However, this raised a suspicion in Su Mu's heart. He noticed that the aura around Yan Xiaolan didn't give him a feeling of being inflated. By rights, a realm achieved through external means should be similar to taking 'Tendon Pill' or like those four guardians of Black Mountain.
Yet, Yan Xiaolan's current situation was different. Though her foundation seemed unorthodox and contrary to normal principles, it was surprisingly solid and stable. She just needed to complement her Refining Force and Bone Forging in the future without exhausting her Martial Dao potential.
"Could it be that the sequence doesn't really matter in the lower three grades Body Tempering Realm... No, you still need to cultivate power first, but after that, you don't necessarily have to forge bones first; you can refine the tendons instead?"
