“No way? It’s this exaggerated?” Guo Ran was stunned.

“It’s not the slightest bit exaggerated. Only in this way is it possible to temper each and every bone in the body. With each bone, you have to temper all the other bones as well,” said Long Chen.

“Then wouldn’t it require decades to undergo complete tempering?” Guo Ran felt slightly hopeless. He had already eaten the Bone Connecting Pill and thus connected all his bones. He had no choice but to undergo complete tempering at this stage.

“You’re extrapolating according to normal standards. For other cultivators, for each bone you temper, it costs twice the amount of the previous time, and the time required to temper it also doubles accordingly.

“For them, to temper eight bones requires over a year’s time. First-rate bone tempering requires at least three years.

“But we’re not the same. For us, each bone we temper requires the same amount of time. If it took three to five days to temper the first bone, it will take three to five days to temper each and every bone.

“In fact, once we near the end, we’ll temper them faster...