A Tier Four Demon Beast’s Essence Blood was undoubtedly precious, but given his current situation, it was simply impossible for Lin Yun to purchase. The price of one hundred thousand Low Grade Primordial Stones per drop was far beyond his reach.

Giving up on the Tier Four Demon Beast’s Essence Blood, Lin Yun could only ask about Tier Three Demon Beasts. Unfortunately, the Essence Blood of a Tier Three Demon Beast cost twenty thousand Low Grade Primordial Stones a drop.

His face grim, Lin Yun continued to ask, "Old man, what about the Essence Blood of a Tier Two Demon Beast?"

"Tier Two Demon Beast, five thousand a drop," the old man replied.

Hearing this price, Lin Yun’s expression finally eased up a bit. He could still accept a price of five thousand Primordial Stones per drop.

After careful consideration, Lin Yun ultimately purchased five drops of Tier Two Demon Beast Essence Blood and one drop of Tier Three Demon Beast Essence Blood, for a total of forty-five thousand Low Grade Primordial Stones.

To cover the cost, Lin Yun also used quite a few Qi Essence Pills, converting them into Primordial Stones at a rate of one thousand Primordial Stones per pill.

Having paid such a huge sum, Lin Yun took the five drops of Tier Two Demon Beast Essence Blood and the single drop of Tier Three Demon Beast Essence Blood and eagerly headed back to the inn.

The price of Demon Beast Essence Blood was so exorbitant mainly because most people had no idea how to refine it.

Killing a Tier Two Demon Beast was simple for Lin Yun. However, when it came to extracting Essence Blood from its body, he was completely baffled.

It was precisely because so few people knew how to refine Demon Beast Essence Blood, coupled with the dwindling number of Body Refining Martial Artists, that its price remained stubbornly high.

Returning to the inn without stopping, Lin Yun eagerly took out a drop of Tier Two Demon Beast Essence Blood. This was his first time using Demon Beast Essence Blood for Body Refining.

In fact, using Demon Beast Essence Blood for Body Refining was the most common method among Body Refining Martial Artists. The reason so few people used it nowadays was, on one hand, the sharp decline in the number of Body Refining Martial Artists, and on the other hand, the sheer agony of the process itself.

As for just how painful it was, Lin Yun had never experienced it. But at this point, he had reached the point of no return. No matter how agonizing it was, Lin Yun had to see it through. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

He gave Little Ape a quick instruction to stand guard for him. Since this was his first time using Essence Blood for Body Refining, Lin Yun was being very cautious, as he had no idea what might happen in the middle of the process.

After completing his preparations, Lin Yun took a deep breath, sat cross-legged on the bed, and in one gulp, swallowed a drop of Tier Two Demon Beast Essence Blood.

As the Demon Beast Essence Blood entered his body, Lin Yun felt nothing at first. But after a mere hundred breaths, he felt as if a Tier Two Demon Beast were slowly awakening inside him.

The Essence Blood seeped into his very bones, and a pain that bored deep into his marrow instantly swept through his entire body. This intense agony made Lin Yun feel as though his bones were being ruthlessly crushed and then reformed.

This endlessly repeating torment gave Lin Yun no time to react. He fell right off the bed, his face contorted in agony, his hands clenched into tight fists.

Veins bulged on his forehead. As time passed, the pain grew more and more intense. At this moment, Lin Yun found it incredibly difficult to simply endure the pain, let alone refine the Essence Blood.

Gritting his teeth, he found that his Elemental Power was completely useless at this moment. The pain one had to endure to refine Demon Beast Essence Blood had utterly surpassed his imagination.

And this was just the Essence Blood of a Tier Two Demon Beast. What if it had been from a Tier Three Demon Beast? ’With my current body,’ he thought, ’I’d probably have been torn to pieces.’

He was thankful he hadn’t taken the Tier Three Demon Beast’s Essence Blood. Just the Tier Two blood was already making him feel completely overwhelmed.

Time slowly ticked by. With every breath, Lin Yun endured indescribable suffering.

Now, Lin Yun completely understood why Body Refining Martial Artists were so rare in Yanhuang Country. This was a pain that no ordinary Martial Artist could endure. Anyone whose will was not firm enough would likely never want to attempt Body Refining again after just one experience.

After gritting his teeth and bearing this inhuman agony, Lin Yun’s face had long since turned purple. Finally, after one hour, the intense pain began to slowly subside. The drop of Demon Beast Essence Blood had been completely absorbed by his bones and muscles.

Completely drained of strength, Lin Yun lay on the floor like a pile of mud. The feeling was like being trampled by hundreds of Demon Beasts, then being saved, only to be trampled and saved again and again.

HUFF... HUFF... HUFF... He slowly regulated his body. A full half-hour passed before Lin Yun recovered a bit of his strength. He slowly got to his feet, walked over to the bed, and lay down.

Right now, he didn’t want to do anything but sleep.

Lin Yun quickly fell into a deep sleep and didn’t wake until the next morning. When he opened his eyes again, the feeling of weakness in his body was completely gone.

He carefully assessed his condition, a hint of joy appearing on his face. Although the pain had been unbearable, the progress was also tangible.

The effect of a single drop of Tier Two Demon Beast Essence Blood on his progress toward a Flawless Flesh Body was plain to see. Although by his own estimation, he would need at least a hundred more drops of Demon Beast Essence Blood—or even from a Tier Three Demon Beast—to achieve a breakthrough, as long as there was progress, Lin Yun had a goal.

’To become stronger, I am willing to bear such pain. A Martial Artist’s path is one that defies the heavens,’ he thought. ’To obtain power, what is a little suffering?’

Stretching his body, Lin Yun could clearly feel that his physical form was now much different from the day before.

After refining his body with Demon Beast Essence Blood, every punch Lin Yun threw, even if using only pure Physical Strength, carried a hint of the savage aura unique to Demon Beasts.

This savage aura could only be obtained through Body Refining with Demon Beast Essence Blood. Furthermore, with continuous refinement, this savage aura would grow stronger and purer.

Lin Yun had read in books that some powerful Body Refining Martial Artists had physical bodies comparable to those of Demon Beasts with strong bloodlines. Even without using their Elemental Power, they could defeat Martial Artists of the same Realm. And once they did use their Elemental Power, they could instantly kill any Martial Artist of the same Realm.

This meant that Body Refining Martial Artists were virtually invincible among peers of the same Realm. It was only because the cultivation path was too difficult that so many people had abandoned it.

However, all of them had forgotten one thing: if one wanted to go further on the path of Martial Arts, Body Refining was indispensable.

After moving about for a bit, Lin Yun’s resolve to use Demon Beast Essence Blood for Body Refining grew even firmer. No matter how painful it was, he would not give up.

Just as Lin Yun was thinking this, Chen Xin and the other two arrived outside his room. When he saw the trio, Lin Yun knew they must have news about his parents.

"Do you have news?" he asked the three of them.

Hearing his words, all three nodded. Lin Yun let them into the room, and the four of them sat down on chairs. Li Ji was the first to share the news he had gathered.