Blessings in Disguise

When Qin Yu woke up, his head was splitting and his body ached immensely. He slowly opened his eyes, and scattered sunlight filtered through the dense leaves, appearing as spots that were incredibly dazzling.

A moment later, he came to his senses and abruptly sat up. Glancing around, he found himself in a forest.

What happened? Qin Yu rubbed his head, looking around in confusion, the last scene in the forbidden area flashing through his mind.

"Wait!"

Qin Yu's hands suddenly landed on his chest. He examined them carefully and found them intact. He then looked at his body, noticing his clothes were tattered and stained with blood. To his surprise, there wasn't a single scratch on him.

Bewildered, Qin Yu quickly looked inward. When he reached his dantian, he exclaimed, "Ninth Level of the Martial Realm? This... why is this dantian so big? Wait... is this a Nirvana Seed?"

Not only had his dantian inexplicably opened, but it was also enormous. As far as Qin Yu understood, when one first entered the Ninth Level of the Martial Realm, the largest dantian opened was usually no more than ten zhang in radius. His, however, was like a vast lake spanning three hundred zhang!

What astonished Qin Yu even more was a purple lightning bolt floating in the center of his dantian. Within this lightning, he saw an oval-shaped seed. Upon closer inspection, it was indeed the Nirvana Seed he had seen before.

However, the Nirvana Seed had changed. The black seed now bore not only white patterns but also purple ones, looking extremely peculiar.

"Is... the power of lightning truly the ultimate force of heaven and earth? The Nirvana Seed absorbed the ultimate force of lightning and completed its first nirvana, transforming into a purple lightning bolt? Meaning, absorbing one ultimate force of heaven and earth causes one nirvana?"

"Wait, if it can absorb six ultimate forces of heaven and earth, will this Nirvana Seed truly achieve nirvana and transform into an Undying Holy Medicine?" Qin Yu grew more excited the more he thought about it, never expecting such a monumental fortune from this ordeal.

He then began to examine his body again. What made Qin Yu tremble was the earth-shattering change in his physical body. His entire body was suffused with lightning as fine as a strand of hair.

"Is this a remnant of the lightning's power? No... even my bloodline contains lightning."

"This... is this the Lightning Body?" Qin Yu was utterly shocked. He hadn't expected the Lightning Fire to temper his physical body into the Lightning Body.

What is the Lightning Body?

It is a type of physique, and physiques are divided into innate and acquired, with different levels.

Ling Yao's Dao Body is also a type of physique, but hers is innate. Generally speaking, innate physiques are far rarer and more precious than acquired ones, like phoenix feathers and unicorn horns. It can be said that as long as Ling Yao doesn't die young, she is destined for great achievements. During the Spirit Realm, her cultivation speed will be several times faster than ordinary people, and she will also find it easier to comprehend the Dao, any Dao.

Upon reaching the Dao Realm, the power of a naturally born Dao Body will be even more fully displayed.

Besides the Dao Body, there are many other special physiques, such as the Innate Sword Body, Mysterious Fire Body, Lightning Body, and so on. Although these special physiques are not as formidable as the Dao Body, they surpass it in certain aspects.

Take the Innate Sword Body, for example. People with this physique are born swordsmen, born to comprehend the Way of the Sword, possessing an unparalleled advantage in swordsmanship.

The Lightning Body is similar. This means that during the Spirit Realm, Qin Yu's spiritual power will contain the power of lightning, which can produce unexpected effects when used.

If Qin Yu can comprehend the Way of Lightning in the future, his understanding of the Way of Lightning will have a greater advantage than others.

"No, I can only be considered the lowest grade of the Lightning Body, the Mysterious Lightning Body, for now. I can't be called the Lightning Body yet. What I contain within me should be the power of Mysterious Lightning, not the power of lightning."

Each physique also has grade divisions. For example, the Lightning Body can be divided into several levels, the lowest being the Mysterious Lightning Body, and the highest being the Lightning Body. Although there is only a one-character difference, the gap is immense. In other words, only by continuously improving can the Mysterious Lightning Body transform into the Lightning Body! Ling Yao's Dao Body is also like this, but Qin Yu doesn't know much about this aspect and cannot make a definitive judgment.

However, Qin Yu contains a trace of the power of lightning within him. In the future, he can use this trace of lightning power to upgrade the grade of his Mysterious Lightning Body. It is not impossible to achieve the Lightning Body in time!

"No, that's not right either. Even if the Lightning Fire is incredibly potent and the lightning Dao charm it contains is dense, it shouldn't have transformed me into the Mysterious Lightning Body. Furthermore, ancient texts state that generally, only after comprehending the Dao and being nourished by Dao charm can one's physique possibly change. This means I can't be called the Mysterious Lightning Body yet?" Qin Yu frowned and checked his body again.

