Ahhh—
Victor roared in pain as he moved around his body, pushing himself to the brink of limits, following the set of exercises from the book.
No matter how painful he felt, he still followed through. Even as his green blood splattered on the ground, his muscles cramping and thick, large veins popped throughout his body like snakes coiling underneath his skin.
He practised again and again in utter silence, his green figure barely visible under the dim light of the lanterns.
Finding his own pace, the wind started to whistle with each of his movements and a gradual heat started to emit from the core of his body. His Yang Qi was gathering and recovering, with it slowly healing his green body as well.
Finally, his wrinkled skin recovered and his muscles once again regained his vitality, he has fully recovered!
The pill he had ingested before was burning intensely inside him, coupled with this exercise allowed him to achieve such a miraculous level of recovery that it felt nothing short of terrifying.
"This… this is amazing," Victor tightly clenched his fist, feeling the strength coursing through his veins, "Even a full recovery potion might not be able to help me recover from such a state…"
His pupils went back to focus on the book, now more intensely than before. This book was proof that this might be a completely different world from the one he resided in.
Such a terrifying book being casually handed to him, Victor became even more weary, knowing that this world's strength was much higher and he was completely unfamiliar with it.
"Sigh," A sigh escaped his lips and he looked down at the chains that wrapped around his neck.
For now, all he could do is train in this exercise and strengthen his body to the limits, however there was a slight problem to it, as the name of the technique suggests, one needed both Yin and Yang Qi.
Yang was the masculinity of men and Yin was the femininity of females. While Victor was confident that he was definitely manly enough, where would he get the Yin from?
This was the problem for the future him though because it was only needed to break into the ninth level, until then he was free to practise it as is.
So Victor went to work, gradually practising the technique, going into a trance.
The Yang Qi in his body grew in strength little by little until his body started to burn, quite literally. Barely a minute passed before his Yang Qi reached its peak and he crossed the threshold.
Victor closed his eyes and opened them again, his pupils shimmering with vitality while his muscles became more pronounced, his height grew in size, his Orcish bloodline grew more purer.
He has reached the first level of Yin-Yang Body Strengthening Sutra!
"This is amazing," Victor muttered and continued to practise.
As long as he gets stronger, he will definitely get his revenge on those women no matter the cost, they will regret everything they had done to him.
Ten minutes passed before his Yang Qi peaked and he broke through its limits again, directly allowing him to reach the second level of Yin-Yang Body Strengthening Sutra!
"Is this supposed to be so fast?" Victor was left a little dumbfounded, especially since the author had warned that the pace of growth would be extremely low…
But this wasn't low by any standard!
Either way, Victor was in glee as he continued to practise the exercise, in barely twenty minutes, he already reached the third level of Yin-Yang Body Strengthening Sutra!
Then in half an hour, he reached the fourth level of Yin-Yang Body Strengthening Sutra!
In an hour, he reached the fifth level. The next two hours, reaching the sixth level. Then in the last four hours directly reaching the seventh level!
Finally he stopped, his breathing came in ragged breaths, his muscle primed and raw energy fueled through his veins.
He has grown stronger, much more stronger than even he expected it to be. His Yang Qi having peaked seven times and breaking through, the strength in his veins felt inexhaustible and his whole demeanour felt more manly even though his ugly appearance has barely changed.
"You can come in," Victor spoke lightly as he eyed the door in front of him. The reason he stopped wasn't because he was exhausted, instead he heard some footsteps from outside.
As expected the door flung open and Qin Jinjing entered the room, eyeing him with clear surprise evident in her eyes.
"You have already recovered!?" The shock in her eyes was apparent as she eyed him up and down.
"Yeah, I did…" Victor replied in his deep voice, seeing her surprise, it was already evident that his progress was already unordinary.
He wondered though how her reaction would be if she found out that he has already reached level seven of the Yin-Yang Body Strengthening Sutra. But he absolutely didn't want to reveal his strength so soon.
"I see…" Qin Jinjing approached him with hesitant steps, taking out the familiar pouch from underneath her robes.
Victor observed her quietly, suddenly a ruthless glint flashed in his eyes, flashing away right after as if it never existed.
She handed him the pill in his hand and sighed, "Although you have recovered, don't think that you can even have a chance at escaping, just accept your fate if you don't want a more miserable life."
With that said, Qin Jingjing turned around and left as quietly as she came into the room. As she left the place, a silent chill shot down her spin.
"Hmm, I wonder why it feels so cold suddenly," She muttered, going her way.
Victor was silent throughout the process, initially he wanted to capture this woman for the Yin Qi so that he could have an opportunity to break into the ninth level but he restrained himself.
Acting without a plan would only harm him.
Left alone in the place, Victor started to practise again, moving his body eloquently in practised momentum.
After a grueling six hours, his yang Qi peaked and broke through, directly allowing him to reach the eight level of Yin-Yang Body Strengthening Sutra.
"Ho," Victor felt the changes in his Orc body, he has grown much stronger by a terrifying margin, also he felt that his Yang Qi couldn't grow further even after he broke through the limits.
He tried to practise the exercise again but to no avail. Without Yin Qi, he had little chance of reaching the last level of the Yin-Yang Body Strengthening Sutra.
"As expected, I need Yin Qi now…"