Blood Veins Mutate Again

Han Yuan had barely rejoiced for long before his brow furrowed.

To his surprise, his qi recovery speed could no longer keep up with the rate at which his spiritual power was being consumed.

The spiritual power that had once filled his Dantian had already begun to decline.

"What's going on?"

He examined himself inwardly and was shocked to discover that all the flesh and even the bones throughout his body were absorbing blood-colored energy and growing stronger.

And the source of that blood-colored energy was the spiritual power within his own body!

Those red-and-green interwoven veins were rapidly drawing out his spiritual power.

The improvement of a single piece of flesh was nothing, but when every bit of flesh throughout his body was absorbing nourishment, the demand soared.

Even the Great Accomplishment Ancient Wood Qi Recovery Art, with its 150-fold qi recovery speed, could not keep up with his consumption!

Of course, he could stop his flesh from absorbing spiritual power, but this was making him stronger. Naturally, he would not stop, and the solution was simple.

At the moment, he had two materials related to meridians at his side: Spirit Infusion Grass and Meridian Opening Pills. The former could increase the speed at which spiritual qi was absorbed, while the latter could expand the meridians!

Han Yuan took out a portion of Spirit Infusion Grass, plucked off its leaves, and placed them in his mouth.

The grass leaves quickly entered his stomach.

He was somewhat curious about how Spirit Infusion Grass accelerated the absorption of spiritual qi.

Once the medicinal power was refined, a cool aura merged into the walls of his meridians.

He could feel that as spiritual qi passed through his meridians, its circulation became faster.

Han Yuan suddenly understood. "So it speeds up the passage of spiritual qi, thereby increasing the speed at which spiritual qi is absorbed."

He had known it. The descriptions of these medicinal herbs' effects were never precise enough, but as long as they worked, that was enough.

The medicinal power of one Spirit Infusion Grass soon spread through his eight main meridians, increasing the speed at which spiritual qi passed through them by ten percent. The effect was fairly good.

Not long after Han Yuan refined it, several more streams of Spirit Infusion Grass medicinal power appeared and began spreading through his twelve secondary meridians.

After refining this portion of the Spirit Infusion Grass's medicinal power, Han Yuan discovered that his spiritual power was being consumed even faster!

Only his main and secondary meridians had received a speed boost. His minor and microscopic meridians had yet to be strengthened, so the rate at which he absorbed spiritual qi had not increased greatly. The bulk of his cultivation technique's spiritual qi absorption came from those microscopic meridians.

However, Han Yuan did not panic. Once he strengthened the microscopic meridians as well, his spiritual qi absorption speed would rise.

After thinking it over, he swallowed a Meridian Opening Pill.

After the Meridian Opening Pill's medicinal power was refined, it released a scorching medicinal force that merged into the walls of his meridians, expanding them slightly!

The cross-sectional area of his meridians naturally increased somewhat as well, allowing a greater instantaneous flow of spiritual qi.

After checking the effect, he found that, sure enough, the Meridian Opening Pill only strengthened the main and secondary meridians. Once they expanded, spiritual power could spread into the Blood Veins more easily, making its consumption even more severe.

Han Yuan did not know whether to laugh or cry. Fortunately, he could continue taking Spirit Infusion Grass and Meridian Opening Pills until their effects covered all his meridians.

Time slowly passed.

Han Yuan silently refined Spirit Infusion Grass and Meridian Opening Pills.

Meridian Opening Pills contained Pill Toxin, but Han Yuan often rolled multipliers above ten. Not only was there no Pill Toxin at all, but the extra tenfold multiplier seemed to transform all the Pill Toxin into medicinal power, making the medicine even more effective. Combined with his improved detoxification ability, Pill Toxin's impact on him had become negligible.

At a certain moment.

Han Yuan sensed that the medicinal power of the Spirit Infusion Grass had already washed through all his microscopic meridians, and he was just about to stop refining it.

But his Spiritual Sense saw in astonishment that some cool energy followed the ends of the microscopic meridians and extended into the blood-(green)-colored veins.

"Nothing will go wrong, will it?"

Han Yuan watched the veins covering his flesh nervously. These veins had come from Blood Vein Grass, and after being altered by the Wood Spirit Heart, they had mutated somewhat. Yet they could still transform Wood Spirit Power into blood qi and strengthen his flesh. If the Spirit Infusion Grass's medicinal effect caused some abnormal change, he would have to stop refining it immediately.

