Woke up early to beg for a few tickets~~~
Although Yang Kai is only fifteen years old this year, after that great disaster three years ago, his mind has matured much more than others his age. It was precisely that great disaster that forged his tenacious and unyielding character.
Therefore, Yang Kai quickly calmed down. Sitting on the edge of the bed, holding the wordless Black Book, he carefully examined the first page.
After confirming that the first page was no longer of any use, Yang Kai slowly turned to the second page.
With his previous experience, Yang Kai was now familiar with the process. Staring wide-eyed at the pitch-black page, after a long moment, golden embossed characters slowly emerged again, just like on the first page.
“Proud Bone Golden Body: Tempering Body Chapter!”
Yang Kai’s mood involuntarily stirred! Things were just as he had guessed; it seemed that every page of this Black Book hid something.
Almost without thinking, Yang Kai poured his entire mind into the second page of the wordless Black Book.
In an instant, the golden characters on the Black Book seemed to transform into living fish, leaping off the page and turning into a sky full of golden shadows that burrowed straight into Yang Kai’s head. When the golden shadows disappeared, Yang Kai felt as if something had been added to his mind. And precisely these things were what the golden shadows had brought.
Calming his excited heart, Yang Kai closed his eyes and began to digest the knowledge in his mind.
Actually, it didn’t need digestion. The knowledge that came with the golden shadows was now clearly present in his mind. As soon as he willed it, it surfaced, and he understood it completely, thoroughly, and with perfect comprehension.
“So this is the Tempering Body Chapter,” Yang Kai muttered to himself. He found that it was actually a set of fist and foot techniques.
A set of techniques that looked simple but was profoundly profound, and the practice time for this set of techniques was strictly limited, requiring that it be cultivated only at the moment of the rising sun.
In other words, he could only practice it for half a shichen at most each day.
Right now, it was just the beginning of the night. He would have to wait at least five or six shichen until dawn. Yang Kai had been busy all day and had only eaten a roasted sweet potato. His stomach was growling, and his body was weak and exhausted. But having obtained such a treasure as the wordless Black Book, his spirit was incredibly excited.
Unable to fall asleep for a while, he began to study the third page of the wordless Black Book.
However, to his disappointment, no matter how he probed, the third page showed no change at all, and he ended up falling asleep while looking at it.
When Yang Kai woke up again, it was just before the rising sun. The darkness before dawn was at its deepest. Everything was silent. The entire Lingxiao Pavilion was quiet, with only the occasional chirping of insects and birds, early birds searching for food.
With his mind occupied, Yang Kai quickly climbed out of bed, stood in front of the small hut with his hands down, took a few deep breaths, and slowly relaxed his whole body.
Just as the first hint of dawn appeared in the east, Yang Kai opened his eyes. The techniques of the Tempering Body Chapter had already been rehearsed countless times in his mind, and he immediately and expertly assumed the stance.
His hands formed into palms, his movements soft and slow, pushing forward left and right, then suddenly withdrawing, embracing heaven and earth in his chest, grinding all creation between his palms, his feet treading the divine land, his spirit devouring the sun, moon, and stars.
Stepping forward with his left foot, a short distance became the horizon; with a light shift of his right foot, one step reached the Yellow Springs underworld. In the space of a breath, life burst forth again, like a hundred flowers blooming in spring, full of spring’s spirit. Spring passed, summer came, the fierce sun blazed, and the scent of lotus wafted over.
The autumn wind was bleak, the golden fruits were rich, refreshing the heart. A bitter cold wind howled back and forth, pure white snow covered everything, a world of silver.
Yang Kai’s expression gradually turned solemn. The slowly executed movements of his hands and feet seemed to be weighed down by a ten-thousand-jin boulder, unable to be performed any further.
Accompanied by a crisp cracking sound, Yang Kai’s face turned pale. He staggered violently and nearly fell to his knees.