For a long time without speaking, Zhang Ergou's face showed a look of panic, and it took a long while for him to emerge from that state.
Looking up at Chi Yu, whose face was full of concern, a warm current flowed through Zhang Ergou's heart.
"It's nothing, Master. I just had some thoughts," Zhang Ergou didn't want others to know his secrets. Although Baolong Yin was a cultivation technique taught to him by Chi Yu.
But the Six Paths Reincarnation Eyes were one of his biggest secrets. If Chi Yu knew he had learned Baolong Yin in such a short time.
She would definitely question him, and what explanation would he give then?
With a flash of thought, Zhang Ergou chose to conceal this matter, after all, he was not very familiar with Chi Yu.
Although Chi Yu had treated him well during this time, he still held back.
His past experiences and several fortunate encounters had made Zhang Ergou cautious. It's not that he wanted to harm others, but he had to guard against them.
"Thoughts? What thoughts?" Chi Yu was very curious about the look of fear Zhang Ergou had shown for a moment.
Because she, being perceptive, had seen not just fear, but also reverence.
Gulp!
Just as Zhang Ergou was about to find an excuse to gloss over it, a discordant sound rang out. It turned out that the sky was already bright.
Zhang Ergou, who had been soaking all night, had also recovered his strength. However, due to the immense exhaustion of the previous day, he was now so hungry that his back was sticking to his chest.
"Master, I'm hungry," Zhang Ergou said shamelessly, with a flattering smile at Chi Yu.
"You brat, wait. I'll ask you about it when we get back." Chi Yu didn't rush to continue asking Zhang Ergou's question. She waved her hand, retracting the barrier she had set up the night before.
Then she flashed towards a direction, clearly going to prepare food for Zhang Ergou.
After Chi Yu left, Zhang Ergou stood up from the pool and took out a clean set of robes from his storage ring to change into.
...
After breakfast, Zhang Ergou resumed his training for the day. Today, he was given an additional training item: doing five hundred push-ups while carrying the thousand-jin ghost spear Tian Wen.
Days passed in training. Every day, Zhang Ergou was required by Chi Yu to train until he was utterly exhausted to complete the day's training mission.
If the previous day's training mission did not fully consume his energy, Chi Yu would add one or two new training tasks.
Every day, Zhang Ergou would collapse on the ground, only to be carried by Chi Yu and thrown into the medicinal pool for a night.
Time flew by in cultivation. In the blink of an eye, forty-nine days passed.
On this day, after Zhang Ergou finished his training for the day, Chi Yu called out to him.
"You brat, from today onwards, you no longer need to soak in that needle-like medicinal bath. Are you happy?" Chi Yu looked at the young man's bewildered expression with a smile.
"Master, why is that?" Although he suffered greatly every time he soaked in that medicinal bath, its effects were astonishing.
Every time he soaked in the medicinal liquid, Zhang Ergou would recover as new the next day, full of energy, with no after-effects of the previous day's exhaustion.
Hearing Chi Yu suddenly say that he would no longer need to soak in that medicinal liquid, Zhang Ergou felt a sense of loss for no reason.
He felt that although his cultivation had not changed at all in the past two months, his strength had increased more than tenfold compared to before entering the inner sect.
Now, facing Jiang Tian and others at the early Golden Core stage, Zhang Ergou even had the confidence to defeat them head-on.
This was the change these days had brought him, so his gratitude towards Chi Yu was beyond words.
"You brat, you've been soaking in the medicinal pool for forty-nine days in total. Soaking further won't have much more effect."
"During these forty-nine days, I've had you train in basic skills. One was to consolidate your foundation, and the other was to enhance your physical strength."
"Although most cultivators of our generation take pride in cultivating immortality and disdain physical training, you are different from ordinary people. You cultivate both immortality and the body."
"As your Master, I naturally hope you can persist, but body cultivation is different from immortal cultivation. In immortal cultivation, the most important thing is to gain insights and absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to increase one's strength and cultivation."
"Body cultivation is a completely different path. Not only do you need a strong physique, but you also need to constantly train and break through the limits of your body to reach stronger realms."
"The bone-cracking and tendon-splitting body cultivation technique you practiced before is one such method. It is also a relatively dangerous body cultivation technique. A slight mistake can directly cost a cultivator their life."
"You're a truly bold brat to cultivate such a terrifying technique."
Chi Yu spoke a lot in one breath. When she mentioned the technique Zhang Ergou was cultivating, there was a clear trace of fear on her face.
The memory of last time was still fresh. Zhang Ergou cultivating the Phoenix Body Refining technique in front of so many people had visibly shocked everyone present.
Zhang Ergou scratched his head and chuckled foolishly, clearly not wanting to explain too much about the Phoenix Body Refining.
"You brat, I saw that you had an extraordinary close-combat skill before, with unusual power. After these days of training, let's test its power again."
"Master, are you talking about Lion's Heart Fury?" Zhang Ergou looked up and asked doubtfully.
"That overbearing close-combat skill is called Lion's Heart Fury. No wonder it's so overbearing. Yes, that's right. I'm talking about the skill that always leaves your opponents unable to defend themselves."
Chi Yu nodded. This was the first time she had heard the name Lion's Heart Fury.
Hearing this, Zhang Ergou's heart stirred. He also wanted to know what kind of power this skill, which relied solely on physical strength, would have as his physical strength increased.
Putting away the ghost spear Tian Wen, Zhang Ergou followed Chi Yu to a wide forest. The forest was filled with wild stones, which were perfect targets for practicing moves.
Without hesitation, Zhang Ergou began to perform the close-combat skill he had long memorized - Lion's Heart Fury.
As Zhang Ergou started to move, a stream of air flowed around him, but it was not spiritual energy, which surprised Chi Yu, who was watching from the side.
The sound of wind breaking echoed. Zhang Ergou's body would sometimes stretch, sometimes curl, and sometimes it was like a raging lion.
Bang!
With a loud bang, a boulder the size of a small mountain was shattered by Zhang Ergou's punch. Stones flew everywhere. With just physical strength, he had shattered a giant rock.
If this kind of power were used with magical skills, a strong cultivator at the Golden Core stage could achieve it with any magical skill.
However, it was very rare to achieve this with just physical strength. Watching the effect of Zhang Ergou's punch, Chi Yu's beautiful eyes sparkled with delight.
"You brat, with this punch, ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators would probably be directly crippled."
As Chi Yu spoke, she directly joined Zhang Ergou's combat. She wanted to personally test the power of this close-combat skill called Lion's Heart Fury.
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