Chapter 83: Body Tempering in Three Days, Freakish Talent

Thinking of Lu Qingxue, Lu Yang’s heart stirred with faint ripples.

For a brief moment, the image of that little girl appeared within his mind.

She was his only daughter across three lifetimes, and she also possessed the greatest cultivation talent he had ever personally witnessed.

Lu Yang remained silent for a few breaths before shaking his head inwardly.

Those things no longer mattered.

She was dead, and that was reality.

He had already lived through it once. There was no point in repeatedly digging up an old wound.

Lu Yang closed his eyes, his expression gradually returning to calmness.

"Father, I understand."

Lu Shishui nodded with satisfaction.

"Alright, then demonstrate it again."

Lu Yang obediently followed his instructions and began circulating the Nine Revolutions Body Tempering Art.

Thin Blood Qi slowly moved through his body in one cycle after another, his movements becoming smoother with each one.

Lu Shishui watched carefully from the side, his expression becoming increasingly satisfied.

Although Lu Yang’s talent was astonishing, Lu Shishui didn’t intend to allow his son to cultivate recklessly.

He had seen too many people ruin their foundation by pursuing speed.

A solid foundation was much more important than cultivation speed, especially for someone with extraordinary talent.

The better the talent, the more careful one had to be.

Otherwise, one might waste an opportunity that others could never dream of obtaining, losing both the cart and the horse.

After watching Lu Yang circulate his Blood Qi several times, Lu Shishui finally stood up.

"That’s enough for today."

Lu Yang opened his eyes, a timely look of confusion in them.

"Father?"

Lu Shishui smiled at him.

"You’ve only just begun cultivating, no need to rush. Go back and rest after familiarizing yourself with your newfound strength, you can cultivate tomorrow."

Lu Yang nodded, appearing very well-behaved.

"Yes."

Lu Shishui walked towards the door.

Before leaving, he turned around again.

"And don’t cultivate through the night. Your body is still young. Even if your cultivation talent is excellent, you must not neglect rest."

Lu Yang nodded seriously, and only then did Lu Shishui leave.

The door closed as footsteps gradually faded into the distance.

Lu Yang remained seated on the stone platform, waiting for several breaths.

Only after he could no longer hear anything outside did his expression return to calm.

The Nine Revolutions Body Tempering Art appeared in his mind before being thrown to the back of his thoughts.

Sorry, father, but I won’t cultivate this.

At the thought, a different cultivation method appeared within his consciousness.

The Azure Spirit Body Tempering Art.

Lu Yang’s eyes became slightly deeper as he reviewed his memories of the cultivation technique.

He slowly adjusted his breathing before he began cultivating.

The Azure Spirit Body Tempering Art circulated through his body, the thin strands of Blood Qi cultivated by the Nine Revolutions Body Tempering Art rapidly transforming.

In just a moment, he had already switched to the Azure Spirit Body Tempering Art.

The process was incredibly smooth, with no obstructions at all.

He had cultivated this technique before, but that was in his second life, and even though he was already old at that time with little talent, relying on his powerful Ninth Stage Body Tempeing cultivation, he could avoid many detours when switching to this cultivation technique.

Yet, despite everything, he had only managed to reach minor achievements in this cultivation method after years, showing how difficult it was to cultivate.

But now, not only had he cultivated to the peak of Spirit Awakening Realm once, he had also gone through the Body Tempering Realm twice.

Even when his foundation for this specific cultivation technique was not deep, combined with his monstrous aptitude and comprehension ability, he entered the gates extremely easily.

Lu Yang slowly closed his eyes as Blood Qi circulated through his entire body, cleansing his physical form.

His entire body, from the outer skin to the internal organs and meridians, all began strengthening.

The changes were so subtle that an ordinary Body Tempering Realm cultivator wouldn’t even notice them if they had no contact with him.

However, if someone with Divine Sense observed him, they would probably be immensely shocked.

His body was rapidly transforming at an astonishing speed.

This wasn’t because of the Azure Spirit Body Tempering Art, but the result of his extraordinary innate talent.

A hundred points of Talent, even before cultivating, had already caused his body to possess strength comparable to that of a healthy adult man.

Now that he had actually begun cultivating, the difference became even more obvious.

Lu Yang quietly cultivated for a while in the cultivation chamber before walking out.

He had lunch with his father and then went back to his room to cultivate.

As the sun began to set, he came out for dinner and then once again plunged into cultivation.

After cultivating for another couple of hours, he went to sleep.

