East Meet West

121- Refinement Stage

As I said, even a mortal human who has never cultivated can defeat an Awakening stage human or a Beginning stage human if he/she has practiced some fighting techniques.

But the difference starts showing after stepping into the ‘Refinement stage’.

The Refinement stage is divided into 5 levels. And they are:

Skin Refinement Level

Muscle Refinement Level

Tissue Refinement Level

Organs Refinement Level

Bone Refinement Level

And as one reaches ‘Skin Refinement Level’, ordinary punches or kicks can hardly hurt him/her and even the weapons used must be sharp and must be used by some cultivator. An ordinary mortal will never be able to inflict any lethal injury on a cultivator who has reached the ‘Skin Refinement Level’.

In the Skin Refinement Level, there is only a little increase in power but the major increase is in defense.

Now, before I proceed, I need to check for the information that has been unlocked in the ‘Brown book’ after I have reached the peak of the ‘Beginning stage’.

So, after I met Armelia, we did the blood ceremony, and then,

‘Sha...’

Once again, the book started shining, and then it got back to normal. And again, this time brown color faded a bit and the color of the book became lighter.

I guess that as we continue unlocking more information about the brown book, the brown color of the book will continue fading and become lighter.

So, I guess when the color of the book turns completely from brown to white, then I can conclude that we have completely unraveled the mysteries of the book and the old man, who left this book inside the statue.

Then I started reading new information that was related to the ‘Refinement Stage’.

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Hey, the person who is reading this, now that you have reached the peak of the Beginning stage and are ready to step into the Refinement stage.

So, I guess I must congratulate you.

Now, getting back to the topic to be discussed.

In the Refinement stage, cultivators need to strengthen or forge or refine or whatever you want to call it; their Skin, Muscles, Tissues, Organs, and Bones. And doing so, they become extraordinarily good and lots of impurities are also removed.

To do that, cultivators usually need to use [Qi] and the [Qi] is injected into that part (Skin, Muscles, Tissues, Organs, and Bones), which is absorbed by parts and the [Qi] acts as nutrients to it. Then, the part (Skin, Muscles, Tissues, Organs, and Bones) discharges impurities that are within it, and finally, that part is completely refined.

Now, you might have known or heard a line or rumor like- “When bones break and after some time, they recover, and after recovering they are stronger than the previous time.”

Or

“If you catch a cold, then after recovering back to normal, your immunity towards the cold increases.”

So, there are people who follow this rumor and inflict damage upon themselves.

And this rumor is a true fact. But this method is a barbaric method.

You must have practiced the [8 levels of Qi forging technique], right?

If you haven’t or you might have given up halfway because you were unable to bear the pain then unfortunately you skipped an important thing.

But if you have successfully practiced the [8 levels of Qi forging technique] to perfection, then good work. As the next tip that I am going to give to you will only work if you have practiced the [8 levels of Qi forging technique].

And believe me, after following this tip, the gains will be so huge that if we ever meet then you will start calling me ‘Grandpa’.

So, I have developed a technique called [The Qi bombing technique].

In this technique, you will be refining your parts (Skin, Muscles, Tissues, Organs, and Bones) with [Qi] and after you have reached the limit, you will be using [8 levels of Qi forging technique], that will harm and inflict damage your parts, but you can use healing pills or medicines to recover. Then once again you can refine those parts with [Qi] and repeat.

[The Qi bombing technique] can be practiced by anyone but it works very efficiently with those who have practiced the [8 levels of Qi forging technique].

There is no limit to this technique, so you can stop practicing it after improving to a certain extent.

If you follow my advice, then I would suggest that you practice and repeat this technique 10–12 times.

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Well, it is true that after bones break and recover, they become much stronger when compared to the previous time.

And based on this theory, at the Leon clan we used to get ourselves injured by becoming someone’s punching bag; and eating medicines and pills that can damage us.

It was a slow process but it showed good results.

But if the old man’s technique can really show the results that it claims to have, then I must really thank the old man. But of course, calling him my ‘Grandpa’ is not going to happen.

Wait, what do I lose if I call him my ‘Grandpa’?

Nothing.

It's not like I care about the Leon clan and any of the relations that I had. I don’t.

And being in this world, where I am weak, I should be ready to have a flexible mind.

Or like the saying-

“One must bend and stretch if the situation demands.”

For example, in the novels, while MC is sitting in a restaurant and having food. He is sitting alone at the table. Some people with huge backgrounds enter the restaurant but it is packed with people and no tables are empty. And someone from the group spots the table where the MC is sitting. They ask or order him to give up the table.

Now, like all the novels, the MC argues with them and they fight. And that leads to lots of drama, chasing, fighting, killing, etc.

Now, if the MC had silently given up the table, would he lose anything other than his pride?

No.

Nothing would have happened if the MC had swallowed his pride for such a small incident.

But I won't blame him.

Even I felt that fighting them was a reasonable choice.

But after some incidents, I realized that it was a stupid incident.

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If I was in the MC’s place, I would have given up the table as I would hardly have any knowledge about their background.

But of course, there would be a limit to it. If they really think that I am a pushover, then they are so wronggg.

But I will bear all the things that will happen until I gather all the information about them, after that, I will proceed with some revenge and clan extermination.

Why clan extermination?

Am I being cruel?

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