Ever since confirming his presence in the Marvel Universe, Qin Yu deeply understood the immense dangers and opportunities hidden within this World, so he formulated an extremely strict cultivation method for himself.
Every day, he immersed himself in the monotonous and boring cultivation, yet he savored it.
The feeling of genuinely sensing his own progress and growing stronger day by day seemed to possess an invisible magic, deeply intoxicating Qin Yu and making him unable to extricate himself.
Thanks to the Qin family's strong financial support, Qin Yu's cultivation conditions were excellent.
In addition to the basic medicinal baths from the Easily Strengthening the Body technique and special medicated meals every day, the family often provided him with precious items like ginseng, which have great tonic effects.
Thus, with day after day of persistence and effort, three years passed quietly.
Qin Yu had now cultivated the Easily Strengthening the Body technique to the pinnacle of the Marrow Cleansing Realm.
In this realm, he had thoroughly purged all impurities from his internal organs and limbs, and every organ function had been greatly improved.
His entire body underwent a transformative metamorphosis from the inside out, and his own potential was greatly enhanced.
At this moment, he was just one step away from entering the more profound Blood Exchange Realm.
Qin Yu, dressed in a white summer outfit, had grown from one meter forty at thirteen years old to one meter seventy-five, with his weight increasing to one hundred forty pounds.
His physique was tall and well-proportioned, exuding a restrained yet powerful aura.
Looking back at these three years, Qin Yu's remarkable cultivation achievements were inseparable from Qin Ming's support.
One late night, after Qin Yu decided to cultivate, Qin Ming specially called his grandson to the study.
He carefully took out a pill from a secret compartment in the study and solemnly instructed Qin Yu to take it.
Since then, this mysterious pill acted like a catalyst, continuously accelerating Qin Yu's cultivation process.
The Easily Strengthening the Body technique, after all, was merely a pure body-tempering method, lacking corresponding combat skills.
To compensate for this shortcoming, Qin Yu specifically apprenticed himself to Li Ning, the grandson of Li Shuwenn, a grandmaster of the Northern Eight Extremities Fist, and began to supplement his training with the National Arts Eight Extremities Fist.
True National Arts, in essence, are techniques used for killing, and to make progress in National Arts, one must undergo the tempering of life-and-death combat.
With this belief, over these past few years, Qin Yu embarked on a series of thrilling and dangerous training journeys.
He once resolutely ventured into the jungles on the border of Xia Yue and Myanmar, where, in that perilous environment, he single-handedly hunted down a century-old giant python; he also delved deep into the northern old forest, engaging in fierce duels with ferocious adult bears; and the most thrilling experience was undoubtedly his solo infiltration of West Siberia, where he single-handedly encircled and annihilated an entire wolf pack, successfully slaying the Wolf King.
Each outdoor training session was a life-or-death test for Qin Yu, and for Grandpa Qin Ming, it was equally agonizing.
Whenever his grandson proposed going out for training, Grandpa would often toss and turn, unable to sleep.
He would silently get up alone and pace back and forth in front of Qin Yu's bedroom door, his heart filled with worry and concern for his grandson, fearing that this departure would mean eternal separation from him.
Fortunately, Qin Yu's efforts finally yielded rich rewards.
Now at sixteen, he possessed absolute confidence; if in a city, he could easily wipe out a ten-man elite special forces team.
The emphasis on being in a city is because the so-called “invulnerable to blades and spears, impervious to Water and Fire” only applies to ordinary blades, spears, swords, halberds, or common flames.
Special forces can use various powerful weapons without restraint in wilderness operations, but in densely populated areas like cities, they must consider the impact on ordinary civilians.
After all, Qin Yu's reaction speed is extremely fast, and once a conflict occurs, special forces might accidentally injure innocent people if they are not careful.
Moreover, even if one person's aim is off, if a group of people provide suppressive fire, Qin Yu might still be in danger, which is why he can be relatively arrogant in the city but must remain low-key in the wilderness.
“Young Master, Grandpa said that everything you wanted is ready, and he wants you to go to the study,” Aunt Zhang, the nanny,'s voice interrupted Qin Yu's thoughts.
“The things are finally ready, that’s great!
Thank you for your hard work, Aunt Zhang, you can go busy yourself,” Qin Yu said excitedly, his eyes sparkling with anticipation.
“Grandpa, have the century-old ginseng and century-old fleeceflower root been found?” Qin Yu asked impatiently as soon as he stepped into the study.
“Hmm, it cost a lot to get these two things.
I used my old comrade-in-arms’ connections to make a deal with the medicinal merchant in advance, even paying the breach of contract fee, while those national research institutes were still in the process of trading.
This time, the Qin family is truly hurting,” Qin Ming replied with a wry smile.
