Qin Fengming did not hesitate in the slightest. With a lift of his hand, the black pill fell into his mouth. He slowly closed his eyes, his expression utterly calm. Focusing his mind, he sat with his five hearts facing heaven, waiting for the Xinwu Pill's effects to take hold.
In merely a moment, Qin Fengming felt a warm current scatter throughout his body. At the same time, the already incomparably full dantian surged with dense spiritual power, as though it wanted to burst his body apart.
Qin Fengming did not dare to be negligent. He completely severed all contact with the outside world and focused his mind. While suppressing the spiritual power in his dantian, he circulated the Profound Clarity Upper Purity Art, doing his utmost to control that warm current as it coursed through every meridian in his body.
Gradually, Qin Fengming entered a state of complete selflessness. His body no longer moved in the slightest, becoming as though it had turned into a clay statue.
Although Qin Fengming's body no longer moved, a layer of five-colored radiance appeared across its surface, enveloping his entire body. The five-colored radiance pulsed and fluctuated, like a five-colored sphere of light that flickered endlessly, illuminating the surrounding cave walls and making the scene seem wondrous beyond compare.
This phenomenon lasted for an entire year.
Throughout that year, Qin Fengming did not open his eyes even once. Aside from changing his hand seals every few days, his body did not make the slightest other movement.
Apart from the five-colored radiance constantly flickering around his human form, the cave was utterly silent.
On this day, Qin Fengming, who had been meditating, suddenly opened his eyes. His expression was slightly solemn, and when a sharp light flashed in his eyes, he flipped his hand,