Chapter 9: Breakthrough, Earth Element Realm!
On the other side...
After returning home, Lin Yan quickly resumed his training.
With the clan meeting approaching and the hunting battle afterward, Lin Yan wanted to improve his strength quickly to shine in these upcoming events.
Moreover, now that he had an abundance of training resources, he couldn't just let them sit there unused after acquiring so many medicinal liquids.
Therefore, Lin Yan soon resumed his rigorous training.
"Eight Extreme Collapse!"
In the backyard, Lin Yan unleashed the Eight Extreme Collapse, launching punch after punch towards the Medicine Elder hovering in mid-air.
Facing Lin Yan's onslaught, the Medicine Elder effortlessly dodged all of his attacks. In between dodges, he wielded his mastery over elemental energy to create a whip of elemental force, striking Lin Yan's body when his attacks missed.
Lin Yan felt his body twitching, but after gritting his teeth, he quickly charged forward again, launching another assault on the Medicine Elder.
Thus, Lin Yan devoted himself entirely to his training.
For the next period of time, he spent almost every day in this manner.
He hardly ever left the house, focusing solely on his training.
Under this grueling regimen, Lin Yan's proficiency in the Eight Extreme Collapse continued to improve, and his physical strength grew even stronger with the Medicine Elder's training and the nurturing of medicinal liquids.
His cultivation progressed rapidly.
Five days later, he reached the seventh level of body tempering!
Twenty days later, he reached the eighth level of body tempering!
A month and a half later, he reached the ninth level of body tempering!
With each advancement in his realm, whether it was the strength of his body or the width of his dantian, they continued to strengthen.
And his Eight Extreme Collapse technique showed no signs of stagnation either.
Under this intense training, his Eight Extreme Collapse technique also made a breakthrough, successfully reaching a rudimentary level of mastery!
One day, over two months later...
After a full day of training, Lin Yan's eyes couldn't hide his exhaustion.
He quickly returned to his room and filled the bathtub with water as usual.
Then, he opened a bottle of medicinal liquid and poured it all into the water.
Watching the clear water gradually turn into a dense, herbal green, Lin Yan's eyes became expectant.
"Today, can I break through to the Earth Element Realm?"
In the past few days of training, Lin Yan increasingly felt that he had reached a bottleneck in his cultivation, and it seemed that breaking through this bottleneck was just within reach.
He had been trying for several days, but had yet to make a breakthrough.
However, during today's training, this feeling of imminent breakthrough was particularly strong!
Therefore, Lin Yan was genuinely excited at this moment, wondering if he could successfully break through with the help of this batch of medicinal liquid and finally step into the long-awaited Earth Element Realm.
Just like the fighters on the Douqi Continent.
Only by becoming a fighter could one truly enter the ranks.
And the Earth Element Realm in the world of martial arts was no different.
This marks the entry into the Earth Element Realm, which is truly stepping onto the right path!
Plop!
Shaking his head, Lin Yan didn't dwell on it further. He quickly submerged himself in the water, accompanied by a crisp sound.
Soon after, a familiar sensation spread through Lin Yan's body. As he soaked, the medicinal power in the water continuously repaired the wounds on his body and nourished his flesh.
He felt an indescribable comfort, and his physical strength gradually became stronger.
Lin Yan soaked in the water for a long time until he felt his condition had reached its peak.
Then he swallowed a prepared pill.
This pill was the Yin Demonic Pill, a third-grade pill containing a strong Yin Demonic power.
Lin Yan swallowed this pill in order to break through.
There are two ways to break through from the Body Tempering Realm to the Earth Element Realm.
The first is to use elemental energy to break through gradually, but the quality of the Earth Element Realm achieved this way is usually average.
The second method is to combine Yin Demonic power with elemental energy to break through. This method is more difficult, but once successful, the Earth Element Realm achieved is stronger than usual.
The original Lin Dong in the story used the Yin Demonic power inside the Qingtan to successfully break through.
But Lin Yan didn't have the Stone Talisman or any means to extract Yin Demonic power from Qingtan, so this path was not viable.
Fortunately, he had the Medicine Elder, so he entrusted the Medicine Elder to refine several pills to replace the Yin Demonic power.
Now, he had already swallowed that Yin Demonic Pill and felt the terrifying demonic energy surging in his body. Lin Yan quickly used his soul power to neutralize it.
This neutralization lasted for a whole night.
After one night, the elemental energy in Lin Yan's body successfully integrated with the Yin Demonic energy, becoming even more vast.
He sank his consciousness into his dantian and quickly discovered a cluster of ice-blue energy that wasn't there before. It rotated slowly, surrounded by a trace of chilling coldness, obedient to Lin Yan's command.
Lin Yan stood up and tested his physical body, finding it stronger than before!
"So, this is the Earth Element Realm."
"It's indeed much stronger than the Body Tempering Realm!"
Putting on his clothes and feeling the burst of power throughout his body, Lin Yan smiled with satisfaction.
The Medicine Elder on the side also carefully observed Lin Yan's changes. He had always been very interested in this side's power system. So since Lin Yan completed his breakthrough and his aura improved, the Medicine Elder had been observing him.
"So that's how it is."
"Compared to fighters, the Earth Element Realm places more emphasis on tempering the physical body."
"It can be said that the cultivation method on our Douqi Continent focuses more on Douqi, which is the use and cultivation of elemental energy here. Everything revolves around Douqi."
"But it's not the same here. Although elemental energy is important, the research on elemental energy here is obviously not as exquisite as our research on Douqi over there."
"However, here, the emphasis is more on the physical body. But looking at the physical body, warriors at the same level are much stronger than fighters on the Douqi Continent."
After observing for a while, the Medicine Elder finally reached a conclusion. He stroked his beard and summed up to Lin Yan.
Lin Yan suddenly had an idea: "What if I directly take advantage of each other's strengths? When cultivating elemental energy, I directly use the method of cultivation from the Douqi Continent to refine it more precisely. And when tempering the body, I directly use the method of cultivation here."
"Wouldn't that eliminate the flaws?"
The Medicine Elder's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he suddenly had a bold idea in his mind.
He took out two scrolls and placed them in front of Lin Yan, then smiled and said, "Since that's the case, young friend."
"Are you interested in trying out the cultivation method of refining Douqi from our Douqi Continent?"
(End of this chapter)