Chapter 10 The Fourth Grade Of Skin Refinement

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Following Giselle, Ryan arrived at a small courtyard. "This is where I usually live," Giselle said to Ryan. "Whether you are a nominal disciple or a formal disciple, you are my disciple. And since I accepted you as my disciple, I will teach you everything I know." She paused for a moment before continuing, "From now on, you can live in this small courtyard. Use it as your own." "Thank you, Master Giselle!" Ryan responded happily. Grateful for his master's generosity, he was ready to accept whatever Giselle would ask of him. "Here are two bottles of Body Refining Pills. You can take them first. As for the cultivation methods, I'll pick out the one that best suits you in the next two days," said Giselle. She handed Ryan the bottles of Body Refining Pills and reminded him, "Systematic training needs blood vitality. You can go to Soshill Kitchen Hall to buy it." After giving him instructions, Giselle prepared to leave. Ryan realized she still had things to do. "Master..." Ryan called out, embarrassed, trying to stop her from leaving. "Do you have any other questions?" Giselle asked, facing him. Although her tone was light, her question came out cold and serious. Perhaps it was the birthmark marring her beautiful face that made her never smile while talking. "I... I just want to ask how much blood meat I could buy with three copper coins," Ryan asked, embarrassed, as he took out the remaining three copper coins from his pocket. Upon hearing Ryan's innocent question, Giselle immediately understood what he meant. Her eyes showed a bit of helplessness and pity toward her apprentice. Then she took out a small bag from her Storage Ring and said, "Here, there are fifty silver coins in this. Take it." "Thank you very much, Master," Ryan gratefully received the coins from his master. "You do not need to thank me, Ryan. I lent the fifty silver coins to you. You have to return them to me. And you need to return the two bottles of Body Refining Pills as well. They are valued at fifty silver coins. You should pay me back one hundred silver coins in total after a month!" Giselle said with obvious amusement in her eyes and then left. Ryan stood there, stunned in disbelief. Inside the small courtyard, Ryan sat cross-legged on the wooden bed. He muttered to himself, "Systematic training is hard. Without money, there are no resources. No resources, no chance of breaking through to the next grade. So, I need to find a way to earn money. Hunting and killing fierce animals is the only thing I'm good at. Maybe that's the only way I can earn money now!" "But first, I need to break through the third grade of Dermal Fortification to reach the fourth. The Soshill Mountain is not like Stonebridge City; it could only be more dangerous." With the two bottles of Body Refining Pills that Master Giselle gave him, he now had thirty Body Refining pills in total. This should be enough to break through to the sixth grade of Dermal Fortification. Ryan concentrated his energies and prepared for a breakthrough. He had plenty of blood vitality in his body, enough to break through the third grade. So he planned to go out to buy blood meat in the Soshill Kitchen Hall after reaching the fourth grade of Dermal Fortification. Ryan took out one Body Refining Pill from the bottle and swallowed it. Although he had taken Body Refining Pills for his past breakthrough, he knew that taking the pills now would make his foundation more solid. It was necessary for his future systematic training. After swallowing the Body Refining Pill, Ryan immediately activated the spiritual energy in his body. He tried to digest the Body Refining Pill quickly and integrate it into the mystic meridians residing in his body. Through the spiritual meridian, the pill would incorporate into his whole body, purifying his flesh and bone until there were no impurities left. After absorbing the Body Refining Pill, Ryan's body gradually emitted black, gooey substances. One, two, three... Soon, Ryan had swallowed ten Body Refining Pills. But the impurities continued to ooze out of his body. "This... What's going on? Why is this happening? Are ten Body Refining pills still not enough?" Ryan couldn't believe it. He knew that most people needed only five Body Refining Pills or so to break through the third grade of Dermal Fortification. Some geniuses might need seven or eight pills. But even after taking ten pills, it wasn't enough for him. Moreover, he had already gone through the breakthrough once before his original spiritual meridian was destroyed and had eliminated the impurities. He should have needed fewer pills this time. "Is it because of my new spiritual meridian? Is there something wrong with it?" Ryan guessed. However, he decided not to be stingy. The more impurities his body discharged, the better his systematic foundation would be. After swallowing 25 Body Refining Pills, Ryan stopped emitting impurities from his body. At this moment, Ryan's whole body was enveloped by a mass of black cocoon. The stench of foul odor pervaded the whole yard. Instantly, the smell hit Ryan's nose, making him want to disappear. However, right after eliminating the impurities, Ryan knew it was the best time to break through. So he decided to endure the upsetting smell and activated the spiritual meridian to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. It took almost half a day when Giselle returned. As soon as she entered the small yard, she immediately smelled the reeking odor. She quickly realized the source was Ryan's room. Giselle entered the room in a few quick strides, almost dizzy from the pungent smell. Thankfully, Giselle was strong enough to endure it. Her ability to concentrate was impressive. She immediately looked toward the black cocoon that enclosed Ryan and couldn't believe what she was seeing. She knew the black substance was the elimination of impurities, but she didn't understand how someone at the third grade of Dermal Fortification could discharge so many impurities. Crack! The black cocoon suddenly cracked. When it opened, Ryan's body was revealed. At this time, Ryan's aura was completely different. There was no denying that he had finally broken through the third grade of Dermal Fortification. "Master, you are back!" Ryan exclaimed as he opened his eyes and saw Giselle. He called her happily. "You have reached the fourth grade!" Giselle murmured. She felt strange because she knew Ryan did not have any spiritual meridian in his body. "Master, I just felt the need to break through, so I wanted to give it a try. But I didn't expect to succeed on my first try," Ryan said, scratching his head bashfully. He knew it was an amazing feat to break through the third grade and reach the intermediate stage of Dermal Fortification without a spiritual meridian. However, even though Giselle was now his master, he couldn't admit to her that he had regained his spiritual meridian, a relatively strange but magical one. "Give it a try?" Giselle was surprised. It was the first time she had heard someone casually talking about breaking through, as it usually required long preparation. "How many Body Refining Pills did you take?" Giselle asked seriously, worried. "Master, I took 25 pills. But I think it's not too much, is it?" Ryan admitted, feeling embarrassed. "What?" Giselle couldn't keep calm anymore. "You didn't lie to me, did you?" "Master, although I don't want to admit it, it's true. I took 25 pills to break through!" Ryan nodded sincerely. Still in disbelief, Giselle checked Ryan's pocket. Sure enough, there were only five Body Refining Pills left from the bottles she gave him. Seeing the evidence, Giselle had to believe Ryan. She knew he wouldn't deceive her. But somehow, she couldn't keep still. She had heard of someone consuming eleven Body Refining Pills to break through the inferior stage of Dermal Fortification, but never 25 pills for the third grade. It was ridiculous. "Master..." Ryan hesitated, seeing Giselle's disbelief. "Go ahead and clean yourself up. Clean your room, too. After that, come to my room. We need to talk," Giselle said slowly, letting out a deep sigh.

Chapter 10 The Fourth Grade Of Skin Refinement

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