The beast has six legs and a very long black tail that is almost the same length as its body. It was a low-rank 3 beast. It was sitting very close to a plant with wide long blue leaves. It only has one stem and at the end of it is a small bud.
'That bud should be good if that beast is guarding it. I want to take it.' Raia said to himself. 'With my sword, I should be able to at least fight in on equal grounds.'
He held his sword with both of his hands and charged at the beast. It was quickly alerted of his presence and prepared to defend it position.
Raia swung his sword. But the beast was faster than him and it easily evaded his attack.
It instantly countered by flicking its long tail at Raia. It his chest like a whip and it was so fast, Raia didn't even have the chance to defend himself or evade the attack.
He was blown away a few meters and immediately coughed blood.
"My ribs were broken again." Raia glared at the black-tailed beast and gritted his teeth in anger. It looked at him and growled.
"I'll be back to kill you."
He then exited the world inside.
Back to his room, Raia took a mid-grade recovery pill and healed.
He entered the world inside again after recovering.
The moment he went back inside, the beast recognized him and snarled. It didn't left the plant it was guarding.
"So you are not leaving that place huh." Raia observed it more and it really didn't left its position but the beast was still has its eyes locked on him.
Raia's gaze fell on the blue plant and was surprised that the small bud at its tip was bigger than before.
"Hm? Is it going to bloom?" His eyes widened and he was excited.
When the black-tailed beast saw his expression, it stood while sending sharp gazes on him.
"I need to take it for myself." He charged at the beast again,
He swung his sword like the first time. The beast dodged and he was whipped again by its tail.
"This really hurts. I wish I have an armor."
He then left the world inside and recovered outside.
After his chest was healed, he went back into the world inside.
He saw that the bud was bigger than before and it was also starting to open up.
Raia charged into the black-tailed beast for the third time.
He swung his sword, however this time, he only used on hand to hold his sword.
The beast evaded the strike and counter attacked using its tail.
But Raia's other arm was already raised in front of his arm and anticipated the attack at the perfect time.
The tail hit his arm and its end wrapped around Raia's arm. He dropped his sword and used both his hands to grab the tail. He pulled it with all his strength and used it to throw the beast into a nearby tree.
Its body crashed into the tree and staggered a few times and was dizzy.
Raia attacked it with his sword. The beast was a bit slower than him now even by a very small margin but this was enough for Raia's slashes to hit the beast.
A few minutes passed and the beast finally died.
Raia sat on the ground and tried to catch his breath. He received some wounds but he was fine.
He sent the corpse of the black-tailed beast into the storage space. He then looked at the bud with interest.
Raia sat in front of it and watched it without blinking.
Half an hour later and it finally bloomed.
The bud opened accompanied by a blue light that shone for a few seconds before disappearing.
Raia removed the hands that covered his eyes.
When he looked at the bud, he was amazed to what he saw.
Inside was a blue small tear drop shaped fruit that was only the size of his thumb. It was actually pretty tiny compared to the whole size of the bud that was over one a half hand span.
However, the incredible thing about this fruit was that it was emitting a faint blue light.
Raia carefully plucked it and couldn't take his eyes from it.
"This looks good. I can already feel some spirit energy from it. I will name you blue tear fruit."
He was smiling from ear to ear.
'Roar!'
Without warning, a rumbling roar vibrated around the forest. Raia was startled and when he looked around, he saw the starlight wolf rushing towards his direction.
"Oh boy."
He sent the blue tear fruit into the storage space and fled.
When he turned around, he noticed that the starlight wolf didn't chase after him and it stopped by the blue tear plant. It sniffed it and looked at the direction of Raia. It roared and shot at light beam at him.
Raia cursed and quickly exited the place.
…
Back to his room, Raia healed his wounds first and sat down on his bed.
After he was fully healed, he took out the blue tear fruit. Immediately, his room was filled with its fragrance and light.
"This looks amazing. It should be considering that the starlight wolf came looking for it."
He exhaled and swallowed the blue tear fruit.
It quickly melted and a burst of energy rushed into every part of Raia's body. It was purer than the spirit energy in the air of the spirit world by a hundred times.
'This is great.'
He began refining the energy.
The moment every corner of his foundation and body were filled with the energy, Raia felt a sudden pain all over him.
However, he endured it and continued to refine he energy. He was observing what was going on him and the first noticeable thing he discovered was his foundation.
It was trembling intensely.
An hour passed and the shaking intensified even more.
A few minutes passed and his foundations were changing. Some of them were being removed and some new ones were being created. Some of his spirit veins were thickening and some were getting longer.
This phase kept going for two hours and all this time, Raia was in pain. He was sweating all over his body.
More minutes passed and the trembling of his foundations slowed down but didn't disappear.
He suddenly heard a knock from the door.
"Raia let's eat." Rose called to him.
Raia couldn't reply to her.
