Zhou Leng raised both hands, palms shaping taiji as though cradling a round ball.
The water falling from the showerhead seemed like iron filings drawn to a magnet, gathering above Zhou Leng's hands and forming a sphere of water.
Zhou Leng moved his hands, and the water sphere rotated with them, growing larger and larger.
Under the light, the water sphere gleamed crystal-clear, like the spinning mirrored ball lamps of old dance halls.
The water sphere grew ever larger, faintly resembling a planet made of water.
This went a step beyond holding water in his palm.
Heaven in the Palm.
Smack...
Once the water sphere reached its limit, it burst apart across the sky, splashing water everywhere.
Zhou Leng shut off the tap, stepped forward, and circulated his True Qi.
The droplets over his entire body blasted away. An instant later, they hung suspended in midair, circling him like rain, crystalline and translucent, before falling all at once.
The surface of his body dried instantly.
Zhou Leng returned to Class 01's martial arts hall. Seeing that it was still early, he used the demonic training equipment to cultivate.
Once his classmates began arriving one after another, he sent Instructor Deng a message.
"Instructor, my True Qi has already reached 'a perfectly rounded cover over the body, inner qi brimming to overflow.' I'd like to make an appointment for the chief instructor to protect me while I advance to the Blood-Circulating Stage."
"Hm? Didn't you reach Perfection less than a week ago?"
"Maybe I've been taking a lot of pills recently, so my True Qi has grown quickly."
"Fine. But have you prepared an Origin-Replenishing Pill and Blood-Replenishing Pills?"
"No. That's why I'm making the appointment first. Once I gather one Origin-Replenishing Pill and ten Blood-Replenishing Pills, I'll advance."
Deng Zhijue