Terrifying A' Man

"A' Man, what was going on with you just now? Where did all that power suddenly come from?"

Back home, Long Chen couldn't help but ask about the situation at the time. A' Man had given Long Chen a feeling of palpitations back then.

"I don't know either. When I saw that guy about to hit you, my head just went 'buzz,' and my whole body felt hot, like I had endless strength," A' Man said, scratching his head.

Long Chen placed a hand on A' Man's shoulder and released his Soul Force. When Long Chen's Soul Force entered A' Man's body, he was astonished.

A' Man's body was unlike anyone else's. Most people's bodies had dense, crisscrossing Meridians.

But inside A' Man, there were only four, extending from his Dantian to his limbs. Long Chen had never seen such a network of Meridians before.

What shocked Long Chen the most wasn't his strange Meridians, but his physical body. Most of A' Man's cells were closed, essentially appearing dead.

However, they weren't truly dead. Long Chen could feel that as soon as heat flowed through them, these dormant cells would immediately absorb the passing heat and return to their dormant state.

This A' Man was simply a monster! Long Chen couldn't figure it out, but he thought of a possibility.

"A' Man, let me ask you, have you ever truly eaten until you were full?" Long Chen suddenly asked.

"Yes, at home, I eat very full," A' Man replied, shaking his head.

"Tell me the truth," Long Chen's face darkened.

"Um, at least I can eat half full. I'm very content," A' Man dared not hide anything.

"A' Man, remember I'm your Brother Long. From now on, you can never lie to me, understand? Or I'll get angry," Long Chen said very seriously.

"Brother Long, I... I understand," A' Man said nervously, seeing Long Chen's serious expression.

"I'm asking you, what kind of food makes you feel full of energy?"

"Meat."

"What kind of meat?"

"Any kind of meat is fine, but beef is the best. I ate it once."

Long Chen nodded. A' Man's physique was special; 99% of his body's cells were in a dormant state.

This was because there wasn't enough energy to sustain them, so they had to protect themselves and reduce their own consumption.

Even with the Pill Emperor's memories merged, Long Chen had never seen such a bizarre physique. Such a powerful body, yet only 1% of its cells were functioning.

If all his cells were activated, how terrifying would that be? Long Chen felt a chill just imagining it. However, A' Man was one of his own; the stronger he was, the better.

"How much beef can you eat in one meal?"

"One hundred catties..." A' Man hesitated and held up one finger.

"Tell me the truth."

"A whole cow..."

"Tell me the truth."

"I can eat five cows too."

"Tell me the truth!" Long Chen's voice was almost a roar.

"I don't know, but if I had ten cows in one meal, I think I'd be full," A' Man said with a slightly pained expression. He had never eaten that much before and didn't know his actual capacity.

Long Chen shook his head, speechless. "Alright, I'll buy you a farm tomorrow, and you can eat to your heart's content."

The next day, Long Chen had Bao'er find a farm in the suburbs. It wasn't very large, but it had over a thousand cows.

Long Chen let A' Man go there alone. By that afternoon, all the farm workers had fled.

They later came to Bao'er to complain, saying that A' Man was like a wild man. He grabbed a cow, smashed it to death with a single punch, tore open a bloody leg, and started eating.

They watched in terror, afraid that A' Man, in his fervor, might eat them too.

Long Chen helplessly had Bao'er hire dozens of chefs to cook beef specifically for A' Man, and only then did A' Man start eating cooked food.

However, what shocked Long Chen was that although A' Man could initially only eat ten cows a day, his appetite began to increase rapidly as the days went by.

But a cow only cost two or three Gold Coins, so Long Chen wasn't afraid of being eaten poor. Instead, he was overjoyed.

A' Man's increasing appetite indicated that the cells in his body were gradually awakening. Once all his cells woke up, A' Man would undoubtedly undergo earth-shattering changes.

After resolving A' Man's situation, Long Chen also began his closed-door cultivation. The battle with the scarred man that day had given him a great sense of crisis.

He could sense that the scarred man had been holding back his strength. Although he was stopped later, Long Chen always felt that this matter wouldn't end so simply.

After merging with the Pill Emperor's soul, his sensitivity to danger had become increasingly acute. This time, perhaps the opponent wasn't prepared.

When the opponent was ready, Long Chen might only have his life to lose. However, Long Chen didn't regret it at all.

Even if he had to do it again, he would still act the same way that night. Otherwise, the whip A' Man took that day would have left a knot in his heart, preventing his mind from being pure and untainted, potentially becoming a heart demon later on.

Long Chen went all out in this closed-door cultivation, absorbing the Wind Mansion Pill with all his might. Seven days later, the Wind Mansion Star beneath Long Chen's feet finally let out another explosive sound.

The Wind Mansion Star, originally the size of a bean, underwent a massive transformation as Long Chen absorbed countless medicinal energies.

The originally full outer shell began to peel away. To Long Chen's shock, after the shell fell off, it revealed a star-like shape within.

Although the star was somewhat blurry, it was filled with the rhythm of life, which was awe-inspiring.

