-forging method that Wu Xiao mastered relied on constant hammering and highly difficult stance training. But this body-forging used extraordinary power, which was unprecedented in body-forging methods. If it weren't for the simulator, Wu Xiao might not have even been able to find a clue how to forge his body.

Unlike now, when facing the upcoming body-tempering exercise, Wu Xiao's expression was calm and composed, a display of great confidence, confidence gained from countless successful simulations on the simulator.

Taking out the blood crystal he had prepared beforehand, Wu Xiao placed it between his eyebrows. The next moment, he blasted his mental energy into the blood crystal, causing a crack to appear on its surface. Then, wisps of blood-red mist dissipated and merged into the bathtub where Wu Xiao was, instantly turning the water in the tub blood-red.

Then, the crimson liquid began to seep into Wu Xiao's body.

"pain!"

The first sensation brought by the crimson energy drilling in was pain. Fortunately, Wu Xiao had already gotten used to this kind of pain in the simulator. Moreover, compared to the soul-scorching pain brought by visualizing the lava giant, this was nothing.

Controlling the frequency of his mental bombardment, ensuring neither the blood mist within the blood crystal ceased nor too much of the blood-colored mist overflowed, Wu Xiao had repeatedly tested this frequency in the simulator.

Actually, to extract the energy from the blood crystal, you don't need to bombard it with mental power; you can just smash it. But if you do that, the power will surge out all at once, and your body won't be able to handle it.

Simply throwing the complete blood crystal into the bathtub allows the energy inside to gradually seep out, but that's too slow. Therefore, Wu Xiao devised a method of bombarding it with mental power.

The control of mental power is the most precise, something many instruments cannot achieve, making it the most suitable tool for controlling the rate at which energy overflows from blood crystals.

However, Wu Xiao's mental energy is not yet able to leave his body; he needs to keep the blood crystal close to his forehead.

"If only I had a Spirit Refining Technique right now." Wu Xiao gritted his teeth, his body convulsing from the excruciating pain. This kind of pain was the best nourishment for cultivating the Spirit Refining Technique, but unfortunately, Wu Xiao didn't have any extra points to exchange for the Spirit Refining Technique after exchanging for the Meditation Technique.

The intense physical pain could not affect Wu Xiao's will, which was being tempered by the visualization method. At this moment, he carefully calculated the blood crystal energy flowing into his body. When his entire body turned red due to the influx of blood crystal energy, Wu Xiao removed the blood crystal from between his eyebrows and then began to assume a series of strange poses.

This is a high-difficulty stance from the body-forging method mastered by Wu Xiao. After simulation testing, it has the effect of accelerating the absorption of blood crystal energy.

And the effect was surprisingly good. As Wu Xiao adopted various difficult stances, his red body began to return to its original skin color. At the same time, Wu Xiao could clearly feel his skin becoming tougher little by little.

"As expected of extraordinary power, the effect is amazing." Although he already knew the result on the simulator, Wu Xiao was still amazed when the effect became a reality.

With his level of skin refining, in his previous life without extraordinary power, it would have taken him at least several years of hard work and various medications to achieve this.

But right now, only a little bit of blood crystal energy has achieved this effect.

Once his body had fully recovered, Wu Xiao ended the body-tempering session. He had no intention of using up all the blood crystals at once, as that would be too risky.

Strengthening the treatment in several stages may result in a weaker effect, but it is safer.

Given Wu Xiao's current physical condition, safety is the top priority. Once he has a certain physical foundation, he can then consider more efficient methods of physical training.

Stepping out of the bathtub, Wu Xiao felt lightheaded, a sensation brought on by the increase in strength, especially the skin-refining effect, which greatly enhanced his defense.

Once the skin refining is complete, and you reach the flesh refining stage, the increase in power will be even greater. As for bone refining and viscera refining, no one in the previous life could achieve that.

Cultivating the skin and flesh is easy, but cultivating the bones and internal organs is too difficult. If you make a slight mistake and break a bone, you will have to lie in bed for three months, which greatly slows down the bone refining process. As for internal organ injuries, it's not just a matter of lying in bed for a few months, but it can be life-threatening.

But in this world of beast taming where extraordinary creatures exist, and with the simulator eliminating incorrect routes, Wu Xiao felt that entering the realms of bone refining and filth refining was not difficult.

In the following time, Wu Xiao focused all his energy on the Blood Crystal Body Tempering until all the energy of the Blood Crystal was exhausted. Wu Xiao had already entered the Minor Completion stage of Skin Refining.

With his skin refining at a minor level, he could withstand ordinary sword and blade damage. If he were to switch to a pet, it would be very difficult for a pet below level 5 to cause any harm to Wu Xiao.

Wu Xiao's basic strength has also reached the level of a level 5 pet beast, which is almost the ceiling for ordinary people.

This power, combined with Wu Xiao's martial arts skills, can unleash a formidable fighting force. At least Wu Xiao feels that he can now easily defeat pets below level 10.

For example, Wu Xiao could now kill that level 8 Shadow Wolf cub with a single punch. If he uses his trump card, the Great Sun Divine Sense, his combat power can be further increased.

"If only I could have another blood crystal." Feeling the power surging within him, Wu Xiao was filled with longing.

During this body tempering, the utilization rate of that blood crystal was at most 5%, and the remaining 5% was directly wasted. 5% of the energy was used to successfully complete the minor stage of skin refining. If he had another one, Wu Xiao was confident that he could step into the major stage of skin refining.

Unfortunately, he had run out of mission points, and to earn more, he needed to participate in missions assigned by the Public Security Bureau. However, Wu Xiao was currently a new recruit and not yet qualified to participate in missions. The Public Security Bureau would only make arrangements for Wu Xiao and the others after the special training for this batch of new recruits was completed.

"Speaking of which, this special training should be almost over by now." Wu Xiao picked up his police atlas, checked the time, and realized that three months had passed since he joined the Public Security Bureau.

"Ding-dong!"

As soon as Wu Xiao finished speaking, the encyclopedia in his hand vibrated slightly, and then a message popped up.