Luan's forehead dripped with sweat. His body was on fire. In the sweat, there were faint traces of a dark substance, but only a small amount. These were the impurities that had been inside Luan's body. The energy from the pill continued to forcefully push the impurities, which caused worse pain as it tore apart the skin. Sometimes Luan felt like screaming, screaming out loud, but he held back. From the pores, it was possible to see a viscous goo coming out. Little by little it came out. But it wasn't the end; it wasn't that simple.

Time seemed to pass slowly. When two whole hours had finally passed, Luan felt like a year had passed, but now he was already in the final stage. The impurities were already expelled and Luan began to absorb the last bit of energy. He opened his mouth and vomited a mouthful of black blood. The vomiting didn't really stop. Luan continued vomiting blood. Finally, it was over and Luan finished vomiting.

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Marrow and blood are inextricably linked. The marrow produces blood and the blood rejuvenates the marrow. To temper the marrow, it was necessary to create new blood.

Luan fell back on the floor wearily. It was suffocating and difficult, but he managed it. Well, the chances of him succeeding were in his favor, the only problem was the pain the process put him through.

The Monster Cores that were in the pentagram still had energy. Luan didn't waste time and meditated. Now he was at the stage: Refine the Body with strength 80 times stronger.

Refine the Body, was exactly what the name said, refining the body to create a semi-divine body, almost indestructible. This was also the most difficult stage, well, for others who didn't know how to do it. For Luan who knew how to Refine the Body, it was something else.

"Haven't started yet?" Lying down, he looked up and saw Ingrid with tears in her eyes.

*sigh~*

Luan got up. He didn't hug her because his body was full of impurity. "Dummy, I told you it was going to be painful. Why did you keep looking, and why are you crying?" He wiped the trail of tears away.

"...It pains me to see you in pain..." she pouted.

Damn, how he wanted to kiss her right then.

Wiping his hand on the cleanest part of his clothing, he rubbed her head and smiled, "Thanks for caring."

"I will always worry about you." She said it like it was the surest thing in the world.

"If you keep acting cute and seducing me, I'll take you to the bedroom and eat you!" Luan said.

"Who, who is seducing you? I'm just telling the truth, idiot!" She walked away.

Luan burst out laughing. He urgently needed to take a shower...

After showering, Luan watched Ingrid begin to clean the marrow. It was painful to look at, but he wanted to experience the bravery of his woman. He knew she wasn't weak and this wouldn't be what would bring her down. He also went to the pentagram that still had Qi from the Monster Cores and used it to restore his lost Qi.

Also, he was ready in case something got out of hand, and then he could help her. Of course, Luan didn't just stare; he took a blood ink from a Third Order Monster and started creating talismans.

The talisman he was creating was for a single purpose: to double the strength of those who used it, functioning even for people of the Third Order. Although it only lasted 1 hour, it was very precious. If it were marketed, it would sell for a good price. But of course the good stuff he'd save for himself and his family.

Each stroke was an amount of Qi that Luan used. The letters seemed to come alive, and form a different appearance. While waiting, he created 120 talismans. Somehow, he managed to get the hang of creating fast while waiting for Ingrid.

Delivering 10 to each member of his family, he gave the rest to Elijah to distribute to the "Elite Squad".

After more than three hours of suffering, Ingrid managed to succeed. She even managed to refine the bone, so it took her longer than Luan. But she ended up using the two Qi Collection Pills. Regardless, they were well spent.

Well, although she was at the same stage as Luan, there was a very big difference in strength as Luan practiced a technique that gave him the Divine Spiritual Body. And his current strength with Dragon Qi was 101, while Ingrid's was 91. It may seem small, but it made all the difference.

Joining the body and the Qi, Luan had a fighting power of 192. Ingrid on the other hand was 172. Honestly, she was doing great. Of course, half of the credit was thanks to Luan, who was always helping her, but if she didn't prevail, it was impossible to get so strong in such a short time.

Now Ingrid was stronger than most of the Third Order. It can be said that she was at the peak of power among all beings on earth at the time.

"Take these and put them away. They can multiply your strength for 1 hour. If necessary, use it." Luan handed her ten talismans.

"...Thanks." Ingrid smiled.

"No need to thank me, and another thing," Luan held his nose and laughed, "You stink~"

She ran away.

"Hahaha!" Luan laughed out loud.

After she left, Luan got serious, even a little indifferent and cold. He went to Elijah and said, "Let me teach them a little."

Even from a distance, Luan had discovered many flaws in their training. The 21 swallowed a mouthful of saliva. He was, after all, the man they worshiped, who destroyed so many monsters alone that he could create a mountain of monsters alone. The government itself is afraid of him, and even Japan couldn't go against him. Luan's achievements were so great that it was difficult even to breathe around him.

Of course, Elijah was kind of silly. He wrapped his hand around Luan's neck and said, "Oh, are you going to train them for a while? That's nice. There are things I can't do myself."

"You did a good job, but I must say there are some flaws in their training," Luan said.

"Well..." Elias scratched his head and then laughed.

"You too, Elias, go stand with them. You have some mistakes to be corrected. I'll take advantage of my good mood and help you," Luan said.

The Elite Troop felt like laughing but didn't dare. Elias scratched his head again but didn't dare deny Luan's request. So, for the next 2 hours until lunchtime, Luan was scrutinizing their every flaw and tweaking things. Even with just a little instruction from Luan, the improvement they had was more than doubled.

"As expected, Luan is exceptional." Many looked at him in awe, especially upon seeing that their strength grew so much that it was hard to believe.

Luan also distributed other Collect Qi pills for Elias to share with the group later.

"By the way, it's been a while since I've personally instructed you and Cristina." Luan looked at Catharina, who shivered. When it came to training, Luan could be pretty strict.

"We- we're fine! I'm training seriously, I swear," Catharina said.

"Well I'll find that out later. No need to be nervous, I'll be nice," Luan smiled.

To Catharina, Luan's smile was more like the smile that would sentence her to death.

"Can I refuse?" Catharina asked.

"No!" Luan was firm.

"..."

Cristina has already accepted her fate. She knew resisting was futile when it came to training.