#7 - The seventh level of body tempering, reaching perfection

Lin Yun established another task, but he couldn't set up a spar with Lin Xia, so he had to add conditions.

[Task: Spar with Lin Xia and remain undefeated, reward: one bottle of Rank 2 Yuan Qi Pills.]

"Come on, Sister Lin Xia, I also want to test your strength."

Seeing that the reward was Yuan Qi Pills, Lin Yun smiled excitedly.

Lin Yun had already consumed the Yuan Qi Pills he had obtained before, directly pushing him to the peak of the sixth level of Body Tempering. This pill was very suitable for his current realm of cultivation.

Next, to break through to the seventh level of Body Tempering, he needed a large number of Yuan Qi Pills.

It could only be said that Lin Xia came at the right time, truly his lucky star.

"Spirit Sword Finger!"

Lin Xia took the lead, pointing like a sword, directly stabbing at Lin Yun's front.

"Shu Shu Shu!"

The sword finger cut through the air, the Yuan energy at the fingertip whistled, making a piercing sound. Lin Yun's legs constantly moved and changed, his body was extremely flexible, easily dodging Lin Xia's series of attacks.

"You actually really mastered Eight Steps Catching Cicadas." Lin Xia said in surprise.

Only less than two months had passed, and Lin Yun had cultivated Eight Steps Catching Cicadas to such a degree. Such talent truly shocked her.

Lin Yun smiled and said nothing, continuously punching with a series of 'pa pa pa' sounds. His Tongbei Fist had been cultivated to Perfection +7, very close to Divine Transformation.

Now, any random punch could unleash the power of the previous tenth echo.

"Such heavy fist strength, Tongbei Fist can actually be so strong, is this really a Rank 1 martial art."

Lin Xia was shocked in her heart and had to fully exert her Yuan energy to resolve Lin Yun's attack with even stronger power.

"Little brother Lin Yun, be careful, elder sister is going to use her full strength."

Yuan energy whistled between Lin Xia's hands, and the aura around her suddenly increased. A layer of cyan Yuan energy light erupted from her body, far exceeding Lin Yun's Yuan energy.

"Sister Lin Xia, have you already broken through to the seventh level of Body Tempering?" Lin Yun smiled slightly, "However, wanting to defeat me is not that easy."

Lin Yun was not surprised that Lin Xia had broken through to the seventh level of Body Tempering. Lin Xia had already reached the peak of the sixth level, so breaking through was normal.

"Then let's try!"

Lin Xia said unconvincingly, speeding up the pace of her attack.

After the last spar, the martial arts talent displayed by Lin Yun gave her pressure. Lin Xia had also been cultivating diligently for the past half month.

She didn't believe that being one realm higher than Lin Yun, she still couldn't take down this little brother.

Shu shu shu… Lin Yun's legs moved flexibly, his figure was like the wind, sometimes left, sometimes right. Between the changes in his footsteps, his fists were also constantly punching out. The super fast speed and agile body allowed Lin Yun to take control of the battle. Coupled with his heavy and powerful fists, no matter how Lin Xia attacked, Lin Yun could block and dodge with ease.

Half a quarter of an hour later.

Lin Xia stopped, panting heavily.

Her Yuan energy was basically exhausted.

Lin Yun was the same, his Yuan energy was even exhausted before Lin Xia, but his physique was stronger than Lin Xia, and he could withstand Lin Xia head-on with his physical body for a period of time.

"Huff～"

Lin Xia put her hands on her waist, breathing heavily, and said, "Little brother Lin Yun, you are still the first opponent in the clan to make me so embarrassed. Your movement martial art is really too helpless, I can't even hit you. With this movement technique, you can even fight beyond your level."

"Sister Lin Xia, you flatter me. That's because there's no life-and-death struggle, otherwise, how could I be your opponent?" Lin Yun said modestly.

"Hmph, I'll take it that you know your place." Lin Xia smiled triumphantly.

She had indeed been mainly using the spar just now to train and test Lin Yun. She didn't want to put Lin Yun to death, so the attacks were from slow to fast, with a rhythmic battle.

