Chapter 7: Buying Resources.
Ughh!
Bang!
In an instant, a cry of pain reverberated within the silent place.
Araw directly falls toward the ground, bum first followed by him releasing a sharp breath of agony.
He never expected that after just following the first step of the peak cultivation manual, a cracking sound, akin to a porcelain cup falling to the concrete ground, came from his flesh, followed by a torturing pain, similar to having dozens of muscle cramps at the same time... heavily assaulted his senses.
Although he had already expected the pain considering that the body tempering realm focused on altering the physique of cultivators in order to achieve the peak state of a mortal body and to ready itself for the inevitable absorption of spiritual qi—Araw never expected that the agony he would experience would be hundred times compared to him when he was cultivating the incomplete manual in his past life!
Hisss!
"I overestimated myself. I should have focused on nourishing my physique first before starting cultivating!
"Sigh. With my current thin and malnourished physique, I didn't expect that cultivating a peak body tempering technique would be extremely taxing to my body... To the point that it might endanger my life if I forcefully continued."
Considering that this was his first time cultivating a peak manual, it's reasonable that his knowledge regarding it was extremely limited; hence, he couldn't entirely blame himself even if he wanted to.
Touching his sore physique and wiping the tears in the corner of his eyes, Araw immediately slumped toward the ground, breathing with difficulty while gazing at the sky devoid of sun and clouds for a while before opening the system panel.
Immediately scrolled toward the shop before staring at the packs of bath bags that could nourish one's body.
"I guess I could only rely on treasures within the shop to nourish my body. If I waited for my investment to grow, it might take me an unknown period before I could start cultivating!"
It could be said that other than consuming natural treasures rich in blood essence to assist one on the road of cultivation, there are also other alternatives that could help to hasten and strengthen the speed of tempering one's physique.
One of them was bathing in precious herbs!
Bathing on them could elevate one's state to a certain extent. It strengthened one's existence and cleansed the accumulated impurities within the physique by a small amount just by absorbing the energy it contained—with it, it could increase the basic circulation and recovery of the blood to a certain degree!
(Depending on the grade of the bath bag.)
In addition to that, there are also pills created by pill masters that could help in certain situations. They could increase one's recovery, thicken blood essence, and strengthen one's muscles, bones, or parts of the body!
It's just that the price of any of them was extremely high and their quantity is always low, causing Araw to still not experience their effects in his past life... Making him look forward to the pills and treasure that the system contained.
Still hesitating whether to consume some of his teaching points to reduce the difficulty of training the peak manual or not, Araw began to carefully read the cultivation resources within the shop—gazing at their price from time to time, comparing them to his current financial situation while sighing heavily.
[ Nourishing Bath Bag: A bath bag that contains several herbs that could help nourish one's body. In addition to that, it also has a lavender scent that could linger on one's skin for a week!
Price: 1 Teaching Points for 5 Nourishing Bath Bag.
Note: Best to only use it once per week. ]
[ Blood Essence Pill: A round marble of wonders. Upon consumption, it could thicken the blood essence of the cultivators in the Body Tempering realm to a large extent!
Price: 2 Teaching Points for 1 Pill Bottle.
Note: Pills from the shop don't contain impurities. Although that was the case, it's recommended to only consume 1 pill per week. ]
[ Relieving Paste: A paste created using precious healing herbs. Not only could it help relieve the pain and injuries from one practice, but it could also harden the skin of cultivators by a small amount.
Price: 2 Teaching points for 1 Box.
Note: Not only is the Relieving Paste safe to consume, but it can also heal the damage within internal organs to a certain extent and slightly strengthen them in the process. ]
Releasing a faint sigh of helplessness, Araw immediately consumed 5 of his teaching points in order to purchase the items. With his current physique, it's almost impossible to break through toward the first stage of the body tempering realm without risking his body.
Although he could wait for the cubs and saplings in the distance to mature, Araw knew that he couldn't entirely rely on them.
First of all, it might take years for them to mature—at least waiting for a minimum of 6 months or years to finally enjoy their flesh and use them to nourish his body!
Second and last, the blood essence and nourishment they could give were only average! They might not even be enough to strengthen his physique in order for him to safely cultivate this technique!
"In the end, I would still be forced to buy these items in order to increase my cultivation technique."
Sniff~
Staring at the wooden bottle, a small box, and packs of bathing bags that magically appeared in front of him, Araw couldn't help but sniff the refreshing scent that they were releasing.
Just whiffing their scent, Araw could already feel his body calming down and relaxing!
"There are 5 Blood Essence pills inside the wooden bottle and 25 packs of relieving paste inside the box, in addition to the 5 Nourishing Bath Bag... They could last for 3 months if I use them sparingly."
Taking one of the relieving pastes from the box, Araw curiously tasted it, only for him to cough out loud in the next second as a bitter taste, much more disgusting than the grasses he was eating in this place, assaulted his taste buds.
"Cough! What kind of paste is this? Although it was safe to consume, it could kill one solely by its taste!"
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone