200,000 + 400,000 + 800,000 + 1,600,000 + 3,200,000 + 6,400,000...

Li Yun spent a full 12.6 million cognition points again, pushing the Realm of 【Willow Wood Body Refining Method】 to Perfection.

With the cognition points he had left originally, it was clearly not enough.

But with the ancient sword in hand, he wasn't afraid of getting 1.8 million cognition points in just one hour; he simply stopped and spent another two hours gathering cognition points.

After finishing, there was still a surplus, a full 920,000 remaining.

It was simply not a big deal.

The Perfection in Realm allowed him to fully comprehend all the mysteries of the 【Willow Wood Body Refining Method】.

From the macro cultivation direction down to every cultivation detail, everything was crystal clear.

It was also at this moment.

Only then did he discover with surprise that the small piece of thousand-year wood core that had nurtured the 【Willow Wood Body Refining Method】 for him was itself an excellent resource for assisting his Body Refining.

Thus, he took out that piece of thousand-year wood core, brought it to his mouth, and directly gnawed on it raw!

Taking a small bite, it was surprisingly crunchy!

It was definitely not as unpalatable as he had imagined; on the contrary, it was sweet and delicious, like chewing on sugarcane.

However, the energy contained in the thousand-year wood core was too immense. After swallowing that small bite, a powerful force surged, impacting his physical body.

The impact was so strong that even the surface of his skin showed slight cracks, not to mention his internal organs, which felt like rivers surging and oceans overturning.

Fortunately, he had cultivated the 【Reversing Fate Art】 and developed extremely strong resilience. Coupled with his already powerful Physique, he had reached the fourteenth level of Body Refining Realm, a level no one had ever achieved before.

Only then did he grit his teeth and endure it.

If it were someone else, gnawing on the thousand-year wood core like this, even just a small bite, they would likely die on the spot!

Great medicines are good, but great medicines are also extremely poisonous!

Not just anyone can withstand it; otherwise, Martial Artists wouldn't need to painstakingly process some Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure that are difficult to consume directly into pills.

This is precisely to mitigate the overly fierce medicinal power contained within some great medicines.

However, while the medicinal power is reduced and easier for Martial Artists to absorb and utilize, it also adds a few unavoidable pill toxins.

Li Yun gnawing on the thousand-year wood core raw, however, reduced the risk of enduring pill toxins.

Even so—

After withstanding the initial impact, Li Yun still quickly began cultivating according to the profound principles of the 【Willow Wood Body Refining Method】, actively guiding and refining the medicinal power.

The benefit of first elevating the skill to the Realm of Perfection was immediately apparent.

His perfect control over the skill allowed him to easily suppress the rampant medicinal power. Not only could he prevent the medicinal power from causing severe damage within his body, but he could also prevent its loss, utilizing all the medicinal power generated by the thousand-year wood core for tempering his physical body in a very short time.

One couldn't say the entire process reached 100% Perfection, but it was at least 97%!

It was that awesome!

By the time the medicinal power from gnawing on a bite of the thousand-year wood core was completely depleted, Li Yun clearly felt his Physique had strengthened again, and it was a breakthrough kind of strength.

If the division of the Body Refining Realm were still used, he could directly be called Body Refining Realm fifteenth level.

Acquired a taste for it.

Li Yun had even less intention of stopping; he took out the thousand-year wood core and gnawed again...

Gnaw and then cultivation.

Finish and then gnaw again.

Repeating the cycle.

The small piece of thousand-year wood core, weighing about a pound, that Fatty gave him was actually entirely gnawed away by him within just two hours.

The medicinal power generated tempered his physical body to an unprecedented strength.

If the term Body Refining Realm were still used, he himself couldn't distinguish what level of Body Tempering it should be called; if he had to say, it would at least be Body Refining Realm twentieth level or higher.

On the surface, he looked no different from usual, still thin and tall, but only he himself knew that the power within his body at this moment was unprecedentedly strong. If fully unleashed, it would likely exceed ten thousand pounds, or more than five tons.

With such power, if an ordinary Strength Refinement Realm Martial Artist came, he could truly defeat them with one punch each, instantly pulverizing them!

Pulled up the System panel.

【Host: Li Yun】

【Age: 16】

【Aptitude: Third Grade Mid】

【Physique: Willow Wood Spirit Body (Condensing, 11%)】

【Identity: Heavenly Martial Sect, Courtyard 95 of the Ren Branch Outer Sect Disciple】

【Realm: Houtian, Strength Refinement Realm First Level (Third Grade Inner Force)】

【Martial Arts: Willow Wood Body Refining Method (Perfection), Primordial Chaos Art (Perfection), Sorrowful Wind Sword Technique (Perfection), Mountain Suppressing Sword (Initiation), Primordial Chaos Stance (Stance Intent), Coiling Silk Force (Conception), Reversing Fate Art (Minor Accomplishment), Thunderclap Fist (Fist Intent), Flying Star Step (Conception)... can be expanded.】

【Martial Dao Cognition Points: 920,000】

On the panel, an extra line for Physique had actually appeared.

The Willow Wood Spirit Body was still in the process of condensing, but the progress had only just reached 11%, which was quite a bit lower than he had expected, but Li Yun was not disappointed.

The lower the current progress, doesn't it mean it will be stronger after Perfection?

If after just this little bit of cultivation, the progress directly jumped to over 50%, then this Willow Wood Spirit Body would probably not be worth much.

However, this way, the resources needed later would be too numerous.

Cultivating the Willow Wood Spirit Body requires a large amount of wood-attribute Spirit Herbs and great medicines, even Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure. These things are not easy to acquire, and even if they can be obtained, they require a lot of money.

Li Yun couldn't help but laugh, isn't this forcing me to make money?

Suddenly.

He suddenly thought, doesn't Fatty Pang Yu still have a piece of thousand-year wood core in his hand? Can I think of a way to get it?

At worst, just trade for it.

Didn't Fatty say that he originally wanted to trade the thousand-year wood core with someone for martial arts?

He has this thing.

If that doesn't work, he still has a move: guiding Fatty on integrating his Inner Force condensation method. Surely Fatty wouldn't be able to resist the temptation, right?

Thinking of this.

Li Yun couldn't sit still for a moment.

His figure flashed, quickly darting out of the banana grove, preparing to search around again for condensation methods and Fatty's whereabouts.

Clang clang clang!

Suddenly, a burst of intense fighting sounds came.

Li Yun's heart stirred slightly, so he followed the sound. He hadn't run far before he saw the fight.

Good heavens!

It was Fatty Pang Yu again.

This guy and Xie An didn't know who they had provoked. At this moment, they were surrounded by four or five people about seven or eight hundred meters away from the gourd-shaped Valley.

Those four or five people were clearly not disciples of the Four Great Sects, but every single one was a master of the Strength Refinement Realm.

They were fiercely attacking Fatty and Xie An, their moves extremely ruthless, with an air of going straight for their lives.

Fatty and Xie An were clearly not their opponents.

Facing the siege of five Strength Refinement Realm masters, they fought and retreated, covered in injuries, yet completely unable to break free from the encirclement.

The situation was already somewhat critical.

Li Yun's eyes narrowed slightly. This Fatty was retreating towards the Valley while fighting. Could it be that he had already guessed that he would return here and was retreating this way to get his help?

If that was the case, then this Fatty was truly somewhat cunning.