The gravity continued to pressure the brown layer and finally reduced it to less than a centimeter thick.
The moment this happened, all of the medicinal properties of the earth attribute herbs were consumed and a rumbling sound spread in all his body. His muscles and skin stiffened as the brown layer started to attach to them.
It now formed a skin-tight bond and looked completely like a part of Lin Mu's body. It no longer had any patterns like an armor, and had returned to a very simple form. If one were to look at it when the armor was activated, they would think that it was just some low leveled defensive technique.
But in reality, this thin looking armor was strong enough to take the blows of a Nascent Soul realm cultivator now. Lin Mu had now successfully reached the fifth level of the Mortal Strengthening scripture and had done something very few people had accomplished.
But this was not the stop of it. Since the Mortal Strengthen scripture could also help Lin Mu a little bit with his body tempering realms cultivation, it was now pushing it as well. Inside Lin Mu's body the spirit Qi and vital energy were now reacting under the effect of the gravitational force.
Lin Mu's body currently contained both Vital Essence and Vital energy. But the vital essence was in less quantity than the vital energy. But now it seemed to be rapidly increasing as the remaining amount of Vital energy was being converted to vital essence.
Lin Mu's Body tempering cultivation which had been stuck all this while also kick-started again as a surprise to him and started to progress. His spleen's cells started replicating and new ones began being created.
Soon all of them were replaced and the old ones were destroyed. Earth attribute spirit Qi swirled within his spleen and a stream of vital essence also flowed out of his spleen. His blood suddenly started to speed up and he felt a heat within his chest.
~WEENG~
His blood rapidly perfused his spleen and started being filtered. His spleen was now filtering all the blood, removing the old and damaged blood cells. The process lasted about fifteen minutes before his blood flow slowed down to Normal.
If one looked at Lin Mu's face, one would see a refreshing rosy tint on his cheeks. Even his skin seemed to be vibrant, as the blood of his body had been purified by the spleen. All the old and damaged blood was removed, leaving behind youthful and young cells.
Then suddenly everything went silent.
Nothing could be heard in the area, but within Lin Mu's body, a storm was seething. His aura started to rapidly rise and if one could see it, they would find him like a beacon in the dark. Lin Mu's aura shot straight up from the cave, ignoring the rock and the mountain in the way.
His aura was unyielding as it declared its presence. Lin Mu had completed the refinement of his spleen fully, and it had now become a treasured organ!
Lin Mu had completed the first stage of the Five Treasures realm and just his flesh was strong enough to contend with a cultivator that was at the peak of the core condensation realm. If one combined that with his Qi cultivation he would now be able to content with plenty of Nascent Soul realm cultivators!
~huu~
Lin Mu let out a dark breath that corroded the path that it passed over. The rocks of the cave sizzled as if acid had been spilled on it, while the soil changed its color to a vitriolic green. One could see the toxicity of the impurities that had just been expelled by Lin Mu's body.
But that was not the shocking part as these impurities didn't come from his body, from consumption of food and air. But rather from the pills that he had just consumed all together. Reaching the Five Treasure Realm had the additional benefit of purifying the body, just like the Toxin Cleansing pills did.
Except for the effect of brought by the Five Treasures Realm was much stronger than any Toxin Cleansing pill. But this could not be replicated again either, unless Lin Mu progressed further and reached the second stage of the Five Treasures realm.
Progression in each stage would give the cultivator an opportunity to cleanse their bodies. This was another reason why the body cultivation was considered to be terrifying. With the lack of toxins in their bodies, body cultivators would have smoother progress and their Qi would flow smoothly as well.
Lin Mu opened his eyes as they exuded an imposing presence.
He extended his hand and clenched his fist.
~phut~
The sound of a balloon bursting could be heard as Lin Mu's hand compressed the air due to the force and made it burst. While other cultivators would also be able to replicate this, Lin Mu didn't need any Qi skills to do that.
His body was now an impeccable weapon that would only grow stronger with time. His breakthrough to the second stage of the Five Treasures realm also improved the durability of his body further, which combined with the Mortal Strengthen scripture had reached an unthinkable level.
Lin Mu knew for sure that he would not be able to hurt himself unless he lowered his guard himself. He reckoned that he wouldn't even be able to harm himself, even if he tried and would need to rely on enemies to test it!
This also brought Lin Mu a sense of relief in his heart. He would not need to fear ambushes now as the Mortal strengthening scripture and his own body would be able to defend against surprise attacks at all times.
"Congratulations Lin Mu! You've made a great achievement I've rarely seen any cultivators reaching both the second stage of the Five Treasures realm and the completion of Mortal strengthening scripture in one go." Xukong praised.
"Thank you, senior. But it was also due to your guidance that I've reached this far." Lin Mu added.