Chapter 50 - Bone Tempering Realm

“Phew...”

After confirming the Golden Scaled Dragon Python was dead, Chen Fan plopped on the ground, sore all over. It felt like his skeleton wanted a divorce from his muscles.

Having just recovered from his injuries, Chen Fan engaged in a fierce battle with a powerful demon beast like the Golden Scaled Dragon Python, which drained him significantly.

After all, the Golden Scaled Dragon Python had a trace of a flood dragon’s bloodline, surpassing many other demon beasts in strength.

After resting for half an hour, Chen Fan finally felt strength returning to him, and he got to work.

Every part of the Golden Scaled Dragon Python was a treasure; naturally, Chen Fan wouldn’t waste any of it.

Given his current cultivation method, he required an enormous amount of primeval stones. He couldn’t rely solely on the sect's allowance, as it would be like trying to extinguish a fire with a cup of water. He needed to find ways to earn a substantial number of primeval stones.

Accepting missions from the sect to hunt demon beasts was a pretty good solution.

After harvesting the skin, gall, and saliva, Chen Fan dug out a large hole in the ground, thirty feet long and wide. Then, he drained the Golden Scaled Dragon Python’s blood into that big hole, turning it into a blood pit.

Stripping off his clothes, Chen Fan bravely jumped into the blood pit.

Tsss, tsss, tsss...

As soon as he entered the blood pit, Chen Fan experienced a sharp, stinging pain.

The Golden Scaled Dragon Python’s blood was like an army of blood ants, infiltrating him through his pores and gnawing at his flesh and blood.

The stinging pain Chen Fan experienced was not severe, and he remained calm throughout the process.

He sat down in the lotus position and started cultivating the Myriad Elephants Divine Art. He refined the Golden Scaled Dragon Python’s blood inside him, fusing it with his flesh and blood cells.

Almost immediately, Chen Fan felt his flesh and blood cells transmitting pleasant sensations to him, crazily devouring the energy in the Golden Scaled Dragon Python’s blood.

The Golden Scaled Dragon Python possessed a trace of a flood dragon’s bloodline. The bloodline might be thin, but it was very precious.

Dragons were legendary divine beasts capable of devouring celestial bodies and transcending realms.

A single drop of dragon's blood could shatter the universe, erase the existence of immortals, and traverse through ages. So, even that trace bloodline contained vast powers.

As the Myriad Elephants Divine Art circulated, the pores all over Chen Fan opened up, generating a powerful suction force. They absorbed the trace of dragon’s blood in the Golden Scaled Dragon Python’s blood, making its flesh and blood tremble and hiss.

Changes soon appeared in Chen Fan. Like a golden cicada breaking its shell or a python shedding its skin, the dragon blood’s power thoroughly cleansed his body.

His skin became fairer and more translucent, and his pores became smaller, devoid of imperfections.

The scars left behind from previous injuries had vanished. It was smooth and delicate, resembling a masterpiece carved from crystal. Simply perfect!

Underneath his skin and flesh, his skeleton structure also changed.

Ancient wild elephants of primeval qi emitted a roar as they coiled their trunks. They absorbed traces of the dragon's blood, infusing it into Chen Fan's bone marrow. This process increased the density of his bones, making them tougher and more resilient. The Myriad Elephants Divine Art’s fourth layer, the Bone Tempering realm, turned primeval qi into ancient wild elephants and fused them into the practitioner’s flesh, blood, tendons, and bones.

Chen Fan felt like he was about to advance to the fourth layer.

The energy contained in the blood of the Golden Scaled Dragon Python was gradually loosening the barrier that had previously hindered his progress, propelling him towards the Bone Tempering realm.

Chen Fan could clearly feel his physique growing stronger.

Breakthrough for me. Breakthrough. Breakthrough!

Chen Fan roared In his heart, crazily revolving Myriad Elephants Divine Art. All his pores greedily devoured the energy in the python’s blood. The primeval qi in his dantian transformed into ancient, wild elephants, merging with his flesh, blood, tendons, and bones, tempering his entire being.

Two hours later, Chen Fan opened his eyes, a brilliant light flashing within them.

Splash!

