Battle Through the Heavens: The Inner Struggle of Cultivation Brings Xiao Yan to Tears

"Hehe, little guy, it seems you need some help!"

……

After finishing his meal at the Xiao family canteen, Xiao Yang suddenly thought, since obtaining medicinal herbs for bathing can yield rewards, could obtaining monster meat also do so?

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

Soon, Xiao Yang successfully created a task.

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

Looking at the mission rewards, Xiao Yang immediately smiled.

He ran straight to the kitchen.

Soon, he purchased 100 jin of Tier 1 monster meat from the kitchen manager.

The price of monster meat is far less than that of magic cores.

However, it's not cheap either.

As for meat alone, 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 this monster meat is.

Even though this monster meat is only of the first tier, it is still quite expensive.

However, compared to the meat of ordinary livestock, long-term consumption of monster meat does have benefits.

Most first-tier magical beasts 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 and ran towards 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: One portion of specially processed Tier 1 magical beast essence blood. Completed. Claim reward?]

After returning to the courtyard, he simply threw the rock pork onto the table.

"System, claim your reward!"

Xiao Yang said somewhat impatiently.

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

At the same time, a portion of monster essence blood 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 was refined from the entire magical beast using special techniques.

All the battle aura contained in this first-tier magical beast was 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 Qi stage.

Xiao Yang took out the essence blood of the magical beast from the system space and took a look.

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 demonic beast essence blood and smear it on their body.

This bottle of monster blood essence can probably be used five times.

However, even if Xiao Yang can use it now.

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

He did not use it immediately, but instead stored it in the system space.

He planned to use it during his evening meditation.

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 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 all his physical strength.

However, after eating some of the 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 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, assumed the correct posture, 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.

As the surrounding energy surged into his meridians, it brought 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, it's like a dam bursting, with waves surging.

Even the original riverbed was stretched open.

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

However, compared to Foundation Establishment Elixir, the Blood Essence of Monsters has more drawbacks.

That means it can't be used indefinitely.

After experiencing it firsthand, Xiao Yang understood why it couldn't be used continuously; each use required at least a three-day interval.

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

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

Soon, an hour had passed.

Xiao Yang could clearly feel that the energy of the demonic beast's 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 my 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 creating a quest and practicing the Mountain-Opening Fist.

When he began cultivating, he noticed that his body was slightly different from before.

My physical strength is a bit better than before.

Sure enough, after practicing the Mountain-Opening Fist a hundred times, Xiao Yang glanced at the 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 was half an hour shorter!

The little lamb, soaking in the bathtub, looked at the system panel and saw that its proficiency in 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 is simply no access to better fighting techniques.

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

Therefore, Xiao Yang can only cultivate the fighting techniques he possesses to their fullest potential for the time being.

He began to establish a new mission.

[Task: Master the Mountain-Splitting Fist technique. Reward: Constitution +1, Body-Restoring Elixir +1]

Improve physical fitness?

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