Qi Transformation

In Zhang You's room, he was taking stock of his gains.

The most important thing was that he had already undergone the ninth Great Body Tempering. The tenth was still just short of the mark.

But he sensed that great terror would descend with the next Great Body Tempering, so he was in no hurry.

He had obtained a Martial Skill in the ghost domain, giving him another means to preserve his life.

Moreover, he could feel his strength still improving bit by bit!

This was all thanks to Minor Body Tempering!

He had also obtained an unnamed broken sword of extraordinary power, one that drew his own blood when used!

With a thought, the broken sword appeared in his hand.

Judging from its appearance alone, no one would ever think it was some kind of treasure.

He quickly stored it back in his Dantian.

It seemed his eyes had developed a problem as well!

Several times, the world he saw had turned into black and white.

But its usefulness was immense!

He could see the true nature and weaknesses of things, as well as objects too fast for the naked eye to perceive.

Even with his eyes closed, he could still sense them. It was quite miraculous.

After many attempts, however, he discovered that he could no longer enter that state.

After thinking it over, he temporarily set the matter aside!

Lastly, there was the "Extreme Dao True Scripture" in his mind!

This scripture had actually drawn Heavenly Thunder and nearly struck him to death. It was surely a hot potato.

He had not had time to study it carefully before. He only knew it was a cultivation method related to body refinement. Now that he had time, he could take a look.

He had already learned from Shopkeeper Li that he had been missing for more than a day.

Counting the days, tomorrow would be the last day of the five-day deadline!

His internal injuries were currently severe, and he possessed only a little more than half of his peak strength. That was still not enough to deal with those people.

He needed to master as many self-preservation methods as possible!

After calming his mind, he began studying the Extreme Dao True Scripture!

This cultivation method chiefly concerned the cultivation of the "Extreme Dao," encompassing three aspects.

Body tempering, Qi Transformation, and soul refinement!

Body tempering meant forging the fleshly body.

Qi Transformation meant converting one's own blood qi into qi.

Qi was of a higher quality than blood qi and could unleash greater power.

Qi could also nourish the body and soul.

Soul refinement meant cultivating the soul. In the end, one could reach a state where the divine soul was indestructible, even splitting one's divine soul into countless forms.

Zhang You was greatly astonished. He had not expected the cultivation method to contain something so badass.

This cultivation method seemed as though it had been specially prepared for Martial Arts cultivators!

As for the body-tempering portion, Zhang You took one look and gave up!

This method required high-intensity training and all kinds of Martial Arts treasures of heaven and earth to forge the body.

Only by working both ends at once could one achieve results.

But in this world, treasures of heaven and earth suitable for Martial Arts had already vanished without a trace!

Fortunately, he possessed a special physique and could temper his body by absorbing blue-white qi, thereby achieving the effect of body tempering—perhaps even better than body tempering alone.

Thus, the useful parts for him were Qi Transformation and soul refinement.

The prerequisite for Qi Transformation was the ability to wield blood qi with ease!

For him, that posed no obstacle at all.

Steadying himself, he began circulating the method of Qi Transformation.

Very soon, the blood qi around his body slowly began to emanate outward, and he entered a peculiar state.

Who knew how long passed before the blood qi withdrew inward. Yet rather than diminishing, his aura grew stronger, and an invisible force seemed to fill the surroundings.

This continued until dawn was nearly breaking on the second day!

Zhang You opened his eyes. Although he still had two dark circles under them, the brilliance in his gaze could not be concealed!

He raised his right hand, and a mass of semi-transparent gas suddenly appeared.

The gas looked utterly ordinary, yet it distorted the air around it!

It seemed to contain energy more powerful than blood qi!

This was "qi"!

Perhaps because his foundation was solid, the process of transforming qi had gone exceptionally smoothly!

"Let's test it!"

He took a blood-red crystal from his clothes. It was the one he had obtained by killing the flesh tumor in the ghost domain.

Previously, its blood qi had been too impure for him to absorb casually, but things were different now.

He could absorb the blood qi within the blood-red crystal and directly refine it into qi, which would be exceedingly beneficial to the recovery of his injuries!

No sooner said than done!

Zhang You placed the blood-red crystal in his hand, then used Stars Shift to begin absorbing its blood qi!

At first, he absorbed only a trace as a test, and found that it truly could be refined into qi.

After that, he increased the intensity of absorption!

Crack!

By dawn, the blood-red crystal in his hand shattered outright and turned into powder.

Zhang You let out a long breath!

After carefully sensing himself, he found that more than sixty percent of his internal injuries had recovered!

"Once I refine that Sarira as well, I should recover more than seventy percent—perhaps even eighty percent!"

He looked at the sky, tidied himself up a little, even found time to take a bath and change into fresh clothes, then happily ran off to open the teahouse!

It had rained last night. The morning breeze was cool and gentle, and before long, pedestrians on the road gradually began to increase.

Cooking smoke curled into the air, while cries of vendors and calls of greeting rang without end.

Everything presented a flourishing, vibrant scene!

People were carefree, chatting about everything under the sun with smiles on their faces.

After Zhang You opened the teahouse doors, the sight around him stirred him deeply!

Just then, the world in his eyes suddenly changed—or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that something was wrong with the sky!

The sky no longer held its usual clarity. It was filled with chaos, colors mixed together into whirlpools that made it seem as though the end of the world had arrived.

There was not the slightest hint of life to be felt!

It was exactly like the fleeting scene he had seen when he first arrived in this world!

Then he looked at the people around him!

How could they still resemble what he usually saw?

Their faces were withered, and deathly qi radiated from their entire bodies!

Thin strands of white smoke rose from their heads, stretching straight into the heavens before being sucked into those whirlpools in the blink of an eye.

"Fuck! Damn it!"

Of all the words in the world, only those four could describe his feelings at this moment!

What horrified him was that a strand of white smoke rose from his own head too!

At the end of the white smoke were tiny tentacles, constantly groping about as they tried to burrow into his head!

But they were blocked by an invisible force!

Zhang You knew that his special physique was taking effect!

Watching the living beings outside, each one like a walking corpse, he found it hard to adapt!

What kind of world was this?

Zhang You felt incomparably stifled!

"Little Tyrant, bring me a pot of tea!"

A sudden voice pulled him from his thoughts, and the world in his eyes returned to normal once more.

The world became clear again, and people regained their usual vigor!

"Which one is the real world?"

Zhang You frowned, scratched his scalp, and went to the back to brew tea!

Though the weather was rather chilly, customers soon arrived at the teahouse, and business began booming.

"Ants!"

Near noon, a savage voice suddenly rang out from within the teahouse!

Then a dagger flew past Zhang You's ear and embedded itself directly in the wall behind him!

"Murder!"

The teahouse customers scattered like birds and beasts, scrambling to flee outside!