Chapter 60 - 58: Body Refinement Layer 47!

Chapter 60: Chapter 58: Body Refinement Layer 47!

Village Chief Chen was highly efficient. After returning home, he immediately sent his grandson, Chen Xiaoqi, over. He instructed the boy to cultivate diligently and forbade him from complaining about the hardship.

Just like that, Chen Xiaoqi was inexplicably dumped onto Su Tan by his own grandfather. He didn’t even know what was going on. One second, he had been playing in the mud; the next, he was scooped up and forced to cultivate. Wet mud still clung to his hands, clothes, and face. One of his shoes was completely caked in muck.

"Mr. Su... do I really have to cultivate? When can I go back?" Chen Xiaoqi asked.

He thought cultivation was just waving his arms around a few times before he could return to his great artistic pursuit of making mud figures. Little did he know that he would probably never have the chance to play in the mud again in this lifetime.

"There’s no rush. Take a bath and wash up first!" Su Tan said.

He could smell the fresh dirt on the boy. As a bit of a germaphobe, how could he tolerate this? Thus, he intended to have Chen Xiaoqi clean himself thoroughly before cultivating.

"Oh..." Chen Xiaoqi was very obedient. He fetched water himself, washed his clothes, and took a bath.

"I’m done washing!" Chen Xiaoqi announced, wearing nothing but a pair of shorts.

"Hang up your clothes and we’ll start cultivating. By the time we’re done, your clothes will be dry," Su Tan said.

"Okay!"

A young boy of his age liked following instructions.

RUSTLE, RUSTLE, RUSTLE.

Not being tall enough, Chen Xiaoqi dragged over a stool and stood on his tiptoes to hang his clothes on the bamboo pole to dry.

"All hung up!"

"Then let’s begin!" Su Tan paused. "Come here first. I need to evaluate your physical strength."

Chen Xiaoqi did as he was told, shuffling over to Su Tan. Su Tan reached out and checked the boy’s physical condition.

"This won’t do." Su Tan shook his head.

Chen Xiaoqi’s muscles were soft. He was slightly stronger than his peers, but only by a hair, which wouldn’t make much of a difference. His bone structure and vitality were merely average. Furthermore, given his young age, he definitely wouldn’t be able to withstand the intensity of the Ten Thousand Dao Furnace’s Body Refinement Chapter. His cultivation hadn’t even officially entered the Body Refinement realm. The only reason his body was a tiny bit stronger than his peers was probably because Village Chief Chen made him exercise regularly.

Su Tan pondered for a moment. He couldn’t just throw him straight into the Ten Thousand Dao Furnace’s Body Refinement Chapter. He had to build a foundation for Chen Xiaoqi first. Otherwise, let alone cultivating the Dominator Body, the kid would probably be crippled on the very first day.

"How about this? You’ll start with some basic Body Refinement movements to improve your Physique first," Su Tan said.

"How do I do that?"

How should he train? Su Tan thought about it.

"Every day, do one hundred sit-ups, one hundred push-ups, one hundred squats, and a ten-kilometer run."

Chen Xiaoqi’s small mouth gaped open.

"Practice like this first. When you go home every day, have your grandfather make you some nutritious food to nourish your body. Later... I’ll figure out a way to get some Elixirs to strengthen your Physique!" Su Tan continued.

Chen Xiaoqi remained silent, looking at Su Tan with a bitter expression.

One hundred sit-ups, one hundred push-ups, one hundred squats, and a ten-kilometer run every day... for a child, this was an almost impossible task.

Su Tan sensed Chen Xiaoqi’s predicament. He thought about it and realized that Saitama’s training regimen was indeed a bit unsuitable for Chen Xiaoqi right now.

"You just got here, so you’ll need a few days to adapt. Let’s do this: for the next few days, we’ll halve the training volume. Every day, do fifty sit-ups, fifty push-ups, fifty squats, and a five-kilometer run.

"I can’t lower it any further!" Su Tan said.

This level of training would indeed be quite heavy for people on Earth. However, the Spiritual Qi concentration in this world was high, making human Physiques inherently stronger than those of Earthlings. Since Chen Xiaoqi had also had some exposure to Body Refinement, he should be able to handle it.

"Okay!" Chen Xiaoqi agreed simply as always.