"Hehe!"

Lin Yun smiled honestly.

He didn't point it out. Lin Xia was sparring with him, and he was naturally the same. From beginning to end, he had been fighting according to Lin Xia's rhythm, without taking the initiative to attack. Moreover, before Lin Xia came, he had been practicing his fist techniques, and his Yuan energy had been consumed in advance.

In addition, he did not use the Eight Desolate Palms, and was still wearing hundred-pound weighted shoes.

If both of them were at their peak state, in a life-and-death struggle, even if there was a difference of one realm, Lin Yun had a 70% certainty of taking down Lin Xia.

"Alright, I'm going back, you've made me all sweaty." Lin Xia tidied up her clothes and left dashingly.

Lin Yun sent her to the door, "Sister Lin Xia, walk slowly, come again when you have time."

[Task: Spar with Lin Xia and remain undefeated. Reward: One bottle of Rank 2 Yuan Qi Pills. Completed, claim reward?]

"Claim!"

Lin Yun held the Yuan Qi Pills and muttered, "With this bottle of Yuan Qi Pills, I should be able to break through to the seventh level of Body Tempering."

"Let's see what Sister Lin Xia brought."

Lin Yun opened the few bags that Lin Xia brought on the table, and they were all monster beast meat and medicinal herbs to replenish Qi and blood for martial arts practitioners.

Among them was a more exquisite mahogany box.

Opening it, Lin Yun was slightly lost in thought. There were two ginseng roots inside.

"This is Scarlet Beard Ginseng, a Rank 2 spiritual medicine."

Lin Yun was a little moved. He didn't expect Lin Xia to give such a valuable thing.

Rank 2 spiritual medicines were very good cultivation items for Body Tempering stage martial artists, and they were very precious. Not many people in the entire Lin family could afford to use them.

This was clearly Lin Xia's own cultivation resources, and she had given them to Lin Yun.

It should be related to the martial arts talent he showed last time.

"It's also possible that Lin Ken instructed her." Lin Yun thought to himself.

But no matter what, he had remembered this favor.

With these two Rank 2 spiritual medicines, Lin Yun was even more confident in breaking through to the seventh level of Body Tempering.

[Task: Break through to the seventh level of Body Tempering. Reward: Physique +1, Comprehension +1.]

Lin Yun established a task and began to swallow Yuan Qi Pills to cultivate.

Once again immersed in daily cultivation, Lin Yun completed one task after another.

[Task: Cultivate Tongbei Fist 1000 times (980/980). Reward: Tongbei Perfection Proficiency +1. Completed, claim reward?]

"Claim!"

[Task: Tongbei Fist has been cultivated to Divine Transformation. Reward: Fist Talent (Elementary). Completed, claim reward?]

"Claim!"

[Tongbei Fist (Perfection + 10) — (Divine Transformation)]

…

Half a month later!

With the help of ten Yuan Qi Pills and the Scarlet Beard Ginseng sent by Lin Xia, Lin Yun finally felt the Yuan energy seed breaking out of his bones.

This was a sign of breaking through to the seventh level of Body Tempering.

Buzz buzz… The Yuan energy seed in his body buzzed. Lin Yun looked inside his body and saw a transparent ball of light about the size of a fist. The ball of light flowed slowly in his body, and a strange suction force gushed out. Under this suction force, there were actually faint traces of energy flowing out from the surrounding world, and finally, following Lin Yun's breathing, they drilled into his body.

"Such a large Yuan energy seed."

A look of joy appeared on Lin Yun's face. According to common sense, the Yuan energy seed that breaks out of the bones is at most the size of a little finger, but his Yuan energy seed is comparable to a sandbag-sized fist, dozens of times larger than normal.

The stronger the Yuan energy seed, the deeper the foundation of martial arts.

"It should be because I took Marrow Cleansing Pill, Azure Blood Pill, Yuan Qi Pill and other special pills." Lin Yun couldn't help but think.

The pills produced by the system were all top quality. After taking them, not only were there no sequelae to the body, but they could also improve the physique, with extraordinary effects. Coupled with Lin Yun's hard work in cultivation and tempering his body, these conditions were put together, and his foundation was strong, which was not surprising.

