Snowy Night: Body Transformation (Part 1)

After returning to his villa, Li Yang immediately took the restroom elevator down into the base.

Secret chamber!

Security Bureau Group 9 had specially constructed ten separate secret chambers within the base. Since the greatest taboo in cultivating internal arts was being disturbed, each chamber was locked to a single person's iris and could only be used by that person.

"Iris, identity, match!" As the electronic voice sounded, the secret chamber's door of new alloy slowly opened. Li Yang immediately stepped inside!

There was food to stave off hunger, mineral water, and other supplies in the secret chamber. These had been prepared by Security Bureau Group 9 for members entering seclusion to cultivate internal arts. Seclusion had many benefits, but to Li Yang, internal arts had always been little more than tasteless chicken ribs, and seclusion had never produced much effect.

But now, he no longer thought so!

Because he had just discovered a note inside the jade box. A note explaining how to take the Marrow Cleansing Pill and how to make full use of its effects.

The pill in the jade box, giving off a fragrant scent and a faint green glow, was actually—a Marrow Cleansing Pill!

Li Yang sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion and slowly opened the jade box. A wave of fragrance immediately spread through the room. He took a deep breath and felt every pore across his body open. The sensation was simply too wonderful.

"The Marrow Cleansing Pill truly lives up to its reputation. It seems only those legendary cultivators could refine something like this!" Li Yang carefully examined the Marrow Cleansing Pill inside the jade box.

A faint green sheen covered the pill's surface. Li Yang deliberately switched off the lights in the secret chamber, and at once, the Marrow Cleansing Pill looked like a luminous pearl in the night, irresistibly alluring.

Li Yang carefully read through the note. It contained nothing more than precautions for taking the Marrow Cleansing Pill.

First, if someone born with blocked meridians took the Marrow Cleansing Pill, they had to have an Innate Stage expert protect their heart meridian. Otherwise, with the Marrow Cleansing Pill's formidable medicinal force, someone born with blocked meridians would certainly be unable to withstand its impact.

Second, if an adult whose meridians had merely become fixed took the Marrow Cleansing Pill, they only needed to find a Postnatal Stage internal arts expert to protect their heart meridian. Of course, if an adult with fixed meridians already possessed some Internal Energy, there would be no problem.

The moment Li Yang saw this, he became excited. "Isn't this perfect for me? My Internal Energy may not be strong now, but I've cultivated for two years, and my internal arts have reached the first level. Most importantly, I've trained my body to be very strong. No matter how powerful the medicinal force is, I believe my body can withstand it!" Li Yang stared at the Marrow Cleansing Pill before him, glowing like a luminous pearl, and his heart began to race.

He was preparing to take the Marrow Cleansing Pill!

Once the problem of his fixed meridians was resolved, could there be any limit to Li Yang's future achievements?

Yuming Building, the headquarters of Shanghai's Yuming Group, stood ninety-eight stories tall and had only been built two years ago.

At this moment, on the top floor of Yuming Building.

The ninety-eighth floor covered an enormous area, yet this vast space was only one gigantic room—the activity room, or rather, office, of Yuming Group's chairman, Chu Tianshang. There was a great deal of fitness equipment here, as well as a small swimming pool.

At that moment, Yuming Group chairman Chu Tianshang lay on a reclining chair with a faint smile at the corners of his mouth. He watched several seductive female celebrities in the swimming pool. Outside, these celebrities might have been proud and aloof, but before Chu Tianshang, they racked their brains to curry favor with him.

Chu Tianshang had put on weight and looked somewhat fat, but there was a warmth about him. Anyone who approached him would feel a trace of closeness.

"Big Brother!" A loud shout rang through the top floor.

Chu Tianshang immediately frowned. He glanced at his younger brother, Chu Tianyu, who had entered, then waved his hand for the female celebrities to leave.

"What are you shouting about? What kind of behavior is this?" Chu Tianshang reprimanded him calmly.

