Chapter 1451: Chapter 1422: Body Refinement

Li Chen’s thunder tribulation was quite strange, so strange that even he didn’t know what was going on.

Having gone through two such peculiar thunder tribulations, Li Chen even began to suspect if someone was controlling the tribulation.

Not to mention the sneak attacks, he was ambushed several times, and there was even that ‘Thunder Tribulation Liquid’.

For someone of Li Chen’s strength, although the power of the tribulation was much greater than that of average people, it posed no real threat to him. For Li Chen, he was merely using the tribulation for body refinement.

After obtaining the Body Refining Techniques, Li Chen decided to start refining his body.

After all, cultivation doesn’t represent all of one’s strength, and Li Chen understood this better than anyone. Otherwise, that Late Stage Envy Heaven Realm expert wouldn’t have died by his hand.

Li Chen decided that while improving his cultivation, he must also enhance his strength.

Currently, his ability to defeat the strong with the weak came from his past accumulations. Once his cultivation heightened, these accumulated advantages would gradually diminish, so he had to improve his strength in other aspects.

And body refinement was one of the methods.

After completing the tribulation, Li Chen returned to Auspicious Clear Town. With the help of Hujin and others, Li Chen got himself a house in Auspicious Clear Town. He even spent some Spirit Crystals to build a small pavilion.

He lived in this pavilion, often helping people with alchemy to earn Spirit Crystals.

Because his alchemy conditions were quite lenient and the prices were not high, not only did people from Auspicious Clear Town come, but even people from surrounding towns, after hearing about the Pill Master in Auspicious Clear Town, traveled thousands of miles to seek Li Chen’s alchemy services.

Initially, Li Chen was somewhat overwhelmed. Every morning, he would see a long queue at the pavilion’s entrance. These people were all here for pills, and even with Hujin and others helping to maintain order, it was still hectic.

After doing alchemy continuously for a month, Li Chen decided to take a break and no longer offered alchemy services to anyone.

He needed to cultivate.

Moreover, during this month of alchemy, Li Chen’s level in alchemy reached the Third Grade Pill Master level, and his formation skills hit the peak of the Third Level. Just one more step further, and he could achieve the level of a master in both areas. Relying on alchemy and the Spirit Grass obtained in the Enchanted World, Li Chen began studying body refinement.

“Eternal Indestructible Body? Such a bold claim, let’s see if this Cultivation Technique is as strong as its name suggests,” Li Chen mused as he started flipping through the Body Refining Techniques obtained from the Enchanted World.

Even though Li Chen put up a sign indicating he was in Closed-door Cultivation, people from surrounding towns still occasionally came. However, after learning that Li Chen was in seclusion, these loose cultivators didn’t dare to disturb him.

After all, offending a Pill Master was not a wise decision.

Not to mention anything else, just the month of alchemy allowed Li Chen to make many acquaintances. It could be said that with just one word from Li Chen, a large number of loose cultivators from around could gather.

“It’s time to give it a try.”

After researching the ‘Eternal Indestructible Body’ for a full three days in seclusion, Li Chen decided to begin body refinement.

Due to various factors, Li Chen’s physical body was already much stronger than average Martial Artists, giving him a higher starting point. After some thought, Li Chen decided to head to the ‘Storm Valley’ in Devil Ruin Mountain.

He had seen that place last time, and the storms there were indeed quite strong. Ordinary Martial Artists couldn’t venture too deep, but for him, it was the most suitable place.

“Storm Valley it is!”

After making up his mind, Li Chen didn’t hesitate any longer. He disguised himself and then proceeded alone to Devil Ruin Mountain.

With his current strength, he was considered a powerhouse in the surroundings, as long as no Heaven Following Realm powerhouse appeared, he did not fear anything.

These surroundings were merely towns where loose cultivators gathered, so under normal circumstances, a Heaven Following Realm powerhouse was unlikely to appear.

Thus, Li Chen felt at ease by himself.

Of course, the main reason he changed his appearance was due to his identity as a Pill Master.

With his current status among the surrounding loose cultivators, he wasn’t afraid of anyone attacking him, but he feared people coming to request pills.

The saying goes, “One does not hit a smiling face,” and people seeking pills would definitely be refused, but it wouldn’t be good to speak too bluntly. If he had to explain to each person, it might take him a year just to reach Devil Ruin Mountain.

“Whew—”

Having stealthily arrived at Devil Ruin Mountain, near Storm Valley, Li Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After confirming that there were no other Martial Artists around, Li Chen prepared himself, took off his black robe, and directly stepped into Storm Valley.

“Clang clang clang…”

Upon entering, Li Chen heard the sound of wind blades striking against his True Essence Protective Shield, making his face turn a bit pale.

This was terrifying, wasn’t it?

This was just against his True Essence Protective Shield; if it slashed his body…

After hesitating for a long time, Li Chen gradually let down the True Essence Protective Shield.

“Sizzle—”

As soon as he lifted the True Essence Protective Shield, his body began to show many fine wounds, all caused by the Wind Blades in Storm Valley.

According to rumors, the deeper into Storm Valley, the stronger the Wind Blades became. As for the deepest part, no one had ever been there because no one could persevere to the deepest part of Storm Valley.

It’s said that a Higher Heaven Realm powerhouse once attempted to forcibly enter Storm Valley, and while he did enter, he never came out again.

This shows the terrifying nature of Storm Valley.

Although he was wounded, the benefits of Li Chen’s hyper-regeneration cells became apparent.

Typically, this kind of regeneration appears only after a body-refining martial artist reaches a certain level, and before that, body refiners could only heal themselves slowly after each injury.

But Li Chen was different. With the existence of hyper-regeneration cells, he directly bypassed the first small threshold for body refiners, starting much higher than others.

And this was a crucial reason why Li Chen decided to pursue body refinement.

However, at his cultivation level, the efficiency of his regenerative cells had significantly decreased, no longer as fast as it was when his strength was weaker.

Gritting his teeth, Li Chen ignored the pain in his body and began attempting to operate his True Yuan according to the route described in the so-called ‘Eternal Indestructible Body’ Cultivation Technique.

This was merely the first step in body refinement, starting with the skin.

According to the records in ‘Eternal Indestructible Body’, several steps were needed to master this Cultivation Technique.

They were Copper Skin, Copper Flesh, Copper Bone, and Copper Blood.

Of course, this was just the First Layer.

Once the First Layer Copper Body was mastered, it was Nirvana.

After Nirvana, it was the Silver Body, and then the Golden Body.

According to the book’s records, after the Golden Body, there should be two more layers: the Starry Sky Body and the Indestructible Body.

However, the book Li Chen obtained did not record the subsequent Cultivation Techniques. According to Li Chen’s estimation, the Cultivation Technique might have an upper and lower volume, and what he got was only the upper volume.