Max sit down in a cross legged position and remembers the insights from inheritance.After remembering he fell into confusion on "which method to practice",there are many methods like the most primal method strengthening the body through exercises or eat some medicinal plants for burning and building muscles.
After some thinking, he has a thought "instead of practicing one method why not choose all methods? Hmm,it sounds easy but it's not! According to Novius, these are the best methods without drawbacks:
[1.using exercises method will take time, which is not ideal for current situation
2.medicinal method takes shortest time but where can I find herbs now?
3.destroying your bones,tendons, meridians and reconstructing them using spiritual energy]
Oh!! though third method seems a bit brutal, it is the best method for body strengthening but how to get spirtual energy?. He once again analyzes the inheritance,In inheritance novius says: "once you get past the body strengthening level,you enter into 3rd rank which is called spirit refining level. In this level you can cultivate your soul and form a core to store spirtual energy". [Spritual energy =Mana ]
so I can only use spirtual energy in spirit refining level? Max tilted his head in confusion,he shouts in anger "if I can't use Mana at 1 rank why are you even mention this method? " He then thought "Wait a minute! That old man is not the type to joke around, then that means I need assistance from aother cultivator who is at 3 rank or above" Ahhh!! he let out a sigh and began to practice exercises[exercises means just regular push ups, squats and some insane exercises for bones etc., ]
2 Months later
At the outskirts of death mountains, from an ordinary looking cave, a man lazily walked out. He has a black hair, his eyes are gleaming with golden colour that has a different kind of charm, His face which definitely stood out among beautiful,he wearing a blue jacket and black phants which are clearly worn out,his body is looking ordinary at first glance but upon closer look you can tell that it is anything but ordinary,his body muscles is in perfect sync with his bone structure,simply means his body is suitable for offense, defense or escaping.
Max looking at the sky thought "Ever since I started training those exercises my body feels light, only muscles remain in my body without fat and rather than external my internal bone structure is far more powerful.at present i have reached 1st rank,That old man really gave me a treasure" Suddenly his stomach growls from hunger "ah! I need to find food before night, since I ate all those nutrient pills" He says with displeasure and goes into outerzone.
Unknowingly he combines the best 2 methods in body tempering stage to get the halfof the results of spiritual method [he externally exercises his body and internally enhances his body by nutrition pills which max thought ordinary food, can you tell me when you are one of the powerhouses in the world, can you eat something ordinary?
He goes into the outerzone looking for some monsters to hunt, he goes to the area where their classmates had died. Looking at the familiar place he feels some helplessness in his heart but he instantly steels himself and continue to go deeper.
Although he reached 1st rank but that is far from enough to survive in this place and he knows he can't fight a 2nd rank but he still thought he would be able to escape from 2nd rank monsters, the reason behind his confidence is his body, his body may not be best but he guessed it is at the level of monsters which ordinary humans cannot reach.
As for second rank it is all about strengthening internal organs,so externally they have same speed as 1st rank monsters but their stamina and strength is different.