The cool energy skillfully clung to the blood-colored veins, strengthening them just as it strengthened meridians. Once the cool energy was completely depleted, Han Yuan stared intently at the Blood Veins, unsure whether anything unusual had happened.

He found that there seemed to be no abnormality. The flesh where this patch of Blood Veins lay was merely a small section of his abdomen, and from the outside, it seemed unchanged as well.

Han Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and was about to look away.

Then he suddenly noticed something was off.

The skin on that piece of flesh was absorbing spiritual qi. It should have been transferred into the microscopic meridians, then refined and transported through those microscopic meridians into higher-level meridians.

Yet he was shocked to discover that the Blood Veins attached to that piece of flesh were also absorbing this portion of spiritual qi. The spiritual qi circulated through those Blood Veins and was actually transformed into a portion of spiritual power and a portion of blood qi!

Stunned, he watched as the blood qi naturally merged into the flesh, while the spiritual power flowed through the connection point into the microscopic meridians.

"Wait! Something extraordinary seems to have happened!"

Han Yuan fixed his gaze on that small piece of flesh and watched the Blood Veins repeat the process once more. Once he confirmed that his eyes were not deceiving him, his face filled with astonishment.

Previously, these Blood Veins could not absorb spiritual qi or circulate it. They could only transform spiritual power into blood qi through the connection points at their ends for the flesh to absorb. But now, after absorbing the cool energy, they could actually circulate spiritual power. They could even refine spiritual qi and transform it into spiritual power and blood qi!

Although the spiritual power sent into the microscopic meridians circulated for a moment before being transformed into blood qi through the connection points, flowing back into the Blood Veins to continue supplying the flesh's growth, this effect did not seem particularly useful to him. But what if he expanded the Blood Veins themselves?

Meridian Opening Pills could also increase the instantaneous speed at which the Blood Veins absorbed spiritual qi!

He controlled the Meridian Opening Pill's medicinal power and moved it into that area. The scorching medicinal force flowed into those Blood Veins and, sure enough, began expanding their diameter!

And their speed of absorbing spiritual qi was indeed increasing as well!

The sight left Han Yuan dazzled, as if he had discovered a new continent. He began accelerating his absorption of Spirit Infusion Grass and Meridian Opening Pills, transferring both medicinal powers into the Blood Veins.

How numerous were the Blood Veins?

Fortunately, Han Yuan had Random Doubling in hand, and medicinal power continuously supplied his grand strengthening project.

Wangcai in the corner occasionally raised his head to look at Han Yuan in the middle. Seeing that he was still cultivating, he would helplessly lower his head and continue cultivating.

In such dense spiritual qi, he could also practice Bigu, but he felt that if he did not eat something, his stomach would feel uncomfortable.

Then his gaze fell upon the Blood Vein Grass leaves that Han Yuan had swept aside.

He could sense some of his master's emotions and knew that these leaves were no longer useful to him. After hesitating for a moment, he picked up a Blood Vein Grass leaf in his mouth, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it.

Although leaves without Blood Veins could no longer improve one's physical aptitude, the leaves themselves still had body-tempering effects. Swallowing them really could stave off hunger.

Wangcai thought they tasted average, but his stomach felt warm after he ate them. Thus, every time he finished absorbing spiritual qi, he would eat one or two leaves before continuing to cultivate.

As he cultivated, the energy of the Blood Vein Grass leaves gradually merged into his body and strengthened his physique. Yet he gave it no further thought; he simply did not want to go hungry.

Leaf after leaf of Blood Vein Grass went into Wangcai's stomach, and before he knew it, his aura had already risen by a minor realm.

Han Yuan did not notice Wangcai's little actions. Otherwise, he would surely have felt ashamed that his pet had been reduced to eating grass leaves.

Though these leaves were somewhat expensive. Four leaves equaled one Blood Vein Grass, and a single leaf was worth seven Spirit Stones. These Blood Vein Grass leaves could still be used to refine pills, and they even spared one the process of removing impurities.

Probably no one would have imagined that someone would use tens of thousands of Blood Vein Grass plants to feed a Spirit Beast at the Qi Refining stage. It was truly extravagant.