After the enhancement glow faded, Lu Siye eagerly picked up the technique manual and flipped straight to the later pages.
The contents of the fourth level of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill didn't disappoint Lu Siye. They clearly recorded how to control the Yang energy within his body and ignite Yang Fire.
Moreover, the sign that one had mastered the fourth level was the ability to project one's blood essence and ignite the Yang Fire on the right shoulder. This flame represented You Jing, one of the Three Souls, commonly known as the Human Soul.
The soul among the three souls and seven spirits of a ghost was the Human Soul, You Jing.
In other words, once he mastered the fourth level, Lu Siye would be guaranteed to enter the Night Wanderer Envoy realm.
However, Lu Siye didn't start cultivating right away. Instead, he spent 900 Fear Points to enhance the five remaining Blood Replenishment Pills twice, turning them all into Blood Spirit Pills.
Then he grabbed a handful of Red Ginseng slices and spent more than 300 Fear Points to restore his blood essence to its peak.
After one last look through the manual to make sure he had memorized every detail of the fourth level correctly, Lu Siye picked up a Blood Spirit Pill and swallowed it.
Lu Siye calmed his mind and took the initiative to refine the Blood Spirit Pill's gentle blood essence.
As he refined the blood essence, he felt it growing hotter and more viscous, gradually exceeding what his body could withstand.
"Ahh..." Lu Siye let out a pained growl.
His blood felt like water on the verge of boiling, with waves of Yang energy rising from it like steam.
Every inch of his body was wracked with excruciating pain. It felt as though every cell was about to burst.
As the technique circulated, the body's seven spirits began converting the excess blood essence into Yang energy, a primordial energy more closely aligned with the body.
As the Yang energy continued to build, his blood vessels could no longer contain it. More and more Yang energy seeped out, sweeping through his entire body like a tide.
Every cell in his body devoured the Yang energy ravenously, like a Taotie that hadn't eaten for three days and nights.
As they devoured it, his cells gradually grew tougher and stronger. The excruciating pain slowly faded, replaced by an itch that seemed to reach down to his bones.
He felt as if countless tiny ants were crawling over every inch of his skin, flesh, and bones, teasing every nerve and constantly battering his reason.
Lu Siye clenched his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead, his face twisted into a grimace.
His whole body trembled, but he clung to the last shred of reason and kept the technique circulating.
Sweat poured from his pores and evaporated rapidly against his flushed skin, turning into wisps of white mist.
After an unknowable stretch of time, the bone-deep itching vanished. His cells stopped consuming Yang energy, and the remaining energy began circulating in an orderly fashion around the seven positions of the seven spirits, guided by the technique.
Lu Siye's grimace gradually relaxed, and his skin slowly returned to normal, no longer red all over.
Poof!
Three Yang Flames appeared at once on Lu Siye's shoulders and above his head, though they were somewhat transparent and hard to make out.
After passing through the cleansing of the seven spirits—Shi Gou, Fu Shi, Que Yin, Tun Zei, Fei Du, Chu Hui, and Chou Fei—the Yang energy in his body converged on the Yang Fire on his right shoulder.
As the Yang energy gathered, the flame grew more solid and less indistinct.
Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, thud!
Suddenly, seven muffled, drumlike booms sounded in quick succession inside Lu Siye's body.
As the final boom sounded, the Yang Fire on his right shoulder suddenly burst into golden light, enveloping him.
In an instant, Lu Siye felt his range of perception rapidly expand. It stretched from ten meters around him to a hundred, and everything he sensed became much clearer.
He sensed a child in a second-floor room getting smacked by their mother for being covered in mud; he also sensed an office worker on the third floor eating while working overtime. Then he sensed a young couple on the twelfth floor, overcome with passion. Clothes were scattered across the bedroom floor, and two naked figures were rolling around on the bed...
Erm... what one shouldn't see, one shouldn't see; what one shouldn't hear, one shouldn't hear!
Before long, the light faded, leaving only the clearly visible Yang Fire on his right shoulder.
Lu Siye's eyes snapped open. A flash of golden light passed through them as he turned to look at his shoulder and saw a flame no bigger than his thumb.
Clearly, he had entered the first realm of the Night Wanderer Envoy!
With a thought, the Yang Fire disappeared. From the outside, he looked no different than before.
In truth, the Yang Fire hadn't vanished. Lu Siye had merely concealed it.
Lu Siye stood up and closed his eyes, carefully sensing the changes within his body.
His blood essence was nearly three times as abundant as before his breakthrough. He felt he could now control the blood essence and Yang energy within him at will.
Opening his eyes, Lu Siye assumed the starting stance of the Five Tiger Soul Severing Blade Technique. He held out his right hand, and his blood essence surged forth, taking the shape of a Tang Heng Blade identical to the Blazing Blood Blade.
Lu Siye raised his hand and looked at the blood blade formed from his blood essence. When he ran a finger over it, it felt just like a solid object.
This was an ability granted by the fourth level of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill—one that could normally only be used upon reaching the third realm of the Night Wanderer Envoy, after gaining complete control over one's blood essence and Yang energy: Blood Essence Solidification.
After dispelling the blood blade, Lu Siye brought up the system panel.
Host: Lu Siye Fear Points: 3078 Cultivation Power: 196 years (External Skills: 175 years; Internal Skills: 21 years) Martial Arts Techniques: Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill, Level 4; Body Tempering Art; Five Tiger Soul Severing Blade Technique, Proficient; Northern Darkness Divine Art, Beginner; Lingbo Microstep, Beginner Special Items: Evil-Exorcising Fruit Knife; Blazing Blood Blade +1; Custom Suitcase; Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill; Five Tiger Soul Severing Blade Technique; Northern Darkness Divine Art - Volume 1; Lingbo Microstep - First Volume
Before his breakthrough, he had already used his excess blood essence to restore his internal energy by converting it into internal power. Its maximum had also increased by six years.
Although his cultivation in the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill had only increased by twenty years, Lu Siye was more than three times as strong as before.
After closing the panel, Lu Siye took out the suitcase and opened its clasps, letting Fang Lanyue out again.
A flash of white light, and Fang Lanyue fell out of the jade pendant. She scrambled away from Lu Siye and huddled in the corner, clear tear tracks still on her face.
It looked like she'd scared herself badly in there.
"All right. I was breaking through just now. I kept you inside for your own good. Otherwise, the Yang energy spilling out of me would've burned you to ashes." Lu Siye explained, but Fang Lanyue didn't react.
It seemed she still hadn't recovered.
Lu Siye left her alone, sat cross-legged, poured a Blood Spirit Pill into his mouth, and began cultivating.
After his breakthrough, his control over the Yang energy within him had greatly improved. As long as he didn't want to, he would no longer release waves of Yang energy while cultivating.
After a long while, the Blood Spirit Pill's power ran out. Lu Siye opened his eyes and looked toward the bedroom, smiling faintly.
The suitcase on the floor was gone, and the bedroom door was shut. Through his perception, he sensed Fang Lanyue sitting cross-legged on the bed, cultivating.
He swallowed another Blood Spirit Pill and continued cultivating.
Before you continue