Lin Zhan handed the drawing of the flying daggers to his father. "Dad, Mom, I won't be going home with you tomorrow. I'll stay at school to stabilize my cultivation. Dad, please craft the flying daggers according to the drawing. Make two sets, with 12 daggers per set. Also, please prepare some beast cores for feeding Xiao Jin."
"Don't worry, Zhan'er. We'll get these things ready and your father will bring them to you. Listen carefully to Dean Li. He was your mother's teacher and is very knowledgeable. Many of the students he has trained recently have become cornerstones of the army," Ouyang Xinlan advised her son.
"Aunt Linglong, please rest assured. I will take good care of Xiao Jin. I'll bring him back to see you after he's upgraded," Lin Zhan said to the Golden Dragon Python.
"You all need to take care of yourselves. After you leave, I will go to the forbidden area in the back mountain to find Xiao Jin's father. The spatial rifts in the back mountain have been unstable lately, so we need to prevent those wolf race mongrels from launching surprise attacks. If there's a chance in the future, bring Xiao Jin to see me again. I'm at ease knowing Xiao Jin is with you."
After bidding farewell to the Golden Dragon Python, they left the Spirit Medicine Garden.
"Zhan'er, we'll be leaving now. In your cultivation, always prioritize physical training to increase your blood energy and temper your muscles and bones. If you have any questions, ask Dean Li," Lin Shanhe continued to Li Zhenshan. "Elder Li, my body is not in good condition and I can no longer guide Lin Zhan extensively. I'll entrust his cultivation entirely to you."
"Your Lin family is full of loyal heroes. Rest assured, Lin Zhan's achievements will surely surpass those of his grandfather, Lin Tian," Li Zhenshan said to Lin Shanhe with deep emotion.
After sending off his parents and sister, Lin Zhan followed Li Zhenshan to the Academic Affairs Office.
"Promoting to a Bronze-level warrior will reward you with 100 academic credits. Exchanging for Bronze-level beginner beast cores can get you 10. The academy provides a monthly subsidy of two Bronze beast cores for Bronze-level warriors. You should collect them all. Beast Tamers are going to be big spenders in the future; fortunately, your family is wealthy enough for your early development.
Li Zhenshan then said to Lin Zhan, "You must be curious why your father always emphasizes the importance of physical training, right?
A Beast Tamer needs to expend a vast amount of mental energy to contract a spirit beast, and powerful mental energy requires a strong physical body to support it. As warriors advance through different ranks, they generate different martial energy, which we call Martial Yuan."
"Let's use an analogy. Compare the Martial Yuan of a Bronze-level warrior to energy 1, and the physical body to an energy converter. If your physical body foundation is 1, then your attacks will be 1 multiplied by 1. If your physical body is strengthened to 2, then your attacks will be 1 multiplied by 2."
"The reason your grandfather could kill opponents of the same rank as easily as cutting vegetables was due to his powerful physique. He tempered his body at least 5 times, while most lords of the same rank have only tempered their bodies 2 or 3 times. Combined with your family's Overlord Saber bloodline's attack amplification, opponents of the same rank were instantly killed."
"Our human race is naturally at a disadvantage in terms of physical prowess. However, the human body is the most compatible with the primordial spirit and the laws of nature. This also allows humans to continuously temper and strengthen their physical bodies. Of course, tempering and strengthening the physical body comes at a price. The first is the increase in blood energy, which requires immense resources and beast cores and precious blood. This gives us the motivation to keep fighting. The second is pain. The tempering and strengthening of the entire skeletal structure, flesh and blood, meridians, blood vessels, and internal organs is unbearable for ordinary people. The more times you temper, the more difficult it becomes, and the greater the pain you endure."
"While you endure immense pain, it also hones your willpower and mental strength. Every successful tempering and strengthening of the body brings you overall improvement and power."
"Thank you for your guidance, Dean. I possess bloodline feedback from my spirit beast contract. Furthermore, Xiao Jin's feedback of dragon bloodline gives me a greater advantage in physical strengthening." After receiving a beast core from Dean Li, Lin Zhan took his leave. "I'll head back to the dormitory now, Dean. I need to carefully consider this information before deciding on my next focus of cultivation."
Back in his dormitory, Lin Zhan summoned the system. "System, show me my attributes."
Host: Lin Zhan
Race: Human
Abilities: Overlord Saber Body, Power of Thunder.
Level: Bronze-level beginner.
Constitution: 15 (10) points
Defense Strength: 15 (10) points
Spirit: 20 (10)
Since contracting Xiao Jin, not only his constitution and defense strength have increased, but he has also gained the ability of Thunder Power.
"My current main focus of cultivation is tempering and strengthening the physical body. Does the system have any good suggestions?"
System: "Please use evolution points for evolutionary deduction. Current evolution points: 0. Detected 12 Bronze-level beginner beast cores, redeemable for 120 evolution points. Do you wish to redeem them?"
"Redeem all."
"Based on the host's current physical strength, the system's strengthening plan is divided into two parts: First, bone strengthening, and second, muscle strengthening. Each strengthening deduction requires 10 evolution points. Do you wish to proceed with the deduction?"
"Agree to deduction."
"The 'Tempering Method' involves understanding the circulation of the human blood system, and a clear understanding of the muscles, bones, meridians, and nerves throughout the body."
First, the human muscles. Looking at the diagram of human muscle distribution, the system began its explanation.
"Muscles are widely distributed throughout the human body, with approximately 639 muscles, accounting for about 40-50% of body weight. This indicates that muscles are the main component of the body. Their names are generally classified based on muscle type, shape, location, function, and so on."
"Muscles can be divided into two types:
One type is muscles controlled by conscious thought, called voluntary muscles.
The other type is muscles not controlled by conscious thought, called involuntary muscles (such as the muscles that transport food into the stomach).
By location, muscles are divided into pectoral muscles, abdominal muscles, back muscles, etc. By function, they are divided into flexors, extensors, etc.
By shape, they are divided into long muscles, short muscles, broad muscles, etc. By the number of heads, they are divided into biceps, triceps, and quadriceps. By fiber arrangement, they are divided into pennate muscles. Pennate muscles are further divided into unipennate, bipennate, and multipennate muscles."
"A muscle group refers to a unified functional group composed of muscles in the same or adjacent areas. The purpose of understanding the muscle groups of different parts of the human body is to clarify the different types, actions, and functions of each muscle."
Next is the distribution and strengthening of bones. Bones are the most solid structures in the human body, serving to support the body and are part of the musculoskeletal system.
The adult skeleton is composed of a total of 206 bones.
These 206 bones are divided into three main parts: the skull, the trunk bones, and the limb bones.
The skull consists of 29 bones, the trunk bones 51, and the limb bones 126.
The human body is constructed with bones as the foundation, supplemented by flesh and blood, meridians, and internal organs, thus forming a complete human structure.
Looking at the muscle and bone distribution diagrams provided by the system, Lin Zhan had a general understanding of the methods for physical body strengthening and tempering.