Indeed, century-old medicinal materials are basically wild; no one has ever heard of cultivated domestic medicinal materials reaching a hundred years.
Especially treasures like ginseng and fleeceflower root, which can save lives at critical moments, it is extremely difficult for the Qin family, given their status, to even get access to them normally.
It’s not that they can’t afford them, but rather the ruling class has monopolized the supply of such precious medicinal materials.
Take Qin Ming, for example: an entire commercial building within the Fourth Ring Road of the capital, from the first to the third floor, belongs to him.
The annual rent after taxes, plus dividends from a company, brings in at least six million in income.
Under normal circumstances, the price of a century-old wild ginseng would not exceed five million, but now that it’s monopolized, the price on the black market has been directly inflated to over twenty million, and it’s often unavailable even at that price.
Just like this time, the Qin family spent a total of forty million, including the breach of contract fee.
This transaction was only achieved with great difficulty, and only because a Major General's family provided backing, so there was no need to worry about retaliation.
No wonder the ancients often said, “Poor for scholars, rich for martial artists.”
Forty million is a sum that, for ordinary poor people, even if eighteen generations worked until death, they couldn’t save it by working.
“Haha, it’s worth it, Grandpa, forty million is nothing.
As long as I break through to the extraordinary, I can earn it back in at most a year,” Qin Yu said carelessly.
Indeed, for most people, making money is difficult, but for the strong, money is just a string of numbers without much meaning.
Qin Ming naturally understood this principle.
He frowned slightly and said, “I’m not worried about money, but rather the future situation.
In recent years, it’s clearly felt different than before; extraordinary events are happening frequently.
Your father, over in the Free Country, also often hears similar news.”
Qin Yu’s heart tightened; it seemed the Marvel plot was about to begin, and he had to break through as soon as possible, otherwise, he might only become cannon fodder in the coming storm.
He said with a serious expression, “So we need to prepare for the future as soon as possible, Grandpa.
Tonight, I will adjust my state well, and tomorrow, I will prepare to break through with all my strength, hoping to cultivate the technique to the Blood Exchange Realm in one go.
Also, please keep an eye on the black market for me and see if you can find some profound martial arts secret manuals.”
The next day, Qin Yu, with a mix of apprehension and determination, entered the specially prepared secret room.
On the table in the secret room were various valuable medicinal materials, among which the most striking were the heart of a Snow Wolf King, bear gall, century-old giant python gall, and the precious century-old ginseng and century-old fleeceflower root.
Qin Yu carefully placed the medicinal materials one by one into the huge medicinal cauldron, following the decoction process described on the last page of the secret manual.
The entire process took over three hours, and he was fully focused, not daring to be negligent in the slightest.
Finally, with his effort, he successfully refined the medicinal liquid.
Qin Yu unhesitatingly stripped off all his clothes and slowly stepped into the medicinal liquid.
However, the moment he touched the liquid, a soul-piercing pain surged like a raging tide, as if countless tiny needles simultaneously pierced every cell in his body.
That kind of pain was simply worse than death.
But Qin Yu knew in his heart that he absolutely could not give up.
This medicinal liquid was not easy to refine successfully, and if it wasn’t used within two hours, the liquid, worth over forty million, would be completely wasted.
Without time to think much, he quickly adjusted his state according to his usual cultivation breathing technique, trying his best to maximize his body’s absorption of the medicinal effects.
Qin Yu struggled in the medicinal cauldron for a full hour.
Unexpectedly, not only did he not feel tired, but after this intense medicinal erosion and destruction, his body stimulated a surge of vigorous vitality.
Qin Yu's aura began to rise rapidly, and he could clearly feel his body undergoing a wondrous and profound transformation.
“What a relief, what a relief!” The intense pain, accompanied by a heart-gnawing, marrow-extracting sensation of exhilaration, made Qin Yu let out a low roar.
Immediately after, with a splash, he suddenly stood up in the medicinal cauldron, facing the sky.
Then, he pounded his chest with his fists, the sound like clanging metal drums, as if proclaiming his metamorphosis to heaven and earth.
Accompanied by a soft sound in his mind, it was as if an invisible restraint shattered on his physical body.
The powerful medicinal properties in the medicinal bath found a breakthrough point and surged in again, rapidly nourishing his severely damaged flesh, which had been impacted by the medicinal force.
Before long, Qin Yu's muscles all over his body bulged high, and his entire flesh and blood, following a unique breathing method, emitted a faint blood aura.
This blood aura gathered more and more, slowly enveloping his entire body, and then continuously permeated into his flesh.
If one could observe him with advanced instruments at this moment, one would clearly discover that Qin Yu's blood, in terms of flow rate, activity, and other aspects, had undergone a World of difference compared to before, as if it had completed a magnificent evolution.