Chen Xiaoqi’s cultivation talent might be average, but Su Tan valued the little guy’s character—namely, his self-discipline and diligence. Su Tan firmly believed that self-discipline, diligence, and cleanliness were excellent qualities. With these three qualities, one could achieve extraordinary things no matter where they were. Currently, Chen Xiaoqi only lacked the quality of cleanliness. Su Tan felt he could help Chen Xiaoqi develop this trait.

It had to be said... germaphobes were truly terrifying! Not only did they keep themselves clean, but they also wanted others to love cleanliness.

Chen Xiaoqi did not disappoint Su Tan. As long as a task was assigned to him, he would complete it earnestly. Even when a group of friends—like Mu Mu—tried to tempt him into ditching his training to play, he disciplined himself and refused. No matter what it was, as long as someone brought it up, he would put in great effort to do it.

A day of cultivation left the already not-so-strong Chen Xiaoqi utterly exhausted.

"Are you tired?"

"Yes!"

"Will you keep at it?"

"Yes!"

Chen Xiaoqi’s words were very concise.

"Good. Congratulations, today’s training is complete. Sit down and rest," Su Tan said.

It wasn’t late, but Su Tan didn’t plan to train Chen Xiaoqi any further today. Everyone had a breaking point; anything before the breaking point was training, but anything beyond it was just destructive torment. It would serve no purpose.

Chen Xiaoqi did not disappoint Su Tan. Every day, he completed his assigned tasks. Seeing this, Su Tan felt reassured. He let Chen Xiaoqi handle his own routine while he continued his own cultivation.

As Chen Xiaoqi’s body grew stronger bit by bit, Su Tan also successfully cultivated the thirteenth diagram. His cultivation had actually reached the forty-seventh level of Body Refinement!

The Little White Wolf, having cultivated to the fourth diagram, was stuck once again.

"After reaching the forty-seventh level of Body Refinement, I feel like this body... needs some maintenance!" Su Tan said. He felt that his body had indeed grown stronger, but it was almost too strong. His power was so domineering that it had accumulated a certain amount of damage within his body.

Doubling in strength also meant doubling the side effects. The Dominator Body was inherently overbearing. Unlike a Sacred Body, its combat power was immense, but its sheer intensity caused inevitable damage to the host’s body. This was its flaw.

Su Tan possessed the ability to restore vitality, which could slowly eliminate these hidden injuries. In the beginning, when his realm wasn’t very high, his vitality restoration speed was basically on par with the damage caused by the Dominator Body, so there were no issues. However, as his realm increased, his recovery speed gradually failed to keep up with the damage.

Su Tan pondered for a moment. He could get some Elixirs to deal with his body’s issues. Logically, he didn’t need to go out of his way to do this, as his body’s natural vitality restoration would slowly heal these hidden injuries anyway. While that was true, relying solely on that meant he would have to wait until he fully recovered before he could cultivate again. He believed this would cause his cultivation speed to plummet drastically. Furthermore, Qi also needed Body Tempering Pills to strengthen his Physique!

"The Elixirs on the market are too expensive to afford casually. Perhaps I can start with the Void God Realm and learn Alchemy myself," Su Tan thought. The Void God Realm didn’t just have Cultivation Techniques; it also contained Alchemy Skills, Martial Techniques, Arrays, and more.

Providing for oneself was the best way to thrive. The Ten Thousand Dao Furnace didn’t just have a Body Refinement Chapter, but also a Martial Techniques Chapter and a Pill Chapter...

Su Tan could improve his Alchemy Skill or acquire some Martial Techniques to make the Ten Thousand Dao Furnace more comprehensive. Setting aside his hidden physical injuries, he was already at the forty-seventh level of Body Refinement, yet his only Martial Technique was the Mountain Lean Strike. In a fight, he would just be a brute with overwhelming strength, making his attack methods far too monotonous.

He decided to return to the Void God Realm.

"You’re logging into the Void God Realm? Calculating the time, I happen to have some matters to attend to recently. We can go together!"

Su Tan needed the Little White Wolf to lead the way. After he brought it up, the Little White Wolf was more than happy to go. They had been holed up at home cultivating for a long time; it was about time they went out for some fresh air. They hit it off instantly.