Chapter 19

When Lu Xuan woke up again, it was already several hours later.

In recent days, he had hardly had a good rest, only taking short naps during the times when he was recovering his primordial energy. This time, he had a solid sleep for several hours and immediately felt refreshed and invigorated.

Moreover, upon waking, Lu Xuan was pleasantly surprised to find that his vision and hearing had improved to some extent, making things appear clearer.

He was not unfamiliar with this; it was clearly a sign that his mental energy had improved.

He hadn't expected that overexerting his mental energy to inscribe runes would have such a wonderful effect. This was a pleasant surprise. Mental energy was extremely important for an enchanter. The stronger the mental energy, the more skillful and precise one could be when inscribing runes, and the finer details would be easier to notice.

The狂暴卷轴 (Rage Scroll) on the desk was still emitting a crystalline glow, looking so enticing.

There was not a trace of rage energy leaking from the scroll. After being condensed into runes, the energy contained in the blood of the berserk wolf was completely restrained and would not dissipate. Therefore, even after being open for several hours, the effect of the scroll would not diminish.

Lu Xuan walked forward and carefully put away the completed Rage Scroll. This was something worth over a thousand gold pieces! It was enough to buy a lot of medicinal pills.

Recalling the scene of inscribing the runes, Lu Xuan couldn't help but feel lucky.

He had never expected that the difference between practicing runes and personally inscribing them would be so significant. The consumption of primordial energy was on a completely different level.

If it weren't for the battle with Long Yang, which allowed him to fortuitously break through to the fourth level of Body Tempering, the Bone Washing stage, he wouldn't have had enough primordial energy to support the completion of the inscription. Even at the fourth level of Body Tempering, his primordial energy was barely sufficient. This was thanks to the power of the Taiyi Reversal Technique, which made his primordial energy far more abundant than that of ordinary people.

However, this success brought Lu Xuan extremely valuable experience, deepening his understanding of rune inscription and giving him a clearer grasp of the overall process.

After putting away the successful Rage Scroll, Lu Xuan picked up another low-level Rage Scroll and spread it out, preparing to continue inscribing. The blood of the berserk wolf was enough for him to use four or five more times. Each success represented over a thousand gold pieces, and this kind of profit made Lu Xuan unable to resist.

Creating enchanted scrolls consumed a great deal of primordial energy. Each time he inscribed, Lu Xuan had to circulate the Taiyi Reversal Technique to recover his primordial energy. Time quietly passed as he continuously inscribed and recovered.

After several hours, Lu Xuan finally used up all the berserk wolf blood. He had inscribed five times but only succeeded twice.

The two failures were due to his overly relaxed mindset, which was a low-level mistake. The other failure was due to an error in the construction of the runes.

Although his runes were directly based on the memory of the sword crystal, deeply etched in his mind, he would occasionally make mistakes. Even the most experienced enchanters, when inscribing low-level scrolls, could not boast of a 100% success rate.

For Lu Xuan, who was inscribing enchanted scrolls for the first time, being able to succeed three times out of eight attempts was a success rate that would make all self-proclaimed geniuses among enchanters feel ashamed.

For Lu Xuan, besides the three Rage Scrolls, the biggest gain from this experience was the significant improvement in his mental energy and primordial energy.

Each time he inscribed a rune, his mental energy and primordial energy were completely drained. Thanks to the previous improvement in his mental energy, Lu Xuan managed to avoid fainting and instead began to cultivate. Cultivating in this state was particularly effective for enhancing his strength.

In addition to the improvement in mental energy, Lu Xuan also firmly stabilized his realm at the fourth level of Body Tempering, the Bone Washing stage, equivalent to Long Yang's previous realm.

With his current strength, passing the Wind Sword Sect's assessment was a sure thing.

However, human desires are endless. Now, Lu Xuan was no longer satisfied with just joining the Wind Sword Sect. He not only wanted to pass the assessment but also to rank in it!

The top ten in the Wind Sword Sect's assessment would receive substantial rewards. With his previous strength, he wouldn't have dared to hope for it, but now it was different. If he could obtain sufficient resources, he had a good chance of advancing further and ranking in the top ten.

Looking out the window, it was already dark. Lu Xuan temporarily put aside the idea of going to the Spirit Materials Street. He could go tomorrow.

So he sat down in a meditative posture and began to cultivate.

With the unknown rank of the Taiyi Reversal Technique, cultivation for Lu Xuan was almost a pleasure. The rapid increase in strength made him feel very comfortable.

For several days, the bottleneck at the fourth level of Body Tempering had been holding him back. Now that the bottleneck was broken, his cultivation speed increased dramatically.

Countless streams of primordial energy were drawn into Lu Xuan's body, flowing through his twenty-six meridians and continuously seeping into his bones, cleansing them.

At this moment, the impurities in his bones were being continuously expelled, making his bones denser and more resilient. As the cleansing continued, Lu Xuan's overall explosive power would reach a qualitative improvement. One could say that only by entering the Bone Washing stage did one truly begin to temper the body.

Another night of cultivation passed, and it wasn't until the sky outside the window was bright that Lu Xuan came out of his cultivation.

Slowly standing up, Lu Xuan's physique seemed to have become slightly taller and more robust overnight. This was the change brought about by the Bone Washing stage.

A foul smell emanated from Lu Xuan's body. Looking down, he realized that his clothes were all stuck to his body, covered in the impurities that had been cleansed from his bones.

Frowning slightly, Lu Xuan had to take a good wash. He couldn't go out looking like this.

After about half an hour, Lu Xuan changed into a new set of clothes, picked up the three Rage Scrolls worth a thousand gold pieces each, and put them in his clothes before heading out and knocking on Yao Lei's door.

Yao Lei quickly opened the door. Seeing Lu Xuan, he was momentarily stunned and said, "Brother Xuan, why do you seem different today?"

At this moment, Lu Xuan had successfully broken through to the fourth level of Body Tempering, the Bone Washing stage. Not only did his eyes become brighter, but his entire aura had changed in a way that was hard to describe. This sudden change was immediately noticed by Yao Lei.

Lu Xuan smiled slightly and said, "I broke through during cultivation last night."

Broke through? Yao Lei was initially confused but quickly realized and exclaimed in surprise, "Brother Xuan, you've already broken through to the fourth level of Body Tempering?"

Lu Xuan nodded and said, "Yes, I gained a lot of insights from yesterday's battle, and it naturally led to a breakthrough. Let's go to the Treasure Pavilion again."

Yao Lei was delighted by Lu Xuan's successful breakthrough. Hearing his words, he nodded repeatedly, "Right, since you've broken through, we don't need to study enchanting anymore. Let's go return those materials and buy a lot of medicinal pills!"

Yao Lei had never expected Lu Xuan to succeed. He hadn't slept well all night, feeling heartache over the wasted hundreds of gold pieces. But now that Lu Xuan had broken through, he naturally wasn't in a hurry for money. He assumed that Lu Xuan was going to return the materials.

"Return the materials?" Lu Xuan couldn't help but smile and said, "I'm not going to return them; I'm going to sell them!"