Chapter 58: Stepping into the First Layer of Body Tempering

"Hahaha! Hahaha!"

A burst of loud laughter echoed from the small courtyard. Feeling the surging power throughout his entire body, Qian Mo's mood was extremely exhilarated.

"Damn it, I've finally broken through to the fifth layer of Foundation Establishment!"

The moment Qian Mo thought about what he had been through over the past few days, a bead of sweat rolled down his forehead. He reached out to summon his spirit bow into his hand, suddenly wanting to test the power of the bow and arrow.

"Let's go check on the boss!"

With a quick turn of his mind, Qian Mo immediately thought of Yun Yi.

"I wonder how the boss is doing!"

Muttering to himself, Qian Mo sprinted toward Yun Yi's residence...

Inside the Yanhuang Jade

At this moment, the originally deep green liquid in the large cauldron had been reduced to merely a hint of faint green, while Yun Yi was currently at the final stage of body refining.

"Boom!"

A loud explosion resounded. The large cauldron holding Yun Yi was suddenly shattered by a fierce aura, and Yun Yi thus appeared stark naked inside the Yanhuang Jade.

However, Yun Yi still did not open his eyes at this moment; instead, his brows were tightly furrowed. If one were to look closely now, they would notice his skin wrapped in a thin layer of pale green aura.

"Condense!"

With a loud shout, Yun Yi gritted his teeth. Instantly, his aura began to climb steadily, finally stabilizing at the peak of the third layer of Foundation Establishment.

"Hoo..."

Opening his eyes and looking at his skin, which felt as smooth and tender as a newborn's, a smile appeared at the corners of Yun Yi's mouth.

Through the continuous tempering over the past few days, he had also successfully stepped into the first layer of body refining: Skin Forging!

At this moment, Yun Yi looked at his own smooth and fair skin and casually took out his spirit sword, Chiqing.

Glancing at his left arm, Yun Yi's expression remained unchanged as he swung the sword in his right hand and hacked down.

"Clang!"

A crisp sound rang out. Seeing the shallow wound on his arm, a satisfied smile bloomed on Yun Yi's face.

Only a tiny scratch had been cut onto Yun Yi's fair arm by his own second-grade spirit sword. One could say that such a minor wound had a negligible impact on his combat effectiveness!

Yun Yi was quite satisfied with this closed-door cultivation session for body refining. If it were the former Yun Yi, that very sword strike would not have completely severed his arm, but it would have been pretty close.

Yun Yi was also certain that first-grade spirit artifacts could no longer pose a threat to him now, and second-grade spirit artifacts could only scratch a tiny cut. So what if it was a first-grade spirit artifact?

He stretched lazily. Suddenly, Yun Yi's peripheral vision caught sight of something, and a sly grin instantly broke out on his face: "Hehe, it's gotten a lot bigger!"

Before Yun Yi could indulge in further sentiment, his intuition suddenly sensed someone outside. Pulling on his clothes casually, Yun Yi stepped out of the Yanhuang Jade.

Opening the door, Yun Yi immediately spotted Qian Mo, who had just stepped into the courtyard.

"Old Qian? You've broken through?"

Yun Yi looked at Qian Mo with a hint of surprise. "This kid's talent really isn't bad!"

"Hehe!"

Old Qian scratched his head sheepishly as he looked at Yun Yi, saying, "Just pure luck, pure luck!"

"By the way, Senior Brother, why have you become so fair, tender, and smooth?"

Looking at the Yun Yi before him, Qian Mo's expression turned somewhat peculiar as he cast a glance down at Yun Yi's lower body.

"Phew, good thing it's still there, Senior Brother is intact!"

Seeing the look of pleasant surprise in Qian Mo's eyes, Yun Yi's face instantly darkened.

"Does Qian Mo want to spar with the boss?"

Meeting the fighting intent in Qian Mo's eyes, Yun Yi smiled as he spoke.

Hearing Yun Yi's proposal, Qian Mo's eyes lit up instantly, and he replied, "Senior Brother, I've broken through now, so don't blame me if I accidentally hurt you!"

