Chapter 20

The Essence Blood Primordial Body Technique is divided into three levels, or rather, the Essence Blood Primordial Body Technique that Ye Zhen received from Liao Feibai only has three levels.

Completing the first level allows for bone marrow cleansing and body tempering, significantly increasing the physical strength of the practitioner. Reaching the second level results in the generation of a qi barrier due to the extreme vigor of the essence blood. This qi barrier can cut through metal and jade when used to attack, and if used for defense, it can withstand blades and swords.

If the Essence Blood Primordial Body Technique is cultivated to the third level, a drop of true essence can be condensed, touching the threshold of the True Essence Realm.

It seems very powerful, but it's unclear what the specific grade is. However, Ye Zhen believes that the item provided by the sect would not be of poor quality.

However, Ye Zhen feels that the matter of Zhao Guan recommending him to Instructor Liao is not as simple as it appears on the surface. There seems to be some hidden agenda, but Ye Zhen cannot figure out what it is.

However, there is one thing Ye Zhen is very certain about: if he does not meet Instructor Liao's requirements in a month, his fate will be very, very dire.

Therefore, after returning from Instructor Liao, Ye Zhen focused entirely on cultivating the Essence Blood Primordial Body Technique passed down by Instructor Liao.

On the bed, Ye Zhen sat cross-legged, with the blood qi in his body surging like waves, moving in a specific pattern. The first level of the Essence Blood Primordial Body Technique mainly focuses on blood refinement and body tempering.

It makes the blood qi in the meridians more dense and pure, and then uses this more refined blood qi to temper the bones and meridians, thereby strengthening the body.

If Liao Feibai were here, he would find that Ye Zhen's blood qi was already extremely condensed. With just a slight turn of the technique, the refinement of the essence blood was completed.

Not only that, but after the first refinement of the Essence Blood Primordial Body Technique, the blood qi, when passing through the Spirit Dragon Pearl in Ye Zhen's chest, became even more condensed.

The first level of the Spirit Dragon Pearl, which had just opened, functioned like a precision machine. No matter what quality of blood qi passed through, it would be refined to become even purer and more refined.

As a result, what was originally the most difficult part of refining blood qi for others became the easiest, almost effortless, for Ye Zhen.

The only thing Ye Zhen lacked was abundant blood qi, which he needed to accumulate over time.

However, this was no longer a problem for Ye Zhen.

Because Ye Zhen still had ten Blood Essence Pills, the reward for winning first place in the Fish Dragon Path. These ten Blood Essence Pills were the amount that outer sect disciples could receive over fifty days.

Other outer sect disciples would take fifty days to receive this amount, but Ye Zhen consumed all ten Blood Essence Pills within three hours. If the elders of the Qiyun Sect knew this, they would be shocked speechless.

Is he trying to kill himself?

A little guy at the third level of Blood Refinement dares to swallow ten Blood Essence Pills in a row. Isn't he afraid of bursting his body?

Actually, Ye Zhen didn't know this.

The reason is simple: the massive medicinal power contained in one Blood Essence Pill would take one or two hours for other disciples to refine.

Moreover, all medicines have some toxicity. The hidden toxicity in the body also needs time to be resolved. Normally, outer sect disciples can only take two or three Blood Essence Pills a day.

After reaching this limit, they need several days to refine the toxicity before they can take another Blood Essence Pill, otherwise, it would harm their body.

However, this would not happen to Ye Zhen.

The Essence Blood Primordial Body Technique itself refines a small part of the toxicity when refining blood qi. The remaining hidden toxicity in the blood qi would be completely refined by the Spirit Dragon Pearl when passing through its first level.

At the same time, the Spirit Dragon Pearl acts like a refining machine, helping Ye Zhen refine the medicinal power faster.

For these reasons, Ye Zhen was able to consume and refine ten Blood Essence Pills within three hours.

In fact, Ye Zhen instinctively felt that his blood qi was insufficient during the operation of the Essence Blood Primordial Body Technique, and he wanted to supplement it with pills.

The consequences of consuming ten Blood Essence Pills within three hours were significant.

When the medicinal power of the last Blood Essence Pill was refined, the blood qi in Ye Zhen's body became as fine and dense as mercury.

"Phew!"

Ye Zhen slowly opened his eyes, exhaling a breath of turbid air. The sharp light in his eyes flashed and disappeared. His previously flat temples now bulged like small lumps.

