My Fairy Growth System

Chapter 23 - 23 Beginning of Body Refinement with Ice-Cold Skin and Jade Bones

"Miss Qing Tan, my name is Sun Deren, a clerk at Ten Thousand Laws Pavilion. I owe you my life from our encounter in the Trial Demon Tower, but I had nothing of value on me at that time. Today, I have brought this item to express my gratitude," he said.

The first visitor to come in was someone Qing Tan also remembered: he was the man who followed Deacon Sun from the Ges’ birthday banquet, and in the Trial Demon Tower, it was because of her that he escaped the deadly grasp of the Phantom Mist Desolate Butterfly.

Although Sun Deren modestly claimed to be a mere clerk of Ten Thousand Laws Pavilion, Qing Tan knew that being able to follow behind Deacon Sun likely meant he was a junior member of his family, not an ordinary clerk.

"Brother Sun is too kind. As fellow members of the Human Race, it’s only right that we help each other. There’s no need for any gift to thank me," Qing Tan replied.

"Miss Qing Tan is noble in spirit, but Sun cannot allow himself to be ungrateful. Moreover, having the pleasure to enjoy Miss Qing Tan’s music today is a great honor for me. I hope you will not refuse my token of appreciation," Sun Deren insisted.

"Then I shall humbly accept it," Qing Tan said.

Next, the servant brought a Jade Slip into Qing Tan’s hand. Qing Tan received it and instructed the servant to draw back the curtains.

She pressed the Jade Slip to her brow, perusing the contents.

"Ice Skin Jade Bone Art!"

After reviewing the introduction, Qing Tan was surprised. It turned out to be a rare Body Refinement Cultivation Technique.

Body Refinement was a path that had become less popular in the Cultivation World due to its great consumption of resources. Now, Body Refinement Cultivators were rarely seen.

However, some cultivators who did not lack resources would often practice body refinement alongside their other practices; after all, a strong body was beneficial to cultivation as well.

The Ice Skin Jade Bone Art was a technique that could be cultivated up to the Foundation Establishment Stage. Due to being a less common path, its value was around seven to eight hundred Spirit Stones.

"Thank you, Brother Sun. I just recently composed a new piece called ’Love of Butterfly Lovers.’ Would you please appreciate it?" Qing Tan proposed, exhibiting no psychological burden as she claimed ’Love of Butterfly Lovers’ as her creation.

"It’s my fortunate pleasure," said Sun Deren, delighted to see that Qing Tan was quite pleased with his gift.

The melody, succinct and elegant, began to play, with a clear and lively rhythm.

After the piece concluded, Sun Deren applauded and praised it.

"Although I’m no expert in music, I found this tune to be melodious and moving, rich in emotion, truly wonderful! It is unexpected that Miss Qing Tan could create such an exquisite piece; truly the mark of a great family," he said.

"It was a story I heard that inspired me to create the piece," Qing Tan remarked.

"Miss Qing Tan, may I ask what story it was?" inquired Sun Deren.

"It is said that in the Mortal Realm there was a noble lady named Zhu Yingtai, who, loving literature from a young age, disguised herself as a boy and entered an academy, where she met a poor scholar named Liang Shanbo..."

"...Just when Yingtai, in despair, sought to dash herself against Shanbo’s tomb, suddenly the grave burst open, and Yingtai leaped within. Before long, two butterflies emerged and flew towards the distant horizon."

Qing Tan briefly narrated the story of the Butterfly Lovers to Sun Deren.

"That is a heart-wrenchingly beautiful love story," he said.

Yu Qingtan’s eyes were profound.

In the System Space, 1000 Spirit Stones disappeared.

Foundation Establishment Stage’s Spiritual Power surged through the Dantian and meridians, generating a Divine Sense in the mind.

It was Luo Xiang’s "Love’s Protection".

Heavenly Fragrance Sword Art, Decay and Flourish Technique.

These were the two new spells that Yu Qingtan knew at the moment.

Yu Qingtan swept her body carefully with her Divine Sense.

Soon, under the skin of her right shoulder, she discovered a mark of Spiritual Power.

"Heh, as expected..."

Such marks of Spiritual Power were very secretive, and the master of the mark could sense the position of the mark within a certain distance.

Yu Qingtan continued to scan her body.

There were no further discoveries.

Yu Qingtan scanned her body once more, still finding no toxins or Gu Insects.

Yu Qingtan then cast the Decay and Flourish Technique on herself.

The Decay and Flourish Technique could harm as well as save.

Yu Qingtan felt herself exuding a vibrant vitality, with nothing amiss.

"That bastard, actually deceiving people!"

Yu Qingtan clenched her teeth, although there was still a chance that Master Fu’s methods were too sophisticated, the likelihood was too low.

After all, back then she was just a minor shrimp at the second level of Qi Cultivation.

Casually erasing Master Fu’s mark of Spiritual Power, Yu Qingtan took advantage of the protection time still in effect, took out two Wasteland Crystals, and began to cultivate the Ice Skin Jade Bone Art.

Body Refinement required stimulating and tempering the physical body with Spiritual Power, but the effect of tempering with Chaotic Power was far superior to that of Spiritual Power.

However, since ancient times, the concentration of Chaotic Power in the Cultivation World had been diminishing, becoming almost too meager to absorb.

Wasteland Crystals contained a scant amount of Chaotic Power, barely sufficient for absorption.

Following the circulation route of the cultivation technique, Yu Qingtan slowly guided the mysterious essence from the Wasteland Crystals, this Chaotic Power, to temper her physical body, focusing primarily on skin and flesh.