"Feng Baobao's six hollow organs really have been transformed. Her Qi circulates naturally, forming a perfect digestive system."
"This is the Six Treasury Immortal Thieves, one of the Eight Extraordinary Skills!"
"The other Eight Extraordinary Skills probably have effects like this to some degree, but the Six Treasury Immortal Thieves makes it the most obvious."
In the week or so since Feng Baobao had joined the Three One Sect, she had eaten enormous amounts without ever using the toilet. Her body produced no waste, and her jade-smooth skin had almost no pores.
Once Indra noticed this, he began probing the secrets of her body.
Between that and helping his senior sister and martial uncle advance in the Reverse Birth Triple Layer, he had stumbled upon a discovery: its Qi could be channeled into someone else's body.
As long as the other person did not resist, Indra could turn their flesh and blood into Qi.
Feng Baobao was the exception, of course. Her constitution was unusual, and she quickly absorbed and digested anyone else's True Qi that entered her body.
In turn, he could use this ability to work out how Qi circulated through another person's body.
Jo felt around, pressing here and there as he steadily channeled True Qi into her.
He kept going until every route her Qi followed lay revealed before him.
"So this is how you practice the Six Treasury Immortal Thieves."
Because Feng Baobao had only learned to cultivate Qi, the routes it followed inside her were clear and uncluttered, concentrated mainly in her six hollow organs.
"All right. You can get up."
Jo withdrew his hands and patted Feng Baobao, who was nearly asleep.
"Are you done?"
Feng Baobao blinked and sat straight up.
She stretched, showing off her graceful figure.
As if something had just occurred to her, she took Indra's hand and comforted him in a calm voice. "It's okay, hubby. It's fine to be quick the first time."
Jo's smile froze. He turned to stare at Feng Baobao's innocent face.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"You're so silly. You don't even know that?"
Feng Baobao tilted her head and went on. "Sister Cheng Zhen told me that if a man finishes too quickly, his wife should comfort him.
I counted just now. It was two minutes and thirty seconds. Shouldn't I comfort you?"
Feng Baobao sounded so matter-of-fact that blood rushed to Indra's head.
Seeing his face turn red enough to steam, she reached out and poked it.
"Hubby, how did you make your face so red? Haha!"
For some reason, Feng Baobao suddenly wanted to laugh, so she did.
Snap!
The instant Indra heard Feng Baobao "mock" him, something in his mind snapped.
Freshly washed and dressed, Feng Baobao was already stunning. Her skin was smooth and pale, her lips soft and glossy, and she had a charm all her own.
Until now, she had seemed so much like a doll that he had not wanted to take liberties with her.
But now he could not hold back!
She even dared to tease him. If he did nothing, it would be a crime against nature!
"My face is red? I'll make yours even redder!"
Forgetting all about the Six Treasury Immortal Thieves he had just obtained, Indra pulled her supple body into his arms.
Wu Chengzhen had come to call Indra to lunch, but she stopped at the courtyard gate.
"Ah, youth. They have energy to spare."
"But isn't my junior brother enjoying himself a little too much?"
She stared at the faintly trembling courtyard wall and sighed.
Anyone who did not know better would think it was an earthquake. Surely no one would die in there?
Over the past few days, Wu Chengzhen had learned that Feng Baobao had an unusual constitution, but she was still a little worried.
After spending so much time together, she had come to see Feng Baobao as a younger sister.
Then she remembered Indra's healing abilities and felt reassured.
She turned to leave, instructing the sect members to stay away.
The next morning, a shaft of sunlight slipped through a gap by the courtyard window, brightening the room.
The chairs and table looked ready to collapse, while long robes and short tunics lay scattered across the floor. The ferocity of the battle needed no explanation.
Feng Baobao's soft black hair spilled around her like a waterfall. Wearing a red belly band, she curled up in Indra's arms like a kitten.
Jo opened his eyes and glanced at the peacefully sleeping Feng Baobao.
A trace of weariness lingered in her faintly flushed skin.
He had given it everything he had to teach her a lesson she would not forget.
Feng Baobao's constitution was too unusual. She could even digest his True Qi, and the Chakra he sent into her had become nourishment for her body and spirit.
Fortunately, he had had the upper hand with the Dog Talisman and Horse Talisman. After eight hours of fierce struggle, he had finally won.
"The Six Treasury Immortal Thieves is brutal. She nearly drained me dry."
Jo rubbed Feng Baobao's cheek and let out a long breath.
As it turned out, Feng Baobao might have been single-minded and blunt in word and deed, but she did have feelings and emotions.
She simply did not dwell on things as ordinary people did, or even understand their moral rules. Her heart was pure and innocent.
And because her desires were simple, she reached for whatever felt good.
Feng Baobao never grew tired of doing the same thing. Most people could not have kept up with her.
Jo pushed aside her hair and arms and wriggled free of Feng Baobao's terrible sleeping embrace.
"Hubby? Zzz... Mmm..."
His movement made Feng Baobao open her bleary eyes.
After murmuring those few sounds, she fell fast asleep again.
"Get some sleep."
Jo tucked the blanket around her, then took out the Horse Talisman and restored everything in the room that had been damaged or thrown into disarray.
Then he sat cross-legged and began practicing the Six Treasury Immortal Thieves.
True Qi gathered and flowed along specific meridians, building a perfect digestive system around the body's six hollow organs.
By the end of the morning, Indra's six hollow organs had been transformed.
Now perfectly attuned to the cycle of heaven and earth, they could break matter down completely and convert it into Qi.
To test the effect, he looked at the sleeping Feng Baobao.
"Get up and eat! The sun's already shining on your backside!"
Smack! Smack!
It took two more pats before Indra finally woke her.
"I'm not going, hubby. I'm really full. I want to sleep."
Feng Baobao rolled over and promptly fell asleep again.
Glancing at her soft, glossy lips, Jo Indra gave a sheepish smile. He dressed and went out of the bedroom alone.
After a hearty meal, Jo Indra felt strands of Qi flowing steadily into his body. A satisfied smile spread across his face.
But soon he sensed that something was wrong.
It was not the teasing looks from Senior Sister Cheng Zhen and Martial Uncle Si Chong. It was the vigorous life force within each of them.
The essence of the Six Treasury Immortal Thieves was to take in nutrients, then perfectly convert them into Qi through its cycle.
And in the world of The Outcast, what held the most Qi?
The answer was people!
Everyone held a measure of innate Qi. To someone who had learned the Six Treasury Immortal Thieves, it was the purest, most delicious fare of all!
At that moment, everyone standing before him looked like a walking, sweet-smelling cake.
Cheng Zhen and Si Chong were especially tempting. Because they were strong, their Qi was more abundant—and even more delicious!
Jo Indra finally understood why Ruan Feng, who had mastered the Six Treasury Immortal Thieves, had been unable to resist eating people.
"That side effect is way too obvious. Good thing Feng Baobao's innocent heart keeps her from truly becoming addicted to anything."
Still sated, Jo Indra suppressed his "appetite."
He did not have an innocent heart, and he was hardly good at controlling his desires.
He figured he could hold out for four or five years at most before that "appetite" overwhelmed him.
But four or five years was more than enough time to deal with the side effects of the Six Treasury Immortal Thieves before he lost control.
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