Patchwork Monster

Before long, Yun Chuan's guess became reality.

Under the strange fluctuations emitted by the rune between his brows, the Soul Power that had originally been circulating through his meridians along a specific meditation route suddenly began to scatter out of control, spreading in every direction... dividing into strands of Soul Power that continuously spread into obscure meridian pathways and unexplored regions of his meridians.

This was no joke. Cultivating Soul Power did not mean casually guiding it through the meridians however one pleased and calling that cultivation. It had to follow a specific route; otherwise, recklessly circulating one's power could very likely cause tremendous damage to the body! This was what martial arts novels often called qi deviation.

Through internal vision, Yun Chuan observed his Soul Power wandering aimlessly through his meridians without any pattern. Cold sweat welled up in his heart. If he had not trusted this rune so much, he would have long since withdrawn from meditation and stopped the Soul Power from running rampant.

Time quietly passed.

Yun Chuan discovered that under the peculiar fluctuations emitted by the rune between his brows, the Soul Power flowing from his Dantian spread out in an orderly manner, constantly entering unknown meridians and widening those originally narrow, obstructed pathways... It even uncovered many hidden meridians he had never noticed before.

To his astonishment, he found that there were far more meridians within his body than he had imagined. With the Twelve Principal Meridians as the main trunk, they spread throughout his entire body like tangled tree roots... After all the meridians in his body had been opened, the Soul Power did not return to his Dantian. Instead, it launched an assault on the Acupoints scattered all over his body!

Puff! Puff! Puff...

One Acupoint after another was opened, until every Acupoint in his body had been unlocked.

Suddenly, Yun Chuan discovered that his efficiency in absorbing Soul Power had increased by more than tenfold!

"--Hoo!!!"

The air around him suddenly stirred into a visible breeze, slowly rotating around him and growing faster and faster! In the end, it actually formed a miniature tornado around his body!

This miniature tornado swept up the energy contained in the air and, as he continued meditating, crazily poured it into his body. It flowed along the paths of his meridians, was continuously refined, and ultimately returned to its source, gathering in his Dantian and becoming his Soul Power!

Feeling his Soul Power rise at a visible rate, Yun Chuan was utterly dumbfounded. He had never dreamed that opening all the meridians and Acupoints throughout his body could cause his cultivation efficiency to soar so dramatically!

Is this world's power system too primitive, or is my cheat just too ridiculous?

Yun Chuan was completely bewildered.

By then, the rune between his brows had stopped emitting its strange fluctuations. Sensing this, he instinctively ceased meditating. When he opened his eyes, a foul stench suddenly hit him in the face.

At some point, large amounts of grayish-black impurities had seeped from every pore of his body. These impurities emitted a nauseating stench.

Could this be the legendary Yi Jing Xi Sui?

Yun Chuan frowned, pinched his nose, and first ran to the window to open it and air out the room.

Then he impatiently rushed into the attached bathroom, tore off all his clothes, and tossed them aside. Next, he turned on the showerhead, and slightly scalding hot water immediately poured down over his body.

The world of Douluo Continent was extremely strange. Some places resembled ancient China, while others leaned toward the Western Middle Ages. It was like a patchwork monster created by mixing together two entirely different civilizations. At least, from Yun Chuan's perspective as an Earthling, this world looked bizarre no matter how he viewed it.

It clearly had things similar to electric lights, yet no generators. It clearly had faucets, toothpaste, toothbrushes, showerheads, and water heaters, yet it did not even have refrigerators, air conditioners, or electric fans. In short, certain aspects of it were simply bizarre.

Of course, from the perspective of this world, all the things Yun Chuan found strange had reasonable explanations. For example, those items ahead of their time, such as electric lights and water heaters, were relics passed down from ancient times. They were essentially Soul Tools powered by Soul Power.

So while certain things in this world seemed strange to Yun Chuan, they could actually all be logically explained. Just saying they were ancient relics was enough to explain everything.

Perhaps this world's ancient era had once developed a civilization similar to the modern age, but as time passed, that civilization gradually declined and eventually became legend.

In any case, there was no point investigating ancient information. Living in the present was what mattered most.

Standing beneath the showerhead, Yun Chuan felt the slightly scalding hot water pouring down and rubbed at the layer of grime on his body. He found it greasy and sticky. Hot water alone could not wash it off, so he reached to the side, picked up a bar of soap, and began scrubbing himself.

After some time.

Only after using up the entire bar of soap did Yun Chuan finally manage to clean himself. He examined his skin, which had improved yet another level, and felt somewhat dissatisfied. In his eyes, skin that was fair and tender like a little girl's did not suit his identity as an iron-blooded tough guy at all. In the future, he would definitely need to get more sun and aim for bronze-colored skin. That would look manly. What was with this tofu-white, tender skin? It looked effeminate, not manly at all.

He turned off the showerhead.

Picking up a towel from the side to dry his hair, Yun Chuan caught sight of the torn clothes beside him from the corner of his eye. Looking at those greasy, filthy clothes, he frowned. He extended his right hand, and with a whoosh, a large ball of flame suddenly burst from his palm!

Then he tossed the flame onto the clothes.

This flame, originating from one of the Supreme Clear Sky Hammer's four attributes, was obviously no ordinary fire. The moment it landed on the wet clothes, they immediately began to blaze fiercely.

In just a short while, the clothes were burned into a pile of ashes.

Yun Chuan nodded in satisfaction, then grabbed the faucet and washed the ashes down the drain. The entire bathroom immediately became clean and tidy again.

Opening the bathroom door, he walked out naked while wiping his wet hair. He sniffed lightly and found that after airing out for so long, the room no longer smelled bad.

He took out a fresh set of clothes and put them on.

Yun Chuan sat cross-legged again and began meditating. He wanted to confirm whether, without the rune's assistance, his Soul Power cultivation speed could still be so fast.

"--Hoo!!!"

The air around him stirred into a visible wind, slowly rotating around him and growing faster and faster! In the end, it formed a miniature tornado around his body!

This miniature tornado swept up the energy contained in the air and, as he continued meditating, crazily poured it into his body. It flowed along the paths of his meridians, was continuously refined, and ultimately returned to its source, gathering in his Dantian and becoming his Soul Power!

His Soul Power was growing stronger at a visible rate!

Yun Chuan stopped cultivating and opened his eyes. Through this test, he learned that because all the meridians and Acupoints throughout his body had been widened and opened, even without the rune's help, his cultivation efficiency was still more than ten times what it had been before.

Heavens!

His Innate Level 50 cultivation speed had already been inhuman enough, and now it had increased tenfold. How were ordinary Soul Masters supposed to survive?

Yun Chuan shook his head as he hypocritically thought to himself, despite clearly benefiting from it.

For him now, cultivating Soul Power was no longer important. What truly restricted the growth of his strength was his inadequate physical constitution. Therefore, for the next period of time, his main focus would be training his body and improving his physical fitness!

He would strive to see whether he could become a Titled Douluo at ten and ascend to godhood at twelve.