My cultivation level increases by one year every day!

"Weren't you a little too rough with your hands just now?"

In his study, Fang Zhongwu thought of the scene in front of the arena and couldn't help but shake his head.

"I used less than 10% of my strength; I was already holding back."

Fang Yuan shook his head. With the strength of his spiritual sense, doing this would be quite easy for him.

"If he can pull through, the Grand Elder will have to thank me."

Upon hearing this, Fang Zhongwu seemed to realize something and asked in surprise, "You just used Xuan Lei to try and suppress the disordered Qi and blood in his body?"

Fang Yuan nodded slightly.

Anyone who directly observes the battle will only have the same thoughts as Fang Zhongwu.

However, if Fang Zhongde were to personally examine Fang Yuan's physical condition, he would find that being seriously injured and on the verge of death might not be so bad.

After all, a major side effect of the Seven Fists of Injury is that it can cause blood and qi to become uncontrollable within the body.

"What do you need body-refining techniques for?"

Fang Yuan went to the library and found that there were very few types of body-refining techniques, and the grades were all low, making them unsuitable for cultivation.

"I never expected that what others would avoid like the plague would become an opportunity for you," Fang Zhongwu said with a smile.

Fang Zhongwu probed his spatial ring with his divine sense, and after searching through it, he took out a yellowed bamboo slip.

"This technique is called the Demon Refining and Body Transformation Technique. It was created by an ancient sage of the human race who spent many years roaming among demon beasts, studying and imitating this method. It is said that when he cultivated it to its peak, his physical body could rival that of the king of demon beasts!"

"Unfortunately, the cultivation technique is incomplete, so you can only cultivate up to the Golden Core stage."

Fang Yuan didn't care; cultivation was the most important thing, and physical cultivation was for the purpose of better overcoming the Heavenly Tribulation.

"The early stages of cultivation require a large amount of demon beast essence blood, and the family should have some in stock."

Back at the villa, Fang Yuan instructed his servants to fetch resources from the storeroom.

"Let's take about a thousand catties first, but no, let's just take about a hundred catties."

Fang Yuan changed his story.

One consideration is that the amount of monster blood in the inventory may not be very high.

On the other hand, the family also has body cultivators who practice external physical training. Taking too much at once might put the person in charge in a difficult position.

"With my current physical strength, I would need at least the essence blood of a demon beast at the Innate Realm to be effective."

However, body cultivation is ultimately a very niche path in the cultivation of immortality.

If Fang Yuan really wanted to temper his physical body and cultivate the Demon Refining Body Transformation Technique, the essence blood collected by the entire Fang family might not be enough.

"The Misty Mountains are teeming with monsters, making them an unsuitable place for me to hone my body."

Fang Yuan's eyes gleamed. He hadn't had any training since breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, and the environment was perfect for him to unleash his full potential.

"No, with such a prestigious family background, why should I hide?"

His current fame is impossible to hide. Throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty, everyone knows his identity as the Fang family of the prefecture and the Marquis of Xiaoyao.

Moreover, he has a father who is at the Golden Core stage!

He possesses several means of self-defense.

This is definitely the template for an arrogant villain.

But then again.

Fang Yuan hadn't been particularly low-key before; he mostly stayed in seclusion to heal his injuries and recover his strength.

"I need to go out and gain more experience in the future. I cannot refuse the gifts from my elders!"

Fang Yuan considered everything he now possessed—his strength and background—and realized he could no longer afford to keep a low profile.

If you're given a second chance at life, you should live freely and without restraint!

"And the one who sent assassins to kill me last time must have been from one of the families in the county town."

Fang Yuan kept this matter in mind, a cold glint flashing in his eyes, "Once I find out, I will slaughter your entire family."

This is the perfect look!

Before long, two servants returned from the storeroom carrying a box filled with the essence blood of demonic beasts in jade bottles.

After being slowly taken out, there were more than a dozen jade bottles, which were placed on the ground.

The essence of a demon beast is its blood, and only cultivators at the mid-stage of the Innate Realm can extract and refine it after slaying the beast.

It appears to be contained in a small jade bottle, but it is actually quite heavy.

"You may all leave."

Fang Yuan had his servants carry the bath tub into the room, and then had them change all the water in the two large vats in the courtyard.

Then, he took out a jade bottle and poured all his semen into the bathtub.

Whoosh...

In an instant, the crystal-clear water turned into a deep crimson color, rippling and seemingly accompanied by the roar of beasts.

Fang Yuan removed his clothes and sat upright inside. His fair skin felt a burning sensation when it came into contact with the blood-red color.

Moreover, as time went on, the burning sensation on his skin became more intense, as if he were in a furnace, about to melt him.

Since the goal is to temper the physical body, one must not use true essence, otherwise it will not be effective.

"Refine!"

Fang Yuan suddenly opened his tightly closed eyes and immediately began to use the Demon Refining and Body Transformation Technique.

Guided by his divine sense, the rich blood color in the bathtub gradually faded, and strands of blood intertwined and surged into Fang Yuan's body.

Fifteen minutes later.

The rich blood color in the bathtub completely disappeared, leaving only slightly murky clear water.

Fang Yuan emerged from the bathtub, his fair skin flushed, but upon closer inspection, it became noticeably firmer.

"I reckon this is the essence blood of a late-stage innate demon beast, which has given me an increase of several hundred jin of strength."

The Demon Refining and Transformation Technique.

With Fang Yuan's talent, it wasn't difficult for him to comprehend it. His early cultivation methods were simple, but also quite domineering.

The focus is on demon refining!

In the later stages of cultivation, once the technique is perfected, one doesn't even need the essence blood of demonic beasts; one can summon a furnace with just one hand and refine the demonic beasts alive.

According to the description of the Demon Refining and Body Transformation Technique, the technique has seven levels, representing seven stages of the physical body.

The first level primarily cultivates the muscles, bones, skin, and flesh, and consists of four major gates, corresponding to a martial artist reaching the Acquired Realm.

Reaching the peak of the first level, one can already split walls and shatter rocks, and can crush nine levels of the Acquired Realm with bare hands.

The second level involves internal cultivation of the five internal organs and six bowels, using qi and blood to break through barriers and open all the acupoints in the body; this corresponds to the Innate Realm.

When one reaches the peak of the second level of training, their strength can reach up to 30,000 jin, making their body as hard as metal and stone, and impervious to swords and blades.

It should be noted that an ordinary cultivator at the ninth level of the Innate Realm, without using true qi, has a physical strength of at most around a thousand jin.

Most Foundation Establishment cultivators, in their initial stages, only possess a strength of just over ten thousand jin.

Fang Yuan had undergone two Foundation Establishment stages, plus the tempering of his body by heavenly lightning, so his current pure physical strength was only a little over 30,000 jin.

The third level of the Demon Refining and Body Transformation Technique happens to be the stage that Fang Yuan is currently cultivating.

The main purpose is to refine one's qi and blood.

When one reaches the peak of cultivation, their pure physical strength can exceed 100,000 jin, and their body becomes like unpolished jade, so that even ordinary spiritual weapons cannot scratch their skin.

"continue!"

Fang Yuan used his true energy to draw the turbid water out of the bath tub, and then transported the water from the large vat in the courtyard.

Then another bottle of demonic beast blood was poured in, and the refining process began, repeating the cycle...

Later on, his refining speed increased, the red light on his body became stronger, and his strength increased by more than 3,000 jin!