"Completing the first level in one day, this Essence Blood Primordial Body Technique is much simpler than I imagined. It doesn't seem that difficult!" Ye Zhen said, blinking his eyes.

Ye Zhen suddenly stood up, and the sound of his bones cracking like popping beans echoed. The blood qi, like mercury, surged throughout his body, and Ye Zhen felt his body grow taller by a few inches.

A light tap of his finger, and it cracked the air like a whip, making a popping sound.

He felt a pure sense of power throughout his body, which filled him with confidence. Ye Zhen believed that if he met Feng Haoran or Shi Tianjia again on the Fish Dragon Path, he could easily crush them.

Ye Zhen's bare upper body was covered with a thin layer of almost white, mud-like substance. What surprised Ye Zhen was that this mud-like substance did not have the usual stench but instead had a faint, pleasant aroma.

"Completing the first level of the Essence Blood Primordial Body Technique can cleanse the bone marrow and temper the body. Does this mean my cultivation has also advanced to the fourth level of Blood Refinement?"

A hint of doubt flashed across Ye Zhen's mind. He lightly tapped his temple with his finger.

Bang!

The bulging temple, like taut cowhide, bounced Ye Zhen's finger high. Joy instantly spread across Ye Zhen's face.

When the blood qi is at its peak, it can expel impurities from the body. Once a martial artist's blood qi reaches its peak, the temples will bulge like taut cowhide!

Fourth level of Blood Refinement!

After one day of cultivation, with the help of ten Blood Essence Pills, Ye Zhen advanced to the fourth level of Blood Refinement in just one day.

However, this was just the beginning. The Essence Blood Primordial Body Technique that Ye Zhen received had three levels, and the next two levels were progressively slower and more difficult. Moreover, Ye Zhen no longer had the resources like ten Blood Essence Pills.

After five days of continuous cultivation, Ye Zhen received his first Blood Essence Pill as an outer sect disciple. After consuming and refining this pill, his Essence Blood Primordial Body Technique made some progress.

By the tenth day of cultivation, Ye Zhen consumed his second Blood Essence Pill, which made some progress, but the progress was extremely slow.

Ye Zhen estimated that at this rate, it would take him two to three months to complete the second level of the Essence Blood Primordial Body Technique.

Finally, unable to contain himself, Ye Zhen returned to Bai Song Peak on the evening of the tenth day. After seeing Sha Fei's rapid progress, he stayed until late, which made Ma Yuanwu, who was still recuperating on Bai Song Peak, too scared to leave his room.

As for Wu Jian, Yu Ping, and others, they had already been expelled from the Qiyun Sect for failing the annual examination and not even qualifying as servant disciples.

When he returned, Ye Zhen secretly went to the secret cave on the cliff behind Bai Song Peak. His luck was still good; no wild animals had entered the cave in the past eleven days. The accumulated stone marrow spirit liquid was enough to fill a small bowl.

After setting up some precautions to prevent wild animals from entering, Ye Zhen took the small bowl of stone marrow spirit liquid and quietly returned to Donglai Peak.

At night, Ye Zhen consumed the stone marrow spirit liquid in several doses to cultivate. The powerful energy contained in the stone marrow spirit liquid made his cultivation soar, and his blood qi reached its peak.

When his temples bulged to their maximum, the last trace of white impurities mixed with a bit of blood spurted out. A blood qi vortex slowly formed in Ye Zhen's dantian.

Once the blood qi vortex was formed, the blood qi in Ye Zhen's body, which had reached its peak, found a release, rushing madly into the dantian's blood qi vortex. The temples, which had swollen to the point of bursting, gradually sank, and the overwhelming sense of energy radiating from Ye Zhen's body disappeared.

Sss!

After a night and a day of continuous cultivation, Ye Zhen suddenly stood up, and the sound of his bones cracking echoed as he punched forward.

Bang!

The moment Ye Zhen's fist stopped, a loud noise came from the door, which was three meters away, startling Ye Zhen.

Upon closer inspection, he found a large hole in the door, exactly the size of his fist.

"Second level of the Essence Blood Primordial Body Technique? Qi barrier attached to the body?" Ye Zhen's face was filled with surprise.

Just as Ye Zhen was about to experience the power of the second level of the Essence Blood Primordial Body Technique, a loud commotion came from outside the door.

"Quick, quick, the Heaven and Earth Rankings have changed! Someone has made it to the list!"

"Heaven and Earth Rankings?" Ye Zhen's brow furrowed, and he couldn't help but walk towards the door.

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