While Yang Ze was trying desperately to fight against Lin Wan's unruly hands, the competition finally started.
In the middle of the platform, the old man raised his head before speaking.
"Welcome to the Grand Competition of Yuyang City." Although he seemed to be speaking softly, his voice echoed throughout the area. Even Yang Ze, who was trying to fight off Lin Wan, was surprised by this seemingly powerful voice.
It was at that time that Lin Wan spoke softly. "Surprised? Once you step into the Foundation Forging Realm, it is an easy thing to do."
"Huh!?" Yang Ze, distracted by her sudden statement, accidentally loosened his hands, and in that moment of carelessness, Lin Wan's delicate, cold hand slipped inside his pants like a snake before grabbing his erect penis.
"Damn it." Yang Ze was about to speak out, but Lin Wan gazed at him from the corner of his eye before speaking in a cold voice. "Make any unnecessary move and I will snap it in two."
"Gulp!" Listening to her, Yang Ze could only curse her in his heart while forcing a smile on his face before nodding in response.
"Heh." Lin Wan's hand, which was holding his most delicate part, didn't move. She just sat there quietly while holding it as if she were grabbing a stick.
"Then what is the difference between each realm?" Ignoring her hand that was inside his pants, Yang Ze asked the question that troubled him the most. After coming in contact with the cultivation technique and stepping into the peak of the Body Refining realm, he still didn't have a clear understanding of the
"Hmm." Lin Wan took a deep breath as she slowly slumped backwards in her seat in a comfortable position, while her eyes were stuck on the platform where the participants were taking out slots.
"Let's start with you." With a soft and gentle voice, her hand slowly began to massage his penis as she began to explain.
"You see, the path of cultivation is three parts talent and seven parts resources."
"You can be the daughter of heaven, but without any resources, you will never be able to make progress."
"Those medicine extracts that I used on you were actually the most expensive Body refining powders. Without them, it might have taken three years for you to actually get started."
"Mmm..." Feeling her gentle caress inside his pants, Yang Ze let out a muffled moan as he narrowed his eyes. Looks like the woman didn't know about his true cultivation. If that were the case, he could rest easy and make further progress. And once he is stronger than her, then...
Even though he was excited in his heart, he didn't dare to show it on his face. He asked the next question.
"Can you explain in detail about what every realm represents and how they differ?"
Upon hearing this question, Lin Wan frowned for a moment as the speed of her hand increased momentarily before slowing down. She then spoke in an unhurried tone.
"The Body refining stage, as the name suggests, is all about refining one's body."
"The early stage is about refining skin, making it hard and increasing defence. Once someone is in this realm, mortal weapons made from iron and steel can not harm you."
"The Mid-stage is about refining muscles. Once you reach this realm, your strength will increase fiftyfold. This means you will be able to easily throw boulders, smash open the normal city gates and fight against a hundred people all by yourself. A person like this is a calamity to the mortals. A walking god."
"The late stage is about refining bones. In this realm, the power doesn't increase, but your defence is multiplied. You can easily take blunt forces and stay unharmed."
"As for the peak-stage...." Lin Wan stopped for a moment before speaking further, "This is a basic overhaul of one's strength. This means you have complete control over your body and are extremely flexible. Even if you bend in various poses, nothing will happen to you."
Speaking till here, Lin Wan went silent while her hand constantly kept playing inside Yang Ze's pants.
"The first match is between Lin Hao and Wang Lei."
Just when he was lost in his train of thought, the first match started. Surprisingly, it was between two men.
Both of them stepped onto the platform, bowed to each other and then took their stance.
"Take these two, for example." Just then, Lin Wan's voice sounded in Yang Ze's ears.
"Both of them have stepped into the realm of Pulse Opening. The next realm after Body forging."
"You see, the body forging was all about increasing raw strength and honing one's body. But the Pulse Opening is all about internal energy."
"One needs to condense their internal energy into their Dantian to step into this realm."
With a smile, Lin Wan squeezed her hand a bit, making Yang Ze's face flush red.
"One strand of Internal Energy means you have successfully stepped into the Early Stage of Pulse Opening."
"One hundred strands means Mid-stage, and one thousand strands means late-stage."
"But the peak stage is where things turn different."
"Here, one needs to condense five veins in their bodies to let the internal energy travel in their body, gradually nourishing the organs and the blood."
"Once the veins have been established, one can use the internal energy in combat."
The moment she finished speaking, Yang Ze saw that the two men standing on the platform suddenly rushed towards each other. There weren't any fancy moves or earth-shattering phenomena. The two of them were engaged in a hand-to-hand combat. And halfway through their fight, both their hands suddenly began to glow as the power behind their punches became destructive.
"That is Internal Energy." Tilting her head to Yang Ze's side, she yawned before slowly resting her head on his shoulder while her hand inside his pants slowed down, as if taking its time to play.
"....." Feeling Lin Wan's head on his shoulder and the soothing fragrance of flowers from her hair, Yang Ze's mind went blank for a moment before he came back to his senses.