What puzzled Qin Yu was that judging by the condition of his body, he was undoubtedly the Mysterious Lightning Body. If not, how could the blood in his meridians also contain the power of Mysterious Lightning?

Besides this, there was only one other possibility!

That is, the power of Mysterious Lightning was already hidden within his body. In other words, this physical body possessed the Mysterious Lightning bloodline. After being stimulated by the Lightning Fire, the bloodline power was awakened, thus achieving the Mysterious Lightning Body.

But this made Qin Yu even more confused. Based on his understanding of the Qin Family, they were not a prominent family, but an ordinary one. How could their body contain the Mysterious Lightning bloodline?

Could it be... because of his mother, whose background was mysterious?

Qin Yu felt this possibility was extremely slim. Generally, bloodlines are inherited from the paternal line, not the maternal. Although there are a few exceptions, most originate from the father's lineage. Could this body be one of those exceptions?

Or perhaps, the Qin Family is not as simple as it seems?

Or maybe, his father, Qin Zhan, was hiding something from him?

Qin Yu fell into deep thought.

Recalling that his father cultivated "Hundred Refinements," Qin Yu increasingly felt that his father was not as simple as he appeared!

As Qin Yu was lost in thought, a familiar howl suddenly echoed in his ears.

Qin Yu's heart stirred, and he abruptly turned his head to look behind him. He instinctively wanted to leave, but he vaguely heard a few hushed words, which made him suspicious. After a moment of hesitation, Qin Yu slowly stood up, changed his appearance back to his original look, and moved forward rapidly.

A moment later.

Qin Yu stood under a large tree. When he saw the scene about ten zhang away, his face showed disbelief.

Three youths were surrounding a fierce beast, busy with something. The beast was none other than the majestic Green Wolf King. It lay dead before them, its forehead bloody and mangled, its eyes wide open as if it had died with regrets.

What touched Qin Yu was that the Wolf King's mouth was tightly shut, and the familiar howl had come from within it.

A cub, inside its mouth!

The three youths were gathered around the dead Wolf King, forcing several iron swords into its mouth, trying to pry it open.

"Be careful, don't hurt the cub. The Wolf King's cub will surely become a fourth-tier or even higher existence in the future, and it will fetch a good price."

"We can't afford to be so careful. I heard even Dao Realm experts died here. Soon, this place will become the focus of the Wu Kingdom, and who knows how many powerful individuals will come here," another youth said in a low voice.

"Put more effort into it, let's pry it open together. This beast bit down so hard even in death, isn't it afraid of suffocating the cub?"

Qin Yu stood under the tree, listening to the three youths' words, his brow furrowed. Dao Realm experts had died? What had happened while he was unconscious?

Suppressing his inner doubts, he looked at the tragically dead Green Wolf King with a sigh. Although he had had a conflict with the Wolf King, he was in the wrong first. Moreover, if the Wolf King hadn't restrained Ling Yao, he didn't know what the outcome would have been.

In a way, he owed the Wolf King a favor. Now that the Wolf King was dead, Qin Yu naturally couldn't abandon the cub. Qin Yu decided to take the cub back to Tianwu Main City and raise it for Qin Xue. In time, it might become a great help to Qin Xue.

A moment later, after the three of them took turns and finally managed to pry open the Wolf King's mouth, just as Qin Yu was stepping away, a clear, cold voice rang out: "I'll take this cub!"

The newcomer was a young man dressed in black, with a cultivation at the early stage of the Gangqi Realm.

Upon hearing the voice, the three youths turned sharply. When they sensed the sharp aura emanating from the black-clothed youth, their expressions changed slightly. The highest cultivation among them was only at the fifth level of the Martial Realm; how could they be a match for this black-clothed youth?

"Scram!" the black-clothed youth shouted fiercely. A spiritual sword flew out, directly hovering above the heads of the three.

Seeing this, the three youths fled for their lives. They couldn't discern the black-clothed youth's cultivation, but the ability to wield a sword indicated at least the Gangqi Realm. How could they dare to linger?

The black-clothed youth did not retract his spiritual sword. Instead, he looked towards where Qin Yu was and said coldly, "Fellow Daoist, are you perhaps waiting to suffer before you leave?"

Qin Yu emerged from beneath the large tree and slowly walked towards the black-clothed youth.

The black-clothed youth narrowed his eyes, let out a cold snort, and sent his spiritual sword slashing through the air towards Qin Yu.

Qin Yu bent his body slightly and, like a fierce leopard, sprinted rapidly towards the spiritual sword. His speed was so great that the black-clothed youth's expression shifted slightly.

"Bang!" Qin Yu smashed the incoming spiritual sword away with a single punch. As the spiritual sword flew backward, he took a swift step, firmly gripping the sword. Then, Qin Yu slowed his pace, stared at the black-clothed youth, and said, "I'm taking this wolf cub!"

"You're courting death!"