Chapter 11 (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

Although Ren Jie used to be very lazy and did not cultivate at all, he was born in an aristocratic family. Hence, he still reached level-five of the cultivation realm. It was just that the Qi in his body was much weaker than the Qi which a typical level-five cultivator had. Cultivation increased the “Qi” in one’s body, and the strength of one’s body and Qi would directly affect the True Qi which formed after one breakthrough to the True Qi Realm.

Of course, 99% of the people would not reach the True Qi realm, only the experts would be able to reach it.

If it was someone without any background, breaking through the True Qi Realm would change his life completely. In smaller places, being at the True Qi Realm meant that one could support a little clan and become a well-known expert.

Even in larger clans, it would help one to enjoy higher status and prestige and have a bright future.

Ordinary people only wanted to achieve something in the Body Refinement Realm and the True Qi Realm was something unimaginable for them. However, for the heir of one of the five great aristocratic families of the Jade Capital, entering the True Qi Realm was a basic requirement. Ren Jie obviously did not think much about it, and that was why the strength of his body and Qi was terribly messed up.

Ren Jie controlled the Qi in his body quickly and started circulating the first level of the Jade Emperor Body Tempering Technique. Ren Jie had reached a high level in the realm and his spiritual sense was equivalent to level-nine in the True Qi Realm. Hence, controlling the Qi in his body was very simple.

He concentrated the Qi in his body into unique rings and concentrated them slowly, according to the detailed records in the chant. It took at least three days to complete the circulation of the first stage. However, Ren Jie’s level and spiritual sense were both strong enough and he concentrated the special rings formed using the Qi in his body. Then, he linked the rings at different places and finished concentrating the first layer of 36 vigor rings within four hours.

Although Ren Jie kept following the instructions on the first layer of the Jade Emperor Refinement Chant to concentrate vigor rings, he did not understand the purpose of the rings. After he had followed the instructions and completed forming the first layer of 36 interlinked rings, he circulated the remaining Qi in his body according to the circulation art in the chant.

“Boom… boom…” Ren Jie felt as though his body was slammed by a few thousand gigantic hammers at the same time and vomited a mouthful of blood.

He laid flat on the bed and felt as though he was suppressed by a huge mountain. Every inch of his body was crushed. The pain was not caused by external forces but originated from the inside to pressure each of his muscles. Ren Jie felt his muscles trembling.

“Ah!” Ren Jie tried to restrain himself from growling. How terrifying.

At that moment, Ren Jie finally understood what tempering the body using Qi in the Jade Emperor Refinement Chant was about. These rings were concentrated in odd ways and they would form unique restrictions after they were interlinked and circulated according to the Jade Emperor Refinement Chant.

Force restriction was harsher than any other form of external suppressions because it crushed every inch of the body from the inside.

Ren Jie finally understood why it was said that this required immense determination and perseverance. Because if you were to temper your body and train yourself, you would take a break no matter how hard you worked. This was different, the suppression would remain on every part of the body as long as you did not disperse the vigor rings.

This feeling reminded Ren Jie of how people would imagine how gravity chambers felt like when he was on Earth. If you could withstand the forces that were ten or a hundred times stronger than those on Earth, you would be a superman when you returned to Earth.

That was something interesting. However, that was only body tempering technique in the body tempering realm. Ren Jie discovered that there were many changes in every layer of the Jade Emperor Refinement Chant and the number of concentrated rings increased many times with the changes.

After a while, Ren Jie finally managed to sit upright and he was thankful that that was the first level of the Body Tempering Realm. It was just too sudden just now and he started to adapt slowly after he had some rest.

He did not need to move too much now and he only needed to move slowly because he felt as though there was a gravity chamber in his body.

Darn it, he would be at a disadvantage if he fought someone under such conditions. He was under immense pressure and it would be like fighting someone while carrying a little mountain, or being under two or three times of pressure while the other party was in a perfectly normal state.

The good thing was that it was stated in the chant how he could disperse the Qi connecting the six points linking the rings immediately to relieve the pressure. Even then, he had less than one-third of Qi to use as he used most of it to form the circular vigor rings so that he could create the special restrictions.

Although the Qi in the Body Refinement Realm was not like those in the True Qi Realm, the strength of the Qi would increase slowly when it reached the fourth-stage, and when it reached the sixth-stage, one could use some ways to increase its power.

Ren Jie did not consider all those temporarily and he had already started to let his body get used to the current situation. Ren Jie ate a lot of medicine in the past, but the amount which he could fully use was limited and he lost more than 70% of it. It would be good enough as long as he had utilized 5% of it and the remaining 25% would accumulate in the body. If the remaining Qi was not utilized efficiently, it would be lost gradually.

However, under the unique pressure of the Qi refinement method, his body was forced to resist the pressure. Ren Jie’s body started to move. His slack body was triggered and the medicine started to take effect. The strength of his body started to increase because his body was already at level-five of the Body Refinement Realm right from the start. Although the Body Refinement Realm required typically was incomparable to that as required by the Jade Emperor Refinement Chant, as compared to starting from scratch, a foundation of level-five would be a better head start.

Ren Jie’s body adjusted to the situation gradually and the medicine in his body gradually turned into vigor rings. The vigor of the Qi in his body became stronger and the speed of its circulation also increased.

He was completely immersed in that feeling as the sun started to rise slowly, reached the mid sky, then set gradually.