"Hahaha! Come on then!"

Yun Yi laughed out loud and put some distance between himself and Qian Mo. Knowing that Qian Mo excelled at long-range attacks, he deliberately widened the gap.

Looking at Yun Yi in the distance, Qian Mo's eyes were filled with excitement.

"Boss, here I come!"

With a loud shout, Qian Mo unleashed his spiritual energy to the fullest, drawing his bow to the limit and releasing an arrow.

Watching the incoming spirit arrow, Yun Yi still wore a smile on his face. With a casual shift of his feet, he smoothly dodged Qian Mo's projectile.

"Old Qian, show me some real skill! I'm going to attack!"

As Yun Yi finished speaking, a smile touched the corner of his mouth as he dashed toward Qian Mo at lightning speed.

"Huh! Boss, you're playing for real!"

Feeling Yun Yi's lock-on, Qian Mo let out a roar and drew his bow once more, firing at Yun Yi.

"Three Arrows in One!"

With a loud cry from Qian Mo, the arrow in his hand shot out again.

Although this arrow was named Three Arrows in One, for Qian Mo, he had already fired dozens of arrows. These arrows continuously fused with one another in mid-air to form an even more powerful projectile hurtling toward Yun Yi.

Seeing Yun Yi receiving his arrow from such close range, a smile appeared on Qian Mo's face as he excitedly shouted:

"Boss, this arrow is my latest ultimate technique, and this strike isn't going to be easy..."

Before Qian Mo could finish his sentence, his eyes suddenly widened like copper bells, his mouth gaping open:

"No way!"

Before Qian Mo's voice even faded, the next scene left him struggling to accept reality!

In front of this ultimate arrow technique from Qian Mo, Yun Yi did not dodge at all; instead, a smile surfaced at the corner of his mouth.

"Qian Mo, you still need more practice!"

As Yun Yi's voice fell, facing the incoming arrow, he simply reached out and blocked it bare-handed—expressionless, without even the slightest trace of pain.

Before Qian Mo could recover his wits, Yun Yi had already arrived right in front of him.

Looking up at the tall figure of Yun Yi before him, a playful grin appeared on Qian Mo's face.

"Boss, can you not aim for the face?"

Looking at the pleading Qian Mo, Yun Yi smiled and said, "Of course!"

Instantly, a whip materialized in Yun Yi's hand, and with a swift sweep of his arm, he lashed out toward Qian Mo's backside...

"Boss!"

A series of shrieks echoed through the small courtyard one after another until ten breaths later.

"Boss, you're way too ruthless!"

Feeling the burning sensation radiating from his backside, Qian Mo wore a wronged expression on his face.

"Can't help it, Old Qian. It was my first time doing this, I didn't control my strength well!"

Looking at Qian Mo lying face down on the ground with his rear end sticking up, a smile bloomed on Yun Yi's face.

"Speaking of which, Boss, why were you able to catch my attack just like that without your hand getting hurt at all?"

Lying flat on the ground, Qian Mo raised his head and asked Yun Yi with a puzzled expression.

The moment he recalled that scene just now, Qian Mo suddenly felt a bit deflated. He never expected that even though he was two realms higher than Yun Yi, he still couldn't leave even the slightest scratch on him.

Looking at the prostrate Qian Mo, Yun Yi smiled and explained, "Old Qian, my body refining has already broken through to the first layer realm!"

"What!"

Hearing this, Qian Mo's eyes widened to the size of saucers in sheer disbelief. As a cultivator himself, he knew all too well just how difficult the first layer of body refining was to achieve!

Of course, although difficult, once mastered, one would essentially be invincible among peers of the same realm!

"Boss, you really are a freak! Hearing you say that actually makes me feel a bit more balanced!"

The thought that he had lost to Yun Yi's body refining technique suddenly made Qian Mo feel much less miserable about his defeat.

"Old Qian, your strength is already quite impressive, but your practical combat experience is far too lacking, and you get distracted too easily. That is something you need to fix."

With a sudden look of solemnity, Yun Yi gazed at Qian Mo and admonished him word by word.