What could Lin Guiming say?
To hit her head twice in such a short time, she was really something else…
He initially thought about not applying medicine this time to teach her a lesson.
But seeing her pitiful expression and considering she’d need to train soon, he couldn’t bring himself to be so harsh.
“Come here.”
“Huh?”
“What’s with the ‘huh’?
Come over for the medicine.
After that, eat something and start training.
We need to get you to the Skin Tempering Realm in a few days.”
“Oh…”
He Wanying nodded, obediently stretching her head toward Lin Guiming.
Lin Guiming took out the spiritual medicine, brushed aside her hair, and carefully examined the wound.
Then, he applied a small amount of the ointment to it.
He Wanying tilted her head up, watching Lin Guiming’s serious and focused expression.
She stared for a moment, then a smile crept onto her lips.
“What are you smiling at?”
Lin Guiming shot her a glance.
“Hehe…”
He Wanying didn’t answer, just giggled at him.
“Alright, hurry up and get ready to eat.
Look at how messy your clothes are…”
Lin Guiming glanced at her disheveled outfit, then quickly looked away and walked out of the room.
He Wanying stared blankly at his back.
Only when he called out from outside did she scramble to change her clothes and come out.
After breakfast and a short rest, Lin Guiming began teaching He Wanying to cultivate.
The Strength Training Realm, as the name implied, involved continuously training to increase physical strength.
Once someone reached the strength of one horse—capable of exerting power comparable to a wild horse with a mortal body—it became difficult to progress further.
To continue improving strength, one had to temper the skin membrane to enhance the body’s resilience, which was the Skin Tempering stage.
The subsequent Flesh Tempering, Tendon Tempering, and Bone Tempering stages followed similar principles.
The real transformation began with the Acquired Realm.
For He Wanying now, her task was to train her strength to the mortal body’s limit, completing Strength Training to move on to Skin Tempering.
But building strength wasn’t something that could be achieved overnight.
The later stages were especially difficult.
If He Wanying trained on her own, it would take at least two or three years to complete Strength Training.
For later realms, since she was the daughter of the Bixiao Palace Master, her talent would likely shine, making progress faster.
But the Strength Training Realm didn’t rely on talent or spiritual sensitivity—it was purely about hard work, making it a long and tedious process.
Of course, there were shortcuts for Strength Training…
First was diet.
Those who ate well naturally progressed faster than those who didn’t.
The He family was wealthy, so He Wanying’s food was decent, but compared to the spiritual pills and grains used by immortal sects, it was far inferior.
Then there were body-refining techniques.
Major sects had specialized methods designed to help disciples complete the Body Refining stage quickly and move on to true cultivation.
After all, cultivation was ultimately about spiritual energy and magical power, not the mortal body.
That said, it wasn’t that body refining was unimportant.
On the contrary, physical strength determines one’s capacity to hold spiritual energy and the strength of their soul.
If the Body Refining stage wasn’t mastered, the soul would be unstable, leading to major setbacks later.
If not for this, Lin Guiming would have already reached the Spirit Condensation Realm…
So, making He Wanying complete Strength Training quickly was simple: feed her spiritual pills and teach her body-refining techniques.
In a few days, she could achieve one horse’s strength.
This method was highly effective.
The only downside was the cost.
Forget the expensive spiritual pills—body-refining techniques weren’t something just anyone could access.
Thus, Lin Guiming liked to call this method the “Pay-to-Win Tactic”!
In the words of that old geezer, it was, “Happy cultivation? Without money, cultivate your ass!”