[Task: Break through to the seventh level of Body Tempering. Reward: Physique +1, Comprehension +1. Completed, claim reward?]

"Claim!"

[Comprehension 8 (Mediocre) — 9 (Mediocre)]

[Physique 9 (Mediocre) — 10 (Outstanding)]

"Huff, I finally broke through, System, check the attribute panel." Lin Yun breathed a sigh of relief. The feeling of breaking through was really refreshing.

[Name]: Lin Yun

[Talent]: Fist Talent (Elementary), Movement Talent (Elementary), Palm Talent (Elementary)

[Physique]: 10 (Outstanding)

[Bone Structure]: 10 (Outstanding)

[Spirit]: 15 (Outstanding)

[Comprehension]: 9 (Mediocre)

[Cultivation]: Seventh level of Body Tempering

[Martial Arts]: Falling Rock Fist (Great Accomplishment + 6), Tongbei Fist (Divine Transformation), Eight Steps Catching Cicadas (Perfection + 1), Eight Desolate Palms (Perfection + 1)

"Hehe, a rich attribute panel is just better to look at."

Lin Yun smiled with satisfaction, and immediately felt that the efforts of the past two months were worth it.

There were still two months before the clan competition. Lin Yun planned to use it to sprint on Falling Rock Fist, Eight Steps Catching Cicadas and Eight Desolate Palms.

He wanted to brush these three martial arts to the Divine Transformation level.

As for Technique Approaching the Dao, it needed to be brushed 100,000 times. There was really not so much time now, so he could only wait until the attributes and talents were improved in the future, reduce the number of times, and then brush it slowly.

Although he already had the Tongbei Fist at the Divine Transformation level, cultivating Falling Rock Fist was still useful to Lin Yun. Falling Rock Fist was powerful and heavy, and also had the shock effect of hitting a cow across a mountain. It was more useful than Tongbei Fist when encountering opponents with too strong defense, especially when fighting against monsters with thick skin and flesh like the Ironback Cangxiong, Falling Rock Fist was more practical.

Anyway, it's never a disadvantage to have more skills.

In addition, the various attributes of the body have been improved, and three of them have reached "Outstanding", and he also has Elementary Fist Talent.

Lin Yun's efficiency in cultivating Falling Rock Fist will be much faster.

[Task: Cultivate Falling Rock Fist 100 times (1/60), Reward: Falling Rock Fist Great Accomplishment Proficiency +1.]

From Great Accomplishment to Perfection, it originally needed 1000 times, but now it only needs 600 times, almost half less.

Five days later!

Lin Yun successfully cultivated Falling Rock Fist to Perfection.

He got the reward, "One bottle of Azure Blood Pill."

Continuing to cultivate Falling Rock Fist, ten days later, he reached Divine Transformation.

He got the reward, "Fist Talent (Elementary + 1).".

More than two months later, Lin Yun successfully cultivated Eight Desolate Palms and Eight Steps Catching Cicadas to Divine Transformation as well.

He got the rewards, "Movement Talent (Elementary + 2)", "Palm Talent (Elementary + 2)".

At this point, Lin Yun's four martial arts had all been cultivated to Divine Transformation.

However, because he had been brushing the proficiency of martial arts during this period of time and had not received pill rewards, Lin Yun's realm was still stuck at the seventh level of Body Tempering.

After the sixth level of Body Tempering, he began to cultivate Yuan energy. Relying on hard cultivation, the speed would be very slow, and cultivation resources would be very important.

The help and effect of Rank 2 spiritual medicines and pills on Lin Yun had already weakened.

After that, at least Rank 3 would be needed to have obvious effects.

Fortunately, the clan competition was about to begin.

The reward for the first place in the clan competition was Rank 3 spiritual medicine, which was a good resource.

In addition, there were many battles in the clan competition, and Lin Yun felt that he could set up a lot of tasks, and he should be able to brush up a lot of rewards.

Three days later!

In Lin Yun's anticipation, the clan competition finally began.