He obviously didn’t cultivate continuously with no care about the day and night cycle.

He had rarely done such a thing even in his past life as a Spirit Awakening cultivator unless he was on the verge of a breakthrough, much less now, when he was still a mortal.

That would also have been impossible for his current body.

Forget Spirit Awakening cultivators, even Essence Gathering and Qi Sea cultivators needed to eat, drink, and sleep according to his knowledge, not to mention a mere mortal who hadn’t even achieved Body Tempering.

It was just that they could survive and function for increasingly longer periods without food, water, or rest.

At the same time, he was still a child growing up and needed to allow his body to digest the changes brought about by cultivation.

It was the same in his previous two lives when he began cultivating as well.

He did not know about the Spiritual Platform Realm, but when cultivators usually talked about days of cultivation, they meant cultivation combined with rest and meals, not an entire day dedicated solely to cultivation unless stated explicitly.

But even so, his progress was terrifying.

Three days passed by swiftly.

On the third morning, Lu Yang slowly opened his eyes, a faint gleam flashing through them.

His small body remained sitting cross-legged on the bed as he breathed slowly before standing up.

He spread his five fingers and clenched his fist.

*Crack!*

A faint sound echoed across the room.

Lu Yang’s eyes flickered slightly.

He could feel the surging Blood Qi flowing through his meridians, vigorous and powerful, like gentle water with the density of molten lava flowing through his veins.

He had finally stepped into the Body Tempering Realm.

Lu Yang lowered his gaze and examined his body carefully.

His strength, speed, endurance, durability, stamina, and the five senses had all improved greatly, his meridians had broadened slightly, his blood was more viscous, and all his internal bodily functions had strengthened accordingly, but not by a large margin.

He had that familiar, pleasant feeling once more.

He had already cultivated the Body Tempering Realm twice.

The first time, it had taken him considerable effort, taking more than three months to achieve the First Stage of Body Tempering Realm and enter the cultivation path.

The second time, he had been much faster, requiring only two weeks.

Now, he had done it again, and in just three days at that.

Lu Yang couldn’t help but smile faintly.

Three days to step onto the cultivation path, he had basically never heard of such a feat in his entire life before, at least not among the few Essence Gathering Realm forces he had contact with.

He had even stepped onto the path of cultivation four days faster than Lu Qingxue had in his previous life.

Of course, there were many differences.

Lu Qingxue was just an ordinary child, and she didn’t possess memories of her previous lives.

Relying solely on her natural talent and comprehension ability, it had taken Lu Qingxue seven days to enter the Body Tempering Realm.

Even that Essence Gathering cultivator of the True Martial Sect believed that she possessed the potential to challenge the Qi Sea Realm barrier.

Now, Lu Yang had entered the Body Tempering Realm after only three days of cultivation.

His eyes became slightly strange.

"If this continues..."

He shook his head slightly.

There was no point thinking too far ahead, but one thing was certain: his current potential was terrifying.

Perhaps Qi Sea Realm was no longer just a possibility, it was practically guaranteed.

Of course, reaching the Qi Sea Realm wasn’t only a matter of talent shown in the early stages. Opportunities, resources, comprehension, luck, cultivation methods, all of these things mattered as well.

But if everything went normally, Lu Yang couldn’t see how he would fail to reach it.

He slowly circulated his Blood Qi again, a warm current flowing throughout his body as he felt his power again.

His current strength after just entering the First Stage of Body Tempering Realm was already comparable to himself from his past life who had reached the peak of the First Stage of Body Tempering Realm.

This was comparing pure base strength of the physical body, not counting combat strength, even though his current self was also superior to his past life in combat strength.

That was the terrifying difference brought about by innate talent.

Acquired resources could indeed compensate for talent, whether it be medicinal herbs, pills, herbal baths, powerful cultivation techniques, excellent teachers, precious treasures, and many more.

All of these could allow an ordinary person to reach heights that their innate talent would never have allowed them to reach.

But innate talent was still different.

It determined how efficiently the body could absorb and transform those resources.

If two people were given the same cultivation technique, the same resources, and the same teacher, the person with greater innate talent would usually progress much faster.

And if a person with already extraordinary innate talent also possessed extraordinary resources, the difference would become even more terrifying.

Lu Yang had now combined his innate talent with the experience of three lifetimes, one in the modern world and two in the cultivation world.

He might not possess the same resources that Lu Qingxue possessed from earth in his previous life, but he also had something she didn’t, such as his memories, knowledge, combat experience, and overall understanding of cultivation.