Meanwhile, Samuel had just finished bathing and was plundering Sarah's kitchen.
"Unbelievable, why does a girl this small have so much food? She sure wasn't lying when she told me that she was a foodie!"
Although most of it was meat, fish, candy, or other unhealthy stuff, luckily he was still able to find some vegetables and fruit for himself.
'I wonder why I distaste eating meat, it's like a natural instinct is warning me that I shouldn't, so strange. Does that mean it's something biological or psychological? Since I was already like this as a baby, it should be biological, unless something happened that is very unlikely, a third party's involvement, for example, I can't come to any other conclusion. Still, no matter how unlikely, I shouldn't exclude it. Hmm, if there's any place that can help me find the answers, it's probably here at the academy. When I finish cultivating, I will go and pay a visit to the library first.
Half an hour later, Samuel was already back inside his cultivation chamber, where he directly laid down on the floor and spread his arms and legs again.
'Always wondered why everyone always sits in those uncomfortable positions when you can just lay down comfortably and lazy on the floor, I should ask Sarah about it next time. Speaking of Sarah, who would have known back then in the exhibition hall, when she was standing there like a beautiful and untouchable goddess, that I would three months later be ejaculating over her face? Haha sorry, but don't worry Sarah, I will take my responsibility. I might have never told you this, but I really like your kind of crazy.'
"Damn, why am I thinking about her again? Now is not the time... Because right now, it's time to burn some organs! Hell yeah, who doesn't like to burn his organs? Lucky me, let's go!" Samuel said in the hope he would somehow brainwash himself, but of course, utterly failed in doing so.
'The organs, the most dangerous part of the body refinement. I really need to take this slow I guess, or I will be dead before I'm able to heal again. Let's start with the non-vital organs first and see how it goes.'
As Samuel started to refine his organs, streams of Ki from outside were being pulled inside the building, where it directly entered his body. Very patiently and little by little, he began to burn his organs before he healed them again. The pain, although almost unbearable, was at the same time keeping his mind in a clear and focused state.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
For months he was laying there, screaming in pain on the top of his longs! It seems to take forever, he didn't even know how much time had passed. Luckily though, everything that begins must have its ending, and he thanked the heavens that the pain he currently felt was no exception to this rule.
Unbeknownst to him, it actually took him four entire months before he finished refining all the organs in his body! They were either forced to stop because of the pain or due to the healing of their organs that were no longer able to keep up with the destruction!
The only reason he was able to perfectly refine his body was that he was able to use the healing properties of the painting, combined with his affinity for the dao that it contained. Even if others would refine their body in front of the painting, they would still be lacking the comprehension and affinity with the dao. Only a dao child like himself would be capable of doing this!
Even if someone who has comprehended a dao capable of healing others would help you during the refinement, he would only be able to help you to a certain degree. Because it's impossible to work in perfect sync with the other who is refining his body, not to mention that you would have to keep healing that person for months. During the millions of years that humans gained experience in refining their bodies via the use of Ki, they had naturally tried this before, but it was ultimately deemed as something too dangerous for practical use.
Although his organs are now finally refined, stopping was the last thing on his mind, because all that was left before he could enter the Ki condensation realm, was the refinement of his blood! Well technically his brains as well, but that is something he could only do after when having reached the nascent soul realm in his cultivation. The reason for this is that during the refinement, you need your consciousness to function properly. How are you going to refine your brain if you are unable to think and act anymore because you just destroyed it? Only when you can move your consciousness outside your body, an ability that everyone nascent soul realm cultivator has, can you start the refinement of your brain!
Therefore, Samuel of course, skipped that part like everyone else did and proceeded with the refinement of his blood.
"Bring it on!" Samuel yelled before he directly started with the last remaining part of his body's refinement.
Luckily, burning his blood didn't take so long, and unlike his previous sessions, surprisingly didn't even hurt that much either. And unlike other people who had to very carefully burn tiny amounts of blood flowing through their hearts, Samuel's heart was perfectly refined and able to resist the destructive properties the Ki from heaven and earth contains. So all he had to do was to keep the Ki contained in his heart and synchronize the flow of his blood in balance with the healing and destruction.
It was only eight days later when the Ki from heaven and earth was no longer capable of destroying his blood, and he had finally finished the refining of his body!
"A perfectly refined body! I did it! Hahaha... A perfect foundation!"
Samuel was no longer able to contain his emotions, he was just too happy at this moment! While others his age were already cultivating for years, he remained completely mortal! While he saw them enjoying their newfound strengths, smashing massive boulders into dust, creating water out of thin air, and shooting fire out of their hands, he was studying, and working hard on his own cultivation technique!
And right now, he was finally able to reap the benefits of all his hard work and patience! Now he is as far as he knows, the first and only person in millions of years, who had reached the fabled and much desired... perfect stage of body refinement!
"This... this strength! This power! Hahaha... it's absolutely amazing! I feel indestructible! I can't wait to test myself haha! I feel like I can destroy a mountain with a single punch!"
"Haha, ok, ok, calm down Samuel. Destroying a mountain with a single punch? Keep dreaming! A huge boulder shouldn't be a problem though, whatever, I will know it soon enough I guess!" Samuel told himself.
After calming down a little, he observed himself to see if there were any noticeable changes...
'That faint silver glow on my skin has obviously turned a lot more noticeable, I definitely won't be able to hide that anymore. Fuck it, I hate to hide anyway, if people are curious and become problematic, I just say that I was born this way and have no idea what's causing it either.'
'Well then... If my theory is correct, now that my entire body excluding my brain is capable of resisting the destructive properties of Ki, I should be able to hold the Ki in my entire body instead of being limited to my dantian. Even if I can't compress it as the dantian does, it should still be able to provide me with some benefits.'
"Now... it's finally time for me to enter the condensation realm! Let's see how this body cultivates!" Samuel yelled excitingly!
Without further ado, he carefully started attracting the Ki in his environment and used the perfect foundation of his body to refine and direct it towards his dantian. But the moment the Ki had entered his body, he directly knew that he had vastly underestimated his current capabilities! Without effort, his body greedily devoured everything it was supplied, far, far faster than it was getting it!
"This... Isn't this a little too absurd?"