"I feel refreshed and better than ever," Qin Yu stretched lazily, taking a deep breath of the fresh air. Suddenly, a sharp glint flashed across his eyes, "Alright, it's time to work hard. I must reach the peak of the Postnatal realm within five years."
Qin Yu was filled with sheer determination and started his morning exercise right away.
Qin Yu had always been carrying a 300-pound weight on him, and he just ran out of Cloud Mist Villa, heading straight for the foot of the mountain. From the base to the summit, and back down again, Qin Yu kept running this way.
As usual, Qin Yu would keep running until he lacked the strength to continue.
"Huff!" Qin Yu breathed heavily, sweat dripping from his chin. He had already reached his limit, running like this every day, Qin Yu was well aware of his limit, but who would have thought that today he would actually run an extra round more than yesterday. And... he wasn't truly out of strength yet.
Exhausted as he was at the moment, Qin Yu was quite happy, "I'm really in great shape today. If I keep making progress like this every day, it won't be long before I reach the realm where I can lift 800 pounds with one hand and be impervious to swords and spears. It seems like even the heavens are helping me," A smile involuntarily appeared at the corner of Qin Yu's mouth.
Qin Yu could clearly feel the reaction of his muscles, knowing that he had reached his first physiological limit.
Suddenly—
A remarkably comfortable cool sensation began to flow throughout every part of his body, just like a thirsty traveler in a desert suddenly drinking clear water, Qin Yu felt his muscles that had reached their limit greedily absorbing this stream...
Qin Yu was completely dumbfounded, as he could distinctly feel the muscles that had reached their physiological limit and were fatigued and sore rapidly recovering. He could feel the strength in his muscles being restored... and even increasing.
"What's going on?" Qin Yu abruptly stopped, "Where is this mysterious flow of energy coming from? What exactly is happening?"
It was too strange, something that had never occurred in eight years of training. Every time Qin Yu reached his physiological limit, he struggled to overcome it, but today, suddenly, a mysterious energy appeared. Qin Yu couldn't feel its presence in his meridians at all; it was as if the flow ignored the meridians, penetrating his entire body directly, and the muscles became even stronger after absorbing this stream.
Qin Yu's eyebrows were deeply furrowed, as he pondered over this sudden appearance of the mysterious flow, but no matter how long he thought, he couldn't understand why this was happening.
"Continue training, see what happens when you reach your physiological limit again," Qin Yu immediately resumed running. This time, he ran a longer distance than the first time, making this morning's exercise the longest he had ever run.
"It's finally here!" Qin Yu felt he had reached his physiological limit again. Although his legs were running at high speed, most of his attention was completely focused inside his body.
An energy began to emerge...
"It's in my chest," Qin Yu's eyes brightened, "The source of the mysterious energy is in my chest." He could clearly feel how comfortable it was for this energy to flow throughout his body, a sensation even more pleasant than soaking in a hot spring or getting a massage from Mr. Weng Xian.
Qin Yu suddenly opened his Black Gold Vest and stared at his chest—
A faint mark that was almost invisible unless looked at closely, and it was in the exact shape of the 'Meteor Tear.' Qin Yu's chest had never borne this mark; he was very sure of it. He hadn't noticed it when bathing in the hot spring yesterday, but now it was there.
"The Meteor Tear, last night's Meteor Tear!"
Qin Yu's eyes widened, his heart shaking beyond expression. The abrupt disappearance of the Meteor Tear the previous night had already stunned Qin Yu for a long time, but the appearance of the mark on his chest now made him unable to avoid associating it with another matter.
"Could this mysterious flow of energy that has just appeared be related to this mark, and could this mark be connected to last night's mysterious Meteor Tear?" Qin Yu simply couldn't understand what all this meant.
However, Qin Yu was no naïve country boy; he was the Princely Heir of Prince Zhen Dong. He knew that some celestial treasures could integrate into the body. These were weapons beyond Mortal Items, beyond Immortal Items, commonly, weapons of Upper Immortals could be integrated into one's body.
As for a crystal integrating into the body, Qin Yu had never heard of it, but considering what had just happened, he knew...
He had struck it rich!
Extreme training.
It means pushing past human limits time and again, but each breakthrough exerts a great strain on the body's muscles and bones, requiring various methods for recovery. After persisting through the limits in the past, whenever Qin Yu couldn't hold on, he needed to recover by soaking in hot springs, rubbing medicinal wine, and so forth.
But with that miraculous stream, there was no need to waste time recovering. He could break through the limits over and over, and that spring seemed to further enhance muscular capabilities as it merged with the muscles.
"Heaven aids me, truly heaven aids me!" Qin Yu clenched his fists, his eyes fiercely gleaming, "Even the heavens are helping me. I originally thought it would take five or six years to reach Teacher Zhao Yunxing's level, but now with this 'Meteor Tear,' two years might be enough!"
Excitement flickered in Qin Yu's eyes.
From childhood, in his father's eyes, Qin Yu had always been less than his older and second brothers. The older brother led troops and was an Innate Expert while the second brother excelled in governmental affairs. Only he, the third child, had a Dantian that couldn't accumulate Inner Strength, making him the most useless.
But... that Meteor Tear was an opportunity.
An opportunity to change his destiny.
"Father, I am not useless. I don't want to live in your shadow, I want to show you that I can be as outstanding as my older and second brothers," the most resounding voice echoed in Qin Yu's heart. At that moment, his ambition knew no bounds.
"Alright, start training!"
And Qin Yu resumed his practice once more.
He trained like a madman, more intensely than ever, so much so that even Zhao Yunxing, if he had seen Qin Yu's training, would probably be scared witless. Qin Yu's training no longer took his body's capacity for endurance into account; it was pure torment!
But outsiders had no idea. Every time Qin Yu reached his physiological limit, that mysterious flow would seep into the muscles, eliminating fatigue. And the muscles that broke through the limit became even stronger. Breaking through the limits time and time again, Qin Yu's progress soared to new heights.
In the evening, Qin Yu walked back to Cloud Mist Villa, his face brimming with confidence. Having endured the craziest training day of his life, with the volume of training more than ten times his usual, his muscles were now remarkably invigorated.