Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“Body polishing is also divided into seven stages!”
Not knowing the consequences of his experiment, Shen Zhe was reading books in his dormitory.
In order to become a Mage or a Martial Artist, one had to illuminate the Seven Stars. After each star was illuminated, they would improve physically and mentally.
Therefore, the illumination of the Seven Stars was considered a continuous process of seven stages.
Body polishing, on the other hand, was also divided into seven stages, namely Spirit Concentration, Skin Hardening, Veins Practice, Blood Practice, Bone Practice, Organs Practice, and Marrow Practice.
Only when the marrow was built would practitioners turn their bodies into Connate.
The Connate bodies meant a longer life and infinite strength.
However, the strength was purely physical. Not just a Mages, even Martial Artists could crush them easily.
Besides, it was unimaginably challenging to achieve a Connate body. As least, nobody in the history of the Green Abyss Academy had achieved it purely by body polishing.
“To polish the body, I have to concentrate the spirit. Spirit Concentration is the foundation of cultivation. I have to gather the spiritual energy into an ocean to illuminate the stars and nurture my body…”
Shen Zhe closed his eyes and perceived the environment carefully.
He did sense the glittering lights in the air around him.
As he took a deep breath, the spots of light flowed into his body and wandered.
His former self had illuminated two stars and was certainly capable of Spiritual Concentration. While he had lost the memories, his body still remembered what to do.
“Gather the spiritual energy in the flesh and drink the herb liquid…”
Reaching the first level, Shen Zhe controlled the spiritual energy he had just absorbed and consumed a drop of the herb liquid he had just made.
The moment it entered his mouth, a stream of pure and condensed power surged throughout his body and accelerated his blood flow.
“It’s a little bit salty but the taste is not bad. I need to put less salt next time. Since it’s so salty, I will have to drink lots of water, and that means I will have to go to the toilet a lot… It’s certainly not good to go to the toilet while training!”
Although he didn’t know a lot about cultivation, he had read a lot of novels in his previous life.
The other cultivators often lived in seclusion for half a month when they were training. If he went to the toilet every once in a while because he had drunk too much water, it would be most embarrassing.
BOOM!
While he was having random thoughts, the herb liquid worked. His muscles were itchy and sore, as if they were being torn apart.
The wounds that had been caused by previous beatings were healing fast. Shen Zhe sensed that his strength was obviously improving.
After two hours, his skin and his flesh were completely polished; he was twice as strong as before.
“Have I reached the peak of Skin Hardening?”
Shen Zhe scratched his head, because his feelings were exactly the same as the description of the peak of Skin Hardening on the books.
“Didn’t they say that body polishing was uncomfortable and challenging?”
Why was it so easy for him?
“Maybe it’s because the former Shen Zhe had practiced it before…”
Shen Zhe speculated, not knowing what the reason was.
His former self had illuminated two stars anyway. Skin Hardening was the easiest step in body polishing. So, it wasn’t hard to understand why he had succeeded so quickly.
Shen Zhe had a few more drops of the herb liquid and continued training.
After another two hours, he scratched his head while stunned.
It seemed that he had reached Veins Practice, the third level!
He continued swallowing the liquid.
Another two hours passed…
Another four hours passed…
…
After eight hours, as he finished the last drop of the herb liquid, Shen Zhe heard cracking noises in his body. All his bone marrow was currently the color of metals.
It meant that, after a night of training, he had reached Marrow Practice, the highest level of body polishing!
His every movement was powerful at the moment.
He had envied Lu Zihan when he broke a table with a casual slap, but he could easily twist an iron plate with his current strength!
Against those who weren’t Mages or Martial Artists, Body Practitioners in the seventh stage were definitely the strongest.
“It seems that body polishing wasn’t so hard after all…”
Shen Zhe was dazed as he sensed the overwhelming power in his body.
He was a bad student who knew nothing, but he had improved his body to the seventh stage that easily. It seemed that body polishing was not as horrifying as it was said to be!
The real reason was probably that people intentionally said so to keep students from the profession, since Mages and Martial Artists were more honorable.
It was like in his previous life, all the parents would rather have their children study regular subjects than let them study sports.
For the parents, sports students had more brawn than brains.
“So to speak… Mages are mathematicians, Martial Artists are physicians, and Body Practitioners are sportsmen!”
Shen Zhe understood everything.
Mages focused on calculation and constructed their power with calculation. Mathematics was their tool. Martial Artists cultivated spiritual energy and relied on the fundamental theories of the world that were similar to physics.
As for the Body Practitioners, they were nothing but sportsmen.
No wonder few people were interested in becoming that…
They could easily strike other people as strong as them while being unintelligent!
Since he had reached the seventh stage and his wounds had been healed, Ms. Bai Yu’s possible punishment in the next class would no longer be a fatal threat.
Stretching out his arms, Shen Zhe looked out of the room, only to discover that the sun had risen.
He did not sleep at all the night before, but he couldn’t be more energetic.
“However… Why are there seven stages, and not eight or nine?”
Very soon, Shen Zhe was torn again.
He had a severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. Seven was too unreasonable a number for him.
Eight sounded better [1. Eight has the same pronunciation as “rich” in Chinese.] and was an even number. Nine was the largest one-digit number. They were much better choices…
Seven was not nearly half as good.
“I should find more herbs and refine new medication. Maybe I can create an eighth stage, or I won’t be able to sleep at night…”
He had run out of the herb liquid and couldn’t continue his training anymore. It seemed that he would have to wait until he had access to more herbs.
If he could create an eighth level, he would feel much more comfortable.
He was relieved after he made the decision. After washing his face and brushing his teeth, he had breakfast and left for the classroom.
He didn’t want to skip classes, which could help him in getting to know that world.