That night, Yang Xiong's recent body-tempering plan was ready to be put into action.
Over the past few days, Yang Xiong had bought all sorts of medicinal herbs in Seven Treasure City. Seven Treasure City was one of the most prosperous cities on the entire Douluo Continent, and there were countless herbal shops, basically stocking every kind of medicinal herb.
In Yang Xiong's room, there was a huge iron bathtub. The bathtub was already filled with clear water, and charcoal fire was lit beneath it. The water in the entire bathtub seemed to be slightly boiling.
Yang Xiong took out many medicinal herbs from his soul tool and placed them in the bathtub. The originally clear water completely turned crimson, like fresh blood.
Yang Lin, standing nearby, looked a little nervous: "Xiao Xiong, you're still young, there's no need to rush. Body tempering is good and very suitable for your Martial Soul, but it's a bit too early for you now."
Yang Xiong said: "Father, I have absolute confidence that it won't harm my body, and this formula is not simple."
Some time ago, Yang Xiong discovered Bone Douluo's cultivation records, The Way of Defense, on the seventh floor of the Library. As the continent's top defense expert, besides absorbing defensive soul rings, one also needed to use external objects to push their body to the extreme.
For such top-tier defense experts, they were not only fearless of water and fire but also unafraid of potent poison. Only then could they reach the pinnacle of the defense path.
Yang Xiong had purchased many medicinal herbs according to the instructions in The Way of Defense. Today was the first time, focusing on fire-attribute tempering for his body.
The herbs purchased were not expensive, but they were all fire-attribute herbs and possessed a certain degree of toxicity. The process would be extremely painful, but this was the foundation of the defense path.
Yang Xiong didn't bother with anything else and directly stripped naked before jumping into the bathtub.
Yang Xiong felt as if his entire body was in a sea of fire, his skin seemed to be burning, especially as the red liquid in the bathtub seeped into his body through his skin. Every muscle and even bone felt as if it were being roasted by fire.
Even when Yang Xiong summoned his Martial Soul, the Martial Soul itself seemed to struggle to withstand the intense heat and toxicity. His entire body began to be scorched. Even with Yang Xiong's own powerful physique, he couldn't help but grit his teeth, a look of extreme pain on his face.
After a full hour, the blood-red liquid in the bathtub began to gradually fade. The medicinal power seemed to dissipate after entering Yang Xiong's body.
Yang Lin quickly pulled Yang Xiong out of the bathtub. At this moment, Yang Xiong looked extremely miserable, with scorched patches all over his body, looking somewhat like a burn victim.
His mother, Sun Yu, looked exceptionally distressed: "Xiao Xiong, why do you have to do this? I'll take you to a healing-type Soul Master."
Yang Xiong shook his head: "Mother, I think this effect is very good. There's no need to find someone for treatment. My Martial Soul should be able to heal my injuries quickly."
This was the greatest advantage of a Body Martial Soul. After the body is injured, it can heal quickly through the Martial Soul. In terms of recovery ability alone, a Body Martial Soul is definitely among the top of all Martial Souls.
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In the following days, Yang Xiong underwent tempering with fire-attribute medicinal herbs for nine consecutive days. His entire body was crimson, but miraculously, after a night of meditation and cultivation, his body could basically recover by more than half.
Of course, this was also because Yang Xiong had adjusted the dosage of the body-tempering herbs to the minimum. If he had truly followed the later-stage herb ratios and selections in The Way of Defense, ordinary people would likely melt in a very short time, and only intermediate to high-level Soul Masters could withstand it.
After nine days, Yang Xiong began using another type of medicinal herb. The water in the bathtub was completely boiled, but after adding the herbs, all the water in the bathtub seemed to turn blue at an extremely fast speed. The bubbling and boiling water's temperature dropped sharply, even emitting waves of cold air.
After Yang Xiong jumped into the bathtub, his entire body felt as if it were in ice. Endless cold air began to pour into his body. Every inch of his skin felt as if it were being solidified by the cold air. He even felt like an ice pillar. The pain was no less than that from the fire-attribute herbs.
Especially while being in the ice, it wasn't just his body; even his Martial Soul and soul power felt as if they were about to solidify. However, under this extreme operation, he was even better able to grasp the direction of soul power circulation within his body.
This was the tempering of the body against cold air mentioned in The Way of Defense.
After nine consecutive days in the icy bathtub, Yang Xiong began another aspect of training.
At this point, the water surface of the entire bathtub was boiling, and the entire bathtub was a vibrant green. This contained the poisons Yang Xiong had purchased.
Compared to the tempering with ice and fire, the tempering with poison seemed to cause greater damage and pain to the body. His entire body felt as if it were being bitten by countless insects, especially as the poison seeped into his bone marrow, making his bones feel as if they were about to shatter.
Poison, in particular, caused immense damage to human cells and flesh, and it was difficult to dispel, like maggots clinging to bone.
And the advantage of the Body Martial Soul was once again displayed. Since the Martial Soul was his own body, the toxins could actually be absorbed by the Martial Soul and gradually utilized. The effect was even better than with ice and fire. No wonder Du Busi and others liked to follow the path of potent poison.
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In the following days, Yang Xiong basically trained in these three aspects every day. The methods of intense fire, freezing ice, and potent poison were each used for nine consecutive days, and then switched to another method every nine days.
As time went on, Yang Xiong felt as if his body was being tempered. Under the continuous refinement of ice, fire, and poison, his entire body seemed to be shattered again and again, only to quickly recover each time.
Especially as the body tempering progressed, his Martial Soul seemed to show a tendency to become stronger. Even his strength and soul power increased. After each body tempering session, when he meditated, he felt that his meditation speed was much faster, at least stronger than after a regular medicinal bath.
Yang Xiong even felt that his meridians seemed to be getting stronger under the tempering of ice, fire, and poison. Perhaps his Innate Soul Power level had also increased to a certain extent.
Of course, Yang Xiong was doing all of this to prepare for his future. His Body Martial Soul was too special and relatively weak in the early stages. Only by desperately forging his body and following The Way of Defense might he have hope of achieving a second awakening in the future.
Of course, truly achieving a second awakening was much more difficult than what he was doing now. A second awakening required extreme pressure between life and death to achieve, which was far beyond the pain he was currently enduring.
However, Yang Xiong searched the entire Library but could not find any method for cultivating spiritual power. It seemed that in the entire Douluo Continent, apart from Tang San's Purple Demon Eyes, no one had a similar cultivation technique.
According to Yang Xiong's plan, body tempering could significantly improve his physical fitness, which could also be called vital energy. Strength-type soul rings were the most effective among all soul ring attributes for increasing soul power and vital energy.
Yang Xiong wanted to cultivate his vital energy, soul power, and spiritual power to the extreme, and with the addition of elemental attributes, he could definitely reach an unprecedented height.
Tomorrow, he planned to learn how to make pills, which could compensate for his shortcomings.
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