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The Legend of the Shepherd God

Chapter 14: Tempering the Body with True Yuan

Chapter 14: Tempering the Body with True Yuan

May 25, 2025

"What should we do with this Senior Sister Qing?" Qin Mu managed to stand up and glanced at the girl beside him, who was still in a state of shock.

"Perhaps..."

Granny Si's eyes instantly lit up. She nudged Qin Mu with her shoulder, nearly knocking over the young boy who was struggling to stand, and smiled mischievously, "Should I stay and be your little wife? You were the cutest when you were a child. You're not as adorable now that you've grown up, but if you and this little girl have a chubby baby, it will definitely be lovely too. Granny still loves children..."

Qin Mu glanced at Senior Sister Qing, whose face was swollen like a pig's head, and hesitated, "Granny, I don't think so..."

With a puff, the Lame Man appeared behind Senior Sister Qing at some point. He raised his hand and stabbed the girl through the heart. A simple and honest smile still hung on his face, "Then kill her."

Qin Mu was stunned and stammered, "Grandpa Lame, why did you kill her?"

"You said you didn't want her, so of course, we kill her." The Lame Man withdrew his knife, and the smile on his face became even more innocent, as if he was a bit confused.

Qin Mu felt frustrated. He didn't actually have the idea of having children with Senior Sister Qing. After all, he was just an eleven - or twelve - year - old boy. On a daily basis, the only people he saw were old monsters like Master Ma and Granny Si, and the people in neighboring villages were all fierce - looking. There were very few teenagers of his age.

He had no playmates, but his heart was still that of a young boy.

"Let's go back," the Village Chief said, looking back at the ruins in the canyon.

The Apothecary smiled at Qin Mu and said, "We're all missing limbs, and no one will carry you. So you have to walk back on your own. By the way, there's still Four - Spirit Blood here. Since you didn't come home last night, we've prepared the Four - Spirit Blood for you."

Qin Mu nodded, took four white porcelain cups, and drank the Four - Spirit Blood. He struggled to move forward, activating the "Overlord Body Three Pill Technique" to dissolve the power of the Four - Spirit Blood while telling them about the strange things he had encountered in the canyon ruins.

Granny Si's expression changed slightly, "Gods and demons? A huge dark face, skeleton girls? Interesting..."

The other villagers also found it interesting but didn't have any further opinions.

Qin Mu couldn't help but ask, "Granny, aren't you curious about the story behind the canyon ruins?"

The Apothecary sighed, "The once - prosperous Divine Kingdom has now vanished without a trace. The divine bones clank and dance in the night. Could it be that they are still unwilling?"

The Deaf Man stared at his lips and said, "No matter how unwilling they are, they're dead. What's the use? So being curious about the story here is mostly pointless."

"Deaf Man, are you really deaf?" The Apothecary looked at his ears, which were made of snow - white iron, with even the ear holes blocked, and asked curiously.

The Deaf Man pulled out the two iron ears from his head, revealing iron bolts three inches long. These iron bolts were inserted into the ear holes to hold the iron ears in place. He said coldly, "Insert these two ears into your ear holes, and you'll know if I'm deaf or not!"

The Apothecary smiled faintly and fell silent.

The Deaf Man inserted the two iron ears back into his ear holes with a pop and said to the Mute Blacksmith, "These ears have been feeling a bit uncomfortable lately. Help me modify them."

The Mute Blacksmith nodded.

Qin Mu was speechless towards his relatives. The Apothecary and the others were more interested in the Deaf Man's ear holes than the ruins, which really puzzled him.

Granny Si smiled and said, "Mu'er, there are too many secrets in the Great Wilderness. Besides the Divine City in the canyon, there are countless other secrets. If you spend all your curiosity on these secrets, you won't have time for anything else."

The group headed in the direction of Remnant Elderly Village. The Village Chief said in a deep voice, "I saw that your knife - strikes are quite powerful. A one - foot - three - inch - long knife could contend with that young man's sword. You've made great progress during this training."

Qin Mu was moved and expressed his confusion, "Why can't my True Yuan control or manipulate objects like theirs? My True Yuan can only penetrate the willow branch by one foot and three inches and can't go any further."

He was envious of the ability to control swords with qi, but he couldn't do it.

The Apothecary secretly shook his head. The True Yuan cultivated by an ordinary person has no attributes and can't control or manipulate objects because there are no techniques to enable ordinary True Yuan to perform such functions.

It was already remarkable that Qin Mu, as an ordinary person, could use his True Yuan to support a one - foot - three - inch willow branch and withstand the sword of a martial artist like Senior Brother Qu without it being cut off.

The Village Chief said calmly, "Your Overlord Body hasn't fully awakened yet, and the Spirit Embryo Divine Treasure hasn't been fully explored. Don't be in a hurry. You were able to kill a martial artist at the peak of the Spirit Embryo Realm without awakening the Overlord Body. Once you do, your strength will far surpass that of your peers."

