BTTH : From Humble Beginnings to Dou Di

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"Hiss—"

As an intense wave of pain surged through his body, Lin Feng couldn't help but gasp sharply, the sound of his breath catching again and again.

At this moment, he felt as if thousands of ants were crawling madly into his body, then wriggling about, gnawing relentlessly at his flesh and blood.

"Damn... as expected of a Mid-Grade Earth Class body refinement Dou Technique. This pain is far worse than that previous High-Grade Black Class one!"

Clenching his teeth tightly, the veins on Lin Feng's neck bulged as he cursed through gritted teeth.

Fortunately, with his already well-tempered physique, he quickly recovered from the searing pain.

Recalling the refining tutorial he had previously studied, Lin Feng's palm emitted a faint glow.

A dark-golden scroll appeared in his hand.

Following the instructions from the tutorial, Lin Feng threw it directly into the medicinal liquid.

"Chii~ chii~"

Not long after the scroll entered the medicinal liquid, hissing sounds rose from the wooden tub.

Soon after, the dark-golden scroll dissolved rapidly, vanishing completely into nothingness.

In its place, a wisp of golden, strange gas emerged.

"So this... is the Golden Steel Qi?"

Staring at the aura exuding an unmistakable sense of hardness, Lin Feng murmured curiously.

Although this golden gas seemed faint, with careful sensing, one could detect a domineering pressure emanating from within.

According to the scroll, this wisp of Golden Steel Qi was left behind by the creator of the Myriad Steel Tempering Technique, a peak Dou Zun-level expert.

Naturally, it was extraordinary.

While he was still musing, Lin Feng noticed that the Golden Steel Qi was beginning to dissipate into the air.

Quickly, he curled his fingers and shot out several strands of Dou Qi to encase it, then drew it into his body.

"Mmgh—!"

As soon as the Golden Steel Qi entered his body along with his Dou Qi through his pores, a muffled groan involuntarily escaped his throat.

The previous wave of pain suddenly intensified by several times!

Once inside, the Golden Steel Qi began to lead the medicinal liquid in the tub to surge wildly beneath his skin.

Though the golden current appeared soft, it was incredibly hard in reality.

Every inch the current advanced, Lin Feng felt like his skin was being peeled off, and his body was crashing into a solid wall without any protection.

This indescribable sensation made him wish he were dead.

And wherever the Golden Steel Qi passed, the multicolored medicinal liquid followed right behind.

The two forces chased one another, weaving through his body with wild abandon.

But at this moment, Lin Feng was more alarmed than anything else.

Because he realized — he had absolutely no control over this golden current!

The only thing he could do now was to watch helplessly as it rampaged under his skin, dragging that volatile medicinal liquid along with it and wreaking havoc throughout his body.

"No wonder the founder of this Dou Technique repeatedly warned future cultivators... If my body hadn't already been refined with all kinds of rare treasures, and if I hadn't practiced a High-Grade Black Class body refinement technique beforehand, I'm afraid my internal organs would've been smashed to pieces by this Golden Steel Qi already!"

Lin Feng clenched his jaw, enduring the agony as he gave a bitter, wry smile.

But after a while, he noticed something unusual.

Wherever the Golden Steel Qi passed, it would leave behind traces of a golden substance in that area.

Subsequently, the medicinal liquid would dissolve those golden traces and absorb them into Lin Feng's body.

The reason he could notice this phenomenon was that, at the moment those unknown golden substances appeared, he felt as though someone had sliced open his flesh with a blade and poured molten metal inside.

The resulting agony from within his body exploded exponentially, to the point where Lin Feng nearly questioned the meaning of life.

What made Lin Feng grit his teeth even more was that the excruciating pain was not subsiding—instead, as the Golden Steel Qi roamed through his body, it was steadily increasing.

However, if someone had been able to observe the changes within Lin Feng's body closely, they would have noticed something astounding.

The dark-golden liquid formed by the fusion of the Golden Steel Qi and the medicinal mixture, once it seeped into Lin Feng's muscles and skin, began to merge flawlessly with his flesh.

And wherever the two substances fused, the toughness of that area increased dramatically—by more than half!

Even his skin began to faintly emit a golden sheen under the influence of the golden substance.

As the Golden Steel Qi continued to course through his body, all the muscles beneath Lin Feng's skin were gradually being strengthened.

Yet, even after its strength had weakened considerably, that wisp of Golden Steel Qi still showed no signs of stopping—it relentlessly drilled deeper into his body!

This entire process lasted for a full night before it finally came to an end.

By then, the jade-white bathtub was completely emptied of its once-full multicolored medicinal liquid.

Only Lin Feng remained, sitting alone in the tub.

"Huu... finally done. This thing almost killed me…"

Slowly opening his eyes, Lin Feng looked down at his body and let out a long breath of relief.

After being baptized by the Golden Steel Qi and the specially prepared medicinal concoction, his skin now carried a faint golden hue.

"Light-gold skin… If I remember correctly, according to the Dou Technique's description: Hundred Steel Body has dark-gold skin, Thousand Steel Body is light-gold, and Myriad Steel Body returns to a normal color. Looks like using the blood essence and magic core of a Rank 7 magic beast only let me forge the Thousand Steel Body. As for that Myriad Steel Body… don't tell me it requires the essence and core of a Rank 8 magic beast?"

Thinking of this, the corner of Lin Feng's mouth twitched involuntarily.

"Three Rank 8 magic beast beasts with gold attributes? Where the hell am I supposed to get that from."

"Forget it… I'll deal with that later."

Lin Feng shook his head, pushing aside those distracting thoughts.

His gaze then dropped to the faint golden glow on his arms.

Clenching his fists, he muttered in doubt, "After enduring so much pain, I wonder how powerful this Myriad Steel Tempering Technique really is."

But there was no one around to spar with at the moment.

After a brief pause in thought, Lin Feng made a decision.

He would first organize the remaining pills that had been left in Dan Yitian's spatial ring.

Leaping out of the bath and putting on his robe, he walked out of the cultivation chamber.

However, upon reaching his bedroom, he found that the morning sunlight had long since illuminated the entire room with a warm, golden glow.

The graceful figure that had once lain on the bed was nowhere to be seen.

Seeing this, he headed straight for the wooden table in the corner of the room.

Inside the bedroom, Lin Feng sat quietly on the stool before the table.

From time to time, he would retrieve a jade bottle or a scroll from his spatial ring.

After pouring out the pills stored within, he would compare them with the formulas laid out on the table.

If the pills matched the descriptions, he would verify their effects once more.

Once confirmed, he would use Dou Qi to engrave the pill's name onto the jade bottle.

Of course, if the pill couldn't be identified on any of the known formulas, he would reseal it in the jade bottle.

Those would be stored for future use as energy sources for his Grand Profound Flame Control Array.

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