"This..."
Unable to believe what he had read, Araw stared at the book in front of him in silence—in his eyes, doubt could be clearly seen.
Even the peak body tempering cultivation technique didn't contain knowledge regarding the 10th stage of the body tempering realm, yet this book actually said with confidence that it exists?!
Furthermore, cleansing one's body from impurities could slightly increase one's potential?! Although it might not be enough to increase one's potential by a level, it could still change one's fate and prospects!
Moreover, the difficulty of the process isn't that hard; the only problem is the resources needed in the process.
"If the book was released in the outside world, it would surely create chaos, causing the powers within the country to go insane!
"No, I'm sure that a single page of this book could already cause a bloodbath within the country."
Even though Araw's knowledge regarding cultivation was limited, he knew that no power within the country had a peak cultivation manual for the body tempering realm... Much least knowledge regarding the 10th stage of the body tempering realm.
Of course, there is the possibility that some of them had this kind of knowledge and hid it as their core secrets. However, the likelihood of that happening was extremely low.
Even if they knew it, they still wouldn't reach the 10th stage since they had no peak cultivation manual to back it up.
Temporarily putting the thought in the back of his mind, Araw then focused on the other parts of the book.
"Multi-colored flower, Blood Orchid, Heavenly Earth Ginseng... and Crystallized Water."
Slowly reading the materials needed to cleanse one's physique from impurities, Araw couldn't help but fall silent, pondering as he never heard, seen, or read one of them in his past life.
Although Araw lacked knowledge regarding cultivation, he's quite confident that his knowledge regarding spiritual herbs and treasures was above average.
With his low status back then, it's normal that he fantasized himself getting great opportunities that could change his fate; hence, he spent some of his time reading books related to spiritual herbs and treasures to ensure that he wouldn't miss them if he luckily stumbled on one of them.
Without further ado, finally unable to calm down his nerves just thinking of the possibility that his potential could increase, Araw immediately opened the shop panel. His eyes glow with excitement as he instantly gazes at the natural treasures within the system.
"What the!"
However, upon seeing their price, the excitement on Araw's face instantly vanished and instead turned grim. If he decided to buy the treasures needed to cleanse one's body, his pathetic teaching points would surely be reduced to half!
"No, I need to buy this! If I could increase my potential slightly, then the speed of my cultivation would surely increase, and by that time, earning teaching points would be much easier."
Remembering that he had earned 10 teaching points earlier just by simply reaching the 1st stage of the Body Tempering realm, the expression on Araw's face slowly returned to normal—taking a deep breath as decisiveness appeared within his eyes.
Huff~
With a bleeding heart and heavy expression, Araw immediately spent 42 teaching points to buy the items within the system shop, instantly dropping his teaching points to 41.
Shortly after spending his teaching points, the space in front of him suddenly unleashed a bright light, twisting the space within before ejecting several treasures toward the ground.
Bang-
In an instant, a bloody ginseng that was squirming under the light instantly caught Araw's attention. Its rich metallic scent fused with the seven colored flowers beside it and wafted toward the surrounding area... Instantly drilling to Araw's nostrils, which caused his eyes to widen in euphoria.
On the other hand, the blood orchid and a bowl of crystallized water appeared lackluster compared to the two. However, Araw didn't dare look down on them based on their appearance. It could be said that compared to the multi-colored flower and the Heavenly Earth Ginseng, the price of the two was at least 50% higher than theirs!
"This feeling..."
By simply staring at them, Araw could already feel his instinct screaming, causing his heart to skip a bit as greed and desire appeared in his eyes.
In addition, his pores began to open slightly, seemingly inhaling the scent that the spiritual herbs were releasing as they contracted slightly—it made his vitality fluctuate before increasing by a small amount.
Even without knowledge from the book, Araw would instantly know that these spiritual herbs were extremely precious due to how his being reacted and how they could tempt his existence.
"I should rest first and reach my peak state before starting to absorb their energy based on the content of the book."
Resisting the urge to consume the resources in front of him, Araw hurriedly hid the items inside his inventory, taking a deep breath as he began to recover his stamina.
...
Soon, an hour passed by.
Exhaling turbid air from his mouth, Araw slowly opened his eyes, revealing the brown irises filled with excitement within as he moved toward the clearing in the far distance.
Ensuring that everything was ready, Araw then took out the 4 items within his inventory with trembling hands... Taking a deep breath to suppress his excitement as he again re-read the thin booklet that he had received earlier.
Surprisingly, other than finding the four spiritual herbs needed to cleanse one's physique from impurities, which was extremely hard without the help of the system, the other steps weren't that hard... To be exact, it's not even considered problematic.
The only thing he needed to be careful of was that he couldn't be disturbed while absorbing the essence of the spiritual herbs; otherwise, his internal organs might suffer from severe injuries if they became uncontrollable.
Fortunately, the probability of this occurring was almost nil since only he and cubs that didn't dare to approach him existed in this place.
"I see... I need to consume them one at a time, completely absorbing the energy to my body before consuming the next one."
Grasping the bloody ginseng in his hand, Araw instantly senses its squirming and pulsing, as if alive, as it slowly slips within his tight grasp, causing his expression to change awkwardly as he stares at it with complexity.
He couldn't help but imagine an inappropriate image just by staring at it.
"Just consume it in one go, and it will be done."
Placating himself for a while, Araw then gritted his teeth before instantly swallowing the bloody ginseng on his hand. Not even daring to chew it as he shallowed it immediately.
Sure enough, his face turned red in the next second, coughing out loud and unable to breathe as the whole bloody ginseng slid down his throat. Traveling slowly within, causing his face to slightly turn purple... Which caused him to regret his action.
Cough! Cough!