Chapter 674 - 436: Initiation and Departure
Two days later in the morning, inside the Martial Venerable Hall.
Unlike usual, Wang Zhifan was not meditating on the prayer mat in the main hall; instead, he was soaking his body in a giant wooden tub filled with golden-red liquid in the inner hall, eyes closed, taking a morning bath.
He actually didn’t have the habit of bathing in the morning, but today was special, with a special schedule arranged. So, to avoid delaying his cultivation, he completed his medicinal bath exercise in advance.
Currently, leaning back in the giant wooden tub filled with medicinal liquid, exposing only his head, he appeared leisurely. In reality, he was engaging in body refining cultivation, specifically consolidating the Infinite Golden Body Skill he’d already begun to master.
Before long, a young girl with beautiful dragon horns on her forehead walked into the inner hall carrying a small wooden bucket. She walked unhurriedly to the big wooden tub where Wang Zhifan lay and asked:
"Brother Fan, the last ten medicinal ingredients are ready. How much should I add?"
"Add them all in."
Wang Zhifan, inside the big wooden tub, answered without hesitation, keeping his eyes closed.
"Okay, I’ll pour them all in."
Mieyue Long Dao listened and promptly followed his instructions, pouring all kinds of unnamed dried herbs from the small wooden bucket into the big wooden tub where Wang Zhifan was soaking, taking no notice of any sudden exposure this might cause.
In an instant, with the addition of the small bucket of medicinal ingredients, the golden-red liquid around Wang Zhifan started to boil violently, as if a strong chemical reaction had been triggered by the newly added materials.
Even more astonishing was that this boiling liquid then started to emit a large amount of light golden mist, which in just a couple of seconds almost completely obscured Wang Zhifan lying in the big wooden tub.
A peculiar phenomenon then occurred: the light golden mist did not spread further outward, so Mieyue Long Dao standing next to the big wooden tub was not affected.
Sizzle~ sizzle~
After a few seconds, strange noises emanated from the big wooden tub, not the sound of boiling medicinal liquid, but more like an additional reaction between the medicinal liquid and the body’s interior. However, due to the mist, it was impossible to see clearly from the outside.
Mieyue Long Dao didn’t seem surprised by any of this; she casually glanced at the mist-covered big wooden tub and then carried the small wooden bucket she used outside the inner hall.
Sometime later, the light golden mist around the big wooden tub had almost completely dissipated, and Wang Zhifan sat up in the tub, his face slightly flushed, and opened his eyes.
"My strategy to increase the dosage was indeed correct. Considering my extraordinary physique now, the dosage suggestions for the Infinite Golden Body Skill were minimal, and I had to multiply it by several times to have an impact."
While contemplating, he habitually opened his personal status panel to check his basic condition.
[Cultivation Technique: Great Dream Saber Scripture (Excellent) Lv6, Wind and Thunder Heaven-Treading Skill (Excellent) Lv3, Pure Yang True Skill (Excellent) Lv3, Infinite Golden Body Skill (Excellent) Lv1.]
[Constitution: 201.]
[Strength: 205.]
[Agility: 180.]
[Spirit: 193.]
Compared to two days ago, when the Pure Yang True Skill broke through to Lv3, his basic attributes had changed once again.
However, the change was very extreme—of the four major attributes, only the strength attribute increased by 22 points, while the other three showed no significant variation.
This very well demonstrated the brute strength characteristic of the Infinite Golden Body Skill. After all, during its development, this cultivation technique was once called the Great Strength Iron Body Skill, emphasizing tremendous power and a sturdy frame.
"Compared to the night before yesterday when I just began the Infinite Golden Body Skill, not a single attribute changed... Didn’t the heritage say that the body would strengthen during the Body Refining process? Why does this contradict the facts..."
After examining the status panel, Wang Zhifan fell into deep thought. He originally expected a small surprise, but even after increasing the concentration of the medicinal bath, his body attributes showed no response.
"It shouldn’t be the issue with the medicinal bath’s effectiveness... I do feel the concentration of my protective golden aura has increased significantly, even exceeding my expectations..."
Sitting in the big wooden tub, Wang Zhifan, with a movement of his mind and as his martial true force began circulating, was enveloped by a thin golden radiance covering his entire body, including his head and hair, making him look like a divine figure emitting a faint golden glow.
This special ability was the hallmark of beginning the Infinite Golden Body Skill. The creation of the protective golden aura justified the name of this body refining technique.
Yet, to be precise, a normal beginner of the Infinite Golden Body Skill can only temporarily trigger a very faint protective golden aura, barely noticeable unless observed carefully. What Wang Zhifan displayed, as if he added five dollars’ worth of special effects, was beyond the imagination of the predecessors who developed this technique.
"It’s probably related to my relatively high basic attributes... The process of body growth in the Body Refining process mentioned in the heritage was just an insignificant byproduct, a mere increase by the myriad medicinal bath materials, but my attributes have already transcended normal human ranges, causing even a doubling of the ingredients not to reach the necessary threshold, utterly unable to promote further physical growth."
Wang Zhifan deduced a somewhat reasonable explanation in his mind and quickly stopped maintaining the protective golden aura. After all, this was meant for life-saving in combat, not just to add special effects to show off.
Just then, Mieyue Long Dao appeared again at the door of the inner hall.