Chapter 321 - Body tempering
I want to apologise for mistaking "Nakano" as "Nakado". From now I'll refer to them as Nakano.
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The Primal Chaotic Divine Needle Technique was a method that he had acquired after conquering God Domains from the Apotheosis verse.
From what he learned about the technique is that it was one of the original acupuncture techniques that existed back in the ancient times.
One uses the Qi from the Ancient Strengthening Technique as a base. Using the energy emitted by the Yin-Yang Flame, or otherwise known as the Primordial Fire, one can complement it with this particular set of needle techniques to treat the illness and injuries of immortals and demons!
The needle technique, other than curing illness, could also ignite the potential of one's talent, smoothen qi flow, aid in recovery, strengthen the body and quality of Yuan energy.
It greatly boosted Caelum when trying to break through and surpass his realm until it became relevant since he had reached the peak of strength in the Apotheosis verse.
He still had the Ancient Strengthening Technique from the immortal art techniques that he had acquired as reward. The opportunity arises to truly utilize the Technique and strengthen his power.
It focuses more on tempering his body, which is the thing he needed the most. Though, he won't be able to reach the 9th layer of the technique due lack of resources but will be enough to help him grow and not that he had acquired the herbs would finally start tempering his body.
Caelum quietly waited for Tokugawa to wake to inform him about his health, pressuring him to meditate and try to understand his basic breathing technique.
The Breath of Hell had a total of Nine separate techniques with few variants but it is mainly centered around the layers of hell.
This technique were:
Breath of hell zero form – Gehenna's gate, 1st form – Limbo
2nd form – Lust
3rd form – Gluttony
4th form - Avarice
5th form - Wrath
6th form - Heresy
7th form - Violences
8th form - Fraud
9th form - Treachery.
This was his most basic technique that he had developed when he was naive and unambitious.
It had not been forged for the sake of fighting rather for survival but now Caelum redid the technique on imagination performing the 1st form.
It was vastly different from his current Myriad Blade Style that was more potent than the accumulated weapon technique. This unexpectedly shows how his true talent had been ruined by his constant devouring of luck and talents.
'Those people were favored by Heaven!?'
The sudden realization occurred to him finally realizing how he may improve his talent and luck but it cause on become another ant of heaven. Caelum felt infuriated at himself for making a mistake.
'Dammit! I wanted to defy everything yet I became low enough to steal from heaven!'
This outburst gradually steams out the luck and fate of the other people before turning it into his own. He was unaware of the changes happening and finally felt breaking through his bottleneck.
Caelum kept mastering his basic sword technique, improving every swing and slashes at his opponent. Along the way, he revised the movement into his Myriad Blade Style.
His fierce gaze intently fought his opponent for a few hundred years in mental training until opening his eyes sensing Tokugawa was now waking up turned to look at him.
"How are you feeling, Tokugawa-dono."
"I-I feel...I feel like I've been reborn!? Unbelievable!"
Tokugawa exclaimed, noticing the difference from his breathing and how easy it is to inhale, finally his lungs had been restored back.
Going further, he found that his usually aching body was now gone and only brimming with vitality. He felt in debt to the young man who gave him another chance to see more great warriors.
"Young man, if you need anything then I will do it in my power to do so. This chance you gave me is priceless!"
"I'll put that on hold. I'm just gonna visit you if I ever need your help. For now, here are the things you need to remember to take care of your health."
Caelum handed him a piece of paper where instructions on how to take care of his body were listed perfectly.
Tokugawa nodded in response while the young man stood up and said his farewells and brought the things that the old man bought for him.
He arrived back at the apartment with Nakano still at school and took the time to head inside his apartment to begin tempering his body.
First Caelum did his Firmament Paragon Art as warm up then did his Myriad Blade Style spending the time in revising his first basic sword style.
He kept training where his body ached in agony and screamed for him to stop exercising by placing himself upside down at the edge of the balcony shedding no fear of falling.
Caelum circulated his blood perfectly so that it did not bother his head into overflowing his brain with blood.
He trained this way in order to push himself and not allow him to take a rest as one wrong move then he'll come crashing down.
"Alright, this is enough. Now it is time to prepare my medicinal bath."
Getting back to the balcony, I went inside and began to lay down the herbs and things that came from Tokugawa.
The Siberian Tiger Heart contains the perfect fat and meat along with a perfect catalyst to create medicine that helps strengthen Caelum.
Though he is unable to perform alchemy without soul energy was still knowledgeable in other methods to create body tempering medicine.
It won't be potent as other real pills and could be classified as Mortal grade but this is enough to help him grow stronger.
He proceeded to fill the cauldron with water then place it on a stove to heat before chopping the Siberian Tiger's heart into pieces and pouring it into the building water.
The jaded items were then crushed into a powder mixing them all together into a cauldron producing a faint green disgusting mucus at the cauldron.
Caelum finished creating the medicine then took a cup filling it with the content of the cauldron. He reluctantly drank the cup after it cooled down and felt his desire to vomit was unbearable.
It was far too viscous going down his throat and the taste beyond anything.
After drinking, he resumed by creating the body tempering bath applying every herbs into the tub.
He undressed himself, submerging his body. He instantly felt the agonizing pain seeping through his flesh.
It was far different than he had ever felt challenging his perseverance and pushed himself ignoring the pain as his bone, flesh and muscle gradually healed itself.
The constant pain of his flesh being arranged growing to reach the peak of Grandmaster in terms of physical prowess.
Caelum gradually felt something returning into his body, quickly investigated and was surprised to see wisp of countless different Qi. It includes blade Qi, battle Qi, Zenith Qi, etc.
He felt the blood circulating this Qi into the core of his body breathing them and exhaling, producing a faint mist under his breath.
His entire becoming shrouded in the countless glow manifesting increased his strength to pseudo-Great Grandmaster.
'Great! Now I could fight Miyamoto Musashi and have a fair fight.'
Caelum continued his Body Tempering that gradually heats up his body from the Qi building up that causes the medical bath to steam and vaporize from the sudden his body produces.
He opened his eyes, pleased that he had acquired yet another boost of power and needed to fight someone to contend with.
The next day that surprisingly holiday decided to spend his time sightseeing around the city but stopped when the Nakano Sister saw him and invited him to go out of the mall. He agreed before heading out with them.
Once they arrive, Nino and Ichika proceed to go shopping clothes while Yotsuba and Itsuka went to buy some snacks leaving only Miku and Caelum together.
"...I was expecting for us to stick together but…"
"Tell me about it. Can you come with me to the book shop?"
She pointed to a nearby bookshop presumably to find some about the history and Caelum did not mind following her inside the shop.
Miku went to look around while Caelum helped her choose afterwards he heard some female middle schoolers whispering with each other then turned to see they were insulting a young girl aged 14 teen having her hair braided slightly wearing glasses that overall appeared average.
'How pitiful seeing such a horrible fate.'