Chu Tianyu looked like a refined scholar. He wore gold-rimmed glasses and was somewhat thin. Chu Tianyu had always been mild-tempered, treating even his subordinates with a smile. Yet now, the mild-tempered Chu Tianyu was furious.

"Big Brother, I heard you gave a Marrow Cleansing Pill to the Japanese, all for a business deal? I hope you can give me an explanation. I believe that once the Lineage council of elders learns of this, they will also want an explanation from you." Chu Tianyu forcibly restrained his anger.

The Chu Family had a formidable background. Their backing was the Yinsha Sect, one of the three great sects of the demonic cultivator world!

"Isn't it just one Marrow Cleansing Pill? Why are you making such a fuss?" Chu Tianshang glanced at his younger brother, a profound, unfathomable smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

Chu Tianyu immediately said sternly, "Although our Chu Family follows the Demonic Cultivation Path, we have always been unwavering in our attitude toward the Japanese. Have you forgotten the humiliation of the War of Resistance? And now you gave a Marrow Cleansing Pill to the Japanese? Hmph! If you do not explain this clearly today, Big Brother, then I, Chu Tianyu, will truly report this matter to the elders."

Looking at the stubborn Chu Tianyu, Chu Tianshang smiled faintly and pointed to a reclining chair beside him. "Sit down first. We'll talk slowly."

But Chu Tianyu gave Chu Tianshang no face at all. He stood to one side without moving.

Chu Tianshang could not help but smile helplessly. Then he said calmly, "Tianyu, I did give the Japanese a Marrow Cleansing Pill, but I forgot to tell you one thing—I infused the pill with the pure demonic baleful power of our demonic sect." Chu Tianshang spoke lightly, as though he were merely explaining an ordinary matter.

The instant Chu Tianyu heard this, his eyes behind his glasses lit up, and all his earlier anger vanished completely.

"Big Brother, why didn't you say so earlier? Haha, Big Brother, you truly deserve to be the foremost disciple of our Yinsha Sect's generation. This move is brilliant!" Chu Tianyu's heart filled with delight.

To a major sect as powerful as the Yinsha Sect, one Marrow Cleansing Pill was nothing at all! The reason Chu Tianyu had been angry was because his Big Brother had given one to the Japanese. But now, he began to admire his Big Brother instead.

"Demonic baleful power—only demonic cultivators can endure it. Hmph, how could those Japanese so-called ninjas and lowest-ranking warriors possibly withstand demonic baleful power? No matter who it is, once they absorb it, the demonic baleful power will seep completely into their mind. When they cultivate, it will surely make them suffer deviation!" Chu Tianyu looked at his Big Brother and said, "Big Brother, once the person who took the Marrow Cleansing Pill begins cultivating, they will suffer deviation. At best, they will be paralyzed; at worst, they will die on the spot! Those Japanese probably will not realize that the Marrow Cleansing Pill is the cause. They will surely think that person died from suffering deviation because their mental state was not firm enough during cultivation!"

Chu Tianshang slowly rose to his feet and walked to the edge of the ninety-eighth floor. Through the enormous floor-to-ceiling windows, he gazed down upon Shanghai.

"Unless the one absorbing the Marrow Cleansing Pill follows the Demonic Cultivation Path, only then would my demonic baleful power not harm him. But Japan is their territory. Neither demonic cultivators nor righteous cultivators could possibly go there, and they would not lower themselves to teach the Japanese how to cultivate demonically! Therefore, this Japanese who uses the Marrow Cleansing Pill is doomed to die!" Chu Tianshang declared with certainty.

"Hmph, even if he dies, it will look like deviation. Who would know it was a problem with our Marrow Cleansing Pill? Those Japanese devils do not have the ability to see the true root of it." Chu Tianshang smiled coldly. He had truly never thought much of any Japanese expert.

"The one using the Marrow Cleansing Pill must be a high-ranking Japanese figure. One Marrow Cleansing Pill not only kills such a high-ranking figure, but also earns us a major business deal worth one billion US dollars. This transaction is truly a bargain!" Chu Tianyu looked at his Big Brother, his eyes carrying traces of admiration.