'What a vixen.' Cursing in his mind, he narrowed his eyes to focus on the battle in front of him. He had to admit that it was much more exciting than any action movie he had seen in his previous life.
Not to mention those fact reactions and the sound of them hitting the ground, just the fact that the two of them would occasionally jump ten meters high was enough to amaze him.
It didn't take long before one of them ran out of internal energy, finally leading to his defeat.
"Winner, Wang Lei."
Looking at the man walking with a giant grin on his face, Yang Ze just narrowed his eyes. With the combination of his talents, 'Enlightenment' and 'Persistence', it wouldn't be long before he steps into the Pulse opening realm.
"What about the next realm?" Even though Lin Wan was resting her head on his shoulder, he didn't dare to relax in the slightest. Perhaps this was the only chance he had to know more about the cultivation realms of this world.
"Foundation Forging." Lin Wan muttered softly, but didn't immediately answer. She just kept her hands inside his pants while toying inside.
"Next match Xiao Mei vs Chen Han."
Yang Ze looked at the figure of a woman and a man stepping inside the realm.
Unlike before, there was no suspense. Even though both of them were in the Pulse Opening realm, with women's innate superiority in the world, it was impossible for men to win against them in the same realm.
In less than five minutes, the man in the ring was beaten black and blue before surrendering.
Soon, the third match began. And just like before, it was between two Pulse Opening realm powerhouses.
The more Yang Ze watched their battle, the more he understood what this realm actually represents. Even though one could use Internal energy in the Pulse Opening realm, one could only use it in martial moves like kicks and punches. As for wanting to use it outside the body... It was a pipe dream.
The next few matches were all about Pulse Opening realms, and just when Yang Ze was wondering if there was someone with a higher realm participating in the battle, Lin Wan tightened her grip on his penis before muttering in a soft voice.
"There... The realm after Pulse Opening..."
"Foundation forging."
The moment she finished speaking, two women who looked to be in their thirties jumped onto the platform before getting into position to fight.
Yang Ze's breathing almost stopped as he watched the two of them take out their weapons. One took out a whip while the other took out a sword.
The two of them didn't make any move, but their weapons started to glow. And then...
The woman with the whip smashed it towards the other woman, who barely managed to dodge it before trying to shorten the distance between them.
The whip that barely missed her didn't immediately stop, but struck the ground, and the moment it did, with a loud sound of explosion, the ground exploded into dust.
"HOLY SHIT." Yang Ze almost jumped from his seat, but before he could, Lin Wan's hand forcefully stopped him by tightening her grip around his penis.
"What's this?" Gritting his teeth in discomfort, Yang Ze managed to utter these few words.
"Foundation Forging... Just like its name, it is about building a solid foundation. In the dantian, one needs to construct a pillar of Internal energy and through this pillar, one can imbue anything with their internal energy.
"In the Early stage, one can use 30% of their internal energy. In the mid-stage, one can use 50%, and in the late stage, one can use up to 70% of their internal energy."
"As for those at the peak of Foundation Forging, one can use 100% of their internal energy to imbue things."
Yang Ze just listened quietly like a patient student. The more he looked at the battle, the more he realised just how frail and insignificant he currently was. Even though his current condition wasn't good, at least he didn't have to worry about his safety and being constantly squeezed dry by women. Even though Lin Wan was cold and didn't treat him like a human, it was much better than falling into the hands of random women and being passed around like a commodity.
He quietly looked at the battle as the woman with a sword constantly tried to close the distance between the two of them.
In the end, due to a moment of carelessness or perhaps due to fatigue, the woman with the sword was hit by the whip and fell unconscious.
The matches proceeded as more and more participants fought in the arena.
He even saw Lin Yue going into the arena, but the moment she stepped inside, her opponent immediately surrendered.
Other than Lin Yue, there was also another woman who left a deep impression on him. It was the young lady of one of the four major families of the Yuyang city, Xiao Ruolan.
Just like Lin Wan beside him, she too was wearing a rather loose robe and a veil, but it still couldn't hide her breathtaking beauty. She was similar to Lin Wan in almost every aspect, from that arrogant and cold expression to those long legs... The only fly in the ointment was that she never spoke a single word, and even after the battle, where the opponent surrendered immediately, her face didn't have any expression.
After a long time, the tournament was almost ending. The final match was between Lin Yue and Xiao Ruolan.
The moment the two of them got on stage, the entire crowd went silent.
"There... The realm after Foundation Forging... Vein Expansion."
The moment Lin Wan spoke, Lin Yue, on the ground, clenched her fist before throwing a punch towards Xiao Ruolan from a distance.
Xiao Ruolan didn't just stand there... the moment Lin Yue threw her punch, she immediately jumped off, and the moment she did, the ground underneath her exploded like someone threw a hand grenade.
"This..." Yang Ze's eyes almost popped out of his socket as he saw the two of them waving their hands from a distance, and the ground below them would explode.
"Heh... Vein Expansion realm." Lin Wan finally had a genuine smile on her face as she finally increased the speed of her strokes.
"Internal Energy can be fully used outside the body..."