No hope for eternal life

What Mu Changsheng was going to buy this time included not only the materials for refining the second-grade golden arrow talisman, but also the materials for refining the third-grade talisman.

This third-grade talisman is called the Lihuo Talisman. It is the simplest of the three-grade inherited talismans that Mu Changsheng possesses, and it is also Mu Changsheng's ambition. The power of the second-grade talisman will become less and less useful in subsequent competitions. In this case, he will use the third-grade talisman!

In addition, Mu Changsheng also bought the spiritual objects needed to break through from the second transformation of his physical body to the third transformation. The spiritual objects he had asked his father Mu Yanggu to buy were only enough for him to cultivate to the perfection of the Iron Bone Transformation.

Breaking through the physical realm is a long and arduous process. Last time, Mu Changsheng greatly shortened the process with the help of the realm feedback brought by breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm. This time there is no such good opportunity, so Mu Changsheng needs to prepare early.

The maid quickly wrote down what Mu Changsheng had reported, then bowed and said, "There are quite a lot of things, please wait a little longer, my dear guests."

Then the maid went upstairs again.

"You have so many things to buy." Mu Xun couldn't help but sigh.

Mu Changsheng shook his head and sighed, saying helplessly: "There is no other way. It is impossible to save money when cultivating both the physical body and the talisman at the same time. I can only increase the income through this martial arts test."

If it weren't for the secret art of Nine Transformations of the Physical Body, Mu Changsheng would have wanted to switch to practicing other secret arts. He really spent his spirit stones like flowing water, which made him feel distressed.

The maid was gone for half an hour this time before she returned and bowed, saying, "I am sorry to have kept you two guests waiting."

Then, the maid took out two storage bags, handed one to Mu Xun, and said respectfully: "Here are your twenty spiritual herbs and the remaining 100,000 low-grade spiritual stones."

As she spoke, the maid handed another storage bag to Mu Changsheng and said, "This is what you need."

Mu Changsheng opened the storage bag and checked it with his spiritual sense. After confirming that everything was correct, he asked, "How many spiritual stones do I need to replenish?"

Mu Changsheng knew that so many things would definitely cost more than a hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones.

The maid bowed respectfully and said, "After deducting the 149,000 lower-grade spirit stones you earned from the sale, we are still short of 943,500 lower-grade spirit stones. The president said that if you are short on hand, you can repay it in installments without any interest."

When Mu Changsheng heard this, even though he knew the price was high, he was still a little shocked, and his eyelids couldn't help but twitch a few times. However, no matter how much he felt sorry for the spirit stone, Mu Changsheng had to buy it. He was destined not to save on this spirit stone.

"Thank the president for his kindness for me. I will just pay it off." Mu Changsheng said slowly, taking out three thousand five hundred low-grade spirit stones and nine thousand four hundred medium-grade spirit stones to pay the bill.

The maid used her spiritual sense to quickly count the spirit stones, and then she said, "Middle-grade spirit stones have a premium when exchanged for lower-grade spirit stones. You paid too much, so I should return you 9,400 lower-grade spirit stones."

"That's it." Mu Changsheng shook his head slightly and insisted. He knew that the maid had probably quoted a low price at Guan Zhiwei's instruction. Now paying a little more could be considered as a token of his appreciation.

"Yes." The maid obeyed the order and took the spirit stone.

After Mu Changsheng and the other two left, Guan Zhiwei slowly went downstairs. The maid was about to report the situation when Guan Zhiwei stopped her. He already knew everything that had just happened through his Nascent Soul consciousness.

Afterwards, Guan Zhiwei sighed and said: "This Mu Changsheng is really flawless in his conduct and conduct. He is a great talent."

In Guan Zhiwei's opinion, although Mu Changsheng's ranking in the county examination was behind Mu Xun, his future was most likely to be better than Mu Xun's.

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After leaving Lingzhaifang, Mu Changsheng and the other person returned to the inn and began their days of seclusion and cultivation.

Mu Changsheng first asked the waiter for several large buckets of water, then threw the dozen or so spiritual objects he had just purchased into the water and began to prepare the water for the medicinal bath.

With the addition of various spiritual objects, the originally clear cold water soon turned into dark and hot potion.

Looking at the rolling black potion, Mu Changsheng stepped in with a firm expression.

"Hiss!" Mu Changsheng took a breath of cold air. The moment his feet stepped into the medicine barrel, piercing pain immediately came from his legs, forcing Mu Changsheng to quickly take the Qingling Flower to keep himself awake to avoid fainting from the pain.

However, the Qingling Flower only helps keep one awake and cannot reduce the pain at all. The excruciating pain is like a torture that is digging out Mu Changsheng's heart and liver.

Even though Mu Changsheng had experienced excruciating pain, he still found this "new trick" difficult to endure.

"The third transformation of the physical body is the transformation of muscles and tendons. Together with the first two transformations, it tempers the cultivator's tendons, bones and skin, and lays a solid foundation for the cultivation of the entire physical body." Mu Changsheng muttered to himself in a trembling voice, trying to distract himself and also to cheer himself up.

"Once the physical body reaches the third transformation, it means that the physical body's foundation is completely solid. Only then can the corresponding physical body secret techniques be used without harming the body."

What Mu Changsheng said here were the original texts in the secret art of the Nine Transformations of the Physical Body. The founder of this secret art, Senior Yu Daoling, seemed to be preaching to Mu Changsheng from a high-level perspective.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng began to slowly immerse his whole body in the medicine barrel, enduring the incomparable pain.

In the past, Mu Changsheng didn’t quite understand the point of enduring pain like this. It was not until he was injured in the martial arts test that Mu Changsheng suddenly realized that after experiencing such intense pain for a long time, the minor injuries he suffered in the competition could not affect him at all. This alone made it worth it.

Time passed. After half a day, Mu Changsheng finally got used to the heart-wrenching pain and began to slowly enter the state of cultivation. He had to seize the time to cultivate.

After a day and a night, a vortex of spiritual power suddenly appeared above the water surface of the medicine barrel and poured into Mu Changsheng under the water.

"Puchi." Mu Changsheng suddenly emerged from the potion. His face, which was originally distorted by pain, showed a hint of excitement. God will not let down those who work hard. His cultivation finally broke through to the late stage of foundation building.

With the breakthrough in his cultivation, Mu Changsheng could even clearly feel that his physical body had also been strengthened to a certain extent. This was the feedback brought by the breakthrough in his cultivation. However, because it was only a breakthrough in a small realm, the magnitude of this enhancement was not large, and it was still a long way from the third transformation of his physical body.

"I will try to cultivate my physical body to the third transformation when I reach the peak of foundation building." Mu Changsheng secretly set a goal for himself. He thought that if this goal could be achieved, when his cultivation base broke through to the Golden Core Realm in the future, his physical refining realm would leap forward again. Wouldn't that be wonderful?