bioinnovel Chapter 7 Bone Tempering and Mental Strength
Chapter 7 Bone Tempering and Mental Strength
On the morning of the sixth day, when Lin Yuan returned from the wasteland, his pockets were cleaner than his face.
No, that's backwards.
His pockets were bulging, and his face was clean.
He went on a killing spree in the wasteland for the past five days.
From a Tier 1 Level 2 Gray-skinned Jackal to a Tier 1 Level 7 Wind-patterned Leopard, and then to a Tier 1 Level 8 Rock-armored Giant Scorpion that I managed to defeat yesterday evening.
The scorpion's crystal core alone sold for nearly two thousand, and its carapace was bought on the spot by a passing blacksmith for a high price of ten thousand.
Lin Yuan sat on the bed in the small house in the old town and poured out his gains from the past few days onto the sheets.
Twelve crystal cores, a number of monster materials, plus Zhao Tianyu's B-grade ability card which hasn't been sold yet, all come to about 7 to 8 Chinese Yuan.
For someone who was so poor just five days ago that he could only afford an E-grade rifle, this was a huge sum of money.
But Lin Yuan knew that he couldn't keep this money.
He's going somewhere today.
The Donghai City Superpower Association is located in the most bustling area of the city center.
A five-story gray building with dark gold magic patterns embedded in its exterior walls. Two uniformed guards stood at the entrance—both were second-tier or higher ability users.
Lin Yuan had only passed by this place before and had never been inside.
It's not that I don't want to get in, it's that I can't get in.
The Superpowered Individuals Association is, to put it nicely, a service center for superpowered individuals; to put it bluntly, it's a money pit.
Elixirs, equipment, cultivation techniques, intelligence—everything is available, and everything is ridiculously expensive.
An ordinary demon hunter can save up a month's worth of money, only to have it all gone after just one trip inside.
Lin Yuan pushed open the glass door of the association, and a smell mixed with the fragrance of medicine and the metallic scent wafted out.
The hall was spacious, with the equipment area on the left and the materials trading area on the right. The staircase directly in front led to the second floor—the place where pills and cultivation techniques were sold.
The hall was bustling with people, mostly superhumans dressed in demon-hunting outfits, chatting in small groups.
Lin Yuan had a clear goal and went straight to the second floor.
Behind the counter in the medicine section stood a young female clerk with a ponytail, tidying up the shelves.
Seeing Lin Yuan approach, he gave a professional smile: "Hello, what do you need?"
"Bone Tempering Pill".
The female shop assistant blinked: "We have three grades of Bone Tempering Pills here: low-grade at 3,000 each, mid-grade at 8,000 each, and high-grade at 20,000 each. Which one would you like?"
Lin Yuan silently calculated his entire fortune in his mind.
"Low-grade, five pieces."
The female shop assistant did not show any disdain—anyone who works in the association knows that anyone who dares to buy Bone Tempering Pills, whether low-level or high-level, is no ordinary person.
She deftly took out a small blue porcelain bottle from the counter, poured out five pills about the size of a thumbnail, each with a faint jade-like luster.
"A total of 15,000."
Lin Yuan paid the money, put away the five Bone Tempering Pills, and turned to go downstairs.
Instead of leaving immediately, he found a seat in the lounge area on the first floor and pretended to look at the mission announcements on the wall, while actually observing the people coming and going in the lobby.
Since cult members can infiltrate the city, they are likely to operate in information hubs like the Superpowered Individuals Association.
In the past few days, he discovered two more monsters with rune stones implanted in the wasteland. Both were killed near the city, indicating that the cult's surveillance range is shrinking towards the city.
However, his main purpose in coming here today was not to investigate cults, but rather—
Lin Yuan squeezed the small porcelain bottle in his pocket.
Bone-tempering pill.
In this world, the strength of a superhuman is determined by three main factors.
First, the level and realm of the superpower itself; second, the strength of the physical body; and third, the mental strength of the superpower user.
The enhancement of superpowers relies on cultivation and awakening, the enhancement of the physical body relies on bone tempering and so on, and the enhancement of mental power relies on rare and precious materials and gravity mental chambers.
The so-called bone tempering refers to using elixirs and special techniques to temper the muscles and bones throughout the body.
With each round of tempering, the strength of the muscles and bones will increase to a higher level, and the amount of supernatural power they can withstand will also increase.
For an ordinary person, it would be quite good if they could temper themselves to the third level.
Those with better talent, combined with high-level elixirs, can reach the fifth stage.
Those core members of large families, who are pampered with resources from a young age, can reach the sixth level.
Eight wheels, you can't find more than a few dozen in the entire Dragon Kingdom.
As for the Nine Wheels—that's a legendary realm, said to have been reached only by the strongest individuals who stand at the pinnacle of humanity.
Lin Yuan had seen a line of small print in the system.
[Muscle and Bone Tempering: Currently at 0 rounds]
[Hint: After refining to round 9, the hidden option "Ten Rounds Combined" will be triggered.]
Ten wheels combined into one.
Just those four words made his heart skip a beat.
The problem is that normal bone tempering requires a lot of elixirs and time.
The medicinal power contained in a low-grade Bone Tempering Pill is at most enough for an ordinary person to complete one-third of the first round of tempering.
The potency required increases dramatically as you progress, and there is a risk of failure in each round. If you fail, not only will the pills be wasted, but you may also damage your bones and muscles.
Furthermore, each person can only fail twice in the bone tempering process, but after failing twice, they can no longer undergo bone tempering.
The Bone Tempering Realm retains the previous realm, so most people stop at the fourth or fifth round.
But Lin Yuan has a system.
He returned to his small house in the old town, locked the door, and drew the curtains.
Five low-grade Bone Tempering Pills were lined up on the table, gleaming with a warm, jade-like light under the lamp.
[5 Low-Tier Bone Tempering Pills detected. Consume Ability Points for tempering and enhancement?]
"Yes."
Each upgrade to the highest quality requires 50 Energy Points. Confirm?
Fifty points per coin, five coins equal two hundred and fifty points.
Lin Yuan glanced at his ability points balance—412 points, accumulated from his frantic hunting of monsters over the past few days.
"confirm."
As soon as he finished speaking, the number of ability points in his palm jumped five times, changing from 412 to 162.
The five Bone Tempering Pills on the table began to change color.
The original jade-like luster gradually deepened, changing from light blue to dark blue, and then from dark blue to a rich color that was almost like black jade.
Fine golden patterns appeared on the surface of the pill, like naturally formed meridians, with a faint light flowing within them.
Lin Yuan picked up one and smelled it – it had no medicinal smell.
The finest and most exquisite elixir, its medicinal power completely contained within, without a trace of leakage.
"Let's begin."
He sat down cross-legged and put the first top-grade Bone Tempering Pill into his mouth.
The pill melted instantly upon entering the mouth, and a warm force descended from the throat to the dantian, then exploded with a bang, spreading along the bones to the limbs and the entire body.
pain.
It wasn't a sharp, stinging pain, but a deep, aching sensation that went deep into the bone marrow, like someone was rubbing hot sandpaper back and forth on your bones.
The veins on Lin Yuan's forehead bulged instantly, and cold sweat streamed down his face.
But he gritted his teeth and remained silent.