He stood up from the blood pit, shaking himself. The fresh blood stuck to him dissipated without a trace.

Under the sunlight, his skin appeared as fair as jade, with each pore clearly visible.

Although he wasn’t particularly muscular, there seemed to be a hidden, terrifying strength within his flesh, blood, tendons, and bones. Once it erupted, it would be like a flood breaking through a dam or a volcano erupting, shocking the heaven and shaking the earth.

Chen Fan’s tendons and bones hummed in unison as he moved. An aura of ancient power radiated from him, reminiscent of a primordial flood.

Bone Tempering realm, achieved!

After dressing, Chen Fan noticed that his clothes had become shorter. However, upon closer inspection, he realized that it was not his clothing that had changed, but rather, he had grown taller and more robust. His recent breakthrough had not only improved his strength and toughness, but even his aura had changed.

He was now tall and slim, exuding an extraordinary temperament as if he had stepped out of a painting—the perfect human being.

Boom!

Suddenly, Chen Fan punched. The air boomed, and qi force shot out like a cannonball, blowing an old tree as thick as a large bowl into smithereens, all achieved solely through his physical strength without relying on his qi cultivation.

The force generated from his casual punch was truly terrifying.

“Now, if I face another Golden Scaled Dragon Python, I can tear it apart with my bare hands. I have truly become capable of tearing apart tigers and leopards,” Chen Fan mumbled to himself.

“Hmm?”

Chen Fan abruptly heard a faint sound. From the corner of his eye, he saw the cocoon flickering within the blood pit. Xiaobai was seemingly absorbing the energy from the Golden Scaled Dragon Python's blood to heal itself, as its vital aura had become stronger.

Xiaobai had come out of Chen Fan’s storage pouch on his own while Chen Fan was breaking through and entered the blood pit.

“Since Xiaobai can use this method to recover quickly, I’ll hunt some more demon beasts while there’s still some time.”

Chen Fan’s eyes shone. With a sweep of his palm, he retrieved his belongings and rushed into the dense and dark forest like a gust of wind.

......

Bang!

A Green-Faced Tiger collapsed on the ground from Chen Fan’s palm strike.

After harvesting all the valuable materials from it, he dug out a large pit and drained the Green-Faced Tiger’s fresh blood into it. Next, he placed Xiaobai’s cocoon into it.

Immediately, he noticed the flickering light shining more rapidly, indicating that Xiaobai was absorbing the energy from the fresh blood. Its vitality continued to grow stronger.

In half a day, Chen Fan slew more than a dozen powerful demon beasts.

One of them was even a tier one, eighth-level demon beast.

Despite the formidable opponent, Chen Fan displayed immense strength, resembling an ancient wild elephant charging through the land. His arms, like elephant trunks, possessed the power to pull down the sun, moon, and stars, tearing apart a Sword-Fanged Tiger with savage brutality. He was like a human-shaped weapon.

While Xiaobai was recovering with the help of the demon beasts’ fresh blood, Chen Fan wasn’t idling around, either. He took out many primeval stones, crushed them, and absorbed their primeval qi, increasing his cultivation.

Chen Fan needed a vast amount of primeval qi to push his cultivation level higher. His dantian was too big, like an ocean, ten times bigger than others.

What others needed to advance a level could only help Chen Fan progress from the early to the middle stage.

Chen Fan desperately needed primeval stones and other cultivation resources.

Furthermore, with Myriad Elephants Divine Art progressing to the fourth layer, he no longer had to train himself using external forces. Instead, he needed to keep turning his primeval qi into ancient wild elephant runes and fuse them into his blood, flesh, tendons, and bones. This process consumed a substantial amount of primeval qi, necessitating a large supply of primeval stones for recovery.

Previously, Chen Fan had exchanged his loot for five hundred primeval stones. He had spent a good amount of them to advance to the sixth level. Now that he was cultivating again, he had already exhausted his wealth.

It had only been a short half a month. He was simply spending primeval stones like people wasted water. Others would definitely be astonished if they were to hear of this.

However, it was not without purpose. His cultivation had made significant progress, advancing to the middle stage of the sixth level, resulting in a substantial increase in his strength.