After two days had passed, the young man opened his eyes excitedly and spoke... in a loud voice... "Beautiful... Amazing... The difference in strength gets wider with each higher stage... No wonder the strange man mentioned in the book that it becomes extremely difficult to pass the realms or even a single stage of combat." "Adversaries"
Then the young man stood up and headed towards the exit
"Now it's time to cultivate my body..."
When he left, he found a maid standing at the door...she greeted him and spoke
"Young Master, the herbs you requested have already been prepared."
Upon hearing how the maid called him, the young man looked at her with some surprise and muttered
'Young Master!! Has the Count already decided!? '
Then he spoke to the maid in an audible voice.
"That's good.. Now prepare a bathtub and raise the water temperature to boiling..."
"In the service of the young master"
The maid answered and went to carry out the order
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After that, the young man headed to the palace to meet the Count...
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In the Count's office, Young King found that Louis, the Count, and the Knight were already there...so he said hello and sat directly on the sofa...
The moment he sat down, the Count suddenly spoke
"We have already decided to implement the plan you proposed..."
Hearing that, the young man was not surprised and merely responded in agreement
" good . "
Seeing the young man's relaxed state, the Count and the Knight were upset but did not say anything about it...
But the Count continued
"The prince has already returned to the capital, so we must announce the engagement now before he announces the order to come, otherwise doing so late will be a public insult to the royal family..."
Hearing that, the young man answered calmly
"Of course, let's do it now, there's no need to delay."
Seeing the young man agree without hesitation, the Count was a little annoyed and spoke
"How are you advancing your cultivation and strength!?"
The young man looked at the count calmly and said
"Count, please don't make me repeat myself too much. Dealing with the prince is my business... Don't worry, I will make you satisfied with the outcome."
Hearing the young man's words, the Count sighed and answered helplessly
" I hope so .. "
At that moment, the maid called from behind the door after knocking on it
"Young Master Qing, the bathtub has been prepared."
Hearing that, the young man stood up and said
"Well it's time for an extra boost of strength."
Then he looked at the Count and spoke, "Do you want to watch?!"
The three looked at each other with questioning marks on their faces but they stood up anyway and headed with the young man towards the bathroom area
...When they arrived, Lewis suddenly asked
"What do you want to do to get us here!?"
Hearing that, the young man looked at her and smiled strangely
"Just wait and see"
Then he looked at the maid and said, "Bring those herbs."
" Good "
Minutes later, five maids came in carrying boxes full of herbs and placed them on the ground
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Then the young man rolled up his sleeves and began throwing the herbs into the bathtub under a specific order and timing in different groups.
Little by little, the color of the bathtub changed and a fragrant smell began to emanate from it, but it was only a few more groups of herbs until the smell began to change for the worse, until the young man finished putting all the herbs, and the smell became unbearable...
"What is this smell? This is disgusting."
Lewis closed her nose tightly in an attempt to suppress his feeling of vomiting... As for the maids, they had already retreated outside...
Suddenly the young man spoke
"Okay, time for some pain."
Then he quickly took off his clothes, leaving himself in only his shorts...
Seeing this, Lewis's face blushed intensely and she looked away, glaring at the young man
"What are you doing? Pervert. Why didn't you tell me?"
But as she said that, she was already stealing glances at him, admiring his muscles and his well-proportioned body.
Seeing that, the young man smiled at her slyly, making her cover her face completely with her hands.
"Ha-ha-ha-ha"
The young man laughed at the girl, then took a deep breath, entered the tub, sat cross-legged, and closed his eyes.
At first, the young man did not feel anything except the heat of the boiling water, but he had no problem bearing it...
After calming himself down, the young man began to launch the body cultivation technique around his body..
Only a few seconds passed until his entire skin became extremely red, the veins in his entire body swelled, his muscles contracted, and little by little his skin began to tear and bleed.
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Looking at the young man in this state, the Count and the Knight were already calm, but a look of concern was rising on Louis' face...
For the young man, the pain was increasing little by little, but he endured it calmly.
However, after his skin cracked, his muscles began to tear, which made him a little upset, but the matter did not stop here, as the matter moved to his tendons, ligaments, and nerves, and little by little he began to feel pain in his bones...
Only seconds passed until all the bones in his body began to crack little by little...
This caused the young man's face to twist in pain and his teeth to grind, and with time the cracks increased in size...
At first, the three did not notice what was really happening because the whole process was happening inside the young man's body, but their features changed when they started hearing the sound of cracking, which increased with every second...
The girl, Louis, looked at the Count and asked with concern and panic
"Dad, what's going on? What's he doing? Is this normal?!"
Hearing his daughter's speech, the Count answered hesitantly
"It's not like there aren't such ways to develop the body but... to affect even the bones... he's really taking a risk..."
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The young man did not hear their words because he was focused on enduring the pain and continuing the cultivation method. He knew that if he stopped halfway, this would lead to a negative reaction that might make him disabled for a long time at best.
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That's why he was already psychologically prepared.
After another few seconds, a pain ten times worse emanated from his internal organs, making him a little surprised and spit out a mouthful of blood... but he endured the pain and continued to operate the cultivation method...
With time, the pain increased more and more, but the young man endured