Its been days since he started 'to take baths made of Elixir'. No matter how he tried to escape, he couldnt. Da Shan turned into huge fat scarry Monster in his eyes... To be honest, the first time he took it Ren passed less than 1min after starting and woke up only the next day when the bath was about to be taken again!
It was a pure terror these days, he could feel diffrent. His little body full of energy and power also felt weird thanks to the supposed QI residing in his body. After 12th time, he managed to stay awake during whole process which made him curse him Master, Da Shan and entire cultivation world. His Mother was right, Cultivation was difficult. The only problem was that she didnt say exactly how much!
As time slowly passed and he expierenced his changes, even though he was forced each day to take bath which in turn made him lay in his bed whole day on his bed powerless, his hate started to tune down. He could feel it, at this moment even if he didnt cultivate yet at all and was pure mortal, his senses, strenght, agility, muscle power and even his thinking improved by a lot. Killing a Bear with his hands would be as easy as breathing at his current state. It was a powerful Elixir after all made by even more powerful alchemist. This Exilir was basically the most powerful one Mortal or cultivator of the Body tempering stage could take. The sheer amout of energy and potent power it contained was many times over peak Body cultivator! Drinking it directly would be like a eating a poison. Slowly whole body would bleed and fell apart only in the end to burst! Even Fundation realm cultivators may not be able to endure its power!
After 20 days of this torture came a proper start of Ren Li cultivation journey. No matter what said and done, it was incredible important day for every person. No matter how powerful they would turn in the end, it was this very moment that started their journey!
"Uncle Da! Please can we wait a bit, i still dont feel good enough!" This time, they were still in the cultivation chamber just after Ren took his last bath. His body was strong enough to make him sustain basic movements and action, but the pain and feeling of weakness even when his body was full of energy made him extremly uncomfortable!
"Sigh Lord Ren starting cultivating after finishing the Elixir is the best way! Anyway Skin and Muscle tempering is as easy as sleeping with this body refining pasta Lord Sima left behind. All You have to do is to smear it into Your skin and then You can fall asleep! I promise it wont be that painful, because the Elixir in truth made most of the work already" Yes it was as simple as this. After all it was the very beginning of cultivation. If these powerful Alchemists couldnt make it as easy as breathing then they were wasting their lives!
Ren while still scared took a container with dark and smelly looking paste. It felt cool to touch, which felt incredibly good! His entire body was still boiling hot thanks to the bath and this paste felt like gift from the Heaven! Without even thinking he dropped his caution and started to smear it on his whole body, including face. Only his back needed Da Shan help.
Looking into his eager actions Fatso smiled and watched as Ren ran to his bedroom using his last burst of energy. Even though it was simple and all, was it that simple? He would soon feel as if thousands of blades pierced his body in every part! The worst part was the head and genitalia as the memory of the sheer pain made his own balls tremple! It was one of the worst days of his life, followed by another 30 or so till he crossed this stage. He hated it, he really did...