Chapter 163: Tempering the Body

  Guo Fei was astonished. The reason why the Great Ape could resist the Heavenly Soul with its demonic general cultivation was that it had been tempering its body for a long time, making its body as hard as copper and iron. With its great strength, its attack power was quite fierce. In "Jin Dao Lung Jing", it is also explained that refining the golden body is a difficult process, and the three realms of refining bones, refining the body, and refining the soul must advance synchronously in long-term cultivation.

  In those years, the "Jin Dao Fei Jing" passed down by Qin Wen to Guo Fei only recorded three layers of gongfa. One was the method of cultivating the three layers of yuanjing, followed by the method of refining the golden body with yuanqi, and finally, the method of transforming the boundary, which was inferred by Wensheng based on his own cultivation experience.

  According to Qin Wen's conjecture, he deduced the method of cultivating Huajing. From Guo Fei's current knowledge, his deduction is not detailed and only describes Huajing. Therefore, in order to cultivate Huajing, one must borrow from the scriptures of the Golden Attribute.

  However, the method of refining the golden body is perfect. As it is said, "The golden body is formed, and heaven and earth are shocked." From books, I understand that true cultivators who can complete the great achievement of the golden body are extremely rare, and once they cultivate the golden body, they will be extremely terrifying.

  Guo Fei knew that such an opportunity was hard to come by, so he didn't decline. Therefore, he jumped into the pool without hesitation.

  A dense, golden aura suddenly enveloped his entire body. Guo Fei closed his eyes and began to cultivate the Golden Body Technique by circulating the Golden Path Lung Meridian, tempering his body and mind.

  The method of tempering the golden body is to absorb the primordial energy of heaven and earth into the source, use the source to refine the primordial energy of heaven and earth into the original attribute's primordial energy, and use the power of the origin to temper the skeleton, flesh, and soul. This process seems simple but is actually extremely difficult. After absorbing the primordial energy of heaven and earth for several days, only a tiny bit of the refined source force can be obtained, which must be stored to nourish the source and prepare for battle. It's a case of income not covering expenses, with very little usable for tempering the golden body.

  Compared to other cultivators, Guo Fei was indeed taking a shortcut. His martial energy could slowly condense, and each time it condensed, he would cast it into the Origin, transforming it into Origin Energy, without needing to constantly meditate and cultivate.

  But as the troops upgraded, the energy of the sword shadow condensed perfectly, and the time spent also doubled. In order to fight, it had to be stored in the Xuan Tie Sword. Now that the Xuan Tie Sword has evolved, its storage capacity has increased, and only then can the six-way sword shadow energy "feed" it, making Guo Fei feel the importance of accumulating vitality.

  Guo Fei felt more and more deeply that the process of cultivation was to condense the primordial energy of heaven and earth into his own source power, and the process of improving his cultivation. However, the primordial energy of heaven and earth was limited, and the condensation process was difficult, which made cultivation progress slowly. Therefore, spiritual elixirs and spiritual stones became extremely precious. Some heavenly spiritual objects were even worth a city.

  Unfortunately, Guo Fei now seems to have a lot of financial resources, but after careful calculation, he actually has very limited funds. Moreover, among the 2 million or so spiritual stones, golden spiritual stones are extremely rare and can only be used for cultivation purposes, which is not as good as exchanging them for magical instruments and elixirs. They can only be used to break through bottlenecks occasionally.

  "Ah!" Guo Fei pondered the problem of energy condensation, exploring this pool, and suddenly his body shook with a thrill of excitement. The pool contained a large amount of golden elemental energy, far surpassing that of the outside world, and quickly gathered into the source, transforming into source power. Moreover, these dark golden liquids actually penetrated directly into his body, driven by the source power, seeping into his bones and flesh, making his body itch, as some black impurities were expelled, replaced by these golden **tempering, his body suddenly became even stronger and more powerful.

  Guo Fei closed his eyes and continuously circulated his heart method, falling into a state of deep stillness.

