It has been almost close to a year since Situ and Xiaohe set their path of cultivating. Situ didn't even realize time was passing this fast for those that took the path of martial arts, until he got involved.
In this span of time, Situ was able to practice the Five Animals Boxing and obtain and breathing method dedicated to the technique. Even without a breakthrough, his body was becoming stronger and this was a shocker for him.
But he assumed it was the reason he could breakthrough yet, because there was still room for growth.
Other than hunting monsters and listening to preaching from the statues during this period, he only practiced the Five Animals Boxing and on this day, something great happened.
Boom!
Situ's figure turned into an after image and punched outwards, and the result was blood and Qi in his body rioting.
It took him more than half a year to leap from the third to the fourth stage of body refinement, he couldn't help but feel like he was lacking.
He was currently only ten, and compared to the 12 year old Xiaohe that was still in the second level of body refinement, he was clearly much better.
It was just that this didn't make him satisfied. He was happy, but not to the point of relaxing to enjoy himself.
He was very well aware that his current situation was and the only thing he could be proud of was the fact that his practice of the five animals Boxing had reached a point of being skilled in using two moves.
The deer movement and bear movements. The two movements might not seem that much of a big deal when looked at separately, but he was able to use than together.
The reason for his breakthrough faster was something to do with the grasp of the bear movements, that were clearly aimed at not just strengthening the muscles, but overall defense of the body.
When he moved in attacks, he felt a strong sense of confidence in his defense. He knew this feeling was far from the truth, as he had yet to attain a strong defense.
With movements in the forest, Situ drew breaths in a strange rythim as it was directed towards his two movements he had grasped. His breathing was ever changing with the practice of the Five Animals Boxing.
Suddenly, Situ that had inhaled seemed to have turned into a harmless young kid, but the next moment, all of this changed.
Immense strength erupted from his muscles and his figure vanished. The moment he appeared again, he was about ten meters away.
His hand had already landed on the head of rabbit like creature.
Pooh!
The head was crushed on impact.
When he looked at the damage he couldn't help but feel shock. His attacking ability had become stronger.
What he didn't notice was that the moment he took this step forward and combined bear movement when deer movement, the rabbit was scared.
It felt as though the sky was collapsing and it couldn't escape.
That was especially the case when his arms where extended out in a slapping motion like an engaged bear. The most shocking thing was that he was able to grasp the bear movements from just copying another animal he killed.
But at this moment, this movement was much better than even the original. This was the case when the breathing method was applied during the attack.
He had gained some meat, but he probably didn't think it was enough.
"I can't continue depending on the meat to practice in the future! It is time to think of other treasures that can speed up Cultivation. I remember mother forcing me to memorize a lot medical plants." The moment he thought of this, his mind changed.
He also realized that the process of converting animal meat into energy was far longer than fruits. If he continues this way, his future cultivation might become slower and slower to the point of discouraging.
He didn't want to reach this state, and the only way was seeking external help.
He could already tell that the help he could gain from the Five Animals Boxing was limited. At the end of the day, the body required energy to not only make it stronger, but also support self repairs.
He repeated his movements again, but this time the target was a tree fifty meters away. The moment he vanished, he appeared near the tree and his palm was unfolded unleashing a slap.
Boom!
On the tree, as the slap landed, the sound of an explosion was what followed next and saw dust was flying. The force was indeed greeter than he expected the area he had slapped was turned into saw dust.
A massive hole was present about fifty centers wide, and just looking at it was enough to make him understand the power of that slap.
"It this really human strength? I feel like I can sleep a cow to death. But this is enough for me to try entering that place again!" Actually Situ has discovered a few places that might have some treasure to speed up his cultivation, but the place is guarded and he never dared to approach.
Things were different now for him, with the breakthrough and current ability, he thought it would be possible to escape even if things turned dangerous.
He didn't think he could continue practicing at this pace and achieve anything good. He had already set a goal for himself to reach the peak of body refinement before two years. But the speed of his improvement had already made him start having second thoughts. Now he found some way to speed things up, he couldn't sit and wait.
"Let's visit that place first." He decided to deal with the issue first and only inform Xiaohe if he succeeded, otherwise it was useless even if he knew where good things were and couldn't use them.