This was a monastery hidden deep within the mountains beyond the frontier.
The mountain path was extremely steep and difficult to traverse, and there were many man-made obstacles on the way up the mountain, so it had always remained unknown to the outside world.
However, only true masters would know that this unassuming monastery was none other than the Bitter Zen Temple, a place with a long history among the Hidden Immortal Sects.
At this time, in the Bitter Zen Temple, a monk with his upper body bare, displaying skin the color of ancient bronze and muscles twisting like dragon-snakes, was practicing.
His method of practice was extremely simple and brutal—it involved carrying massive stones from the foot of the mountain slope outside the temple up to the temple itself.
These massive stones, the shortest of which was taller than a person, were all made of blue granite, each weighing over a ton.