Granny Si and the others were also satisfied with Qin Mu's performance. That Senior Brother Qu was a martial artist at the peak of the Spirit Embryo Realm and could control a sword with qi, surrounding his body. Clearly, he was not far from the Five - Luminaries Realm.

Qin Mu, without awakening the Overlord Body, had beaten him to death with a small wooden stick. Clearly, Qin Mu was indeed an unprecedented "Overlord Body," and the Village Chief hadn't deceived them!

The Apothecary's eyes twitched. He thought to himself, "Sooner or later, the fact that Mu'er has an ordinary constitution won't be able to be hidden. When these people are disheartened, they might even turn the world upside down... However, it's really strange that Mu'er killed a peak martial artist with a small wooden stick. Could there really be an Overlord Body? Or is it the effect of the Spirit Blood?"

With his extensive knowledge, he was also confused at the moment.

After taking the Four - Spirit Blood, the True Yuan in Qin Mu's body became more and more active, and its circulation speed gradually increased. His swollen muscles and fascia slowly recovered, the flow of qi and blood accelerated, and the fatigue in his body gradually faded away. Unconsciously, he quickened his pace, and his speed became faster and faster.

Master Ma, the Lame Man, and the others showed surprise but remained silent, always following him.

Qin Mu had a new discovery: practicing the "Overlord Body Three Pill Technique" while running could speed up the improvement of his cultivation. With the supplement of Four - Spirit Blood, the speed of cultivation improvement would be even faster. Therefore, Qin Mu unconsciously increased his running speed and became almost oblivious to everything else.

He soon forgot the soreness in his muscles. His speed kept increasing, and the circulation of True Yuan in his body became faster and faster, reaching his limbs, bones, and even his hair, nails, and skin texture gradually had True Yuan seeping into them.

Gradually, his speed exceeded the fastest he had ever run before. Even so, Qin Mu was unaware of this. He only felt that the more he ran, the more comfortable and exhilarated he became.

Sweat began to seep out from his pores. The sweat was not clear but rather turbid. Besides black dirt, there were also white fat particles in the sweat that flowed out, but Qin Mu didn't notice the changes in his body.

The Apothecary, the Village Chief, and the others all showed surprise and exchanged a silent glance.

"Master Ma, when did you start tempering your body with True Yuan?" The Apothecary suddenly asked.

Master Ma said in a deep voice, "At the peak of the Spirit Embryo Realm. When I was practicing boxing, I suddenly unleashed my first supernatural ability. My first supernatural ability was to temper my body with boxing techniques, and the True Yuan was like a green dragon coiling around silk."

The Apothecary looked at the Lame Man, who said, "I was also at the peak of the Spirit Embryo Realm. One day, I was running in the wind, trying to catch up with the gale. I wanted to catch up with the wind and then walk on the tip of the wind in the sky. Then, I discovered the mystery of tempering the body with True Yuan, with True Yuan like the wind blowing through all the orifices. As a result, in my excitement, I fell off the tip of the wind and almost died."

The Apothecary sighed, "The same for me. I wanted to use the Spirit Embryo Divine Treasure as the cauldron for refining medicine and my own True Yuan as the medicine to refine myself into a magical medicine. Then I discovered the mystery of tempering the body with True Yuan, with True Yuan like fire burning the body. And Mu'er has started tempering his body without breaking through the wall yet."

The Lame Man laughed, "The Overlord Body is indeed powerful. It's something that we Spirit Bodies can only envy."

The Apothecary had an odd expression and didn't say more.

Overlord Body?

If it were really an Overlord Body, he wouldn't be so surprised.

The Lame Man, Master Ma, and the others could attribute all this to the Overlord Body, but he knew the truth. Qin Mu, with an ordinary constitution, tempering his body with True Yuan ahead of Spirit Bodies, really amazed even a knowledgeable and powerful person like him.

"Mu'er hasn't awakened the Overlord Body yet. Once he does, with the True Yuan of the Overlord Body controlling and manipulating objects, heh heh, even the National Preceptor of Yankang Country back then might not have been as powerful as him," Granny Si said excitedly.

The Apothecary's heart sank, and he looked at the Village Chief.

The Village Chief was also silent.

There was no such thing as an Overlord Body in the world, and naturally, there was no True Yuan of the Overlord Body. Ordinary True Yuan couldn't control or manipulate objects. When that time came, the fact that Qin Mu couldn't control or manipulate objects would be revealed.

But before that, Qin Mu first had to achieve the so - called "Overlord Body Awakening," which required breaking through the Spirit Embryo Wall.

How could an ordinary person break through the wall?

The Village Chief frowned. Would drinking more Four - Spirit Blood still be useful? How long could he keep the secret?

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