The Spiritual Light on the new body had completely stabilized.
Nezha sat on the stone bed, lowering his head to inspect his newly reborn body.
It felt warm and smooth. His skin carried a faint pearly sheen; he had the looks of a boy with a girl's delicate features, fine skin and tender flesh, even more exquisite than his previous physical body.
Tsk.
It looked good, sure, but it did not look particularly battle-ready.
Still, when he tried clenching his fist, a warm power surged through his palm and flowed along his meridians throughout his body, like a warm current winding through the gaps in his bones.
It was lighter and tougher than a body of flesh and blood, with abundant Spiritual Power contained beneath every inch of skin.
Nezha squeezed his own arm, then pinched his cheek and rubbed it several times. The newly formed body bounced back beneath his fingertips, so soft it felt unreal.
The sensation was strange.
Seeing Nezha keep fussing with himself, Taiyi feared something might be wrong and carefully examined him from head to toe again.
Wasn't this perfectly fine?
"How do you feel now?"
"It doesn't hurt."
Nezha rolled his shoulders. He just was not used to it yet.
"But it doesn't feel right."
"Of course it doesn't.
You used to be made of flesh. Now you're made of lotus root. How could they feel the same?"
Nezha reached out to squeeze his own arm, then squeezed Taiyi's arm for comparison.
"Master."
"Mm?"
"...Will this body leak water?"
The corner of Taiyi's mouth twitched violently.
"No.
I used the Seven Treasure Colored Lotus the Sect Master gave me. It is impervious to water and fire, immune to blades and spears.
It is countless times stronger than your original mortal body."
Taiyi spoke stiffly,