Time flowed like water, and in the blink of an eye, two days had passed.
That day, Lin Sheng sat cross-legged inside the carriage, his eyes shut tight. Before him lay several fresh blades of grass, still beaded with droplets of dew.
He reached out, grabbed all the grass before him, and tossed it into his mouth. Without even chewing, he swallowed it whole.
Very soon, waves of surging blood and qi could be heard from within his body.
His breathing quickened as well, and the muscles of his bare upper body continuously writhed and trembled.
Drops of sweat emerged across his skin. The temperature within the carriage seemed to rise somewhat, while wisps of white vapor drifted from Lin Sheng's head.
The blood vessels all over his body bulged, blackish-red in color. They swelled and contracted from time to time, rising and falling rhythmically with his heartbeat.
Lin Sheng's face twisted slightly, as though he were enduring intense pain.
At that moment, countless vessels were clearly visible across his cheeks, colored black, red, and gray. As his muscles trembled slowly, those vessels resembled little snakes of different colors.
"Break!"
He abruptly opened his eyes. Bloodshot veins filled his eyeballs as he let out a low shout. The protruding vessels beneath his skin suddenly drew tight, while his heartbeat accelerated to its absolute limit.
The blood and qi within his body boiled as though they had completely gone mad.
In an instant, a faint crack sounded from within his body. At the same time, it was as if some barrier inside him had suddenly been pierced through. Lin Sheng felt the blood and qi throughout his body surge, abruptly growing several degrees stronger.
A faint smile appeared on his face, and he let out a long breath.
**"Late Muscle Forging