Chapter 23: Peak of Blood Tempering Stage
[Host, you don't need to worry about them for now. In your previous life, you had barely reached the peak of Foundation Establishment Realm.]
[You haven't even seen the vastness of this world, let alone the universe. But with the Destiny Weaving System at your fingertips, your future will be beyond them.]
'Hehe! If that was the case, it would be amazing.'
Ken chuckled. He found that his little brother had calmed down, and so he returned to his house.
When he went there, he saw his mother sitting on the ground, with her legs crossed. She was absorbing a strange green energy into her body.
'She is gonna be busy. I should get busy as well. I need to complete my Blood Tempering Stage.'
'Even with the pill, it will take a while.'
Ken thought to himself and bought the Blood Pill from the system. He had previously bought two Qi Pills, so he only had five destiny eggs left.
But then, he earned twenty-five destiny eggs from the recent change, leaving him with a total of thirty destiny eggs.
After buying one pill, he still had twenty-nine destiny eggs left.
He knew destiny eggs would be very important later. So, he wasn't just going to spend them on silly things.
He took the pill and sat on the bed. He closed his eyes and started his cultivation.
The process of tempering the blood was the same as tempering the skin. But with Blood Pill, he would gain Blood Qi.
It was a special type of blood that was constantly tempered by Qi, so it had transformed into Qi but still had the attributes of the blood.
So, he just had to use this to constantly refine his bone marrow with this blood.
That's why this step was going to be easy with Blood Pill.
He didn't need to temper the entire blood of his body.
Instead, he only needed to temper the bone marrow so that he could easily produce new tempered and stronger blood cells.
But when he started using the Blood Qi to temper his marrow, he noticed that it wasn't improving at all.
He tried adding a bit more, and slowly, the improvement increased. But it was still too slow.
Until he used ten percent of the Blood Qi, he felt an immense improvement in the Bone Marrow.
But there was a problem. In less than an hour, ten percent of the Blood Qi was exhausted, and his bone marrow had only improved by 7 percent.
So, his blood was only tempered by 7% in one hour, even though he had already exhausted 10% of Blood Qi.
Only then did he remember something.
When he was cultivating the Ancient Dragon Transformation Technique, he was boiling his blood, constantly replacing it with stronger blood.
It wasn't the same process, but there was a small similarity.
That being the result.
So, his blood was already improved. Now, if he wanted to improve it even further, he had to expend even more Blood Qi.
'Damn it! I just literally…. I just promised I will save Destiny Eggs for the future, and now I have to buy more Blood Pills?'
Between slow cultivation and pay-to-cultivate, he chose the latter.
He would rather work hard to earn more destiny eggs than go through slow cultivation.
He had had enough of that in his previous life.
So, he started spending a lot of Blood Qi. In the next nine hours, he had exhausted the entire Blood Pill.
But his improvement went from 7% to only 35%.
It didn't even reach 70%. The improvement kept decreasing.
But that wasn't all bad. Because of the improvement in his blood, his bloodlines were also improving.
His Samsara Flame Bloodline was sealed by his mother. But he still had Dragon Bloodline.
Although Dragon Blood or Dragon Energy would've been a shortcut to unlocking this bloodline, there was another path.
That was improving his blood and giving this bloodline a small portion of the Blood Qi every single time.
He even suspected whether his slow improvement was due to this.
Despite his suspicion, he didn't stop his cultivation. He had one goal.
Reach the Blood Tempering Stage within a week.
So, he bought more Blood Pills.
Taking these pills, he began to temper his bone marrow.
This was much easier than using his normal Qi. In his previous life, he couldn't train like this.
He wasn't able to afford One-Star Blood Pill, much less a Nine-Star Blood Pill.
Six Days Later;
He opened his eyes and breathed out. At this moment, his body was covered with red Qi.
It was flowing all over his body, and so was the black blood.
"You need to take a bath. Your impurities have covered your body."
Looking at his skin covered in black blood, Ken nodded. This was a dead and poisonous part of the blood that was filtered out.
His current blood was pure and strong.
It was what a normal blood should be. He walked out of the house and went to a well next to his house.
He pulled out two buckets of water and took a bath inside a small box.
After a while, he walked out in his new clothes.
Though they were the same as before. He wore a white shirt and pants with blue stripes and edges.
He had a blue belt around his waist. He washed his previous clothes and hung them on a wire.
When he returned to his house, he was surprised to find a new mattress on his bed and a large carpet on the ground.
"You know you didn't have to do that. After three more weeks, there will be an Annual Competition, and I will move out of this house."
After strengthening his bloodline and completing his Blood Tempering Stage, he was absolutely confident that he could come out on top in this completion.
Not to mention, he still had three more weeks to prepare.
"Come on, sit down!"
Qingying smiled and patted the position next to her.
Ken hesitated but eventually went to sit next to her.
"So, how did you get those pills? They were Nine-Star Blood Pills, right?"
Qingying asked.
Fortunately, Ken was already prepared for an explanation. He pointed at the ring on his index finger and said.
"I got the inheritance of the ancestor of the Wang Family. I sensed his inheritance when I awakened my Dragon Blood Body."
"It was inside the sect all along. I also got the second stage of the Ancient Dragon Transformation Technique."
Hearing that, Qingying was genuinely surprised. She nodded and waved her hand.
A small glass jar appeared in her hand. She placed it in his hand and said.
"Originally, I was thinking whether I should give it to you or not. Since you already have a powerful bloodline, you might not need Dragon Bloodline."
"But since you found the second stage, I believe you're fated with the Ancient Dragon Transformation Technique."
"This is the blood of the Flood Dragon. True Dragons can't be found on our continent. But this blood of the Flood Dragon should be enough to revitalize your Dragon Bloodline."
Hearing that, his eyes widened as he spoke.
"You fought Flood Dragon for this? I heard they can easily kill someone at the Heavenly Ladder Realm."
"Huh? You even know this? It should be that inheritance, right?"
As she had just gotten a new inheritance, Qingying understood her son's situation.
She didn't know Ken had blurted that out because he had seen a Flood Dragon kill a Heavenly Ladder Realm cultivator once in his previous life.
"Well, I am already at King Realm, and I should be reaching Saint Realm soon."
Qingying replied with a smile and thought.
'Once I reach that realm, I will take him to the clan. Nobody, no one can force me to hide my son anymore.'
Her thoughts darkened as she clenched her fist.
Ken was busy sweating after blurting out such information that he quickly looked away and didn't notice her expression.
But he did hear her words. And, he looked back at her with surprise.
"Are you going to leave?"
He genuinely thought she would stay here. After all, she wanted to mend the relationship between them.
"Don't worry, I won't leave till your Annual Competition."
She smiled and replied. Then, she immediately asked.
"You don't want me to leave, do you?"
"No, no, I don't. But, do you have a second bed?" Ken hurriedly shook his head and asked.
Qingying smiled at her son and patted his hair.
"Why do we need a second bed? Even if you don't accept me as your mother, it doesn't mean I can't see you as my son, right?"
"Isn't it normal for a mother to sleep together with her son?"
Ken rolled his eyes and said.
"Not if that son is old enough to sleep alone."
'Am I tripping, or has her mind already been corrupted by the Ancient Demon God?'
'System, check her current status!'