After a moment of silence, Rose talked again. "It seems like you are cultivating. I'll just leave some food for you. Just eat after you are done."
Nobody talked again.
Raia was grateful for the quick wits of her mother. He couldn't open his mouth afraid of the scream that he might make.
At this moment, all of his foundation was suddenly destroyed. He almost shouted from pain but held it back in order to not alert his family.
Then after a few minutes, his foundation was repaired and was stronger than before.
Then it was destroyed again. It was fixed again and noticeably sturdier than prior.
The process of the destruction and repair of his foundation lasted for three long hours.
Raia almost fainted a few times because of pain.
The destruction of his foundation stopped finally. The shaking of his foundation became slower.
He can feel that his transformed foundation was several hundred folds better than the one he first had. They were all set and made perfectly for his body.
However, Raia felt the process was not yet finish.
Only a few minutes later, his body shook violently next. He couldn't maintain his sitting position and collapsed to the floor. He rolled a few times because of pain.
Raia gritted his teeth and endured it.
Then without warning, his bones cracked and were mended back together like new. They were now denser and more robust.
His bones were crushed then mended together for two hours before stopping.
At the next moment, his organs were ruptured and they were fixed a second later.
But this second was hell for Raia. The pain was more intense than the others.
Every time they were repaired, his organs were cleaner and stronger than before.
Two hours later, the destruction of his organs halted and his muscles were torn apart and repaired next.
Time passed and it was almost morning.
The process took several hours before finally stopping.
Raia sat on his bed, flooded with sweat.
He almost fainted a few times but endured till the end.
When he refined all the energy of the blue crystal fruit, he just reached mid 8th level Martial Physique State.
After stabilizing his cultivation, he slowly opened his eye and smiled.
"I feel like a new person."
His foundation was perfect and his body was very strong.
He felt at least several folds stronger than before and he had more control of his body now.
This blue eyed fruit was mainly for transforming the foundation and strengthening the body. It was not meant to increase one's cultivation. But that was enough for Raia.
Although, his cultivation didn't increase significantly, the change in his foundation and body satisfied him a lot.
A second later and a horrible stink hit his nose.
"What is this smell?!" He tried to pinch his nose but noticed some black drips around his hand and arm. He smelled it and almost puked.
His gaze ended on his body. It was covered with this black liquid and his clothes was soaked in it and were stinking.
Raia ran to the bathroom to wash his body.
It took him hours before finally removing the stinky smell. He stood in front of the mirror in his bathroom with a smile.
He had an idea what the black liquid was.
"Those surely are the impurities inside my body. The blue tear fruit extracted the impurities I have. Amazing! This fruit is really amazing. No wonder even the starlight wolf wanted to grab it. It might be fuming with wrath right at this moment."
"I should try to find more of blue tear fruit. I'll use it to further strengthen my foundation and body. Then I will break through the Martial Spirit State. I can also give some to my family."
He didn't think it will be easy to find a blue tear fruit but he will try nonetheless.
Raia touched his skin. It was whiter and smoother than before and most of his scars were gone. The only one left were the huge ones.
His body was more built than last night. He checked his face and chuckled.
"I got more handsome."
He threw away the filthy clothes into the trash bin and closed it.
Raia changed his clothes and learned that it was already morning.
He head down and saw his family eating breakfast. He sat and started eating.
Raia felt the silence and the piercing gazed of the people around him.
"What is wrong?" He asked innocently.
"…"
"What happened to you? You look different?" Rose asked.
"I feel like you are almost as handsome as me. But don't misunderstand it, I am still more handsome than you." Hauran said with a smirk.
"Did you take something? Your skin looks really smooth. Give me some of it." Rhea pleaded with puppy eyes.
"You look so strong brother! Teach me some moves now!" Rome shouted while jumping.
"Elder Brother, you are so handsome! Rina loves handsome Elder Brother!" Rina joyfully exclaimed.
Raia laughed but quickly changed the topic. "I'll skip classes the next few days, father. I'll go to the forest to hunt some beasts."
"Hmm..trying your strength by hunting beasts huh. Sure, you can go." Hauran permitted.
"Thanks."
They resumed eating while stealing some glances at Raia. He left after he was done eating to prepare for his leave.
He head straight to the gate and saw Dan.
Dan was surprised to discover the changes on Raia but didn't ask any further when he felt that Raia was shifting the topic.
'It seems like something really good happened to him. His physique is really great for a Martial Physique State. Did he awaken a physique talent? That would explain the burst in his cultivation and the changes in his body.' Dan thought to himself. He was amazed by this kid.
Meanwhile, Raia was already slaughtering the feral dogs with one punch at the outer part of the forest.
"Should I try heading deeper? The beasts here were far weaker than me now."
He head deeper into the forest while killing all the beasts he met.
After a few hours, he encountered a fifteen meter long mid-rank 3 purple python.