  "Whoosh!" After an unknown period of time, feeling no effect, Guo Fei let out a breath and opened his eyes. With a glance inward, he was suddenly shocked to find that the source tower in the secret realm had originally been only ten or more centimeters long, but now it had grown by half, its outline gradually becoming clearer, vaguely visible with nine layers, the mouth of the tower continuously spewing out golden halos.

  Only the skeleton faintly emitted a dark golden color, and during the operation of the source power, a surge of powerful energy burst out from within. The flesh exploded with a mighty force.

  I thought that my own cultivation of the Golden Body would allow my troops' energy to upgrade to level 2 without any obstacles. Now it seems that even if I upgrade to level 5, this body of mine won't suffer any damage. In other words, the bottleneck for upgrading troop levels won't appear for a long time, and now is the time to rapidly increase the troop's level.

  Guo Fei thought for a moment, turned his head to look at the pool, and suddenly felt a little guilty. At this time, the water in this not-so-large pool had completely changed into clear water, and the dark golden color had disappeared without a trace. Without a doubt, Guo Fei had absorbed it all.

  "Monkey brother, sorry about that, I've drained your pool dry!" As he walked out of the cave, Guo Fei saw Monkey Da sitting quietly at the entrance, with Tian Hunzi and Hu Xiaoyue waiting anxiously.

  "It doesn't matter, this pool will slowly condense again. In less than fifty years, this pool can condense out such a thing again. Moreover, I have been tempering my body in it for a hundred years and have reached the limit. Our demon clan does not have a superior cultivation method, we cannot be like Fei Yu brothers who absorbed all the energy in just ten days. I am slow, completely passively accepting the tempering." Monkey laughed loudly, with joy radiating from his eyebrows.

  "Congratulations, Monkey King!" Guo Fei saw that the Great Ape was so excited and couldn't help but take a closer look, discovering that his tail had disappeared. He knew that he had finally opened up his meridians and gotten rid of his tail. Suddenly, he exclaimed in surprise.

  "Haha, I must also thank Brother Feiyu! I've been cultivating here for a hundred years, soaking and pounding my body with large stones every day, tempering myself into a bronze body and iron bones. Unfortunately, without the guidance of a senior, I was never able to break through the last meridian, leaving behind a tail, too ashamed to go out. Today, I've finally achieved my wish, it's truly a joyous occasion!" Monkey King exclaimed, laughing loudly towards the sky.

  "Congratulations, congratulations." A tipsy Bai Yu stumbled over from the mountain path beside them.

  "Haha. Bai Yu brothers, how many times have you gotten drunk now?" Monkey Da teased.

  "Monkey brother's wine is too good, it's really hard to part with! However, I have something important on hand and must leave." Bai Yu said reluctantly.

  "Are you going to attend the temple fair at Huoyan Cave?" Monkey King asked with a faint smile.

  "Huh? Brother Monkey also knows, could it be that you want to go too? You usually don't leave the house." White Feather said with a smile.

  "Haha, that was in the past." Monkey King turned his body around and laughed.

  "In that case, let's go together. This time's town meeting may not be so simple." said Shiraha with a thoughtful expression.

  "Oh? What does 'White Feather Brothers' mean?" Monkey King asked, taken aback.

  "As far as I know, the Huoyun Cave's Huo family seems to have some ulterior motive. Recently, I received intelligence that something big happened in Huoyun Cave, and its defenses are unusually tight. Later, the invitations sent out not only invited all the demon tribes of Wanshang Mountain, but also invited cultivators from the three major empires to attend. This is unthinkable in the past." White Feather said thoughtfully.

  "Mind your own business! You'll know when you get there." Monkey King said in a deep voice.

  "Should Feiyu brothers go?" Bai Yu looked at Guo Fei with a sly gaze.

  "Since there's such a grand occasion, it's good to go and experience it." Guo Fei nodded and said.