That was the first star of the Nine Stars Hegemony Body Long Chen was condensing – the Wind Mansion Star. Long Chen could no longer sense its actual size now, and his heart was filled with shock.

"Boom!"

The Wind Mansion Star, its outer shell stripped away, suddenly trembled. A terrifying energy caused the entire house to shake along with it.

"This is bad, what a huge commotion."

Long Chen was startled, but it was too late to stop it. The entire room exploded like pieces of paper.

At the same time, the energy of heaven and earth surged towards Long Chen like waves in the ocean. The force attacked, completely disregarding Long Chen's feelings, like seawater pouring into a riverbed.

"Bang!"

Long Chen spat out a mouthful of blood. His body felt like it was shattering, and he instantly fainted.

When Long Chen woke up again, his mother was looking at him with worry. Seeing Long Chen awake, Madam Long was both surprised and delighted.

"Chen'er, you scared mother to death. What happened to you?"

Long Chen quickly said, "Mother, it's nothing to fuss about. Pill Masters often have their furnaces explode."

He could only use the exploding furnace as an excuse. After finally comforting his mother and sending her away, Long Chen unfolded his spiritual sense to look inside himself and almost cried out in shock.

He actually had a dantian! He discovered that his previously empty dantian now contained three vortexes, slowly rotating.

"What on earth is going on?" Long Chen was greatly alarmed.

Seeing that the Wind Mansion Star beneath his feet was still operating, he felt a lot more at ease. However, looking at the three vortexes in his dantian, he fell into deep thought for a moment.

His spiritual roots had been dug out, and his dantian was a dead zone. It was impossible to reactivate it, unless...

Could it be that after condensing the Wind Mansion Star, his dantian was reshaped?

Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration struck Long Chen. He recalled the scene before he fainted – that terrifying energy of heaven and earth, which no normal person could withstand.

Such energy was extremely violent and could not be used by anyone. Could it be that the power was used to destroy the original dantian, and then break through to establish something new?

However, Long Chen was wrong. It was even more terrifying than he imagined. If he had already possessed a dantian, he would have been utterly destroyed.

Although Long Chen couldn't understand it, he looked at the three vortexes in his dantian and found that he could actually establish a connection with them.

"Did I really reshape my dantian?"

Long Chen tried to channel the energy from the vortexes into his limbs. He found no obstruction; he could use it completely.

Moving his foot, the energy from the Wind Mansion Star flowed without any hindrance. Long Chen couldn't help but wonder, what did this mean? Was it giving him an extra space to store spiritual energy?

With a thought, Long Chen connected with the energy of the Wind Mansion Star and drew it into his dantian.

"Pfft!"

Long Chen immediately felt like a volcano erupting within his body. Terrifying energy exploded like a tsunami. He spat out a mouthful of blood and almost fainted.

Long Chen lay on the ground, gasping for breath, his eyes filled with horror. His internal organs had been ruptured.

He quickly took out a healing pill and swallowed it. Moments later, the medicinal power spread throughout his body, and Long Chen's complexion gradually turned from pale to rosy.

"Who can tell me what on earth is going on?"

Long Chen roared inwardly. He had almost been killed by himself just now. If he had truly died, it would have been too unfair.

But there was no answer. In his memory, there was only the cultivation method, but no other introductions at all.

No level, no origin, no usage instructions. Like Long Chen himself, it was a typical "three-no" product.

Long Chen let out a bitter laugh. He had no spiritual roots, no spiritual bones, and no spiritual blood. These three things had all been taken away. It was a perfect match.

But if he didn't figure out such a bizarre matter, Long Chen couldn't even eat. Gritting his teeth, he continued to activate the Wind Mansion Star.

However, this time Long Chen was smarter. He didn't operate it as carelessly as before, but cautiously channeled a sliver of the Wind Mansion Star's power.

"Boom!"

When that sliver of power flowed into his dantian, Long Chen finally saw clearly. The original three vortexes instantly grew ten times larger.

What shocked Long Chen the most was that they had been rotating slowly, but after that sliver of Wind Mansion Star's energy was added, they instantly turned into rapidly spinning windmills.

As the three vortexes spun wildly, countless energies flowed into Long Chen's limbs and bones, filling him with power.

"Hoo..."

Long Chen finally understood a little secret. This discovery was too astonishing, too terrifying. Even Long Chen himself felt a sense of fear.

"Is this the Starry Sky Nine Transformations from my memory? Now that there are three vortexes in my dantian, does it mean I've entered the third transformation?"

After a long time, Long Chen slowly calmed his emotions. With the three vortexes in his dantian now operating, according to the standards of this world, Long Chen was currently just a novice at the Qi Gathering Triple Heaven.

However, whether he was truly a novice or not, only Long Chen himself knew. This discovery, while shocking Long Chen, also filled him with excitement.

He waved his hand, and a piece of ancient beast hide appeared in his palm. It was the item he had obtained by bribing the Blood Condensation Realm expert with pills.

"Heaven Splitting, Heaven Splitting. Hehe, let me see what secrets you're hiding?"